Season 31 (2000)

Sesame Street Season 31 aired from January 3, 2000, to May 12, 2000.
==Overview==
The main focus of the season's curriculum is "children getting along in their world," dealing with themes of conflict resolution, entering social groups and understanding feelings. The season also promotes the uses and abilities of personal computers, and using the arts (such as dance, music art) to help teach.Sesame Street Beat: "The Street Rocks...Again!" by Melissa Washington-Harris (archive link)
==Episodes==
Episodes 3851 - 3915 (65 episodes)
* Episode 3851 -- The New York City Ballet help Big Bird and Elmo learn a new dance
* Episode 3852 -- Baby Bear and Telly find a kitten
* Episode 3853 -- Elmo's Zoo
* Episode 3854 -- Maria babysits a baby bird
* Episode 3855 -- Barkley does not want to take a bath
* Episode 3856 -- Wormy Gras
* Episode 3857 -- Zoe has a noisy sleepover at Gina's
* Episode 3858 -- Zoe is visited by the Jacket Fairy
* Episode 3859 -- Telly and Baby Bear enter a triangle-drawing contest
* Episode 3860 -- Telly's hamster Chuckie is pregnant
* Episode 3861 -- Telly tries out a Super Teenage Power Pogo Stick
* Episode 3862 -- Baby Bear forms a Reading Club
* Episode 3863 -- Telly wants to bring something to Show and Tell
* Episode 3864 -- Telly tries to find a quiet place to count
* Episode 3865 -- Telly, Elmo and Baby Bear make up a story together
* Episode 3866 -- Telly celebrates Oscar's birthday
* Episode 3867 -- Luis teaches Elmo and Telly that flowers are alive
* Episode 3868 -- Telly pretends to be a bossy king
* Episode 3869 -- Telly and Baby Bear play Alphaquest
* Episode 3870 -- Snuffy and Big Bird make a movie for the Animal Film Festival
* Episode 3871 -- Miles baby-sits Natasha
* Episode 3872 -- Zoe creates a Zoeology book
* Episode 3873 -- Ernie becomes a Birdketeer
* Episode 3874 -- Snuffy and Big Bird talk about their family relationships
* Episode 3875 -- Snuffy helps his mother and can't play with Big Bird
* Episode 3876 -- Luis repairs the Zoemobile
* Episode 3877 -- Elizabeth is visited by a Fairy Bubbleperson
* Episode 3878 -- Lulu is afraid to try new things
* Episode 3879 -- Big Bird and Snuffy learn what's alive and what's not
* Episode 3880 -- Maria has a new computer
* Episode 3881 -- Papa Bear has to leave Baby Bear to go to work
* Episode 3882 -- Slimey's in love with Glo Worm
* Episode 3883 -- Telly and Rosita make up a hand-clapping game
* Episode 3884 -- Luis helps Big Bird find the lost Radar
* Episode 3885 -- Zoe and Telly count monsters
* Episode 3886 -- Rosita wants to find a best friend
* Episode 3887 -- Snuffy gets a stain on his cloud costume
* Episode 3888 -- Rosita teaches Ernie how to be a Mexican cowboy
* Episode 3889 -- Telly and Elmo learn how to play ping-pong
* Episode 3890 -- Baby Bear isn't invited to the monster sing-along party
* Episode 3891 -- Felix cleans Oscar's trash can
* Episode 3892 -- Zoe calls Elmo a rotten egg
* Episode 3893 -- Baby Bear's grandmother visits Sesame Street
* Episode 3894 -- Reporters Telly and Baby Bear cover the X Games
* Episode 3895 -- Big Bird and Snuffy have a rainy-day picnic
* Episode 3896 -- Gordon teaches Stinky and Big Bird how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly
* Episode 3897 -- Fluffy plays games
* Episode 3898 -- Big Bird forms a rock band called the Alphatones
* Episode 3899 -- Oscar accidentally wishes Maria "Buenos días"
* Episode 3900 -- Elmo and Lulu write a story together
