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'''''Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days''''' is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' DVD set released on November 10, [[2009]], to celebrate the show's [[Sesame_Street: 40 Years|40th Anniversary]]. |
'''''Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days''''' is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' DVD set released on November 10, [[2009]], to celebrate the show's [[Sesame_Street: 40 Years|40th Anniversary]]. |
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− | Guest stars featured in clips on the set include: [[Madeline Kahn]], [[James Taylor]], [[Patti Labelle]], [[Batman]], [[Lena Horne]], ''[[Happy Days|Happy Days']]'' [[Henry Winkler|Fonzie]], [[Star Wars|the ''Star Wars'' droids]], [[Fred Rogers|Mister Rogers]], [[Diana Ross]], [[Pee Wee Herman|Pee-wee Herman]], [[Feist]], [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Destiny's Child]], and [[Robert De Niro]]. |
+ | Guest stars featured in clips on the set include: [[Madeline Kahn]], [[James Taylor]], [[Patti Labelle]], [[Batman]], [[Lena Horne]], ''[[Happy Days|Happy Days']]'' [[Henry Winkler|Fonzie]], [[Star Wars|the ''Star Wars'' droids]], [[Fred Rogers|Mister Rogers]], [[Diana Ross]], [[Pee Wee Herman|Pee-wee Herman]], [[Feist]], [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Destiny's Child]], and [[Robert De Niro]], in addition to the various celebrities who appear in "[[Put Down the Duckie (song)|Put Down the Duckie]]" and "[[Sing]]". |
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+ | Each disc begins with a TV Montage introduced by [[Count von Count]] and featuring one clip from each of the 40 seasons (all of which are presented within the main program). Each five-year period begins with a look through a scrapbook representing the time periods, and many clips begin with behind-the-scenes photos related to the clip (with the first few seconds of audio heard over the picture). The set also comes with a commemorative booklet, a shortened 24-page version of ''[[Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street]]''. Early copies were hardcover, but when distribution switched from [[Genius Products]] to [[Warner Home Video]] the booklet was changed to paperback. |
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==Disc 1: Seasons 1-20== |
==Disc 1: Seasons 1-20== |
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:* [[Muppet & Kid Moments: Herry Monster|Herry & John-John Count]] * |
:* [[Muppet & Kid Moments: Herry Monster|Herry & John-John Count]] * |
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:* [[Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School|Talking Loud / Talking Soft]] |
:* [[Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School|Talking Loud / Talking Soft]] |
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− | :* [[ |
+ | :* [[I Can Remember|Remembering Bread, Milk, Butter]] |
:* [[Sesame_Street_News_Flash#sleepingkiss|Kermit News: Sleeping Beauty]] (Prince Charming falls asleep) |
:* [[Sesame_Street_News_Flash#sleepingkiss|Kermit News: Sleeping Beauty]] (Prince Charming falls asleep) |
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:* [[Ernie_and_Bert_Sketches:_Apartment#statueofbert|Bert & Ernie: Bert's Bust]] |
:* [[Ernie_and_Bert_Sketches:_Apartment#statueofbert|Bert & Ernie: Bert's Bust]] |
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===[[Season 10]]=== |
===[[Season 10]]=== |
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− | :* [[Telly Monster|Telly]] Plugs in (Telly's first appearance) * |
+ | :* [[Telly Monster|Telly]] Plugs in ([[Episode 1257|Telly's first appearance]]) * |
===[[Season 11]]=== |
===[[Season 11]]=== |
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===[[Season 18]]=== |
===[[Season 18]]=== |
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− | :* "[[Put Down the Duckie]]" (celebrity version) * |
+ | :* "[[Put Down the Duckie (song)|Put Down the Duckie]]" (celebrity version) * |
:* "[[Sing Your Synonyms]]" |
:* "[[Sing Your Synonyms]]" |
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:* [[Forgetful_Jones#oklahoma|OOOO-Klahoma!]] |
:* [[Forgetful_Jones#oklahoma|OOOO-Klahoma!]] |
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:* [[Episode 2615|Meet the Baby]] ([[Gabriela]] is born) * |
:* [[Episode 2615|Meet the Baby]] ([[Gabriela]] is born) * |
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+ | ==Disc 1 Bonus Features== |
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+ | ** Behind-the-Scenes footage on [[Dr. Nobel Price]]. |
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+ | ** Behind-the-Scenes rehearsal footage on "The Hello Hello Hello Song", "Two-Headed Monster: Telephone", "Bring Your Own Can Night", "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree", "Friendship Song", and "Bert and Ernie: Snowman". |
