Changes: Season 38 (2007)

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Sesame Street
Premiere	August 13, 2007 (4135)
Finale	October 16, 2007 (4160)
Episodes	26

Sesame_Street_Show_Open_Season_38 — Sesame Street Show Open Season 38

Season 38 opening.

BookaneerCaptain — Tina Fey as the Bookaneer Captain.

Wordstreet — "What's the Word on the Street?"

4135-abbysong — Abby Cadabby sings "I Love Words."

EwMouths — Fred Newman stops by Elmo's World.

Sesame Street Season 38 premiered on August 13, 2007.

Season Overview

One of the main learning objectives promoted during the season is literacy and vocabulary enhancement. Each episode in the season begins with a "What's the Word on the Street?" segment that introduces and defines the Word of the Day. These words are then used and reinforced later on in the episode's "street scenes."

Two previously introduced characters will be featured more heavily this season. Abby Cadabby appeared in every episode (usually to announce the sponsors at the end of an episode) and a previously introduced orange monster played by Joey Mazzarino received a name: Murray. In addition to various talk spots, Murray is the host of the "What's the Word on the Street?" segments at the top of the show.

Season 38 also welcomed a new human character to the cast, Chris Robinson, the nephew of Gordon and Susan, who is played by Chris Knowings. Chris moved to Sesame Street in episode 4136 and eventually got a job working for Alan at Hooper's Store.

New Elmo's World segments for the season include tackling the subjects of Mouths, Noses, Violins, Helping and the Beach.

Parodies

Parody sketches and segments include "A's Anatomy" (a parody of Grey's Anatomy), "Meal or No Meal" (a parody of Deal or No Deal), "American I" (a parody of American Idol), "RSI: Rhyme Scene Investigation" (a parody of CSI), "Dancing With Triangles" (a parody of Dancing with the Stars), "Nascount" (a parody of NASCAR), "A Streetcar Named Monster" (a parody of A Streetcar Named Desire) and "The Amazing Alphabet Race" (a parody of The Amazing Race). Several new Dinner Theater sketches include "South Potato" (a parody of South Pacific), "Annie Get Your Gumbo" (a parody of Annie Get Your Gun), and "Pear" (a parody Hair).

Episodes

Episodes 4135 - 4160 (26 episodes)

Episode 4135 - The Bookaneers
Episode 4136 - Chris arrives on Sesame Street
Episode 4137 - Word "Dog" Escapes Abby's Book
Episode 4138 - Lucy the Lazy Lizard
Episode 4139 - Abby Plays the Letter "P" Game
Episode 4140 - The Tutu Spell
Episode 4141 - Big Bird Breaks Elmo's Tricycle
Episode 4142 - Big Bird Helps Zero
Episode 4143 - Sleeping Grouchy
Episode 4144 - Triangle Lover of the Day
Episode 4145 - Fairy Tale Emergency
Episode 4146 - Rosita, Telly, and Zoe play house
Episode 4147 - Gabi, Telly, and Zoe have a picnic
Episode 4148 - Elmo sends Abby her first letter
Episode 4149 - Big Bird, Elmo and Abby sing
Episode 4150 - Gordon teaches Telly golf
Episode 4151 - Slimey competes for the Worm Cup
Episode 4152 - Elmo wants a pet dinosaur
Episode 4153 - Zoe and Rosita find Abby's magic wand
Episode 4154 - The Amazing Alphabet Race
Episode 4155 - Ralphie the Parrot Flies Away
Episode 4156 - Chris Teaches Elmo How to Bowl
Episode 4157 - Elmo teaches Abby to make believe
Episode 4158 - Elmo feels jealous of Marco
Episode 4159 - Rosita Gets Upset at Zoe & Abby
Episode 4160 - Grouch News Network

Notes

Season 38 introduces a new opening theme sequence for the first time since Season 33, and a new closing sequence for the first time since Season 24.
Episode 4137 and Episode 4145 broke away from the structured format that consolidated all of the "street scenes" into one segment at the top of the show which was first introduced in Season 33. As a result, Elmo's World wasn't featured in those two episodes.
Episode 4135 was sponsored by two letters, instead of one. Two-letter episodes used to be regularly done until 1998.
Two segments were taped for the season, but have yet to air on the show. They include a sketch where The Count counts feelings^[1] and another sketch where Alec Baldwin, a "closer", closes various things^[2].
With the exceptions of the main street stories and "What's the Word on the Street?"/ "Word of the Day" segments, this season didn't have recurring segments that appear in every episode.
No new Global Grover segments were produced in this season.

