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Season 21 (1989-1990)

Sesame Street
Season premiere	November 13, 1989
Season finale	May 11, 1990
No. of episodes	130

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Sesame Street Season 21 aired from November 13, 1989 to May 11, 1990.

1 Season Overview
2 Episodes
3 Notes
4 Cast
5 Season 21 Credits
6 Sources

Season OverviewEdit

The curriculum for Season 21 focuses on environmentalism and is "to teach appreciation of nature." Viewers will also become familiar with recycling from two types of collections - curb service and a recycling center. Sesame Street will also increase teaching numbers from 1 to 40 instead of the original 1 to 10.^[1]

Season 21 welcomes new human characters to the cast. Hooper's Store got a new owner, Mr. Handford, played by Leonard Jackson in this season and David L. Smyrl in subsequent seasons. Another human character, Mike, also appeared as a part-time worker at the Fix-It Shop and one of Gordon's students at school.

EpisodesEdit

Episodes 2616 - 2745 (130 episodes)

Episode 2616 -- Preston Rabbit comes to Sesame Street
Episode 2617
Episode 2618
Episode 2619 -- Nighttime on Sesame Street
Episode 2620 -- Mr. Handford tries to take a nap.
Episode 2621 -- A baby book for Alice
Episode 2622 -- Shelley is afraid of Barkley.
Episode 2623
Episode 2624 -- Big Bird tells a joke
Episode 2625
Episode 2626 -- Telly is curious about Gabi's baby talk.
Episode 2627 -- Susan goes away to the country.
Episode 2628
Episode 2630 -- Irvine has the grouch flu
Episode 2636 -- Maria and Linda imagine with Gabi
Episode 2637 -- Elmo sleeps over at Gina's.
Episode 2638
Episode 2639 -- Snuffy shows his friends his cave
Episode 2640 -- Did Gabi say "Oscar"?
Episode 2641 -- Luis finds a use for a pile of sand
Episode 2642 -- Maria and Luis finds a babysitter
Episode 2643
Episode 2644
Episode 2645 -- Ruby tries to tell what things were.
Episode 2648 -- Bob accompanies Oscar to Grouchytown
Episode 2649
Episode 2660
Episode 2675 -- Big Bird and Snuffy play games/Elmo sleeps over (repeat)
Episode 2679 -- Big Bird listens (repeat)
Episode 2681
Episode 2682 -- Linda gets a closed-captioning decoder
Episode 2686
Episode 2687 -- The Golden Cabbage of Snuffertiti
Episode 2689 -- Fire at Susan and Gordon's Part 1
Episode 2690 -- Fire at Susan and Gordon's Part 2
Episode 2691 -- Telly and the Wedge of Cheese
Episode 2702
Episode 2710
Episode 2714 -- A day with Flo Bear
Episode 2720
Episode 2727 -- A day at the library
Episode 2731
Episode 2734 -- Elmo in Numberland
Episode 2745 -- Gina Graduates from High School

NotesEdit

This was Jim Henson's final season. The 21st season finale aired on Friday, May 11, 1990, five days before Henson passed away. Jim Henson, however, continued to be credited on the show until 2001, when Season 32 ended.

CastEdit

Muppet Characters

Alice Snuffleupagus, Anything Muppets, Barkley, Bert, Biff, Big Bird, Big Jeffy, Buster the Horse, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Dingers, Elmo, Ernie, Flo Bear, Forgetful Jones, Gladys the Cow, Grover, Grundgetta, Guy Smiley, Herry Monster, Honkers, Hoots the Owl, Irvine, Kermit the Frog, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats, Meryl Sheep, Oscar the Grouch, Preston Rabbit, Professor D. Rabbit, Ruby, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Shelley the Turtle, Sherlock Hemlock, Stella, Sully, Telly Monster, Two-Headed Monster, Vincent Twice, Watson, Wolfgang the Seal

Human Characters

Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Linda, Bob, Mr. Handford, Uncle Wally, Gina, Miles, Mr. Macintosh, Gabi, Lisa, Hiroshi, Mike

Actors

Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly, Lisa Boggs, Linda Bove, Emilio Delgado, Leonard Jackson, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bill McCutcheon, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Miles Orman, Ward Saxton, Gedde Watanabe

Muppets of Sesame Street

Caroll Spinney, Pam Arciero, Camille Bonora, Kevin Clash, Fred "Garbo" Garver, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Rick Lyon, Jim Martin, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Judy Sladky, and Bryant Young

Guest Stars

Candice Bergen, Barbara Bush, Tracy Chapman, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Andrea Martin, Max Roach, Isaac Stern, Randy Travis, Denzel Washington^[1]

Season 21 CreditsEdit

Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer
Producer: Lisa Simon
Director: Jon Stone
Head Writer: Norman Stiles
Writers: Nancy Sans, Luis Santeiro, Cathi Rosenberg-Turow, Belinda Ward, Sonia Manzano, Jeff Moss, Sara Compton, Judy Freudberg, David Korr, John Weidman, Tony Geiss, Emily Perl Kingsley, Mark Saltzman, Josh Selig, Jon Stone
Supervising Film Producer: Edith Zornow
Coordinating Producer: Arlene Sherman
Muppets, Costumes, Props: Kermit Love, Caroly Wilcox, Connie Peterson, Peter MacKennan, Stephen Rotondaro, Mark Zeszotek, Richard Termine
Music Director: Dave Conner
Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
Production Supervisor: Frieda Lipp
Editing Supervisor: Robert J. Emerick
Associate Directors: Ted May, Eulogio Ortiz, Jr.
Production Designer: Victor Di Napoli
Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
Graphic Artist: Mike Pantuso
Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
Stage Manager: Mortimer J. O'Brien
Curriculum Coordinator: Diane P. Mitchell
Production Assistants: Cheryl Ann Jung, Ruthie E. Hiatt, Paul Lacy
Assistants to the Producers: Danette De Sena, Carol D. Mayes
Script Coordinator: Thelma Moses
Children's Casting: Martha O'Connor, Gabrielle Howard
Unit Manager: Eleanor McIntosh
Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
Lighting Directors: Bill Berner, Jim Tetlow
Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
Audio: Blake Norton, Tim Lester
Cameras: Frank Biondo, Dave Driscoll
Videotape Editor: Evamarie Keller
Make-Up: Lee Halls
Hair Stylist: Karen Specht
Wardrobe: Grisha Mynova
Vice President for Research: Keith W. Mielke, Ph.D.
Director of Research: Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.
Curriculum Specialist: Margarita Perez
Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald S. Lesser, Ph.D.