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SSSeason23Cast

The Season 23 cast.

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Baby Bear comes to Sesame Street.

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Prairie Dawn meets Rosita.

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

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

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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. But Richard Hunt 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

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