Changes: A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

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Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones entitled A Walking Tour of Sesame Street. The special aired on individual PBS stations at various times between March and May 1979.

Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Barkley and human members of the cast (Mr. Hooper, Bob, Linda, and Olivia) appeared on the street with Jones as he showed clips from the first ten years and talked about the show, the street, the characters, and their world-wide impact.

Cast and crew

Producer: Michael Cozell
Director: Emily Squires
Writer: Jim Thurman

Credited: Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
Uncredited:Linda Bove as Linda, Bob McGrath as Bob, Alaina Reed Hall as Olivia Robinson, Will Lee as Mr. Hooper, Brian Muehl as Barkley.
Uncredited, in archive segments: Bill Cosby, Buffy Sainte-Marie as Buffy

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-''[[Sesame Street]]'' celebrated its 10th anniversary with a half-hour [[PBS]] special hosted by [[James Earl Jones]].
+''[[Sesame Street]]'' celebrated its [[Sesame Street Anniversaries|10th anniversary]] in the spring of [[1979]] with a half-hour [[PBS]] special hosted by [[James Earl Jones]] entitled '''''A Walking Tour of Sesame Street'''''. The special aired on individual PBS stations at various times between March and May 1979.
-[[Barkley]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Big Bird]], and the human cast of the show appeared on [[Sesame Street (location)|the street]] with Jones as he showed clips from the first 10 years and talked about the show, the street, the characters, and the world-wide impact.
+[[Big Bird]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Barkley]] and human members of the cast ([[Mr. Hooper]], [[Bob]], [[Linda]], and [[Olivia]]) appeared on [[Sesame Street (location)|the street]] with Jones as he showed clips from the first ten years and talked about the show, the street, the characters, and their world-wide impact.
 ==Cast and crew==
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 * Credited: [[Caroll Spinney]] as [[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]]
-* Uncredited: [[Linda Bove]] as [[Linda]], [[Bob McGrath]] as [[Bob]], [[Alaina Reed Hall]] as [[Olivia Robinson]], [[Brian Muehl]] as [[Barkley]].
+* Uncredited:[[Linda Bove]] as [[Linda]], [[Bob McGrath]] as [[Bob]], [[Alaina Reed Hall]] as [[Olivia Robinson]], [[Will Lee]] as [[Mr. Hooper]], [[Brian Muehl]] as [[Barkley]].
 * Uncredited, in archive segments: [[Bill Cosby]], [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]] as [[Buffy]]
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-[[Category:Sesame Street Specials|Walking Tour]]
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+[[Category:Sesame Street Specials]]
+[[Category:Anniversary Productions]]