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{{Seasonsesame|premiere=November 20, 1995 ([[Episode 3396|3396]])|finale=May 17, 1996 ([[Episode 3525|3525]])|episodes=130}}
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{{Seasonsesame|premiere=November 20, 1995 ([[Episode 3396|3396]])|finale=May 17, 1996 ([[Episode 3525|3525]])|episodes=130}}[[Image:3525b.jpg|thumb|300px|Lamb Chop and Shari Lewis visit Sesame Street.]]
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[[Image:3525b.jpg|thumb|300px|Lamb Chop and Shari Lewis visit Sesame Street.]]
  
 
[[File:Song.twoprinces.jpg|thumb|300px|"[[Two Princes]]" (with the [[Spin Doctors]])]]
  
[[File:Song.twoprinces.jpg|thumb|300px|"[[Two Princes]]" (with the [[Spin Doctors]])]]
 
[[Image:3425f.jpg|thumb|300px|thumb|Telly is blowing bubbles as the Count counts them.]]
  
[[Image:3425f.jpg|thumb|300px|thumb|Telly is blowing bubbles as the Count counts them.]]
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[[Image:3410.Comingsoon.jpg|thumb|300px|Oscar's mom gets flung out of the Subway Station.]]
  
 
[[File:Coming_Soon_on_Sesame_Street.jpg|thumb|300px|Starting this season and until season 30, each episode ended with a "Coming Soon on Sesame Street" teaser, offering a sneak preview of the next episode.]]
  
[[File:Coming_Soon_on_Sesame_Street.jpg|thumb|300px|Starting this season and until season 30, each episode ended with a "Coming Soon on Sesame Street" teaser, offering a sneak preview of the next episode.]]
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[[File:The Robinsons 1995.jpg|thumb|300px|The Robinson family with Elmo and Zoe in a publicity still for Season 27.]]
   
 
''[[Sesame Street]]'' '''Season 27''' aired from November 20, [[1995]] to May 17, [[1996]].
  
''[[Sesame Street]]'' '''Season 27''' aired from November 20, [[1995]] to May 17, [[1996]].
   
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==Season Overview==
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==Overview==
 
This season is considered to be the "experimental season" - it is "increasingly presenting its lessons in overlapping ways, to reach those whose learning may be more closely tied to musical or mathematical abilities than linguistic ones."<ref name="The New York Times">The New York Times: [http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/19/arts/television-curriculum-update-for-sesame-street.html?pagewanted=1 TELEVISION;Curriculum Update For 'Sesame Street']</ref>
  
This season is considered to be the "experimental season" - it is "increasingly presenting its lessons in overlapping ways, to reach those whose learning may be more closely tied to musical or mathematical abilities than linguistic ones."<ref name="The New York Times">The New York Times: [http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/19/arts/television-curriculum-update-for-sesame-street.html?pagewanted=1 TELEVISION;Curriculum Update For 'Sesame Street']</ref>
   
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* [[Episode 3398]] -- Big Bird helps Carlo and Gina
  
* [[Episode 3398]] -- Big Bird helps Carlo and Gina
 
* [[Episode 3399]] -- Baby Bear's tie shrinks
  
* [[Episode 3399]] -- Baby Bear's tie shrinks
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* [[Episode 3400]] -- Big Bird sleeps over
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* [[Episode 3400]] -- Big Bird sleeps over at Gabi's
 
* [[Episode 3401]] -- Snuffy visits Miles
  
* [[Episode 3401]] -- Snuffy visits Miles
 
* [[Episode 3402]] -- Hatching a Honker egg
  
* [[Episode 3402]] -- Hatching a Honker egg
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* [[Episode 3413]] -- The Betty Lou Clinic (repeat)
  
* [[Episode 3413]] -- The Betty Lou Clinic (repeat)
 
* [[Episode 3414]] -- The Strange Squeaky Sound at the Furry Arms Hotel; Gordon tutors Carlo (repeat)
  
* [[Episode 3414]] -- The Strange Squeaky Sound at the Furry Arms Hotel; Gordon tutors Carlo (repeat)
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* [[Episode 3415]]
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* [[Episode 3415]] -- What can Natasha do? (repeat)
 
* [[Episode 3416]] -- Telly does something original (repeat)
  
* [[Episode 3416]] -- Telly does something original (repeat)
 
