List of celebrity guest stars on Sesame Street
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This is a list of celebrity guest stars on the children's television series
Sesame Street. An asterisk (*) indicates those celebrities who are known to have recited or sung the
alphabet during their appearance.
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*
Jason Alexander*
Woody Allen*
Maria Conchita Alonso*
Julie Andrews, 1973, in the television special
Julie Andrews on Sesame Street.
*
Bill Bailey*
Kenny Baker, in character as
R2-D2*
Lucille Ball*
Tyra Banks, with Cindy Crawford and Baby Bear in a brief appearance in
Elmopalooza.
*
Kathleen Barr*
Richard Belzer*
Roberto Benigni*
Annette Bening, 1994, in the television special
Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday*
Candice Bergen, singing "C is for Cookie" with Cookie Monster. She also appeared in
Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday.
*
Corbin Bernsen, 1994, in the television special
Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday.
*
Mel Blanc*
Cate Blanchett*
Wayne Brady, in a segment with Elmo and a rock star/ballerina chicken.
*
Gary Burghoff*
LeVar Burton*
Carol Burnett, 1969, 1970. She appears in an extremely brief appearance in the first episode of the series, then inserts in episode 0131 (showing what you can do with your nose) and episode 0198 (saying "Well, back to the old drawing board!" when the rocket countdown animation unexpectly ends up sooty). There was another
Sesame Street insert with
Carol Burnett in the early 1970's where she recites the numbers from 1 to 20 and feels so emotional like she is in tears or laughing.
*
Kerry Butler, 2002, appears in episode 4008 as Ms. Camp, the lettercarrier who services the
Mail-It Shop. She appears again, later in the episode, in a remake of
The People In Your Neighborhood. She is married to
Sesame staffer and performer
Joey Mazzzarino.
*
Yul Brynner*
C-3PO and R2-D2*
John Candy, 1994, in
Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday. See also "As characters".
*
Drew Carey*
Jim Carrey, in a skit about "Happy Feet", originally written for
Steve Martin.
*
Aaron Carter*
Nick Carter*
Carol Channing, c. 1986, singing "Hello Sammy" to the second "
Sammy the Snake". The song was a parody of the theme to
Hello Dolly, a musical Channing was starring in at the time.
*
Stockard Channing, 2004, dancing to the song "Boogie Woogie Sheep" in
Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On. Sesame Workshop filmed Stockard Channing, Allison Janney, and Lily Tomlin dancing to the song, while a
The West Wing episode was being shot. See also "Pre-celebrities".
*
Kristin Chenoweth, 2003? on, as
Miss Noodle.
*
Margaret Cho, in a segment with
Prairie Dawn*
Glenn Close, 1994, appearing in
Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday with Oscar the Grouch.
*
Imogene Coca, 1978, in the special
A Special Sesame Street Christmas; her primary function in the special was to be called an "idiot" by Ethel Merman.
*
Bill Cosby*, 1970, 1989. In his first appearance in 1970's episode Episode 0131, he appears as twin saying the alphabet. His segment in 0198 featured him teaching kids about the concept of
over and
under. His 1989 appearance found him hosting the television special
Sesame Street: 20 And Still Counting.
*
Cindy Crawford, with Tyra Banks and Baby Bear in a brief appearance in
Elmopalooza.
*
Jane Curtin*
Jamie Lee Curtis, 1994, in
Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday.
*
Willem Dafoe*
Tyne Daly*
Anthony Daniels, in character as
C-3PO*
Tony Danza, 1980s, played tennis with Big Bird while counting to 20 in one skit, and another skit shows Tony Danza with Oscar the Grouch dealing with an unwanted greeting card that Tony rips up at the end.
*
Clifton Davis*
Geena Davis*
Richard Dawson, in a parody of
Family Feud called "Family Food" (where a
Muppet family is asked to name the basic food groups).
*
Ellen DeGeneres*
Robert De Niro, who pretended to be various things, including Elmo.
*
Danny DeVito*
Fran Drescher, in the 1990s, who acted as a nanny to
Baby Natasha.
*
Barbara Eden*
Edie Falco, season 35, demonstrating near and far with Elmo, and doing a lot of hugging
*
Will Ferrell*
Sally Field*
Harvey Fierstein, season 35, singing the parody song "Everything's Coming Up Noses" [
1]
*
Henry Fonda, in the special
A Special Sesame Street Christmas*
Jodie Foster*
Michael J. Fox*
James Gandolfini*
Henry Gibson*
Mel Gibson, playing
Hamlet to Elmo's
Claudius*
Seth Green, season 35, running the Letter of the Month Club with Telly
*
Tom Green*
Whoopi Goldberg, in a skit, Elmo asks Whoopi to trade her skin for Elmo fur; Whoopi boosts Elmo's self-confidence, and explains the impossibility of such a transaction.
*
John Goodman*
Charles Grodin*
Tom Hanks*
Skip Hinnant (narrator in a film sketch about clapping hands)
*
Madeline Kahn*
Jeremy Irons*
Allison Janney, 2004, dancing to the song "Boogie Woogie Sheep" in
Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On. Sesame Workshop filmed Stockard Channing, Allison Janney, and Lily Tomlin dancing to the song, while a
The West Wing episode was being shot.
*
James Earl Jones*, 1969, reciting the alphabet, he became the show's first guest ever.
*
Shirley Jones, who has appeared two times. The first appearance was in 2004 as
Mother Goose. The second was a season 36
Healthy Habits for Life segment. Her official website says that Sesame Workshop is considering bringing her character of Mother Goose back for another appearance.
*
David Kaye*
Werner Klemperer*
Burt Lancaster*
Nathan Lane*
Shari Lewis and Lambchop
*
Lucy Liu*
Julia Louis-Dreyfus*
Dave Madden*
Jean Marsh, in the celebrity version of the song "Put Down the Duckie"
*
Andrea Martin, who has appeared as
Wanda the Word Fairy,
Edith Prickley, and the voice of various animated characters.
*
Dean Martin*
Dick Martin*
Peter Mayhew*
Whitman Mayo*
Ian McKellen*
Ethel Merman, in the special
A Special Sesame Street Christmas; her primary function in the special was to call Imogene Coca an idiot
*
Lee Meriwether*
Rick Moranis, singing a duet with Bert
*
Rita Moreno*
Zero Mostel (many of his film sketches were featured in an early 1970's Sesame Street book called "The Sesame Street Book of Opposites Featuring
Zero Mostel")
*
Julianne Moore, season 35, with
Count von Count in
Far From Heaven parody
Far From Seven [
2]
*
John Moschitta, Jr.*
Mr. T*
Jim Nabors*
Kathy Najimy, as the Evil Stepmother in
Cinderelmo*
Liam Neeson, counting to ten for Count von Count, concluding with a series of AH! AH! AH's! with thunder, lightning and rain that impresses the count.
*
Leonard Nimoy*
Bill Nye*
Rosie O'Donnell, speaking with Oscar the Grouch
*
Gary Owens, narrator in the "secret drawing" animated segments (where after the secret drawing was drawn with instructions given by off-screen kid voices, he'd guess wrong a few times before guessing it correctly), also was the voice in the animated "
H" for "Hello" sketch.
*
Mandy Patinkin*
Pat Paulsen*
Rhea Perlman*
Joe Pesci*
Lou Diamond Phillips*
Oliver Platt, in
Cinderelmo*
Natalie Portman, dressed as an elephant and ran Hooper's store for one episode, while Alan was on vacation.
*
Greg Proops*
Dennis Quaid, as Telly's uncle in
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide To Life: Telling The Truth, released on video 28 January 1997.
*
Adam Reed*
Robert Reed*
Christopher Reeve*, recited the ABCs along with Elmo and Rubber Duckey. Filmed post horseback-riding accident.
*
Paul Reubens, as
Pee-Wee Herman*
Julia Roberts*
Tim Robbins, who asks to stay at
The Furry Arms hotel.
*
Chris Rock*
Fred Rogers, as Mr. Rogers in a Street scene.
*
Ray Romano, in a sketch with Grover about being frustrated.
*
Dan Rowan *
Keri Russell, in as the Princess
CinderElmo [
3]
*
Bob Saget*
Lea Salonga*
Susan Sarandon*
Arnold Schwarzenegger*
Steven Seagal*
William Shatner*
Martin Short*
Matt Smith*
Will Smith*
Dick Smothers, one half of
The Smothers Brothers, in the special
A Special Sesame Street Christmas*
French Stewart, as the Prince in
Cinderelmo [
4]
*
Patrick Stewart*
Ryan Stiles*
Ben Stiller, 1998, making an appearance in a performance of
The People in Your Neighborhood with
Telly Monster, in which he makes an appearance in a cheese costume. Stiller also appeared in a music video for
Sing, recorded at the same time. He appears on 2003 DVD
Sesame Sings Karaoke'.
