Season 43 (2012-2013)

thumb|300px|A remake of the 1998 song "Count Me In" debuted this season.
Sesame Street’s 43rd season debuted on September 24, 2012.
==Overview==
Season 43 continues Sesame Workshop's STEM curriculum (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), expanding it to STEAM (adding Art). The season also deals with self-regulation, promoting dealing with feelings, following directions, staying on task, and self-control. "What's the Word on the Street?" returns for its 6th season, featuring 22 new words (four of which are reused from Season 39 and Season 41).
Replacing the long-running "Elmo's World" segment is a brand-new segment, "Elmo the Musical." The 11-minute segment features Elmo imagining himself in many musical adventures that teach math skills, such as counting and geometry. 10 segments have been produced. Also appearing are new installments of Abby's Flying Fairy School and "Super Grover 2.0."
Also introduced is a new recurring tune-in segment, "The People in Your Neighborhood," where Murray and Ovejita meet people with very unique careers (including a sand painter, a Bollywood choreographer and a kinetic artist). Three of the segments were filmed at and feature performers from Lincoln Center.'Sesame Street' visits New York's Lincoln Center. UPI.com. April 2, 2013
==Parodies==
New parody segments this season include The Voice, "Birdwalk Empire" (spoofing Boardwalk Empire), "Upside Down Abbey" (spoofing Downton Abbey), and "Five By," a spoof of Train's "Drive By."
==Production==
The first half of street stories (as well as a number of inserts) were filmed during the Season 42 production period, with the second half being filmed during the Season 44 period (started on September 20, 2012).Stephanie D'Abruzzo official site "Elmo the Musical" segments and the spoofs for the season were filmed between January and April 2012. Filming for new Word on the Street and other tune-in segments took place in various New York locales in late May."What's the word on the Street? The word on the Street is: Begin." ‪#MurrayWOTS‬ May 12, 2012. @welcomemattv, Matt Vogel's official Twitter feed.
==Episodes==
Episodes 4301 - 4327 (27 episodes)
*Episode 4301 -- Get Lost, Mr. Chips
*Episode 4302 -- The Good Sport
*Episode 4303 -- Hansel & Gretel's Playdate with Big Bird
*Episode 4304 -- Baby Bear Comes Clean
*Episode 4305 -- Me Am What Me Am
*Episode 4306 -- A Song for the Letter "G"
*Episode 4307 -- Brandeis Is Looking For A Job
*Episode 4308 -- Don't Wake the Baby
*Episode 4309 -- Practice Makes Proud
*Episode 4310 -- Afraid of the Bark
*Episode 4311 -- Telly the Tiebreaker (repeat)
*Episode 4312 -- Elmo and Zoe's Hat Contest (repeat)
*Episode 4313 -- The Very End of X
*Episode 4314 -- Sesame Street-O-Saurus
*Episode 4315 -- Abby Thinks Oscar Is a Prince (repeat)
*Episode 4316 -- Finish the Splat
*Episode 4317 -- Figure It Out Baby
*Episode 4318 -- Build a Better Basket
*Episode 4319 -- Best House of the Year
*Episode 4320 -- Fairy Tale Science Fair (repeat)
*Episode 4321 -- Lifting Snuffy
*Episode 4322 -- Rocco's Playdate
*Episode 4323 -- Max the Magician (repeat)
*Episode 4324 -- Trashgiving Day
*Episode 4325 -- Porridge Art
*Episode 4326 -- Great Vibrations
*Episode 4327 -- Sesame Street Gets Through a Storm (repeat)
==Notes==
*During this season, a fictional sponsor tag is featured at the end of each episode (including repeats).
*This is the first season to produce less than 26 new street stories. Various repeats assist in filling up the basic 26-episode season.
*Susan and Luis do not appear in any of the new street stories this season.
*This is the last season to credit Desiree Casado as a cast member, though her character Gabi does not appear in any new material. Casado's name is dropped from the cast list partway into the season, beginning with Episode 4319.
*This is the last season in which episodes were numbered chronologically. In the following season, they were numbered in seasonal order. For starters, the first episode of the next season would have been numbered 4328 in the old format.