* [[Episode 3417]] -- Zoe's new bed (repeat)
  
* [[Episode 3417]] -- Zoe's new bed (repeat)
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* [[Episode 3428]] -- The Bears have dinner with the Robinsons
  
* [[Episode 3428]] -- The Bears have dinner with the Robinsons
 
* [[Episode 3429]] -- Elmo Takes Pictures With His Camera
  
* [[Episode 3429]] -- Elmo Takes Pictures With His Camera
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* [[Episode 3430]] -- Elmo cries
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* [[Episode 3430]] -- Elmo's crying game
 
* [[Episode 3431]] -- Big Bird and Gabi play airplanes
  
* [[Episode 3431]] -- Big Bird and Gabi play airplanes
 
* [[Episode 3432]] -- Telly and the Slap-Happy Cap
  
* [[Episode 3432]] -- Telly and the Slap-Happy Cap
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* [[Episode 3454]] -- Stinky gets repotted
  
* [[Episode 3454]] -- Stinky gets repotted
 
* [[Episode 3455]] -- Telly learns rhythms
  
* [[Episode 3455]] -- Telly learns rhythms
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* [[Episode 3456]] -- Zoe gets a library card
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* [[Episode 3456]] -- Slimey's New Trick (repeat)
 
* [[Episode 3457]] -- Michael Tweeter at Birdland
  
* [[Episode 3457]] -- Michael Tweeter at Birdland
 
* [[Episode 3458]] -- Rosita and Elmo learn patterns
  
* [[Episode 3458]] -- Rosita and Elmo learn patterns
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* [[Episode 3467]] -- Elmo and Rosita find a penny
  
* [[Episode 3467]] -- Elmo and Rosita find a penny
 
* [[Episode 3468]] -- Mumford's sheep spell
  
* [[Episode 3468]] -- Mumford's sheep spell
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* [[Episode 3469]]
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* [[Episode 3469]] -- Big Bird the teacher
 
* [[Episode 3470]] -- Telly and Zoe write
  
* [[Episode 3470]] -- Telly and Zoe write
 
* [[Episode 3471]] -- The Count visits day care
  
* [[Episode 3471]] -- The Count visits day care
 
* [[Episode 3472]] -- Stinky meets Fern
  
* [[Episode 3472]] -- Stinky meets Fern
 
* [[Episode 3473]] -- Oscar looks after Natasha
  
* [[Episode 3473]] -- Oscar looks after Natasha
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* [[Episode 3474]] -- Dreams ''(W, 4)''
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* [[Episode 3474]] -- Dreams
 
* [[Episode 3475]] -- Telly practices for a pageant
  
* [[Episode 3475]] -- Telly practices for a pageant
 
* [[Episode 3476]] -- The Amazing Mumford switches personas with a dog (repeat)
  
* [[Episode 3476]] -- The Amazing Mumford switches personas with a dog (repeat)
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* [[Episode 3496]] -- Telly's fear of sliding (repeat)
  
* [[Episode 3496]] -- Telly's fear of sliding (repeat)
 
* [[Episode 3497]] -- Telly's list (repeat)
  
* [[Episode 3497]] -- Telly's list (repeat)
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* [[Episode 3498]] -- Elmo's lost hat
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* [[Episode 3498]] -- Elmo pretends to be Lincoln (repeat)
 
* [[Episode 3499]] -- The Sesame Street Talent Show (repeat)
  
* [[Episode 3499]] -- The Sesame Street Talent Show (repeat)
 
* [[Episode 3500]] -- Herry plays with Wolfgang (repeat)
  
* [[Episode 3500]] -- Herry plays with Wolfgang (repeat)
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==Notes==
  
==Notes==
 
* This was the first season with the episodes ending with Big Bird announcing "Coming Soon on Sesame Street," after which a clip from the subsequent episode is shown, be it a sketch or the main plotline of said episode. After this, Big Bird says, "Toodleoo" and the funding credits are shown. The "coming soon" teasers were dropped in [[Season 30 (1998-1999)|season 30]].
  
* This was the first season with the episodes ending with Big Bird announcing "Coming Soon on Sesame Street," after which a clip from the subsequent episode is shown, be it a sketch or the main plotline of said episode. After this, Big Bird says, "Toodleoo" and the funding credits are shown. The "coming soon" teasers were dropped in [[Season 30 (1998-1999)|season 30]].
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* This was the first season since [[Season 2]] to have one letter and number as sponsors.
  
