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Season 5 (1973-1974)

Sesame Street Season 5 aired from November 19, 1973 to May 17, 1974.

1 Season Overview
2 Characters
3 Episodes
4 Notes
5 Season 5 Cast
6 Season 5 Credits
7 Sources

Season OverviewEdit

The curriculum for Season 5 is focusing on affect behavior, which includes lessons on emotions and feelings. Children will be able to recognize feelings and emotions including pride, love, fear, anger, surprise, happiness, and sadness taught through the human hosts, the Muppets, and animated films.^[1]

CharactersEdit

This season introduces new Muppet characters including a group called the Twiddlebug Family^[1] and two construction workers, Biff and Sully.^[2]

EpisodesEdit

Episodes 0536 - 0665 (130 episodes)

Episode 0536 -- 5th season premiere
Episode 0560 -- Big Bird tells the shortest and longest stories ever told.
Episode 0573 -- Gordon and the kids make rope letters; Oscar fakes having a cold; David loses his class ring.
Episode 0587
Episode 0656

NotesEdit

This is the last season to feature Hal Miller as Gordon.

Season 5 CastEdit

Cast:

Northern Calloway, Loretta Long, Will Lee, Bob McGrath, Emilio Delgado, Sonia Manzano, Hal Miller, Joe Ponazecki, Paul B. Price

Muppet Performers:

Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Fran Brill

Guest Stars

Johnny Cash, The Harlem Globetrotters, Lena Horne, Meadowlark Lemon ^[2]

Season 5 CreditsEdit

Executive Producer: Jon Stone
Producer: Robert Cunniff
Director: Jon Stone
Head Writer: Jeffrey Moss
Writers: Norman Stiles, Emily Perl Kingsley, Ray Sipherd, Jeffrey Moss, Daniel Wilcox, Joseph A. Bailey, Jerry Juhl, Jon Stone
Supervising Film Producer: Edith Zornow
Associate Producer: Joan Lufrano
Production Assistant: Judy Freudberg
Music Director: Joe Raposo
Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
Art Director: Alan J. Compton
Associate Director: Emily Squires
Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
Senior Scenic Artist: Victor Di Napoli
Sound Effects: Dick Maitland, Barbara Wood
Cameras: Frank Biondo
Curriculum Coordinator: Robert J. Emerick
Vice President for Research: Dr. Edward L. Palmer
Assistant Director of Research: Patricia Hayes
Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald S. Lesser, Ph.D.
Vice President for Production: David D. Connell