Cast

Muppet Characters

Abby Cadabby, Elmo, Murray Monster, Slimey the Worm, Grundgetta, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Telly Monster, the Count, Cookie Monster, Baby Bear, Zoe, Horatio the Elephant, Bert, Ernie, Grover, Rosita, Louie, Prairie Dawn, Mr. Johnson

Other Characters

Maria, Alan, Gordon, Gina, Luis, Bob, Susan, Gabi, Miles, Chris, Mr. Noodle, Mr. Noodle's Other Sister, Miss Noodle and Dorothy

Muppets of Sesame Street

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

Actors

Alison Bartlett O'Reilly, Desiree Casado, Emilio Delgado, Olamide Faison, Bill Irwin, Christopher Lawrence Knowings, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Alan Muraoka, Roscoe Orman

Guest Stars

Alec Baldwin, Tyra Banks, James Blunt, Miri Ben-Ari, Richard Belzer, Chris Brown, Anderson Cooper, Ann Curry, Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, Charles Gibson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Mariska Hargitay, Ice T, Matt Lauer, Fred Newman, The New York Jets (Ben Graham, Laveranues Coles, Chad Pennington, Eric Mangini), Howie Mandel, Christopher Meloni, Conan O'Brien, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ahmad Rashād, Rachael Ray, Al Roker, Diane Sawyer, Jon Stewart, Sugarland (Kristian Bush, Jennifer Nettles), Meredith Vieira, Brian Williams

Crew

Executive Producer: Carol-Lynn Parente
Line Producer: April Chadderdon
Producers: Tim Carter, Melissa Dino, Crystal Whaley
Directors: Kevin Clash, Ken Diego, Victor DiNapoli, Dean Gordon, Tom Guadarrama, Jim Martin, Joey Mazzarino, Ted May, Lisa Simon, Emily Squires, Nadine Zylstra
Head Writer: Lou Berger
Head Writer (Elmo's World): Judy Freudberg
Writers: Molly Boylan, Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Emily Perl Kingsley, Joey Mazzarino, Luis Santeiro, Belinda Ward, John Weidman
Co-Executive Producer (Elmo's World): Kevin Clash
Production Designer: Victor DiNapoli
Puppets, Costumes, Props: Jason Weber, Rollie Krewson, Connie Peterson, Polly Smith, Michelle Hickey, Andrea Detwiler, Anney McKilligan, Chelsea Carter, Tom Newby, Marc Borders, Lara MacLean
Music Director: Mike Renzi
Music Supervisor: Danny Epstein
Studio Music Director: Dave Conner
Music Coordinator: Vicki Levy
Composers: Chris Cerf, Tony Geiss, Stephen Lawrence, Jeff Moss, John Pizzarelli, Sam Pottle, Mark Radice, Joe Raposo, Mike Renzi, Earl Rose, Russell Velazquez
Costume Designers: Bill Kellard, Terry Roberson
Art Director: Bob Phillips
Art Direction Graphics: Pete Ortiz, Mike Pantuso
Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
Sound Effects Editor/Re-Recording Mixer: Dick Maitland, C.A.S.
Technical Directors: Tom Guadarrama, David Satin, Richard Wirth
Supervising Sound Editor/Production Mixer: Blake Norton
Cameras: Frank Biondo, Jerry Cancel, Aaron Meddick, Jimmy O'Donnell
Vice President of Education and Research: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D.
Special Thanks To: Celefex, Creative Bubble, Magnetic Dreams
Taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York

