When You Wish Upon A Pickle: A Sesame Street Special is a 48-minute Sesame Street HBO television special with special guest stars Blake Lively and Amanda Seyfried.[2] The special was a co-production with Shout Factory and Sesame Workshop.[3] The special received a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Children's Program at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards and was also nominated for Best Voice-Over for Eric Jacobson for his performances as Bert, Grover, and Oscar The Grouch.[4] [5]
The special's director, Jack Jameson, received a Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directing in Children's Programs at the 71st Annual Ceremony in 2018.[6]
A sentient anthropomorphized pickle with magical powers arrives on Sesame Street to grant wishes to Elmo Monster, Abby Cadabby, Bert, etc.
Two-Headed Monster, Julia, Rosita, Rudy, Gladys the Cow, Chickens, Baby Bear, Jacket, Telly Monster, Zoe, Mel, Honker, Dinger, Chip and Dip, Mother Goose, Anything Muppets, AM Monsters