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 starting in August 2019.
Videos
Video | Description |
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Mindy Kaling (August 6, 2019)
Kaling cites "I Love Trash" as her favorite moment. Oscar the Grouch appears to deliver her some trash. | |
Kate McKinnon (August 8, 2019)
McKinnon reminisces with Elmo about a visit from Ellen DeGeneres. | |
Ilana Glazer (August 10, 2019)
Glazer talks about the impact of Grover in her life, accompanied by clips of Grover being afraid of the dark. | |
Lin-Manuel Miranda (August 13, 2019)
Miranda discusses his appearances and musical contributions to the show. | |
Olivia Munn (August 15, 2019)
Munn recalls how she and her family learned to speak English from watching Sesame Street. | |
Terry Crews (August 17, 2019)
Crews reminisces about owning the Sesame Street Fever album. | |
Alessia Cara (August 20, 2019)
Cara cites "I Love Trash" as her favorite moment and Oscar surprises her with a duet. | |
Keegan-Michael Key (August 22, 2019)
Key talks about his reaction to seeing an illustration of the interior of Oscar's trash can. | |
Jack Antonoff (August 24, 2019)
Antonoff recalls that seeing Ernie is his earliest memory of anything. | |
Questlove (August 28, 2019)
Questlove describes his favorite Waiter Grover sketch. |
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]