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+ | * Easter Egg: One minute panning shot of the Street set from Big Bird's nest to the Fix-It Shop. |
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+ | * TV Montage |
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+ | * On-screen pop-up facts |
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+ | * DVD Rom Feature: 189 pages of 40 years of credits in PDF format. |
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==Disc 2: Seasons 21-40== |
==Disc 2: Seasons 21-40== |
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===[[Season 26]]=== |
===[[Season 26]]=== |
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− | :* [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development: "Pride |
+ | :* [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]]: "[[Pride (song)|Pride]]" |
:* Dance Theater of Harlem: Five Birds |
:* Dance Theater of Harlem: Five Birds |
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:* [[Luxo Jr.|Luxo Jr.: Front/Back]] * |
:* [[Luxo Jr.|Luxo Jr.: Front/Back]] * |
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===[[Season 31]]=== |
===[[Season 31]]=== |
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:* [[The Goo Goo Dolls]]: "[[Slide (Pride)|Pride]]" * |
:* [[The Goo Goo Dolls]]: "[[Slide (Pride)|Pride]]" * |
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− | :* [[Sing|Celebrity |
+ | :* [[Sing|Celebrity "Sing"]] |
===[[Season 32]]=== |
===[[Season 32]]=== |
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===[[Season 35]]=== |
===[[Season 35]]=== |
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− | :* [[Traction Jackson|TJ: |
+ | :* [[Traction Jackson|TJ: "Me and My Chair" Song]] * |
:* [[Elmo's_World:_Feet|Elmo's World: Lord of the Feet]] |
:* [[Elmo's_World:_Feet|Elmo's World: Lord of the Feet]] |
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:* [[Six Feet Under]] |
:* [[Six Feet Under]] |
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===[[Season 36]]=== |
===[[Season 36]]=== |
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− | :* [[Alicia Keys]]: "Dancin'" * |
+ | :* [[Alicia Keys]]: "[[Dancin']]" * |
:* "[[A Cookie is a Sometime Food]]" |
:* "[[A Cookie is a Sometime Food]]" |
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:* [[Apple Computer|D-Dance]] * |
:* [[Apple Computer|D-Dance]] * |
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− | ==Bonus features== |
+ | ==Disc 2 Bonus features== |
+ | * Behind the Street featurette, including: |
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** [[Leslie Carrara-Rudolph]] and [[Jason Weber]] talk about the creation of [[Abby Cadabby]]. |
** [[Leslie Carrara-Rudolph]] and [[Jason Weber]] talk about the creation of [[Abby Cadabby]]. |
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− | ** Behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage of |
+ | ** Behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage of "Guess The Seasons" and "D-Dance". |
− | ** |
+ | ** Green screen passes of [[Elmo]] and other characters, for "Lord of the Feet" and "D-Dance". |
+ | * Bonus Behind-the-Street featurette, including: |
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+ | ** Production meeting discussion and rehearsal for [[Episode 1755]], featuring Oscar and [[Othmar the Grouch]]. |
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− | * Archive photos during scene and menu transitions. |
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+ | ** Interviews with [[Roscoe Orman]] and [[Jim Henson]]. |
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* An on-screen pop-up feature with facts about ''Sesame Street''. |
* An on-screen pop-up feature with facts about ''Sesame Street''. |
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− | * A limited edition commemorative book (a small, 24-page version of ''[[Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street]]'') complements the set (the original release was a hardcover book; after Warner Home Video took over distribution it was changed to paperback). |
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* Sneak Peek: [[Abby's Flying Fairy School]] -- "Cinderella" episode |
* Sneak Peek: [[Abby's Flying Fairy School]] -- "Cinderella" episode |
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− | * TV Montage |
+ | * TV Montage |
− | * |
+ | * Easter Egg: Four and a half minute high speed montage of building the Sesame Street set. |
− | * Disc 2 Easter Egg: Four and a half minute high speed montage of building the Sesame Street set. |
