Inside jokes (Sesame Street)

Sesame Street productions mentioning names of performers, employees, different productions, and other pieces of inside information.
==Sesame Street==
Street Scenes / Stories	Street Scenes / Stories 	Street Scenes / Stories	Street Scenes / Stories
Picture 	Description 	 	
 	Episode 0110
Gordon tunes his radio to station WJOE, in reference to music director Joe Raposo. 	 	
 	Episode 0249
Oscar's competition in a local election is named Mr. Kingsley. 	 	
 	Episode 0293
One of the letters Molly counts out during scene 7 is addressed to a Mr. "Nat Mongoio." 	 	
 	Episode 0308
Molly displays a letter written to Dulcy Singer, care of "Children's TV Workshop." 	 	
 	Episode 0521
During his Alphabet Show, Big Bird periodically calls out to "Danny" to provide music cues. 	 	
 	Episode 0616
Oscar disguises himself as "Officer Cooney" and "Dr. Ganz," both in reference to Joan Ganz Cooney. 	 	
 	Episode 0634
David reads a copy of the November 1973 edition of Sesame Street Magazine during the first scene. 	 	
 	Episode 0635
A child is seen with the same issue of Sesame Street Magazine from the previous episode. 	 	
 	Episode 0642
Big Bird shows the number 9 by spinning around nine times. He adds, "You'll really be able to call me a spinney." 	 	
 	Episode 0709
Susan leaves to go to Bailey's Garage to get a bumper jack. 	 	
 	Episode 0899
During a game of "Guess Who?" Count von Count rattles off various names in order to keep counting wrong guesses. Among those named are Norman Stiles. 	 	
 	Episode 1008
Farley tells Olivia about a mean trick he played on his friend, Jerry, where he ran away and hid when he saw him coming. 	 	
 	Episode 1022
Oscar attempts to write various jingles to enter for a contest held by Myhrum's maple syrup. 	 	
 	Episode 1030
Big Bird mentions to Buffy that Ms. Squires is doing a poetry reading at the library. 	 	
 	Episode 1069
After David's grandmother Grace greets Oscar grouchily, he calls her a "regular ol' picklepuss" in reference to one of Caroll Spinney's own (then) non-Muppet characters. 	 	
 	Episode 1090
The airplane pilot whom Big Bird chats with turns out to be named Cooney, as he reveals in his intercom announcement. 	 	
 	Episode 1153
Luis receives a delivery of a sewing machine at the Fix-It Shop for Mr. Geiss. 	 	
 	Episode 1156
Big Bird imagines telling his friends lies in order to get to the front of a line. He tells Susan that she's getting a call from her cousin in Paw Paw, a reference to Loretta Long's hometown of Paw Paw, Michigan. The same place is referenced in Episode 1444 as where she and Gordon first met. 	 	
 	Episode 1171
Big Bird names his dolls Emily and Dulcy. 	 	
 	Episode 1224 and others
Several actual copies of Sesame Street Magazine, The Electric Company Magazine, and Sesame Street coloring books have been seen at the Day Care Center. Examples include a copy of The Sesame Street Block Party coloring book in episodes 1224 and 1342, and of Sesame Street Magazine in Episode 1358. In several episodes, the Magnetic Muppets board can also be seen. 	 	
 	Episode 1226
Big Bird befriends two birds who fly in from Denver named Emily and Dulcy. 	 	
 	Episode 1257
Olivia asks Telly Monster to name some M words. He instead lists some TV shows that start with M. Included in his list is "Muppet Show." 	 	
 	Episode 1292
A girl is seen wearing a Sesame Street rain poncho depicting Big Bird, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Bert during David's song. 	 	
 	Episode 1293
One of the pigeons that Bert checks on is named Sonia. 	 	
 	Episode 1311
The WORM-TV camerman is named Richie, named after the show's own cameraman Richard King. 	 	
 	Episode 1361
Big Bird prepares Di Napoli-brand spaghetti for Mr. Snuffleupagus. 	 	
 	Episode 1414
Dulcy Singer's name appears as a part of the return address on an envelope. 	 	
 	Episode 1446
The names Big Bird lists when he sings "What's Your Name" include two producers, the director, and five writers from Season 12: "Lisa, Jon, or Dulcy; Emily or Ray; Judy, Sara, Norman." 	 	
 	Episode 1535
As Oscar wishes each of his pets a good night, two of them are named Polly and Kate, named after Jon Stone's daughters. 	 	
 	Episode 1537
Big Bird takes a peek at the law book David's been studying, observing a portion involving the case of Myhrum vs. Stone. 	 	
 	Episode 1573
Maria dictates a letter to David, telling him to write, "... and send my love to Caroll, Jon, and Dulcy." 	 	
