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{{Seasonsesame|premiere=November 11, 1991 ([[Episode 2876|2876]])|finale=May 8, 1992 (3005)|episodes=130}}
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[[Image:SSSeason23Cast.jpg|thumb|300px|The Season 23 cast.]]
  
[[Image:SSSeason23Cast.jpg|thumb|300px|The Season 23 cast.]]
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[[File:2909a.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Baby Bear]] comes to [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]].]]
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[[File:2909a.jpg|thumb|300px|Baby Bear comes to [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]].]]
 
[[Image:Episode2888.jpg|thumb|300px|Prairie Dawn meets Rosita.]]
  
[[Image:Episode2888.jpg|thumb|300px|Prairie Dawn meets Rosita.]]
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[[File:Ilovetrash.jpg|thumb|300px|Oscar sings in a remake of his hit song, ''[[I Love Trash]]''.]]
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[[Image:Song.whatagift.jpg|thumb|300px|Big Bird sings "[[What a Gift]]" during the cast's trip to Montana.]]
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[[File:3187g.jpg|thumb|300px|Prairie Dawn directs Grover for his big dance number in ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]''.]]
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[[File:Ilovetrash.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Oscar the Grouch|Oscar]] sings in a remake of his hit song, "[[I Love Trash]]."]]
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[[File:3187g.jpg|thumb|300px|Prairie Dawn directs Grover for his big dance number in "[[Singin' in the Rain]]."]]
 
[[File:Isaiah.Elmo.jpg|thumb|300px|Basketball player [[Isaiah Thomas]] and Elmo]]
  
[[File:Isaiah.Elmo.jpg|thumb|300px|Basketball player [[Isaiah Thomas]] and Elmo]]
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[[Image:EnVogue.Adventure.jpg|thumb|300px|[[En Vogue]] sing, "[[Adventure]]," a song that details an adventure they went on, meeting Elmo, [[The Count]], [[Ernie]], [[Oscar]], [[Honkers]], [[Dingers]], and [[Super Grover]].]]
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[[Image:EnVogue.Adventure.jpg|thumb|300px|En Vogue sing, "[[Adventure]]," a song that details an adventure they went on, meeting Elmo, [[The Count]], [[Ernie]], Oscar, [[Honkers]], [[Dingers]], and [[Super Grover]].]]
   
 
''[[Sesame Street]]'' '''Season 23''' aired from November 11, [[1991]] to May 8, [[1992]].
  
''[[Sesame Street]]'' '''Season 23''' aired from November 11, [[1991]] to May 8, [[1992]].
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* [[Episode 2876]] -- Floyd FluterTooter Gets a Home
  
* [[Episode 2876]] -- Floyd FluterTooter Gets a Home
 
* [[Episode 2877]] -- [[Big Bird]] teaches [[Barkley]] some tricks
  
* [[Episode 2877]] -- [[Big Bird]] teaches [[Barkley]] some tricks
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* [[Episode 2879]] -- The Happiest People in the World
 
* [[Episode 2881]] -- Montana Day 1
  
* [[Episode 2881]] -- Montana Day 1
 
* [[Episode 2882]] -- Montana Day 2
  
* [[Episode 2882]] -- Montana Day 2
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* [[Episode 2886]] -- Return from Montana
  
* [[Episode 2886]] -- Return from Montana
 
* [[Episode 2887]] -- [[Telly Monster]] and the dogs
  
* [[Episode 2887]] -- [[Telly Monster]] and the dogs
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* [[Episode 2888]] -- First appearance of Rosita
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* [[Episode 2888]] -- Rosita debuts
 
* [[Episode 2893]] -- Athena's bird-day party/[[Elmo]] tries to stay awake
  
* [[Episode 2893]] -- Athena's bird-day party/[[Elmo]] tries to stay awake
 
* [[Episode 2895]] -- Oscar's brother visits
  
* [[Episode 2895]] -- Oscar's brother visits
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* [[Episode 2899]] -- Grouchytown
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* [[Episode 2899]] -- Grouchytown (repeat)
 
* [[Episode 2900]] -- Ruby and Tatyana pretend they're adults (repeat)
  
