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'''Sesame Street Memories''' are a series of videos produced in honor of ''[[Sesame Street]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary|50th anniversary]]. In each video, a celebrity shares their favorite ''Sesame Street'' memory, occasionally accompanied by a Muppet companion. The videos began being posted weekly on the show's various social media platforms starting in August [[2019]].
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'''Sesame Street Memories''' are a series of videos produced in honor of ''[[Sesame Street]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary|50th anniversary]]. In each video, a celebrity shares their favorite ''Sesame Street'' memory, occasionally accompanied by a Muppet companion. The videos began being posted weekly on the show's various social media platforms from August to November [[2019]].
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Snippets of the videos were assembled into a montage played at the end of the credits of ''[[Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration]]''. A few of the videos were additionally used in the PBS airing of the special as well.
   
 
==Videos==
  
==Videos==
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===Guests===
 
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| <big>'''[[Mindy Kaling]]'''</big> (August 6, 2019)
  
| <big>'''[[Mindy Kaling]]'''</big> (August 6, 2019)
 
Kaling cites "[[I Love Trash]]" as her favorite moment. [[Oscar the Grouch]] appears to deliver her some trash.
  
Kaling cites "[[I Love Trash]]" as her favorite moment. [[Oscar the Grouch]] appears to deliver her some trash.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Evan Rachel Wood ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
  
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| <big>'''[[Evan Rachel Wood]]'''</big> (October 17, 2019)
  
