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'''''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]].
  
'''''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|New York City's]] [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] after they're accidentally locked in overnight.
  
In this special, the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' regulars tour [[New York City|New York City's]] [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] after they're accidentally locked in overnight.
   
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Just as the museum closes, [[Big Bird]] announces that he must stay behind to find [[Snuffy]]. While the others search the entire museum for Big Bird, he and Snuffy befriend [[Egypt]]ian [[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 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.
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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 (while avoiding a guard), he and Snuffy befriend [[Egypt]]ian [[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.
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Other characters have their own unique cultural experiences: [[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 the title song about museum etiquette; [[Grover]] sings to a suit of Maximillian armor; and [[Bert]] and [[Ernie]] examine a [[Washington Crossing the Delaware|portrait of George Washington]].
   
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The special was taped during July and August 1983.<ref>[https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2012/07/7-1983-2/ Jim Henson's Red Book - "7/–/1983 – ‘Taping for Please Don’t Eat the Pictures at the Met. For SS Special – talk to Karl Katz during that – begin Muppetamia.’"]</ref><ref>Slate footage seen in ''[[Old School: Volume 1]]'' DVD trailer''</ref> This coincided with the filming of ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'', requiring some puppeteers to move back and forth between the two sets.<ref>[[Podcasts|Puppet Tears]] interview with [[Martin P. Robinson]]</ref>
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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 Maximillian armor and [[Ernie]] and [[Bert]] examine a [[Washington Crossing the Delaware|portrait of George Washington]].
  
   
 
==Songs==
  
==Songs==
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*"[[You're Gonna Be a Star]]"
  
*"[[You're Gonna Be a Star]]"
 
*"[[Mothers and Children]]"
  
*"[[Mothers and Children]]"
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==Video releases==
  
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<gallery widths=170>
  
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Vhs.donteatthepictures.jpg|{{GNH|VHS}}[[1987]]<br>[[Random House Home Video]]<br>89760<br>ISBN 0394897609
  
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Donteatthepicturesasianvcd.jpg|{{GNH|Asia (VCD)}}cat. no 149003
  
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Don't_Eat_the_Pictures_DVD_full.jpg|{{GNH|DVD}}[[2011]]<br>MUSE Film and Television
  
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</gallery>
  
   
 
==Cast==
  
==Cast==
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* [[Fritz Weaver]] as [[Osiris]]
  
* [[Fritz Weaver]] as [[Osiris]]
 
* [[Paul Dooley]] as Museum Guard
  
* [[Paul Dooley]] as Museum Guard
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* [[Caroline Kennedy]] (cameo)
  
 
* Li Alexander, Jason Paul Janzer, Nadia Jones, Mika Kakizaki, David Zetlin-Jones, Andrew Cassese
  
* Li Alexander, Jason Paul Janzer, Nadia Jones, Mika Kakizaki, David Zetlin-Jones, Andrew Cassese
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* [[Caroline Kennedy]] (uncredited cameo)
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'''Muppet Performers'''
 
* [[Frank Oz]] as [[Cookie Monster]], [[Grover]] and [[Bert]]
  
* [[Frank Oz]] as [[Cookie Monster]], [[Grover]] and [[Bert]]
 
* [[Jerry Nelson]] as [[Count von Count]]
  
* [[Jerry Nelson]] as [[Count von Count]]
 
* [[Richard Hunt]]
  
* [[Richard Hunt]]
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* [[Brian Muehl]] as [[Telly]]
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* [[Brian Muehl]] as [[Telly Monster]]
 
* [[Bryant Young]]
  
* [[Bryant Young]]
 
* [[Jim Henson]] as [[Ernie]]
  
* [[Jim Henson]] as [[Ernie]]
 
* [[Caroll Spinney]] as [[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]]
  
* [[Caroll Spinney]] as [[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]]
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* [[Martin P. Robinson]] as [[Snuffy]]
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* [[Martin P. Robinson]] as [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]]
   
 
==Crew==
  
==Crew==
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* Producers: [[Arlene Sherman]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Lisa Simon]]
  
* Producers: [[Arlene Sherman]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Lisa Simon]]
 
* Written by: [[Tony Geiss]]
  
* Written by: [[Tony Geiss]]
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* Music by: [[Dick Lieb]], [[Stephen Lawrence]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Chris Cerf]]
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* Music by: [[Dick Lieb]], [[Stephen Lawrence]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Christopher Cerf|Chris Cerf]]
 
* Music Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
  
* Music Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
 
* Music Assistant: [[Dave Conner]]
  
* Music Assistant: [[Dave Conner]]
 