 	Episode 1617
Oscar's WORM-TV Weather Report is recorded by a Grouch cameraman named Jerry (named after the show's own cameraman, Jerry Gruen). 	 	
 	Episode 1623
While watching a home movie about penguins, Zero mentions that one of them is his brother Adam, a reference to the sibling of Zero's puppeteer Richard Hunt. 	 	
 	Episode 1650
As the various citizens gather to potentially meet Mr. Snuffleupagus, Willy instead refers to him as the "Galopogus." The Galopogus was the original name of the Snuffleupagus in early scripts featuring the character.scripts for Episode 0278, 0291 and 0293 	 	
 	Episode 1655
When Bob and Big Bird sing "The Phone Book Alphabet", they mention the names Epstein, Napoli, Myhrum, Singer, and Stone. 	 	
 	Episode 1708
Most of the names yelled out during the mail call are the same as the Sesame Street staff, including Lisa Simon, Joan Ganz Cooney, Emily Squires, Ozzie Alfonso, Dulcy Singer, Janet Shapiro (researcher from seasons 10-13), Jon Stone, Thelma Moses, Al Hyslop, and Jeff Moss. 	 	
 	Episode 1710
The Echo Rock award for best letter writer went to a kid named Norman Stiles. Al Hyslop also receives "most organized" and Joseph A. Bailey gets "best nutrition." 	 	
 	Episode 1738
While listening to Mr. Snuffleupagus practice his dancing, Mr. Macintosh recalls doing the travelling soft-shoe step with "Snooky" in vaudeville. 	 	
 	Episode 1742
One of the bears in the Count's story is named Dulcy. 	 	
 	Episode 1777
The name "Dulcy" is seen in the window of a flower shop. 	 	
 	Episode 1805
One of the addresses near Sesame Street on Snuffy's map is "Norman St." 	 	
 	Episode 1815
Maria mentions her friend Dulcy. 	 	
 	Episode 1825
When pretending to be a grown-up, Big Bird claims he's from Acton, Massachusetts (in reference to performer Caroll Spinney's native town). 	 	
 	Episode 1840
One of the things that Forgetful Jones has written down to remember later is "Closter, New Jersey" - the childhood home of Forgetful's performer, Richard Hunt. 	 	
 	Episode 1863
The Two-Headed Monster ends the episode (a la Jimmy Durante) with, "Good night, Joan, wherever you are!" referring to show creator Joan Ganz Cooney. 	 	
 	Episode 1873
Telly places an order for bananas at Hooper's Store using the names of his friends - Lisa, Dulcy, Norman, Cher, Arlene, Danny, Joe and Emily. 	 	
 	Episode 1940
One of the photos Olivia has on hand in her studio is of Jon Stone. 	 	
 	Episode 1946
Forgetful Jones addresses Maria as Sonia. 	 	
 	Episode 1997
Luis' teenage helper tends to a call from a Mr. Stiles. 	 	
 	Episode 2004
Forgetful Jones refers to Olivia as Alaina in the episode's script (in the taped version, he calls her Tanya). 	 	
 	Episode 2190
At the end of the episode, Elmo decides to change the name of the plant he's been calling "Mrs. Ferguson." He can't settle on a new name, and among his suggestions are Polly and Kate (in reference to Jon Stone's daughters). 	 	
 	Episode 2199
A copy of The Sesame Street Storybook can be seen on the shelf in the library as Telly and Micki look for a book. 	 	
 	Episode 2332
Maria has to make a call to Ms. Singer. 	 	
 	Episode 2336
Bob, Luis, Olivia, Elmo, and the kids sing variations of nursery rhymes. Elmo emphasizes that he wants to sing about "Little Miss Muppet" as opposed to "Little Miss Muffet." 	 	
 	Episode 2304
Olivia performs at Birdland. At one point, a bird named "Tooter" knocks on her dressing room door and points out she has "five minutes to curtain." 	 	
 	Episode 2342
Big Bird refers to a group of kids wrapping a present for Granny Bird as a "wrap party." In media terms, a wrap party is the celebration by the crew when completing a movie or TV production; in this case, it's in reference to this being the final episode of season 18 to be taped. 	 	
 	Episode 2600
After Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus both announce the standard sign-off "Sesame Street is a production of Children's Television Workshop," Snuffy asks, "What is that, Bird?", to which Big Bird replies, "Well I know Joan is one of them." 	 	
 	Episode 2697
Luis gets a call at the Fix-It Shop from someone trying to reach the "DiNapoli Pizza Parlor." 	 	
 	Episode 2718
Oscar and some Grouches imagine what Grouch poet writer Henry Wadsworth Wrongfellow must look like, having never seen him before. Oscar pictures him with a beard to hold his pencils in, a trait associated with Jon Stone. 	 	