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* This was also the first season to give the sponsors twinkling sound effects at the end of each episode, and to give the sponsors different colors instead of being white.
  
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* Starting with season and lasting through [[Season 33 (2002)]], the main closing music at the end of episodes is a remix of the original [[Sesame Street Theme|Sesame Street opening theme]] from 1969 (replacing the calypso-flavored rendition heard at the end of episodes for the past two seasons). This version retains the sung verses by [[The Kids]], features a new harmonica solo, and closes out with the ending from [[Toots Thielemans]]'s original harmonica closing.
  
   
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* This is the last season [[Camille Bonora]] and [[Louise Gold]] would perform in.
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==Cast==
  
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'''Human Cast:'''
  
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:[[Gordon]], [[Maria]], [[Luis]], [[Gabi]], [[Miles]], [[Carlo]], [[Celina]], [[Gina]], [[Mr. Handford]], [[Bob]], [[Linda]], [[Ruthie]]
  
   
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* This was the first season since [[Season 2 (1970-1971)|Season 2]] to have one letter and number as sponsors.
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'''[[:category:Sesame Street Cast|Actors]]:'''
  
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:[[Carlo Alban]], [[Alison Bartlett|Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly]], [[Lexine Bondoc]], [[Linda Bove]], [[Ruth Buzzi]], [[Desiree Casado]], [[Annette Calud]], [[Emilio Delgado]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Roscoe Orman]], [[Imani Patterson]], [[David L. Smyrl]]
  
   
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* This was also the first season to give the sponsors twinkling sound effects at the end of each episode.
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'''Muppets:'''
  
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:[[Alice Snuffleupagus]], [[Baby Bear]], [[Baby Tooth and the Funky Funk]], [[Barkley]], [[Benny Rabbit]], [[Bert]], [[Big Bird]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[The Count]], [[Elmo]], [[Ernie]], [[Grover]], [[Grundgetta]], [[Guy Smiley]], [[Herry Monster]], [[Irvine]], [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Mama Bear]], [[Mrs. Grouch]], [[Mommy Snuffleupagus]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Papa Bear]], [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Renata Scottie]], [[Rosita]], [[Sally Messy Yuckyael]], [[Slimey]], [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]], [[Stinky the Stinkweed]], [[Telly]], [[Wolfgang the Seal]], [[Zoe]], [[Anything Muppets]]
  
   
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* Starting with this season and lasting through [[Season 33 (2002)]], the main closing music at the end of episodes is a remix of the original [[Sesame Street Theme|Sesame Street opening theme]] from 1969 (replacing the calypso-flavored rendition heard at the end of episodes for the past two seasons). This version retains the sung verses by [[The Kids]], features a new harmonica solo, and closes out with the ending from [[Toots Thielemans]]'s original harmonica closing.
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'''[[:Category:Muppet Performers|Muppet Performers]]:'''
  
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:[[Caroll Spinney]], [[Pam Arciero]], [[Fran Brill]], [[Kevin Clash]], [[Bruce Connelly]], [[Alice Dinnean]], [[Louise Gold]], [[Rick Lyon]], [[Noel MacNeal]], [[Joey Mazzarino]], [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Carmen Osbhar]], [[Frank Oz]], [[Martin P. Robinson]], [[David Rudman]], [[Judy Sladky]], [[Steve Whitmire]], [[Bryant Young]]
  
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==Cast==
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'''[[:category:Sesame Street Cast|Cast]]'''
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:[[Carlo Alban]], [[Alison Bartlett|Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly]], [[Lexine Bondoc]], [[Linda Bove]], Michael Bundy, [[Ruth Buzzi]], [[Desiree Casado]], [[Annette Calud]], [[Emilio Delgado]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Roscoe Orman]], [[Imani Patterson]], [[Tarah Schaeffer]], [[David L. Smyrl]]
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'''[[:Category:Muppet Performers|Muppet Performers]]'''
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:[[Caroll Spinney]], [[Frank Oz]], [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Martin P. Robinson]], [[Kevin Clash]], [[Fran Brill]], [[David Rudman]], [[Joey Mazzarino]], [[Carmen Osbahr]], [[Pam Arciero]], [[Camille Bonora]], [[Peter Linz]], [[Noel MacNeal]], [[Judy Sladky]], [[Jim Martin]], [[Bryant Young]], [[Lisa Buckley]], [[Bruce Connelly]], [[Louise Gold]] (Uncredited: [[Alice Dinnean]], [[Rick Lyon]], [[Steve Whitmire]])
   
