A list of special projects celebrating Sesame Street's anniversaries.
See Sesame Street: 40th Anniversary for more information about the 2009 celebration, and Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary for more information about the 2019 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
15th anniversary (1984)
- Appearance: The Start of Something Big
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)
25th Anniversary Exhibit flyer from Japan.
- Home video: Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years
- TV Special (PBS): Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
- TV Special (ABC): 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)
Episodes for season 30 end with a short reel of celebrities — Dominique Dawes, Rosemary Clooney, Fran Drescher, and Liam Neeson — wishing the show a happy 30th birthday.
- Book: Sesame Street Unpaved
- TV special (TV Land): Sesame Street Unpaved
- TV special (ABC): Elmopalooza
- TV episode: The Rosie O'Donnell Show on Sesame Street
- 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 Anniversary Gala
- 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 Anniversary 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
- Toy: Sesame Street PVC figures
- 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's 50th Anniversary Celebration[1]
- Tour: Sesame Street Road Trip[1][2]
- Licensing[1][3][4][5]
- TV Appearances: CBS Sunday Morning (2/3/19), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2/11/19), 60 Minutes Australia (2/17/19)
See also
- Muppet anniversaries (for other Jim Henson Company productions)
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sesame Workshop Press Release February 4, 2019
- ↑ PR Week "Leaving the Neighborhood" by Diana Bradley, July 27, 2018
- ↑ Licensing Source "Sesame Street ready to mark 50 years" by Samantha Loveday, September 20, 2017
- ↑ Sesame Workshop "Sesame Street Debuts New Furry and Fashionable Apparel and Lifestyle Collaborations" February 14, 2018
- ↑ Behance 50th Anniversary Branding by Ty Mattson and Luke Bott
