Season 21 (1989-1990)



Sesame Street Season 21 aired from November 13, 1989 to May 11, 1990.

Overview
The curriculum for Season 21 focuses on environmentalism and is "to teach appreciation of nature." Viewers will also become familiar with recycling from two types of collections - curb service and a recycling center. Sesame Street will also increase teaching numbers from 1 to 40 instead of the original 1 to 10.

Season 21 welcomes new human characters to the cast. Hooper's Store got a new owner, Mr. Handford, played by Leonard Jackson in this season and David L. Smyrl in subsequent seasons. Another human character, Mike, a friend of Gina's who made a few appearances the previous season, becomes a regular this season as a part-time worker at the Fix-It Shop and one of Gordon's students at school.

Episodes
Episodes 2616 - 2745 (130 episodes)


 * Episode 2616 -- 21st season premiere; Preston Rabbit comes to Sesame Street
 * Episode 2617 -- Barkley hurts his leg
 * Episode 2618 -- Prairie Dawn's computer play
 * Episode 2619 -- Sleepytime on Sesame Street
 * Episode 2620 -- Mr. Handford tries to take a nap
 * Episode 2621 -- A baby book for Alice
 * Episode 2622 -- Shelley is afraid of Barkley
 * Episode 2623 -- Telly grows a beanstalk
 * Episode 2624 -- Big Bird tells a joke
 * Episode 2625 -- Gordon and Susan's anniversary / Gina baby-sits Miles and Elmo
 * Episode 2626 -- Telly is curious about Gabi's baby talk
 * Episode 2627 -- Making recorded messages for Susan
 * Episode 2628 -- Telly explores with Gabi
 * Episode 2629 -- Telly's dream
 * Episode 2630 -- Irvine has the grouch flu
 * Episode 2631 -- Señor Zero strikes again! (repeat)
 * Episode 2632 -- Telly and Alice practice saying hello and goodbye (repeat)
 * Episode 2633 -- Richard Stoltzman visits (repeat)
 * Episode 2634 (repeat)
 * Episode 2635 -- Mumford's duck-radio trick (repeat)
 * Episode 2636 -- Maria and Linda imagine with Gabi
 * Episode 2637 -- Gina babysits Elmo
 * Episode 2638 -- Telly watches Wolfgang
 * Episode 2639 -- Snuffy shows his friends his cave
 * Episode 2640 -- Did Gabi say "Oscar"?
 * Episode 2641 -- Luis finds a use for a pile of sand
 * Episode 2642 -- Maria and Luis find a babysitter
 * Episode 2643 -- Poem Day
 * Episode 2644 -- Elmo and the cloud
 * Episode 2645 -- Ruby experiments with eyes
 * Episode 2646 -- Preston's "Illustration Activation" machine
 * Episode 2647 -- A park for Slimey
 * Episode 2648 -- Bob accompanies Oscar to Grouchytown
 * Episode 2649 -- Flo Bear writes about babies
 * Episode 2650
 * Episode 2651 -- Barkley won't take his bath (repeat)
 * Episode 2652
 * Episode 2653
 * Episode 2654
 * Episode 2655
 * Episode 2656
 * Episode 2657 -- Gabi's Grouchy art
 * Episode 2658
 * Episode 2659
 * Episode 2660 -- Telly's old tuba
 * Episode 2661 -- A day with Hiroshi
 * Episode 2662
 * Episode 2663
 * Episode 2664
 * Episode 2665
 * Episode 2666
 * Episode 2667
 * Episode 2668
 * Episode 2669
 * Episode 2670
 * Episode 2671
 * Episode 2672
 * Episode 2673 -- Natasha joins clubs (repeat)
 * Episode 2674 -- Big Bird's WALK signs (repeat)
 * Episode 2675 -- Big Bird and Snuffy play games / Elmo sleeps over (repeat)
 * Episode 2676
 * Episode 2677
 * Episode 2678 -- Big Bird's gift for Luis / Elmo watches for stars (repeat)
 * Episode 2679 -- Big Bird listens (repeat)
 * Episode 2680 -- Telly's magic pencil (repeat)
 * Episode 2681
 * Episode 2682 -- Linda gets a closed-captioning decoder
 * Episode 2683 -- Old MacDonald relocates to Sesame Street
 * Episode 2684
 * Episode 2685
 * Episode 2686 -- Help from Helena
 * Episode 2687 -- The Golden Cabbage of Snufertiti
 * Episode 2688 -- Gina and Mike practice driving
 * Episode 2689 -- Fire at Susan and Gordon's, Part 1
 * Episode 2690 -- Fire at Susan and Gordon's, Part 2
 * Episode 2691 -- Telly and the Wedge of Cheese
 * Episode 2692
 * Episode 2693
 * Episode 2694 -- Athena's bird-day party
 * Episode 2695
 * Episode 2696 -- Telly plays with an empty carton
 * Episode 2697
 * Episode 2698
 * Episode 2699 -- Monster detectives
 * Episode 2700
 * Episode 2701
 * Episode 2702 -- The Important Report
 * Episode 2703
 * Episode 2704
 * Episode 2705
 * Episode 2706
 * Episode 2707 -- Oscar and Grundgetta spy on the Fix-It Shop
 * Episode 2708
 * Episode 2709 -- Big Bird pretends to be grouchy
 * Episode 2710 -- Irvine at day care
 * Episode 2711 -- Luis cleans the apartment
 * Episode 2712 -- Jelani works at Birdland
 * Episode 2713
 * Episode 2714 -- A day with Flo Bear
 * Episode 2715 -- Ruby and Tatyana imagine growing up
 * Episode 2716
 * Episode 2717
 * Episode 2718 -- Henry Wadsworth Wrongfellow visits
 * Episode 2719
 * Episode 2720 -- Oscar's brother Ernest visits
 * Episode 2721
 * Episode 2722
 * Episode 2723
 * Episode 2724
 * Episode 2725
 * Episode 2726
 * Episode 2727 -- A day at the library
 * Episode 2728
 * Episode 2729
 * Episode 2730 -- Oscar writes to Grundgetta
 * Episode 2731
 * Episode 2732 -- Getting lunch for Oscar
 * Episode 2733 -- Taking a trip to Africa
 * Episode 2734 -- Elmo in Numberland
 * Episode 2735 -- Oscar tries proving Gabi is a grouch
 * Episode 2736 -- What will Gina do when she graduates high school?
 * Episode 2737
 * Episode 2738 -- Slimey is hurt skydiving
 * Episode 2739 -- Telly wants Oscar to say "Hola" to him
 * Episode 2740
 * Episode 2741 -- Gina studies for finals
 * Episode 2742 -- Imagining with Immy
 * Episode 2743
 * Episode 2744
 * Episode 2745 -- 21st season finale; Gina graduates from high school

