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Gordon Hunt Gordon Hunt ( 1929 - 2016 ) was an actor , director ( especially of voice recording ) , and acting teacher . He was the father of actress Helen Hunt , and directed many episodes of her TV series " Mad About You " . Early in his career , Hunt was one of the readers in the Jim Henson - produced documentary " Youth 68 " , reciting facts and quotations ( both on - screen and in voice - over ) . Shortly after " Youth 68 " aired , the then - New York based Hunt began working with Bil Baird , directing his off - Broadway marionette productions of " The Whistling Wizard and the Sultan of Tuffet " and " Winnie the Pooh " . Hunt moved to Los Angeles , where he taught master classes in acting and directed at the Mark Taper forum . He later wrote the book " How to Audition " . In addition , he spent over thirty years as a leading voice - over director , in cartoons and video games , especially for Hanna - Barbera . HB series included " The Flintstones Comedy Hour " , " The Smurfs " , " The Jetsons " , " Scooby - Doo " , " Super Friends " , " Challenge of the GoBots " , several Yogi Bear projects , " The Snorks " , " The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley " , and " The New Adventures of Captain Planet " . Hunt also voice directed several Looney Tunes compilations ( including the feature film " Daffy Duck ' s Quackbusters " ) and voiced the off - camera director ( essentially , himself ) in the 1991 Bugs Bunny short " Blooper Bunny " . He was occasionally heard on other shows he voice - directed , and as a voice actor only , he was a regular on the " Dilbert " animated series as Wally . Video game credits as director ( later directing motion capture actors as well as voice - over ) include the " Legacy of Kain " and " Uncharted " series . In addition to " Mad About You " , Hunt directed episodes of " Frasier " , " Coach " , " Suddenly Susan " , and " Caroline in the City " . He appeared on - camera in episodes of " Cheers " and " Mad About You " ( as a TV host ) , and in films ( often in scenes involving improv ) , such as a group therapy leader in Ken Russell ' s " Crimes of Passions " ( with Anthony Perkins ) . His later stage products included a 2006 Hollywood Bowl production of " The Sound of Music " . Hunt ' s brother , Peter H . Hunt , directed the stage and film versions of " 1776 " .
Morgan De Sena Morgan De Sena is the daughter of Sesame Workshop talent coordinator , Danette De Sena . In the early 90 ' s , she appeared in some with Grover , helping him count , say the alphabet and show the parts of the body . She also appeared in the home video , " Get Up and Dance " .
Nom An onomatopœia , om nom nom is a sound Cookie Monster makes when he eats . The term became a meme on the Internet , often being used with lolcat images . The term , without the lolcat association , was first posted on UrbanDictionary . com in December 2004 as " om nom " . As defined by the Linguistic Society of America , nom is an " Onomatopoetic form connoting eating , esp . pleasurably . Can be used as an interjection or noun to refer to delicious food . " Many viral videos of animals eating feature the term in their titles ; among the most viewed are a hamster eating ( with 11 . 4 million views on YouTube ) , and a " kitteh " ( with 2 . 7 million views ) . Even Disney Living marketing has used the term . As of 2011 , Sesame Workshop does not seem to have standardized usage of this term , to capitalize on its popularity ; paint line Sesame Street Colours includes the variety " Num Num Num " . In the " Sesame Street " book " S is for School " , when Cookie Monster is told not to eat the alphabet , he replies , " Ok , ok , ok . But it very tasty . Num num ! " Also , Cookie Monster ' s Muppetbook profile lists his catchphrase as " Un num num num num " rather than " Om nom nom nom nom " . Bioworld produced a line of " Sesame Street " hats , including a Cookie Monster baseball cap with " Nom nom nom " written on the visor . Two Cookie Monster mugs were also produced by giftware company Vandor LLC . One mug , released in 2010 , had " Got cookie ? Om nom nom nom " written on one side ; the other , released in 2016 , had " Nom nom nom " written on the side , with the O ' s replaced by half - eaten cookies . The PBS Kids online shop carries a personalizable cookie jar , on which is written " Om nom ! " with the O ' s replaced by Cookie Monster and a half - eaten cookie . A pair of Cookie Monster women ' s pajamas were also manufactured , with " Nom nom nom nom nom " printed on the pajama top , as well as a pair of women ' s briefs with " Nom nom nom " written across the waistband . As a promotion for the " Cookie ' s Crumby Pictures " segment introduced in Season 44 , Sesame Street introduced OmNomNomify , a website that replaces all of the pictures on a website with pictures of Cookie Monster . This was updated in February 2015 as a promotion for " The Cookie Thief . " 2nd place in Word of the Year . At the 2011 conference of the Linguistic Society of America ( LSA ) , the final round of the annual 2010 Word of the Year ( as voted on by the American Dialect Society ) debate was between " app " and " nom " . In preliminary rounds , " nom " was up against several other words in the category " Most Useful " .
