Sesame Street special
- Date
1987
- Summary
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This season 19 primetime special features the cast and Muppets of Sesame Street joined by numerous special guests. Highlights from the show include: Gladys Knight and the Pips sing the opening theme; Phil Donahue performs an on-the-street interview with the cast and several Muppets; Martina Navratilova, Barbara Walters, and Ralph Nader are featured in a segment of "People in your Neighborhood"; the Muppets sing "Put Down the Ducky" joined by a variety of celebrities; Patti LaBelle sings about the letter X; and in a segment of Monsterpiece Theater hosted by the Cookie Monster, Grover stars in "The 39 Stairs".
- Contributors
Robinson, Martin P; Clash, Kevin; Arciero, Pam; Garbo, Fred; Young, Bryant; Bonora, Camille; Rudman, David; Henson, Jim; Wilcox, Caroly; Singer, Dulcy; Stone, Jon; Stiles, Norman; Simon, Lisa; Bove, Linda; Calloway, Northern; Delgado, Emilio; Long, Loretta; Manzano, Sonia; McCutcheon, Bill; McGrath, Bob, 1932-; Orman, Roscoe; Bartlett, Alison; Spinney, Caroll; Donahue, Phil; LaBelle, Patti; MacNeil, Robert, 1931-; Nader, Ralph; Navratilova, Martina, 1956-; Ozawa, Seiji, 1935-; Taylor, James, 1948-; Walters, Barbara, 1931-; Oz, Frank; Nelson, Jerry, 1934-; Hunt, Richard, d. 1992; Love, Kermit
- Publishers
Gladys Knight and the Pips; Children's Television Workshop
- Genres
Television specials; Puppet television programs; Educational television programs; Television programs for children
- Subjects
American Culture; Performing Arts, Music; Muppets (Fictitious characters)
- Locations
North America; United States of America
- Collection
The Jim Henson video collection at the University of Maryland
- Unit
Special Collections in Performing Arts
- Language
English
- Terms of Use
Access restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
- Physical Description
048 minutes; color
- Notes
Creation/Production Credits
Muppet performers, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Martin P. Robinson, Kevin Clash, Pam Arciero, Fred Garbo, Bryant Young, Camille Bonora, David Rudman, Jim Henson ; Muppets by Caroly Wilcox, Kermit Love ; executive producer, Dulcy Singer.
- Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: umd:1143; Catalog Key: alephsys003335017; Catalog Key: HENSON 062; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/410
Access Restrictions
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