DON'T EAT THE PICTURES: SESAME STREET AT THE
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (TV)
Summary
In this special, the "Sesame Street" regulars tour New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art after they are accidentally locked in overnight. Just as the museum is closing, Big Bird announces that he must stay behind to find his friend, Mr. Snuffleupagus. While the others search the entire museum for Big Bird, he and Snuffleupagus befriend an Egyptian prince who's been trying to solve a riddle for more than 4,000 years so that he can finally join his parents. The boy prince claims to be under a spell cast by Osiris, the Lord of the Underworld, and asks Big Bird and Snuffy to help him find the answer to the question "Where does today meet yesterday?" The three wander throughout the museum searching for clues from ancient Egyptian drawings, while the others examine masterpieces and objects of art. Highlights include the following: Oscar the Grouch stumbles upon a Roman and Greek statue display and sings about "the most beautiful trash" he's ever seen; Cookie Monster, reading a booklet entitled "Food Art," sings about museum etiquette; Grover sings to a suit of armor; and Bert and Ernie examine a portrait of George Washington.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: November 16, 1983 Wednesday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:46
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:17358
- GENRE: Children's; Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Art - Analysis, appreciation; Children's programs; Puppets; She Made It Collection (Joan Ganz Cooney)
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV, 1983
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Children's Television Workshop … Production Statement
- Dulcy Singer … Executive Producer
- Jon Stone … Director
- Tony Geiss … Producer, Conceived and written by, Music by
- Lisa Simon … Producer
- Arlene Sherman … Producer
- Caroline Kennedy … Coordinating Producer, For the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Stephen Lawrence … Music by
- Christopher Cerf … Music by
- Dick Lieb … Music by, Arranger and conductor
- Caroly Wilcox … Muppets by
- Kermit Love … Muppets by
- Donald Sahlin … Muppets by
- Ed Christie … Muppets by
- Cheryl Blalock … Muppets by
- Richard Termine … Muppets by
- Noel MacNeal … Muppets by
- James Mason … Special Guest
- Fritz Weaver … Special Guest
- Paul Dooley … Special Guest
- Frank Oz … Muppet Performer
- Jerry Nelson … Muppet Performer
- Richard Hunt … Muppet Performer
- Brian Muehl … Muppet Performer
- Bryant Young … Muppet Performer
- Jim Henson … Muppet Performer
- Caroll Spinney … Cast, Big Bird and Oscar, Muppet Performer
- Martin P. Robinson … Cast, Mr. Snuffle-upagus, Muppet Performer
- Linda Bove … Cast
- Northern Calloway … Cast
- Loretta Long … Cast
- Sonia Manzano … Cast
- Bob McGrath … Cast
- Roscoe Orman … Cast
- Alaina Reed … Cast
- Aram Chowdhury … Cast
- Li Alexander … Cast
- Jason Paul Janzer … Cast
- Nadia Jones … Cast
- Mika Kakizaki … Cast
- David Zetlin-Jones … Cast
- Andrew Cassese … Cast
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, The