Efrat Gonan Efrat Gonen is a puppeteer who performs on " Rechov Sumsum " , the Israel version of " Sesame Street " . Gonen performs Sivan a three - year - old , wheelchair - bound Muppet , who joined the cast of " Rechov Sumsum " in 2009 . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
One Direction One Direction is a British boy band , assembled by former American Idol judge Simon Cowell . Kermit and Miss Piggy appeared in a video segment on the live YouTube broadcast 1D Day showing what ' s in Miss Piggy ' s dressing room asking what One Direction has in their dressing rooms . On December 11 , 2013 , the official " Sesame Street " account on Twitter released a photo of Big Bird with the band . It was captioned : " Guess who ' s 1D ' s " biggest " fan ? ( And thanks for visiting " Sesame Street " , @ onedirection ! ) " Sesame Street later posted a Vine of Big Bird with the members of One Direction announcing that the group will appear in the show ' s 45th season , performing " What Makes " U " Useful " ( spoofing their own " What Makes You Beautiful " ) . MTV feared for Big Bird , asking " How ' s he gonna deal when One Direction ' s other self - proclaimed " biggest fans " - - aka ALL OF THEM - - track him down ? " In an interview , Joey Mazzarino stated the band ' s representation directly contacted the show , asking to spoof one of the band ' s songs .
Walt Willey Walt Willey ( b . 1951 ) is an actor most well known for playing Jackson Montgomery on " All My Children " . In 1993 , Willey appeared on " Sesame Street " in Episode 3135 playing an Indiana Jones - type character . Throughout the episode , he could be seen being chased by a rolling boulder similar to the scene from the beginning of " Raiders of the Lost Ark " . Big Bird and Snuffy keep missing his background antics , but the adventurer finally catches the boulder at the end of the episode and bids the audience goodbye . Willey ' s other credits include appearing on " Another World " and " Ryan ' s Hope " for television , and on stage in " The Odd Couple " , " Auntie Mame " , and " Death Trap " .
The Puppy Bowl The Puppy Bowl is an annual television program on Animal Planet that mimics an American football bowl game similar to the Super Bowl , using puppies . The Muppets appeared in three original segments during 2014 ' s Puppy Bowl X to promote " Muppets Most Wanted " . Miss Piggy , Kermit the Frog , Gonzo , Camilla , Rizzo , three Muppet rats , a penguin , Rowlf the Dog and some appeared in a segment wherein Miss Piggy suggested changing the game to a " Piggy Bowl . " Gonzo and Rizzo chime in by suggesting they try a Chicken Bowl and a Rat Bowl instead . In a second segment , Rowlf and Miss Piggy gave a special report from the locker room during the game ' s third quarter . Lastly , the broadcast featured a preview of " Muppets Most Wanted " introduced by Kermit the Frog . Miss Piggy live - tweeted the entire appearance from her Twitter account ( @ RealMissPiggy ) .
Episode 101 : Sir Kermit the Brave / Animal Fly Airplane Sir Kermit the Brave . The Muppet Babies use their imaginations to take off on an epic adventure to find Miss Nanny and Kermit helps a dragon get over her fear of the dark . Golden Globe® Award - winner Rachel Bloom ( “ Crazy Ex - Girlfriend ” ) guest stars as Dot the Dragon . Animal Fly Airplane . During an imaginary flight to Paris , no one lets Animal take the controls .