* Episode 3901 -- It's Opera Day on Sesame Street, and everyone sings all day
* Episode 3902 -- Oscar's pet elephant Fluffy is missing
* Episode 3903 -- Alan makes a birdseed pizza for Big Bird
* Episode 3904 -- Snuffy and Elmo play pirate
* Episode 3905 -- Elmo and Big Bird learn about being plants
* Episode 3906 -- Papa Bear invents a perpetual porridge machine
* Episode 3907 -- The letter Ts disappear on Sesame Street
* Episode 3908 -- Luis teaches Telly how to send e-mail
* Episode 3909 -- The Count goes away for the day, and Ernie counts in his place
* Episode 3910 -- It's an all-monster day on Sesame Street
* Episode 3911 -- Big Bird and Prairie Dawn play Mystery Friend
* Episode 3912 -- Elmo writes a book called Elmo in Numberland
* Episode 3913 -- Ernie spends the night in Big Bird's nest
* Episode 3914 -- Goldilocks is on vacation, so the Big Bad Wolf takes her place
* Episode 3915 -- Baby Bear draws a superhero named Hero Guy
==Notes==
* The second season of Elmo's World includes ten new segments about Singing, Dogs, Exercise, Babies, Bananas, Drawing, Flowers, Plants & Trees, Telephones, Farms, and Hair.
* In June 2000, following the season finale, Children's Television Workshop changed its name to Sesame Workshop. In-show references to CTW—namely the sendoff "Sesame Street is a production of the Children's Television Workshop"—are dropped after this season. This change affects the closing credit sequence, which would be edited in later seasons, and for reruns of this season. The Sesame Street logo is also redesigned, changing the "CTW" to "123."
* After this season, Richard Hunt is no longer credited as a performer.
* All episodes in this season were shown in one of Noggin's 123 Sesame Street rotations from 2003 to 2005.
==Cast==
;Cast
:Alison Bartlett O'Reilly, Linda Bove, Ruth Buzzi, Desiree Casado, Emilio Delgado, Bill Irwin, Michael Jeter, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Alan Muraoka, Roscoe Orman, Imani Patterson, Tarah Schaeffer
;Jim Henson's Muppets
:Caroll Spinney, Kevin Clash, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Martin P. Robinson, Fran Brill, David Rudman, Joey Mazzarino, Carmen Osbahr, Steve Whitmire, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Matt Vogel, Pam Arciero, John Tartaglia, Alice Dinnean Vernon, John Kennedy, Eric Jacobson, Jim Martin, Judy Sladky, Bryant Young, R. Bruce Connelly (Uncredited: Lisa Buckley, Noel MacNeal, Michael Paul)
;Guest Stars
:Margaret Cho, Joan Cusack, The Goo Goo Dolls, Faith Hill, Hootie and the Blowfish, Chaka Khan, Spike Lee, Tim McGraw, *NSYNC, Christopher Reeve, New York City Ballet, Squirrel Nut Zippers
===Characters===
;Humans
:Gordon, Susan, Bob, Gina, Alan, Linda, Maria, Luis, Gabi, Miles, Tarah, Mr. Noodle, Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle, Ruthie
;Muppets
:Alice Snuffleupagus, AM Monsters, The Amazing Mumford, Baby Bear, Baby Natasha, Barkley, Bert, The Big Bad Wolf, Big Bird, Colambo, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Dingers, Elizabeth, Elmo, Ernie, The Fairy Godperson, Farley, Felix the Grouch, Fluffy, Grandmama Bear, Grover, Grundgetta, Herry Monster, Honkers, Hoots the Owl, Humphrey, Ingrid, Mr. Johnson, Kermit the Frog, Little Jerry and the Monotones, Little Murray Sparkles, Lulu, Mama Bear, Mommy Snuffleupagus, Oscar the Grouch, Papa Bear, Prairie Dawn, Rosita, Slimey, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Sonny Friendly, Stinky the Stinkweed, Telly Monster, Two-Headed Monster, Wolfgang the Seal, Zoe
