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Play with Me Sesame

Play with Me Sesame is a 24-minute program that premiered on April 1, 2002.^[1] It features a framing structure starring Grover, Prairie Dawn, Ernie and Bert while also showcasing old inserts from Sesame Street.

The first two seasons were produced for Noggin, and contained 26 and 52 episodes, respectively. In the second season, Cookie Monster, Ernestine, Slimey, and Zoe started making occasional appearances on the show. The third and final season was produced solely by Sesame Workshop with 26 episodes.^[2] The show currently airs on PBS Kids Sprout.

1 Format
2 International versions
3 Cast
4 Production crew
5 See also
6 Sources

FormatEdit

A typical show follows this format:

Ernie Says ... (similar to "Simon Says")
classic Muppet clip
Prairie Dawn showcases drawings made by kids
classic Muppet clip
Bert plays on the computer
classic Muppet clip (a song segment)
Bert shows computer-generated "oatmeal art" submitted by kids
classic Muppet clip (an Ernie and Bert segment)
Finale: Grover invites the viewer to dance with him (occasionally includes a classic clip)

Beginning in season 3, Prairie would trade her art segment for one oriented around music.

International versionsEdit

In Britain, the series is modified to include Domby and Kit; see Play With Me Sesame (UK).
When Play with Me Sesame aired on the Hallmark Channel in Asia in October of 2003, the Prairie Dawn segments were cut out.
In Denmark the show was included as it's own segment on Sesamgade.
Baghch-e-Simsim in Afghanistan includes locally-produced live action segments.
Broadcast in over 50 countries, the series is currently seen on such networks as Disney UK, Disney Asia, ABC Australia, YTV/Treehouse Canada, Cartoon Network India, MiniMini (as part of Sezamkowy Zakątek, known as Bawmy się, Sezamku, or "Let's Play Sesame"), Minimax, Magma, and Rai Sat Italy. Small portions of the show are used and dubbed for episodes of international coproductions of Sesame Street, including Plaza Sésamo, Sesamstrasse, and Sesamstraat.