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Tarah Schaeffer Tarah Lynne Schaeffer ( b . July 4 , 1984 ) played Tarah on " Sesame Street " from 1993 to 2001 . Schaeffer was born with osteogenesis imperfecta , a disorder that causes her to have brittle bones , making her prone to fractures . Schaeffer was raised in Plainville , Connecticut where she was discovered by " Sesame Street " talent scouts searching for a child actors that would add diversity to the street . Schaeffer had been on the Newington Children ' s Hospital ' s award - winning Cruisers wheelchair athletic team and impressed the show ' s producers with her wheelchair racing skills and other modified track and field talents . A 2000 Sesame Workshop newsletter mentioned Tarah ' s inclusion in the cast as one of the top ten significant ways " Sesame Street " has encouraged diversity : " Sesame Street " writer Emily Perl Kingsley was a strong supporter of Tarah ' s inclusion in the cast . Kingsley ' s episode " Tarah ' s Ballet , " which features a wheelchair dance , gained her a Grand EDI . Kingsley also drafted many guests with disabilities , such as Itzhak Perlman and the Little Theater of the Deaf . The integration of Schaeffer exemplified Kingsley ' s views : Tarah Schaeffer appeared on " Sesame Street " for eight seasons . She became more and more featured in the scripts , and at times would travel two or three times a week from Connecticut to the studio in New York . However when her family moved to Pennsylvania in the late 1990s , the trip to New York became more difficult , and both Tarah and her family felt it was time to move on Schaeffer graduated from Daniel Boone High School in 2002 , and as of February 2007 , she is a fifth - year student of professional writing with a minor in women ' s studies at a school near her home . She plans to pursue a job as a book critic or in publishing .
Doreen Warthog Doreen Warthog appeared in the " Mopatop ' s Shop " episode " " . She has always dreamed of being in a photograph but did not think anyone would want to take her picture , as she was not beautiful enough . She thought her warts were too small , her tusks were not long enough , and that she could use a bow and a hat . Luckily for her , Puppyduck was able to find all the things she wanted , and while Puppyduck helped her with her makeover Flash Harry entered the shop looking for a warthog he could take a picture of . He did not like her new self ; and after removing all the extras , he was happy to take her picture , as he thought she was fine the way that she was . The puppet was originally used as Bernice the Warthog on " The Animal Show " . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
D ' audaces en astuces D ' audaces en astuces ( " Daring Tricks " ) is a 1978 book of comic - book style stories featuring Toccata and Mordicus , the stars of " 1 , Rue Sésame " , the French co - production of " Sesame Street " .
One World , One Sky : Big Bird ' s Adventure One World , One Sky : Big Bird ' s Adventure is a planetarium show developed for the United States and China . Designed as an introduction to astronomy for children , Big Bird , Elmo and Hu Hu Zhu embark on a journey through space to learn about the sun , stars and constellations . On an imaginary trip to the Moon , the trio discover how different it is from Earth . They learn how to find the Big Dipper constellation and the North Star , and there ' s a sing - along of " Twinkle Twinkle Little Star " . Sesame Workshop CEO Gary Knell says that the show is an advance for educating young children about space : " There ' s just not a lot of other programs out there that engage little kids without scaring them half to death in a dark room . . . This will give them an introduction and hopefully instill in them at a very young age a love for science . " In addition to teaching about , the project ' s goals also include a focus on cross - cultural appreciation . In the U . S . version of the show , Hu Hu Zhu visits Elmo in the United States ; in the Chinese version , Elmo visits Hu Hu Zhu in China . ( The U . S . version has an English and Spanish soundtrack ; the Chinese version is in Mandarin . ) The film premiered at the Beijing Planetarium on September 26 , 2008 , while the U . S . version opened on October 17 , 2008 at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago , Illinois . The show opened at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington , D . C . on April 21 , 2009 and continues to play at a number of venues . Credits . For the Washington , D . C . premiere on April 21 , 2009 , Elmo appeared with children from the Peabody Early Childhood Center at the Smithsonian ' s National Air and Space Museum to announce the PNC " Grow Up Great with Science " grant awarded jointly to the Museum and District of Columbia Public Schools . The press dubbed Elmo , in his spacesuit attire , " Elmo the Elmonaut . "
Ms . Ardath Ms . Betty Ardath moves next door to Doc ' s workshop , opening up The Captain ' s Inn bed - and - breakfast , on " Fraggle Rock " . First mentioned in the second season episode " , " Doc was initially resistant to her presence , but is won over by her charm and soon works part - time at the Inn , performing many odd jobs . Occasionally , Sprocket teasingly implies that Doc has a crush on Ms . Ardath , and Doc ' s own behavior does not contradict such a conclusion . Ms . Ardath owns an airedale named Marigold , who Sprocket himself is in love with . Ms . Ardath is implied to be attractive and comparatively young in contrast to Doc ( in " , " she celebrates her 39th birthday ) , but like the inn itself , or fellow neighbor Ned Shimmelfinney , Ms . Ardath is never seen onscreen .
