Sesame Street: A Very Grouchy Halloween

Sesame Street: A Very Grouchy Halloween is a Halloween special which first aired on HBO on October 20, 2019 to coincide with Sesame Street's 50th anniversary, with an additional broadcast on PBS three days later.

The afternoon before Halloween, Oscar the Grouch receives an invitation to tour an old, haunted castle in Transylvania, once inhabited by Count von Count's long-deceased ancestor, the Grandcount Belugosi, which is said to have been abandoned for 200 years. Sesame Street's resident Grouch must come face-to-face with ghosts who look (and act) eerily similar to the monsters, people and animals he lives with, and must escape the castle before midnight, or else he'll be trapped forever. Along the way, Oscar has to deal with the Grandcount's wicked great-granddaughter, Countess Treach (the runt of the Count's family), who, backed up by Modo and Hugo (two gargoyles who are really bad at being evil), rules the Grandcount's domain with an iron fist. She feigns interest in marrying Oscar by tricking him into believing she is an honorary Grouch (with the intention of killing the Grouch soon after their marriage is finalized).

The exteriors (and some interiors) of the Grandcount's castle were filmed at the Jim Henson Company lot in Los Angeles, California, while the Sesame Street scenes (and most of the castle interiors) were filmed at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York as usual. Sequences featuring stop-motion puppets of the Sesame Street Muppets are also included, designed and animated by L.A.-based Screen Novelties.

NOTES The Grandcount's castle contains recreations of the sets of both Family Feud and Jeopardy. The hosts of the shows, Steve Harvey and Alex Trebek respectively, make appearances as themselves.

Being a special celebrating Sesame Street's 50th anniversary, dozens of classic Muppets make cameos as ghosts in the Grandcount's castle. Lefty the Salesman, Sherlock Hemlock, Forgetful Jones and others make short, speaking cameos throughout the special, while Roosevelt Franklin and Deena appear as the ghosts of two of the children of Countess Treach's ex (played by Gonger) who were all murdered when Gonger tried to divorce her (the other two are played by Julia and Rudy).

Joey Mazzarino returns to perform Murray Monster in this special, credited immediately after the "Sesame Street Muppet Performers" credit.

This special marks Karen Prell's first performance on Sesame Street since 1981 (not counting the 2003 attraction Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic), reprising her major role, retired character Deena Monster. The character was initially planned to be recast to Pam Arciero, until Prell offered to personally come to New York for two days to shoot the scenes featuring Deena, then returning for a third day to assist Ryan Dillon in performing Elmo and double on Lefty the Salesman during the dining room scene. For her performance, Prell is given a "special appearance" billing during the end credits.

Though she doesn't puppeteer in this special, Julianne Buescher makes a vocal appearance as Loopy the ventriloquist's dummy (her actual puppetry was handled by Michael Paul). Two other veteran Muppet performers, Fran Brill and Bill Barretta, make on-screen cameos as zombies, as do fellow performer Tyler Bunch and longtime Henson director Kirk Thatcher.

Perhaps as a nod to the misconception of her ever appearing on Sesame Street, Miss Piggy makes her first (and so far, only) appearance in a Sesame production, alongside Kermit the Frog, known for his regular guest appearances on the show. In their cameo, Kermit and Piggy appear as dangling corpses in the Grandcount's castle. After Oscar runs away from them, Piggy abruptly animates, irritated about having to be on "a silly little kid show". Kermit rebuts that it's only a one-time appearance, "and besides, it pays well." Piggy, understanding but still annoyed, returns to being lifeless, with Kermit following almost immediately. Both Kermit and Piggy receive "special guest appearance" credits at the end.

For the scenes taking place in the Grandcount's castle, the crew took inspiration from Disney's "Haunted Mansion" attraction and films like Corpse Bride, Beetlejuice and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as well as scenes that pay homage to Carrie and The Shining, and a nightmare sequence in the vein of the "pink elephants" scene from Disney's Dumbo and the "Heffalumps and Woozles" scene from The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Corpse Bride and Beetlejuice director Tim Burton, and Rocky Horror creator Richard O'Brien were actually credited as "creative consultants", as was R.L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps books.

The celebrity ghosts that haunt the graveyard adjacent to the castle are named after members of the original Sesame Street creative team: Jon (Stone), Jim (Henson), Chris (Cerf), Joan (Ganz Cooney), Tony (Geiss), (Jerry) Juhl, Joe (Raposo), Cathi (Turow), Frank (Oz), Emily (Perl Kingsley), Lisa (Simon), Jeff (Moss), Caroly (Wilcox), Dulcy (Singer), Judy (Freudberg), and Don (Sahlin).

Principal photography for this special took place between October and December 2018, with creature effects construction beginning in late July 2018, and post-production beginning in January 2019. It was the final production that cameraman John Meiklejohn worked on before his death later in 2019, and the special is dedicated in part to his memory.

CHARACTERS Muppets: Abby Cadabby, Alice Snuffleupagus, The Amazing Mumford, Athena, Baby Bear, Baby Natasha, Barkley, Benny Rabbit, Bert, Betty Lou, Biff, The Big Bad Wolf, Big Bird, Bip Bippadotta, Bonkers, Brad, Bruno the Trashman, The Busby Twins, Buster the Horse, Chicago the Lion, Chip and Dip, Clementine, Cookie Monster, Cookie Monster's Mommy, Count von Count, Curly Bear, Dani, Daniel, Deena, Dingers, Dr. Nobel Price, Don Music, Elena, Elizabeth, Elmo, Ernestine, Ernie, Farley, Ferlinghetti Donizetti, Forgetful Jones, Francine Lloyd Wright, Frazzle, Fred the Wonder Horse, Freddy, Ftateeta and the Bats, Georgie, Gladys the Cow, Glo Worm, Gonger, Grandcount Belugosi, Granny Bird, Granny Fanny Nesselrode, Grouches, Grover, Grover's Mommy, Grundgetta, Guy Smiley, Harvey Kneeslapper, Herb, Herbert Birdsfoot, Herry Monster, Honkers, Hoots the Owl, Horatio the Elephant, Humphrey, Ingrid, Irvine, Joey and Davey Monkey, Julia, Lefty the Salesman, Leo the Party Monster, Little Bird, Little Murray Sparkles, Loopy, Louie, Lulu, Maggie Cadabby, Mae, Mama Bear, The Martians, Merry Monster, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Modo and Hugo, Monty, Mrs. Crustworthy, Murray Monster, Old MacDonald, Oscar the Grouch, Oscar's Mother, Ovejita, Papa Bear, Phantom Host, Placido Flamingo, Poco Loco, Polly Darton, Prairie Dawn, Preston Rabbit, Professor Hastings, Ricardo, Roosevelt Franklin, Rosa, Rose, Rosita, Roxie Marie, Ruby, Rudy, SAM the Robot, Samuel, Shelley the Turtle, Sherlock Hemlock, Simon Soundman, Slimey, Stinky the Stinkweed, Telly Monster, Tessie Twiddlebug, Thomas Twiddlebug, The Three Little Pigs, Timmy Twiddlebug, Tina Twiddlebug, Two-Headed Monster, Wanda Cousteau, Wolfgang the Seal, Zoe

Background Muppets: Alfred Duck, Alligator, AM Monsters, Anything Muppets, Bear, Billy Monster, Blue Jay, Bruce Monster, Butch the Tiger, Camel, Captain Vegetable, Casey, Chickens, Clancy, Colambo, Collie, Crow, Dani, David Attenbird, Dawg the Dog, Dimples the Dog, Ducks, Duke the Horse, Gabrielle, Goat, Googel, Harry Monster, Harvey Monster, Helena, Iago, Imogene, Karina the Ballerina, Kathleen the Cow, Kermit the Forg, Kingston Livingston III, Leo Birdelli, Madame Chairbird, Marian, Marissa, Maurice Monster, Max the Magnificent, Mel, Narf, Parker Monster, Pearl, Penguins, Phoebe, Pigeons, Pigs, Preposterous, Rocky the Cat, Rodeo Rosie, Roosevelt Franklin's Mother, Segi, Sheep, Sherry Netherland, Shivers the Penguin, Skunk, Sloppy, Snake, Sonny Friendly, Stuie Monster, Stuntkip, Sully, Super Chicken, Toucan, Watson

