My Favorite Sesame Street Moments



Segments shown before each episode of Sesame Street during the 35th season, in honor of the show's 35th anniversary. In these segments, guest stars from that season talked about their favorite Sesame Steet moments.

Guests' favorite moments

 * Joshua Bell
 * He shares that the first song he learned to play on the violin was the Sesame Street Theme. A clip of The Tokyo String Quartet is shown.


 * Jason Biggs
 * He talks about the Pinball Number Count series.


 * Wayne Brady


 * Amy Brenneman


 * Cher


 * Harry Connick Jr.
 * He talks about a scene where everyone of the characters are sitting on the brownstone steps in the special Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting, and how it represents people from all walks of life, and how it shows that everyone is important and despite of our differences we can be friends. Aired before Episode 4080.


 * Bill Cosby
 * Cosby talks about how Sesame Street convinced him that he be involved with an entertaining children's educational show.


 * Harvey Fierstein
 * He talks about the importance of Sesame Street showing a "soft, gentle love" to children. A clip from Cookie Monster Alphabet is shown.


 * Dennis Franz
 * He talks about calling Craig T. Nelson 'Bert' and Nelson calling him 'Ernie'.


 * Whoopi Goldberg


 * Kelsey Grammer
 * He talks about Elmo's World.


 * Seth Green
 * He talks about "Somebody Come and Play" and credits the show as what inspired him to get into acting.


 * James Earl Jones
 * He reminisces about telling Matt Robinson that the monster Muppets would not work because they would terrify children. A clip from "C is for Cookie" is shown. He chuckles, then says "What did I know?". Aired before Episode 4077.


 * Norah Jones
 * She talks about Ernie and Bert's "Here fishy, fishy, fishy!" sketch. Aired before Episode 4069.


 * Larry King


 * Jason Kingsley
 * Jason talks about how Sesame Street showed people of all kinds of disbilities. A clip of his favorite song, "Count Me In", is shown. Aired before Episode 4072.


 * Martina McBride


 * Dr. Phil McGraw
 * He talks about Ernie and Bert, and a clip from The Banana Sketch is shown.


 * Julianne Moore
 * She talks about how "The People in Your Neighborhood" taught her about the people in her neighborhood. A clip from the original version is shown. Aired before Episode 4066.


 * Donny Osmond
 * He says he thought the show was good until he saw his musical hero, Stevie Wonder, perform on the show, which made it great. A clip from "Superstition" is shown.


 * Natalie Portman


 * Doris Roberts
 * She talks about liking all 35 years of Sesame Street. Shown before The Street We Live On.


 * Ruben Studdard


 * Maria Torres
 * She speaks about the diversity on Sesame Street inspiring her as an aspiring dancer and choreographer. A clip of Celia Cruz and Big Bird is shown. Aired before Episode 4070.


 * Venus Williams