Changes: Season 23 (1991-1992)

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Sesame Street
Premiere	November 11, 1991 (2876)
Finale	May 8, 1992 (3005)
Episodes	130

Season23-Newbies — Roxie Marie, Merry, Rosita and Chicago; some of the new faces debuting this season

2909a — Baby Bear visits Sesame Street in Episode 2909.

Episode2888 — Prairie Dawn meets Rosita.

Song — Big Bird sings "What a Gift" during the cast's trip to Montana.

3187g — Prairie Dawn directs Grover for his big dance number in "Singin' in the Rain."

Basketball player Isaiah Thomas and Elmo

EnVogue — En Vogue sing, "Adventure," a song that details an adventure they went on, meeting Elmo, The Count, Ernie, Oscar, Honkers, Dingers, and Super Grover.

Group — Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk debut in a series of musical segments.

ICanSingAnything — Louise Gold starts performing on the show this season in a number of sketches and songs, including a duet of "I Can Sing" with Herry and Louisey.

Sesame Street Season 23 aired from November 11, 1991 to May 8, 1992.

Overview

Season 23 continues its four-year curriculum on race relations with the focus on the American Indian this season. Young viewers will get to see how American Indian children live and recognize general cultural similarities and differences among American Indian nations. Big Bird and cast members travel to Pryor, Montana to visit a Crow Indiana reservation and witness an authentic Crow Indian naming ceremony for 7-year-old Francis Bear Claw.^[1]

This season also introduces new Muppet characters such as Roxie Marie, a Latina monster named Rosita, Monty, Colambo, Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk and a vegetarian lion named Chicago.^[1]^[2]

Episodes

Episodes 2876 - 3005 (130 episodes)