 
'''[[:category:Sesame Street Guest Stars|Guest Stars]]'''
  
'''[[:category:Sesame Street Guest Stars|Guest Stars]]'''
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:[[Tony Bennett]], [[Lamb Chop]], [[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Laurence Fishburne]], [[Shari Lewis]], [[Patrick Stewart]], [[Picabo Street]] <ref name="Education Week">Education Week: [http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1995/12/06/14tv.h15.html Sesame Street' Incorporates Theories on Cognition]</ref>
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:[[Tony Bennett]], [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]], [[Ray Charles (singer)|Ray Charles]], [[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Laurence Fishburne]], [[Michael Jeter]], [[Shari Lewis]] and [[Lamb Chop]], [[David Robinson]], [[Spin Doctors]], [[Patrick Stewart]]<ref name="Education Week">Education Week: [http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1995/12/06/14tv.h15.html Sesame Street' Incorporates Theories on Cognition]</ref>
   
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===Characters===
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==Season 27 Credits==
  
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'''[[:category:Sesame Street Human Characters|Humans]]'''
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* Executive Producer: [[Michael Loman]]
  
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:[[Gordon]], [[Susan]], [[Maria]], [[Luis]], [[Gabi]], [[Miles]], [[Carlo]], [[Celina]], [[Gina]], [[Mr. Handford]], [[Bob]], [[Linda]], [[Ruthie]], [[Lexine Bondoc|Lexine]], [[Tarah]], Michael
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* Coordinating Producer: [[Arlene Sherman]]
  
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* Producer: [[Lisa Simon]]
  
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'''Muppets'''
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* Directed by: [[Emily Squires]], [[Lisa Simon]], [[John Ferraro]], [[Ted May]], [[Steve Feldman]], [[Jon Stone]], [[Gary Shimokawa]], [[Victor Di Napoli]], [[Chris Kelly]]
  
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:[[Alice Snuffleupagus]], [[Anything Muppets]], [[Baby Bear]], [[Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk]], [[Barkley]], [[Betty Lou]], [[Benny Rabbit]], [[Bert]], [[Big Bird]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Count von Count|The Count]], [[Cyranose de Bergerac]], [[Elmo]], [[Ernie]], [[Grover]], [[Grundgetta]], [[Guy Smiley]], [[Herry Monster]], [[Irvine]], [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Mama Bear]], [[Mrs. Grouch]], [[Mommy Snuffleupagus]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Papa Bear]], [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Renata Scottie]], [[Rosita]], [[Sally Messy Yuckyael]], [[Slimey]], [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]], [[Stinky the Stinkweed]], [[Telly Monster|Telly]], [[Wolfgang the Seal]], [[Zoe]]
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* Head Writer: [[Norman Stiles]]
  
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* Writers: [[Judy Freudberg]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[Lou Berger]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[David Korr]], [[John Weidman]], [[Joey Mazzarino]], [[Nancy Sans]], [[Adam Rudman]], [[Ian Ellis James]], [[Belinda Ward]], [[Josh Selig]], [[Molly Boylan]], [[Sara Compton]], [[Christine Ferraro]], [[Emily Perl Kingsley]], [[Luis Santeiro]], [[Jeff Moss]], [[Cathi Rosenberg-Turow]], [[Mo Willems]]
  
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==Credits==
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* Production Designer: Victor Di Napoli
  
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*Executive Producer: [[Michael Loman]]
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* Music Director: [[Robby Merkin]]
  
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*Supervising Producer: [[Lisa Simon]]
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* Associate Music Director: [[Dave Conner]]
  
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* Music Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
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*Producer: [[Arlene Sherman]]
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*Directors: [[Emily Squires]], [[Lisa Simon]], [[Ted May]], [[John Ferraro]], [[Steve Feldman|Steven Feldman]], [[Chris Kelly]], [[Gary Shimokawa]], [[Victor DiNapoli]]
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* Set Decorator: [[Nat Mongioi]]
  
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*Head Writer: [[Norman Stiles]]
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* Associate Directors: [[Ted May]], [[Ken Diego]]
  