| <big>'''[[Evan Rachel Wood]]'''</big> (October 17, 2019)
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Rachel Wood says her first memory of ''Sesame Street'' is the [[Waiter Grover]] sketches.
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Rachel Wood says her first memory of ''Sesame Street'' is the [[Waiter Grover]] sketches.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Laurie Hernandez ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Laurie Hernandez]]'''</big> (October 18, 2019)
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Hernandez says she related to [[Zoe]] because her middle name is Zoe.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Misty Copeland ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Misty Copeland]]'''</big> (October 22, 2019)
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Copeland says one of her fondest memories is seeing [[Ángel Corella]] dance with the alphabet.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Jack McBrayer ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Jack McBrayer]]'''</big> (October 24, 2019)
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McBrayer talks about Grover then Waiter Grover shows up looking for [[Mr. Johnson]] who then runs away from him.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Seth Rogan ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Seth Rogen]]'''</big> (October 26, 2019)
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Rogen talks with Oscar about how he made Rogen feel that it was okay to be grouchy.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Whoopi Goldberg ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Whoopi Goldberg]]'''</big> (October 30, 2019)
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Goldberg talks with Elmo about the first time she was on the ''Sesame'' set and the time they talked about their skin and fur.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Meghan Trainor ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Meghan Trainor]]'''</big> (October 31, 2019)
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Trainor talks about [[Mr. Noodle]] and how her brothers love the Count.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Norah Jones ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Norah Jones]]'''</big> (November 1, 2019)
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Jones talks about "[[Don't Know Y]]" and the "Ernie and Bert fishing" sketch.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Issac Mizrahi ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Isaac Mizrahi]]'''</big> (November 2, 2019)
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Mizrahi talks about the time he designed a tuxedo for Elmo.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Nile Rodgers ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Nile Rodgers]]'''</big> (November 3, 2019)
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Rodgers talks about sight-reading "[[The People in Your Neighborhood]]" at an audition.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Itzhak Perlman ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Itzhak Perlman]]'''</big> (November 4, 2019)
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Perlman and [[Telly Monster]] remember the time they played music together.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Elvis Costello ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Elvis Costello]]'''</big> (November 5, 2019)
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Costello talks about [[Stevie Wonder]] singing "[[Superstition]]" and being glad to perform on the show when his boys were 4 years old.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Patti LaBelle ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Patti LaBelle]]'''</big> (November 6, 2019)
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LaBelle talks about "[[Gospel Alphabet]]" and how her granddaughters learned the alphabet from it.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Joseph Gordon Levitt ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]]'''</big> (November 7, 2019)
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Gordon-Levitt talks about Oscar opening an [[Ice cream]] stand in [[Episode 1866]] and learning from it that you should be your own person.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Sterling K Brown ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Sterling K. Brown]]'''</big> (November 8, 2019)
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Brown talks about the "[[Pinball Number Count]]" song.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Josh Groban ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Josh Groban]]'''</big> (November 11, 2019)
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Groban talks about the "[[Llama at Dentist]]" song.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Patton Oswalt ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Patton Oswalt]]'''</big> (November 13, 2019)
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Oswalt talks about Stevie Wonder singing "Superstition."
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Dr. Oz ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[The Dr. Oz Show|Dr. Oz]]'''</big> (November 14, 2019)
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Oz talks about laughing at Cookie Monster's obsession with cookies.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Dave Grohl ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Dave Grohl]]'''</big> (November 16, 2019)
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Grohl talks about loving ''Sesame'' music and learning how to eat cookies from Cookie Monster.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Maren Morris ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Maren Morris]]'''</big> (November 18, 2019)
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Morris talks about seeing [[Johnny Cash]] on the show.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Common ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Common]]'''</big> (November 19, 2019)
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Common talks about loving Ernie and Bert, Grover and his favorite character Cookie Monster.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Amanda Seyfried ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Amanda Seyfried]]'''</big> (November 21, 2019)
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Seyfried talks about watching her recently-born daughter enjoy new episodes of ''Sesame Street''.
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| [[File:Michael Che 50th Memory|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Michael Che]]'''</big> (November 22, 2019)
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Che talks about the "[[Pinball Number Count]]" song.
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| [[File:Sesame Street Memory Zooey Deschanel ThisIsMyStreet|250px|center]]
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| <big>'''[[Zooey Deschanel]]'''</big> (November 25, 2019)
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Deschanel talks about [[Don Music]]'s song "[[Flabbergasted]]".
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===Crew===
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In addition to the show's many celebrities, crew and cast members have appeared in their own Sesame Street Memory videos. Some were posted exclusively to their social media accounts, while others have been posted to [https://www.facebook.com/PeopleInOurNeighborhood The People in Our Neighborhood Facebook page] beginning in December 2019.
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| <big>'''[[Joe Hennes]]'''</big>
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Hennes categorizes a few of his favorite ''Sesame Street'' memories; his favorite song is "[[Telephone Rock]]," his favorite Muppet moment is the "[[Cookie Monster and Kermit#mysterybox|Mystery Box]]" skit with [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] and [[Cookie Monster]], and his favorite human moment is [[Olivia]] and [[David]] singing "[[It Feels Good When You Sing a Song]]."
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Hennes then shares a memory (accompanied with a video reenactment) of when he had been sorting a box of old show props, and he discovered an envelope containing the original [[Mr. Hooper's picture|drawing of Mr. Hooper]] by [[Caroll Spinney]].
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| <big>'''[[Louis Henry Mitchell]]'''</big>
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Mitchell recalls when he first watched [[Episode 0001|the premiere episode]] of ''Sesame Street'', and receiving a thank you note from [[Michelle Obama]] for a gift portrait he drew.
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| {{facebookvideo|PeopleInOurNeighborhood|2792057047483422}}
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| <big>'''[[Peter Linz]]'''</big>
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Linz talks about watching the show's first episode with his family, and a ''Sesame Street'' mural his mother painted on his bedroom wall. Linz brings [[Ernie]] up to wish the show a happy birthday.
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| {{facebookvideo|PeopleInOurNeighborhood|430598274301664}}
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| <big>'''[[Alan Muraoka]]'''</big>
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Muraoka cites the introduction of [[Julia]] in [[Episode 4715]] as an example of how the show has always embraced inclusion and diversity.
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| {{facebookvideo|PeopleInOurNeighborhood|724532734709508}}
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| <big>'''[[Carmen Osbahr]]'''</big>
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Osbahr recalls her son — an enthusiast of the space program — participating in [[Buzz Aldrin]]'s visit during [[Episode 4090]].
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| {{facebookvideo|PeopleInOurNeighborhood|791767581269570}}
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| <big>'''[[Eric Jacobson]]'''</big>
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Jacobson names "[[The People in Your Neighborhood]]" as one of his favorites songs, and expresses his gratitude to ''Sesame Street'' for introducing him to his wife.
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| {{facebookvideo|PeopleInOurNeighborhood|476635642967538}}
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| <big>'''[[Leslie Carrara-Rudolph]]'''</big>
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Carrara-Rudolph remembers first connecting with the [[Sesame Street monsters|''Sesame Street'' monsters]] and, as a child, packing her bags to move to [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]]. [[Abby Cadabby]] appears at the ending tag to wish the show a happy birthday.
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| {{facebookvideo|PeopleInOurNeighborhood|564968130726734}}
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| <big>'''[[Loretta Long]]'''</big>
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Long recalls the impact of [[Gordon]] and [[Susan]] [[Adoption|adopting]] [[Miles]] as their son.
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| <big>'''[[Martin P. Robinson]]'''</big>
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Robinson talks about watching the first episode and [[Mr. Snuffleupagus|Snuffy's]] [[Episode 0276|debut appearance]]. He explains that while he didn't intend to become a puppeteer, his interests led him to being cast in the role in 1981. [[Telly Monster|Telly]] appears at the end with Robinson and points out that [[Ventriloquism|his lips are moving]].
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| <big>'''[[Matt Vogel]]'''</big>
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Vogel talks about being a first generation watcher of the show, and his childhood memories of meeting Gordon at a live appearance and seeing [[Big Bird]] in an [[Ice Follies]] show.
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| <big>'''[[Sonia Manzano]]'''</big>
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Manzano recalls being enamoured with [[James Earl Jones]]' recitation of the alphabet.
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| <big>'''[[Tyler Bunch]]'''</big>
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Bunch, who was born in 1970, remembers [[Sesame Street puppets (Topper)|a Big Bird toy]] he had as a child. He also recalls an onset interaction with Caroll Spinney, during the taping of a scene where Bunch puppeteered Oscar while Spinney performed Big Bird.
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| [[File:memory Stephanie Prairie.jpg|300px|center]]<center><small>[https://twitter.com/DAbruzzoTweets/status/1209627750568529920 (Twitter)]</small></center>
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| <big>'''[[Stephanie D'Abruzzo]]'''</big>
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D'Abruzzo tells a story about receiving [[Sesame Street discography|''Sesame Street'' records]] for good behavior as a child.
   
