What's the Word on the Street?



What's the Word on the Street? first appeared in Sesame Street’s 38th season. Murray Monster hosts this segment which precedes the corporate sponsor spots before each episode. He speaks with folks about what today's word means and instructs the audience to listen for its usage in the following episode. The word is later featured in the "street scenes" and highlighted again as the Word of the Day. Each segment starts with a clip featuring Murray saying, "Hi, I'm Murray from Sesame Street, and I'm looking for... the Word on the Street!"

Segments

 * Squid
 * Newspaper
 * Dog
 * Lazy
 * Pumpernickel
 * Ballet
 * Tricycle
 * Disappear
 * Ticklish
 * Frustrated
 * Prepared
 * Family
 * Mystery
 * Mail
 * Predicament
 * Windy
 * Apology
 * Gigantic
 * Rhyme

Behind the scenes
Chris Lange served as creative director and art director for the segments, Joey Mazzarino as the writer, Jolene Lew as producer, with music composed by Richard W. Meyer of Modern Music, and sound design by Dale Goulett of Wow & Flutter.

Many of the segments were filmed in Brooklyn, New York City.