Photographed Muppets: Abelardo Montoya, The Count's Grandparents, The Countess, Countess Dahling von Dahling, Countess von Backwards, Count von Count's Brother, Ernest the Grouch, Felix the Grouch, Mama Countess, Masha, Moishe Oofnik, Teeny Little Super Guy

CREDITS Executive Producer BENJAMIN LEHMANN

Co-Executive Producer KEN SCARBOROUGH

Produced by MINDY FILA TODD E. JAMES KARYN LEIBOVICH STEPHANIE LONGARDO

Stop-Motion Producer CHRIS FINNEGAN

Directed by RICK FERNANDES SCOTT PRESTON

L.A. Unit Director SHANNON FLYNN

Stop-Motion Directors MARK CABALLERO SEAMUS WALSH

Head Writer KEN SCARBOROUGH

Written by JOE FALLON ANDREW MORIARTY

Starring JULIE GONZALO STEVE HARVEY JAMES MONROE IGLEHART DOUG JONES CHRIS KNOWINGS PAUL LEVESQUE SUKI LOPEZ STEPHANIE McMAHON LEVESQUE ALAN MURAOKA ROSCOE ORMAN ALEX TREBEK

Special Guest Stars

with the voices of JULIANNE BUESCHER KEITH DAVID MICK FOLEY MARK HAMILL NICK KROLL EDDIE MURPHY PATTON OSWALT J.K. SIMMONS

and Special Guest Appearances by KERMIT THE FROG and MISS PIGGY

The Sesame Street Muppet Players PAM ARCIERO JENNIFER BARNHART WARRICK BROWNLOW-PIKE TYLER BUNCH LESLIE CARRARA-RUDOLPH FRANKIE CORDERO STEPHANIE D'ABRUZZO RYAN DILLON STACEY GORDON CHRIS THOMAS HAYES ERIC JACOBSON JOHN KENNEDY PETER LINZ CARMEN OSBAHR MARTIN P. ROBINSON DAVID RUDMAN MATT VOGEL

and JOEY MAZZARINO

Additional Muppet Performers

with special appearance by KAREN PRELL

L.A. Muppet Performers GRANT BACIOCCO ALICE DINNEAN B.J. GUYER BRIAN JONES DONNA KIMBALL TIM LAGASSE ALISON MORK COLLEEN SMITH

CAST

Creative Consultants TIM BURTON RICHARD O'BRIEN R.L. STINE

Line Producer AIMEE BLACKTON

Film Producer KIMBERLY WRIGHT

Digital Producer ANDREW MORIARTY

Associate Producers MORRIS CHAPDELAINE CHRISTINA ELEFANTE BRYCE-LOREN WALKER

Executive Vice President & Creative Director BROWN JOHNSON

Senior Vice President of Curriculum and Content ROSEMARIE T. TRUGLIO, Ph.D.

Sesame Street Curriculum and Content Team JESSICA DiSALVO SUSAN SCHEINER, M.A. AUTUMN P. ZITANI STEFANO, M.A.

Production Designers LAURA BROCK DAVID GALLO LYNDON MOSSE

Special Production & Puppet Design by PAUL ANDREJCO (Puppet Heap Workshop, LLC) ED EYTH MICHAEL K. FRITH (No Strings International) DAVE HULTEEN JR. (Dave Hulteen Design) PATRICK JOHNSON & SEAN JOHNSON (Swazzle Inc.) AVERY LEE JONES JAMES KEMP ADAM KREUTINGER JIM KROUPA & JOHN ORBERG (3/Design Studio) MICHAEL LATINI & MARC PETROSINO (Monkey Boys Productions) RICK LYON (The Lyon Puppets) MARTIN P. ROBINSON

Character, Creature & Concept Designers LAUREN ATTINELLO GENE BARRETTA MICHAEL BROOM KEITH CHRISTENSEN CRAIG KELLMAN HANK MAYO SCOTT PATTON JORDU SCHELL CONSTANTINE SEKERIS AARON SIMS MILES TEVES

