Sesame Street Pitch Reel



In 1969, a promotional pitch reel was produced for the series that would become Sesame Street, scripted by Jon Stone and starring the Muppets. At this point in time, the show had yet to be named, an element which the pitch reel exploited. The film featured Rowlf describing what the show would be like to Kermit. Interspersed between the explanatory scenes were board room sequences, in which various Muppets (including chairman Grump, Scoop, Gleep, Two Whatnots and The Spook) discussed what the title of the show would be. One of the last titles proposed, before the group degenerates into open physical warfare, is "The Farm and City, Dog and Kitty, Itty-Bitty, Nitty-Gritty, Little Kiddy Show."

Clips from it can be seen in Sesame Street Unpaved and A&E Biography: Sesame Street