Episode 2876 -- 23rd season premiere; Floyd the Fluter-tooter needs a new home
Episode 2877 -- Big Bird teaches Barkley some tricks
Episode 2878 -- Biff lectures with Brittney
Episode 2879 -- The Happiest People in the World
Episode 2880 -- Big Bird goes to Frances' house
Episode 2881 -- Montana Day 1 – Preparing to leave
Episode 2882 -- Montana Day 2 – Arriving in Montana
Episode 2883 -- Montana Day 3 – Learning about horses
Episode 2884 -- Montana Day 4 – Big Bird's letters/Arrow Creek picnic
Episode 2885 -- Montana Day 5 – Frances' ceremony
Episode 2886 -- Return from Montana
Episode 2887 -- Telly and the dogs
Episode 2888 -- Rosita debuts
Episode 2889 -- Slimey flies a balloon
Episode 2890 -- The Singing and Whispering Friends
Episode 2891 -- A park for Slimey (repeat)
Episode 2892 -- Monster detectives (repeat)
Episode 2893 -- Athena's bird-day party (repeat)
Episode 2894 -- Old MacDonald relocates to Sesame Street (repeat)
Episode 2895 -- Oscar's brother Ernest visits (repeat)
Episode 2896 -- Telly plays with an empty carton (repeat)
Episode 2897 -- Sleepytime on Sesame Street (repeat)
Episode 2898 -- Preston's "Illustration Activation" machine (repeat)
Episode 2899 -- Bob accompanies Oscar to Grouchytown (repeat)
Episode 2900 -- Ruby and Tatyana pretend they're adults (repeat)
Episode 2901 -- Slimey is hurt skydiving (repeat)
Episode 2902 -- Telly watches Wolfgang (repeat)
Episode 2903 -- Elmo in Numberland (repeat)
Episode 2904 -- Luis cleans the apartment (repeat)
Episode 2905 -- Oscar writes to Grundgetta (repeat)
Episode 2906 -- Bob's music lesson
Episode 2907 -- Bongos at Hooper's Store
Episode 2908 -- Snuffy's lecture series
Episode 2909 -- Baby Bear tries to hide from Goldilocks
Episode 2910 -- Roxie Marie and Elmo capture a Doozy bug
Episode 2911 -- Chicago goes hunting
Episode 2912 -- Slimey's at worm school
Episode 2913 -- Young MacDonald's circus
Episode 2914 -- Gus guesses music
Episode 2915 -- Oscar gets a visit from his mother
Episode 2916 -- Gina babysits Elmo (repeat)
Episode 2917 -- A day with Hiroshi (repeat)
Episode 2918 -- Linda gets a closed-captioning decoder (repeat)
Episode 2919 -- The Important Report (repeat)
Episode 2920 -- Ruby experiments with eyes (repeat)
Episode 2921 -- Sally Field's impressions
Episode 2922 -- Celebrating Around Day
Episode 2923 -- Speedy van Gough paints a mural
Episode 2924 -- Merry scares people/Chicago visits the library
Episode 2925 -- Taking care of Natasha
Episode 2926 -- Word play on Sesame Street
Episode 2927 -- Oscar's GO sign
Episode 2928 -- Biff disturbs Bob's morning
Episode 2929 -- Mr. Big visits
Episode 2930 -- Elmo's alphabet collection
Episode 2931 -- Just another day on Sesame Street
Episode 2932 -- Prairie Dawn hangs out with Snuffy
Episode 2933 -- Another day on the street
Episode 2934 -- A day with Debra
Episode 2935 -- Oscar uses Disappear-o
Episode 2936 -- Elmo stands on his head/Bob babysits Natasha
Episode 2937 -- Visiting the Grouch grocery store
Episode 2938 -- Big Bird's "Yellow Ambition Rock Concert Tour"!
Episode 2939 -- A ridiculous day with Monty
Episode 2940 -- Elmo's newspaper
Episode 2941 -- Elmo pretends he's a flower
Episode 2942 -- Mr. Handford and the pogo stick
Episode 2943 -- Prince Charming chooses Gabi as his love
Episode 2944
Episode 2945 -- A chilly day on Sesame Street
Episode 2946 -- Monty bothers Prairie Dawn
Episode 2947 -- A day at Bob's
Episode 2948 -- Writing with Flo Bear
Episode 2949 -- Mumford's dancing spell
Episode 2950 -- Elmo loves his head
Episode 2951 -- Wanda the Word Fairy visits
Episode 2952 -- Grundgetta gets nice-lessons
Episode 2953 -- Telly breaks Luis' vase
Episode 2954 -- Alice needs to take a nap
Episode 2955 -- Telly doesn't want to give up his blanket
Episode 2956 -- Telly sees a giant number 11
Episode 2957 -- Telly waits for Radish Dude
Episode 2958
Episode 2959 -- Linda uses a sander
Episode 2960 -- Luis, Gordon and Wolfgang go fishing
Episode 2961 -- The Opposite Show
Episode 2962 -- Luis is bothered at work
Episode 2963 -- Elmo wants to be like the Count
Episode 2964 -- Granny Molly Darton visits
Episode 2965 -- Elmo finds out about people's careers
Episode 2966 -- Telly is Grand High Triangle Lover for a day
Episode 2967 -- Gina calls out sick
Episode 2968 -- Linda signs foods/Gordon and Bob make music
Episode 2969 -- Grouches protest the letter L
Episode 2970 -- The Great Nineteeni
Episode 2971 -- There's a flood in Oscar's can.
Episode 2972 -- Singing "London Bridge"
Episode 2973 -- Kalamazoo!
Episode 2974 -- Ruby uses magnets
Episode 2975 -- Singbad the Sailor
Episode 2976 -- Irvine joins the Birdketeers
Episode 2977 -- Big Bird moves his nest
Episode 2978 -- Barkley tries to join Polly Darton's band
Episode 2979 -- Just another day
Episode 2980 -- Launching a lamb into space/The Toothpaste Fairy
Episode 2981 -- Elmo pretends he is as big as Gordon
Episode 2982 -- Oscar gears up/Elmo the toy
Episode 2983 -- Barkley steals the sponsors
Episode 2984 -- Big Bird's doorbell
Episode 2985 -- Jelani works at Birdland (repeat)
Episode 2986 -- Elmo asks questions
Episode 2987 -- Herry celebrates a winning football game
Episode 2988 -- Maribelle's broken cowbell
Episode 2989
Episode 2990 -- CinderTelly
Episode 2991 -- Telly plays Señor Zero Jr.!
Episode 2992 -- Chicago wants vegetables/"Not a Dog Show"
Episode 2993 -- Telly learns about baseball
Episode 2994 -- What You Hear is What You Get
Episode 2995 -- "The Sad King Pierre," and other inserts
Episode 2996 -- A tribute to the word "agua"
Episode 2997 -- Elmo at daycare
Episode 2998 -- Wolfgang's stuck ball/Monty's interruptions
Episode 2999 -- Telly pretends to be a cowboy
Episode 3000
Episode 3001 -- The Elmo-mobile
Episode 3002 -- Telly asks a question
Episode 3003 -- Voting on whether to spend money on crayons or juice
Episode 3004
Episode 3005 -- 23rd season finale; Elmo practices

Notes

This was the last season to use the original Sesame Street opening and closing themes.