 	Episode 2942
The credits of As the Worm Turns features spoof names of the actual Sesame Street production staff, including Inchy Slinger (Dulcy Singer), Misa Slimon (Lisa Simon), Sluggo Stone (Jon Stone), Grub Geiss (Tony Geiss), Planeria Di Crapoli (Victor DiNapoli), Catter Pillips (Bob Phillips) and Mikey Maggotuso (Mike Pantuso). 	 	
 	Episode 2942
During a flashback, it is revealed that Mr. Handford's first name is Langston. While it was later changed to David in Episode 3583, both are references to David L. Smyrl, the actor who played Mr. Handford. 	 	
 	Episode 2984
A Muppet motorist asks directions to "Grisha Gardens." The name references wardrobe supervisor Grisha Mynova, and the motorist is a caricature of Mynova. 	 	
 	Episode 3059
In the cold open, Oscar sets up the two letter sponsors of the day. When he realizes the number of the day hasn't visually appeared, he alerts Ralph to the mistake (referencing Ralph Mensch, the series' technical director). 	 	
 	Episode 3097
Telly's cast is seen with signatures from "Marty" and "Pam." 	 	
 	Episode 3122
Super Nanny (Penny Pipkins) completely cleans Oscar's trash can, still not knowing anything about Grouches and their very different lifestyle. Looking inside his nice, shiny clean trash can, Oscar laments, "Oh, look at that! 24 years of dirt destroyed! How will I ever get it that messy again?!" 	 	
 	Episode 3171
Norman addresses the Marlon Brando-esque stone as "Mr. Stone." The stone informs him to call him "Jon." 	 	
 	Episode 3266
One of the names in the Tooth Fairy's address book is Pam Liu, in reference to one of the production assistants at the time. 	 	
 	Episode 3344
The Pig, commenting over a film of pigs, calls out two of his relatives, Polly and Kate (named after Jon Stone's daughters). 	 	
 	Episode 3376
A bus ad advertises "Kalvin Clash: The Scent of a Man", a spoof of Calvin Klein products. 	 	
 	Episode 3395
Ernestine the Telephone Operator serves as the operator for the Furry Arms Hotel. She responds to one caller, telling her today's sponsors and mentioning how the show is a production of the Children's Television Workshop. She adds, "I think you should know that by now, Ms. Cooney." 	 	
 	Episode 3453
Baby Bear tries to come up with a new name for himself. He proposes "Dave," "Marty," "Norman," "Laurent," and "Jon." 	 	
 	Episode 3501
In the library, one patron is seen with a copy of The Sesame Street Book & Record. 	 	
 	Episode 3510
The newspaper article Maria refers to during scene 1 is credited to reporter Sonia Manzano, who not only plays Maria but also wrote this episode. 	 	
 	Episode 3518
When Bob turns down Renata Scotty's job offer, he tells her, "I know a great piano player, a dog by the name of Rowlf. If you'd like me to give him a call, I'd be glad to do it." Ms. Scotty replies, "A dog called Rowlf? Well thank ya, laddie. That'd be very kind of ya!" 	 	
 	Episode 3564
When the Cuckoos move into Big Bird's nest, among their decor is a photo of Nicky Napoleon and His Emperor Penguins. 	 	
 	Episode 3615
The newspaper ad for the film Moving to Cleveland features the names of Pete Ortiz, Victor DiNapoli, Bob Phillips, and Mike Pantuso. 	 	
 	Episode 3749
Big Bird tries to answer Snuffy's question as to what his aunt's last name is. One of his guesses is "Robinson." 	 	
 	Episode 3774
When planning a party for Ruthie's birthday, Maria volunteers to get a cake from Mazzarino's Bakery. 	 	
 	Episode 3852
Baby Bear and Telly think up various names to give Little Murray Sparkles; among the many ideas Baby Bear names is "Epstein." 	 	
 	Episode 3964
Using the Letter of the Day, K, Elmo decides to become "King Kevin." 	 	
 	Episode 3970
Rosita and Baby Bear find the spinning part of a pinwheel. As they try to think of what it could be, Baby Bear puts it on his neck, thinking it may be a bow tie, and says, "Wocka Wocka," Fozzie Bear's catchphrase. 	 	
 	Episode 3982
Hooper's Store runs out of cookies for Cookie Monster. Alan offers him some rice cakes instead (rice cakes being what the show's prop makers occasionally used for cookies on the show). 	 	
 	Episode 3994
Bob keeps photos of Joe Raposo and Mike Renzi atop his piano. 	 	
