Season 42 (2011-2012)

Sesame Street's 42nd season began production on February 8, 2011,Evans, Annie. Sesame Family Robinson. Back to the Studio!. March 21, 2011. and wrapped May 20, 2011, with other inserts taped following that date. Half the street stories and select inserts for season 43 were shot during this time as well.Stephanie D'Abruzzo official site Episodes premiered on September 26, 2011.
==Overview==
The season continues to focus on the STEM curriculum; encouraging children to think critically about science, technology, engineering, and math. The curriculum helps children develop a better understanding of how things work and builds stronger cognitive reasoning, critical thinking, and problem solving skills.
One episode this season, written by Annie Evans, is titled "The Bubble Fest" and stars Telly, Abby, and Elmo.Evans, Annie. Sesame Family Robinson. Back to the Studio!. March 21, 2011. Ernie and Bert are featured in an episode in which they search for a place to spend the night when their apartment becomes flooded. When they stay at Gordon and Susan's, some sheep dance into the scene.Tough Pigs: Live from Sesame Street, Part 1: Childhood Icons and Dancing Sheep Another episode celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month features Gina and Rosita teaching Latino culture to Marco.Season 42 Press Release
A new "tune-in" segment, "Murray's Science Experiments," has Murray Monster ask a scientific question and sets up an experiment to find the best answer to his question. With help from Ovejita and some kids, Murray observes, investigates and discovers the answers to his questions. New segments of Super Grover 2.0@welcomemattv on Twitter and Abby's Flying Fairy School return from last season. What's the Word on the Street? and The Word of the Day also return with 26 new words.
The season features many new guest appearances. Grover appears in a segment with Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks.@amareisreal on Twitter, @amareisreal on Twitter, @sesamestreet on Twitter Other celebrities appearing include Craig Ferguson,@craigyferg on Twitter Jesse Tyler Ferguson,@jessetyler on Twitter Sofia Vergara,"Modern Family" Actress Sofia Vergara Visits Sesame Street Joel McHale,@joelmchale on Twitter and guests from The Daily Show . Broadway star Sutton Foster appears in a new song, "Lever Lover." In an insert, OK Go performs a song about mixing colors.OK Go and the Muppets: Best Callabo Ever?
==Parodies==
Among the spoofs this season are "Heaviest Catch" (parody of the TV show Deadliest Catch), "Ate My Red Two" (spoof of Elvis Costello's "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"), "Measure, Yeah, Measure" (parody of Justin Bieber's "Never Say Never"), "G" (parody of the TV show Glee), and "SpiderMonster the Musical" (spoof of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark).
==Episodes==
Episodes 4257 - 4300 (44 episodes)
*Episode 4257 -- Failure to Launch
*Episode 4258 -- Rocco's Boat
*Episode 4259 -- The Bubble Fest
*Episode 4260 -- Observe, Record, Annoy
*Episode 4261 -- The Shape-O-Bots
*Episode 4262 -- The Latinization of Marco
*Episode 4263 -- Humpty Dumpty's Big Break
*Episode 4264 -- Goodbye Pacifier
*Episode 4265 -- The Good Birds Club
*Episode 4266 -- The Big Bad Wolf Huffs and Puffs Slimey
*Episode 4267 -- Baby Bear's New Doll
*Episode 4268 -- Elmo and the Butterfly
*Episode 4269 -- Siblings
*Episode 4270 -- Letter "R" Mystery
*Episode 4271 -- Cast Iron Cooks
*Episode 4272 -- Getting Centered
*Episode 4273 -- A Prince of a Frog
*Episode 4274 -- Elmozilla
*Episode 4275 -- Super Maria
*Episode 4276 -- The Flood
*Episode 4277 -- Falling Leaves
*Episode 4278 -- The All Our Senses Club
*Episode 4279 -- What's in Big Bird's Nest
*Episode 4280 -- Rhyming Block
*Episode 4281 -- Furry Potter
*Episode 4282 -- Elmo Wants to Have a Ball
*Episode 4283 -- The Cowmonster Pair (repeat)
*Episode 4284 -- Abby's Tricycle (repeat)
*Episode 4285 -- Mary Mary Quite Contrary makes a garden (repeat)
*Episode 4286 -- Abby turns Chris and Baby Bear into bees (repeat)
*Episode 4287 -- The Rainbow Show (repeat)
*Episode 4288 -- Stinky's Annual Birthday Flower (repeat)
*Episode 4289 -- Wild Nature Survivor Guy visits Sesame Street (repeat)
*Episode 4290 -- Tribute to Number Seven (repeat)
*Episode 4291 -- The Prince and the Penguin (repeat)
*Episode 4292 -- Abby gets the Sparkle Speckle Fairy Freckles (repeat)
*Episode 4293 -- Chris and Elmo go camping (repeat)
*Episode 4294 -- Amphibian Show (repeat)
*Episode 4295 -- Big Bird considers moving (repeat)
*Episode 4296 -- Inspected By 4 (repeat)
*Episode 4297 -- Jack's big jump (repeat)
*Episode 4298 -- Wing in a Sling (repeat)
*Episode 4299 -- Squirmadega Car Race (repeat)
*Episode 4300 -- Jack Grows His Own Beanstalk (repeat)
==Notes==
*After this season and until Season 46, the long-running Elmo's World is replaced by Elmo the Musical.