This was the final season to feature Uncle Wally.

This was Richard Hunt's last season before his passing in January 1992. Many episodes featuring him recorded prior aired posthumously. Hunt would continue to be a credited performer on the show through season 31.

This is the final season to include the funky instrumental refrain of the Sesame Street theme (used since 1972) during the funding credits.

In this season, and after Season 25, the closing credit sequence, which typically appeared on Friday episodes, is also shown during the season premiere.

For the first time since 1977, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting resumed funding Sesame Street, which would continue in succeeding seasons (except for season 30).

Cast

Cast

Alison Bartlett, Linda Bove, Emilio Delgado, Savion Glover, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bill McCutcheon, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, David L. Smyrl, Lillias White (uncredited: Lisa Boggs, Donald Faison, Miles Orman, Gabriela Rose Reagan)

Muppet Performers

Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Martin P. Robinson, Kevin Clash, Fran Brill, David Rudman, Camille Bonora, Pam Arciero, Jim Martin, Judy Sladky, Fred Garbo, Bryant Young, Rick Lyon, Joey Mazzarino, Carmen Osbahr (Uncredited: Julianne Buescher, Louise Gold, Paul Hartis, Jim Kroupa, Peter Linz, Peter MacKennan, Noel MacNeal, Alison Mork, Kathryn Mullen)

Guest Stars

Blair Brown, Johnny Cash, En Vogue, Gloria Estefan, Sally Field, Gregory Hines, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Isaiah Thomas, Robert Townsend

Characters

Humans

Maria, Savion, Gordon, Gina, Luis, Bob, Susan, Linda, Gabi, Miles, Mr. Handford, Lillian, Uncle Wally, Lisa, Duane

Muppets

Alice Snuffleupagus, The Amazing Mumford, Anything Muppets, Baby Bear, Barkley, Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk, Benny Rabbit, Bert, Big Bird, Chicago the Lion, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Cyranose de Bergerac, Elmo, Ernie, Frazzle, Grover, Grundgetta, Honkers, Herry Monster, Hoots the Owl, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats, Merry Monster, Monty, Nora Nicks, Oscar the Grouch, Polly Darton, Prairie Dawn, Preston Rabbit, Rosita, Roxie Marie, Ruby, Sherlock Hemlock, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Sonny Friendly, Telly Monster, Two-Headed Monster, Vincent Twice, Watson

Credits

Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer
Producer: Lisa Simon
Directors: Emily Squires, Jon Stone, Lisa Simon, Ted May
Head Writer: Norman Stiles
Writers: Nancy Sans, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Sonia Manzano, Cathi Rosenberg-Turow, Belinda Ward, Lou Berger, David Korr, Josh Selig, Jeff Moss, John Weidman, Sara Compton, Luis Santeiro, Molly Boylan, David Johnson, Joe Mazzarino, Ian James, Emily Perl Kingsley, Mark Saltzman, Jon Stone
Coordinating Producer: Arlene Sherman
Associate Producers: Karin Young, Carol D. Mayes
Muppets, Costumes, Props: Ed Christie, with Mark Zeszotek, Paul Hartis, Laurent Linn, Peter MacKennan, Connie Peterson, Stephan Rotondaro, Caroly Wilcox
Muppet Coordinator: Kevin Clash
Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
Associate Music Director: Dave Conner
Special Songs: Chris Cerf, Jeff Moss, Tony Geiss, Stephen Lawrence, Cheryl Hardwick, Sarah Durkee, Paul Jacobs, Dave Conner
Production Supervisor: Frieda Lipp
Editing Supervisor: Robert J. Emerick
Associate Directors: Robert J. Emerick, Arlene Sherman, Ted May, Eulogio Ortiz Jr., Cher Jung, Diane P. Mitchell, Craig Bigelow
Production Designer: Victor DiNapoli
Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
Assistant Costume Designer: Terry Roberson
Graphic Designer: Mike Pantuso
Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
Art Director: Bob Phillips
Production Stage Managers: Chet O'Brien, Ric E. Anderson
Stage Managers: Mortimer J. O'Brien, Hank Smith, Rose Riggins
Curriculum Coordinator: Diane P. Mitchell
Assistant to the Producers: Danette DeSena
Production Assistants: Cher Jung, Tim Carter, Gabrielle Howard, Leslie Brothers, Christine Ferraro, Ruth Luwisch, Carol-Lynn Parente
Script Coordinator: Thelma Moses
Children's Casting: Kim Wilson
Unit Manager: Eleanor McIntosh
Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
Lighting Director: Bill Berner
Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
Audio: Blake Norton, Tim Lester
Video: Dick Sens
Cameras: Frank Biondo, Dave Driscoll
Videotape Editor: Evamarie Keller
Electronic Maintenance: Rolf Wahl
Make-Up: Lee Halls
Hair Stylist: Karen Specht
Wardrobe: Colleen Noe
Assistant Vice President, Production Research: Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.
Vice President, Production Research: Bettina Peel
Vice President for Research: Keith Mielke, Ph.D.
Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald Lesser, Ph.D.
Vice President for Production: Franklin Getchell
Facilities by Unitel Video, Inc.