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* Link to [http://www.sesamestreet.org/moresunnydays sesamestreet.org/moresunnydays] online DVD bonus. |
* Link to [http://www.sesamestreet.org/moresunnydays sesamestreet.org/moresunnydays] online DVD bonus. |
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* DVD-ROM: 189 pages of credits of 40 seasons of ''Sesame Street'' in PDF format. |
* DVD-ROM: 189 pages of credits of 40 seasons of ''Sesame Street'' in PDF format. |
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*A parody of the ''[[Sandro Botticelli|Birth of Venus]]'' from the [[Kermitage Collection]] can be seen on a wall in the bonus feature on the making of Abby Cadabby. The painting was blurred out for the DVD release. |
*A parody of the ''[[Sandro Botticelli|Birth of Venus]]'' from the [[Kermitage Collection]] can be seen on a wall in the bonus feature on the making of Abby Cadabby. The painting was blurred out for the DVD release. |
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* A number of inserts are edited. These include: |
* A number of inserts are edited. These include: |
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− | **Herry's closing line, " |
+ | ** Herry's closing line, "Right!", in "Herry and John-John Count". |
− | **[[Smart Tina]]'s line "Do it, Roosevelt!", at the end of "Talking Loud/ Talking Soft". |
+ | ** [[Smart Tina]]'s line "Do it, Roosevelt!", at the end of "Talking Loud/ Talking Soft". |
− | **[[Lefty the Salesman]]'s line "I didn't see nothing" at the end of "Invisible Ice Cream". |
+ | ** [[Lefty the Salesman]]'s line "I didn't see nothing" at the end of "Invisible Ice Cream". |
− | **The opening wide shot in "Put Down the Duckie". |
+ | ** The opening wide shot in "Put Down the Duckie". |
− | **The last 10 seconds of "Me Lost Me Cookie". |
+ | ** The last 10 seconds of "Me Lost Me Cookie". |
+ | *The celebrity version of "Put Down the Duckie" is listed as a season 18 segment. Although the song did debut in season 18, the celebrity version debuted later. |
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+ | *In December 2010, [[Amazon.com]] released an online exclusive version of the set with a bonus disc containing [[episode 4228]]. |
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+ | *The behind-the-scenes footage was later released in [[The iTunes Store]] as a full, half-hour segment with new pop-up facts. The behind-the scenes of "The Friendship Song" was also later included on ''[[Old School: Volume 3]]''. |
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==Other releases== |
==Other releases== |
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+ | <gallery captionalign="left"> |
− | + | DVD-40yearsBonusDisc.jpg|{{GNH|DVD}}2010<br>[[Warner Home Video]] |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ==International releases== |
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+ | <gallery widths="170" captionalign="left"> |
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+ | Image:DVD-40years.png |{{GNH|United Kingdom (DVD)}}2010<br/>Abbey Home Media Group |
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+ | Sesamestreet40yearsofsunnydaysaustraliandvd.jpg|{{GNH|Australia (DVD)}}2010<br>Madman Entertainment<br><small>Special edition |
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+ | Sesamestreet40yearsofsunnydaysstandardeditiondvd.jpg|{{GNH|Australia (DVD)}}2010<br>Madman Entertainment<br><small>Standard edition |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ==Promotions== |
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+ | <gallery captionalign="left"> |
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+ | Tworld22.jpg|2010<br>''T-World's Artist Collaboration with Sesame Street'' |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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− | *[http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/reviews/dvd/sesame_40_years.shtml Muppet Central review] |
+ | *[http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/reviews/dvd/sesame_40_years.shtml Muppet Central review] |
*[http://www.alamosanews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=14856&page=74 Valley Courrier review] |
*[http://www.alamosanews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=14856&page=74 Valley Courrier review] |
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+ | __NOTOC__ |
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[[Category:Sesame Street Video]] |
[[Category:Sesame Street Video]] |
Revision as of 23:16, 15 November 2014
Release Date | 2009 |
Produced by | Genius Entertainment |
Catalogue no. | SS00161 |
Format | DVD |
Discs | 2 |
Region | 1 |
ASIN |
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days is a Sesame Street DVD set released on November 10, 2009, to celebrate the show's 40th Anniversary.
