Sesame Street Game Shows
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Sesame Street has had many game shows over the years, hosted by Guy Smiley, Sonny Friendly, and other characters.
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Sesame Street Game Shows
Recurring Game Show Sketches | ||||
| Picture | Title | Earliest Known Appearance | Host | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What's My Part? | Guy Smiley | The object of the game is for the blindfolded contestants to guess what part of the body is the guest on the show, based on clues from the guest. At least two segments were made. | ||
| Beat the Time | Guy Smiley | The object of the game is to find a number of related items within a given time frame. | ||
| Here is Your Life | Guy Smiley | Guy surprises somebody (usually an animate version of an inanimate object) by showcasing that person or things life, with surprise appearances from people in that guests life. This segment was later retitled "The New Here is Your Life", with Sonny Friendly taking over hosting duties. | ||
| Name That Sound! | Guy Smiley | In this game, a number of sounds are heard, and the contestant must name the items that make those sounds. There was also a "traveling edition" hosted by Sonny Friendly. | ||
| The Letter of the Day Games | unseen announcer | Hosted by an unseen announcer, Cookie Monster must accomplish three tasks that involve The Letter of the Day. | ||
One-Shot Game Show Inserts | ||||
| Picture | Title | Earliest Known Appearance | Host | Description |
| The Mr. and Mrs. Game | Guy Smiley | A game show similar to The Newlywed Game, where a monster couple could win a prize if Mr. Monster's wife could guess her husband's answers. | ||
| Pick Your Pet | Sonny Friendly | A game show from the first season. The object of this game is to wear a blindfold, ask three different animals some questions about themselves, and then pick one of them to be the contestant's pet before taking off the blindfold and seeing what kind of pet was chosen. The three animals include Kenner Gooney Bird, Baskerville, and Beautiful Day Monster. | ||
| What's My Letter? | Guy Smiley | Another What's My Line? title parody, hosted by Guy Smiley. In this game show, the contestant has to figure out the featured letter of the day. In this skit, the contestant is Prairie Dawn, and the letter is E.(YouTube) | ||
| The Remembering Game | Episode 0310 | Guy Smiley | This game show is a matching game, where the contestants have to match two pictures. The prize is whatever the contestant correctly matches. The contestants in this skit are Cookie Monster and Bill Smith. | |
| The Triangle is Right | Guy Smiley | The object of the game is to answer every question with "a triangle" as the answer. Contestant Prairie Dawn has little patience for this format. | ||
| To Tell a Face | Guy Smiley | The object of the game is to identify the face of a relative. The contestant in this skit is a baby, who must identify his grandmother. | ||
| The Addition Game | Guy Smiley | The contestant, Herry Monster, has to add numbers to win the prize. Herry can solve all the questions except "3+1=_", so he brings four cars into the studio to add them together. (EKA: Episode 0890) | ||
| The Anything-in-The-Whole-Wide-World Prize Game | Guy Smiley | Guy Smiley asks questions to random people on the street. The winner gets to choose the prize. His guest for this skit is Oscar the Grouch, who doesn't want to be bothered by Guy Smiley and accidently gets every answer right. Since Oscar gets to have whatever he wants for a prize, he asks Guy Smiley to get lost. A script for this sketch was included in Sesame Street Unpaved). | ||
| Mystery Guest | Guy Smiley | The contestants wear blindfolds and ask the guest who it is. In this skit, the contestants are Cookie Monster, Don Music, and Sherlock Hemlock, and the guest is the letter X. (YouTube) | ||
| Squeal of Fortune | Pat Playjacks | A parody of Wheel of Fortune, hosted by Pat Playjacks. The object of this game is to spin a wheel with a pig inside of it, and guess how many times it will go around. | ||
| The Crying Game | Sonny Friendly | In this game, Sonny tells a sad story, and whoever cries the hardest wins. However, after Sonny learns that the prize is his own teddy bear, he cries the hardest and wins. | ||