* Barbra Streisand
* Brad Swaile
* Marisa Tomei
* Lily Tomlin, 2004, dancing to the song "Boogie Woogie Sheep" in Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On. Sesame Workshop filmed Stockard Channing, Allison Janney, and Lily Tomlin dancing to the song, while a The West Wing episode was being shot. See also two entries in "As characters".
* Kathleen Turner
* Willie Tyler and Lester
* Leslie Uggams, in the special A Special Sesame Street Christmas'', Uggams thinks
lemonade is
hot cocoa*
Tracey Ullman*
Denzel Washington*
George Wendt*
Adam West*
Wil Wheaton*
Billy Dee Williams*
Robin Williams*
Flip Wilson*
Elijah Wood*
Noah Wyle, who credits working with Big Bird as being one of his biggest acting accomplishments.
*
Paul Zaloom*
Little Theatre for the Deaf, an acting troupe, who show Zoe how to sign the word "dancing"
*
Chuck Close*
Bob Ross*
Buzz Aldrin, season 36, sharing the importance of food for energy to Telly in a
Healthy Habits for Life segment.
*
Maya Angelou, narrated and appeared in the
Sesame Street special
Elmo Saves Christmas in 1996. She also appeared in a few
Sesame Street insert segments in the 1990s.
Episode 4105 repeats shows her talking about "N" words to
Natasha.
*
Dick Cavett*
Dick Clark*
Cindy Crawford*
Carson Daly*
Phil Donahue, interviewing the cast
*
David Hasselhoff*
Ken Jennings, who in a
Healthy Habits for Life segment talked with Grover, and won a date with a pineapple.
*
Larry King, interviewing the letter "W" in season 35
*
Rush Limbaugh*
Robert MacNeil, in an interview with Cookie Monster
*
Peter Mansbridge*
Phil McGraw*
Michael Moore*
Conan O'Brien, appeared in a music video for
Sing.
*
Dan Rather*
Sally Ride, in the 1980s, talked to Bob and the kids about going up in space.[
5]
*
Al Roker, who appeared in Day 1 of Hurricane week from 2001.
*
Vonda Shepard, singing "Everybody's Song"
*
Richard Simmons*
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, who visited a movie theatre with Telly and Oscar
*
Ben Stein*
Martha Stewart*
Alex Trebek*
Barbara Walters |
Kofi Annan on Sesame Street |
* Judges
Samuel Alito,
Stephen Breyer,
Ruth Bader Ginsberg,
Anthony Kennedy,
Sandra Day O'Connor,
Antonin Scalia,
David Souter,
John Paul Stevens, and
Clarence Thomas* UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan*
John Ashcroft*
Barbara Bush*
First Lady Laura Bush, in episode
4032, reading an original book called
Wubba Wubba Wubba to
Elmo,
Big Bird, and some children. [
6]
* Vice president
Dick Cheney*
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton* Civil rights activist
Jesse Jackson, who recited the
free verse poem "
I Am - Somebody."
*
John McCain*
Ralph Nader, who sang
People in Your Neighborhood with
Bob*
Margaret Thatcher*
Joshua Bell, 12th and 35th seasons. In the 12th season episode in which Telly debuts, Bell plays his
violin, while Telly plays his
tuba. He revisited the show in season 35, playing in the courtyard at the end of the Street.
*
Victor Borge, 1977, appearing in several inserts.
*
Jose Feliciano*
Béla Fleck, wooing a muppet chicken whilst displaying
chicken picking on the banjo
*
James Galway*
Dizzy Gillespie*
Evelyn Glennie, performing a percussion duet with
Linda Bove*
Savion Glover*
Herbie Hancock*
Alison Krauss*
Kronos Quartet*
Lang Lang*
Yo-Yo Ma*
Branford Marsalis*
Wynton Marsalis*
Seiji Ozawa, conducts an animal orchestra with Sesame Street opera singer
Placido Flamingo.
*
Itzhak Perlman, episodes 1563 and 2574, teaches a girl how to play the violin. Another sketch features
Itzhak Perlman in a grouch concerto with Oscar the Grouch.