Guest stars featured in clips on the set include: Madeline Kahn, James Taylor, Patti Labelle, Batman, Lena Horne, Happy Days' Fonzie, the Star Wars droids, Mister Rogers, Diana Ross, Pee-wee Herman, Feist, Smokey Robinson, Destiny's Child, and Robert De Niro, in addition to the various celebrities who appear in "Put Down the Duckie" and "Sing".
Each disc begins with a TV Montage introduced by Count von Count and featuring one clip from each of the 40 seasons (all of which are presented within the main program). Each five-year period begins with a look through a scrapbook representing the time periods, and many clips begin with behind-the-scenes photos related to the clip (with the first few seconds of audio heard over the picture). The set also comes with a commemorative booklet, a shortened 24-page version of Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street. Early copies were hardcover, but when distribution switched from Genius Products to Warner Home Video the booklet was changed to paperback.
Disc 1: Seasons 1-20
A * denotes that part of that clip was also featured in the "TV Montages" in this set.
Season 1
- "Sesame Street Open" (including Gordon's opening line from Episode 0001)
- "Henson #1 Song" *
- "Rubber Duckie"
- "I Love Trash"
- Batman Around/Up/Through
- "If I Knew You Were Coming"
- "Bein' Green"
Season 2
- Bert & Ernie: Banana in Ear (part 1 only)*
- "Henson Queen of Six"
- "Mad Song"
- Sorting Song with Cookie Monster
Season 3
Season 4
- Herry & John-John Count *
- Talking Loud / Talking Soft
- Remembering Bread, Milk, Butter
- Kermit News: Sleeping Beauty (Prince Charming falls asleep)
- Bert & Ernie: Bert's Bust
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
- "People in Your Neighborhood" -- Elevator Operator and Pharmacist *
Season 9
- Fonzie on/off/on
- Clips From Hawaii (Snuffy lands on the island, Mr. Hooper surfs}
- I-Beam *
Season 10
- Telly Plugs in (Telly's first appearance) *
Season 11
Season 12
- "Hello Hello Hello Song"
- Dancing Dog Imagines
- Two-Headed Monster: Telephone *
- Bring Your Own Can Night (with Oscar the Grouch, Bruno the Trashman, and cast)
- Mister Rogers Returns
Season 13
- Making Crayons
- Diana Ross: "Believe in Yourself"
- Bert & Ernie: Fish Call Quiet/Loud *
- Madeline Kahn: "Friendship Song" (from Episode 1576)
Season 14
Season 15
- Teeny Little Super Guy: School
- Just Because (Big Bird comes to terms with Mr. Hooper's death) *
Season 16
Season 17
- Elmo's Make Believe Trip (the performance that Kevin Clash notes is the moment when he "found his voice" as Elmo)
- "Batty Bat Song"
- Snuffy Is Seen *
Season 18
- "Put Down the Duckie" (celebrity version) *
- "Sing Your Synonyms"
Season 19
- Pee-wee Herman's Alphabet
- Maria and Luis Get Married
- "African Alphabet" *
Season 20
- OOOO-Klahoma!
- Meet the Baby (Gabriela is born) *
Disc 1 Bonus Features
- "Behind the Street" featurettes, which play when clicking the "enter" button when the Sesame Street logo appears on-screen, or can all be viewed all together by selecting "Play All".
- An interview with Jon Stone on research and curriculum, and the barriers the show broke.
- An interview with legendary puppeteer Caroll Spinney on Oscar the Grouch.
- Behind-the-Scenes footage on Dr. Nobel Price.
- Behind-the-Scenes rehearsal footage on "The Hello Hello Hello Song", "Two-Headed Monster: Telephone", "Bring Your Own Can Night", "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree", "Friendship Song", and "Bert and Ernie: Snowman".
- An interview with Kevin Clash on the creation of Elmo.
- Easter Egg: One minute panning shot of the Street set from Big Bird's nest to the Fix-It Shop.
- Fan Favorite Clip - Bert and Ernie: String Tied
- TV Montage
- On-screen pop-up facts
- DVD Rom Feature: 189 pages of 40 years of credits in PDF format.