==Characters==
:Abby Cadabby, Anything Muppets, Baby Bear, Barkley, Bert, Big Bad Wolf, Big Bird, Brandeis, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Elmo, Ernie, Grouches, Grover, Grundgetta, Hansel and Gretel, Honkers, Horatio the Elephant, Mr. Johnson, Little Red Riding Hood, The Martians, Murray Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Ovejita, Papa Bear, Rosita, Mr. Snuffleupagus, 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, John Tartaglia, Matt Vogel, Steve Whitmire, Bryant Young
==Guest stars==
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
* Casey Affleck
* Kristen Bell
* Halle Berry
* Bollywood Axion
* Colbie Caillat
* Steve Carell
* Don Cheadle
* Common
* Zac Efron	
* Alan Gilbert
* Donald Glover
* Joseph Gordon-Levitt
* Blake Griffin
* Tim Gunn
* Jon Hamm
* Ed Helms
* Joseph Herscher
* Hip Hop Juggler
* Matt Kemp	
* Richard Kind
* Isabel Leonard
* Mario Lopez
* Kellan Lutz
* Melissa McCarthy
* Audra McDonald
* Jay Mohr
* Bobby Moynihan
* Timothy Olyphant
* Paula Patton	
* David Hyde Pierce
* Maya Rudolph
* Amy Ryan
* Dax Shepard
* Sonia Sotomayor
* Eric Stonestreet
* Train
* Wendy Williams
==Credits==
*Executive Producer: Carol-Lynn Parente
*Co-Executive Producer: Kevin Clash
*Supervising Producer: Nadine Zylstra
*Coordinating Producer: April Coleman
*Senior Producer: Tim Carter, Benjamin Lehmann
*Line Producer: Stephanie Longardo
*Producer: Benjamin Lehmann, Mindy Fila
*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, David Goldberg, J Milligan, Emily Perl Kingsley, Luis Santeiro, Belinda Ward, John Weidman, Ed Valentine
*Film Producer: Kimberly Wright
*Associate Producer for Film Commissions: Karyn Leibovich
*Voices for Abby's Flying Fairy School: Tyler Bunch, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Joey Mazzarino, Jeremy Redleaf, Jessica Stone
*Abby's Flying Fairy School Characters Designed by Peter de Sève
*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, Joey Roddy, Jason Seck, Alana De Matteo, Anney Ozar, Travis Chinick, Muriel Grabe, Doug James, Jim Kroupa, Rebecca Sloane, Morgan Street, Paul Hartis, Tim Lagasse, Mary Berhmer, Jane Pien, Elizabeth Hara, Sierra Schoening, Rachel Mercer, Ulysses Jones, Stacey Weingarten, Steve Buechelar, Brandon Kosters, Matthew Brennan
*Music Director: Bill Sherman
*Music Director - Arrangements and Orchestrations: Joe Fiedler
*Music Director - Vocals: Paul Rudolph
*Music Coordinator: Gaellissa Francis, Ridgzin Collins
*Music Copyist: Joe Fiedler
*Composers: Jon Baker, Eli Bolin, Jason Robert Brown, Joe Fiedler, Chris Jackson, Tom Kitt, Alex Lacamoire, Stephen Lawrence, Janis Liebhart, Chris Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Raymond Basho Mosko, Justin Paul, Alan O'Day, Kathryn Raio, Mark Radice, JP Rende, Bill Sherman, Nathan Tysen, Loren Toolajian, Russell Velazquez, PT Walkley
*Band Members: Randy Cohen, Michael Croiter, John Deley, Doug Derryberry, Joe Fiedler, Rob Jost, Gary Meyer, Kenny Rampton
*Associate Producers: Theresa Anderson, Mindy Fila, Todd E. James
*Lighting Designer: Dan Kelley
*Celebrity Talent Booker: Bella Harkins
*Celebrity Talent Assistant: Rachel Coleen Smith
*Child Talent: Carolyn Volpe
*Child Casting Assistant: Stephanie Maio, Meredith Kecskemety
*Costume Designers: Brian Hemesath, Jared Leese
*Production Designer: Bob Phillips
*Art Direction / Graphics: Magnetic Dreams, 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, Benjamin Lehmann, Mindy Fila
*Stage Managers: Shawn Havens, David Charles
*Production Stage Manager: Mindy Fila, Theresa Anderson
*Production Managers: Aimee Blackton, Jason Dufner
*Production Coordinator: Shevaun Gray
*Post Production Coordinator: Susan Buice
*Control Room PA: Geri Cole, Jane Lee, Ashmou Younge, Meaghan Wilbur, Chris Bradley, Andrew Moriarty, Rachel Colleen Smith
*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 - Video: Barbara Bianco, Keith Guadarrama, Chuck Tutino
*Utility - Audio: Gordon Price
*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, Melanie Dimitri
*Hairstylist: Jackie Payne
*Wardrobe: Christine Ryan, Debbie Lucas
*Scenic Artist: Margaret Ryan
*Script Supervisor: Jennifer Crowley
*Script Coordinator: Lynda Holder-Settles
*Executive Assistant: Geri Cole, Julia Guidera
*Key Production Assistant: Andrew Moriarty
*Production Assistants: Julia Guidera, Stephanie Maio, Rachel Colleen Smith, Maxwell Nicoll, Walter Avaroma
*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, Jessica DiSalvo, Tara M. Gartner, M.S.Ed, Jennifer Schiffman Sanders, M.S.Ed., Susan Scheiner, Courtney Wong, Autumn P. Zitani Stefano, M.A.
*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 43 Press Kit
*Season 43 playlist on SesameStreet's YouTube Channel
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