 
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==See also==
  
==See also==
 
*[[My Favorite Sesame Street Moments]]
  
*[[My Favorite Sesame Street Moments]]
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*[[HBO promos#50th Anniversary Memories|50th Anniversary Memories]] promos on [[HBO]]
   
 
==Sources==
  
==Sources==

Revision as of 02:46, 17 January 2020

Sesame Street Memories are a series of videos produced in honor of Sesame Street's 50th anniversary. In each video, a celebrity shares their favorite Sesame Street memory, occasionally accompanied by a Muppet companion. The videos began being posted weekly on the show's various social media platforms from August to November 2019.

Snippets of the videos were assembled into a montage played at the end of the credits of Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration. A few of the videos were additionally used in the PBS airing of the special as well.

Videos

Guests

Video Description
Sesame_Street_Memory_Mindy_Kaling_ThisIsMyStreet
Mindy Kaling (August 6, 2019)

Kaling cites "I Love Trash" as her favorite moment. Oscar the Grouch appears to deliver her some trash.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Kate_McKinnon_ThisIsMyStreet
Kate McKinnon (August 8, 2019)

McKinnon reminisces with Elmo about Template:Medialink from Ellen DeGeneres.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Ilana_Glazer_ThisIsMyStreet
Ilana Glazer (August 10, 2019)

Glazer talks about the impact of Grover in her life, accompanied by clips of Template:Medialink

Sesame_Street_Memory_Lin-Manuel_Miranda_ThisIsMyStreet
Lin-Manuel Miranda (August 13, 2019)

