Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years Explained

Director:Mustapha Khan
Jon Stone
Executive Producer:Diana Birkenfield
Producer:Arlene Sherman
Based On:
Starring:Caroll Spinney
Music:Robby Merkin (musical director)
Dave Conner (associate music director)
Danny Epstein (music coordinator)
Michael Rubin (additional music)
Nick Balaban (additional music)
Christopher Cerf (songs)
Sara Compton (songs)
Stephen Lawrence (songs)
Jeff Moss (songs)
Joe Raposo (songs)
Norman Stiles (songs)
Cinematography:Donald Peterman (director of photography) (uncredited)
Editor:Robert J. Emerick (editing sypervisor)
Evamarie Keller (videotape editor)
Linda M. Long (videotape editor)
John R. Tierney (videotape editor)
Company:Children's Television Workshop
Runtime:56:24 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years is the home video version of , a special aired on PBS during their pledge drive on March 6, 1994, that commemorates Sesame Street’s 25th anniversary in 1994. This program was originally released on October 29, 1993, under the title Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration! 25 Wonderful Years focused on celebrity segments, many coming from segments filmed for the show's upcoming 25th season, of artists such as En Vogue and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Plot

While noticing the many talents that people have throughout Central Park, Telly, Prairie Dawn, and Big Bird get the idea to put on a big show. They audition dancers and "la-la"-ers (singers). However, when the Amazing Mumford attempts to audition, he makes everyone sound like different animals. In between, classic Sesame Street songs are shown, such as "Count It Higher", "I Love Trash", "Rubber Duckie", "C is for Cookie", "Adventure", and "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon". All hope begins to be lost for the show as the auditions fail, as Big Bird sings "Sing" all by himself. Then, Ladysmith Black Mambazo comes in by singing the "la la la la" part. Soon enough, everyone starts singing with him, making the show successful after all.

Cast

Live-action cast

The Muppets of Sesame Street and voice cast

Additional Muppets performed and voiced by Noel MacNeal, Bryant Young, Stephanie D'Abruzzo and Alice Dinnean.

Song List

  1. "Sesame Street Theme" (Calypso) - The Kids
  2. "Adventure" - En Vogue
  3. Do-Wop Hop
  4. "The Batty Bat" - The Count, Ftatateeta and his bats
  5. "The Alligator King" - Bud Luckey
  6. "I Love Trash" (remade version) (introduction omitted/new sound effect added at the end) - Oscar the Grouch
  7. "Count it Higher" - Little Chrissy and the Alphabets
  8. Montage of Ernie songs:
    • "Rubber Duckie"
    • "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree"
    • "Put Down the Duckie"
    • "Do De Rubber Duck"
      1. "C Is For Cookie" - Cookie Monster "Monster in the Mirror" - Grover "I'm an Aardvark" (re-filmed version) - Joe Raposo
  9. "Fuzzy and Blue and Orange" (cuts off before Frazzle appears/new sound effects added) - Grover, Herry, and Cookie Monster
  10. "Skin" - Kevin Clash
  11. "It's Not Easy Bein' Green" - Kermit the Frog
  12. "Happy Tappin' with Elmo" (introduction and closing omitted) - Elmo
  13. "Doin' the Pigeon" (introduction edited) - Bert
  14. "Dance Myself to Sleep" - Bert & Ernie
  15. "Feel the Beat" (Part 1 only)
  16. "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" (introduction omitted) - Ernie
  17. "We Are All Earthlings" - The Sesame Street Animals: Elmo and Jonathan Lighthouse

See also

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