Changes: Season 37 (2006)

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Sesame Street
Premiere	August 14, 2006 (4109)
Finale	November 10, 2006 (4134)
Episodes	26

4109 — Abby Cadabby meets Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus.

Shirleyjones — Ms. Goose and the students of the Storybook Community School.

Character — The cast welcomes Marco to Sesame Street.

Amysedaris — Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Jamiefoxx — Jamie Fox, Jamie Foxx and Elmo.

Waitergrover — Grover serves Mr. Johnson at a Russian restaurant.

CG-TB-Family — The Twiddlebugs return in CGI form.

Sesame Street Season 37 premiered on August 14, 2006.

Season overview

The 37th season of Sesame Street focuses on getting kids ready for school and the classroom experience. The season featured the debut of a new female Muppet character named Abby Cadabby, who introduces herself in the cold open of the season's first two episodes (4109 and 4110), as a fairy in training who recently moved to Sesame Street. Every other episode begins with a cold open featuring Grover, Elmo and Zoe singing "You never know who you'll meet on Sesame Street!" followed by Gordon announcing who the viewer will meet in today's episode.

The season introduced a new human character to the street - Marco, Gina's new baby. A three-episode storyline (beginning in 4130) followed the adoption of Marco from Guatemala. Gina's adopting of Marco allowed Sesame Street to deal with issues of international adoption and non-traditional families. He appeared in a couple episodes the following two seasons but did not appear again until season 42. As a new baby was introduced to the show this season, the previous Sesame Street children, Miles and Gabi, entered adulthood as they graduated from High School (in 4112).

Episodes in season 37 featured a new segment entitled "This is the Game Today"; and one episode this season showed the return of the Twiddlebugs (in computer-animated form).

New Elmo's World segments included the subjects of Friends, Penguins, Doctors, Building Things, Horses, and Fast & Slow. New installments of "Global Grover" included visits to Germany, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Iceland, and Hawaii.

Starting in this season, the Fix-It Shop turned Mail-It Shop is now the Fix-It Shop once more, with no on-screen reason why.

Parodies

Parody sketches and segments include Scramalot (a Grouch parody of the musical Spamalot), Survivor: Musical Chairs (a parody of the reality show Survivor), Outrageous Makeover: Home Addition (a parody of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), Law and Order: Special Letters Unit (a parody of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and the song "The Breakfast Club" (a parody of the film The Breakfast Club). Several new Dinner Theater sketches include "What We're Having for Dinner" (a parody of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), "Man of La Muncha" (a parody of Man of La Mancha) and "Omelet, Prince of Dinner" (a parody Hamlet).

Episodes

Episodes 4109 - 4134 (26 episodes)

Episode 4109 -- Abby Cadabby comes to Sesame Street
Episode 4110 -- Abby Cadabby's first day of school
Episode 4111 -- Cookie World
Episode 4112 -- Gabi and Miles graduate from High School
Episode 4113 -- Herb, the plant eating dinosaur
Episode 4114 -- Snow White's Meltdown
Episode 4115 -- Maria and Luis' wedding anniversary/H Day
Episode 4116 -- Elmo and Alan play school
Episode 4117 -- Good-bye Elmo, Hello Jelmo
Episode 4118 -- Ask Oscar Show
Episode 4119 -- Big Bird wishes the adults were kids
Episode 4120 -- Baby Bear writes a story called "The 3 Astro Bears"
Episode 4121 -- Telly's doll Freddy wants to play with Rocco
Episode 4122 -- Healthy Food Pageant
Episode 4123 -- Baby Bear builds an automatic lemonade pouring machine
Episode 4124 -- Slimey wants to be a hero like Trash Gordon
Episode 4125 -- Alphabet Road Show comes to Sesame Street
Episode 4126 -- Zoe has a birthday party for Rocco
Episode 4127 -- Oscar gets a Rottendoodle
Episode 4128 -- Zoe wants long hair like Rapunzel
Episode 4129 -- What Comes Next Game Show
Episode 4130 -- Gina Adopts a Baby, part 1
Episode 4131 -- Gina Adopts a Baby, part 2
Episode 4132 -- Gina Adopts a Baby, part 3
Episode 4133 -- National Try a New Food Day
Episode 4134 -- Oscar and Grundgetta race the Sloppy Jalopy

Notes

Starting this season, the U.S. Department of Education no longer provided funding to the show.