==Credits==
*Executive Producer: Michael Loman
*Co-Executive Producer: Arlene Sherman
*Co-Producers: Melissa Dino, Carol-Lynn Parente
*Directors: Emily Squires, Ted May, Steven Feldman, Regge Life, Ken Diego, Lisa Simon, Jim Martin, Victor DiNapoli
*Head Writers: Lou Berger, Judy Freudberg
*Writers: Sara Compton, Christine Ferraro, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, David Korr, Joey Mazzarino, Jeff Moss, Luis Santeiro, Josh Selig, Cathi R. Turow, Molly Boylan, Annie Evans, Ian Ellis James, Emily Kingsley, Sonia Manzano, Adam Rudman, Nancy Sans, Belinda Ward, John Weidman, Mo Willems
*Script Consultant (Elmo's World): Judy Freudberg
*Line Producer: Karen Ialacci
*Talent Producer: Danette DeSena
*Associate Producer: Tim Carter
*Production Designer: Victor DiNapoli
*Lighting Designer: Dan Kelley
*Costume Designers: Bill Kellard, Terry Roberson
*Muppets, Costumes, Props: Ed Christie, Stephen Rotondaro, with Carol Binion, Fred Buchholz, Alex Ferguson, Michelle Hickey, Rollie Krewson, Michael Schupbach, Emily Lawson, Tom Newby, Connie Peterson, Erin Slattery, Jason Weber, Karena Wienands
*Creative Consultant: Kevin Clash
*Music Director: Mike Renzi
*Associate Music Director: Dave Conner
*Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
*Original Songs and Arrangements: Chris Cerf, Dave Conner, Sarah Durkee, Tony Geiss, Paul Jacobs, Stephen Lawrence, Jeff Moss, Mike Renzi, Joe Raposo, Dan Sovak, Glen Daum
*Art Director: Bob Phillips
*Senior Graphic Designer: Mike Pantuso
*Graphic Designer: Pete Ortiz
*Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
*Editing Supervisor: Robert J. Emerick
*Associate Directors: Ted May, Ken Diego, Tim Carter, Cher Jung, Carol-Lynn Parente, Dean Gordon, Emily Cohen, Leslie Williams, Robert J. Emerick
*Production Stage Manager: Frieda Lipp
*Stage Managers: Chris Kelly, Hank Niemark, Richard Wentz
*Unit Manager: Chari Topol-Allison
*Curriculum Coordinator: Cher Jung
*Senior Production Associate: Heather L. Dick
*Children's Casting: Theresa Anderson
*Post-Production Coordinator: Pamela P. Liu
*Production Assistants: Rebecca Rosa-Rogenstein, Todd E. James, Conrad Ford, Vicki Newman
*Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
*Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
*Audio: Blake Norton
*Second Audio: Carla Bandini-Lory
*Video: Dick Sens
*Cameras: Frank Biondo, Jimmy O'Donnell
*Video Tape Editors: John Tierney, Selbern Narby, Mark Weinstein, Mary Anne Van Wagner
*Make-Up: Joe Cuervo
*Hairstylist: Karen Specht
*Wardrobe: Marilyn Bishop
*Scenic Artist: Margaret Ryan
*Stagehands: Steve Dannenberg, Craig Evans, Steve Ruggiero
*Utility: Chuck Tutino, Gordon Price
*Boom: Chico Claudio, Caleb Duffy
*Tape: Ernie Albritton
*Script Supervisor: Jill Zoeller
*Script Coordinator: Lynda Holder
*Production Secretaries: Frances Chu-Fong, Chotsani Williams
*Transportation Supervisor: Keith Olsen
*Production Accountant: Stephanie Longardo
*Accountant: Kalombo Tshimanga
*Group President - Television, Film & Video: Alice Cahn
*Vice President of Research: Joel Schneider, Ph.D.
*Vice President of Education and Research: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D.
*Researchers: Ivelisse Segui-Baez, Ph.D., Lisa Chen, Ph.D., Todd Anten, MA, Evangelean Pope
*NEP Facilities: Sal Morreale, Rich Bracco
*Post Production by National Video Center, iXL Video, New York
*Taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York
==Sources==
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