*
Max Roach*
Isaac Stern*
Paula Abdul*
Backstreet Boys*
Lea Salonga*
Tony Bennett*
George Benson, episode 2124, singing
Greatest Love of All*
Harry Belafonte*, 1980, sang "Coconut Counting Man" with The Count.
*
Rubén Blades*
Andrea Bocelli, 2005, singing "Time to Say Goodnight", a parody of his song "Time to Say Goodbye". This season 36 skit has Bocelli singing Elmo a lullaby "while we learn the importance of rest and relaxation."
*
Garth Brooks, he sings a song with Herry and a group of monsters called "Together, We'll Make Music".
*
Jimmy Buffett, 1998, singing a duet with Kermit in
Elmopalooza.
*
Cab Calloway*
Mary Chapin Carpenter*
Aaron and
Nick Carter, two-headed monster skit, aired with Baby Bear's little sibling's birth, second episode.
*
Johnny Cash, singing "Nasty Dan" with
Oscar the Grouch. This song appears on the record
The Stars Come Out On Sesame Street.
*
Tracy Chapman*
Ray Charles*, 1977, 1989, 1991, 1994, making multiple singing appearances. In 1977, Charles sang "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" in the courtyard at the end of the Street. Kermit and Ray also sang the duo also sang "
Bein' Green" on the 1989 NBC special
Sesame Street: 20 And Still Counting. He appeared in the music video for
Monster in the Mirror (1991), with numerous other celebrities. Finally Charles was a guest star on
Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday.
*
Chubby Checker*
Destiny's Child, singing "
New Way to Walk", appearance also included on 2003 DVD
Sesame Sings Karaoke.
*
The Dixie Chicks, singing
"No letter better than 'B'"*
David Allan Coe*
Judy Collins, who became a regular cast member [
7]
*
Phil Collins*
Shawn Colvin, 1998, singing "
I Don't Want to Live On the Moon" in
Elmopalooza*
Perry Como, 1973, in
Julie Andrews On Sesame Street.
*
Sheryl Crow, 2003, episode 4036 find Crow singing "I Soaks Up the Sun", a parody of her song "Soak Up the Sun".
*
Celia Cruz, in "Put Down the Duckie" and a duet with Big Bird
*
Bo Diddley*
Plácido Domingo, singing with
Placido Flamingo on 1989 NBC special
Sesame Street: 20 And Still Counting*
En Vogue, singing "I Want a Monster
in Elmopalooza
, and "Adventure" in 25th Birthday Musical Celebration
.
* Gloria Estefan, singing "Mambo I Yi Yi" in Elmopalooza
, appearance also included on 2003 DVD Sesame Sings Karaoke
* Melissa Etheridge
* The Fat Boys
* José Feliciano
* 14 Karat Soul
* The Four Tops, sang a song about crossing the street in episode 2404. They also sang "Standing at the Bus Stop Sign", where (at the end) Big Bird picks them up in his imaginary bus.
* Crystal Gayle
* Robin Gibb, performed the song on the 1978 "Sesame Street Fever" album titled "Trash".
* Goo Goo Dolls
* Ritchie Havens
* Faith Hill, sang "Take a Turn" with Elmo and husband Tim McGraw
* Lena Horne, singing "How Do You Do?" to Grover when he was shy; also, "Being Green" to Kermit and "The Alphabet Song" to a group of Muppets.
* Mahalia Jackson
* Michael Jackson, in the special A Special Sesame Street Christmas
* Janyse Jaud
* Wyclef Jean, season 36, rapping "Healthy Food" with Cookie Monster, for Healthy Habits for Life
* Waylon Jennings
* Billy Joel*, singing "Just the Way You Are" to Oscar the Grouch
* Elton John sang "Crocodile Rock"
* Norah Jones, season 35, singing "Don?t Know Why 'Y' Didn't Come" with Elmo and eventually the letter "Y" [8]
* Wynonna Judd
* Alicia Keys, 2005, who taught Elmo the benefits of moving your body fast or slow in a season 36 Healthy Habits for Life segment. In season 36, she also sang "Dancin", a parody of her song "Fallin". Elmo and Alicia sing and dance together, with lyrics explaining dance, movement and spatial relations.[. Keys is described as a hardcore fan, and was quoted "My favorites are all the old-school characters, like the Count, Snuffleupagus and Big Bird. I have a pair of Oscar panties that say GROUCH on the butt... I also got to sit in Oscar's trash can!"]