Sources

External Links

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[1] Hulu

[2] Sesame Street pop-culture montage

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+[[Image:JamesBluntonSS.jpg|thumb|300px|[[James Blunt]] and [[Telly Monster|Telly]].]]
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+[[Image:4135-abbysong.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Abby Cadabby]] sings "[[I Love Words (Cerf)|I Love Words]]."]]
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+[[Image:Song.friends.jpg|thumb|300px|"[[Because We're Friends]]"]]
 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' '''Season 38''' premiered on August 13, [[2007]].
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 Two previously introduced characters will be featured more heavily this season. [[Abby Cadabby]] appeared in every episode (usually to announce the sponsors at the end of an episode) and a previously introduced orange monster played by [[Joey Mazzarino]] received a name: [[Murray Monster|Murray]]. In addition to [[:Category:Muppet & Kid Moments|various talk spots]], Murray is the host of the "[[What's the Word on the Street?]]" segments at the top of the show.
 Season 38 also welcomed a new human character to the cast, [[Chris|Chris Robinson]], the nephew of [[Gordon]] and [[Susan]], who is played by [[Chris Knowings]]. Chris moved to [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]] in [[episode 4136]] and eventually got a job working for [[Alan]] at [[Hooper's Store]].
 New [[Elmo's World]] segments for the season include tackling the subjects of [[Elmo's World: Mouths|Mouths]], [[Elmo's World: Noses|Noses]], [[Elmo's World: Violins|Violins]], [[Elmo's World: Helping|Helping]] and [[Elmo's World: The Beach|the Beach]].
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 *[[Episode 4151]] - Slimey competes for the Worm Cup
 *[[Episode 4152]] - Elmo wants a pet dinosaur
 *[[Episode 4153]] - Zoe and Rosita find Abby's magic wand
 *[[Episode 4154]] - The Amazing Alphabet Race
 *[[Episode 4155]] - Ralphie the Parrot Flies Away
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 ==Notes==
-* Season 38 introduces a new opening theme sequence for the first time since [[Season 33]].
+* Season 38 introduces a new opening theme sequence for the first time since [[Season 33]], and a new closing sequence for the first time since [[Season 24]].
-* [[Episode 4137]] and [[Episode 4145]] broke away from the structured format that consolidated all of the "street scenes" into one segment at the top of the show which was first introduced in [[Season 33]].  As a result, [[Elmo's World]] was not featured in those two episodes.
+* [[Episode 4137]] and [[Episode 4145]] broke away from the structured format that consolidated all of the "street scenes" into one segment at the top of the show which was first introduced in [[Season 33]]. As a result, [[Elmo's World]] wasn't featured in those two episodes.
 * [[Episode 4135]] was sponsored by two letters, instead of one. Two-letter episodes used to be regularly done until [[1998]].
+* Two segments were taped for the season, but have yet to air on the show. They include [[Count von Count Sketches: Miscellaneous#feelings|a sketch]] where The Count counts feelings<ref>[http://www.hulu.com/watch/135830/sesame-street-the-count-counts-once-more-with-feelings Hulu]</ref> and [[:File:AlecBCloser.jpg|another sketch]] where Alec Baldwin, a "closer", closes various things<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWa88zOH1ns ''Sesame Street'' pop-culture montage]</ref>.
 * With the exceptions of the main street stories and "What's the Word on the Street?"/ "Word of the Day" segments, this season didn't have recurring segments that appear in every episode.