| The Eating Game | Episode 2574 | Guy Smiley | The object of the game is to ask questions to three different types of food, and then pick which one the contestant wants to take to dinner. The contestant in this skit is a plate, and the food choices are a fish, a corn on the cob, and a glass of milk. | |
| Family Food | Richard Dawson | A parody of Family Feud | ||
| Say the Word | Episode 1836 | Guy Smiley | A spoof of word games like Password and The $10,000 Pyramid. The only word sketch that was used for this game-show is 'STOP'. The object of this game is that one contestant had to give the second contestant clues about it before the second contestant says the word. The contestants are Maurice Monster and Chester O'Leary. Chester tries to give Maurice some clues about the word 'STOP' until he's able to tickle Maurice before Maurice yells "STOP!" Maurice starts tickling Chester back and then he tickles Guy Smiley! | |
| The Fairytale Newlywed Game | Guy Smiley | |||
| The Brothers and Sisters Game | ||||
| The Mystery Mix-up Game | Episode 14446 | Guy Smiley | The object of this game is to unscramble a word. The word to unscramble is "SCHOOL", and when his contestant wins, she rearranges her prizes.(YouTube) | |
| Where Do I Belong? | Guy Smiley | |||
| What's My Job? | Guy Smiley | |||
| The Trading Game | Episode 0279 | Guy Smiley | ||
| What's Prairie's Problem? | ||||
| Happiness Begins At 40 | Guy Smiley | Contestants count to 40, with their emotions improving as they get to 40. | ||
| What Is It? | ||||
| Dialing-For-Prizes Movie | Episode 0666 | Guy Smiley | ||
| Name That Food | Guy Smiley | Animated skit hosted by Don Carrot. The object of the game is to identify foods that appear on a screen and then eat that food. One of the contestants is willing to eat every food shown, while the other contestant refuses. | ||
| Meal or No Meal | Episode 4138 Howie Eatswell | A parody of Deal or No Deal. | ||
| The Trash is Right | Episode 2258 | Oscar the Grouch | Hosted by Oscar on Sesame Street. The object of this game is for the contestant, Grundgetta, to match each piece of trash with the person who threw it away. | |
| The How Many Game | Episode 2409 | Guy Smiley | ||
Featured Game Shows | ||||
| Picture | Title | Featured in | Host | Description |
| Alphabet Treasure Hunt | The Alphabet Game | Sonny Friendly | this game show involves a screen that randomly picks a letter, and whenever that letter is presented, the contestants must find an object that starts with that letter and bring it to the studio. Whoever correctly finds something beginning with that letter gets a piece of cookie, and when the contestant gets three pieces, which form a full cookie, the contestant wins. If there is a tie then the contestants must correctly answer a question. | |
| The My Best Friend Game Show | Episode 2274 | Sonny Friendly | The contstants talk about their best friends. | |
| The Healthy Foods Game | Episode 4085 | This game show involves its contestants in a search for healthy foods of various colors, but the contestant must find foods of all colors before a mouse reaches the top of a refridgerator. | ||
| What Happens Next? | Episode 4100 | Oscar the Grouch | Oscar sets up some things, and his contestant must guess what will happen next. | |
| Episode 4065 | Mr. Square | |||
| The Healthy Foods Name Game! | Episode 4085 | Mr. Healthy Food | ||
| What Comes Next? | Episode 4129 | Mr. Pattern | ||
Other Game Shows | ||||
| Picture | Title | Featured in | Host | Description |
| Double Get Wordy | Ready To Learn | Guy Smiley | ||
| Sesame Street Presents the Body | Guy Smiley | |||
| Elmo's Breakfast Bingo | Elmo's Breakfast Bingo | Elmo | Elmo hosts a game show with the purpose of teaching kids about healthy eating for breakfast. The game is structured as a multiple-choice format, often with silly incorrect answers. Occasionally, Elmo makes jokes such as that the contestant has won a new car or that they've reached the one million dollar question. | |
| Oscar's Big Game Show | Sesame Place | Oscar the Grouch | ||
Real World Game Shows
The Sesame Street characters have been guests on many outside game shows, including:
