Don't Eat the Pictures

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a one-hour special that aired on PBS on November 16, 1983.

In this special, the Sesame Street regulars tour New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art after they're accidentally locked in overnight.

Just as the museum closes, Big Bird announces that he must stay behind to find Mr. Snuffleupagus. While the others search the entire museum for Big Bird, he and Snuffy befriend Egyptian Prince Sahu, who has been trying to solve a riddle for more than 4,000 years so that he can finally join his parents. The boy prince claims to be under a spell cast by Osiris, the Lord of the Underworld, and asks Big Bird and Snuffy to help him find the answer to the question, "Where does today meet yesterday?" The three wander throughout the museum searching for clues from ancient Egyptian drawings, while the others examine masterpieces and art objects.

Highlights include: Oscar the Grouch stumbles upon a Roman and Greek statue display and sings about "the most beautiful trash" he's ever seen; Cookie Monster, reading a booklet entitled "Food Art," sings about museum etiquette; Grover sings to a suit of armor and Bert and Ernie examine a portrait of George Washington.

Songs

 * "Broken and Beautiful"
 * "I Want to Be Your Friend"
 * "Don't Eat the Pictures"
 * "You're Gonna Be a Star"
 * "Mothers and Children"

Cast

 * Linda Bove, Northern Calloway, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Alaina Reed, Aram Chowdhury, Li Alexander, Jason Paul Janzer, Nadia Jones, Mika Kakizaki, David Zetlin-Jones, Andrew Cassese
 * Muppet Performers: Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Brian Muehl, Bryant Young, Jim Henson,Caroll Spinney, Martin P. Robinson

Muppets
Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Cookie Monster, Telly Monster, Ernie, Bert, Grover and the Count.

Crew

 * Director: Jon Stone
 * Producers: Arlene Sherman,Tony Geiss, Lisa Simon
 * Written by: Tony Geiss
 * Special Guests: James Mason, Fritz Weaver, Paul Dooley
 * Music by: Dick Lieb, Stephen Lawrence, Tony Geiss, Chris Cerf
 * Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
 * Music Assistant: Dave Conner
 * 2nd Unit Director: Emily Squires
 * Art Director Victor Di Napoli
 * Muppets by Kermit Love, Caroly Wilcox, Ed Christie, Don Sahlin, Noel MacNeal, Cheryl Blalock
 * Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
 * Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
 * Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
 * Audio: Blake Norton
 * Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
 * Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer