Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change is a television special produced by Sesame Workshop as part of the Talk, Listen, Connect initiative. The special premiered on PBS on April 1, 2009.

The special, hosted by Queen Latifah and John Mayer, is a follow-up to the 2006 television special "When Parents Are Deployed", hosted by Cuba Gooding, Jr. The special was designed to educate adults about the issues and effects of military parents homecomings and associated changes.

In the special, Mayer sings a variation of his song "Say (What You Need to Say)" with the Muppets of Sesame Street.

Sesame Workshop produced the half-hour special in association with David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Inc. and Lookalike Productions.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Crew 3 See also 4 Sources 5 External links

CastEdit

Kevin Clash as Elmo

Carmen Osbhar as Rosita

Tyler Bunch as Ricardo

Additional Performers: John Kennedy, Matt Vogel

CrewEdit

Executive Producers: Lisa Lax, Nancy Stern, Christina Delfico, Rob Burnett, David Letterman

Supervising Producer: Valerie Schaer

Directed by: Jerry Foley

Written by: Christine Ferraro

Producers: Kevin Clash, Andrew Ames

Associate Director: Ken Diego

Production Designer: Victor DiNapoli

Technical Director: Tom Guadarrama

Jim Henson's Muppet Workshop: Jason Weber, Connie Peterson, Rollie Krewson, Michelle Hickey, Lara MacLean, Chelsea Carter, Andrea Detwiler

See alsoEdit

• "When Parents Are Deployed"
• "Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments, Homecomings, Changes

SourcesEdit

• Market Watch
• Animation World News

External linksEdit

• Preview (YouTube)
• Behind the Scenes #1 (YouTube)
• Behind the Scenes #2 (YouTube)