Art Directors OANA BOGDAN MILLER CHAS PLUMMER

Set Decorator JANNA CRAWFORD

Senior Graphic Designers MIKE PANTUSO CHRIS RENAUD

Graphic Designers RICKEY BOYD MICHAEL LAPINSKI PETE ORTIZ BOB WEST

Costume Designers ANGELA BRIGHT JENNIFER CAPRIO LISA DAVIS BRIAN C. HEMESATH POLLY SMITH

Wardrobe Supervisor DEBBIE LUCAS

Costume Coordinator BIRGITTA FREDLUND

Lead Specialty Costumer A.J. CATALANO

Specialty Costumes JOSHUA ADAMS DEBORAH AMBROSINO LAURA BAKER CAROL BINION LISA BOBER MARY BREHMER DOROTHY BULAC MARILYN DOZER-CHANEY JOSEPH COLLINS SOPHIA CORONADO DAN CRAWLEY JERAMI CRUISE LISA DAVIS CHRIS DOOLEY TIM ESTES BOB FLANAGAN JEFF HIMMEL LISA HOWARD BARRY LINK KARI LOVE ANTONIO LOZA KAREN MASON KATELYN RODGERS LETICIA SANDOVAL GINA SCARNATI ROBYN SIMMS SHOWNEE SMITH DOUGLAS J. STEWART MARIA SUNDEEN JILL THRAVES JILL TOMOMATSU BILL TRAETTA KACY TREADWAY HALEY WHO SIMONE WILLIAMS

Lighting Designers BILL BERNER STEVEN BRILL MITCHELL BOGARD DAN KELLEY

Special Effects Lighting ALAN McFARLAND

Master Lighting Artist STEVEN JAMES

Puppet Captain MATT VOGEL

Creative Director of Character Design LOUIS HENRY MITCHELL

Puppets, Costumes & Props by The Jim Henson Company N.Y. Creature Shop ED CHRISTIE (Puppet Design Consultant) HEATHER ASCH LARRY BASGALL RONALD BINION DAVID BIZZARO ERIN SLATTERY BLACK CHERYL BLAYLOCK MARY BREHMER MATTHEW BRENNAN MATTHEW BROOKS MICHAEL BUSH BRIAN CARSON CEILI CLEMENS JOHN CODY CAROLE D'AGOSTINO NICOLINA DANTE ANDREA DETWILER ROSA DOUGLAS ISABELLE DUFOUR BEN DUROCHER VICTORIA ELLIS HENRI EWASKIO BOB FLANAGAN JOEL GENNARI VANESSA GIFFORD GILLIS ANDREA GILLETTI JAMES GODWIN MURIEL STOCKDALE GRABE BRIAN HAIMES TYLER HALL LIZ HARA PAUL HARTIS DEBORAH HERTZBERG MICHELLE HICKEY JOSHUA HOLDEN ANN MARIE HOLDGRUEN J. DOUGLAS JAMES ARIELLA KNIGHT JOE KOVACS ROLLIE KREWSON SARAH LAFFERTY KARI LOVE LARA MacLEAN AMANDA MADDOCK LAURA MANNS CATHY McCULLOUGH TOM McLAUGHLIN CASEY MILLER TOM NEWBY ANNEY OZAR GABRIELLA PADILLA CONSTANCE PETERSON JANE PIEN KIP RATHKE LILY ROSEN STEPHEN ROTONDARO KATE RUSEK SIERRA SCHOENING MICHAEL SCHUPBACH MICHAEL SCHWABE JESSICA SIMON POLLY SMITH KEELY SNOOK DAVID VALENTINE JASON WEBER STACEY WEINGARTEN JAMES WOJTAL