* [[Episode 2900]] -- Ruby and Tatyana pretend they're adults (repeat)
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* [[Episode 2902]] -- Telly Watches Wolfgang The Seal
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* [[Episode 2902]] -- Telly Watches Wolfgang The Seal (repeat)
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* [[Episode 2909]] -- First appearance of [[Baby Bear]]
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* [[Episode 2903]] -- Elmo in Numberland (repeat)
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* [[Episode 2909]] -- Baby Bear tries to hide from Goldilocks
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* [[Episode 2910]] -- Roxie Marie and Elmo capture a Doozy bug
 
* [[Episode 2911]] -- Chicago the Lion Goes Hunting for Vegetables
  
* [[Episode 2911]] -- Chicago the Lion Goes Hunting for Vegetables
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* [[Episode 2912]] -- Big Bird and Snuffy Pretend to be Little Red Riding Hood <ref>Needs verification</ref>
  
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* [[Episode 2913]] -- Flo Bear Plays a Game with the Word "Park" <ref>Needs verification</ref>
  
 
* [[Episode 2914]] -- Gus guesses music
  
* [[Episode 2914]] -- Gus guesses music
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* [[Episode 2916]] -- Gina Babysits Elmo (Repeat)
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* [[Episode 2918]] -- Linda gets a closed-captioning decoder (repeat)
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* [[Episode 2920]] -- Ruby experiments with eyes (repeat)
 
* [[Episode 2921]] -- A Celebrity Tries To Be Telly's Substitute
  
* [[Episode 2921]] -- A Celebrity Tries To Be Telly's Substitute
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* [[Episode 2924]] -- Chicago visits the library
 
* [[Episode 2926]] -- Word play on Sesame Street
  
* [[Episode 2926]] -- Word play on Sesame Street
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* [[Episode 2927]] -- Oscar's GO sign
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* [[Episode 2928]]
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* [[Episode 2929]] -- Mr. Big visits
 
* [[Episode 2931]] -- Just another day on Sesame Street
  
* [[Episode 2931]] -- Just another day on Sesame Street
 
* [[Episode 2932]] -- Prairie Dawn hangs out with Snuffy
  
* [[Episode 2932]] -- Prairie Dawn hangs out with Snuffy
 
* [[Episode 2933]] -- Another day on the street
  
* [[Episode 2933]] -- Another day on the street
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* [[Episode 2934]] -- A day with Debora
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* [[Episode 2934]] -- A day with Debra
 
* [[Episode 2938]] -- Big Bird's Rock Concert
  
* [[Episode 2938]] -- Big Bird's Rock Concert
 
* [[Episode 2939]] -- A ridiculous day with Monty
  
* [[Episode 2939]] -- A ridiculous day with Monty
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* [[Episode 2940]] -- Elmo's newspaper
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* [[Episode 2941]] -- Elmo pretends he's a flower
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* [[Episode 2942]]
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* [[Episode 2943]] -- Prince Charming chooses Gabi as his love
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* [[Episode 2944]]
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* [[Episode 2945]] -- A chilly day on Sesame Street
 
* [[Episode 2946]] -- [[Monty]] Bothers [[Prairie Dawn]]
  
* [[Episode 2946]] -- [[Monty]] Bothers [[Prairie Dawn]]
 
* [[Episode 2947]] -- A day at [[Bob]]'s
  
* [[Episode 2947]] -- A day at [[Bob]]'s
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* [[Episode 2949]] -- Savion can't stop tap-dancing
  
 
* [[Episode 2951]] -- Wanda the word fairy visits
  
* [[Episode 2951]] -- Wanda the word fairy visits
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* [[Episode 2952]] -- Grundgetta gets nice-lessons
 
* [[Episode 2954]] -- [[Alice Snuffleupagus|Alice]] needs to take a nap
  
* [[Episode 2954]] -- [[Alice Snuffleupagus|Alice]] needs to take a nap
 
* [[Episode 2955]] -- [[Telly]] doesn't want to give up his blanket
  
* [[Episode 2955]] -- [[Telly]] doesn't want to give up his blanket
 
* [[Episode 2956]] -- Telly sees a giant 11
  
* [[Episode 2956]] -- Telly sees a giant 11
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* [[Episode 2960]] -- Luis, Gordon and Wolfgang go fishing
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* [[Episode 2962]]
 