==Characters==
:Abby Cadabby, The Amazing Mumford, Anything Muppets, Baby Bear, Bert, Big Bad Wolf, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Curly Bear, Elmo, Ernie, Goldilocks, Grover, Hansel and Gretel, Horatio the Elephant, Hubert the Human Cannonball, Humpty Dumpty, Mr. Johnson, Keith Heartburn, Little Bo Peep, Murray Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Ovejita, Pesties, Prairie Dawn, Rosita, Segi, Sheep, Slimey, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Stinky the Stinkweed, Telly Monster, The Three Little Pigs, Two-Headed Monster, Zoe
==Cast==
* Maria: Sonia Manzano
* Alan: Alan Muraoka
* Gordon: Roscoe Orman
* Gina: Alison Bartlett
* Luis: Emilio Delgado
* Bob: Bob McGrath
* Susan: Loretta Long
* Gabi: Desiree Casado
* Chris: Chris Knowings
* Leela: Nitya Vidyasagar
* Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar
;Muppets™ Of Sesame Street
:Pam Arciero, Jennifer Barnhart, Rickey Boyd, Fran Brill, Tyler Bunch, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Kevin Clash, Bruce Connelly, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Eric Jacobson, John Kennedy, Peter Linz, Jim Martin, Joey Mazzarino, Paul McGinnis, Jerry Nelson, Carmen Osbahr, Frank Oz, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Steve Whitmire, Bryant Young
==Guest stars==
* Adam Rodriguez
* Amar'e Stoudemire
* Amy Adams
* Andy Samberg
* Ballet Hispanico
* Bruno Mars
* Carmelo Anthony
* Conan O'Brien
* Craig Ferguson
* Drew Brees
* Elvis Costello	
* Emma Stone
* George Lopez
* Gustavo Dudamel
* James Marsden
* Jason Jones
* Jason Schwartzman
* Jay Sean
* Jerry O'Connell
* Jesse Tyler Ferguson
* Jimmy Kimmel
* Joel McHale	
* John Krasinski
* Johnny Galecki
* Juanes
* Ken Jeong
* Liev Schreiber
* Maria Menounos
* Mark Ruffalo
* Michelle Monaghan
* Mila Kunis
* Naomi Watts	
* Nicole Kidman
* OK Go
* Rico Rodriguez
* Robin Williams
* Samantha Bee
* Seth Rogen
* Sofia Vergara
* Sonia Sotomayor
* Sutton Foster
* The Harlem Globetrotters
* Sara Sweetman appears in "Murray's Science Experiments" segments.
