Changes: Season 22 (1990-1991)

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Sesame Street
Premiere	November 12, 1990 (2746)
Finale	May 10, 1991 (2875)
Episodes	130

Whoopi and hoots — Whoopi Goldberg appears with her friends Hoots and Elmo in segments dealing with pride.

TwinBeaks — In an episode of *Monsterpiece Theatre*, Cookie Monster finds himself in the story of *Twin Beaks*.

Sesame Street Season 22 aired from November 12, 1990 to May 10, 1991.

Season Overview

The theme for this season is about race, about getting along, and appreciating everyone's similarities and differences.^[1] Dulcy Singer, the show's executive producer, said about this season's theme, "We're recognizing and celebrating cultural differences - talking about color of skin, hair texture, situations where a child might be left out from a group because of his color."^[2]

Episodes

Episodes 2746 - 2875 (130 episodes)

Episode 2746 -- 22nd Season premiere; Grouch Appreciation Day
Episode 2749 -- Dan the clarinet player learns how to read.
Episode 2750 -- Telly gets a furcut
Episode 2751 -- A day in the laundry room
Episode 2752 -- Elmo wants to be a grouch
Episode 2754 -- Placido Flamingo's Animal Opera
Episode 2755 -- The city helpers surprise prize
Episode 2773 -- Ruby's Sun Experiment/Hiroshi on puppets
Episode 2776 -- Knights of the Broken Table
Episode 2780 -- Telly loves triangles
Episode 2781 -- Telly loves Oscar
Episode 2782 -- Wide World of Sesame Street
Episode 2783 -- Big Bird and Snuffy go shopping with Maria and Luis
Episode 2784 -- Snuffle Puppet show
Episode 2786 -- A television birthday card for Gordon
Episode 2787 -- Gordon has a headache
Episode 2789 -- Hiroshi paints Oscar
Episode 2790
Episode 2795 -- Hooper's Store re-opens
Episode 2797
Episode 2817
Episode 2819 -- Oscar and the Banana Man
Episode 2820 -- Miles' grandparents visit
Episode 2821 -- A hurricane hits Sesame Street
Episode 2822 -- The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe visits
Episode 2823
Episode 2824 -- Elmo and the Beanstalk
Episode 2834 -- Forrest Wimbledon plays at Birdland
Episode 2835 -- Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake
Episode 2837 -- Gordon Organizes To Clean To Lot
Episode 2840 -- Mayor David Dinkins gives Gordon a good citizen's award
Episode 2847 -- Savion tap dances for Prairie Dawn
Episode 2849 -- Elmo plays three of these things
Episode 2852 -- Elmo pretends to be a Grouch
Episode 2854
Episode 2855 -- Tim Robbins appears in Prairie's "seasons pageant"
Episode 2856
Episode 2859 -- Elmo borrows Big Bird's teddy bear
Episode 2860 -- Elmo's imagination hat
Episode 2861 -- Big Bird Yells "Toothpaste"
Episode 2863
Episode 2864
Episode 2866
Episode 2867
Episode 2869 -- Slimey and the Worm Scouts
Episode 2870 -- City-wide water shortage
Episode 2874 -- A Day at the Birdland Jazz Club
Episode 2875

Notes

This season welcomed a new human character to the cast, Savion.
This was the final season for Hiroshi, Mike, Jelani, and Alex.
For only this season, as well as with related productions at the time, the Sesame Street Muppets are referred to in credits as "Sesame Street Puppet Characters." The Muppeteers themselves are credited as "Puppet Performers."

Cast

Muppet Characters

Anything Muppets, the Amazing Mumford, Baby Natasha, Barkley, Bert, Biff, Big Bird, Bruno the Trashman, Buster the Horse, Chip and Dip, Clementine, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Don Music, Elmo, Ernie, Forgetful Jones, Grover, Grundgetta, Guy Smiley, Herry Monster, Honkers, Hoots the Owl, Juliet, Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, Placido Flamingo, Prairie Dawn, Preston Rabbit, Ruby, Slimey, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Stella, Sully, Telly Monster, Two-Headed Monster, Wolfgang the Seal

Human Characters

Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Linda, Bob, Uncle Wally, Olivia, Gina, Miles, Mr. Macintosh, Gabi, Hiroshi, Mr. Handford, Mike, Savion, Jelani, Alex, Lisa, Lillian

Muppet Performers

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

Actors

Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly, Lisa Boggs, Linda Bove, Eugene Byrd, Alexis Cruz, Emilio Delgado, Heather Henderson, Savion Glover, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bill McCutcheon, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Miles Orman, Ward Saxton, David L. Smyrl, Gedde Watanabe, Lillias White

Guest Stars

Bill Cobbs, Tyne Daly, Frances Foster, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Goldblum, Angela Lansbury, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, Rhea Perlman, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Steven Schub, Paul Simon, Robin Williams

Season 22 Credits

Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer
Producer: Lisa Simon
Directors: Ted May, Lisa Simon, Emily Squires, Jon Stone
Head Writer: Norman Stiles
Writers: Molly Boylan, Lou Berger, 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: Caroly Wilcox, Ed Christie, Connie Peterson, Peter MacKennan, Stephen Rotondaro, Mark Zeszotek, Richard Termine, Barry Link, Paul Hartis
Associate 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.