Puppet Construction Consultants TIM MILLER CAROLY WILCOX

Production (Henson) MELISSA CREIGHTON GABRIELLA DEGENNARO RICHARD DYAR JONATHAN EHRICH CAROLYN FANELLI JOSEPH RODDY

Special Ghost Muppets Created by The Jim Henson Company L.A. Creature Shop JANE GOOTNICK (Puppet Design Captain) PETER ABRAHAMSON GREG BALLORA DAVID BARRINGTON-HOLT ROBERT H. BENNETT CAROL BINION RACHEL BURSON JOHN CRISWELL GRETCHEN CROOKES DUKE CULLEN RICHARD DARWIN ROBIN DUFAY BRAD ELLIOT ALEX "JURGEN" FERGUSON DEBORAH GALVEZ PATRICK GERRETY B.J. GUYER BETH HATHAWAY SCOTT JOHNSON MARIAN KEATING TIM LAGASSE FRANK LANGLEY RUSSELL LUKICH PETER MacKENNAN GREG MANION GARY MARTINEZ KAREN MASON TAMARA McKINNON-MILLER MICHAEL OOSTEROM GARY PAWLOWSKI MATT ROSE LEX RUDD MIKE SCANLAN TOMAS SEIDITA DAVID SKELLY NORMAN TEMPIA JILL THRAVES RUSS WALKO CHAD WATERS JULIE ZOBEL with ARTIE ESPOSITO DREW MASSEY JESS McKAY VICTOR YERRID

Special Visual Effects/Animation by Industrial Light & Magic a divison of Lucasfilm Ltd. San Francisco, California

Special Effects Supervisors/Technicians THOMAS D. BACHO JR. DAVE BARKOVITZ PAUL BARNES LEN BURGE SEBASTIEN CAILLABET MATT CORRIGAN NICK DeROSA ANTHONY GIORDANO ARMANDO GONZALEZ VINCENT GUASTINI MARC IRVIN CLARK JAMES JEFF KHACHADOORIAN DANA KLAREN WALTER KLASSEN MIKE MENZEL TIM PHOENIX BRYAN SIDES VALEK SYKES

Creature Effects Supervisors/Technicians PAUL BARNES ROBERT DeVINE CHARLIE GRANT GREG RAMOUNDOS MARK RAPPAPORT SCREAMING MAD GEORGE SHAUN SMITH

Animatronics Supervisors/Technicians DAVID BARCLAY JIM BOULDEN PETER BROOKE RICK LAZZARINI STEVE NEWBURN

Heads of Fabrication FIONA CAZALY DAWN DININGER LOU ELSEY MELISSA JIMINEZ RAMIREZ REGGIE RIZZO

Lead Sculptors DON LANNING MICHELLE MILLAY JUSTIN PITKEHLY TODD REX JOHN WELDY

Visual Effects Supervisors/Technicians YANCY CALZADA CRAIG CATON-LARGENT BLAIR CLARK GLENN DERRY ERIC HAYDEN JASON MURPHY CAROLYN OROS MARC PERRERA ROBERT SHORT DAVID STINNETT TREY STOKES APRIL WARREN