 * No new [[Global Grover]] segments were produced in this season.
 ==Cast==
 '''Muppet Characters'''
-:[[Abby Cadabby]], [[Elmo]], [[Murray Monster]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Big Bird]], [[Telly Monster]], [[Count von Count|The Count]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Baby Bear]], [[Zoe]], [[The Elephant|Horatio the Elephant]], [[Bert]], [[Ernie]], [[Grover]], [[Rosita]], [[Louie]], [[Slimey|Slimey the Worm]], [[Grungetta]], [[Prairie Dawn]]
+:[[Abby Cadabby]], [[Elmo]], [[Murray Monster]], [[Slimey|Slimey the Worm]], [[Grundgetta]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Big Bird]], [[Telly Monster]], [[Count von Count|the Count]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Baby Bear]], [[Zoe]], [[The Elephant|Horatio the Elephant]], [[Bert]], [[Ernie]], [[Grover]], [[Rosita]], [[Louie]], [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Mr. Johnson]]
 '''Other Characters'''
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 '''[[:category:Sesame Street Cast|Actors]]'''
-:[[Alison Bartlett O'Reilly]], [[Desiree Casado]], [[Emilio Delgado]], [[Olamide Faison]], [[Bill Irwin]] [[Christopher Lawrence Knowings]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Alan Muraoka]], [[Roscoe Orman]]
+:[[Alison Bartlett O'Reilly]], [[Desiree Casado]], [[Emilio Delgado]], [[Olamide Faison]], [[Bill Irwin]], [[Christopher Lawrence Knowings]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Alan Muraoka]], [[Roscoe Orman]]
 '''[[:category:Sesame Street Guest Stars|Guest Stars]]'''
-:[[Alec Baldwin]], [[Tyra Banks]], [[James Blunt]], [[Miri Ben-Ari]], [[Richard Belzer]], [[Chris Brown]], [[Anderson Cooper]], [[Ann Curry]], [[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Tina Fey]], [[Charles Gibson]], [[Cuba Gooding, Jr.]], [[Mariska Hargitay]], [[Ice T]], [[Matt Lauer]], [[Fred Newman]], [[Football players|The New York Jets]] (Ben Graham, Laveranues Coles, Chad Pennington, Eric Mangini), [[Howie Mandel]], [[Christopher Meloni]], [[Conan O'Brien]], [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], [[Ahmad Rashād]], [[Rachael Ray]], [[Al Roker]], [[Diane Sawyer]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[Sugarland]] (Kristian Bush, Jennifer Nettles), [[Meredith Vieira]], [[Brian Williams]]
+:[[Alec Baldwin]], [[Tyra Banks]], [[James Blunt]], [[Miri Ben-Ari]], [[Richard Belzer]], [[Chris Brown]], [[Anderson Cooper]], [[Ann Curry]], [[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Tina Fey]], [[Charles Gibson]], [[Cuba Gooding, Jr.]], [[Mariska Hargitay]], [[Ice T]], [[Matt Lauer]], [[Fred Newman]], [[Football players|The New York Jets]] (Ben Graham, Laveranues Coles, [[Chad Pennington]], Eric Mangini), [[Howie Mandel]], [[Christopher Meloni]], [[Conan O'Brien]], [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], [[Ahmad Rashād]], [[Rachael Ray]], [[Al Roker]], [[Diane Sawyer]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[Sugarland]] (Kristian Bush, Jennifer Nettles), [[Meredith Vieira]], [[Brian Williams]]
 ==Crew==
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 * Directors: [[Kevin Clash]], [[Ken Diego]], [[Victor DiNapoli]], [[Dean Gordon]], [[Tom Guadarrama]], [[Jim Martin]], [[Joey Mazzarino]], [[Ted May]], [[Lisa Simon]], [[Emily Squires]], [[Nadine Zylstra]]
 * Head Writer: [[Lou Berger]]
-* Head Writer Elmo's World: [[Judy Freudberg]]
+* Head Writer (Elmo's World): [[Judy Freudberg]]
 * Writers: [[Molly Boylan]], [[Annie Evans]], [[Christine Ferraro]], [[Judy Freudberg]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Emily Perl Kingsley]], [[Joey Mazzarino]], [[Luis Santeiro]], [[Belinda Ward]], [[John Weidman]]
-* Co-Exectutive Producer Elmo's World: [[Kevin Clash]]
+* Co-Executive Producer (Elmo's World): [[Kevin Clash]]
