Season 14 (1982-1983)

The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree

James Taylor performs Jellyman Kelly with the kids.

Othmar the Grouch visits Earth in his trash can space vessel.

Me Gotta Be Blue

Sesame Street Season 14 aired from November 22, 1982 to May 20, 1983.

Episodes 1706 - 1835 (130 episodes)

• Episode 1706 -- 14th season premiere; Big Bird at Camp, part 1
• Episode 1707 -- Big Bird at Camp, part 2
• Episode 1708 -- Big Bird at Camp, part 3
• Episode 1709 -- Big Bird at Camp, part 4
• Episode 1710 -- Big Bird at Camp, part 5
• Episode 1736 -- Bob gives music lessons
• Episode 1740 -- Water conservation
• Episode 1755 -- Othmar the Grouch
• Episode 1781 -- Forgetful forgets the street name
• Episode 1800 -- Cousin Abigail Snuffleupagus

Notes

• This was the last season where the episodes ended with characters holding up the Sesame Street and Children's Television Workshop signs.
• This was also Will Lee's final season as Mr. Hooper. Lee died on December 7, 1982, and his death was addressed in a 1983 episode.
• Starting this season and until Season 25, the show is taped at Teletape Studios' Third Stage at 9th Avenue and 55th Street, moving from the former Second Stage on 81st Street (where it was filmed since the first season).

Cast

Muppet Characters

Abigail Snuffleupagus, Anything Muppets, Aristotle, Bert, Biff, Big Bird, Buster the Horse, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Dingers, Dr. Nobel Price, Elmo, Ernie, Forgetful Jones, Grover, Grundgetta, Honkers, Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, Othmar the Grouch, Rusty, Slimey, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Sully, Telly Monster, Two-Headed Monster

Human Characters

Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Linda, Bob, David, Mr. Hooper, Olivia, Mr. Macintosh, Willy

Actors

Linda Bove, Northern Calloway, Emilio Delgado, Will Lee, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Alaina Reed

Muppeteers

Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Brian Muehl, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Martin P. Robinson, Bryant Young

Guest Stars

Bette Davis, Giancarlo Esposito, Marilyn Sokol, James Taylor

Season 14 Credits

• Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer
• Producer: Lisa Simon
• Directed by: Jon Stone, Lisa Simon, Emily Squires
• Head Writer: Norman Stiles
• Writers: Joseph A. Bailey, Sara Compton, Judy Freudberg, Ray Sipherd, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Jeff Moss, Emily Perl Kingsley, Tom Dunsmuir, David Korr
• Supervising Film Producer: Edith Zornow
• Associate Producer: Arlene Sherman
• Original Muppets by: Don Sahlin, Kermit Love
• Current Muppets by: Caroly Wilcox, Cheryl Blalock, Richard Termine, Susan Moore, Ed Christie
• Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
• Conductor: Dave Conner
• Post Production Supervisor: Ted May
• Associate Director: Ted May
• Production Supervisor: Frieda Lipp
• Art Director: Victor Di Napoli
• Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
• Stage Managers: Mortimer J. O'Brien, Hank Smith
• Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
• Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
• Graphic Artist: Gerri Brioso
• Senior Scenic Artist: Jane Asch
• Production Assistants: Diane Mitchell, Cheryl Ann Jung, Lynn Roberge, Stuart Lowery, Danette Morganelli, Joseph M. Catalano, Mercedes Polanco, Thelma Moses
• Unit Manager: Eleanor McIntosh
• Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
• Lighting Director: William Knight
• Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
• Audio: Blake Norton
• Video: Martin Gaujenieks
• Cameras: Frank Biondo, Arnold Giorando, Joe LoRe'
• Videotape Editors: John Hutchison, Evamarie Keller
• Make-Up: Lee Halls
• Hair Stylist: Karen Specht
• Wardrobe: Grisha Mynova
• Curriculum Coordinator: Robert J. Emerick
• Vice President for Research: Edward L. Palmer
• Director of Research: Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.
• Associate Director of Research: Istar Schwager
• Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald S. Lesser
• Creative Consultant: Jon Stone
• Vice Presidents of Production: David D. Connell, Al Hyslop
• Recorded at Reeves Teletape III

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