Lead Digital Compositor TOM WILLIAMSON

Special Mechanical Effects by Legacy Effects RICHIE ALONZO JASPER ANDERSON GREG APRAHAMIAN MEGAN AREFORD CARY AYERS LLOYD BALL BILL BASSO ENRIQUE BILSLAND EVAN BRAINARD KENNETH CALHOUN TAMARA CARLSON-WOODARD JIM CHARMATZ CHRIS CHEATHAM JOHN CHEREVKA BRIAN CLAUS KOURTNEY COATS CHRISTIAN COLQUHOUN JAVIER CONTRERAS TONY CONTRERAS KEN CORNETT EMILY COUGHLIN DAVID COVARRUBIAS KEN CULVER CORY CZEKAJ JON DAWE ERICK de la VEGA JEFF DEIST MICHELLE DEVILLE LOU DIAZ DAWN DININGER MARILYN DOZER-CHANEY DAN DRISCOLL JONATHAN FABER GREG FIGIEL DAMIAN FISHER BRUCE SPAULDING FULLER RICK GALINSON JASON GEE JESSE GEE JOE GOMEZ CONNIE GRAYSON CRISWELL NYSSA GRAZDA CHRIS GRONDIN CHRIS GROSSNICKLE JAMIE GROVE TED HAINES VANCE HARTWELL POLET HARUTNIAN RICHARD HAUGEN TOMO HAYASHI SETH HAYS MATT HEIMLICH TREVOR HENSLEY KURT HERBEL BRIAN HILLARD JAMES HIRAHARA DARNELL ISOM BRIAN JAECKER-JONES JEFF JINGLE LYNETTE JOHNSON KENT JONES IAN JOYNER ANTHONY JULIO GREG KETO RODRICK KHACHATOORIAN MARK KILLINGSWORTH JIM KUNDIG RICHARD LANDON EDWARD LAWTON ANTONIO LOZA MICHAEL MacFARLANE KATHY KANE MACGOWAN LINDSAY MacGOWAN SHANE MAHAN MARK MAITRE MIKE MANZEL KEITH MARBORY CLAYTON MARTINEZ JASON MATTHEWS MARK "CRASH" McCREERY PAUL MEJIAS DAVID MERRITT BRUCE MITCHELL DAVID MONZINGO LON MUCKEY STEVEN MUNSON BRIAN NAMANNY TIM NORDELLA ANGELA NOVAK MICHAEL O'BRIEN TOI OGUNYOKU JR. AINA O'KANE MICHAEL ORNELAZ SCOTT OSHITA TOM OVENSHIRE EMILY FIORA PARKS SCOTT PATTON WALTER PHELAN EPIFFANY PHILLIPS JEFF PYLE ROB RAMSDELL JOSEPH READER STEPHANIE RIEKENA CHRISTIAN RISTOW DWIGHT ROBERTS TRACEY ROBERTS DEREK ROSENGRANT JOHN ROSENGRANT PIO PAULO SANTANA ALAN SCOTT NICK SELDON AARON SIMS BRIAN SIPE JAIME SISKA KIRK SKODIS GREGORY L. SMITH WON-IL SONG DESIREE SOTO VAUGHN ALFRED SOUSA JOHNNIE SPENCE JAMES SPRINGHAM MATT SPRUNGER BRETT STERN IAN STEVENSON SCOTT STODDARD ALANNA SUEN CHRISTOPHER SWIFT COLE TAYLOR CALE THOMAS GINO TROVELA HILL VINOT DAMON WEATHERS AMY WHETSEL ANDREA WIERSMA GARY YEE KELLY ZAK CHRIS ZEGA

Special Animatronics Effects by Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. BRENT ARMSTRONG ROLAND BLANCAFLOR JOANNE BLOOMFIELD PATRICK G. BRADY JEFF BUCCACIO STEVE BUSCAINO AIDA CAEFER YANCY CALZADA WES CAMPBELL MARIO CASTILLO ROBERT CLARK PETER W. CLARKE BRIAN CLAWSON YURI EVERSON ALEC GILLIS MICHAEL HEINTZELMAN DAVID HOEHN HIROSHI IKEUCHI JAMES KAGEL SEAN KENNEDY STEVE KUZELA KAREN LAFLER MIKE LARRABEE TIM LEACH JOHN LUNDBERG TIM MARTIN ANTHONY MATIJEVICH BUD McGREW JIM McLOUGHLIN MIYO NAKAMURA PAUL PALOS DAVID PENIKAS RYAN PETERSON STEVE ROSENBLUTH JOHNNIE SAIKO ESPIRITU GREG SMITH MARC TYLER GARTH WINKLESS DAVID T. WOODRUFF TOM WOODRUFF, JR.