Episode titles, first given with the show numbers during Season 34, were dropped.

Several episode numbers were changed this year, from taping to air. The episodes focusing on Marco's adoption were moved to November in order to coincide with National Adoption Month. The original episode numbers include:

4109 -- Gina adopts a baby
4110 -- Gina brings the baby home
4123 -- Abby Cadabby comes to Sesame Street
4129 -- Abby starts school for the first time

During the initial run, the season re-aired old episodes in order to extend the new episodes over a longer period.

This was the last season to use the 2002 "blocks" opening sequence and the 1992 animated "dancing city" closing credits.
This was the final season to credit the Muppet performers as "Jim Henson's Muppets." Beginning with the following season, Jim Henson's name is dropped and they are simply credited as the "Muppets of Sesame Street."

Cast

Muppet Characters

Abby Cadabby, Elmo, Grundgetta, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Telly Monster, the Count, Grover, Mr. Johnson, Cookie Monster, Rosita, Ernie, Bert, Murray Monster, Baby Bear, Zoe, Slimey, Jamie Fox

Other Characters

Maria, Alan, Gordon, Gina, Luis, Bob, Susan, Gabi, Miles, Marco, Mr. Noodle and Dorothy

Muppets of Sesame Street

Pam Arciero, Heather Asch, Jennifer Barnhart, Fran Brill, Tyler Bunch, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (mistakenly uncredited), Kevin Clash, Bruce Connelly, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Ryan Dillon, Eric Jacobson, Peter Linz, Noel MacNeal, Jim Martin, Amanda Maddock, Joey Mazzarino, Jerry Nelson, Carmen Osbahr, Frank Oz, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Caroll Spinney, Matt Vogel, Steve Whitmire, Bryant Young

Actors

Alison Bartlett O'Reilly, Desiree Casado, Emilio Delgado, Kristin Chenoweth, Olamide Faison, Bill Irwin, Michael Jeter, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Alan Muraoka, Roscoe Orman

Guest Stars

Jamie Foxx, T. R. Knight, Shirley Jones, Matt Lauer, John Legend, Amy Sedaris, Alex Trebek, Lillias White

Crew

Executive Producer: Carol-Lynn Parente
Line Producer: April Chadderon
Producers: Melissa Dino, Tim Carter, Crystal Whaley
Directors: Kevin Clash, Ken Diego, Victor DiNapoli, Jim Martin, Ted May, Lisa Simon, Emily Squires, Nadine Zylstra
Head Writer: Lou Berger
Writers: Molly Boylan, Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Joey Mazzarino, Emily Perl Kingsley, Luis Santeiro, Belinda Ward, John Weidman
Head Writer (Elmo's World): Judy Freudberg
Co-Executive Producer (Elmo's World): Kevin Clash
Production Designers: Victor Di Napoli, Lyndon Mosse
Puppets, Costumes, Props: Jason Weber, with Ed Christie, Andrea Detwiler, Michelle Hickey, Rollie Krewson, Sarah Luraschi, Jane Pien, Anney McKilligan, Tom Newby, Polly Smith
Music Director: Mike Renzi
Studio Music Director: Dave Conner
Director of Music Operations: Danny Epstein
Original Songs: Chris Cerf, Tony Geiss, Stephen Lawrence, Jeff Moss, John Pizzarelli, Sam Pottle, Mark Radice, Joe Raposo, Mike Renzi, Earl Rose
Lighting Designer: Dan Kelly
Costume Designers: Bill Kellard, Terry Roberson
Art Director: Bob Phillips
Senior Graphic Designer: Mike Pantuso
Graphic Designer: Pete Oritz
Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
Editing Supervisor: Robert J. Emerick
Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
Audio: Blake Norton
Video Engineer: James Meek
Tape: Ernie Albrition
Hair Stylist: Karen Specht
Vice President for Education & Research: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D.