Cast
Muppet Characters
 * Alice Snuffleupagus, Anything Muppets, Barkley, Bert, Biff, Big Bird, Big Jeffy, Buster the Horse, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Dingers, Elmo, Ernie, Flo Bear, Forgetful Jones, Gladys the Cow, Grover, Grundgetta, Guy Smiley, Herry Monster, Honkers, Hoots the Owl, Irvine, Kermit the Frog, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats, Meryl Sheep, Oscar the Grouch, Preston Rabbit, Professor D. Rabbit, Ruby, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Shelley the Turtle, Sherlock Hemlock, Stella, Sully, Telly Monster, Two-Headed Monster, Vincent Twice, Watson, Wolfgang the Seal

Human Characters
 * Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Linda, Bob, Mr. Handford, Uncle Wally, Gina, Miles, Mr. Macintosh, Gabi, Lisa, Hiroshi, Mike

Actors
 * Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly, Lisa Boggs, Linda Bove, Emilio Delgado, Leonard Jackson, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bill McCutcheon, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Miles Orman, Ward Saxton, Gedde Watanabe

Muppets of Sesame Street
 * Caroll Spinney, Pam Arciero, Camille Bonora, Kevin Clash, Fred "Garbo" Garver, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Rick Lyon, Jim Martin, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Judy Sladky, Bryant Young

Guest Stars
 * Candice Bergen, Barbara Bush, Tracy Chapman, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Andrea Martin, Jeff Redd, Max Roach, Isaac Stern, Randy Travis, Denzel Washington

Credits

 * Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer
 * Producer: Lisa Simon
 * Directed by: Jon Stone, Ted May, Emily Squires, Lisa Simon
 * Head Writer: Norman Stiles
 * Writers: Judy Freudberg, Cathi Rosenberg-Turow, Nancy Sans, Tony Geiss, Luis Santeiro, Jeff Moss, Sara Compton, Belinda Ward, John Weidman, Josh Selig, Emily Perl Kingsley, David Korr, Sonia Manzano, Mark Saltzman, Jon Stone
 * Supervising Film Producer: Edith Zornow
 * Coordinating Producer: Arlene Sherman
 * Muppets, Costumes, Props: Caroly Wilcox, with Kermit Love, Connie Peterson, Paul Hartis, Barry Link, Peter MacKennan, Stephan Rotondaro, Mark Zeszotek
 * Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
 * Associate Music Director: Dave Conner
 * Special Songs: Chris Cerf, Jeff Moss, Tony Geiss, Stephen Lawrence, Cheryl Hardwick, Sara Durkee, Paul Jacobs, Alan Menken, Dave Conner
 * Associate Directors: Ted May, Eulogio Ortiz, Jr., Craig Bigelow, Gordon McClelland, Cher Jung, Diane P. Mitchell
 * Production Designer: Victor Di Napoli
 * Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
 * Graphic Artist: Mike Pantuso
 * Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
 * Associate Art Director: Bob Phillips
 * Production Stage Managers: Chet O'Brien, Ric E. Anderson
 * Stage Manager: Mortimer J. O'Brien
 * Production Assistants: Cher Jung, Paul Lacy, Martha O'Connor, Leslie Brothers, Tim Carter, Walter Jacob
 * Script Coordinator: Thelma Moses
 * Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
 * Audio: Blake Norton, Tim Lester
 * Cameras: Frank Biondo, Dave Driscoll
 * Director of Research: Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.
 * Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald S. Lesser, Ph.D.