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"Sally, you’ve never seen a street like Sesame Street. Everything happens here, you’re gonna love it!"
―Gordon in the first episode, 1969

Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop and was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. The series, which premiered in 1969 and has ran for more than fifty years, teaches letters, numbers, shapes, opposites, and social skills through a main story and short segments starring live actors and Jim Henson's Muppets. Because both PBS and Sesame Workshop co-owned Sprout when the channel was launched, they aired a variety of shows from their archive libraries on Sprout, including reruns of 1998-2012 episodes of Sesame Street.

Plot

"For more than 35 years Sesame Street has engaged young viewers with its unique blend of excitement, humor, and compassion. Within a community of playful and curious Muppets and nurturing adults, children acquire skills needed to thrive in a changing, challenging environment." (link)

For Parents

"Reinforce number concepts by planning an outdoor scavenger hunt! Help your child find 1 stick, 2 rocks, 3 dandelions, and so on.”

History on Sprout

The show premiered on September 26th, 2005, along with several other shows, to celebrate the launch of the Sprout network. Prior to that, they released it on Sprout On Demand. They aired Seasons 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, and 42. When most of the PBS Kids shows were dropped for the tenth anniversary rebrand on September 26, 2015, Sesame Street stayed on the network for a couple more months until November 15th of that year when HBO bought the broadcast rights. Sprout itself said it could no longer carry the program due to HBO's rights, although Play With Me Sesame, the show's first spin-off series, was then still broadcasting on Sprout.[1] Several broadcasts are edited compared to their original airing, dropping out some segments like "The Spanish Word of the Day" or replacing it with different segments (such as Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk) in later airings.

It aired at 5AM ET, 9AM ET, and 5PM ET when Sprout launched, and later aired at 8AM ET during Musical Mornings, 8AM ET (later 7:30) during The Let's Go Show, and 1PM ET during the early afternoon block. Music videos aired at 6:30 ET during Musical Mornings.[2] In later years, it aired at 7AM ET on weekend mornings. The show aired for a whole hour back then, but become a half-hour series in 2015, starting with 2016's season 46.

Sprout has aired the second theatrical feature film based on the show, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999).

On December 23 and 24, 2011, Elmo hosted "Elmo's Movie Merry-Thon," a marathon of Christmas movies and specials, including Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! It was followed by Snooze-a-Thon, from 6pm on Christmas Eve through 6am Christmas morning, featuring sleep-related clips from shows including Sesame Street. A Sesame Street Christmas Carol premiered on Sprout On Demand on November 17th, 2006, where it would remain up until the 23rd, and then on the channel in December.[3] Similarly, Abby Cadabby hosted Sprout's Magical Marathon with Abby Cadabby from 1PM to 6PM ET on January 30th, 2012, and Big Bird and the Birdketeers hosted Sprout's Spring Surprise for Arbor Day in April 2006.

A new season premiered in July 2009.

"Watch all NEW episodes of Sesame Street on Sprout beginning in July!" (link)

Season 33 premiered on April 19, 2010. More new episodes of the show aired on March 21st, 2011 during the Spring is Sprouting festivities.[4]

The Sunny Side Up Show has featured live appearances of Big Bird (The Sunny Side Up Show pilot in 2007), Prairie Dawn (for Valentine's Day 2008), Oscar the Grouch (for Earth Day 2008 and Oscar Weekend for both 2014 and 2015), Grover (2008), Super Grover (for New Years Eve 2008, New Years Day 2009), Elmo (2009, 2010, 2011), Abby Cadabby (2012).

According to Steven Binnig, during Oscar's 2008 appearance, a technical mishap occurred as Sprout executives were counting down to go to air, and as a result, the late Caroll Spinney was unable to hear his musical backing track to “I Love Trash.” His wife Debi was also in the control room, and she calmly got on a headset and told him not to worry. Since he could hear her, she would sing it and he could simply accompany her.[5] Shannon Reitz said she had to gather the props for "I Love Trash" and Spinney signed her sneaker during said number.[6]

In Elmo's 2009 appearance, songs such as "Blue Kazoo Blues" and "Kwanzaa Candles"[7] were reprised.

Big Bird has appeared in a Kindness Counts PSA with Ann Curry and Brian Williams in August 2011. The PSA debuted during The Today Show and has since aired on the Sprout channel.

The series had both its own Sprout Diner snack, Elmo's Funny Faced Pizza Pies and its own Birthday Show snack, Grover's Funny Fruit Face, which was later labeled as a Play With Me Sesame recipe. The segment also aired during a Wiggly Waffle promo and in the Birthday Parties podcast.