Miranda discusses his appearances and musical contributions to the show.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Olivia_Munn
Olivia Munn (August 15, 2019)

Munn recalls how she and her family learned to speak English from watching Sesame Street.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Terry_Crews
Terry Crews (August 17, 2019)

Crews reminisces about owning the Sesame Street Fever album.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Alessia_Cara
Alessia Cara (August 20, 2019)

Cara cites "I Love Trash" as her favorite moment and Oscar surprises her with a duet.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Keegan_Michael_Key
Keegan-Michael Key (August 22, 2019)

Key talks about his reaction to seeing Template:Medialink of the interior of Oscar's trash can.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Jack_Antonoff
Jack Antonoff (August 24, 2019)

Antonoff recalls that seeing Ernie is his earliest memory of anything.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Questlove
Questlove (August 28, 2019)

Questlove describes his favorite Waiter Grover sketch.

Sesame_Street_Memory_John_Legend_ThisIsMyStreet
John Legend (August 30, 2019)

Legend talks about a video he recorded for his daughter while taping "Come Together."

Sesame_Street_Memory_Chance_the_Rapper_ThisIsMyStreet
Chance the Rapper (September 3, 2019)

Chance remembers being introduced to some of his favorite musical artists through the show, then launches into an impromptu performance of "Sing."

Sesame_Street_Memory_Busy_Phillips
Busy Phillips (September 5, 2019)

Phillips talks about how she named her own teddy bear Radar after Big Bird's. Big Bird joins her onscreen and meets her daughters, who now possess Busy's Radar.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Jenny_Slate_ThisIsMyStreet
Jenny Slate (September 7, 2019)

Slate describes how Lena Horne's "How Do You Do?" helped her overcome her own shyness.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Allison_Williams
Allison Williams (September 9, 2019)

Williams considers all the characters from the show her friends.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Ellie_Goulding
Ellie Goulding (September 12, 2019)

Goudling gets her childhood wish granted and receives a hug from Big Bird.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Jason_Schwartzman
Jason Schwartzman (September 14, 2019)

Schwartzman talks about how the introduction of Julia impacted his children and household.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Kathryn_Hahn
Kathryn Hahn (September 17, 2019)

Hahn gushes to Oscar about how he helped her realize it's okay to feel grouchy sometimes.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Paul_Scheer
Paul Scheer (September 19, 2019)

Scheer talks about his favorite character - Roosevelt Franklin, who makes a quick, surprise appearance.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Thomas_Rhett_ThisIsMyStreet
Thomas Rhett (September 23, 2019)

Rhett names his day on the set recording "This Is My Street" as his favorite memory.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Bill_Nye_ThisIsMyStreet
Bill Nye (September 25, 2019)

Nye recalls his visit to the show in 1998 and takes the oppertunity to count to 20.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Josh_Gad_ThisIsMyStreet
Josh Gad (September 27, 2019)

Gad claims that Ricky Gervais' "Celebrity Lullabies" sketch was the first thing to make his daughter laugh.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Ellie_Kemper_ThisIsMyStreet
Ellie Kemper (September 28, 2019)

Kemper loves Oscar the Grouch and says her son finds him just as funny as she does.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Lucy_Liu_ThisIsMyStreet
Lucy Liu (September 30, 2019)

Liu talks about how she was able to learn English by watching Sesame Street.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Andy_Grammer_ThisIsMyStreet
Andy Grammer (October 1, 2019)

Grammer's favorite memory is hearing the "Sesame Street Theme."

