Abby Cadabby



Abby Cadabby appears in season 37 of Sesame Street. She is a shy fairy, whose name is a play on the magic word, Abracadabra. Moving to Sesame Street from Fairyside, Queens, Abby is a 3-year-old "fairy-in-training" and the daughter of a Fairy Godmother. Abby's magical powers are limited to turning things into pumpkins. Her magic word "allerednic" is Cinderella backwards. Although familiar with the world of fairy tales, Abby is astounded by such basic learning skills as drawing letters or counting, prompting her catchphrase "That's so magic!"

Along with new friend Baby Bear, Abby is starting school, attending the Storybook Community School, where Mrs. Goose is the teacher.

According to her official Sesame Workshop biography, she has the power to "pop" in and out, and floats when she's happy.

According to a message sent via Carrara's mailing list, Abby's "already been asked back for next season!", which is Season 38.

For the character launch, an interview with Leslie is set to appear in The New York Times (6 August), and Abby will appear on The Today Show (10 August). Abby is then supposed to appear on a satellite interview tour on 11 August, on various local stations across the USA.

Tony Geiss conceptualised Abby as not only a way to introduce a female to the show, but adding someone from a different culture, without "having consciously to introduce somebody from Indonesia or India."

Quotes on Abby
"We have our wacky, and we have our gentle. But we wanted a lead female character. If you think about The Mary Tyler Moore Show, some girls relate to Rhoda, who's our Zoe, and some girls really relate to Mary, who’s a girly girl. And we didn’t have that girl. We made a definite decision to sit down with the writers to figure out what this character might be." -- Liz Nealon