External Links

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+{{Seasonsesame|premiere=August 14, 2006 ([[Episode 4109|4109]])|finale=November 10, 2006 ([[Episode 4134|4134]])|episodes= [[Season 37 (2006)#Episodes|26]]}}
 [[Image:4109.JPG|thumb|300px|[[Abby Cadabby]] meets [[Big Bird]] and [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]].]]
 [[Image:Shirleyjones.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Ms. Goose]] and the students of the [[Storybook Community School]].]]
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 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' '''Season 37''' premiered on August 14, [[2006]].
-==Season Overview==
+==Season overview==
-The 37th season of ''Sesame Street'' focuses on getting kids ready for school and the classroom experience.  The season featured the debut of a new female Muppet character named [[Abby Cadabby]], who introduces herself in the cold open of the season's first two episodes ([[Episode 4109|4109]] and [[Episode 4110|4110]]), as a fairy in training who recently moved to Sesame Street.  Every other episode begins with a cold open featuring [[Grover]], [[Elmo]] and [[Zoe]] singing "You never know who you'll meet on Sesame Street!" followed by [[Gordon]] announcing who the viewer will meet in today's episode.
+The 37th season of ''Sesame Street'' focuses on getting kids ready for school and the classroom experience. The season featured the debut of a new female Muppet character named [[Abby Cadabby]], who introduces herself in the cold open of the season's first two episodes ([[Episode 4109|4109]] and [[Episode 4110|4110]]), as a fairy in training who recently moved to Sesame Street. Every other episode begins with a cold open featuring [[Grover]], [[Elmo]] and [[Zoe]] singing "You never know who you'll meet on Sesame Street!" followed by [[Gordon]] announcing who the viewer will meet in today's episode.
-The season introduced a new human character to the street - [[Marco]], [[Gina|Gina's]] new baby. A three-episode storyline (beginning in [[Episode 4130|4130]]) followed the [[adoption]] of Marco from Guatemala. Gina's adopting of Marco allowed ''Sesame Street'' to deal with issues of international adoption and non-traditional families. As a new baby was introduced to the show this season, the previous Sesame Street children, [[Miles]] and [[Gabi]], entered adulthood as they graduated from High School (in [[Episode 4112|4112]]).
+The season introduced a new human character to the street - [[Marco]], [[Gina|Gina's]] new baby. A three-episode storyline (beginning in [[Episode 4130|4130]]) followed the [[adoption]] of Marco from Guatemala. Gina's adopting of Marco allowed ''Sesame Street'' to deal with issues of international adoption and non-traditional families. He appeared in a couple episodes the following two seasons but did not appear again until season 42. As a new baby was introduced to the show this season, the previous Sesame Street children, [[Miles]] and [[Gabi]], entered adulthood as they graduated from High School (in [[Episode 4112|4112]]).
 Episodes in season 37 featured a new segment entitled "[[This is the Game Today]]"; and one episode this season showed the return of the [[Twiddlebugs]] (in computer-animated form).
-New [[Elmo's World]] segments included the subjects of [[Elmo's World: Friends|Friends]], [[Elmo's World: Penguins|Penguins]], [[Elmo's World: Doctors|Doctors]], [[Elmo's World: Building Things|Building Things]], [[Elmo's World: Horses|Horses]], and [[Elmo's World: Fast and Slow|Fast & Slow]].  New installments of "[[Global Grover]]" included visits to [[Germany]], Bangladesh, the Philippines, Iceland, and [[Hawaii]].
+New [[Elmo's World]] segments included the subjects of [[Elmo's World: Friends|Friends]], [[Elmo's World: Penguins|Penguins]], [[Elmo's World: Doctors|Doctors]], [[Elmo's World: Building Things|Building Things]], [[Elmo's World: Horses|Horses]], and [[Elmo's World: Fast and Slow|Fast &amp; Slow]]. New installments of "[[Global Grover]]" included visits to [[Germany]], [[Bangladesh]], the [[Philippines]], Iceland, and [[Hawaii]].
+Starting in this season, the [[Fix-It Shop]] turned [[Mail-It Shop]] is now the Fix-It Shop once more, with no on-screen reason why.