Sources

↑ The New York Times: Reviews/Television; 'Sesame Street' Talking About Race, From A to Z
↑ The Milwaukee Journal: 'Sesame Street' celebrates our differences

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[The_New_York_Times-1] The New York Times: Reviews/Television; 'Sesame Street' Talking About Race, From A to Z

[The_Milwaukee_Journal-2] The Milwaukee Journal: 'Sesame Street' celebrates our differences

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-{{Seasonsesame|premiere=November 12, 1990|finale=May 10, 1991|episodes=130}}
+{{Seasonsesame|premiere=November 12, 1990 ([[Episode 2746|2746]])|finale=May 10, 1991 ([[Episode 2875|2875]])|episodes=130}}
 [[Image:2795j.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Hooper's Store]] re-opens.]]
 [[File:Cecille.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Cecille]]]]
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 ==Season Overview==
-The theme for this season is about race, about getting along, and appreciating everyone's similarities and differences.<ref name="The New York Times">The New York Times: [http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/21/arts/reviews-television-sesame-street-talking-about-race-from-a-to-z.html?pagewanted=all Reviews/Television; 'Sesame Street' Talking About Race, From A to Z]</ref>
+The theme for this season is about race, about getting along, and appreciating everyone's similarities and differences.<ref name="The New York Times">The New York Times: [http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/21/arts/reviews-television-sesame-street-talking-about-race-from-a-to-z.html?pagewanted=all Reviews/Television; 'Sesame Street' Talking About Race, From A to Z]</ref> [[Dulcy Singer]], the show's executive producer, said about this season's theme, "We're recognizing and celebrating cultural differences - talking about color of skin, hair texture, situations where a child might be left out from a group because of his color."<ref name="The Milwaukee Journal">The Milwaukee Journal: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NJ8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JiwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4187,716840&dq=taking+race+relations+to+the+street+sesame+street&hl=en 'Sesame Street' celebrates our differences]</ref>
 ==Episodes==
@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 * [[Episode 2746]] -- 22nd Season premiere; Grouch Appreciation Day
 * [[Episode 2749]] -- Dan the clarinet player learns how to read.
+* [[Episode 2750]] -- Telly gets a furcut
+* [[Episode 2751]] -- A day in the laundry room
 * [[Episode 2752]] -- Elmo wants to be a grouch
 * [[Episode 2754]] -- [[Placido Flamingo]]'s Animal Opera
 * [[Episode 2755]] -- The city helpers surprise prize
-* [[Episode 2763]] -- [[Telly]] borrows Savion's hat.
 * [[Episode 2773]] -- [[Ruby]]'s Sun Experiment/Hiroshi on puppets
 * [[Episode 2776]] -- Knights of the Broken Table
@@ Line 34: / Line 35: @@
 * [[Episode 2795]] -- Hooper's Store re-opens
 * [[Episode 2797]]
-* [[Episode 2817]] -- Everyone Remembers Times They Were Sad
+* [[Episode 2817]]
+* [[Episode 2819]] -- Oscar and the Banana Man
 * [[Episode 2820]] -- Miles' grandparents visit
+* [[Episode 2821]] -- A hurricane hits Sesame Street
 * [[Episode 2822]] -- The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe visits
 * [[Episode 2823]]
+* [[Episode 2824]] -- Elmo and the Beanstalk
 * [[Episode 2834]] -- Forrest Wimbledon plays at Birdland
 * [[Episode 2835]] -- Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake
@@ Line 44: / Line 48: @@
 * [[Episode 2847]] -- [[Savion]] tap dances for Prairie Dawn
 * [[Episode 2849]] -- [[Elmo]] plays three of these things
+* [[Episode 2852]] -- Elmo pretends to be a Grouch
 * [[Episode 2854]]
 * [[Episode 2855]] -- [[Tim Robbins]] appears in [[Prairie Dawn|Prairie's]] "seasons pageant"
-* [[Episode 2858]] -- [[Telly]] gets a brick
+* [[Episode 2856]]
 * [[Episode 2859]] -- [[Elmo]] borrows Big Bird's teddy bear
+* [[Episode 2860]] -- Elmo's imagination hat
 * [[Episode 2861]] -- Big Bird Yells "Toothpaste"
+* [[Episode 2863]]
+* [[Episode 2864]]
 * [[Episode 2866]]
 * [[Episode 2867]]
+* [[Episode 2869]] -- Slimey and the Worm Scouts
+* [[Episode 2870]] -- City-wide water shortage
 * [[Episode 2874]] -- A Day at the Birdland Jazz Club
 * [[Episode 2875]]
@@ Line 57: / Line 67: @@
 * This season welcomed a new human character to the cast, [[Savion]].
 * This was the final season for Hiroshi, Mike, Jelani, and Alex.
-* For only this season, as well as with related productions at the time, the Sesame Street Muppets are refered to in credits as "Sesame Street Puppet Characters." The Muppeteers themselves are credited as "Puppet Performers."