* Chaka Khan
* Kid 'N Play
* B.B. King
* Gladys Knight and the Pips
* Diana Krall sang "Everybody's Song" with Elmo and a gaggle of Muppets.
* Alison Krauss and Union Station, season 35, playing a counting song.
* Patti LaBelle
* Queen Latifah
* Ladysmith Black Mambazo*, sang the Alphabet Song with Paul Simon. In another appearance, Mambazo sang the "African Alphabet Song" (1:48) with Kermit, a recording which was included on "Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration". They also appear in "Sing" on 25th Birthday Musical Celebration
and "Put down the Duckie" in Sing yourself Silly
* Cyndi Lauper
* John Linnell
* Little Richard, singing "Rubber Duckie"
* Kenny Loggins
* Malo
* Ziggy Marley
* Martina McBride, sang "Let's Pretend," season 35
* Tim McGraw, sang "Take a Turn" with Faith Hill and Elmo
* Don McLean
* Bobby McFerrin
* Menudo
* The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
* Moby
* Anne Murray, in the special A Special Sesame Street Christmas; Murray's segment featured a magic egg nog container. Murray also recorded the 1978 album "Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation"
* Holly Near
* Willie Nelson
* Aaron Neville, 1993, singing "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" with Ernie in season 25. Neville sang with an existing recording of Ernie singing the song, as puppeteer Jim Henson died three years before.
* *NSYNC
* The Pointer Sisters, singing "Pinball Number Count"
* Raffi
* Lou Rawls
* Helen Reddy
* R.E.M., 1998, singing "Furry Happy Monsters", a parody version of their song "Shiny Happy People". At the same time, R.E.M. recorded a sequence for a Sing music video. R.E.M. consists of Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and vocalist Michael Stipe.
* Smokey Robinson, singing "You Really Got a Hold On Me" while being chased by a large foam rubber letter U
* Linda Ronstadt
* Diana Ross
* Buffy Sainte-Marie, who became a regular cast member
* Diane Schuur, sung "From Your Head" (2:04) with Elmo, song included on Songs From The Street
* Jill Scott, singing "We Are All Earthlings" [9]
* Pete Seeger, singing "Sweet-A Little Baby" (also recorded for the 1974 album "Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street")
* Dinah Shore, also recorded the 1977 album "Dinah! I've Got a Song: Dinah Shore Visits Sesame Street"
* Carly Simon
* Paul Simon*, who sang "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard". A few season later, he performed the Alphabet Song with Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
* Britney Spears
* Ruben Studdard*, with Elmo
* Take 6
* James Taylor, singing "Jellyman Kelly" and "Up On The Roof"
* The Temptations
* Randy Travis, sang "Ask Some Questions"
* Stevie Wonder, singing "Superstition"; in other segments taped at that time, he showed Big Bird and Grover how his electric organ works.
* Joe Williams
* Percy Sledge, in his 1970s segment, he greets the viewer, says that "we're going to count" from one to ten, and then does so multiple times.
* Grace Slick', on
Jefferson Airplane, for the Spies and Racecars
pinball counting segments *
Spin Doctors, singing "Two Princes", featuring two Muppet princes. Also performed their parody of "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" called "Little Miss Count Along" with Zoe.
*
The Deadly Nightshade, a very talented 1970s women's
bluegrass trio featuring
Pamela Brandt,
Anne Bowen, and
Helen Hooke.
(NOTE: In the mid 1990's, the
Red Hot Chili Peppers were slated to be guests in a "Sesame Street" sketch, but they were withdrawn since the rock music group was not appropriate for preschool children.)
*
Hank Aaron, 1970, appearing in episode 0158 saying the alphabet.
*
Arthur Ashe*
Michael Buffer*
Michael Chang*
Julius Erving *
Diamond Dallas Page*
Peggy Fleming* The
Harlem Globetrotters*
Samantha Gordon*
Rosey Grier*
Hulk Hogan*
Bo Jackson, 1990, in a parody of the "Bo Knows" campaign from
Nike TV commercials where many Sesame Street characters mentin Bo knows opposites (and even Cookie Monster's favorite, cookies) and at the end Little Bo Peep asks Bo, "I bet you don't know sheep!"
