Sesame Street News Flash The Sesame Street News Flash is a recurring " Sesame Street " segment that features Kermit the Frog as a roving reporter for " Sesame Street News . " Reporter Kermit , wearing a trench coat and hat and holding a microphone , interviews characters from fairy tales , nursery rhymes , and other popular stories , even appearing at key moments in history . As with most such parodies , the stories often diverge from tradition . A prototype version of the series ( entitled " Sesame Street Sports " ) first appeared in 1971 , and a few regular News Flash skits debuted that year . The skits were no longer produced after 1989 , but continued to re - air on the show until 2001 . Many of the sketches were featured on Sesamestreet . org , and some appear on the videos " Big Bird ' s Story Time " , " Silly Storytime " , and " Fairytale Fun " , which include four News Flash segments each . Some sketches are included here that may not have used the opening Sesame Street News Flash theme music and logo , but can be considered to be a part of the same series as evidenced by the presence of Kermit in his reporter garb , and the manner in which he goes about his duties . In addition to the sketch interruptions to " regularly scheduled programming , " Kermit has occasionally served as a Sesame Street News reporter in certain episodes ( including Episode 3740 , Episode 3785 and Episode 3976 ) and in specials such as " " , " Elmo Saves Christmas " , and " Elmopalooza " , among others . Sketches . The News Flash often returned to the same story for multiple reports . For example , there were several visits with Cinderella , and a series of interviews with Don Music , etc . The list is alphabetized to order them by theme . Click the arrow to sort by Earliest Known Appearance . Other variations . Kermit gave a news report about Big Bird planning on returning to Sesame Street in " Follow That Bird " . In " " , three new Sesame Street News segments were created , featuring Kermit on location to ask the question of the day , " Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street ? " One segment featured a substitute reporter , a brown wolf named Warren Wolf . Nonetheless , it was featured as part of the series and included the Sesame Street News theme music at the beginning . The song " Startin ' Kindergarten " is introduced by Buster the Horse acting as a correspondent for Sesame Street News . In the 1996 special " Elmo Saves Christmas " , Steve Whitmire played Kermit in a brand - new Sesame Street News Flash with the frog reporting on the sudden Christmas shopping craze since it will be Christmas again , eventually leading to an Anything Muppet man trying to purchase his microphone . In the 1998 special " Elmopalooza " , Kermit appears in front of Radio City Music Hall during the special ' s introduction to briefly report on the special and the arrival of someone " big . " Also in 1998 , Slimey the Worm traveled on a space mission for WASA , and Kermit reported on the worm ' s moon landing ( with assistance from Robert MacNeil ) and return to Earth . Kermit ' s last news report on " Sesame Street " was in 2001 , when he teamed up with Al Roker to report on a hurricane that came to Sesame Street in a five - part series of episodes . New tune - in segments under the " News Flash " banner appeared during season 45 featuring Murray Monster ( clad in a necktie ) conducting interviews with kids , with Ovejita presenting a word in Spanish . Logo . Most of the sketches began with a logo of the words " NEWS FLASH " on a cloud with stars and a lightning bolt against a black background . A news theme written by Joe Raposo ( registered with BMI as " Kermit News Theme " ) consisting of Morse code - like sounds and an urgent - sounding version of the " Sesame Street " theme was accompanied by an announcer ( voiced by Jerry Nelson in most cases ) usually saying " We take you now to Kermit the Frog with another fast - breaking news story ! " or some variation . The colors on the logo occasionally varied ( one version had it in black and white , another in sepiatone ) , and it would sometimes be superimposed over footage with Reporter Kermit talking with someone off - camera , though it usually had a basic color scheme , as pictured above . In the 1983 - 1986 News skits , the " NEWS FLASH " text would usually flash on and off . A few of the sketches originally did not begin with a logo or announcer , including all of the Don Music sketches , though some reruns had said sketches had the opening plastered onto the beginning of the segment . One known early sketch had an alternate logo , too ; it featured a title card reading " news bulletin " in big white lowercase letters on top of a blue screen . The sketches involving Kermit the Frog interviewing Dr . Nobel Price had a variation of the opening where it started with the standard News Flash logo and music , but the announcer would say " Sesame Street News takes you once more to the far - off island laboratory of Dr . Nobel Price , the great inventor , for news of his latest discovery . " Halfway through the intro it would fade to an establishing shot of Dr . Nobel Price ' s island laboratory , after which the sketch would begin from inside the lab . The segment with Warren Wolf did not feature the News Flash logo , just the island establishing shot ; the theme music however remained intact , and Michael Earl provided the announcer voice instead of Jerry Nelson . On the News Flash segments used on " " , the standard News Flash logo was used , but with different theme music ( which sounded more closer to the " Sesame Street " theme ) and no announcer . On " Elmo Saves Christmas " , a new News Flash logo was used , without the cloud and lightning , featuring the text on a red " splotch " symbol on a map of the world . The theme music remained the same , and had Jerry Nelson reprising the role of the announcer . International . When aired on the , many different edits occur . Some cut the title card all together , some leave the original English one in ( with the announcer dubbed in the program ' s native language ) , and some created their own " NEWS FLASH " intro . See also . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _