Sesame Street anniversaries

A list of special projects celebrating Sesame Street's anniversaries.

See Sesame Street: 40th Anniversary for more information about the 2009 celebration.

10th anniversary (1979)

• TV Special (PBS): A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
• Album: 10th Anniversary Album
• Magazine: Sesame Street Magazine Winter Book 1979
• Event: Northern Calloway performs live at Macy's
• Exhibit: Ten Years of Sesame Street

20th anniversary (1989)

• TV special (NBC): Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting
• Book: Sesame Street Family Album
• Collectibles: Sesame Street 20th Anniversary Coins
• Exhibit: Sesame Street: The First 20 Years

25th anniversary (1994)

• Home video: Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years
• TV Special (PBS): Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
• TV Special (ABC): Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
• TV Special: The Phil Donahue Show
• Cassette: Sesame Street Celebrates!
• PVC figure: Big Bird in tuxedo sitting on number 25
• Magazine: Sesame Street Magazine, February 1994
• Watch: A Sesame Street Watch: 25 Anniversary Edition

30th anniversary (1999)

• Book: Sesame Street Unpaved
• TV special (TV Land): Sesame Street Unpaved
• TV special (ABC): Elmopalooza
• TV episode: The Rosie O'Donnell Show, November 11^[1]
• Album: Elmopalooza! (soundtrack)
• Calendar: Thirty Years and Counting: Sesame Street Calendar
• Calendar: Thirty Years and Counting: Sesame Street Calendar (Food)
• Cereal promotion: Sesame Street Beans set in Kellogg's cereal boxes
• Exhibit: Art From the Fuzzy and Famous
• Toy: Magic Talking Kermit the Frog plush
• Toy: Tyco Sesame Street PVC 30th Anniversary figures
• Home Video: The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
• Advertisement: A Brief History of Motion Pictures
• Magazine: Vanity Fair
• Magazine: People
• Magazine: Quilt sampler quilt

35th anniversary (2004)

• TV special (PBS): The Street We Live On
• DVD: What's the Name of That Song?
• CD box set: Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music
• Book: The Sesame Street Dictionary: 35th Anniversary Edition
• Album: Are We There Yet?
• TV spots: My Favorite Sesame Street Moments
• Internet: Anniversary Website
• Board game: Sesame Street 35 Years Anniversary Game
• Board game: Sesame Street Monopoly
• Card Game: Sesame Street 35th anniversary UNO
• Magazine: Sesame Street Magazine, November 2004
• Event: Sesame Street 35th Anniversay Gala
• Event: WinterCity, Toronto, Bob McGrath appearance
• Toy: Sesame Street Mini Collection
• Toy: Giant Musical PEZ dispensers
• Toy: Crystal PEZ dispensers
• Toy: Sababa Toys Wooly Willy
• Watch: A Sesame Street Watch: 35th Anniversary Edition
• Christmas Decorations : Sesame Street Christmas 3 piece Miniature Ornament set

40th anniversary (2009)

• Book: A Celebration of Forty Years of Life on the Street
• Book: Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street
• Book: C is for Cooking: Recipes from the Street: 40th Anniversary Edition
• Book: A Walk Down Sesame Street
• Video: 40 Years of Sunny Days
• Event: Sesame Street at 40: A Night of Celebration with the Legendary Cast
• Event: Sesame Street 40th Anniversay Gala
• Event: Sesame Street's 40th Birthday Party
• Event: Sesame Street Day
• Exhibit: Sesame Street: A Celebration of 40 Years of Life on the Street
• Toy: Neighborhood Friends
• Toy: 123 Sesame Street Playset
• Toy: Sesame Street School Bus
• Internet: Anniversary Website
• Magazine: Sesame Street Magazine, November 2009

45th anniversary (2014)

• Book: Sesame Street Music Player Storybook
• Exhibit: "Somebody Come and Play:" 45 Years of Learning with Sesame Street at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

50th anniversary (2019)

• Books: Love the Fur You're In and Sunny Day: A Celebration of Sesame Street
• TV Special: Sesame Street 50th anniversary special ^[2]
• Tour: Sesame Street Road Trip ^[2][3]
• Licensing^[2][4][5][6]
• TV Appearances: CBS Sunday Morning (2/3/19), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2/11/19), 60 Minutes Australia (2/17/19)

Sources

1. ↑ O'Donnell told Entertainment Weekly: "I wanted to do something to celebrate their 30th year"
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Sesame Workshop Press Release February 4, 2019
3. ↑ PR Week "Leaving the Neighborhood" by Diana Bradley, July 27, 2018
4. ↑ Licensing Source "Sesame Street ready to mark 50 years" by Samantha Loveday, September 20, 2017
5. ↑ Sesame Workshop "Sesame Street Debuts New Furry and Fashionable Apparel and Lifestyle Collaborations" February 14, 2018
6. ↑ Behance 50th Anniversary Branding by Ty Mattson and Luke Bott