Season 33 ( 2002 ) " Sesame Street " Season 33 premiered on February 4 , 2002 . Overview . The curriculum for Season 33 is focusing on stories about fear , loss , bullies and inclusion through four episodes ( Episode 3981 , Episode 4021 , Episode 4026 , Episode 4029 ) written in response to the September 11 , 2001 attack . Major additions to the set include the Fix - It Shop becoming the Mail - It Shop . 123 Sesame Street ' s doors are red , as opposed to green . the arbor has a new staircase in a red color and Hooper ' s Store outside appearance was re - done with a different color . Format . The season introduces a new format where the the day ' s main story is told in one continuous segments and transitions between segments will be smoother . The entire format also changes to a more structured , predictable format , introducing new regular segments such as " The Letter of the Day , " " The Number of the Day , " " The Spanish Word of the Day , " and " Journey to Ernie , " plus the return of " Elmo ' s World , " " Monster Clubhouse , " and " Hero Guy . " ( " Elmo ' s World " had been in every episode since 1998 ; " Monster Clubhouse " and " Hero Guy " were introduced in Season 32 and alternated with each episode . ) This would continue up to Season 39 in 2008 . New Elmo ' s World Episodes for it ' s fourth season are about , , , and . Episodes . " Episodes 3981 - 4030 ( 50 episodes ) " Cast . Muppet Characters Other Characters External links . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Chopsticks Liberace plays his version of " Chopsticks " ( originally titled " The Celebrated Chop Waltz " ) as part of his concert for the Birds during the closing number of of " The Muppet Show " . The song had previously , and briefly , been performed by chickens in . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Sesame Seasons Sesame Seasons is a 64 - page book with stories , recipes and activities that celebrate holidays and seasons throughout the year . The " Sesame Street " gang enjoy such seasonal diversions as groundhog watching , Easter egg hunts and the Twiddlebug Flower Dance of spring , counting fireworks in July , dressing up as a cookie for Halloween , using Cookie Monster as a Thanksgiving centerpiece , and eating snow mixed with frozen juice ( from the kitchen of Betty Lou ) . The anthology format and use of multiple illustrators ( although all material was written by Linda Hayward ) recalls the various " Sesame Street Storybooks " . Three photos of the cast of the time ( including the Macy ' s Thanksgiving Day Parade float ) are included . It was reissued in 1989 under the title A Big Year on Sesame Street , with new cover art by Tom Leigh .
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev ( b . 1931 ) is a former Soviet statesman , having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 , and as the last head of state of the Soviet Union , having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991 . An altered photograph placing Kermit the Frog with Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev together hangs in Kermit ' s office in " The Muppets " .