+* For only this season, as well as with related productions at the time, the Sesame Street Muppets are referred to in credits as "Sesame Street Puppet Characters." The Muppeteers themselves are credited as "Puppet Performers."
 ==Cast==
 '''Muppet Characters'''
-: [[Anything Muppets]], [[The Amazing Mumford|the Amazing Mumford]], [[Baby Natasha]], [[Barkley]], [[Bert]], [[Biff]], [[Big Bird]], [[Bruno the Trashman]], [[Buster the Horse]], [[Chip and Dip]], [[Clementine]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Count von Count]], [[Don Music]], [[Elmo]], [[Ernie]], [[Forgetful Jones]], [[Grover]], [[Grundgetta]], [[Guy Smiley]], [[Herry Monster]], [[Honkers]], [[Hoots the Owl]], [[Juliet]], [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Placido Flamingo]], [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Preston Rabbit]], [[Ruby]], [[Slimey]], [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]], [[Stella (Sesame Street)|Stella]], [[Sully]], [[Telly Monster]], [[Two-Headed Monster]]
+: [[Anything Muppets]], [[The Amazing Mumford|the Amazing Mumford]], [[Baby Natasha]], [[Barkley]], [[Bert]], [[Biff]], [[Big Bird]], [[Bruno the Trashman]], [[Buster the Horse]], [[Chip and Dip]], [[Clementine]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Count von Count]], [[Don Music]], [[Elmo]], [[Ernie]], [[Forgetful Jones]], [[Grover]], [[Grundgetta]], [[Guy Smiley]], [[Herry Monster]], [[Honkers]], [[Hoots the Owl]], [[Juliet]], [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Placido Flamingo]], [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Preston Rabbit]], [[Ruby]], [[Slimey]], [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]], [[Stella (Sesame Street)|Stella]], [[Sully]], [[Telly Monster]], [[Two-Headed Monster]], [[Wolfgang the Seal]]
 '''Human Characters'''
@@ Line 69: / Line 79: @@
 '''[[:category:Sesame Street Cast|Actors]]'''
-:[[Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly]], [[Lisa Boggs]], [[Linda Bove]], [[Eugene Byrd]], [[Alexis Cruz]], [[Emilio Delgado]],  [[Heather Henderson]], [[Savion Glover]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bill McCutcheon]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Roscoe Orman]], [[Miles Orman]], [[Ward Saxton]], [[David L. Smyrl]], [[Gedde Watanabe]], [[Lillias White]]
+:[[Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly]], [[Lisa Boggs]], [[Linda Bove]], [[Eugene Byrd]], [[Alexis Cruz]], [[Emilio Delgado]], [[Heather Henderson]], [[Savion Glover]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bill McCutcheon]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Roscoe Orman]], [[Miles Orman]], [[Ward Saxton]], [[David L. Smyrl]], [[Gedde Watanabe]], [[Lillias White]]
 '''[[:category:Sesame Street Guest Stars|Guest Stars]]'''
-:[[Bill Cobbs]], [[Frances Foster]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Jeff Goldblum]], [[Wynton Marsalis]], [[Bobby McFerrin]], [[Rhea Perlman]], [[Tim Robbins]], [[Susan Sarandon]], [[Steven Schub]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Forrest Wimbledon]]
+:[[Bill Cobbs]], [[Tyne Daly]], [[Frances Foster]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Jeff Goldblum]], [[Angela Lansbury]], [[Branford Marsalis]], [[Wynton Marsalis]], [[Bobby McFerrin]], [[Rhea Perlman]], [[Tim Robbins]], [[Susan Sarandon]], [[Steven Schub]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Robin Williams]]
 ==Season 22 Credits==
 * Executive Producer: [[Dulcy Singer]]
 * Producer: [[Lisa Simon]]
-* Director: [[Ted May]], [[Lisa Simon]], [[Emily Squires]], [[Jon Stone]]
+* Directors: [[Ted May]], [[Lisa Simon]], [[Emily Squires]], [[Jon Stone]]
 * Head Writer: [[Norman Stiles]]
 * Writers: [[Molly Boylan]], [[Lou Berger]], [[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: [[Caroly Wilcox]], [[Ed Christie]], [[Connie Peterson]], [[Peter MacKennan]], [[Stephen Rotondaro]], [[Mark Zeszotek]], [[Richard Termine]], [[Barry Link]], [[Paul Hartis]]
 * Associate Music Director: [[Dave Conner]]
 * Music Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
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 * Wardrobe: Grisha Mynova
 * Vice President for Research: Keith W. Mielke, Ph.D.
-* Director of Research: [[Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.]]
+* Director of Research: [[Valeria Lovelace|Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.]]
 * Curriculum Specialist: Margarita Perez
 * Chairman, Board of Advisors: [[Gerald S. Lesser, Ph.D.]]

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