Sesame Street Stays Up Late!

Sesame Street Stays Up Late! is a 1993 Sesame Street New Year's Eve television special with guest appearances of characters from the international versions of Sesame Street. This special aired on December 29, 1993 on PBS. It was released on home video as Sesame Street Celebrates Around the World.

Plot

Everyone on Sesame Street is preparing to celebrate New Year's Eve. However Telly is the main character in the special, quickly discovers that this means that the current year ends and he is happy with the year as it is. Because he gets afraid that he soon will enter an unknown year, he starts a campaign to prevent the new year to come to Sesame Street.

In the meantime, Elmo is the host of the monster news that shows how New Year's Eve is celebrated around the world. This is done by showing segments created by the Sesame characters from the different co-productions around the world.

Also, during the special, Wolfgang the Seal balances a beach ball on his nose because he was hired to be the Time Square ball. Near the end of the special, the cast did the countdown and Wolfgang removes the ball in slow motion. When the ball drops to the ground, everyone cheers and welcomes in the new year. Telly is still amazed that everyone is still here and happily joins the celebration. Even Slimey celebrates, much to Oscar's chagrin. The words "THE END" then appear onscreen following the credit roll and Cookie Monster eats one of the letters, exclaiming "Me love credits!"

The Cast of Sesame Street

Child Cast

  • Carlo Alban - Carlo
  • Tarah Schaeffer - Tarah
  • Olivia Oguma - Young Girl (in New York City)

Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets

Additional Muppets performed by Jim Kroupa, Peter Linz, Rick Lyon, Noel MacNeal, and Alison Mork.

International Muppet performers

  • Gilles Ben-David - Oofnik the Grouch
  • Geir Børresen - Max Mekker
  • Hanne Dahle - Alfa
  • Uta Delbridge - Finchen
  • Klaus Esch - Samson
  • Åsmund Huser - Bjarne Betjent
  • Paula Pais - Tita
  • Marita Stolze - Tiffy
  • Sarai Tzuriel - Kippi Ben Kippod

Song list

  • "We're Gonna Stay Up Late and Party!"
  • "It's New Year's Eve"
  • "Faces That I Love (Wishes for the New Year)"


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