50 Years of Sunny Days

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days is a documentary special produced by Time Studios that aired on ABC on April 26, 2021.
The two-hour special examines the show's efforts to address social issues through its various outreach programs, with a particular focus on the newest characters Wes and Elijah. The documentary also features never-before-seen footage from the shelved episode on divorce.
==Interviewees==
in alphabetical order
* Zaid Baqaeen (Former Head Writer, Ahlan Simsim)
* W. Kamau Bell (Host, United Shades of America)
* Jeanette Betancourt
* Jill Biden
* Andrea Delbanco (Editorial Director, Time for Kids)
* Gloria Estefan
* Bradley Freeman Jr.
* Anthony Fauci
* Claudia and Makayla Galacia (viewers)
* Rocío Galarza (VP, US Social Impact)
* Whoopi Goldberg
* Sanjay Gupta
* Chris Thomas Hayes
* Hind Jaal (Puppeteer, Basma)
* Christopher Jackson
* Angelina Jolie (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Special Envoy)
* David Kamp (Author, Sunny Days)
* Cady Lang (Staff Writer, Time)
* John Legend
* Peter Linz
* Lucy Liu
* Nowar Mahayri (Puppeteer, Jad)
* Sonia Manzano
* Jelani Memory (Author, A Kids Book About Racism)
* David Miliband (CEO, International Rescue Committee)
* Louis Henry Mitchell
* Olivia Munn
* Alan Muraoka
* Omar, Alisa, and Macayla Norman (viewers)
* John Oliver
* Carmen Osbahr
* Rosie Perez
* Questlove
* Martin P. Robinson
* Shari Rosenfeld (SVP, International Social Impact)
* Marie-Louise Samuels (South Africa Department of Education)
* Kay Wilson Stallings (EVP, Creative & Production)
* Chrissy Teigen
* Rosemarie Truglio
* Nyanga Tshabalala
* Usher
* Jason Weber
* Sherrie Westin
* Stevie Wonder
* Ashmou Younge (Producer)
* Steve Youngwood (CEO, Sesame Workshop)
* Jamal Zaineddin and Samah Ahmad Rajab (Ahlan Simsim viewers)
==Concept art for Elijah's family==
NaomiWalker.jpg|NaomiWes's mother, Elijah's wife
SavannahWalker.jpg|SavannahWes's grandmother and Elijah's mother
==See also==
*Sesame Street: 50 Years & Still Sunny!
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