Characters

Connections

Games

Notes

  • As of 2025, Sesame Street is the only Sprout show still producing new episodes. It had 55 seasons so far.
  • When Elmo made a guest appearance on The Sunny Side Up Show, Liz lost control of a dreidel and hit Elmo's puppeteer.
  • Running for 10 years, having tons of promotions and airtime, and countless appearances on The Sunny Side Up Show, Sesame Street is one of Sprout's most profitable and popular shows.
  • Sprout has repeated the same seven episodes of Sesame Street for two months.[8]
  • Nina and her Sproutlet friends once did a Super Grover stretch on The Good Night Show.[9] This stretch appeared in the episode "Dress Up."[10]
  • As with Dragon Tales and Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Sesame Workshop's other shows, PBS' "viewers like you" tag played on Sprout at the end of episodes like Episode 3816, when funding credits usually didn't play on the channel. This was resolved on Comcast's on-demand service.
  • A clip of Ernie and Big Bird sleeping from Episode 3913 is shown in Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon, as well as "La La Lullaby," which aired at the end of The Good Night Show.
  • A clip from Elmo's World is featured in the Alphabet ident.
  • Dennisha and Chica dressed as The Count for Numbers week on The Sunny Side Up Show. This was after his original performer, Jerry Nelson, died.
  • Oscar the Grouch's version of "Bein' Green," a Joe Raposo song Kermit the Frog sang in the first season, was heard in a PBS promo promoting Sprout's launch.
  • The Sprout crew visited the set in October 2009, but weren't on the show. According to Steven Binnig, once they got to the control room, a crew member asked if they worked on The Sunny Side Up Show, which his child loved.[11]
  • The show wasn't on PBS Kids' 24-hour channel when it launched (aired on Noggin instead as two series - 123 Sesame Street (then-current episodes) and Sesame Street Unpaved (classic episodes)). However, it was on Sprout on Demand and the channel when they launched.
  • When the Season 32 story arc about Big Bird's nest being destroyed by a hurricane aired, a new segment featuring Roscoe Orman as Gordon aired in the broadcast:
    • Gordon: Hello, Sproutlets. I'm Gordon from Sesame Street. Every year, There are number of natural disasters that effect many people. Even if you are not directly effective, The Television coverage of these events can be scary, Especially for young children. Back in 2001, We featured a week long story about a hurricane on Sesame Street. This story line allowed us to provide strategies and to help them to hope with their emotions while faces with a natural disaster. So watch with it your child, And talk about fears or concerns he, or she might have.
  • Footage from the Joe Raposo song "Everybody Sleeps" was used in a promo for Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon.
  • During the last part of the Joey Ahlbum Seasons 24-37 "Dancing City" credits, the screen faded to black and Big Bird said "Toodle Loo" right away.
  • In 2002, a spin-off featuring classic sketches mixed with new content was made called Play With Me Sesame. The show aired on Noggin and, ironically enough, Sprout.
  • The show's British co-production, The Furchester Hotel, aired on Sprout in 2016, and was introduced eleven months after its American counterpart stopped airing on the channel.
  • Sprout sponsored the "Sunny Seats" package for Sesame Street Live.[12]
  • The hosts of The Sunny Side Up Show, as well as walkarounds of Super WHY! and Pajanimals characters, the cast of LazyTown, and Nina and Star have often visited Sesame Place in Pennsylvania, performing in shows and meet and greets, with the park hosting a Sprout-themed week once.
  • Several episodes from later seasons have had PBS' educational/informative screenbug left intact in Sprout airings.[13] The same applies to Barney & Friends.
  • Sesame Street books and magazines are published in 5 continents and many languages to delight and educate children the world over.
  • The show was initially going to be called 123 Avenue B, but that was a real address in Manhattan's Alphabet City. Eventually, schoolteacher Virginia Schone came up with the name "Sesame Street."
  • On Sesame Street, Muppets and humans interact, but weren't supposed to in the first place. In the 1969 test pilots, Muppets mainly appeared in inserts and sketches and were kept separate from the street scenes which featured the human cast. Test screenings showed kids liked the Muppets more than the humans.
  • In 2006, 2007, and 2012, Sesame Workshop released a series of DVDs of the classic seasons called Old School. These DVDs have a disclaimer saying older episodes are not for today's preschoolers.
  • Notable rumors about the show include Bert and Ernie being gay, the two being named after characters from It's a Wonderful Life, Ernie dying of cancer, Cookie Monster becoming the Veggie Monster, the introduction of a Muppet with AIDS, and characters saying bad words.
  • The show has won the most Emmy Awards out of any TV show.
  • The show was banned for a short time in Mississippi, Jim Henson's home state, in 1970 due to its "highly-integrated" cast of children.
  • In 1970, a single was released of Ernie singing “Rubber Duckie.” It reached #16 on the Billboard chart.
  • A Birdseed Milkshake at Hooper’s Store cost 20 cents in 1969, but became $2.99 in later decades.
  • Abby Cadabby has her own language called "Dragonfly."
  • Contrary to popular belief, Big Bird is not a canary - he's a Golden Condor, as confirmed during a 1981 guest appearance on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
  • The series became a half-hour show after premiering on HBO in 2016. In 2023, it was announced that, for the 56th season, it would be dropping its magazine format in favor of two longer narratives with animated shorts, Tales from 123, airing in between them.
  • A study done in 2001 showed that the positive effect the show has on reading & achievement lasts through HS.
  • All of the Sesame Street Muppets have four fingers — except Cookie Monster, who has five.
  • As of 2012, Season 32 episodes started airing early in the mornings, while Season 33, 34, and 35 episodes aired on weekends and Season 39 episodes aired at 1PM ET.
  • In later years, when Elmo's World segments aired on Sprout, a yellow background on the sides of the screen was seen.

Episodes

See List of Sesame Street episodes

Gallery

See Sesame Street/Gallery

Videos

External links

Sources

  1. ↑ Twitter post (November 17, 2015), Retrieved September 27, 2024
  2. ↑ Muppet Central thread Retrieved September 27, 2024
  3. ↑ MCN Staff, Sprout to Premiere Sesame Street Christmas Carol (November 3, 2006), Retrieved September 27, 2024
  4. ↑ Twitter post March 8, 2011 Retrieved September 27, 2024
  5. ↑ Binnig, Steven, Facebook post Retrieved February 3, 2025
  6. ↑ Reitz, Shannon, Instagram post Retrieved February 3, 2025
  7. ↑ Harding, Forrest, When a Celebrity Comes to Visit (April 4, 2010), Retrieved February 3, 2025
  8. ↑ Twitter post
  9. ↑ Sprout Stretches
  10. ↑ Dress Up adventure
  11. ↑ Reply to Facebook post by M. Fretz, July 2021
  12. ↑ Facebook post (February 27, 2014), Retrieved February 3, 2025
  13. ↑ Instagram post Retrieved February 3, 2025
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