
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. ==Actors== * Yul Brynner * Carol Burnett, in an extremely brief appearance in the first episode * Jim Carrey, in a skit about "Happy Feet", written for Steve Martin. * Imogene Coca, 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* * 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 * Danny DeVito * Fran Drescher * Henry Fonda, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas'' * Jodie Foster * James Gandolfini * Mel Gibson, playing Hamlet to Elmo's Claudius * Seth Green, season 35, running the Letter of the Month Club with Telly * Whoopi Goldberg * John Goodman * David Alan Grier * James Earl Jones* * Burt Lancaster* * Shari Lewis and Lambchop* * Ethel Merman, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas''; her primary function in the special was to call Imogene Coca an idiot * Julianne Moore, season 35, with Count von Count in ''Far From Heaven'' parody ''Far From Seven'' * Liam Neeson * Rosie O'Donnell * Mandy Patinkin * Natalie Portman, dressed as an elephant and ran Hooper's store for one episode, while Alan was on vacation. * Julia Roberts * Tim Robbins, who asks to stay at The Furry Arms hotel. * Fred Rogers * Lea Salonga * Susan Sarandon* * Dick Smothers, one half of The Smothers Brothers, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas'' * Patrick Stewart* * Ben Stiller * Marisa Tomei * Leslie Uggams, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas'', Uggams thinks lemonade is hot cocoa * Robin Williams * Noah Wyle * Little Theatre for the Deaf, an acting troupe, who show Zoe how to sign the word "dancing" ==Celebrities== * Maya Angelou * Phil Donahue * Harvey Fierstein, season 35, singing the parody song "Everything's Coming Up Noses" * Jesse Jackson, who recited "I Am - Somebody" * Al Roker * Vonda Shephard, singing "Everybody's Song" * Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert * Barbara Walters ==Political figures== * UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan * First Lady of the United States Laura Bush, in episode Sesame Street season 34#4032, reading an original book called ''Wubba Wubba Wubba'' to Elmo, Big Bird, and some children. * First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton * Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, who recited the free verse poem "I Am - Somebody." * Ralph Nader, who sang ''People in Your Neighborhood'' with Human characters on Sesame Street ==Musicians== * James Galway * Dizzy Gillespie * Herbie Hancock * Kronos Quartet * Yo-Yo Ma * Branford Marsalis * Wynton Marsalis * Seiji Ozawa * Itzhak Perlman * Joshua Redman, possibly in the 12th season, playing his violin in the episode where Telly debuts, and plays his tuba. * Max Roach * Isaac Stern ==Singers== * Backstreet Boys * Lea Salonga * Tony Bennett * Harry Belafonte* * Rubén Blades * Garth Brooks * Cab Calloway * Mary Chapin Carpenter* * Aaron Carter and Nick Carter, two-headed monster skit, aired with Baby Bear's little sibling's birth, second episode. * Johnny Cash * Tracy Chapman * Ray Charles* * Chubby Checker * Destiny's Child, singing "New Way to Walk" * The Dixie Chicks * Judy Collins * Bo Diddley * Plácido Domingo * Gloria Estefan * Melissa Etheridge * José Feliciano * 14 Karat Soul * The Four Tops * Crystal Gayle * Lena Horne, singing to Grover when he was shy * Mahalia Jackson * Michael Jackson, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas'' * Wyclef Jean, season 36, rapping "Healthy Food" with Cookie Monster, for ''Healthy Habits for Life'' * Waylon Jennings * Billy Joel* * Norah Jones, season 35, singing "Don’t Know Why 'Y' Didn't Come" with Elmo and the letter "Y" * Wynonna Judd * Eddie Kendricks (of The Temptations) * Kid 'N Play * B.B. King * Gladys Knight and the Pips * Patti LaBelle * Queen Latifah * Ladysmith Black Mambazo * Little Richard, singing "Rubber Duckie" * Ziggy Marley * Martina McBride, season 35 * Don McLean * Bobby McFerrin * Menudo * Anne Murray, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas''; Murray's segment featured a magic egg nog container * Holly Near * Aaron Neville, singing "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" * *NSYNC * The Pointer Sisters * Lou Rawls * Helen Reddy * R.E.M. (band), singing "Furry Happy Monsters" * Little Richard * Smokey Robinson * Linda Ronstadt * Diana Ross * Buffy Sainte-Marie, who became a regular cast member * Jill Scott, singing "We Are All Earthlings" [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=15239] * Pete Seeger * Carly Simon * Paul Simon * Ruben Studdard, from ''American Idol'', with Elmo * Take 6 * James Taylor * Randy Travis * Stevie Wonder * Joe Williams ===Who didn't sing on the show=== * 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. ==Sports figures== * Arthur Ashe * Michael Chang * Julius Erving * Peggy Fleming * The Harlem Globetrotters * Roosevelt (Rosie) Grier * Bo Jackson * Joe Namath * Martina Navratilova * New York Giants * New York Knicks * New York Mets * David Robinson (basketball player) * 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''. * Venus Williams, season 35, with Elmo * Dave Winfield ==Pre-celebrities== The following persons were not celebrities at the time they appeared on ''Sesame Street'', but