Sesame_Street_Memory_Colin_Jost_ThisIsMyStreet
Colin Jost (October 4, 2019)

Jost names his favorite characters, while Grover tries to interject and be named as well.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Peter_Dinklage_ThisIsMyStreet
Peter Dinklage (October 6, 2019)

Dinklage cites the Martians as his favorite characters.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_ThisIsMyStreet
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (October 7, 2019)

Jabbar recalls meeting Big Bird for the first time and being startled at how they're almost the same size.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Garcelle_Beauvais_ThisIsMyStreet
Garcelle Beauvais (October 9, 2019)

Beauvais recalls learning English from Sesame Street and counts with the Count.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Padma_Lakshmi_ThisIsMyStreet
Padma Lakshmi (October 12, 2019)

Lakshmi says "Ladybugs' Picnic" is her favorite Sesame Street memory.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Chrissy_Teigen_ThisIsMyStreet
Chrissy Teigen (October 13, 2019)

Teigen says seeing her husband John Legend come on the show is her favorite memory.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Lena_Headey_ThisIsMyStreet
Lena Headey (October 14, 2019)

Headey says her favorite memory is doing The Word of the Day with Murray Monster.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Holly_Robinson_Peete_ThisIsMyStreet
Holly Robinson Peete (October 16, 2019)

Robinson Peete says her favorite memory is seeing her father, Matt Robinson, play the original Gordon.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Evan_Rachel_Wood_ThisIsMyStreet
Evan Rachel Wood (October 17, 2019)

Rachel Wood says her first memory of Sesame Street is the Waiter Grover sketches.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Laurie_Hernandez_ThisIsMyStreet
Laurie Hernandez (October 18, 2019)

Hernandez says she related to Zoe because her middle name is Zoe.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Misty_Copeland_ThisIsMyStreet
Misty Copeland (October 22, 2019)

Copeland says one of her fondest memories is seeing Ángel Corella dance with the alphabet.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Jack_McBrayer_ThisIsMyStreet
Jack McBrayer (October 24, 2019)

McBrayer talks about Grover then Waiter Grover shows up looking for Mr. Johnson who then runs away from him.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Seth_Rogan_ThisIsMyStreet
Seth Rogen (October 26, 2019)

Rogen talks with Oscar about how he made Rogen feel that it was okay to be grouchy.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Whoopi_Goldberg_ThisIsMyStreet
Whoopi Goldberg (October 30, 2019)

Goldberg talks with Elmo about the first time she was on the Sesame set and the time they talked about their skin and fur.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Meghan_Trainor_ThisIsMyStreet
Meghan Trainor (October 31, 2019)

Trainor talks about Mr. Noodle and how her brothers love the Count.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Norah_Jones_ThisIsMyStreet
Norah Jones (November 1, 2019)

Jones talks about "Don't Know Y" and the "Ernie and Bert fishing" sketch.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Issac_Mizrahi_ThisIsMyStreet
Isaac Mizrahi (November 2, 2019)

Mizrahi talks about the time he designed a tuxedo for Elmo.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Nile_Rodgers_ThisIsMyStreet
Nile Rodgers (November 3, 2019)

Rodgers talks about sight-reading "The People in Your Neighborhood" at an audition.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Itzhak_Perlman_ThisIsMyStreet
Itzhak Perlman (November 4, 2019)

Perlman and Telly Monster remember the time they played music together.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Elvis_Costello_ThisIsMyStreet
Elvis Costello (November 5, 2019)

Costello talks about Stevie Wonder singing "Superstition" and being glad to perform on the show when his boys were 4 years old.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Patti_LaBelle_ThisIsMyStreet
Patti LaBelle (November 6, 2019)

LaBelle talks about "Gospel Alphabet" and how her granddaughters learned the alphabet from it.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Joseph_Gordon_Levitt_ThisIsMyStreet
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (November 7, 2019)

Gordon-Levitt talks about Oscar opening an Ice cream stand in Episode 1866 and learning from it that you should be your own person.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Sterling_K_Brown_ThisIsMyStreet
Sterling K. Brown (November 8, 2019)

Brown talks about the "Pinball Number Count" song.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Josh_Groban_ThisIsMyStreet
Josh Groban (November 11, 2019)

Groban talks about the "Llama at Dentist" song.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Patton_Oswalt_ThisIsMyStreet
Patton Oswalt (November 13, 2019)

Oswalt talks about Stevie Wonder singing "Superstition."