Journey to Ernie Journey to Ernie is a recurring " Sesame Street " segment which focuses on Big Bird ' s hide - and - seek game with Ernie . It premiered in Season 33 and features the Muppet characters interacting with computer - animated backdrops . The format for the segment would change after its first season on the show . In the original format , Ernie hid inside a box with a striped pattern similar to that of his shirt and a rubber ducky . Big Bird had to locate Ernie ' s box , a task he usually accomplished after finding two other , similar boxes which did not contain Ernie . Big Bird ' s discovery of an incorrect box triggered a non - Ernie sketch or film while the revelation of the correct box launched a segment prominently featuring Ernie . In season 34 , the format was changed . The segments began with Ernie interrupting Big Bird ' s normal routine with a challenge to play the game . The animated environments in the new format are more fully realized than in the previous incarnation of the segment and Ernie no longer hides in a box . Big Bird now searches based on clues from Ernie , and the Two - Headed Monster appears regularly to offer some not - so - helpful advice . The new format also featured a closing song sung by Big Bird and Ernie at the end of every segment . " Journey to Ernie " started to appear less frequently in season 36 and was dropped the following season . According to the book " " , Matt Vogel performs Big Bird in all of these Journey to Ernie segments . Sequences from the Original Format ( 2002 ) . All of these sequences were repeated in other " Journey to Ernie " sketches during season 33 , in different sequence orders . With the exceptions of the introduction and closing , each sequence ended with Big Bird finding Ernie . These parts were edited from sketches that showed these sequences as the first and second sequences . See also . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Ice Cube O ' Shea Jackson ( b . 1969 ) , better known as Ice Cube , is an American hip hop artist , producer , director and actor . Known for his rhythmic and controversial lyrics , Ice Cube ' s early albums contributed to the rising mainstream popularity of gangsta rap . In film , he had a starring role in " Boyz n the Hood " ( with Cuba Gooding , Jr . and Laurence Fishburne ) before pursuing writing and directing . Ice Cube guest stars in " Sesame Street " season 45 , appearing in a Word of the Day segment with Elmo to demonstrate " astounding . " At one point , Cube magically turns himself into a literal Muppetized ice cube .
Blondie Blondie is an American comic strip created by Chic Young in 1930 and distributed by King Features Syndicate . The strip runs in more then 2 , 300 newspapers in 55 countries , and spawned a successful film series , and a radio program . The series has followed the adventures of Blondie from her earliest status as a single flapper girl ( Blondie Boopadoop ) through her romance with and marriage to Dagwood Bumstead in 1933 , in addition to featuring their children , friends , and now her own catering business . The strip was the inspiration for the Dagwood sandwich , modeled after Dagwood ' s impossibly tall sandwiches . References . The " Muppet Babies " episode " " contains several references to the strip . Baby Scooter attempts to draw " Blondie " on his computer , but he cannot get the mailman Mr . Beasley to look right . Baby Fozzie winds up placing Scooter himself in the program , as the mailman , but then as assorted other comic characters ( including Popeye and Little Orphan Annie ) . In the episode ' s song " The Sunday Funnies , " Baby Kermit and Baby Piggy take on the roles of Blondie and Dagwood . Still later , when the Babies imagine themselves in Baby Animal ' s mixed - up comic strip and wander through assorted strips , they encounter Dagwood himself ( in redubbed footage from the 1987 special " Blondie and Dagwood " , produced by Marvel Productions which also animated " Muppet Babies " ) . Dagwood runs out of his house , late for work as usual , and crashes into the babies . He says " Sorry , kids ! " before he realizes that they aren ' t his kids .
Die schönsten Geschichten ( 2014 ) Die schönsten Geschichten ( " The Best Stories " ) is a 2014 " Sesamstrasse " CD of stories , read by Robert Missler , the German voice of Grover . Product description . On the 40th Birthday Sesame Street In Sesame Street is always something going on : Samson is nursed back for his health , the Sesame Street friends go for a seaside trip , Grobi finds a friend to play with , Ernie and Bert experiment with chocolate . . . These and many other cheerful everyday stories from your Sesame Street Friends .
Elder of the Nertron Galactic Federation An Elder of the Nertron Galactric Federation accompanies High Elder Prissy in the " Aliens in the Family " episode " . " The nameless elder is rather diminutive , easily carried by Prissy , and has powers of flight . He ' s also attracted to Earth women , flirting with Sally and later with Tiffany Kendall . He picks up the latter ' s " valley " speak .
Where ' s Poppa ? Where ' s Poppa ? is a 1970 film comedy directed by Carl Reiner . The plot concerns a young man ( George Segal ) who falls in love , but finds his life problematized by his invalid mother . Hallucinations , courtroom attacks on the Vietnamese , and gorilla impersonation are also involved . In one scene , Mrs . Hocheiser ( Ruth Gordon ) is watching " Sesame Street " on television . No visuals are shown , but the song " Everybody Wash " and the surrounding dialogue between Ernie and Bert are heard in their entirety .