 	Episode 4048
Baby Bear walks along Sesame Street reciting a grocery list: "A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter." Later, in Episode 4119, Gordon is buying the same items at Hooper's Store. 	 	
 	Episode 4054
Papa Bear reads from a book of bear names when trying to come up with a name for their new baby. One of those listed is Fozzie, which Baby Bear calls a terrible name for a bear. 	 	
 	The Street We Live On is essentially a one-hour self-referential special made explicitly to showcase an inner examination of Sesame Street from Elmo's point of view. 	 	
 	Episode 4065
The postcard for Mr. Square reads, "Greetings from Astoria," the location of the studios where Sesame Street is recorded. 	 	
 	Episode 4117
Maria fixes a toaster belonging to Frank Oz. She was previously seen with it in Episode 4111 in a scene with Cookie Monster. 	 	
 	Episode 4125
The crew for The Alphabet Road Show includes a cameraman named Frankie and a slate operator named Fran.Additionally, the drummer in Old MacDonald's All-Piggy Alphabet Band is named Danny. 	 	
 	Episode 4136
One of the "Help Wanted" ads is from the V. D. Design Department. 	 	
 	Episode 4138
A red toaster that Maria was going to work on belongs to Matt Vogel. 	 	
 	Episode 4173
In Abby's fantasy, Prince Oscar bids farewell to a subject named Eric, then tells him to give his regards to Mary (Jacobson). 	 	
 	Episode 4175
A trio of Lackawanna Ladybugs are seen having a picnic and singing the classic song. 	 	
 	Season 40 features at least one hidden gem in every episode. 	 	
 	Episode 4203
Stickers on Slimey's racecar read "Weber," "Carter," "Mazz-A-Rino," and "Clash Automotive." 	 	
 	Episode 4217
Maria finds Mrs. Mazzarino's cat outside her window. The cat is named "Segi", Mazzarino's adopted daughter's name. 	 	
 	Episode 4270
Alfie Bet's copy of the Sesame Street Daily features pictures of Gordon Price, Geri Cole, and Frank Biondo. 	 	
 	Episode 4305
The localized Spanish version of "EXTRA Sesame Street" is renamed "EXTRA Plaza Sésamo." 	 	
 	Episode 4411
The Noble Prize for Counting awarded to the Count features an image of Jerry Nelson on it. 	 	
 	Episode 4608
Elmo's book, When Dinosaurs Walked on Sesame Street, is shown to be written by Annie Evans and illustrated by Rickey Boyd. 	 	
 	Episode 4811
Elmo is seen reading a book, To Infinity And Biondo. 	 	
 	Episode 4911
Seen in the Sesame Street library's biography section is Caroll Spinney: A Biography by D. J. Gilroy. 	 	
 	Episode 4919
Barkley is depicted on the emblem of Grover's dog walker hat and outfit. 	 	
 	Episode 4930
The baby camel is named Gerhardt, after Peter Linz's father. 	 	
 	Episode 5029
Oscar's television plays flashes of classic Sesame Street clips, including the "Play to Grow" intro, Don Music's "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," a baker serving root beer floats, Billy Jo Jive, Lefty and the Golden AN, the Sesame Street News Flash logo, "Roosevelt Franklin Counts," "It's Funny," the Mad Painter, a sketch with Luis and Bob, a scene of Molly (from Episode 0344), and Anything Muppets cheering for the number four. In a deleted scene, the TV set shows clips of an "I've Got a Mind" cartoon, Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Africa, Donnie Budd, Joe Raposo in a film insert, and the D - Dart cartoon.	 	
 	Episode 5101
A gated door behind Big Bird's nest is shown to be installed by "MacLean Co." 	 	
 	Episode 5125
Charlie mentions her school teacher Ms. Cooney, and Elmo, Zoe, and Rudy's teacher is named Mr. Morrisett (named after Lloyd Morrisett). 	 	
 	Episode 5221
Alan's napkin features an image of Mr. Hooper. 	 	
 	Episode 5330
One of the community garden fenceposts is decorated with the likeness of Benjamin Lehmann. 	 	
Muppet segments 	Muppet segments 	Muppet segments 	Muppet segments
Picture 	Description 	 	
 	In an Ernie and Bert sketch, Ernie briefly sings "Go U Northwestern," the fight song to Jim Henson's high school, Northwestern High School in Maryland. 	 	
 	The names in the song "J Friends" are also the names of people behind the scenes: Joe (Raposo), Jane (Henson), Jim (Henson) and Joan (Ganz Cooney). 	 	
 	In a sketch about the Princess and the Cookie, Kermit calls to Jon to get a tight shot of the cookie being placed under the mattress. 	 	
 	In various editions of Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School, written on the blackboard is "JON + BEV." 	 	