Alana the Baboon Alana the Baboon is a character in " The Animal Show " . She appears in the episode " " where she tells Stinky the Skunk and Jake the Polar Bear all about baboons and how they live in the Brushlands . She is a recycled version of Bosko the Baboon . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Hal Bertram Hal Bertram is a computer technician and designer who helped pioneer the use of CGI characters and avanced computer controls at Jim Henson ' s Creature Shop . As stated in his former bio on the Creature Shop website , Bertram " was responsible for setting up The Shop ' s Digital Visual Effects department in the nascent days of Computer animation , with a particular emphasis on applying the company ' s performance skills to computer animation . " In 1987 , Bertram worked with Peter Miller to implement Dave Housman ' s early design for the Henson Performance Control System , and later developed the Henson Real Time Performance Edit Suite , first used in " Babe " , which allowed for greater control over speech synchronization . Through the next decade , Bertram was the company ' s primary " digital supervisor , " overseeing the development of software as well as characters and sequences for individual film and TV projects . Bertram left the Jim Henson Company in 2003 , serving as an independent rendering production on such films as " Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix " and " Charlie and the Chocolate Factory " . Sources . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Froni Froni are the sunshine woman in Ella ' s weather house in the " Sesamstrasse " episode 2336 . Nils thinks the weather house must be broken since the sun are shining and the rainman are standing outside . Finchen talks to both Froni and her husband Hannes and discovers that they really want to switch roles . So that Hannes are out when the sun shines and Froni when it rains . Finchen gets an idea were the two swicthes cloths and then Nils won ' t think that the weather house are broken and they get what they want . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Yoostar Yoostar is a digital entertainment system , on sale in July 2009 , which removes actors from movie and television clips and allows users to replace the actors with video of themselves in the scene . According to Yoostar , " Users can deliver faithful , on - script performances or their own interpretation of movie and television scenes while interacting with their favorite stars . " Users can record their performances on their computers , and upload them to Yoostar . com . In May 2009 , Yoostar announced a partnership with Sesame Workshop which will add clips from " Sesame Street " to the Yoostar system . A " Sesame " clip will be among the 14 clips that comes with the system . Yoostar plans to add 160 " Sesame " clips over the course of the multi - year agreement . Some of the 14 sketches released by January 2010 included the Bert and Ernie bananna sketch , Lefty the Salesman selling Ernie some air , and Count von Count counting apples . In the sample sketches , Snoop Dogg is shown interacting with one of the kids , taking the place of Cookie Monster .
Swoopfoomer Swoopfoomer is Doc ' s name for the type of party noisemaker that flares out and honks when blown into , as christened on " Fraggle Rock " . In the first season episode " , " Doc realized that they had no specific name . Determined to give them one , he suggested " tromcordion , " " foomaphone , " and " pookarina . " He also built a complex mechanized musical instrument out of several of them . In the same episode , Red and Wembley gave one to the Trash Heap as an offering in exchange for her advice . She too remarked on their lack of a name . The noisemakers did not appear again until the final season episode " , " in which Sprocket got one in his cereal box . Doc referred to it as a " swoopfoomer , " indicating that this was the name he had ultimately settled upon . The swoopfoomer turned out to be a key component in the Honk of Honks .
Kermit ' s Swamp Years toys ( Dairy Queen ) In September 2002 , issued a set of kid ' s meal toys to promote the release of " Kermit ' s Swamp Years " . The toys included Kermit playing banjo on a rolling log , a Kermit and Croaker cannonballer , and Kermit sprawled on a lily pad .
Friendship Song The " Friendship Song " is sung by Boober and Red while they are trapped in a cave - in in the " Fraggle Rock " episode " . " The song gives them the motivation they need to keep up hope that they will be rescued . A reprise of the song occurs at the end of the episode , with slightly different lyrics to reflect the happiness of the Fraggles after Boober and Red are saved and Boober ' s birthday party can begin . Releases . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Stories of the American Puppet Stories of the American Puppet is a documentary directed by Mark Mazzarella for PBS in 2000 . The film , narrated by Dan Lauria ( " The Wonder Years " ) , showcases the evolution of puppetry in America in the 20th century . Clips are featured from the puppet acts of Shari Lewis , Edgar Bergen , Tony Sarg , Bil Baird and Jim Henson . Jane Henson and Martin P . Robinson are interviewed and Cheryl Henson receives a special thanks credit for providing archive material . The film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing . It has been released on VHS , and made its DVD debut on October 16 , 2007 , with over 40 minutes of bonus material . Included segments feature extended archive footage and interviews shot for but not seen in the original documentary .
The Runaway Egg The Runaway Egg is a 2018 " Sesame Street " storybook about . Publisher ' s description . It ' s Easter on Sesame Street and Elmo and his friends are decorating a float for the parade when they find a very pretty , very BIG egg — a perfect centerpiece for the float . But every time they turn around , the egg has disappeared ! This sweet , wacky story will have girls and boys ages 2 to 5 giggling along with Elmo , Big Bird , Grover Cookie Monster , Abby Cadabby , Zoe , Julia , and Oscar the Grouch . This full - color paperback storybook includes a press - out Easter card game , stickers , and an Easter poster !