Sesame_Street_Memory_Dr._Oz_ThisIsMyStreet
Dr. Oz (November 14, 2019)

Oz talks about laughing at Cookie Monster's obsession with cookies.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Dave_Grohl_ThisIsMyStreet
Dave Grohl (November 16, 2019)

Grohl talks about loving Sesame music and learning how to eat cookies from Cookie Monster.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Maren_Morris_ThisIsMyStreet
Maren Morris (November 18, 2019)

Morris talks about seeing Johnny Cash on the show.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Common_ThisIsMyStreet
Common (November 19, 2019)

Common talks about loving Ernie and Bert, Grover and his favorite character Cookie Monster.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Amanda_Seyfried_ThisIsMyStreet
Amanda Seyfried (November 21, 2019)

Seyfried talks about watching her recently-born daughter enjoy new episodes of Sesame Street.

Michael_Che_50th_Memory
Michael Che (November 22, 2019)

Che talks about the "Pinball Number Count" song.

Sesame_Street_Memory_Zooey_Deschanel_ThisIsMyStreet
Zooey Deschanel (November 25, 2019)

Deschanel talks about Don Music's song "Flabbergasted".


Crew

In addition to the show's many celebrities, crew and cast members have appeared in their own Sesame Street Memory videos. Some were posted exclusively to their social media accounts, while others have been posted to The People in Our Neighborhood Facebook page beginning in December 2019.

Video Description

Joe Hennes

Hennes categorizes a few of his favorite Sesame Street memories; his favorite song is "Telephone Rock," his favorite Muppet moment is the "Mystery Box" skit with Kermit and Cookie Monster, and his favorite human moment is Olivia and David singing "It Feels Good When You Sing a Song."

Hennes then shares a memory (accompanied with a video reenactment) of when he had been sorting a box of old show props, and he discovered an envelope containing the original drawing of Mr. Hooper by Caroll Spinney.


Louis Henry Mitchell

Mitchell recalls when he first watched the premiere episode of Sesame Street, and receiving a thank you note from Michelle Obama for a gift portrait he drew.


Peter Linz

Linz talks about watching the show's first episode with his family, and a Sesame Street mural his mother painted on his bedroom wall. Linz brings Ernie up to wish the show a happy birthday.


Alan Muraoka

Muraoka cites the introduction of Julia in Episode 4715 as an example of how the show has always embraced inclusion and diversity.


Carmen Osbahr

Osbahr recalls her son — an enthusiast of the space program — participating in Buzz Aldrin's visit during Episode 4090.


Eric Jacobson

Jacobson names "The People in Your Neighborhood" as one of his favorites songs, and expresses his gratitude to Sesame Street for introducing him to his wife.


Leslie Carrara-Rudolph

Carrara-Rudolph remembers first connecting with the Sesame Street monsters and, as a child, packing her bags to move to Sesame Street. Abby Cadabby appears at the ending tag to wish the show a happy birthday.


Loretta Long

Long recalls the impact of Gordon and Susan adopting Miles as their son.


Martin P. Robinson

Robinson talks about watching the first episode and Snuffy's debut appearance. He explains that while he didn't intend to become a puppeteer, his interests led him to being cast in the role in 1981. Telly appears at the end with Robinson and points out that his lips are moving.


Matt Vogel

Vogel talks about being a first generation watcher of the show, and his childhood memories of meeting Gordon at a live appearance and seeing Big Bird in an Ice Follies show.


Sonia Manzano

Manzano recalls being enamoured with James Earl Jones' recitation of the alphabet.

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 Tyler Bunch

Bunch, who was born in 1970, remembers a Big Bird toy he had as a child. He also recalls an onset interaction with Caroll Spinney, during the taping of a scene where Bunch puppeteered Oscar while Spinney performed Big Bird.

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 Stephanie D'Abruzzo

D'Abruzzo tells a story about receiving Sesame Street records for good behavior as a child.

Production

The videos began production as early as 2016 during the taping of season 48 using celebrities visiting that season on the street set.

During the week of September 10, 2018, further videos were produced in California with celebrities and Muppets in front of an abstract version of the Sesame Street set, designed by artist Heather Holme.[1]

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ Heather Holme on Instagram
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