 	There are a number of scenes where a framed picture of Joe Raposo is used as decoration. Most notably, it hangs on the wall in Don Music's apartment (and sits atop his piano in Episode 1729), and in the home video Count it Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street, Count von Count has a picture of Joe Raposo on top of his television. In Episode 3994, Bob has two picture frames of Joe Raposo and Mike Renzi on his piano. A sketch that takes place in Manny's Casting Office with a tiger and a banana features a photo of Joe Raposo on the wall.	 	
 	A segment where the letter N talks about what words it starts ends with it telling viewers not to be noisy at night. During this scene, kids are shown putting away copies of The Sesame Street Book of People and Things and The Sesame Street Book of Puzzlers. 	 	
 	A sketch with a lavender Anything Muppet, a set of teeth and a brush features a framed photo of Miss Piggy on the wall. Another sketch taking place in the old west features the same photo on the wall. 	 	
 	A little Anything Muppet boy appearing in the game show "What Is It?" is named "Little Sammy Pottle" (named after composer Sam Pottle). 	 	
 	In Sesame Street News Flash: Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, the Old Woman tells Heather and Johnny not to fight; Brian, Lisa and Cheryl not to watch too much television; and Polly and Kate to go to bed when the frog says. The first five children named hold the same first names as Jim and Jane Henson's five children, and Polly and Kate are named after Jon Stone's children. 	 	
 	Similarly, in an Alphabet Chat sketch about the letter O, Jon Stone's name appears on the clapboard as director. The Pumpkin man with the clapper board then calls up to "Jon" to focus the camera shot on the fire, and also earlier calls to "George" (a reference to lighting director George Riesenberger) to dim the lights. 	 	
 	Don Music attempts his own remake of the "Sesame Street Theme Song." 	 	
 	In "The Addition Game", Guy Smiley introduces a contestant as Mrs. Frances Oznowitz, a Lavender AM woman. 	 	
 	At the beginning of "The Ten Commandments of Health," an alert for Dr. Stone is heard over the loudspeaker. A similar occurrence happens during the hospital scenes in Episode 2002. 	 	
 	Chet O'Brien's former vaudeville team of himself and his brother Mortimer - Chet and Snooks - were referenced in a few sketches. A pair of Anything Muppets play the pair in a Don Music sketch, two cowpokes share their names in an Old West sketch, and two of the Three Little Pigs are named after them in a sketch with Kermit. 	 	
 	A cartoon depicts the life cycle of a frog: from an egg to a tadpole, and into adulthood. At the close of the short, the frog shouts, "Hey, Kermit!" 	 	
 	In the Monsterpiece Theater sketch "Upstairs, Downstairs," a picture of Dr. Teeth can be seen on the wall. 	 	
 	At the beginning of the Detective Grover sketch, photos of Dr. Teeth and Roosevelt Franklin's Mother can be seen by the bookshelf. 	 	
 	In an American Express ad spoof with Bert and Ernie, an Anything Muppet director takes Gordon off set for lunch while also acknowledging crew member Dulcy. 	 	
 	Ernie brings home a puppy; Bert suggests calling it Jim, or Norman. 	 	
 	Sesame Street News Flash: Old MacDonald's Spaceship: Kermit begins the sketch by talking to a pig on the farm. "You remind me of somebody, I just can't figure out who." 	 	
 	Kermit cries, "Dulcy, we got the wrong Dwarves again!" in a Sesame Street News Flash sketch. 	 	
 	In the skit "Numberella," party guests can be heard using the words "rev" and "flooper." Both of these words are Doozer slang. 	 	
 	Ernie displays what trees will be wearing each season in a fashion show sketch. His two summer models are named Caroll and Debbie (Spinney). 	 	
 	In "Alone in a Swamp", Oscar and Grundgetta pass a sunken boat named "Ol' Victor D." 	 	
 	When Kermit directed Forgetful Jones in "Oklahoma!," Frank Biondo's name appears as the cameraman on the clapboard. 	 	
 	The chef at O'Brien's Fast Food is named "Chet." 	 	
 	A segment from William Wegman dresses Fay Ray up in a series of animal costumes. One outfit meant to depict a frog prompts the kids in voiceover to dub her Kermit the Dog. 	 	
 	In a season 21 sketch, Guy Smiley takes his audience to lunch at "Chez Normie," restaurant of the semi-stars. Among their clientele are Mr. O'Brien and Ms. Simon. 	 	
 	At the end of "Eight Balls of Fur," after Little Chrissy destroys his piano, he calls offscreen "Hey, Nat! Bring in the next piano, will ya?" (a reference to set decorator Nat Mongioi). 	 	
 	On their way to Earth, The Martians encounter three "pigs in space" wearing spacesuits. 	 	