Uncle Rudolf Uncle Rudolf is a character created for the Dutch " Sesamstraat " record albums . Uncle Rudolf , whose full name is Rudolf De Bont , is Bert ' s uncle . He is first mentioned in the 1981 album " Bert en Ernie Vervelen Zich Nooit . . . " , and makes his debut as a speaking character three years later , in " In Een Uur de Wereld Rond " . He is married to Aunt Coleta . At one point in their relationship , Coleta left him for a few years . Rudolf plays the clarinet and the piano , and he often gets carried away in his sentimental , rather adult songs . Bert is very fond of Uncle Rudolf , because he always brings books about the pencils Zipje & Zopje ( Zippy & Zoppy ) . Ernie doesn ' t like how angry he looks , and how Bert always gets more presents from him . " Appearances " . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street " Sesame Street " celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half - hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones entitled A Walking Tour of Sesame Street . The special aired on individual PBS stations at various times between March and May 1979 . Big Bird , Oscar the Grouch , Barkley and human members of the cast ( Mr . Hooper , Bob , Linda , and Olivia ) appeared on the street with Jones as he showed clips from the first ten years and talked about the show , the street , the characters , and their world - wide impact . The special was originally titled " Now We Are Ten " .
Bunty Bailey Bunty Bailey ( b . 1963 ) is a model , dancer , and actress , best known for her role in a - ha ' s 1985 music video for their song " Take On Me . " The music video was spoofed in a 2017 " Sesame Street " viral video , " Sesame Street Presents the 80s . " A Muppet caricature of Bailey is seen milling around backstage of the Sesame Street Glee Club , when she enters a rotoscoped , sketch - pad world , with Cookie Monster singing a spoof of " Take On Me . "
Forgettinest Jones Forgettinest Jones is Forgetful Jones ' great - great grandfather . He stars in " The Story of Forgettinest Jones or How Take a Cowboy / Cowgirl to Lunch Day Began , " which was read by Luis in a 1988 episode of " Sesame Street " . Because Forgettinest Jones always forgot to bring his lunch , other cowboys and cowgirls would have to give him some of theirs . One day , they get fed up with having to give up their lunches and decide to ignore Forgettinest Jones when he enters the saloon . Forgettinest steps out for a moment and comes racing back in warning that a herd of " wild woolly lambs " are heading into the saloon . Once the stampede subsides , the cowboys and cowgirls declare Forgettinest Jones a hero , and as a reward , they share their lunches with him . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Melissa Joan Hart Melissa Joan Hart ( b . 1976 ) is an American actress best known for her television series " Clarissa Explains It All " and " Sabrina the Teenage Witch " . Joan Hart appeared with Red Fraggle at the Jim Henson Company ' s Fraggle Rock Holiday Toy Drive Benefit event at Kitson in West Hollywood on December 9 , 2009 . Other credits include guest spots on " Law & Order : SVU " , " Boy Meets World " and " That ' 70s Show " , voice - over work on " Batman Beyond : Return of the Joker " , " Robot Chicken " and " Superman : The Animated Series " , and competing in season 9 of " Dancing with the Stars " .
