Sesame Street Unpaved (documentary)

Sesame Street Unpaved is a documentary produced by Noggin, a channel co-owned by Sesame Workshop and Viacom. To promote Noggin, the special premiered on another Viacom-owned channel, TV Land, on December 8, 1999.The Franklin Favorite "Tuning In" by Sally Stone, Dec 2, 1999 It later aired on Noggin in September 2000.newspaper TV listings; Muppet Wiki's screenshot also shows the Noggin watermark
It was hosted by Sonia Manzano, joined by Caroll Spinney, Martin P. Robinson, Bob McGrath and Loretta Long in a series of conversations on the Sesame Street set which frames itself around a number of classic clips. Many of the clips shown had their titles and original air dates listed on-screen as well. Oscar the Grouch makes a cameo at the end of the special.
==Segments==
The following segments were shown in a more featured capacity than those shown in a clip montage...
* The Sesame Street Unpaved opening, followed by an "in color" identification, the animated episode number sequence for the first episode, and a montage of various openings, with on-screen text referring to the openings as from 1969, 1979, 1989 (though the opening introduced in 1992 is shown instead), and 1999.
* Gordon shows Sally around Sesame Street.
* Clips from the Sesame Street Pitch Reel, including the boardroom coming up with names for the show and Kermit coming up with Sesame Street for a title. The boardroom scenes seen here are the original videotaped footage, prior to being edited into the filmed footage from the pitch reel.
* "Bein' Green" (original version)
* "Rubber Duckie" (second version)
* Kermit and Joey sing the alphabet.
* "Pinball Number Count" #12
* Let's Sing a Song of Three
* The King of Eight
* Rollercoaster 123
* "Jazz #10"
* Mad Painter
* "Roosevelt Franklin Spells His Name"
* Big Bird learns about Mr. Hooper's death.
* The adults see Mr. Snuffleupagus for the first time.
* "Ladybugs' Picnic"
* "C is for Cookie" (original version)
* "What's the Name of That Song?" (original version)
* Bob and Luis sing "Sing" (during the end credits)
==Notes==
*Shortly before this special aired, Noggin's website put up four clips for fans to vote on, and the winning clip was shown after this special aired. The nominated clips were:
**"Ladybugs' Picnic"
**"Rubber Duckie" (the winning clip)
**"Bein' Green"
**"C is for Cookie"
===Errata===
* The documentary claims that "Pinball Number Count" first appeared in Episode 0989, when in fact, "Pinball #3" first aired in Episode 0978.
==Credits==
*Written and Produced by Josh Selig
*Directed by Ken Diego
*Associate Director: Tim Carter
*Cameras: Frank Biondo, Juan Barrera, Ron Washburn, Hugh Walsh, James Miller
*Muppets, props and costumes provided by The Jim Henson Company Workshop
*Special Thanks: Alice Cahn, Arlene Sherman, Lori Sheer, Cheryl Henson, and the cast and crew of Sesame Street
==Sources==
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