==Credits==
*Executive Producer: Carol-Lynn Parente
*Co-Executive Producer: Kevin Clash
*Coordinating Producer: April Coleman
*Senior Producer: Tim Carter
*Line Producer: Stephanie Longardo
*Producers: Melissa Dino, Benjamin Lehmann
*Directors: Kevin Clash, Ken Diego, Moses Edinborough, Jim Martin, Joey Mazzarino, Scott Preston, Lisa Simon, Matt Vogel, Nadine Zylstra
*Head Writer: Joey Mazzarino
*Writers: Molly Boylan, Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Judy Freudberg, Sonia Manzano (uncredited),Manzano wrote a segment guest starring Sonia Sotomayor, which appeared in Episode 4280. J Milligan, Emily Perl Kingsley, Luis Santeiro, Ed Valentine, Belinda Ward, John Weidman
*Film & Animation Producers: Christine Walters, Kimberly Wright
*Voices for Abby's Flying Fairy School: Tyler Bunch, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Joey Mazzarino, Jeremy Redleaf, Jessica Stone
*Puppets, Costumes, Props: Jason Weber, with Connie Peterson, Rollie Krewson, Polly P. Smith, Michelle Hickey, Andrea Detwiler, Lara MacLean, Loryn Brantz, Colette Nickola, Marc Borders, Heather Asch
*Music Director: Bill Sherman
*Music Director - Arrangements: Joe Fiedler
*Music Director - Studio: Paul Rudolph
*Music Coordinator: Gaellissa Francis
*Composers: Jon Baker, Eli Bolin, Joe Fiedler, Chris Jackson, Alex Lacamoire, Stephen Lawrence, Janis Liebhart, Chris Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Raymond Basho Mosko, Justin Paul, Alan O'Day, Kaythryn Raio, Mark Radice, JP Rende, Bill Sherman, Nathan Tysen, Russell Velazquez, PT Walkley
*Associate Producers: Theresa Anderson, Mindy Fila, Todd E. James
*Lighting Designer: Dan Kelley
*Celebrity Talent Booker: Bella Harkins
*Child Talent: Carolyn Volpe
*Costume Designers: Brian Hemesath, Jared Leese
*Set Designer: Bob Phillips
*Art Direction / Graphics: Pete Ortiz
*Prop Coordinator: Keith Olsen
*Prop Builder: William Krause
*Editing Supervisors: Tim Carter, Todd E. James
*Associate Directors: Frank Campagna, Tim Carter, Emily Cohen, Ken Diego, Leigh E. Gallagher, Dylan Hopkins, Benjamin Lehmann
*Stage Managers: Shawn Havens, Harve Levine
*Production Stage Manager: Mindy Fila
*Production Manager: Jason Dufner
*Production Coordinator: Shevaun Gray
*Post Production Coordinator: Susan Buice
*Control Room PA: Leigh E. Gallagher, Geri Cole, Jane Lee, Ashmou Younge
*Sound Effects Editor / Re-Recording Mixer: Dick Maitland C.A.S.
*Technical Director: Tom Guadarrama
*Supervising Sound Editor / Production Mixer: Chris Prinzivalli
*Sound Editor: Chris Sassano
*Cameras: Frank Biondo, Jerry Cancel, Shaun Harkins
*Senior Video: James Meek
*Tape: Ernie Albritton
*Utility: Keith Guadarrama, Gordon Price, Chuck Tutino
*Boom: Dan Guachione, Mel Becker
*Stagehands: Steve Dannenberg, Russell Hooton, Tony Santoro
*Editors: Jesse Averna, John Tierney
*Assistant Editor: Meaghan Wilbur
*Supervising Sound Editor / Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Barrett
*Music Editor: Jorge Muelle
*Supervising Music Editor / Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Croiter
*Make Up: Jane Di Persio
*Hairstylist: Jackie Payne
*Wardrobe: Christine Ryan
*Scenic Artist: Margaret Ryan
*Script Supervisor: Jennifer Crowley
*Script Coordinator: Lynda Holder-Settles
*Production Assistants: Geri Cole, Julia Guidera, Stephanie Maio, Nolan Maloney, Andrew Moriarty, Rachel Smith
*Manager of Production Accounting: Kalombo Tshimanga
*Vice President of Education and Research: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D.
*Sesame Street Education and Research Team: Mindy K. Brooks, M.A., Jennifer Kolter Clarke, Ph.D, David I. Cohen, Tara M. Gartner, M.S.Ed, Jennifer Schiffman Sanders, M.S.Ed., Autumn P. Zitani Stefano, M.A.
*Abby's Flying Fairy School Characters Designed by Peter de Sève
*Special Thanks to Definition 6, Hyperactive Pictures, Magnetic Dreams, Speakeasy FX, Tony Testa, Yellow Sound Lab
*Taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York
==Sources==
==External links==
*Season 42 episode guide (archived)
*Season 42 Press Kit (archived)
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