* [[Episode 2963]] -- Elmo wants to be like the Count
  
* [[Episode 2963]] -- Elmo wants to be like the Count
 
* [[Episode 2969]] -- Grouches protest the letter L
  
* [[Episode 2969]] -- Grouches protest the letter L
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* [[Episode 2977]] -- Big Bird moves his nest
  
* [[Episode 2977]] -- Big Bird moves his nest
 
* [[Episode 2978]] -- Barkley tries to join Polly Darton's "Git Along Li'l Doggies"
  
* [[Episode 2978]] -- Barkley tries to join Polly Darton's "Git Along Li'l Doggies"
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* [[Episode 2979]] -- The Yip-Yips discover a music box;"What Makes Music?"
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* [[Episode 2979]] -- The Yip-Yips discover a music box; "What Makes Music?"
 
* [[Episode 2980]] -- The Lambs try to launch themselves into space; Big Bird meets the Toothpaste Fairy
  
* [[Episode 2980]] -- The Lambs try to launch themselves into space; Big Bird meets the Toothpaste Fairy
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* [[Episode 2981]] -- Elmo pretends he is as big as Gordon
 
* [[Episode 2982]] -- Oscar gears up/ Elmo the toy
  
* [[Episode 2982]] -- Oscar gears up/ Elmo the toy
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* [[Episode 2984]] -- Captain Adventure
 
* [[Episode 2986]] -- Elmo asks questions
  
* [[Episode 2986]] -- Elmo asks questions
 
* [[Episode 2987]] -- Herry celebrates a winning football game
  
* [[Episode 2987]] -- Herry celebrates a winning football game
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* [[Episode 2988]] -- Maribelle's broken cowbell
 
* [[Episode 2990]] -- CinderTelly
  
* [[Episode 2990]] -- CinderTelly
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* [[Episode 2992]] -- Chicago wants vegetables/"Not a Dog Show"
 
* [[Episode 2995]] -- "The Sad King Pierre," and other inserts
  
* [[Episode 2995]] -- "The Sad King Pierre," and other inserts
 
* [[Episode 2996]] -- A tribute to the word "agua"
  
* [[Episode 2996]] -- A tribute to the word "agua"
 
* [[Episode 2997]] -- Gordon Plays The Flute In Bob's Band
  
* [[Episode 2997]] -- Gordon Plays The Flute In Bob's Band
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* [[Episode 2998]] -- Monty interrupts the show
 
* [[Episode 3001]] -- The Elmo-mobile
  
* [[Episode 3001]] -- The Elmo-mobile
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* [[User:Oscarfan/Unknown Sesame guides#Episode 1|Episode unknown]]: Bob tries to make music
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* [[User:Oscarfan/Unknown Sesame guides#Episode 2|Episode unknown]]: Telly pretends to be a cowboy
   
 
==Cast==
  
==Cast==
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'''[[:category:Sesame Street Guest Stars|Guest Stars]]'''
  
'''[[:category:Sesame Street Guest Stars|Guest Stars]]'''
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: [[Blair Brown]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[Gloria Estefan]], [[Sally Field]], [[Steve Guttenberg]], [[Gregory Hines]], [[Andrea Martin]], [[Rick Moranis]], [[Isaiah Thomas]], [[En Vogue]]<ref name="Beaver Country Times">Beaver Country Times: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DLUiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PLUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1371,1855703&dq=en+vogue+sesame+street&hl=en 'Sesame Street' family growing]</ref>
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: [[Blair Brown]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[Gloria Estefan]], [[Sally Field]], [[Steve Guttenberg]], [[Gregory Hines]], [[Andrea Martin]], [[Rick Moranis]], [[Isaiah Thomas]], [[Robert Townsend]], [[En Vogue]]<ref name="Beaver Country Times">Beaver Country Times: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DLUiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PLUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1371,1855703&dq=en+vogue+sesame+street&hl=en 'Sesame Street' family growing]</ref>
   
 
==Notes==
  
==Notes==
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* This was the last season with the old ''Sesame Street'' opening and closing theme. It was also the final season to be taped at [[Teletape Studios]], before [[Reeves Entertainment]] went bankrupt.
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* This was the last season with the old [[Sesame Street Theme|''Sesame Street'' opening and closing themes]].
 
