Season 17 (1985-1986)



Sesame Street Season 17 aired from November 18, 1985 to May 16, 1986.

Episodes
Episodes 2096 - 2225 (130 episodes)


 * Episode 2096 -- 17th season premiere; Snuffy Revealed
 * Episode 2107 -- Bernie "tunes" Oscar's piano
 * Episode 2122 -- Miles' Adoption, part 1
 * Episode 2123 -- Miles' Adoption, part 2
 * Episode 2124 -- Miles' Adoption, part 3
 * Episode 2125 -- Miles' Adoption, part 4
 * Episode 2159 -- Miss Blechman visits Oscar
 * Episode 2164 -- Nighttime on Sesame Street
 * Episode 2173 -- Luis Reads Swashbuckle/Closed Library
 * Episode 2174
 * Episode 2178
 * Episode 2179 -- Big Bird Wants Bob To Hear His Song
 * Episode 2208 -- Uncle Wally returns

Cast
Muppet Characters
 * Anything Muppets, Barkley, Bert, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Elmo, Ernie, Forgetful Jones, Gladys the Cow, Grover, Grundgetta, Honkers, Homer Honker, Hoots the Owl, Irvine, Kermit the Frog, Miss Blechman, Oscar the Grouch, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Slimey, Stella, Telly Monster, Two-Headed Monster

Human Characters
 * Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Linda, Bob, David, Uncle Wally, Miles, Mr. Macintosh, Olivia, Petey, Willy, Lee, Dorothy

Actors
 * Linda Bove, Northern Calloway, Eddie Castrodad, Emilio Delgado, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bill McCutcheon, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Miles Orman, Alaina Reed

Muppets of Sesame Street
 * Caroll Spinney, Pam Arciero, Kevin Clash, Fred "Garbo" Garver, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Martin P. Robinson, Bryant Young

Guest Stars
 * Tempestt Bledsoe, Lisa Bonet, Bill Cobbs, Tony Danza, Phil Donahue, Frances Foster, Patti LaBelle, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Keshia Knight Pulliam, The Sweeties, Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Season Credits

 * Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer
 * Producer: Lisa Simon
 * Head Writer: Norman Stiles
 * Writers: Tony Geiss, Sara Compton, Jeff Moss, David Korr, Sonia Manzano, Judy Freudberg, Nancy Sans, Emily Perl Kingsley, Tom Dunsmuir
 * Music Director: Joe Raposo
 * Associate Producer: Arlene Sherman
 * Original Muppets by: Don Sahlin, Kermit Love
 * Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
 * Assistant Music Director: Dave Conner
 * Supervising Editor: Ted May
 * Production Designer: Victor Di Napoli
 * Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
 * Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
 * Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
 * Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
 * Audio: Blake Norton
 * Cameras: Frank Biondo
 * Director of Research: Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.
 * Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald S. Lesser, Ph.D.