Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years is the home video version of Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration, a special aired on PBS during their pledge drive on March 6, 1994, that commemorates Sesame Street’s 25th anniversary in 1994. This program was originally released on October 29, 1993, under the title Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration! 25 Wonderful Years focused on celebrity segments, many coming from segments filmed for the show's upcoming 25th season, of artists such as En Vogue and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Plot

While noticing the many talents that people have throughout Central Park, Telly, Prairie Dawn, and Big Bird get the idea to put on a big show. They audition dancers and "la-la"-ers. However, when the Amazing Mumford attempts to audition, he makes everyone sound like different animals. In between, classic Sesame Street songs are shown, such as "Count It Higher", "I Love Trash", "Rubber Duckie", "C is for Cookie", "Adventure", and "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon". All hope begins to be lost for the show as the auditions fail, as Big Bird sings "Sing" all by himself. Then, Ladysmith Black Mambazo comes in singing the "la la la la" part. Soon enough, everyone starts singing with him, making the show successful after all.

Cast

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Live-action cast

Carlo Alban as Carlo
Alison Bartlett as Gina
Annette Calud as Celina
Savion Glover as Savion
Angel Jemmott as Angela
Sonia Manzano as Maria
Bob McGrath as Bob
Jou Jou Papailler as Jamal

The Muppets of Sesame Street and voice cast

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
Frank Oz as Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster
Jerry Nelson as The Count, The Amazing Mumford, Boy, Martian #1, Biff and Herry Monster
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit the Frog, Little Chrissy and Guy Smiley
Martin P. Robinson as Telly, Fish
Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn and Little Bird
Kevin Clash as Elmo, Baby Natasha, Orange AM Monster, and Hoots the Owl
David Rudman as Humphrey, Chicago the Lion, Martian #2, and Davey Monkey
Joe Mazzarino as Joey Monkey and Merry Monster
Pam Arciero as Telly Monster
James Kroupa as Bird in La La Line
Jim Martin as Goat
Richard Hunt as Gladys the Cow

Additional Muppets performed and voiced by Noel MacNeal, Bryant Young, Stephanie D'Abruzzo and Alice Dinnean.

Songs

"Sesame Street Theme" - The Kids
"Adventure" - En Vogue
"Do-Wop Hop"
"The Batty Bat" - The Count, Ftatateeta and his bats
"The Alligator King" - Bud Luckey
"I Love Trash" - Oscar the Grouch
"Count it Higher" - Little Chrissy and the Alphabets
Montage of Ernie songs:
* "Rubber Duckie"
* "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree"
* "Put Down the Duckie"
* "Do De Rubber Duck"
"C Is For Cookie" - Cookie Monster
"Monster in the Mirror" - Grover
"I'm an Aardvark" - Joe Raposo
"Fuzzy and Blue and Orange" - Grover, Herry, and Cookie Monster
"Skin" - Kevin Clash
"It's Not Easy Bein' Green" - Kermit the Frog
"Happy Tappin' with Elmo" - Elmo
"Doin' the Pigeon" - Bert
"Dance Myself to Sleep" - Bert & Ernie
"Feel the Beat"
"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" - Ernie
"We Are All Earthlings" - The Sesame Street Animals: Elmo and Jonathan Lighthouse
"Sing" - Ladysmith Black Mambazo