*
Joe Namath*
Martina Navratilova*
New York Giants*
New York Knicks*
New York Mets*
Rebecca Lobo*
David Robinson*
Jackie Robinson*
Isiah Thomas*
Joe Torre, season 36, then manager of the
New York Yankees. Torre showed Telly a few pointers on how to catch a ball, as part of
Healthy Habits for Life. In another opening for
Healthy Habits, Torre informs Elmo and Rosita that playing sports is a fun way to stay healthy.
*
Venus Williams, season 35, with Elmo
*
Dave WinfieldThe following people were not celebrities at the time they appeared on
Sesame Street, but later became well-known:
* Actress/Singer
Tatyana Ali, ca. late 1980's
* Actor
Alan Arkin, in
Larry and Phyllis comedy sketches
* Character
Arnold, of
Hey Arnold.
* Actor
Paul Benedict (as
The Number Painter, from 1969-74)
* Actress
Stockard Channing, 1969-74, as the victim of the Number Painter
* Actress
Alyson Court, as Ruthie in
Follow that Bird* Dancer
Angel Corella* Actor
Barbara Dana, in
Larry and Phyllis comedy sketches
* Dancer
Savion Glover* Actor
Raúl Juliá as
Rafael, 1971-1972 season
* Actor
Haley Joel Osment, as Peter Lane ca. mid-1990's
* Actress
Charlotte Rae, as Molly the Mail Carrier (early 1970's)
* Actress
Holly Robinson Peete, in the first episode of the series, 1969, as 6-year-old "Sally"
*
Brian Henson (son of
Jim Henson), in the number 3 Baker segment where he says "3 peas?"
* Child actor
Danny Bonaduce, in some of the number baker segments where he mentions the number of coins that came out of a piggy bank.
* Child actor
Todd Graff, was one of the voices of the kids who sang on "The Sesame Street Book and Record" a/k/a "Sesame Street 1: Original Cast" record album in the 1970's before moving on to do
The Electric Company as a member of The Short Circus.
* Guitarist
Nile Rodgers (of
CHIC) played in the Sesame Street band in the early
1970s)
* Singer
Luther Vandross, in the first episode of the series, 1969
*
Paul Bartel as the Grouch cook in
Follow that Bird*
Sandra Bernhard as the Grouch waitress in
Follow that Bird*
Ruth Buzzi as
Ruthie, 1993 to 1999, the owner of the Finders Keepers store.
*
Ruth Buzzi as
Suzie Kabloozie, season 26-34.
*
John Candy as a state trooper in
Follow that Bird*
Chevy Chase as a newscaster in
Follow that Bird*
Joe Flaherty, as Sid Sleaze in
Follow that Bird*
Morgan Freeman, portraying his
Easy Reader character from
The Electric Company, making one cameo appearance in a 1974 episode where he made a stop at Mr. Hooper's store to look at the large stacks of newspapers as the Count counts them.
*
David Alan Grier as Aladdin, 2002. Grier played Aladdin at the start and end of one Street scene that focused around the Genie coping without his magical powers.
*
Waylon Jennings as a truck driver in
Follow that Bird*
Arte Johnson, portraying Wolfgang the German soldier (essentially a
Nazi) from
Laugh-In*
Margaret Hamilton, portraying her classic role of
The Wicked Witch of the West from
The Wizard of Oz*
Dave Thomas, as Sam Sleaze in
Follow that Bird*
Kenny Baker as
R2-D2, on two episodes in November 1979.
*
Dan Blocker as
Hoss Cartwright, 1970.
Bonanza co-stars Dan Blocker, Michael Landon and Lorne Greene all counted to 20 in episode 0131.
*
Dan Castellaneta as the voice of
Homer Simpson from
The Simpsons, 1990, in the segment
Monster in the Mirror.
*
Nancy Cartwright as the voice of
Bart Simpson, from
The Simpsons, 1990, in the segment
Monster in the Mirror*
Stephen Colbert as The Letter
Z in the video
Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet (2005)
*
Billy Crystal as
Ricky, 1984, a character Crystal created for
Saturday Night Live.
*
Anthony Daniels as
C-3PO, on two episodes in November 1979.
*
Lorne Greene as
Ben Cartwright, 1970.
Bonanza co-stars Dan Blocker, Michael Landon and Lorne Greene all counted to 20 in episode 0131.