Carson Daly Carson Daly ( b . 1973 ) is a talk show host and DJ , best known for hosting MTV ' s " Total Request Live " from 1998 to 2003 , NBC ' s " Last Call with Carson Daly " from 2002 to the present and " The Voice " . Daly made a cameo appearance as himself in " It ' s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie " . He was caricatured in a " Sesame Street " spoof of " The Voice " for Season 43 . Joey Mazzarino ' s character list for his 2013 Daytime Emmy Awards nomination includes the Daly puppet , listed as " AM Carson Daly " .
James Mason James Mason ( 1909 - 1984 ) was a British actor who could project sophistication or suave menace , and starred in many classic films , including " Odd Man Out " ( 1946 ) , " A Star Is Born " ( 1954 ) , " 20 , 000 Leagues Under the Sea " ( 1954 ) , Alfred Hitchcock ' s " North by Northwest " ( 1959 ) , " Journey to the Center of the Earth " ( 1959 ) , " Lolita " ( 1962 ) and " Verdict " ( 1982 ) . In 1983 , he appeared in the " Sesame Street " special " Don ' t Eat the Pictures " , as a disembodied Egyptian demon .
Christopher Cuomo Christopher Cuomo ( b . 1970 ) is an Emmy award - winning journalist , is currently the anchor for ABC ' s " 20 / 20 " , and has been with ABC News since 1999 . Cuomo was news anchor of " Good Morning America " from 2006 to 2009 . He attended Sesame Workshop ' s 40th Anniversary Gala . He has also contributed to " 20 / 20 " , " Primetime Live " , and has appeared on " The Wayne Brady Show " , " The Tony Danza Show " , and " The Daily Show " .
Sherry Amott Sherry Amott lent her theater design and production expertise to the Henson Company throughout the 70s and 80s . She was among the many Muppet designers for " The Muppet Show " and " The Muppet Movie " , and worked at Jim Henson ' s Creature Shop on various characters for " The Dark Crystal " , " Labyrinth " , and " Dreamchild " . She was Head of Fabrication of Audrey II for the Frank Oz film " Little Shop of Horrors " . Amott worked on " Sesame Street " as well , creating Linda ' s pet dog Barkley and designing the outfits for the cover of the famous " Sesame Street Fever " LP , among other feats . After " Little Shop of Horrors " Amott married British filmmaker , director and editor John Tippey . Their son Jake was born in London in 1986 . Post - Henson she worked briefly as a children ' s and young adult librarian before moving to Cincinnati to work for Horizon Productions as a producer , and later , Creative Director . Her freelance work included character and costume design and fabrication for theatre , video and interactive projects . She co - produced and designed an interactive CD - ROM and website for artist January Marx Knoop . In 2007 Sherry Amott Tippey became Creative Director at Curtis , Incorporated , a Visual Communications firm in Cincinnati where she enjoys writing , producing , project management , multimedia production and web design . Sherry sings with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Chorale , BACHorale , October Festival Choir , and Voices of Freedom . Jake is lead guitar , singer and songwriter for The Frankl Project . Recent photos of The Frankl Project opening Riotfest at the House of Blues in Chicago are posted here . External links . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
The Word Family Song " The Word Family Song " is a " Sesame Street " song about making simple rhyming words , that is usually sung by several people together . It has been used for a variety of ending sounds such as " op " , " an " , " at " , and " et " . A sample lyric as illustrated on this page is " You take an ' m ' that ' s ' mmm ' , and an o - p op . You put them all together and that spells mop ! " _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Loren Toolajian Loren Toolajian is a composer who has worked on " Sesame Street " projects , beginning with the " Sesame Beginnings " home video series in 2010 . Songs and score for other home videos followed ( such as " Elmo ' s Potty Time " ) , then the 2007 special " Elmo ' s Christmas Countdown " ( as music director ) . Beginning with season 43 , Toolajian began composing songs and cues for the show itself , including " Let ' s Find Out " ( the regular song in " Murray ' s Science Experiments " ) and even a music cue just for Baby David . He also plays piano as part of the show ' s in - house band . On stage , Toolajian has composed music for Bill Irwin ' s one - man off - Broadway show " Mr . Fox " . He composed the theme for HBO ' s " Def Poetry Jam " and music for various cable network promos and bumpers . Toolajian has also worked in radio broadcasting since the 1980s , including a stint as operations director of New York classical station WQXR . More recently , he conducts first intermission interviews during the Saturday Metropolitan Opera broadcasts and hosted Sirius XM Radio ' s " This Month at the Met " . Toolajian is a partner in Sandblast Productions , a sound design studio , with fellow " Sesame " colleagues Michael Ungar and sound mixer Ralph Kelsey . Sandblast did the sound mixing for " Abby ' s Flying Fairy School " .