 ===Parodies===
-Parody sketches and segments include ''[[Scramalot]]'' (a grouch parody of the musical ''[[Monty Python|Spamalot]]''), ''Survivor: Musical Chairs'' (a parody of the reality show ''[[Survivor]]''), ''[[Outrageous Makeover: Home Addition]]'' (a parody of ''[[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]]''), ''[[Law and Order: Special Letters Unit]]'' (a parody of ''[[Law & Order|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'') and the song "[[The Breakfast Club]]" (a parody of the film ''The Breakfast Club''). Several new [[Dinner Theater]] sketches include "What We're Having for Dinner" (a parody of ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]''), "Man of La Muncha" (a parody of ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'') and "Omelet, Prince of Dinner" (a parody ''[[Hamlet]]'').
+Parody sketches and segments include ''[[Scramalot]]'' (a Grouch parody of the musical ''[[Monty Python|Spamalot]]''), ''Survivor: Musical Chairs'' (a parody of the reality show ''[[Survivor]]''), ''[[Outrageous Makeover: Home Addition]]'' (a parody of ''[[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]]''), ''[[Law and Order: Special Letters Unit]]'' (a parody of ''[[Law & Order|Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit]]'') and the song "[[The Breakfast Club]]" (a parody of the film ''The Breakfast Club''). Several new [[Dinner Theater]] sketches include "What We're Having for Dinner" (a parody of ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]''), "Man of La Muncha" (a parody of ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'') and "Omelet, Prince of Dinner" (a parody ''[[Hamlet]]'').
 ==Episodes==
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 * [[Episode 4113]] -- Herb, the plant eating dinosaur
 * [[Episode 4114]] -- Snow White's Meltdown
-* [[Episode 4115]] -- Maria and Luis' wedding anniversary
+* [[Episode 4115]] -- Maria and Luis' wedding anniversary/H Day
 * [[Episode 4116]] -- Elmo and Alan play school
 * [[Episode 4117]] -- Good-bye Elmo, Hello Jelmo
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 * [[Episode 4126]] -- Zoe has a birthday party for Rocco
 * [[Episode 4127]] -- Oscar gets a Rottendoodle
-* [[Episode 4128]] -- Zoe wants long hairlike Rapunzel
+* [[Episode 4128]] -- Zoe wants long hair like Rapunzel
 * [[Episode 4129]] -- What Comes Next Game Show
 * [[Episode 4130]] -- Gina Adopts a Baby, part 1
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 * [[Episode 4132]] -- Gina Adopts a Baby, part 3
 * [[Episode 4133]] -- National Try a New Food Day
-* [[Episode 4134]] -- Oscar and Grungetta race the Sloppy Jalopy
+* [[Episode 4134]] -- Oscar and Grundgetta race the Sloppy Jalopy
 ==Notes==
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 * Several episode numbers were changed this year, from taping to air. The episodes focusing on Marco's adoption were moved to November in order to coincide with National Adoption Month. The original episode numbers include:
-:* 4109 -- Gina adopts a  baby
+:* 4109 -- Gina adopts a baby
 :* 4110 -- Gina brings the baby home
 :* 4123 -- Abby Cadabby comes to Sesame Street
 :* 4129 -- Abby starts school for the first time
 * During the initial run, the season re-aired old episodes in order to extend the new episodes over a longer period.
 * This was the last season to use the 2002 "blocks" opening sequence and the 1992 animated "dancing city" closing credits.
+* This was the final season to credit the Muppet performers as "[[Jim Henson]]'s Muppets." Beginning with the following season, Jim Henson's name is dropped and they are simply credited as the "Muppets of Sesame Street."
 ==Cast==
 '''Muppet Characters'''
-:[[Abby Cadabby]], [[Elmo]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Big Bird]], [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]], [[Telly Monster]], [[Count von Count|The Count]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Baby Bear]], [[Zoe]], [[Slimey the Worm|Slimey]], [[Jamie Fox]]
+:[[Abby Cadabby]], [[Elmo]], [[Grundgetta]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Big Bird]], [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]], [[Telly Monster]], [[Count von Count|the Count]], [[Grover]], [[Mr. Johnson]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Rosita]], [[Ernie]], [[Bert]], [[Murray Monster]], [[Baby Bear]], [[Zoe]], [[Slimey]], [[Jamie Fox]]