 * Production Designer: [[Victor DiNapoli]]
 * Puppets, Costumes, Props: [[Jason Weber]], [[Rollie Krewson]], [[Connie Peterson]], [[Polly Smith]], [[Michelle Hickey]], [[Andrea Detwiler]], [[Anney McKilligan]], [[Chelsea Carter]], [[Tom Newby]], [[Marc Borders]], [[Lara MacLean]]
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 * Music Supervisor: [[Danny Epstein]]
 * Studio Music Director: [[Dave Conner]]
+* Music Coordinator: Vicki Levy
 * Composers: [[Chris Cerf]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Stephen Lawrence]], [[Jeff Moss]], [[John Pizzarelli]], [[Sam Pottle]], [[Mark Radice]], [[Joe Raposo]], [[Mike Renzi]], [[Earl Rose]], [[Russell Velazquez]]
+* Costume Designers: [[Bill Kellard]], [[Terry Roberson]]
-* Lighting Designer: Dan Kelley
-* Talent Coordinator: Carrie Haugh
-* Child Talent Assistant: Harry Lacoste
-* Costume Designers: Bill Kellard, Terry Roberson
 * Art Director: Bob Phillips
-* Art Direction Graphics: Pete Ortiz, Mike Pantuso
+* Art Direction Graphics: Pete Ortiz, [[Mike Pantuso]]
-* Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
+* Set Decorator: [[Nat Mongioi]]
+* Sound Effects Editor/Re-Recording Mixer: [[Dick Maitland]], C.A.S.
-* Editing Supervisor: Robert J. Emerick
+* Technical Directors: [[Tom Guadarrama]], David Satin, Richard Wirth
-* Associate Directors: Frank Campagna, Tim Carter, Emily Cohen, Ken Diego, Mindy Fila, Benjamin Lehmann
+* Supervising Sound Editor/Production Mixer: [[Blake Norton]]
-* Production Stage Manager: Meryl Jaffe
+* Cameras: [[Frank Biondo]], Jerry Cancel, Aaron Meddick, Jimmy O'Donnell
-* Stage Managers: Shawn Havens, Hank Niemark, Cyndi Owgang
-* Unit Production Manager: Jared Jenkins
-* Unit Manager: Heather Dixon
-* Production Coordinator: Katherine Guttman
-* Post Production Coordinator: Theresa Anderson
-* Associate Producers: Todd E. James, Benjamin Lehmann, Rebecca Rosa
-* Control Room PA: Mindy Fila
-* Music Coordinator: Vicki Levy
-* Sound Effects Editor/Re-Recording Mixer: Dick Maitland, C.A.S.
-* Technical Directors: Tom Guadarrama, David Satin, Richard Wirth
-* Supervising Sound Editor/Production Mixer: Blake Norton
-* Sound Editor: Carla Bandini Lory
-* Cameras: Frank Biondo, Jerry Cancel, Aaron Meddick, Jimmy O'Donnell
-* Senior Video: James Meek
-* Tape: Ernie Albritton
-* Utility: Gordon Price, Chuck Tutino
-* Boom: Mel Becker, Dan Guachinoe
-* Stagehands: Steve Dannenberg, Joseph Paone, Steve Ruggerio, Tony Santoro
-* Editors: Selbern Narby, John Tierny, Chris Reinhart
-* Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Barrett
-* Supervising Music Editor/Re-Recording Mixer: Jim Czak
-* Music Editor: Bill Moss
-* Make-Up: Jane Di Persio
-* Hairstylist: Jackie Payne
-* Wardrobe: Rose Cuervo, Erin Dougherty
-* Scenic Artists: Wilber Ball, Margaret Ryan
-* Script Supervisor: Syndi Shumer
-* Script Coordinator: Lynda Holder Settles
-* Production Secretaries: Leah Baker, Leigh E. Gallagher
-* Transportation Supervisor: Keith Olsen
-* Drivers: Brian Sales, Aaron Smith
-* Director of Production Accounting: Stephanie Longardo
-* Production Accountant: Kalombo Tshimanga
-* Post Prouction Assistant: Tim Wells
-* Production Clerk: Sammy Green
 * Vice President of Education and Research: [[Rosemarie T. Truglio]], Ph.D.
-* Sesame Street Research Team: David I. Cohen, Anna E. Housley Juster, M.A., Jennifer Kotler, Ph.D., Jane S. Park, M.A., Evangelean Pope, Autumn Zitani, M.A.
-* GVP of Production for Tv, Film & Home Video: Jodi Nussbaum
-* NEP Facilities: Steve Alpert, Bruce Lanzer, Frank Lanzer
 * Special Thanks To: Celefex, Creative Bubble, [[Magnetic Dreams]]
 * Taped at [[Kaufman Astoria Studios]] in New York
+==Sources==
+<references />
 ==External Links==

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