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Beaver Country Times: 'Sesame Street' family growing
↑ St. Petersburg Times: "Sesame Street" begins 23rd season - November 11, 1991

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[Beaver_Country_Times-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Beaver Country Times: 'Sesame Street' family growing

[st._petersburg_times-2] St. Petersburg Times: "Sesame Street" begins 23rd season - November 11, 1991

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[2]

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 Season 23 continues its four-year curriculum on race relations with the focus on the American Indian this season. Young viewers will get to see how American Indian children live and recognize general cultural similarities and differences among American Indian nations. Big Bird and cast members travel to Pryor, [[Montana]] to visit a Crow Indiana reservation and witness an authentic Crow Indian naming ceremony for 7-year-old Francis Bear Claw.<ref name="Beaver Country Times">Beaver Country Times: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DLUiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PLUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1371,1855703&dq=en+vogue+sesame+street&hl=en 'Sesame Street' family growing]</ref>
-This season also introduces new Muppet characters such as [[Roxie Marie]], a Latina monster named [[Rosita]], [[Monty]], [[Colambo]], [[Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk]] and a vegetarian lion named [[Chicago]].<ref name="Beaver Country Times">Beaver Country Times: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DLUiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PLUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1371,1855703&dq=en+vogue+sesame+street&hl=en 'Sesame Street' family growing]</ref><ref name="st. petersburg times">St. Petersburg Times: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-x8MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kFwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6844,309998&dq=sesame+street+season&hl=en"Sesame Street" begins 23rd season - November 11, 1991]</ref>
+This season also introduces new Muppet characters such as [[Roxie Marie]], a Latina monster named [[Rosita]], [[Monty]], [[Colambo]], [[Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk]] and a vegetarian lion named [[Chicago the Lion|Chicago]].<ref name="Beaver Country Times">Beaver Country Times: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DLUiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PLUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1371,1855703&dq=en+vogue+sesame+street&hl=en 'Sesame Street' family growing]</ref><ref name="st. petersburg times">St. Petersburg Times: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-x8MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kFwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6844,309998&dq=sesame+street+season&hl=en"Sesame Street" begins 23rd season - November 11, 1991]</ref>
 ==Episodes==
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 * [[Episode 2965]] -- Elmo finds out about people's careers
 * [[Episode 2966]] -- Telly is Grand High Triangle Lover for a day
-* [[Episode 2967]] -- Gina is sick from her job
+* [[Episode 2967]] -- Gina calls out sick
 * [[Episode 2968]] -- Linda signs foods/Gordon and Bob make music
 * [[Episode 2969]] -- Grouches protest the letter L
 * [[Episode 2970]] -- The Great Nineteeni
-* [[Episode 2971]] -- A flood in Oscar's can
+* [[Episode 2971]] -- There's a flood in Oscar's can.
 * [[Episode 2972]] -- Singing "London Bridge"
 * [[Episode 2973]] -- Kalamazoo!
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 * This was the final season to feature [[Uncle Wally]].
-* This was [[Richard Hunt|Richard Hunt's]] final season before his passing in January 7, 1992. Many episodes featuring him recorded prior aired posthumously as well. Hunt would continue to be a credited performer on the show through [[Season 31 (2000)|season 31]].