 '''Other Characters'''
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 '''[[:Category:Muppet Performers|Muppets of Sesame Street]]''' <!--sic-->
-:[[Fran Brill]], [[Leslie Carrara-Rudolph]] (mistakenly uncredited), [[Kevin Clash]], [[Ryan Dillon]], [[Eric Jacobson]], [[Joey Mazzarino]], [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Carmen Osbahr]], [[Frank Oz]], [[Martin P. Robinson]], [[David Rudman]], [[Caroll Spinney]], [[Matt Vogel]], [[Steve Whitmire]]
+:[[Pam Arciero]], [[Heather Asch]], [[Jennifer Barnhart]], [[Fran Brill]], [[Tyler Bunch]], [[Leslie Carrara-Rudolph]] (mistakenly uncredited), [[Kevin Clash]], [[Bruce Connelly]], [[Stephanie D'Abruzzo]], [[Ryan Dillon]], [[Eric Jacobson]], [[Peter Linz]], [[Noel MacNeal]], [[Jim Martin]], [[Amanda Maddock]], [[Joey Mazzarino]], [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Carmen Osbahr]], [[Frank Oz]], [[Martin P. Robinson]], [[David Rudman]], [[Caroll Spinney]], [[Matt Vogel]], [[Steve Whitmire]], [[Bryant Young]]
 '''[[:category:Sesame Street Cast|Actors]]'''
-:[[Alison Bartlett O'Reilly]], [[Desiree Casado]], [[Emilio Delgado]], [[Kristin Chenoweth]], [[Olamide Faison]], [[Bill Irwin]], [[Michael Jeter]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Alan Muraoka]], [[Roscoe Orman]]
+:[[Alison Bartlett|Alison Bartlett O'Reilly]], [[Desiree Casado]], [[Emilio Delgado]], [[Kristin Chenoweth]], [[Olamide Faison]], [[Bill Irwin]], [[Michael Jeter]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Alan Muraoka]], [[Roscoe Orman]]
 '''[[:category:Sesame Street Guest Stars|Guest Stars]]'''
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 * Executive Producer: [[Carol-Lynn Parente]]
 * Line Producer: April Chadderon
-* Producers: [[Melissa Dino]], [[Tim Carter]],
+* Producers: [[Melissa Dino]], [[Tim Carter]], [[Crystal Whaley]]
+* Directors: [[Kevin Clash]], [[Ken Diego]], [[Victor DiNapoli]], [[Jim Martin]], [[Ted May]], [[Lisa Simon]], [[Emily Squires]], [[Nadine Zylstra]]
 * Head Writer: [[Lou Berger]]
-* Writers: [[Molly Boylan]], [[Annie Evans]], [[Christine Ferraro]], [[Judy Freudberg]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Emily Perl Kingsley]], [[Joey Mazzarino]], [[Luis Santeiro]], [[Belinda Ward]], [[John Weidman]]
+* Writers: [[Molly Boylan]], [[Annie Evans]], [[Christine Ferraro]], [[Judy Freudberg]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Joey Mazzarino]], [[Emily Perl Kingsley]], [[Luis Santeiro]], [[Belinda Ward]], [[John Weidman]]
-* [[Elmo's World]] Head Writer: [[Judy Freudberg]]
+* Head Writer (Elmo's World): [[Judy Freudberg]]
-* Co Executive Producer Elmo's World: [[Kevin Clash]]
+* Co-Executive Producer (Elmo's World): [[Kevin Clash]]
 * Production Designers: [[Victor Di Napoli]], [[Lyndon Mosse]]
+* Puppets, Costumes, Props: [[Jason Weber]], with [[Ed Christie]], [[Andrea Detwiler]], [[Michelle Hickey]], [[Rollie Krewson]], [[Sarah Luraschi]], [[Jane Pien]], [[Anney McKilligan]], [[Tom Newby]], [[Polly Smith]]
 * Music Director: [[Mike Renzi]]
-* Associate Music Director: [[Dave Conner]]
+* Studio Music Director: [[Dave Conner]]
 * Director of Music Operations: [[Danny Epstein]]
+* Original Songs: [[Chris Cerf]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Stephen Lawrence]], [[Jeff Moss]], [[John Pizzarelli]], [[Sam Pottle]], [[Mark Radice]], [[Joe Raposo]], [[Mike Renzi]], [[Earl Rose]]
 * Lighting Designer: Dan Kelly
 * Costume Designers: [[Bill Kellard]], Terry Roberson
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 ==External Links==
-* [http://www.sesameworkshop.org/aboutus/pressroom/presskits/season37/index.php Sesame Workshop Pressroom - Season 37]
+* [http://archive.sesameworkshop.org/aboutus/pressroom/presskits/season37/index.php Sesame Workshop Pressroom - Season 37]
+* [http://www.sesamestreet.org/onair/episodes?p_p_id=EPISODE&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_count=1&_EPISODE_struts_action=%2Fext%2Fepisode%2Fview&currSeason=season37&cmd=changeSeason Season 37 Episodes Guide]
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