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Sesame Street
Premiere November 21, 1994 (3266)
Finale May 19, 1995 (3395)
Episodes 130
LetsReadAndWrite-logo
Amy Tan Sesame Street

Author Amy Tan reads to Elmo, Zoe, and Carlo.

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The Sesame Street gang celebrates finding the Tooth Fairy's address book in the season premiere.

WriteYourName

"Write Your Name"

3268c

With the help of Luis' book, Rosita and Telly become "Doña Quixote" and "Telly Panza."

BBZoe

"Read Me a Story"

3269f

Telly attempts to join the Bear Scouts.

Song

"C Drives Me Crazy"

SlimeyMom-Preggo

Slimey's mother gives birth in Episode 3307.

3960l

"A Cat Had a Birthday"

3272-02

The cast tells the story of The Tree Who Wanted to Leave the Park.

WordsInMe

Maria, Luis, Carlo, and Rosita inform Oscar how there is both English and Spanish words in them.

3300c

Tim McCarver reports for the Worm Summer Games.

Celina as Broccoli

Sesame Street celebrates Vegetable Day with a song and dance about broccoli.

SongoSong

Celia Cruz sings "Songo's Song."

3280b

Gina likes Jesse...

SuzieF

... but Suzie Kabloozie hates the letter F!

3368-01a

"Telly's Town! Telly's Town! Music time! Excellent!"

4116za

"Shake Your Rattle and Roll"

3540

Snuffy and Alice celebrate their heritage on Snuffleupagus-American Day.

6birds

The Dance Theatre of Harlem and friends perform "Bird Lake."

3351b

Luis, Maria, and Gabi take care of a lost dog.

HIYLMilk

Sonny Friendly hosts "The New Here Is Your Life."

3370d

Everyone celebrates "Take a Bird to Work Day."

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"My Name Is Zoe"

Song

"I'm Sad Because I'm Happy"

ADPride2

Arrested Development performs "Pride."

Sesame Street Season 26 aired from November 21, 1994, to May 19, 1995.

Overview[]

The season overall focuses on the importance of literacy with a three-year campaign called "Let's Read and Write!" initiated by executive producer Michael Loman.[1] The research staff consulted a panel of literary experts to find out how to expand their curriculum goals at the time (such as sounding out words and storybook reading) and applied them to a variety of areas across the season.[2] Characters are shown expressing themselves in writing, using pictures to tell stories, leaving notes, and learning how valuable books and knowing how to read are. The importance of designated readers is also emphasized, as exemplified in one show where Ruthie reads The Very Quiet Cricket to Zoe multiple times. Zoe is able to recall the story by looking at the pictures and relates it to her friends, who have also read the same book. "Kids who are ready to become better readers," says Dr. Valeria Lovelace of production research. "It's important that kids grow familiar and comfortable with all the conventions and formats of written language, the ways in which the words in books are put together."[2] Lessons on literacy are peppered throughout the season in other ways, such as the sense of pride Telly gets when writing his first letter and the return of the Readers of the Open Range. The campaign even found itself being reflected in the show's 1994 appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.[3] Phonemes and an expanded list of sight words such as "BOYS," "GIRLS," and "PIZZA" are also added to the curriculum.[4]

Characters and segments[]

Oscar the Grouch's pet worm Slimey becomes a big brother when his little sister Sloppy is born; in running with the theme of literacy, books such as How to Plan and What to Do to Get a Mommy Worm Ready to Go to the Hospital When She Is About to Have a Baby Worm and the Daddy Worm is Away Working make sure that the baby worm and her parents Dusty and Eartha do fine. In another episode, Gina meets romantic interest Jesse when the two run into each other at the library, while Elmo is hired to write "the greatest story ever told" in Episode 3344 for the Prince and the Pig who would make occasional appearances afterward.

Animated character Suzie Kabloozie (as voiced by Ruth Buzzi) and her cat Feff make the first of countless appearances, as does the Bob Dylan-esque Number Guy. For culture fans, Sesame Street presents "Theater in the Park," a series of usually dramatic pieces taking place around the corner. Shorter inserts teach the basics of letters and numbers in several ways, from kids presenting words and giant letters from a theater, girls doing handclap chants, stores on the street, animated petroglyphs, and a Jaws parody with giant letters emerging from a pool.

Episodes[]

Episodes 3266 - 3395 (130 episodes)

Notes[]

  • This was Jon Stone's final season as a series director before his death in 1997.
  • After this season, The U.S. Department of Education stopped funding Sesame Street until Season 33. This was also the final season to be funded by the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which had been among the first funders for the show; they were credited underwriters since the first pilot episode.

Cast[]

Cast
Carlo Alban, Alison Bartlett, Lexine Bondoc, Linda Bove, Ruth Buzzi, Annette Calud, Desiree Casado, Emilio Delgado, Savion Glover, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Angel Jemmott, Miles Orman, Roscoe Orman, Jou Jou Papailler, Randy Pearlstein, Tarah Schaeffer, David L. Smyrl
Muppet Performers
Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Martin P. Robinson, Kevin Clash, Fran Brill, David Rudman, Camille Bonora, Joey Mazzarino, Carmen Osbahr, Pam Arciero, Peter Linz, Noel MacNeal, Judy Sladky, Jim Martin, Bryant Young, Julianne Buescher, Lisa Buckley, Bruce Connelly, Louise Gold (Uncredited: Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Alice Dinnean, Eric Jacobson, John Kennedy, Brian Muehl)
Guest Stars
Arrested Development, Katie Couric, Celia Cruz, Dorothy Donegan, Rita Dove, Lassie, Michael Messer, Mike Myers, John Raitt, Samuel Ramey, Sinbad, Maduka Steady, Picabo Street, Amy Tan, The Dance Theatre of Harlem, Zap Mama

Characters[]

Humans
Gordon, Susan, Luis, Maria, Ruthie, Gina, Bob, Celina, Savion, Mr. Handford, Linda, Angela, Jamal, Gabi, Miles, Tarah, Carlo, Kayla, Jesse, Lexine
Muppets
Alice Snuffleupagus, Anything Muppets, Baby Bear, Baby Natasha, Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk, Barkley, Benny Rabbit, Bert, Betty Lou, Biff, The Big Bad Wolf, Big Bird, Buster the Horse, Chicago the Lion, Clementine, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Cyranose de Bergerac, Dingers, Elmo, Ernie, Forgetful Jones, Frazzle, Fur Jam, Gladys the Cow, Goldilocks, The Grand High Triangle Lover, Grouches, Grover, Grundgetta, Guy Smiley, Herry Monster, Honkers, Hoots the Owl, Humphrey, Ingrid, Joey and Davey Monkey, Kermit the Frog, Kingston Livingston III, Mama Bear, The Martians, Merry Monster, Monty, Mumford, Norman, Oscar the Grouch, Papa Bear, Prairie Dawn, Prince Charming, Rosita, Roxie Marie, Sherlock Hemlock, Sherry Netherland, Slimey, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Stinky the Stinkweed, Sully, Telly Monster, Zoe

Credits[]

Sources[]

  1. The Spokesman-Review: Sesame Street discovers books - Nov 21, 1994
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sesame Street Parents, "Street Preview" by Richard Chevat, December 1994
  3. Cerf, Christopher Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music booklet, p. 40
  4. Truglio and Fisch. G is for Growing. p. 33


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