Sesame Street Season 15 aired from November 21, 1983 to May 18, 1984.

Season Overview

This season "attempts to explain death and computers to its young viewer."^[1]

Episodes

Episodes 1836 - 1965 (130 episodes)

• Episode 1836 -- 15th season premiere; Gordon and Snuffy run the NYC marathon
• Episode 1839 -- Death of Mr. Hooper
• Episode 1845 -- Dr. Nobel Price "Discovers" The Law Of Gravity
• Episode 1854 -- Snuffy is Sick
• Episode 1858 -- Proud To Be A Cow/Captain Vegetable Returns
• Episode 1899 -- Bob talks to the Phone
• Episode 1927 -- Gordon and Susan baby-sit
• Episode 1933 -- The new computer
• Episode 1952 -- Hooper's has a broken window
• Episode 1957 -- Election Day on Sesame Street

Notes

• This is the first season to have the Sesame Street sign and the CTW logo on the top of the screen.
• After a nine year absence, Joe Raposo returned to his old job as musical director and would remain with the show until his death.
• This was the first season with the Muppets Inc. copyright, in addition to the Children's Television Workshop copyright, at the end of the episodes.
• Despite being released between seasons 16 and 17, this was the final season finished before filming began on Follow That Bird.

Cast

Muppet Characters

Anything Muppets, Barkley, Bert, Big Bird, Buster the Horse, Captain Vegetable, Dr. Nobel Price, Elmo, Ernie, Forgetful Jones, Fred the Wonder Horse, Gilbert and Sullivan, Grover, Honkers, Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Telly Monster

Human Characters

Gordon, Susan, David, Maria, Luis, Linda, Bob, Olivia

Actors

Linda Bove, Northern Calloway, Emilio Delgado, 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, Noel MacNeal (uncredited)

Season 15 Credits

• Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer
• Producer: Lisa Simon
• Directed by: Lisa Simon
• Head Writer: Norman Stiles
• Writers: Joseph A. Bailey, Sara Compton, Judy Freudberg, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Jeff Moss, Emily Perl Kingsley, Tom Dunsmuir, David Korr, Gary Belkin
• Music Director: Joe Raposo
• Supervising Film Producer: Edith Zornow
• Associate Producer: Arlene Sherman
• Muppets by: Don Sahlin, Kermit Love, Caroly Wilcox, Cheryl Blalock, Richard Termine, Susan Moore, Ed Christie
• Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
• Assistant Music Director: Dave Conner
• Post Production Supervisor: Ted May
• Associate Director: Andy Bamberger
• Production Supervisor: Frieda Lipp
• Art Director: Victor Di Napoli
• Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
• Stage Manager: Mortimer J. O'Brien
• Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
• Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
• Graphic Artist: Gerri Brioso
• Senior Scenic Artist: Jane Asch
• Production Assistants: Diane P. Mitchell, Cheryl Ann Jung, Lynn Roberge, Stuart Lovery, Danette Morganelli, Joseph M. Catalano, Mercedes Polanco, Thelma Moses, Noel McNeil
• Unit Manager: Eleanor McIntosh
• Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
• Lighting Director: Randy Nordstrom
• Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
• Audio: Blake Norton
• Video: Martin Gaujenieks
• Cameras: Frank Biondo, Arnold Giorando, Miguel Armstrong
• 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
• Vice Presidents of Production: David D. Connell, Al Hyslop

Sources

1. ↑ The Deseret News: 'Sesame Street' nears 15th year