Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 ^[1] with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones, A Walking Tour of Sesame Street.

Barkley, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, and the human cast of the show appeared on 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.

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, Brian Muehl as Barkley.
• Uncredited, in archive segments: Bill Cosby, Buffy Sainte-Marie as Buffy

Gallery

Sources

1. ↑ The special aired on individual PBS stations at various times between March and May, 1979.