My Favorite Sesame Street Moments
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Segments shown before each episode of Sesame Street during the 35th season, in honor of the show's 35th anniversary. In these segments, people talked about their favorite Sesame Steet moments.
| Picture | Who | Episode | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Doris Roberts | Episode 4057 | She talks about liking all 35 years of Sesame Street. |
 | Joshua Bell | Episode 4058 | He shares that the first song he learned to play on the violin was the Sesame Street Theme. A clip of the Tokyo String Quartet is shown. |
 | Frank Caldeiro | Episode 4059 | He describes coming to New York from Argentina, and learning English from watching Sesame Street. An excerpt of Big Bird singing "ABC-DEF-GHI" is shown. |
 | Venus Williams | Episode 4060 | She talks about watching the show with her sister, Serena Williams, and remembering the song, "Ladybugs' Picnic." |
 | Phil McGraw | Episode 4062 | He talks about Ernie and Bert, and a clip from the Banana Sketch is shown. |
 | Elizabeth Shehane | Episode 4064 | She talks about Bob when he sings the song, "Sing." |
 | Christopher Meloni | Episode 4065 | He talks about Cookie Monster's urge to not eat cookies. A Letter of the Day clip is shown. |
 | Julianne Moore | Episode 4066 | She talks about how "The People in Your Neighborhood" taught her about the people in her neighborhood. A clip from the original version is shown. |
 | Wendy Wasserstein | Episode 4067 | |
 | Seth Green | Episode 4068 | He talks about "Somebody Come and Play" and credits the show as what inspired him to get into acting. |
 | Norah Jones | Episode 4069 | She talks about Ernie and Bert's "Here fishy, fishy, fishy!" sketch. |
 | Maria Torres | Episode 4070 | She speaks about the diversity on Sesame Street inspiring her as an aspiring dancer and choreographer. A clip of Celia Cruz and Big Bird is shown. |
 | Bill Cosby | Episode 4071 | He talks about how Sesame Street convinced him that he should be involved with an entertaining children's educational show. |
 | Jason Kingsley | Episode 4072 | He talks about how Sesame Street showed people with all kinds of disabilities. A clip of his favorite song, "Count Me In", is shown. |
 | Harvey Fierstein | Episode 4073 | He talks about the importance of Sesame Street showing a "soft, gentle love" to children. A clip from Cookie Monster Alphabet is shown. |
 | Larry King | Episode 4074 | He talks about watching Sesame Street with his kids. |
 | Cher | Episode 4075 | She talks about how she's thankful that Sesame Street is in the world to cheer her up when she's blue. |
 | Dr. Alex Jenny Ky | Episode 4076 | She talks about how Sesame Street taught her the alphabet and numbers through friendly characters. A clip from Episode 0406 of the characters holding up letters that introduce their names is shown. |
 | James Earl Jones | Episode 4077 | He reminisces about telling Matt Robinson that the monster Muppets would not work because they would terrify children. A clip from "C is for Cookie" is shown. He chuckles, then says "What did I know?" |
 | Jason Biggs | Episode 4078 | He talks about the "Pinball Number Count" series. |
 | Maria Greene | Episode 4079 | |
 | Harry Connick Jr. | Episode 4080 | He talks about a scene in which all of the characters are sitting on the brownstone steps in the special Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting, and how it represents people from all walks of life, and how it shows that everyone is important and despite of our differences we can be friends. |
 | Ruben Studdard | Episode 4081 | He talks about Ernie singing "Rubber Duckie." |
 | Newelle J. McDonald | Episode 4082 | She notes her most respected moment as when Hooper's Store caught fire. |
 | Dennis Franz | He talks about calling Craig T. Nelson 'Bert' and Nelson calling him 'Ernie'. | |
 | Donny Osmond | He says he thought the show was good until he saw his musical hero, Stevie Wonder, perform on the show, which made it great. A clip from "Superstition" is shown. | |
 | Kelsey Grammer | [1] | He talks about Elmo's World. |
| | Martina McBride | [1] | |
| | Wayne Brady | [1] | |
| | Amy Brenneman | [1] | |
| | Whoopi Goldberg | source: [1] | |
| | Natalie Portman | source: [2] |
Sources
External links
- Sesame Street - Caregivers - 35th Anniversary Has clips of moments from Dennis Franz, Seth Green, James Earl Jones, Norah Jones and Donny Osmond.
- YouTube collection
