Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary. It was originally broadcast on May 18, 1994.^[1]

The show featured Joe Pesci (as Ronald Grump), Corbin Bernsen (as real estate attorney, Arnie), Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman (as a Worm TV hosts), John Goodman (as Tough Guy Helpline operator), Charles Grodin (as Chaz), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as reporter Kathie Lee Kathie), Rosie O'Donnell (as the Good Hope Fairy), Susan Sarandon (as Bitsy), Barbara Walters (reporting for 25/25), and Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford (as themselves).

Celebrities from archive footage include Sally Field, Jodie Foster, Whoopi Goldberg, Lena Horne, Jeremy Irons, Bo Jackson, Martin Short (as Ed Grimley) with Billy Crystal, John Candy, Ray Charles, Glenn Close, Jamie Lee Curtis, Annette Bening, Candice Bergen, Itzhak Perlman, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Barbara Walters, Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline, Maya Angelou, En Vogue, Aaron Neville, Henry Winkler (as The Fonz), Jay Leno, Carol Kane, Julia Roberts, Jim Carrey, Jane Curtin, Marisa Tomei, Mel Gibson, Robin Williams, Paul Simon, Lily Tomlin (as Ernestine), Denzel Washington, Marlee Matlin, Patti LaBelle, Marilyn Horne and Bo Jackson.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Credits 3 Muppets 4 Sesame Street Humans 5 Sources 6 External links

SynopsisEdit

Tycoon billionaire Ronald Grump (a parody of Donald Trump played by Joe Pesci) wants to demolish Sesame Street to build his Grump Tower, and it's up to the Sesame Street citizens to save their favorite buildings from being destroyed.

CreditsEdit

• Executive Producer: Andrew Solt
• Co-Executive Producers: Franklin Getchel and Marjorie Kalins
• Producers: Marc Sachnoff and Victoria Strong
• Co-Producer: Emily Squires
• Associate Producer: Martha Ripp
• Director: Chuck Vinson
• Writer: Mark Saltzman
• Special Material: Bruce Vilanch
• Production Designer: Victor DiNapoli
• Set Decoration: Nat Mongioi
• Art Director: Bob Phillips
• Music Composer: Robby Merkin
• Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
• Audio: Blake Norton
• Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
• Cameras: Frank Biondo, Dave Driscoll, Bob Del Russo
• Graphic Designer: Mike Pantuso
• Graphic Artist: Pete Ortiz

MuppetsEdit

Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Slimey, Elmo, Zoe, Count von Count, Telly Monster, Benny Rabbit, Sully, Herry Monster, Prairie Dawn, Rosita, AM Monsters, Ernie, Bert.

Sesame Street HumansEdit

Luis, Maria, Gordon, Celina, Savion, Carlo, Gabi, Tarah

SourcesEdit

1. ↑ McNeil, Alex Total Television, 4th edition, section on Sesame Street.

External linksEdit

• Description for the special on the Paley Center for Media website