later became well-known: * Actor Alan Arkin * Actor Paul Benedict (as The Number Painter, from 1969-74) * Dancer Savion Glover * Actor Raúl Juliá as Rafael, 1971-1972 season * Actor Charlotte Rae * Actor-singer Holly Robinson-Peete, in the first episode, as 6-year-old "Sally" * Guitarist Nile Rodgers played in the Sesame Street band in the 1970s * Singer Luther Vandross, first season 1969 ==Celebrities who only lent their voices to the show== * Howard Morris, the voice of Jughead Jones * Grace Slick, on Jefferson Airplane, for the Spies and Racecars Sesame Street pinball counting segment for the #2 ==Celebrities as characters== * Kenny Baker as R2-D2 * Anthony Daniels as C-3PO * Arte Johnson (portraying his Nazi character from Laugh-In) ==Fictional characters== * Jughead Jones * The Pink Panther * The Simpsons, including Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, and Maggie Simpson. ==Celebrities who appeared in related segments, not within the show itself== In season 35, PBS stations aired clips of celebrities chatting about their favourite memories of the show. These were dubbed their "Sesame Street Moment". * Jason Biggs * Wayne Brady * Amy Brenneman * Harry Connick Jr. * Harvey Fierstein * Dennis Franz * Kelsey Grammer * Seth Green * Norah Jones * Martina McBride * Julianne Moore * Doris Roberts * Ruben Studdard * Venus Williams ==Characters based on celebrities== * Polly Darton, based on Dolly Parton * Dr. Feel, based on Dr. Phil, season 35 * Placido Flamingo, based on Placido Domingo * Joe Hundred Guy, based on ''Joe Millionaire'', season 35 * Pat Playjacks, based on Pat Sajak * Bennett Snerf, based on Bennett Cerf (along with a Muppet version of Arlene Francis, on a parody of "'''What's My Line?'''"), season 1 * Bruce Springbean, 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 Sesame Street Lists of people Celebrities == See Also: == Human characters on Sesame Street
Is it just me or is there a grammatical problem with this article title? --User:Dante Alighieri 02:46 9 Jun 2003 (UTC) :It was also not listed as a "List of..." which is contrary to Wikipedia policy. Fixed now. -- User:Goatasaur ---- and a parody of The Tonight Show. This page is hilarious. I don't think that was its purpose, but its making me crack up. I love how the article states " An asterisk (*) indicates those celebrities who are known to have recited or sung the alphabet" - was that intentionally meant to be funny? :D -- User:Natalinasmpf 09:44, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
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List of celebrity guest stars on Sesame Street
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. ==Actors== * Yul Brynner * Carol Burnett, in an extremely brief appearance in the first episode * Jim Carrey, in a skit about "Happy Feet", written for Steve Martin. * Imogene Coca, 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* * 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 * Danny DeVito * Fran Drescher * Henry Fonda, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas'' * Jodie Foster * James Gandolfini * Mel Gibson, playing Hamlet to Elmo's Claudius * Seth Green, season 35, running the Letter of the Month Club with Telly * Whoopi Goldberg * John Goodman * David Alan Grier * James Earl Jones* * Burt Lancaster* * Shari Lewis and Lambchop* * Ethel Merman, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas''; her primary function in the special was to call Imogene Coca an idiot * Julianne Moore, season 35, with Count von Count in ''Far From Heaven'' parody ''Far From Seven'' * Liam Neeson * Rosie O'Donnell * Mandy Patinkin * Natalie Portman, dressed as an elephant and ran Hooper's store for one episode, while Alan was on vacation. * Julia Roberts * Tim Robbins, who asks to stay at The Furry Arms hotel. * Fred Rogers * Lea Salonga * Susan Sarandon* * Dick Smothers, one half of The Smothers Brothers, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas'' * Patrick Stewart* * Ben Stiller * Marisa Tomei * Leslie Uggams, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas'', Uggams thinks lemonade is hot cocoa * Robin Williams * Noah Wyle * Little Theatre for the Deaf, an acting troupe, who show Zoe how to sign the word "dancing" ==Celebrities== * Maya Angelou * Phil Donahue * Harvey Fierstein, season 35, singing the parody song "Everything's Coming Up Noses" * Jesse Jackson, who recited "I Am - Somebody" * Al Roker * Vonda Shephard, singing "Everybody's Song" * Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert * Barbara Walters ==Political figures== * UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan * First Lady of the United States Laura Bush, in episode Sesame Street season 34#4032, reading an original book called ''Wubba Wubba Wubba'' to Elmo, Big Bird, and some children. * First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton * Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, who recited the free verse poem "I Am - Somebody." * Ralph Nader, who sang ''People in Your Neighborhood'' with Human characters on Sesame Street ==Musicians== * James Galway * Dizzy Gillespie * Herbie Hancock * Kronos Quartet * Yo-Yo Ma * Branford Marsalis * Wynton Marsalis * Seiji Ozawa * Itzhak Perlman * Joshua Redman, possibly