Veronica Veronica Martin is a hard - nosed , stressed - out network executive for CDE who appears in the 2011 film " The Muppets " . Her full name is listed in the behind - the - scenes featurette on the Blu - ray . Veronica gets called on by , Gary , Mary and Walter to air the telethon to save Muppet Studios . She liked the Muppets ever since she was a little girl , but since she finds their sensibilities at odds with modern society ' s cynicism , she only agrees to air the telethon out of desperation to fill an otherwise blank two - hour timeslot .
The King ' s Nose The King ' s Nose is a " Sesame Street " story narrated by Maria . King Marvin the Magnificent ( The Amazing Mumford ) is agreed by everyone in the kingdom to be truly magnificent . One day , a young boy named Bruce ( Ernie ) decides to throw his pink rubber ball as far as he can . The ball goes through the palace window , hits the King on the nose , and sticks there . Everyone copies the King by placing a pink rubber ball on his own nose . . . except Bruce , who comes into the palace to look for his own ball . Bruce says how silly everyone looks , including the King , who agrees when he sees himself in a mirror . Once Bruce takes the ball off the King ' s nose , the others take the balls off of their own noses . The King thanks Bruce for pointing out how silly everyone looked , and he gives Bruce back his ball , plus an extra one . He gives the remaining balls to his daughter , Princess Emily ( Cookie Monster ) , who eats them . Other residents of the kingdom are played by Bert , Sherlock Hemlock , Guy Smiley , Grover , Kermit the Frog , and Herry Monster . Book adaptation . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Leo Petersen Leo Petersen , also known as " Lejo " , is a puppeteer who produces his own inserts for " Sesamstraat " , the Dutch version of " Sesame Street " . Using only his bare hands and wooden eyes for puppets , the non - verbal " Lejo " shorts were first seen on " Sesamstraat " in 2003 . Lejo also appeared in the special " Open Huis in Sesamstraat " . The character he uses the most on Sesamstraat is a " finger puppet " named Mano . Besides his work for " Sesamstraat " , Leo Petersen has his own one man show , " Handywork " . External links . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Roger Storm Roger Storm ( b . 1956 ) , born Roger Gustav Herbert Storm , is a Swedish voice actor who voiced Statler and Fozzie in " Mupparnas Julsaga " ( " The Muppet Christmas Carol " ) and " Mupparna I Rymden " ( " Muppets from Space " ) . For Creature Shop - effects films , he was the Swedish Narrator in " George of the Jungle " and dubbed Frederick and others in " 101 Dalmatians " . Storm graduated from National Academy of Mime and Acting , Stockholm , in 1981 . He was hired by Åbo Svenska Teater , a Swedish speaking theater in Finland . From 1982 to 1989 , he was connected to Länsteatern in Örebro , Sweden . He has also performed on stage at the Helsingborgs city theater , Riksteatern , and the Tröndelag theater in Trondheim , Norway , and at other among others . Storm ' s TV and movie credits include " Vinnare och förlorare " , " Taurus " , " Kronprinsessan " and others . Active in dubbing since the 1980s , his dubbing credits include " Dumbo " ( the third Swedish dub of the movie , as various clowns ) , " Astérix et la surprise de César " , " Flubber " ( dubbing Raymond J . Barry ) , and " Over the Hedge " .
Vicki ( snake ) Vicki is a snake that Goggles and Blotch encounter in the pet store they have been kidnapped for in " Kermit ' s Swamp Years " . She tries to crush them both , but it turns out that Goggles has a secretion gland that makes her itchy . She resembles an emerald python . The puppet was originally used during " Shiver My Timbers " in " Muppet Treasure Island " . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Bottle Abby Cadabby is helped by a bottle when she falls into Wonderland in the 2008 direct - to - video special " Abby in Wonderland " . When she holds the bottle , she can grow smaller by saying words that rhyme with " drink " . She carries the bottle , and a cookie that helps her grow larger , as she journeys through Wonderland . The puppet resurfaced later ( with the same performer , but re - colored green ) in the " Elmo the Musical " segment , " Sea Captain the Musical . " _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _