Season 41 (2010)

Sesame Street's 41st season began production in September 2009; episodes premiered on September 27, 2010.

Season overview
The season continues the show's two-year initiative “My World is Green & Growing,” an initiative embracing a robust science and mathematics curriculum. For season 41, Sesame Street will address the processes of scientific investigation, with 13 shows focused on this topic. One of the main curricular goals is to encourage children to think scientifically and to model the scientific process.

The 4th Annual aniBOOM Awards, aniBOOM Awards 4 Sesame Street, decided a new educational, animated short that will debut this season, a stop-motion remake of "Pinball Number Count. The other finalists also appear during the season.

A new segment, Super Grover 2.0, debuted this season and alternates with new segments of Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures with each episode. Abby's Flying Fairy School returns from last season with three new segments. What's the Word on the Street and The Word of the Day also return with 25 new words.

The segment "I Love My Hair" went viral in mid-October 2010, getting a large amount of press coverage, for encouraging positive attitudes amongst African-American viewers towards their hair. Earlier in the season, Katy Perry's parody of her song "Hot n' Cold" attracted negative attention, due to controversy over her outfit; it was removed from the broadcast season.

Parodies
Parody segments this year include "The Elmo Slide" ("The Cha Cha Slide"), "The Closer" and "True Mud" (True Blood).

Episodes
Episodes 4213 - 4256 (44 episodes)


 * Episode 4213 -- The Camouflage Challenge
 * Episode 4214 -- The Happy Scientists
 * Episode 4215 -- Chicken When It Comes To Thunderstorms
 * Episode 4216 -- Ironing Monster
 * Episode 4217 -- What's That Noise
 * Episode 4218 -- The Furry Four
 * Episode 4219 -- The Woosh & Vanish Mystery
 * Episode 4220 -- Music Magic
 * Episode 4221 -- Bert's Pigeon Search
 * Episode 4222 -- Up in the Air
 * Episode 4223 -- Snuffle Sneeze
 * Episode 4224 -- There's An App For That
 * Episode 4225 -- A Team
 * Episode 4226 -- Where Is Itsy Bitsy Spider?
 * Episode 4227 -- Fetch The Letter I
 * Episode 4228 -- Rahki Road
 * Episode 4229 -- Puddle Jumping
 * Episode 4230 -- Saved By Superfoods
 * Episode 4231 -- Twins Day On Sesame Street
 * Episode 4232 -- Veggies Revolt
 * Episode 4233 -- Sesame Street Fairy Tale Science Fair
 * Episode 4234 -- Rock, Rock Band
 * Episode 4235 -- Zoe Loves Rocco
 * Episode 4236 -- Dirtballs
 * Episode 4237 -- Grouchy Mothers Day
 * Episode 4238 -- Abby Tries & Tries Again
 * Episode 4239 -- The Golden Triangle of Destiny (repeat)
 * Episode 4240 -- Telly's New Shoes (repeat)
 * Episode 4241 -- Sock Chaos At The Laundromat (repeat)
 * Episode 4242 -- Firefly Show (repeat)
 * Episode 4243 -- Max the Magician (repeat)
 * Episode 4244 -- Elmo and Zoe's Hat Contest (repeat)
 * Episode 4245 -- Telly the Tiebreaker (repeat)
 * Episode 4246 -- Curly Bear Chases Birthday Cake (repeat)
 * Episode 4247 -- Number 6 Games (repeat)
 * Episode 4248 -- Abby Thinks Oscar is a Prince (repeat)
 * Episode 4249 -- Elmo Steps in for Super Grover (repeat)
 * Episode 4250 -- Abby's First Sleepover (repeat)
 * Episode 4251 -- Three Cheers for Us (repeat)
 * Episode 4252 -- Elmo Wants to Be Like Gordon (repeat)
 * Episode 4253 -- Mine-itis on Sesame Street (repeat)
 * Episode 4254 -- The Cookie Touch (repeat)
 * Episode 4255 -- The Help-o-bots (repeat)
 * Episode 4256 -- Annual Triangle Toss (repeat)

Characters

 * Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Zoe, Rosita, Barkley, Cookie Monster, Grover, Baby Bear, Curly Bear, Alligator, Telly, Oscar the Grouch, Prairie Dawn, Ernie, Bert, Baby Natasha, Chickens, Murray Monster, Ovejita, Count von Count, Anything Muppets

Cast

 * Maria: Sonia Manzano
 * Alan: Alan Muraoka
 * Gordon: Roscoe Orman
 * Gina: Alison Bartlett
 * Luis: Emilio Delgado
 * Bob: Bob McGrath
 * Susan: Loretta Long
 * Gabi: Desiree Casado
 * Chris: Chris Knowings
 * Leela: Nitya Vidyasagar
 * Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

Muppets™ Of Sesame Street
 * Pam Arciero, Billy Barkhurst, Jennifer Barnhart, Fran Brill, Tyler Bunch, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Kevin Clash, Bruce Connelly, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Eric Jacobson, John Kennedy, Tim Lagasse, Peter Linz, Jim Martin, Joey Mazzarino, Paul McGinnis, Tracie Mick, Jerry Nelson, Carmen Osbahr, Frank Oz, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Steve Whitmire, Bryant Young

Guest stars

 * Oprah Winfrey appears, voicing a cartoon letter O in a parody of her program.

Credits

 * Executive Producer: Carol-Lynn Parente
 * Coordinating Producer: April Chadderdon
 * Line Producer: Stephanie Longardo
 * Senior Producer: Tim Carter
 * Producers: Melissa Dino, Benjamin Lehmann, Ronda Music Lask
 * Directors: Kevin Clash, Ken Diego, Moses Edinborough, Jim Martin, Ted May, Joey Mazzarino, Scott Preston, Lisa Simon, Matt Vogel, Nadine Zylstra
 * Head Writer: Joey Mazzarino
 * Writers: Molly Boylan, Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Judy Freudberg, J Milligan, Emily Perl Kingsley, Luis Santeiro, Ed Valentine, Belinda Ward, John Weidman
 * Head Writer (Elmo’s World): Judy Freudberg
 * Co-executive producer (Elmo's World): Kevin Clash
 * Production designers: Victor DiNapoli, Bob Phillips
 * Project director (Abby's Flying Fairy School): Christine Walters
 * Additional Voices For Abby’s Flying Fairy School: Jeremy Redleaf, Jessica Stone
 * Puppets, Costumes, Props: Jason Weber with Connie Peterson, Rollie Krewson, Polly Smith, Andrea Detwiler, Michelle Hickey, Anney McKilligan, Lara MacLean, Chelsea Carter, Molly Light, Marc Borders, Loryn Brantz
 * Music Director: Bill Sherman
 * Director of Music Arrangements: Joe Fielder
 * Composers: Joe Fielder, Chris Jackson, Stephen Lawrence, Mark Radice, Kathryn Raio, JP Rende, Paul Rudolph, Adam Schlesinger, Bill Sherman, Russell Velazquez
 * Art Director: Bob Phillips
 * Prop Coordinator: Keith Olsen
 * Art Direction/graphics: Rickey Boyd, Pete Ortiz
 * Abby's Flying Fairy School characters designed by: Peter de Seve
 * Technical Director: Tom Guadarrama
 * Cameras: Frank Biondo, Jerry Cancel, Shaun Harkins
 * Vice President of Education and Research: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D.
 * Taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York