Mark Skillicorn Mark Skillicorn is an illustrator who has worked on various " Sesame Street " books and coloring books . Skillicorn has also illustrated books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine , Scooby - Doo , Winnie the Pooh and done web commercials for Yahoo ! External links . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
King Peter the Persnickety King Peter the Persnickety starred in a " Sesame Street " story sketch called " The King Banishes the Letter P , " in which he proclaimed that all items that start with P be banned from the kingdom . However , after losing his daughter , Princess Penelope , among other items , the king changed his mind . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Jascha Lombardi Jascha Lombardi is the conductor of the Jascha Lombardi Orchestra . Jascha and his group provide the music for Guy Smiley ' s " The Weather Show , " as seen in the eponymous one - shot " Sesame Street " sketch . The laconic , put - upon Jascha is referred to by Guy as " a million laughs . " However , he suffers many indignities and privations as a result of the various kinds of weather showcased on the show . His flowing hair is revealed as a toupee when it ' s swept off by the wind . His first name is a reference to Jascha Heifetz while the surname recalls famed bandleader Guy Lombardo . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Blueberry Mouth Blueberry Mouth is a " Sesame Street " song from the 1990s . Leon Redbone sings a jazz number about picking blueberries , over a film of many kids picking and eating blueberries , then enjoying them as blueberry pie . According to the lyrics , " nothin ' s so squooshy and sweet " . Releases . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Zowie - Zown the Upside - Down Clown Zowie - Zown the Upside - Down Clown is a circus performer seen in the " Elmo the Musical " segment , " Circus the Musical . " The headliner act of the show , his main skill is standing upside - down on his head . However , just as he begins his performance , he receives a call from the law school , confirming his acceptance . He immediately ditches the show , leaving the Ringmaster without his main star . Elmo tries to do his act , but finds he can ' t and gives up on his dream of being in the circus . A chicken who previously replaced Elmo in the other acts convinces him to " Keep on Clucking " and Elmo is eventually able to do Zowie - Zown ' s act . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Sesame Street Music Magazine Vol . 3 , No . 7 Sesame Street Music Magazine Vol . 3 , No . 7 is the seventh issue of the third volume of the Sesame Street Music Magazine , published in April 1985 . Record track listing . Side One Side Two
Bryant Young Bryant Young is a dancer and choreographer who has performed the back half of Mr . Snuffleupagus on " Sesame Street " since 1979 . He has occasionally performed the role of Barkley and played human characters . As a choreographer , Young has worked on dances for the show itself ( including Snuffy ' s occasional dance steps ) and the " Sesame " floats at the Macy ' s Thanksgiving Day Parade . Young received an Emmy nomination for his role in a Dance in America series with the New York City Ballet . In the mid - 1980s , he represented the United States in an International Ballet Festival in Seoul , Korea . He is now the Administrative Assistant and Assistant Director of the Briansky Saratoga Ballet Center in Saratoga Springs , New York . Other puppetry credits include work on " The Book of Pooh " .
Perseus Perseus was the son of Danae and the god Zeus ( who impregnated Danae in the form of a shower of gold ) . Perseus was the main character in " " story of " " . Acrisius had locked Danae away fearing a prophesy that her offspring would kill him . Perseus was raised by his mother , Danae , locked away with his existance unknown to Acrisius . But when Acrisius found out about Perseus , he cast the two into the sea in a wooden chest . But the chest floated and the mother and child washed ashore on the island of Seriphos , where they were taken in by the fisherman Diktys , who raised the boy to manhood . One day Polydektes , the king of the island , came and desired to marry Danae . He taunted Perseus that he would have to bring a chest full of gold to the wedding . Perseus remembered the stories of his youth and promised to bring the head of Medusa , one of the gorgons , whose very expression turns people to stone . Perseus met The Graeae whom he persuaded to give him help . He soon received a pair of winged sandals , a high - polished shield , a sack to carry the head and a dog - skinned cap of invisibility . ( The latter detail disturbs the listening Dog ) . Flying past Atlas , he soon reached the end of the world and the gorgon . He beheaded the beast , using the cap of invisibilty to stay hidden and only looking at the reflection on the shield ( and never at the gorgon ) . Perseus then returned with the head and upon showing it to Polydectes turned him to stone .
Episode 305 : The Discovery Earl ' s discovery of a pristine world inhabited by cavemen is the mark he ' s been waiting to leave in the history books - - until Robbie and Baby are kidnapped by the cavemen , intent on saving their land from the ruthless development of WESAYSO ' s " Sinclair City . "
Stage Door The Stage Door of The Muppet Theatre is the rear entrance by which the cast and guest stars of " The Muppet Show " usually enter and exit the theatre . The entrance is located in an alley which leads into a reception area most commonly staffed by Pops where he greeted every guest in the fifth season . The exterior of the door was notably seen in where Rich Little was interviewed by a group of reporters , where Statler and Waldorf hid from Manny Kaye , and the end of " The Muppets Go to the Movies " when Kermit unknowingly locked Lily Tomlin and Dudley Moore in for the night . It was also the location of a skit at the end of " The Muppet Show 2 " where Fozzie Bear similarly gets locked in . Notable uses of the stairway leading from backstage to the Stage Door / reception area include Rudolf Nureyev ' s tardy arrival ( and Sam ' s subsequent dismissal ) in , Fozzie returning from group therapy in , Gonzo ' s exit after his motorcycle fails to perform in , and Luke Skywalker ' s siege on the theatre in .