* 2nd Unit Director: [[Emily Squires]]
  
* 2nd Unit Director: [[Emily Squires]]
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* Art Director [[Victor Di Napoli]]
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* Art Director: [[Victor DiNapoli]]
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* Muppets by [[Kermit Love]], [[Caroly Wilcox]], [[Ed Christie]], [[Don Sahlin]], [[Noel MacNeal]], [[Cheryl Blalock]]
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* Muppets by [[Kermit Love]], [[Caroly Wilcox]], [[Ed Christie]], [[Don Sahlin]], [[Noel MacNeal]], [[Cheryl Blaylock|Cheryl Blalock]]
 
* Production Stage Manager: [[Chet O'Brien]]
  
* Production Stage Manager: [[Chet O'Brien]]
 
* Costume Designer: [[Bill Kellard]]
  
* Costume Designer: [[Bill Kellard]]
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* Sound Effects: [[Dick Maitland]]
  
* Sound Effects: [[Dick Maitland]]
 
* Executive Producer: [[Dulcy Singer]]
  
* Executive Producer: [[Dulcy Singer]]
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==Video releases==
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<gallery>
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Vhs.donteatthepictures.jpg|{{GNH|VHS}}[[1987]]<br>[[Random House Home Video]]<br>89760<br>ISBN 0394897609
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Don't_Eat_the_Pictures_DVD_full.jpg|{{GNH|DVD}}[[2011]]<br>MUSE Film and Television
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Donteatpics Aus VHS.jpg|{{GNH| Australia (VHS)}}1992<br/>VDI
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Donteatthepicturesasianvcd.jpg|{{GNH|Singapore and Malaysia (VCD)}}Berjaya HVN<br/>cat. no 149003
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Donteatthepics Japan VHS.jpg|{{GNH|Japan (VHS)}} Sony
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Donteatpics Taiwan VHS.jpg|{{GNH|Taiwan (VHS)}}Ladder Publishing
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==Art references==
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DETP-Lady.jpg|[[Amedeo Modigliani]]
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DETP-Splatter.jpg|[[Jackson Pollock]]
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DETP-Ballerine.jpg|[[Edgar Degas]]
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DETP-OpenPainting.jpg|[[Gustav Klimt]]
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Mothers&Children01.jpg|[[Claus de Werve]]
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Mothers&Children03.jpg|[[Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes]]
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Mothers&Children11.jpg|[[Dieric Bouts]]
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Rosa Bonheur - The Horse Fair.jpg|[[Rosa Bonheur]]
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DETP-OscarFeet.jpg|[[Pierre Auguste Cot]]
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Mothers&Children10.jpg|[[Mary Cassatt]]
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Mothers&Children08.jpg|[[Honoré Daumier]]
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Mothers&Children02.jpg|[[Paul Gauguin]]
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CookieBob-Cezane.jpg|[[Paul Cézanne]]
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StillLifeWithHam.jpg|[[Philippe Rousseau]]
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Cookie-Balsam.jpg|[[James Peale]]
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Ugolino01.jpg|[[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]]
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First Steps, after Millet in Don't Eat the Pictures.jpg|[[Vincent van Gogh]]
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Mothers&Children06.jpg|[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]]
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Mothers&Children09.jpg|[[Torii Kiyonaga]]
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</gallery>
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==See also==
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* [[Muppetamia]]
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==Sources==
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<references />
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[[Category:Sesame Street Specials]]
  
[[Category:Sesame Street Specials]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Video]]
  
[[Category:Sesame Street Video]]

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Title
Cookie Monster Don't Eat the Pictures photo

"This going to be long night..."

Bert Ernie MMA pin

Ernie wears an MMA pin.

BigBirdSnuffyandPrinceSahu
DontEatThePictures-BB
MaximillonArmor

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 (while avoiding a guard), 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.

Other characters have their own unique cultural experiences: 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 the title song about museum etiquette; Grover sings to a suit of Maximillian armor; and Bert and Ernie examine a portrait of George Washington.

The special was taped during July and August 1983.[1][2] This coincided with the filming of The Muppets Take Manhattan, requiring some puppeteers to move back and forth between the two sets.[3]

Songs

Cast

Muppet Performers

Crew


Video releases

Art references

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ Jim Henson's Red Book - "7/–/1983 – ‘Taping for Please Don’t Eat the Pictures at the Met. For SS Special – talk to Karl Katz during that – begin Muppetamia.’"
  2. ↑ Slate footage seen in Old School: Volume 1 DVD trailer
  3. ↑ Puppet Tears interview with Martin P. Robinson
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