Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet


Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet is a 2005 direct-to-video special. All-Star Alphabet is an anthology of over two dozen scenes taken from episodes of the children's television series Sesame Street and tied together by new scenes featuring Nicole Sullivan and Stephen Colbert as the letters "A" and "Z" respectively. The special also stars Sheryl Crow, The Dixie Chicks, Melissa Etheridge, Larry King, and Norah Jones.

Plot

In addition to the scenes featuring Nicole Sullivan and Stephen Colbert as "A" and "Z," All-Star Alphabet is made up of twenty-six segments, plus two for the entire alphabet. All of these segments are from prior episodes of Sesame Street, although some are slightly edited.
LetterSegment TitleOriginal EpisodeNotes
"Elmo's Rap Alphabet"3456
A4064
B"No Letter Better than B"3996Sung by The Dixie Chicks
C"C-Cowboy and C-Cowgirl"3901
D3970
E2937
F3899
G"G, You're So Great"3397
H"Soul H"3368
I"I Soaks Up The Sun"4036Sung by Sheryl Crow
J"Jumping J"4051
K3012
L3306
M"M is for Monster"3885
N4021
O"Say O!"4030
P3066
Q4073
R"Cookie Monster's R Rap"3995
S3551
T3851
U"Like The Way U Does"3529Sung by Melissa Etheridge
V3399
W4079Features Larry King
X2862
Y"Don't Know Y"4081Sung by Norah Jones
Z3296
"ABC Hip Hop"4053

Cast

Muppet performers

Humans

Production

A majority of the special is older footage from Sesame Street, but the scenes involving Nicole Sullivan and Stephen Colbert were made solely for the purpose of the special. These new scenes were filmed at the Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey.