Season 14 (1982-1983)

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Sesame Street Season 14 aired from November 22, 1982, to May 20, 1983.
==Overview==
For this season, the curriculum focuses on literacy and its value. Street scenes and segments demonstrate reading in a context (such as sight words and signs), as well as different literary forms and how reading can be useful and enjoyable.Truglio and Fisch. G is for Growing. p. 32 Notable examples include Telly Monster's attempt to write a grouchy story appealing to the discriminating tastes of Oscar the Grouch, Mr. Snuffleupagus typing letters in order to get to know someone better, Big Bird teaching the viewer how to get a grown-up to read them a story, Big Bird reading a giant-sized map to get to his friend's cabbage cookoff, and the Sesame Street residents participating in writing a new slogan for Hooper's Store.
Season 14 begins with a week of episodes partially shot on location in which Big Bird takes his first solo journey without the cast to Camp Echo Rock. The elusivity of Mr. Snuffleupagus is also built upon when Snuffy begins to leave more mysterious clues for the grown-ups, who continue to believe that he is just a figment of Big Bird's imagination. Maria in particular is intrigued, as she finds herself repairing Snuffy's toaster, discovering his giant-sized hat and snuffle warmer are tangible objects (after Big Bird believes them to be fantasy), and taking Big Bird's word as she patiently waits for his arrival.
==Characters and segments==
Captain Vegetable, a rabbit superhero who encourages children to eat healthy foods, makes only one appearance this season before becoming a minor recurring character next year. Oscar's cantankerous Grandpa Grouch also makes his first of several appearances, showing how the Grouches' family tree has always bared bitter fruit. Telly Monster delivers his first Monster on the Spot report to give the scoop on feeling sad, and Don Music, previously seen mainly in Sesame Street News Flash segments, is added to the recurring Muppet cast for street scenes.
This was the final season to feature Mr. Hooper, as the actor portraying him (Will Lee) would pass away during production. The character's death is addressed during the first week of the following season.
==Episodes==
Episodes 1706 - 1835 (130 episodes)
* Episode 1706 -- 14th season premiere; Big Bird at camp, part 1
* Episode 1707 -- Big Bird at camp, part 2
* Episode 1708 -- Big Bird at camp, part 3
* Episode 1709 -- Big Bird at camp, part 4
* Episode 1710 -- Big Bird at camp, part 5
* Episode 1711 -- Olivia's fashion photo shoot
* Episode 1712 -- Two-Headed Monster checkup / translating honks and dings
* Episode 1713 -- Rusty visits / Slimey to the moon
* Episode 1714 -- Oscar launches into space
* Episode 1715 -- Dial-a-grouch / Slimey goes to school
* Episode 1716 -- The Sesame Street 500
* Episode 1717 -- Grandmas on Sesame Street
* Episode 1718 -- Dr. Nobel Price invents Snufflex
* Episode 1719
* Episode 1720 -- Forgetful Jones and the paper bag
* Episode 1721
* Episode 1722 -- Oscar exercises
* Episode 1723 -- Another visit from Arnold Hooper
* Episode 1724
* Episode 1725 -- The Robinsons go on a grouchy double-date
* Episode 1726 -- Susan's car has a flat tire
* Episode 1727
* Episode 1728
* Episode 1729 -- Don Music writes about a special job
* Episode 1730 -- Big Bird discovers a piece of wood
* Episode 1731 -- The Count counts children at day care
* Episode 1732 -- Oscar hides 
* Episode 1733 -- Gordon and Susan's wedding anniversary
* Episode 1734 -- Big Bird plays school
* Episode 1735 -- A Honker has laryngitis
* Episode 1736 -- Bob gives music lessons
* Episode 1737 -- Biff buys a gift
* Episode 1738
* Episode 1739
* Episode 1740 -- Water shortage on Sesame Street
* Episode 1741
* Episode 1742 -- Telly writes a Grouchy Book
* Episode 1743 -- Replacing the cement outside Hooper's
* Episode 1744
* Episode 1745 -- A windy day
* Episode 1746
* Episode 1747
* Episode 1748
* Episode 1749 -- Olivia shows off her new photo studio.
* Episode 1750 -- Oscar imagines/Poco Loco copies the Count
* Episode 1751 -- Big Bird goes to school (repeat)
* Episode 1752 -- A visit from Cowboy X (repeat)
* Episode 1753 -- (repeat)
* Episode 1754 -- Telly plans for a walk (repeat)
* Episode 1755 -- Close Encounters of the Worst Kind (repeat)
* Episode 1756 -- P.T. Bunkum looks for an act (repeat)
* Episode 1757 -- WORM-TV's questions of the day (repeat)
* Episode 1758 -- (repeat)
* Episode 1759 -- A very hot day on Sesame Street (repeat)
* Episode 1760 -- Bob thinks he's been burgled (repeat)
* Episode 1761 -- Oscar runs for mayor (repeat)
* Episode 1762 -- Gordon and Susan pretend to have tea with Snuffy (repeat)
* Episode 1763 -- Plants on the rooftop (repeat)
* Episode 1764 -- Barbershop Sesame Street Quartet (repeat)
* Episode 1765 -- Introducing Ferlinghetti Donizetti (repeat)
* Episode 1766 -- Ladies' day at Oscar's pool (repeat)
* Episode 1767 -- Big Bird guards a freshly painted Hooper's Store (repeat)
* Episode 1768 -- Big Bird stays overnight in Mr. Snuffleupagus's cave (repeat)
* Episode 1769 -- Big Bird gets a superhero outfit in the mail / Telly and the Bus Stop sign (repeat)
* Episode 1770 -- Mr. Hooper's brother visits (repeat)
* Episode 1771 -- Maria gets surprised
* Episode 1772 -- Mumford's School of Magic
* Episode 1773 -- Snuffy listens to his Snuffman radio.
* Episode 1774
* Episode 1775
* Episode 1776
* Episode 1777 -- Oscar's "Near-Far-Follow the Arrows" game
* Episode 1778
* Episode 1779 -- David is sick
* Episode 1780
* Episode 1781 -- Forgetful forgets the street name
* Episode 1782 -- Biff and Sully make a doghouse
* Episode 1783 -- Mr. Ortiz runs Hooper's for the day
* Episode 1784
* Episode 1785 -- Maria and David have a dinner date
* Episode 1786
* Episode 1787
* Episode 1788 
* Episode 1789 -- Slimey gets hurt while skydiving
* Episode 1790
* Episode 1791
* Episode 1792
* Episode 1793
* Episode 1794
* Episode 1795
* Episode 1796
* Episode 1797 -- Getting Spot back to Oscar's can
* Episode 1798 -- Telly and Oscar's secret knock
* Episode 1799
* Episode 1800 -- Snuffy's cousin Abigail visits Sesame Street
* Episode 1801
* Episode 1802
* Episode 1803
* Episode 1804
* Episode 1805 -- The Snuffleupagus Map
* Episode 1806 -- Arnold Hooper's Snuffleupagus plan
* Episode 1807
* Episode 1808 -- Sing-along party
* Episode 1809 -- Oscar teaches Linda to be grouchy (part 1)
* Episode 1810 -- Oscar teaches Linda to be grouchy (part 2)
* Episode 1811
* Episode 1812 -- Osvaldo visits with his plane
* Episode 1813
* Episode 1814 -- Gordon prepares for a recital
* Episode 1815 -- David's big nose
* Episode 1816
* Episode 1817
* Episode 1818
* Episode 1819
* Episode 1820
* Episode 1821 -- Cabbage sale at Hooper's
* Episode 1822
* Episode 1823
* Episode 1824 -- Hooper's Store has a promotional contest
* Episode 1825 -- Casa Osvaldo
* Episode 1826
* Episode 1827 -- Herry's lost dolly
* Episode 1828
* Episode 1829 -- Super Snuffy
* Episode 1830
* Episode 1831
* Episode 1832 -- On the hunt with Dr. Nobel Price
* Episode 1833
* Episode 1834
* Episode 1835 -- 14th season finale; Telly learns to count like the Count
==Notes==
* This was the last season where the episodes ended with characters holding the Sesame Street and Children's Television Workshop signs.
* Starting this season and until Season 25, the show is taped at Teletape Studios' Third Stage at 9th Avenue and 55th Street, moving from the former Second Stage on 81st Street (where it was filmed since the first season).
* This is the first season to have Jeff Moss credited as a writer since Season 5.
==Cast==
;Cast
:Linda Bove, Northern Calloway, Emilio Delgado, Will Lee, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Alaina Reed (Uncredited: Toni Agard)
;Jim Henson's Muppets
:Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Brian Muehl, Martin Robinson (Uncredited: Cheryl Blaylock, Fran Brill, Ed Christie, Kathryn Mullen, Bryant Young)
;Guest Stars
:Harry Belafonte, Giancarlo Esposito, Hugh Franklin, Crystal Gayle, Howard Johnson, Marilyn Sokol, James Taylor, Billy Dee WilliamsTimes Daily: 'Sesame Street' stars
===Characters===
;Humans
:Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Linda, Bob, David, Mr. Hooper, Olivia, Mr. Macintosh, Willy, Akim
;Muppets
:Abigail Snuffleupagus, The Amazing Mumford, AM Monsters, Anything Muppets, Aristotle, Barkley, The Beetles, Bert, Biff, Big Bird, Bruno the Trashman, Buster the Horse, Captain Vegetable, Clementine, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Dingers, Dr. Nobel Price, Don Music, Elmo, Ernie, Farley, Forgetful Jones, Gladys the Cow, Granny Bird, Grover, Grundgetta, Guy Smiley, Herry Monster, Honkers, Mr. Honker, Kermit the Frog, Irvine, Mommy Snuffleupagus, Mona Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Polly Darton, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats, Mr. Johnson, Osvaldo, el Gruñón, Prairie Dawn, Poco Loco, Rusty, Simon Soundman, Slimey, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Sully, Telly Monster, Two-Headed Monster
==Credits==
*Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer
*Producer: Lisa Simon
*Directors: Jon Stone, Lisa Simon, Emily Squires, David Heeley, Bob Schwarz, Robert Myhrum
*Head Writer: Norman Stiles
*Writers: Joseph A. Bailey, Sara Compton, Tom Dunsmuir, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Emily Perl Kingsley, David Korr, Jeffrey Moss, Luis Santeiro, Ray Sipherd
*Supervising Film Producer: Edith Zornow
*Associate Producer: Arlene Sherman
*Original Muppets by: Donald Sahlin, Kermit Love
*Current Muppets by: Caroly Wilcox, with Cheryl Blalock, Richard Termine, Susan Moore, Edward G. Christie
*Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
*Conductor: Dave Conner
*Post Production Supervisor: Ted May
*Associate Director: Ted May
*Production Supervisor: Frieda Lipp
*Art Director: Victor DiNapoli
*Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
*Stage Managers: Mortimer J. O'Brien, Hank Smith
*Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
*Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
*Graphic Artist: Gerri Brioso
*Senior Scenic Artist: Jane Asch
*Production Assistants: Joseph Catalano, Cheryl Ann Jung, Stuart Lowery, Diane Mitchell, Danette Morganelli, Thelma Moses, Mercedes Polanco, Lynn Roberge
*Unit Manager: Eleanor McIntosh
*Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
*Lighting Director: William Knight
*Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
*Audio: Blake Norton
*Video: Martin Gaujenieks
*Camera: Frank Biondo, Arnold Giordano
*Videotape Editors: John Hutchison, Evamarie Keller
*Make-Up: Lee Halls
*Hair Stylist: Karen Specht
*Wardrobe: Grisha Mynova
*Curriculum Coordinator: Robert Emerick
*Vice President for Research: Edward L. Palmer, Ph.D.
*Director of Research: Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.
*Associate Director: Istar Schwager
*Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald Lesser, Ph.D.
*Creative Consultant: Jon Stone
*Vice Presidents for Production: David D. Connell, Al Hyslop
*Recorded at Reeves Teletape III
==Sources==
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