in the 12th season, playing his violin in the episode where Telly debuts, and plays his tuba. * Max Roach * Isaac Stern ==Singers== * Backstreet Boys * Lea Salonga * Tony Bennett * Harry Belafonte* * Rubén Blades * Garth Brooks * Cab Calloway * Mary Chapin Carpenter* * Aaron Carter and Nick Carter, two-headed monster skit, aired with Baby Bear's little sibling's birth, second episode. * Johnny Cash * Tracy Chapman * Ray Charles* * Chubby Checker * Destiny's Child, singing "New Way to Walk" * The Dixie Chicks * Judy Collins * Bo Diddley * Plácido Domingo * Gloria Estefan * Melissa Etheridge * José Feliciano * 14 Karat Soul * The Four Tops * Crystal Gayle * Lena Horne, singing to Grover when he was shy * Mahalia Jackson * Michael Jackson, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas'' * Wyclef Jean, season 36, rapping "Healthy Food" with Cookie Monster, for ''Healthy Habits for Life'' * Waylon Jennings * Billy Joel* * Norah Jones, season 35, singing "Don’t Know Why 'Y' Didn't Come" with Elmo and the letter "Y" * Wynonna Judd * Eddie Kendricks (of The Temptations) * Kid 'N Play * B.B. King * Gladys Knight and the Pips * Patti LaBelle * Queen Latifah * Ladysmith Black Mambazo * Little Richard, singing "Rubber Duckie" * Ziggy Marley * Martina McBride, season 35 * Don McLean * Bobby McFerrin * Menudo * Anne Murray, in the special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas''; Murray's segment featured a magic egg nog container * Holly Near * Aaron Neville, singing "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" * *NSYNC * The Pointer Sisters * Lou Rawls * Helen Reddy * R.E.M. (band), singing "Furry Happy Monsters" * Little Richard * Smokey Robinson * Linda Ronstadt * Diana Ross * Buffy Sainte-Marie, who became a regular cast member * Jill Scott, singing "We Are All Earthlings" [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=15239] * Pete Seeger * Carly Simon * Paul Simon * Ruben Studdard, from ''American Idol'', with Elmo * Take 6 * James Taylor * Randy Travis * Stevie Wonder * Joe Williams ===Who didn't sing on the show=== * 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. ==Sports figures== * Arthur Ashe * Michael Chang * Julius Erving * Peggy Fleming * The Harlem Globetrotters * Roosevelt (Rosie) Grier * Bo Jackson * Joe Namath * Martina Navratilova * New York Giants * New York Knicks * New York Mets * David Robinson (basketball player) * 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''. * Venus Williams, season 35, with Elmo * Dave Winfield ==Pre-celebrities== The following persons were not celebrities at the time they appeared on ''Sesame Street'', but later became well-known: * Actor Alan Arkin * Actor Paul Benedict (as The Number Painter, from 1969-74) * Dancer Savion Glover * Actor Raúl Juliá as Rafael, 1971-1972 season * Actor Charlotte Rae * Actor-singer Holly Robinson-Peete, in the first episode, as 6-year-old "Sally" * Guitarist Nile Rodgers played in the Sesame Street band in the 1970s * Singer Luther Vandross, first season 1969 ==Celebrities who only lent their voices to the show== * Howard Morris, the voice of Jughead Jones * Grace Slick, on Jefferson Airplane, for the Spies and Racecars Sesame Street pinball counting segment for the #2 ==Celebrities as characters== * Kenny Baker as R2-D2 * Anthony Daniels as C-3PO * Arte Johnson (portraying his Nazi character from Laugh-In) ==Fictional characters== * Jughead Jones * The Pink Panther * The Simpsons, including Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, and Maggie Simpson. ==Celebrities who appeared in related segments, not within the show itself== In season 35, PBS stations aired clips of celebrities chatting about their favourite memories of the show. These were dubbed their "Sesame Street Moment". * Jason Biggs * Wayne Brady * Amy Brenneman * Harry Connick Jr. * Harvey Fierstein * Dennis Franz * Kelsey Grammer * Seth Green * Norah Jones * Martina McBride * Julianne Moore * Doris Roberts * Ruben Studdard * Venus Williams ==Characters based on celebrities== * Polly Darton, based on Dolly Parton * Dr. Feel, based on Dr. Phil, season 35 * Placido Flamingo, based on Placido Domingo * Joe Hundred Guy, based on ''Joe Millionaire'', season 35 * Pat Playjacks, based on Pat Sajak * Bennett Snerf, based on Bennett Cerf (along with a Muppet version of Arlene Francis, on a parody of "'''What's My Line?'''"), season 1 * Bruce Springbean, 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 Sesame Street Lists of people Celebrities == See Also: == Human characters on Sesame Street
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Is it just me or is there a grammatical problem with this article title? --User:Dante Alighieri 02:46 9 Jun 2003 (UTC) :It was also not listed as a "List of..." which is contrary to Wikipedia policy. Fixed now. -- User:Goatasaur ---- and a parody of The Tonight Show. This page is hilarious. I don't think that was its purpose, but its making me crack up. I love how the article states " An asterisk (*) indicates those celebrities who are known to have recited or sung the alphabet" - was that intentionally meant to be funny? :D -- User:Natalinasmpf 09:44, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
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