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E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg's high-grossing 1982 film, included a clip from Sesame Street. During a scene with E.T. and Gertie (played by Drew Barrymore), the show is playing on the TV long enough for two sketches to appear. The first is an animated film about the letter B which aids E.T. in learning how to speak. The second features Big Bird and Grover in the courtyard, and ends with Big Bird's dialogue, "I think it comes from outer space," just as E.T. begins to communicate his desire to phone home.
References
- In a 1984 Muppet Babies episode, What Do You Wanna Be When You Grow Up?, a brief clip from the movie is shown when Baby Piggy and Baby Kermit imagine themselves being movie stars. The clip appears when Kermit arrives, and the clip shown is of Gertie screaming (in the movie, she screamed when she first saw E.T.; in the context of the scene, she was screamming at Kermit).
- In another 1984 Muppet Babies episode, "From a Galaxy Far, Far Away", the Babies find Irma, a strange creature who they assume is an alien, left behind on Earth. They attempt to contact the alien's family, and build a giant slingshot to send her home. The creature turns out to be a koala who escaped from the zoo. The basic plot is a similar take on the events of E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial -- save for the slingshot and the koala.
- In a Sesame Street News Flash, the Yip Yip Martians' descend onto Old MacDonald's Farm. They address reporter Kermit the Frog as "E.T.?"