* This was the final season to include Uncle Wally on Sesame Street.
  
* This was the final season to include Uncle Wally on Sesame Street.
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* This is [[Richard Hunt|Richard Hunt's]] last season, though he continued to be credited on the show until 2000, when [[Season 31]] ended.
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* This is the final season to include the funky instrumental refrain of the ''Sesame Street'' theme (used since 1972) during the funding credits.
 
* Starting with season 23, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting resumed production of ''Sesame Street'' for the first time since 1977; they would continue to produce the show until 1998.
  
* Starting with season 23, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting resumed production of ''Sesame Street'' for the first time since 1977; they would continue to produce the show until 1998.
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* This is [[Richard Hunt|Richard Hunt's]] last season. But Richard Hunt continued to be credited on the show until 2000, when [[Season 31]] ended.
  
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* This is the final season to include the "Funky Chimes" music during the funding credits.
  
   
 
==Season 23 Credits==
  
==Season 23 Credits==
 
* Executive Producer: [[Dulcy Singer]]
  
* Executive Producer: [[Dulcy Singer]]
 
* Producer: [[Lisa Simon]]
  
* Producer: [[Lisa Simon]]
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* Directors: [[Lisa Simon]], [[Jon Stone]]
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* Directors: [[Lisa Simon]], [[Emily Squires]], [[Jon Stone]]
 
* Head Writer [[Norman Stiles]]
  
* Head Writer [[Norman Stiles]]
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* Writers: [[Cathi Rosenberg-Turow]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Judy Freudberg]], [[Sara Compton]], [[David Korr]], [[Josh Selig]], [[Mark Saltzman]], [[Nancy Sans]], [[Luis Santeiro]], [[Jon Stone]], [[Belinda Ward]], [[Emily Perl Kingsley]]
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* Writers: [[Nancy Sans]], [[Judy Freudberg]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Cathi Rosenberg-Turow]], [[Belinda Ward]], [[Lou Berger]], [[David Korr]], [[Josh Selig]], [[Jeff Moss]], [[John Weidman]], [[Sara Compton]], [[Luis Santeiro]], [[Molly Boylan]], David Johnson, [[Joey Mazzarino]], [[Ian Ellis James|Ian James]], [[Emily Perl Kingsley]], [[Mark Saltzman]], [[Jon Stone]]
 
* Coordinating Producer: [[Arlene Sherman]]
  
* Coordinating Producer: [[Arlene Sherman]]
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* Associate Producers: [[Karin Young Shiel]], [[Carol D. Mayes]]
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* Associate Producers: [[Karin Young Shiel]], Carol D. Mayes
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* Muppets, Costumes, Props: [[Ed Christie]] with [[Mark Zeszotek]], [[Paul Hartis]], [[Laurent Linn]], [[Peter MacKennan]], [[Connie Peterson]], [[Stephen Rotondaro]], [[Caroly Wilcox]]
 
* Muppet Coordinator: [[Kevin Clash]]
  
* Muppet Coordinator: [[Kevin Clash]]
 
* Music Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
  
* Music Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
 
* Associate Music Director [[Dave Conner]]
  
* Associate Music Director [[Dave Conner]]
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* Special Songs: [[Christopher Cerf|Chris Cerf]], [[Jeff Moss]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Stephen Lawrence]], [[Cheryl Hardwick]], [[Sarah Durkee]], [[Paul Jacobs]], [[Dave Conner]]
 
* Production Supervisor: Frieda Lipp
  
* Production Supervisor: Frieda Lipp
 
* Editing Supervisor: Robert J. Emerick
  
* Editing Supervisor: Robert J. Emerick
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* Videotape Editor: Evamarie Keller
  
* Videotape Editor: Evamarie Keller
 
* Electronic Maintenance: Rolf Wahl
  
* Electronic Maintenance: Rolf Wahl
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* Make-up: [[Lee Halls]]
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* Make-up: Lee Halls
 
* Hair Stylist: Karen Specht
  
* Hair Stylist: Karen Specht
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* Wardrobe: Colleen Roe
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* Wardrobe: Colleen Noe
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* Vice President, Production Research: [[Bettina Peel]]
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* Vice President, Production Research: Bettina Peel
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* Assistant Vice President, Production Research: [[Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.]]
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* Assistant Vice President, Production Research: [[Valeria Lovelace|Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.]]
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* Vice President for Research: [[Keith W. Miekle, Ph.D.]]
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* Vice President for Research: Keith W. Mielke, Ph.D.
 