+* This was [[Richard Hunt|Richard Hunt's]] last season before his passing in January 1992. Many episodes featuring him recorded prior aired posthumously. Hunt would continue to be a credited performer on the show through [[Season 31 (2000)|season 31]].
 * This is the final season to include the funky instrumental refrain of the ''Sesame Street'' theme (used since 1972) during the funding credits.
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 * In this season, and after [[Season 25]], the closing credit sequence, which typically appeared on Friday episodes, is also shown during the season premiere.
-* For the first time since 1977, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting resumed funding for ''Sesame Street'' and would continue to in succeeding seasons (except for [[Season 30 (1998-1999)|season 30]]).
+* For the first time since 1977, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting resumed funding ''Sesame Street'', which would continue in succeeding seasons (except for [[Season 30 (1998-1999)|season 30]]).
 ==Cast==
 '''[[:category:Sesame Street Cast|Cast]]'''
-:[[Alison Bartlett]], [[Linda Bove]], [[Emilio Delgado]], [[Savion Glover]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bill McCutcheon]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Roscoe Orman]], [[David L. Smyrl]], [[Lillias White]]
+:[[Alison Bartlett]], [[Linda Bove]], [[Emilio Delgado]], [[Savion Glover]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bill McCutcheon]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Roscoe Orman]], [[David L. Smyrl]], [[Lillias White]] (uncredited: [[Lisa Boggs]], [[Donald Faison]], [[Miles Orman]], [[Gabriela Rose Reagan]])
 '''[[:Category:Muppet Performers|Muppet Performers]]'''
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 '''[[:category:Sesame Street Guest Stars|Guest Stars]]'''
-:[[Blair Brown]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[Gloria Estefan]], [[Sally Field]], [[Gregory Hines]], [[Andrea Martin]], [[Rick Moranis]], [[Isaiah Thomas]], [[Robert Townsend]], [[En Vogue]]<ref name="Beaver Country Times">Beaver Country Times: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DLUiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PLUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1371,1855703&dq=en+vogue+sesame+street&hl=en 'Sesame Street' family growing]</ref>
+:[[Blair Brown]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[En Vogue]], [[Gloria Estefan]], [[Sally Field]], [[Gregory Hines]], [[Andrea Martin]], [[Rick Moranis]], [[Isaiah Thomas]], [[Robert Townsend]]
 ===Characters===
 '''[[:Category:Sesame Street Human Characters|Humans]]'''
-:[[Maria]], [[Savion]], [[Gordon]], [[Gina]], [[Luis]], [[Bob]], [[Susan]], [[Linda]], [[Gabi]], [[Miles]], [[Mr. Handford]], [[Lillian]], [[Uncle Wally]]
+:[[Maria]], [[Savion]], [[Gordon]], [[Gina]], [[Luis]], [[Bob]], [[Susan]], [[Linda]], [[Gabi]], [[Miles]], [[Mr. Handford]], [[Lillian]], [[Uncle Wally]], [[Lisa]], [[Duane]]
 '''Muppets'''
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 *Production Supervisor: Frieda Lipp
 *Editing Supervisor: Robert J. Emerick
-*Associate Directors: Robert J. Emerick, Arlene Sherman, Ted May, Eulogio Ortiz Jr., Cher Jung, Diane P. Mitchell, Craig Bigelow
+*Associate Directors: Robert J. Emerick, Arlene Sherman, Ted May, Eulogio Ortiz Jr., [[Cher Jung]], Diane P. Mitchell, Craig Bigelow
 *Production Designer: [[Victor DiNapoli]]
 *Costume Designer: [[Bill Kellard]]
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 *Stage Managers: [[Mortimer J. O'Brien]], Hank Smith, Rose Riggins
 *Curriculum Coordinator: Diane P. Mitchell
-*Assistant to the Producers: Danette DeSena
+*Assistant to the Producers: [[Danette DeSena]]
-*Production Assistants: Cher Jung, [[Tim Carter]], Gabrielle Howard, Leslie Brothers, [[Christine Ferraro]], Ruth Luwisch, [[Carol-Lynn Parente]]
+*Production Assistants: Cher Jung, [[Tim Carter]], [[Gabrielle Howard]], Leslie Brothers, [[Christine Ferraro]], Ruth Luwisch, [[Carol-Lynn Parente]]
 *Script Coordinator: [[Thelma Moses]]
 *Children's Casting: Kim Wilson

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