*
Jim Henson as
Rowlf the Dog, in the number 9 Baker segment saying "9 lights".
*
Michael Landon as
Little Joe Cartwright, 1970.
Bonanza co-stars Dan Blocker, Michael Landon and Lorne Greene all counted to 20 in episode 0131.
*
Luxo Jr.*
Bud Collyer as the voice of
Superman in a
Filmation produced animated sketch about the letter
S. (This was probably the last work done by
Bud Collyer before his 1969 death.)
*
Olan Soule as the voice of
Batman in five
Filmation produced animated shorts for the
Sesame Street series.
*
Casey Kasem as the voice of
Robin in five
Filmation produced animated shorts for the
Sesame Street series. Kasem has also done voice overs for many other animated segments of
Sesame Street, mostly in the 1970s, such as
T for TV, and
F for Frog. An animated segment on the letter
B, voiced by Kasem, appeared in the
1982 movie
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.
*
Ted Knight as the voice of
The Joker and
The Penguin, in two of five
Filmation produced
Batman and
Robin animated shorts for the
Sesame Street series.
*
Howard Morris as the voice of
Jughead Jones, 1970s, in a
Filmation produced animated segment about the letter
J.
*
Howard Morris as comic strip character
Beetle Bailey, 1970s, in an animated sketch about first and last. The casting is unproven but likely, as Morris played Bailey in a 1963 animated television series
Beetle Bailey and His Friends.
*
Mumenschantz, a mime group
*
The Pink Panther, 1970s, in an animated sketch about the letter
K.
*
Martin Short, mid to late 1980s, as Ed Grimley
* The Simpsons, including Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
* Nicole Sullivan as The Letter A in the video Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet (2005)
* Lily Tomlin as Edith Ann, 1975, as her little-girl character from Laugh-In
* Lily Tomlin as Ernestine, 1993, in the special Sesame Street Stays Up Late. This was Tomlin's second character from Laugh-In to appear on Sesame Street.
* Ron Howard, with Henry Winkler, both as their Happy Days characters.
* Henry Winkler', with Ron Howard, both as their Happy Days'' characters.
* Unknown as comic strip character
Tiger, 1970s, in an animated sketch about school.
* Unknown as comic strip character
Krazy Kat (comic strip character), 1970s.
In season 35, PBS stations aired clips of celebrities chatting about their favourite memories of the show. These were dubbed their "Sesame Street Moment". [
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*
Jason Biggs*
Wayne Brady*
Amy Brenneman*
Cher*
Harry Connick Jr.*
Harvey Fierstein*
Dennis Franz*
Kelsey Grammer*
Seth Green*
Whoopi Goldberg*
Norah Jones*
Martina McBride*
Phil McGraw*
Julianne Moore*
Donny Osmond*
Doris Roberts*
Ruben Studdard*
Venus Williams* Marry Banilow, based on
Barry Manilow* The Beetles, based on
The Beatles* The Cobble Stones, based on
The Rolling Stones (the Cobble Stones' lead singer, Mick Swagger, was also based the Rolling Stones' lead singer,
Mick Jagger)
*
Alistair Cookie, based on
Alistair Cooke*
Polly Darton and
Dolly Pardon, both based on
Dolly Parton*
Dr. Feel, based on
Dr. Phil, season 35
* Five Bat Night, based on
Three Dog Night*
Placido Flamingo, based on
Plácido Domingo* Joe Hundred Guy, based on
Joe Millionaire, season 35
* Donald Grump, based on
Donald Trump* Pat Playjacks, based on
Pat Sajak* The Oinker Sisters, based on the
Pointer Sisters* Bennett Snerf, based on
Bennett Cerf and Arlene Frantic, based on
Arlene Francis, on a parody of "
What's My Line?"), season 1
* Bruce Stringbean, based on
Bruce Springsteen* Johnny Trash, based on
Johnny Cash* TriangleBob Trianglepants, based on
Spongebob Squarepants, season 35
* Babwa Wawa, based on
Barbara Walters*
H. Ross Parrot, based on
Ross Perot* Vincent Twice-Vincent Twice, based on
Vincent Price* Meryl Sheep, based on
Meryl Streep* Tammy Wynott, based on
Tammy WynetteFootnotes
See also
*
Human characters on Sesame Street*
List of Muppets based on celebrities
