Sesame Street: Death of Mr. Hooper
- Date
1983
- Summary
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Bob and the other adults attempt to explain Mr. Hooper's death to Big Bird, who doesn't understand why the candy-store owner is no longer on Sesame Street. In other highlights, Ernie and the other Muppets stage a pageant about feelings; Madeline Kahn performs a duet with Grover about echoes; Kermit the Frog, in the role of a reporter, illustrates the use of clues to find out which suitor a princess has chosen as her prince; and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson bring home their new baby. Featured letters and numbers are J, M, and 5.
- Contributors
Stone, Jon; Stiles, Norman; Kahn, Madeline; Calloway, Northern; Long, Loretta; Lee, Will; McGrath, Bob, 1932-; Delgado, Emilio; Manzano, Sonia; Bove, Linda; Orman, Roscoe; Reed, Alaina; Spinney, Caroll; Oz, Frank; Nelson, Jerry, 1934-; Hunt, Richard, d. 1992; Muehl, Brian; Robinson, Martin; Raposo, Joe; Singer, Dulcy; Simon, Lisa
- Publisher
Children's Television Workshop
- Genres
Television programs; Television programs for children; Educational television programs; Puppet television programs
- Subjects
American Culture; Performing Arts, Music; Muppets (Fictitious characters); Ernie (Fictitious character : Henson); Kermit the Frog (Fictitious character); Big Bird (Fictitious character)
- 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
059 minutes; color
- Notes
Creation/Production Credits
Muppet performers, Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Brian Muehl, Martin Robinson ; music director, Joe Raposo ; executive producer, Dulcy Singer.
- Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: umd:1133; Catalog Key: alephsys003334338; Catalog Key: HENSON 057; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/405
Access Restrictions
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