 	The movie crew featured in the Season 23 "Singin' in the Rain" sketch are based on the show's own production crew. Muppet caricatures include Chet O'Brien as the slate holder and Grisha Mynova as the wardrobe woman. The cameraman is named after Dave Driscoll. 	 	
 	In an edition of "The Adventures of Prairie Dawn" where Prairie saves energy, the ending of her TV show features the audio from the ending scene of episode 2991. 	 	
 	In the Colambo sketch "The Great Plum Plunder," the title appears on a newspaper headline. The byline for the article is listed as "J. Mazzarino", the writer (and lead performer) of the sketch. 	 	
 	In "Save Your Energy for Me," a photo of Bert and Dulcy Singer is seen on a young girl's wall. 	 	
 	Several segments during season 25 namedrop Jon Stone during dialogue. In one sketch, Cookie Monster refers to a cookie as "Little Johnny"; the moniker is also given to the titular "Gingerbread Man" in Cookie's song. Grover refers to a working establishment as "Jon's Bakery," while another sketch has Mr. Johnson comment how he wishes he could've dined with Jon. Many of these occurrences were Frank Oz's attempts to insert Stone's name into every segment during the taping session that day.The Barretta Brothers: Ep #29 Louis Henry Mitchell 	 	
 	The segment "Worms in Space" featured a voice-over introduced by Jerry Nelson in the same way he used to introduce "Pigs in Space" on The Muppet Show. 	 	
 	In Elmo's World: Bugs, Elmo says a ladybug is going to be late for the ladybugs' picnic. 	 	
 	In a sketch, Elmo introduces kids talking about their imaginary friends. Elmo presents his own imaginary friend, Shannon (named after Kevin Clash's own daughter). 	 	
 	The Count's cue for his musicians to start playing the "Number of the Day Waltz" is "Hit it, Mike!", referring to then-current Sesame Street music director Mike Renzi. 	 	
 	In a season 36 insert, Action Elephant is interrupting Maria from reading her book entitled, The Monsters of Venice. 	 	
 	At the end of Elmo's World: Skin, a chameleon asks Elmo if he can play "Rainbow Connection" on his piano. 	 	
 	The models in the "Meal or No Meal" sketch are named after various Muppeteers, including Joey, Erica, Carmen, Leslie and Paula. 	 	
 	In a season 38 insert, Baby Bear sings the chorus of "I in the Sky" under his breath as he draws a capital I. 	 	
 	In the "Super K Cereal" commercial, the cereal box shows it's under the "Kingsley's" brand. 	 	
 	In "President Elmo the Musical," the penguin and chicken team images seen on the scoreboard are based on the models used for The Muppet Show and subsequent productions. 	 	
 	In a spoof of Downton Abbey, "Upside Downton Abbey," photos seen on the wall feature Harvey Kneeslapper and Prince Pedro. 	 	
 	In "Prince Elmo the Musical," Elmo's castle is modeled after that of The King of Eight. 	 	
 	A statue of Mr. Johnson appears in the park in "Repair Monster the Musical." Also seen in the segment is a coffee cup from the "Coffee Plant" sketch. 	 	
 	In the "Cookie's Crumby Pictures" segment, "Les Mousserables," a statue of Mr. Snuffleupagus appears during one sequence, replacing the Elephant of the Bastille. 	 	
 	In the "Lord of the Crumbs" segment of "Cookies Crumby Pictures," a statue of A. B. C-more is seen in the background. 	 	
 	A wedding invitation from the "Cookie's Crumby Pictures" segment "Twilight: Breaking Cookie" lists the ceremony being held at Ward Boulevard. 	 	
 	In the "Furry Potter and the Goblet of Cookies" segment of "Cookies Crumby Pictures," some school flags depict images of Sammy the Snake, Chicago the Lion and Little Bird. On the walls are also portraits of Herry Monster, the Amazing Mumford and the Witch from Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree. Additionally, Elmo and Abby are depicted as statues and The Dragon is used as stone heads. 	 	
 	In a "Super Grover 2.0" sketch, hanging on the wall of a pineapple's art studio are a painting of the Operatic Orange (from the 1971 animated segment) and a painting of a loaf of bread, container of milk and a stick of butter. Mr. Noodle is also depicted in a "Son of Man" spoof. 	 	
 	The opening theme to "Orange is the New Snack" features close-ups of several characters from various Sesame Street co-productions, including Putri, Chamki, Griotte, Dr. Ruster and Tuktuki. 	 	
Films 	Films 	Films 	Films
Picture 	Description 	 	
 	A film about a quarter features several Sesame Street dolls and one Baby Kermit doll in a girl's room. 	 	