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*Writers: [[Judy Freudberg]], [[Lou Berger]], [[Joey Mazzarino]], [[Cathi Rosenberg-Turow|Cathi R. Turow]], [[Josh Selig]], [[Tony Geiss]], [[David Korr]], [[Sonia Manzano]], [[Nancy Sans]], [[Molly Boylan]], [[Sara Compton]], [[Christine Ferraro]], [[Jeff Moss]], [[Adam Rudman]], [[Ian Ellis James]], [[Luis Santeiro]], [[Belinda Ward]], [[Emily Perl Kingsley]], [[Mo Willems]], [[John Weidman]]
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* Production Associates: [[Tim Carter]], [[Melissa Dino]]
  
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*Line Producer: [[Yvonne Hill-Ogunkoya|Yvonne Hill Ogunkoya]]
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* Post Production Coordinator: [[Carol-Lynn Parente]]
  
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*Production Designer: Victor DiNapoli
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* Sound Effects: [[Dick Maitland]]
  
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*Lighting Designer: Bill Berner
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* Audio: [[Blake Norton]]
  
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*Costume Designers: [[Bill Kellard]], Terry Roberson
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* Assistant Vice President for Production Research: [[Valeria Lovelace]]
  
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*Muppets, Costumes, Props: [[Ed Christie]], with [[Mark Zeszotek]], [[Stephen Rotondaro]], [[Lara MacLean]], [[Mark Ruffin]], [[Carlo Yannuzzi]], [[Fred Buchholz]], [[Ann Marie Holdgruen]], [[Larry Jameson]], [[Tom Newby]]
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* Chairman, Board of Advisors: [[Gerald S. Lesser]]
  
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*Muppet Coordinator: [[Kevin Clash]]
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*Associate Producers: [[Carlos Dorta]], Teri Weiss
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*Music Director: [[Robby Merkin]]
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*Associate Music Director: [[Dave Conner]]
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*Music Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
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*Original Songs and Arrangements: [[Christopher Cerf|Chris Cerf]], Dave Conner, [[Sarah Durkee]], Tony Geiss, [[Paul Jacobs]], [[Gail Sky King]], [[Stephen Lawrence]], Robby Merkin, Jeff Moss, [[Joe Raposo]]
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*Graphic Designers: [[Mike Pantuso]], [[Pete Ortiz]]
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*Set Decorator: [[Nat Mongioi]]
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*Art Director: [[Bob Phillips]]
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*Production Supervisor: Frieda Lipp
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*Editing Supervisor: Robert J. Emerick
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*Associate Directors: [[Cher Jung]], Ted May, Arlene Sherman, Tony Siegel, [[Ken Diego]]
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*Production Stage Manager: Charles Raymond
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*Stage Managers: Chris Kelly, Hank Smith
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*Curriculum Coordinator: Cher Jung
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*Talent Coordinator: [[Danette DeSena]]
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*Production Associates: [[Tim Carter]], [[Melissa Dino]]
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*Production Assistants: Heather L. Dick, Kim J. Kennedy, Pamela Liu, Ruth Luwisch, Ted Pierson, Jason Schneider
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*Children’s Casting: [[Gabrielle Howard]]
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*Production Coordinator: [[Karen Ialacci]]
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*Post-Production Coordinator: [[Carol-Lynn Parente]]
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*Script Coordinator: [[Thelma Moses]]
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*Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
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*Sound Effects: [[Dick Maitland]]
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*Audio: [[Blake Norton]]
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*Second Audio: Carla Bandini
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*Video: Dick Sens
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*Cameras: [[Frank Biondo]], Dave Driscoll, Mark Whitman
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*Videotape Editors: Evamarie Keller, Dawn DeSimone, John Tierney
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*Make-Up: Joe Cuervo
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*Hair Stylist: Karen Specht
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*Wardrobe: Colleen Noe
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*Scenic Artist: Pamela Lenau
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*Production Accountant: Marta Palko
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*Script Typists: Tom Harris, Lynda Holder
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*Opening Sequence: Balsmeyer & Everett, Inc.
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*Assistant Vice President, Production Research: Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.
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*Chairman, Board of Advisors: [[Gerald S. Lesser|Gerald Lesser, Ph.D.]]
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*Senior Vice President for Production: Marjorie Kalins
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*NEP Facilities: Tom Carey, Dean Pearson, John Seminario
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*Post Production by Windsor Video
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*Taped at [[Kaufman Astoria Studios]] in [[New York]]
   
 
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Revision as of 18:03, 18 March 2020

Sesame Street
Premiere November 20, 1995 (3396)
Finale May 17, 1996 (3525)
Episodes 130
3525b

Lamb Chop and Shari Lewis visit Sesame Street.

