Starship Surprise

Starship Surprise is a Sesame Street sketch recorded for season 12 that spoofed the sci-fi TV series Star Trek.
A synopsis for Episode 1505 documented in the Sesame Street Script Highlights at the CTW Archives describes two Muppets named Captain Jane and Dr. McToy who land on the Moon.Script Highlights Season 11-12 1505 However, neither the script for Episode 1505, nor the final cut of the episode features the segment.
40 Years of Life on the Street published a photo of the segment taken during taping with a blue screen meant to be replaced with a space background during post production. Another photo discovered on social media in June 2018Muppet Wiki Forum origins of the Starship Surprise? features a better look at the cast, including a green alien character not mentioned in the CTW description.
==See also==
* Spaceship Surprise, a similar recurring segment produced eight years later.
==Sources==
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