 	A film about a little girl and her dog, Puck features a Bert soft doll and a Holiday Huggable Fozzie doll in the girl's room. 	 	
 	"Ladybugs' Picnic" briefly plays on a tape player in the Jane Tuesday segment "The Case of the Letter L." 	 	
==Movies==
===Follow That Bird===
Picture	Description
 	The plane Big Bird takes to Oceanview, IL is announced by the airline employee as CTW (Children's Television Workshop) 1138.
 	During the credit crawl at the end of the film, the Count refers to Joan Ganz Cooney as "Mom," a reference to Cooney's role as co-founder of The Children's Television Workshop.
===The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland===
Picture	Description
 	In The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, two Fraggle Rock books can be seen on Elmo's shelf: What's a Fraggle? and Traveling Matt's Adventures in Outer Space.
==Specials and Home Videos==
Picture	Description
 	In the special Out to Lunch, Grover Knover's motorcycle features the Henson Associates logo on it.
 	In Rock & Roll!, six Sesame Street VHS tapes can be seen on the shelves in Jackman Wolf's studio: Monster Hits!, I Want to Go Home!, Count it Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street, The Best of Ernie and Bert, Don't Eat the Pictures and Sing Yourself Silly!
 	In The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street, Grover mentions that among the people Kermit would like to thank for his award is "someone called Jim."
 	In the resource video For Me, For You, For Later and a season 42 episode, Mr. Hooper's image is depicted on the dollar bills in place of George Washington.
 	In the 2012 video Elmo's Alphabet Challenge, the background during the Just Dance spoof is based on one from the Pinball Number Count series.
 	In The Cookie Thief, the ladybugs from "Ladybug's Picnic" are rendered in a painting. Other paintings feature likenesses of Harvey Monster, Kermit the Forg, Mr. Noodle ("Man with Cookie") and Ernie and Bert (in "The Cream").
 	In When You Wish Upon a Pickle, a store seen during the opening credits features many throwback items, including one of the King of Eight's knights, the clock from "Pinball Number Count," the Typewriter, the letter B portrait from the Beetles' "Letter B," a sign of the Sesame Street News Flash logo, a striped barrel from Big Bird's nest, an LP of Bob Sings! and a rug based on the "Geometry of Circles" animation.
==Sesame Beginnings==
Picture	Description
 	In Moving Together during "Buggy Baby Boogie," a framed picture of Ethel Mermaid is used as a decorative in Cookie Monster's Grandma's house.
 	In Make Music Together during "Swing Baby Swing," Louie has two framed pictures of the two Alphabeats on his shelf.
==Storybooks==
Picture 	Description
 	In The Sesame Street Storybook, Jim Henson and Frank Oz are pictured in the upstairs windows of 123 Sesame Street in the frontispiece. Michael Frith is also pictured in a poster on the wall.
 	In The Sesame Street Storybook, a poster is seen advertising "Elma and Jerry's Fine Cookies." This is a reference to Random House's Vice President of Children's Publishing Jerry Harrison and his assistant Elma Otto.
 	In The Sesame Street Storybook, a poster reads "Elect Theon Banks," Michael Frith's assistant at the time at the Jim Henson Company.
center250px|center	In The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Kermit Love, and Michael Frith are pictured in the audience of the circus.
 	In the book The Exciting Adventures of Super Grover, during the scene where they put on the play of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Bert wears a bear costume that somewhat resembles Fozzie Bear, complete with orange fur and a porkpie hat.
 	A freight ship in Sesame Stories is named the S.S. Lerner.
 	Sharon Lerner is caricatured in The Sesame Street Dictionary under the entry for "unusual."
 	In the storybook Don't Forget the Oatmeal! there is an issue of Sesame Street Magazine with Bert and Ernie on the cover, as Bert and Ernie are checking out. Among the other magazines is an issue of "Stars" with Miss Piggy on the cover. Rubber Duckie can also be seen on the cover of a box of "Rub-A-Dub" soap pads in the grocery store.
center 	In the 1983 storybook People in Your Neighborhood, Mr. Hooper is seen selling copies of Sesame Street Magazine at Hooper's Store.
 	A movie theater in Big Bird's Big Book is seen playing Follow That Monster.
 	In the storybook A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital, illustrator Joe Mathieu uses a self-caricature for the character of Dr. Keats.
 	In the book We're Different, We're the Same, Mathieu again inserts himself into a crowd of characters.
==Sesame Street comics==
Picture	Description
 	"Issue #1: Little Castle Built By Prairie"
Prairie Dawn is seen playing with dolls of The King of Eight and his jester. Her cardboard castle is topped with an "8" flag.
 	"Issue #1: The Count Counts"
The Count is seen by a car from "Nelson Motors" and a salesman resembling Jerry Nelson.