Song

"Two Princes" (with the Spin Doctors)

3425f

Telly is blowing bubbles as the Count counts them.

Coming Soon on Sesame Street

Starting this season and until season 30, each episode ended with a "Coming Soon on Sesame Street" teaser, offering a sneak preview of the next episode.

The Robinsons 1995

The Robinson family with Elmo and Zoe in a publicity still for Season 27.

Sesame Street Season 27 aired from November 20, 1995 to May 17, 1996.

Overview

This season is considered to be the "experimental season" - it is "increasingly presenting its lessons in overlapping ways, to reach those whose learning may be more closely tied to musical or mathematical abilities than linguistic ones."[1]

Show Format

Valeria Lovelace said about the show's new format for each episode, "lessons on one topic are to be clustered during an hour rather than spread out through the show as they have been. One show in January, for example, will portray the letter "D" in three consecutive segments: first it's marked out in candles, then it's depicted in a sand animation, and finally it's shown growing out of the ground. This will be followed by three segments on another topic, rain. First, Ernie and the Twiddlebugs go out in the rain, then there is a rain dance in clay animation, and finally rain and wind are rendered in Chinese calligraphy. In addition to being clustered, these segments are in tune with the new approach because they stress not only the visual and the verbal but also musical, interpersonal and spatial relationships"[1]

Episodes

Episodes 3396 - 3525 (130 episodes)

Notes

  • This was the first season with the episodes ending with Big Bird announcing "Coming Soon on Sesame Street," after which a clip from the subsequent episode is shown, be it a sketch or the main plotline of said episode. After this, Big Bird says, "Toodleoo" and the funding credits are shown. The "coming soon" teasers were dropped in season 30.
  • This was the first season since Season 2 to have one letter and number as sponsors.
  • This was also the first season to give the sponsors twinkling sound effects at the end of each episode.
  • Starting with this season and lasting through Season 33 (2002), the main closing music at the end of episodes is a remix of the original Sesame Street opening theme from 1969 (replacing the calypso-flavored rendition heard at the end of episodes for the past two seasons). This version retains the sung verses by The Kids, features a new harmonica solo, and closes out with the ending from Toots Thielemans's original harmonica closing.

Cast

Cast

Carlo Alban, Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly, Lexine Bondoc, Linda Bove, Michael Bundy, Ruth Buzzi, Desiree Casado, Annette Calud, Emilio Delgado, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Imani Patterson, Tarah Schaeffer, David L. Smyrl

Muppet Performers

Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Martin P. Robinson, Kevin Clash, Fran Brill, David Rudman, Joey Mazzarino, Carmen Osbahr, Pam Arciero, Camille Bonora, Peter Linz, Noel MacNeal, Judy Sladky, Jim Martin, Bryant Young, Lisa Buckley, Bruce Connelly, Louise Gold (Uncredited: Alice Dinnean, Rick Lyon, Steve Whitmire)

Guest Stars

Tony Bennett, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ray Charles, Ellen DeGeneres, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Jeter, Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop, David Robinson, Spin Doctors, Patrick Stewart[2]

Characters

Humans

Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Gabi, Miles, Carlo, Celina, Gina, Mr. Handford, Bob, Linda, Ruthie, Lexine, Tarah, Michael

Muppets

Alice Snuffleupagus, Anything Muppets, Baby Bear, Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk, Barkley, Betty Lou, Benny Rabbit, Bert, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, The Count, Cyranose de Bergerac, Elmo, Ernie, Grover, Grundgetta, Guy Smiley, Herry Monster, Irvine, Kermit the Frog, Mama Bear, Mrs. Grouch, Mommy Snuffleupagus, Oscar the Grouch, Papa Bear, Prairie Dawn, Renata Scottie, Rosita, Sally Messy Yuckyael, Slimey, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Stinky the Stinkweed, Telly, Wolfgang the Seal, Zoe

Credits

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The New York Times: TELEVISION;Curriculum Update For 'Sesame Street'
  2. ↑ Education Week: Sesame Street' Incorporates Theories on Cognition


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