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Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration is a 2019 American musical television special to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street. Hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the special aired on November 9, 2019 on HBO, followed by a November 17th airing on PBS. Starring the cast and Muppets of Sesame Street from the past and present. Many of the retired cast members and characters reunited on the street for the first time in years since their last appearances. This is the final Sesame Street special to feature long-time Muppet performer Caroll Spinney, who performed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for 50 years before his death on December 8, 2019.
Original Release
11/09/2019
US Release
11/17/2019
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Self - Host |
Pam Arciero | Goldilocks / Grundgetta / Telly Monster (hand) / Additional Muppets / ... (voice) |
Jennifer Barnhart | Gladys the Cow / Mama Bear / Zoe / Zoe (voice) |
Tau Bennett | Additional Muppets / Additional Muppets (voice) |
Warrick Brownlow-Pike | Gonger / Panicked Purple Monster / Banner Holding Pigeon / Mumford's Bunny / Gold Sandwich Eating Monster / Green Anything Muppet at Hooper's / ... (voice) |
Tyler Bunch | Dish / Louie / Letter A / Letter A (voice) |
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph | Abby Cadabby / Abby Cadabby (voice) |
Frankie Cordero | Rudy / Rudy (voice) |
Stephanie D'Abruzzo | Betty Lou / Prairie Dawn / Pink Jacket / Little Bird / Prairie Dawn (voice) |
Ryan Dillon | Don Music / Elmo / Lefty the Salesman / Roosevelt Franklin (hand) / ... (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Christine Ferraro, Ken Scarborough
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Self - Host |
Pam Arciero | Goldilocks / Grundgetta / Telly Monster (hand) / Additional Muppets / ... (voice) |
Jennifer Barnhart | Gladys the Cow / Mama Bear / Zoe / Zoe (voice) |
Tau Bennett | Additional Muppets / Additional Muppets (voice) |
Warrick Brownlow-Pike | Gonger / Panicked Purple Monster / Banner Holding Pigeon / Mumford's Bunny / Gold Sandwich Eating Monster / Green Anything Muppet at Hooper's / ... (voice) |
Tyler Bunch | Dish / Louie / Letter A / Letter A (voice) |
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph | Abby Cadabby / Abby Cadabby (voice) |
Frankie Cordero | Rudy / Rudy (voice) |
Stephanie D'Abruzzo | Betty Lou / Prairie Dawn / Pink Jacket / Little Bird / Prairie Dawn (voice) |
Ryan Dillon | Don Music / Elmo / Lefty the Salesman / Roosevelt Franklin (hand) / ... (voice) |
Stacey Gordon | Julia / Julia (voice) |
Chris Thomas Hayes | Hoots the Owl |
Eric Jacobson | Bert / Grover / Guy Smiley / Harvey Kneeslapper / Oscar the Grouch / Two-Headed Monster (Left Head) / ... (voice) |
John Kennedy | The Amazing Mumford |
Peter Linz | Captain Vegetable / Ernie / Herry Monster / Herry Monster (voice) |
Spencer Lott | Additional Muppets / Additional Muppets (voice) |
Noel MacNeal | Additional Muppets |
Paul McGinnis | Additional Muppets |
Carmen Osbahr | Ovejita / Rosita / Spoon |
Martin P. Robinson | Mr. Snuffleupagus / Old MacDonald / Telly Monster |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ken Scarborough | Executive Producer |
Brown Johnson | Executive Producer |
Benjamin Lehmann | Executive Producer |
Aimee Blackton | Producer |
Mindy Fila | Producer |
Ivan Gonzalez | Producer |
Todd E. James | Producer |
Karyn Leibovich | Producer |
Stephanie Longardo | Producer |
Autumn Zitani | Producer |
Scott Gracheff | Producer |