 	"Issue #3: Shadow of a Snout"
A Red Fraggle doll is used in a demonstration of shadows.
==Other==
Picture	Description
 	The "Rectangle" scene from the "Shapes, Colors, and Sizes" View-Master reel depicts Ernie with a set of Number Cards and a copy of Big Bird's Farm.
 	On the VHS cover of Bedtime Stories & Songs, Ernie reads a copy of The Sesame Street Players Present Mother Goose.
 	The "Elmo Wants to Play" reels from View-Master feature a scene where Elmo takes a baby photo album from a bookshelf. Among the other books are The Doozer Disaster, Good Knight, Sir Kermit, and The Sesame Street Players Present Mother Goose.
 	In a "Grovercize" segment in Kinect Sesame Street TV, one of the participants' wall features a clock based on the one seen in the Pinball Number Count segments. In a Letter R edition of "The Letter Tree" segment, a rabbit uses the magic words, "A la peanut butter sandwich!" to make himself disappear.
 	Among the custom-made products on the shelves of Hooper's Store are boxes of "Sonia's Toaster Brand Bread Crumbs."
 	The YouTube-released "Elmo's Christmas Dream" from 2014 featured an appearance of Sam the Robot as a small toy robot in Elmo's room, and flying past in their imagination.
 	The rehearsal room section of the set for Sesame Street: The Musical contains a number of items referencing past Sesame Street material. Images of the Typewriter, Ladybugs' Picnic, the Alligator King, and I Can Remember are pasted on the mirror. The Teeny Little Super Guy is on the table below. On the shelf above, Cecille, Rocco, and Mr. Hooper's picture are seen.
==The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo==
Picture	Description
 	In episode 107, Elmo asks for camera operator Frankie to get a tight shot of his picture.
==International Sesame Street==
===Galli Galli Sim Sim===
Picture	Description
 	Some Sesame Street coloring/activity books, including The Neighborhood Coloring Book (1976), can be seen in Khadoosa's cart.
===Shalom Sesame===
Picture	Description
 	In an animated segment of "Here Is Your Life" for an olive oil jug currently living in a museum (seen in the Chanukah episode), pictures from Ernie and Bert's trip to Egypt, Ernie and Bert as cavemen, and Cookie Monster as a king can be seen on the wall.
===Sesame English===
Picture	Description
 	In "Tingo the Superstar," the slate used by the characters on a film shoot lists "M. Gutierrez" on camera, named after one of the show's actual camera operators, Manny Gutierrez.
center 	In "Niki's Big Surprise," the airport announcement system is heard at one point saying, "Paging, Dr. Bernstein."
===Sesamstraat===
Picture	Description
 	Arjan Smit is wearing an unlicensed Animal T-shirt in several sketches.
===Sesamstrasse===
Picture	Description
 	A Sesamstrasse magazine comic (adapting a Spanish comic) establishes Die Muppets-Show to be Herry's favorite TV show.
 	Even long after moving away from Sesamstrasse in 2005, Tiffy apparently left her mark: Her name can be found in graffiti form on an electrical box on the sidewalk (as late as 2018).
 	In Folge 2824, Bert's book Tauben im Weltall ("Pigeons in Space") is an unmistakable reference to the recurring Muppet Show sketch Pigs in Space.
===Plaza Sésamo===
Picture	Description
 	In Episode 835, during Maria's song about hands, scenes of kids drawing are shown. Some kids are seen drawing Plaza Sésamo characters, including Kermit the Frog.
 	In Episode 885, Pancho's radio studio is covered with various posters featuring the Sesame Street characters and the book "Elmo's World: Music!".
 	In various episodes, official Plaza Sésamo party supplies are seen being used by the characters.
 	Also in assorted episodes, a photo of Big Bird is used as a stamp on various letters and packages (including a letter sent to Abelardo by Big Bird himself).
 	In one episode, La Abuela reads "C is for Cooking: Recipes from the Street", but with a modified, Spanish cover.
 	Images of the Sesame Street characters are seen all over the plaza, such as on magazine covers, newspapers and posters.
 	In a healthy tip closing insert, Mauricio Barcelata and a parrot show Pancho pictures of people who keep their hair neat. A picture of Roosevelt Franklin is used.
 	In a 2009 episode, an image of the Swedish Chef appears on the cooking section of Pancho's newspaper (but with eyes drawn in with marker).
===Sesame Tree===
Picture	Description
 	In "Beezer Broccoli Birthday Cake," Potto does an imitation of The Swedish Chef while making a broccoli cake -- complete with theme song hum and "Bork bork!"
==See also==
*Season 40 Hidden Gems
==Sources==
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