* Chairman, Board of Advisors: [[Gerald S. Lesser, Ph.D.]]
  
* Chairman, Board of Advisors: [[Gerald S. Lesser, Ph.D.]]
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* Vice President for Production: [[Franklin Getchell]]
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* Vice President for Production: Franklin Getchell
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* Facilities by [[Unitel Video, Inc.]]
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* Facilities by Unitel Video, Inc.
   
 
==Sources==
  
==Sources==

Revision as of 03:15, 30 October 2014

Sesame Street
Premiere November 11, 1991 (2876)
Finale May 8, 1992 (3005)
Episodes 130
SSSeason23Cast

The Season 23 cast.

2909a

Baby Bear comes to Sesame Street.

Episode2888

Prairie Dawn meets Rosita.

Song

Big Bird sings "What a Gift" during the cast's trip to Montana.

Ilovetrash

Oscar sings in a remake of his hit song, "I Love Trash."

3187g

Prairie Dawn directs Grover for his big dance number in "Singin' in the Rain."

Isaiah

Basketball player Isaiah Thomas and Elmo

EnVogue

En Vogue sing, "Adventure," a song that details an adventure they went on, meeting Elmo, The Count, Ernie, Oscar, Honkers, Dingers, and Super Grover.

Sesame Street Season 23 aired from November 11, 1991 to May 8, 1992.

Season overview

Season 23 continues its four-year curriculum on race relations with the focus on the American Indian this season. Young viewers will get to see how American Indian children live and recognize general cultural similarities and differences among American Indian nations. Big Bird and cast members travel to Pryor, Montana to visit a Crow Indiana reservation and witness an authentic Crow Indian naming ceremony for 7-year-old Francis Bear Claw.[1]

This season also introduces new Muppet characters: Roxie Marie, a Latino monster named Rosita, Baby Bear, Merry Monster, Baby Tooth and the Funky Funk and a vegetarian lion named Chicago.[1][2]

Episodes

Episodes 2876 - 3005 (130 episodes)

Cast

Muppet Characters

Alice Snuffleupagus, Anything Muppets, Baby Bear, Barkley, Baby Tooth and the Funky Funk, Bert, Big Bird, Chicago the Lion, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Elmo, Ernie, Frazzle, Grover, Grundgetta, Honkers, Herry Monster, Hoots the Owl, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats, Merry Monster, Monty, Nora Nicks Oscar the Grouch, Prairie Dawn, Preston Rabbit, Rosita, Roxie Marie, Ruby, Sherlock Hemlock, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Sonny Friendly, Telly Monster, Two-Headed Monster

Human Characters

Maria, Savion, Gordon, Gina, Luis, Bob, Susan, Linda, Gabi, Miles, Mr. Handford, Lillian, Uncle Wally

Muppets of Sesame Street

Caroll Spinney, Pam Arciero, Camille Bonora, Fran Brill, Julianne Buescher, Kevin Clash, Fred "Garbo" Garver, Louise Gold, 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, Linda Bove, Emilio Delgado, Savion Glover, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bill McCutcheon, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, David L. Smyrl, Lillias White

Guest Stars

Blair Brown, Johnny Cash, Gloria Estefan, Sally Field, Steve Guttenberg, Gregory Hines, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Isaiah Thomas, Robert Townsend, En Vogue[1]

Notes

  • This was the last season with the old Sesame Street opening and closing themes.
  • This was the final season to include Uncle Wally on Sesame Street.
  • This is Richard Hunt's last season, though he continued to be credited on the show until 2000, when Season 31 ended.
  • This is the final season to include the funky instrumental refrain of the Sesame Street theme (used since 1972) during the funding credits.
  • Starting with season 23, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting resumed production of Sesame Street for the first time since 1977; they would continue to produce the show until 1998.

Season 23 Credits

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beaver Country Times: 'Sesame Street' family growing
  2. ↑ St. Petersburg Times: "Sesame Street" begins 23rd season - November 11, 1991

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