Disc 2: Seasons 21-40
Season 21
Season 22
Season 23
Season 24
Season 25
Season 26
- Arrested Development: "Pride"
- Dance Theater of Harlem: Five Birds
- Luxo Jr.: Front/Back *
- "My Name Is Zoe"
- "B Is for Bubble"
Season 27
Season 28
Season 29
Season 30
Season 31
Season 32
- Robert De Niro: The Actor Prepares
- My Nest, My Home *
- Elmo's World Games: Mr. Noodle (includes "Elmo's World" opening)
Season 33
Season 34
- "ABC Hip Hop" *
Season 35
Season 36
Season 37
Season 38
Season 39
- Feist: "1234" *
- The Golden Triangle of Destiny (giant boulder and laundromat trap sequences)
- David Beckham: Persistent
- Plain White T's
- Neil Patrick Harris: The Shoe Fairy
- Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures: Penguin
Season 40
Disc 2 Bonus features
- Behind the Street featurette, including:
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph and Jason Weber talk about the creation of Abby Cadabby.
- Behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage of "Guess The Seasons" and "D-Dance".
- Green screen passes of Elmo and other characters, for "Lord of the Feet" and "D-Dance".
- Bonus Behind-the-Street featurette, including:
- Production meeting discussion and rehearsal for Episode 1755, featuring Oscar and Othmar the Grouch.
- Interviews with Roscoe Orman and Jim Henson.
- An on-screen pop-up feature with facts about Sesame Street.
- Sneak Peek: Abby's Flying Fairy School -- "Cinderella" episode
- TV Montage
- Easter Egg: Four and a half minute high speed montage of building the Sesame Street set.
- Link to sesamestreet.org/moresunnydays online DVD bonus.
- DVD-ROM: 189 pages of credits of 40 seasons of Sesame Street in PDF format.
Vote
Genius Entertainment partnered with Amazon.com to allow fans to vote for one moment from a list of 10 clips to appear on the release. Voting was open from April 1st to April 28, 2009. The winning clip, with 27% of the vote, was "Bert and Ernie String Tied."
The nominees and results were as follows:
- "Alligator King" (10%)
- "Bert and Ernie String Tied" (27%)
- "King of Eight" (5%)
- "Henson Ball" (3%)
- "Martian Beauty" (1%)
- "What's the Name of that Song" (9%)
- "I Just Adore Four" (1%)
- "Pinball Machine 12" (24%)
- "Caribbean Amphibian" (10%)
- "Elmo's Debut" (6%)
Notes
- Kermit News: Sleeping Beauty is presented with the late-1980s title card instead of the original.
- Caroll Spinney wears a t-shirt with the Muppet Show logo on the back during behind-the-scenes footage of rehearsal of the "Hello Hello Hello Song" which is blurred out for the DVD release.
- Frank Oz is wearing a headband with his Muppet Show characters on it in behind-the-scenes footage of the snowman sketch. The images have been blurred out for this presentation.
- Caroll Spinney wears a Mickey Mouse t-shirt while rehearsing scenes from Episode 1576 which has been blurred out for the DVD release.
- A parody of the Birth of Venus from the Kermitage Collection can be seen on a wall in the bonus feature on the making of Abby Cadabby. The painting was blurred out for the DVD release.
- A number of inserts are edited. These include:
- Herry's closing line, "Right!", in "Herry and John-John Count".
- Smart Tina's line "Do it, Roosevelt!", at the end of "Talking Loud/ Talking Soft".
- Lefty the Salesman's line "I didn't see nothing" at the end of "Invisible Ice Cream".
- The opening wide shot in "Put Down the Duckie".
- The last 10 seconds of "Me Lost Me Cookie".
- The celebrity version of "Put Down the Duckie" is listed as a season 18 segment. Although the song did debut in season 18, the celebrity version debuted later.
- In December 2010, Amazon.com released an online exclusive version of the set with a bonus disc containing episode 4228.
- The behind-the-scenes footage was later released in The iTunes Store as a full, half-hour segment with new pop-up facts. The behind-the scenes of "The Friendship Song" was also later included on Old School: Volume 3.