Special Makeup Effects by KNB EFX Group, Inc. JAREMY AIELLO CHAD ATKINSON JASON BARNETT LINDA BASTIN HEATHER BEAUVIAS HOWARD BERGER ANDY BERGHOLTZ ALEX BREIJAK CAILEY BROOKS MICHAEL BROOM NORMAN CABRERA CONNIE CADWELL CHRIS CERA VAL CRAWFORD GINO CROGNALE LAURA DANDRIDGE BRAD DARVAS MICHAEL DEAK ROB DERRY MITCH DEVANE ALEX DIAZ JEFF EDWARDS GLEN EISNER JUSTIN FAITH TERRI FLUKER ADDISON FOREMAN ANDY FOWLER STEVE FRAKES ROBERT FREITAS JAKE GARBER JOE GILES LUCAS GODFREY BRIAN GOEHRING MARK GOLDBERG DAVID GRASSO JAMES HALL STEVE HARTMAN JEFF HIMMEL ROB HINDERSTEIN JASON HODGES GRADY HOLDER EDDIE HOLECKO AKIHITO IKEDA GARRETT IMMEL KERRIN JACKSON MELISSA JIMENEZ RAMIREZ BILL JOHNSON CAREY JONES STEVE KATZ JAMIE KELMAN RICK KESS LUKE KHANLIAN LOUIS KISS DEREK KROUT ROBERT KURTZMAN GIL LIBERTO MORGAN LINDSKOG ALEX "LITTLE AL" LORENZANA MIKE McCARTY GREG McDOUGALL MO MEINHART CLARE MULROY CHRISTOPHER ALLEN NELSON GREG NICOTERO JOEY OROSCO VERONICA OWENS CRISTINA PATTERSON RON PIPES TIM RALSTON DIRK ROGERS MARK JAMES ROSS MIKE ROSS MIKEY ROTELLA FRANK RYDBERG ANDY SCHONEBERG SHANNON SHEA ROBYN SIMMS DAVID SNYDER MARK TAVARES WAYNE TOTH HAILEY TRIFIRO A.J. VENUTO CHRIS WALKER KEVIN WASNER JOHN WHEATON DAVID WOGH JOHN WRIGHTSON DIANA YUN SOO YOO SHANE ZANDER

Special Practical Effects by Alterian, Inc. KEN BANKS BILL BRYAN BARNEY BURMAN NIK CAREY PETER CHEVAKO BRYAN CHRISTENSEN JASON "JAY" DETHERIDGE THOMAS FLOUTZ TONY GARDNER GLEN HANZ RICHARD REDLEFSEN MEGHAN REILLY AARON ROMERO TERRY SANDIN JOHN SHEA RUSSELL SHINKLE DAVID SMITH LILO TAUVAO BILL TEREZAKIS MARK VINIELLO KEVIN WEIR

Special Creature Effects by Creature Effects, Inc. JEFF CRUTS GENE HEETER MECKI HEUSSEN SUSAN LAPRELLE MARK RAPPAPORT

Special Creature Effects by Steve Johnson FX THOMAS D. BACHO JR. JIM BOULDEN PATRICK G. BRADY DOUG HUDSON STEVE JOHNSON STEVE NEWBURN PEDRO VALDEZ

Specialty Costumes by Ironhead Studio CRIS ALEX CHRIS ALEXANDER DARIN BOUYSSOU KEITH CHRISTENSEN MICHAEL DYE JOSE FERNANDEZ PETE KELLEY DON LANNING JACQUELINE MAKKEE JAKE McKINNON ERIC O'NEILL RATNA PAPPERT DAVID PERTEET BRIAN VAN DORN

Additional Special Effects by Spectral Motion, Inc. STEVEN ADKINS WAYNE ANDERSON RICHARD ARGUIJO BRENT BAKER JIM BEINKE ROLAND BLANCAFLOR ROB CAPWELL NICHOLAS COLEMAN GARY DARAKJIAN DAVID DIAZ MARY ELIZALDE MIKE ELIZALDE JON FEDELE BILL FESH ERIC FIEDLER JACK FIRMAN CLAIRE FLEWIN BRIE FORD CORINNE FORTUNADO FRED FRALEIGH CHRIS GARNAAS TIM GORE JARED GUENTHER JURGEN HEIMANN TIM HUIZING LARS JANGAARD MARK JURINKO HIROSHI KATAGIRI KAREN KEENER MANZEL JUNKO KOMORI MARIA KRUSE TIMOTHY LAMB AMANDA LEWIS KYLE MARTIN CASS McCLURE KEVIN McTURK SCOTT MILLENBAUGH TODD MINOBE SYLVIA NAVA ROBERT NEWTON LARRY ODIEN ALEX PALMA BILL PHILLIPPS TIM PHOENIX BRIAN POOR BRIAN RAE SALLY RAY MIKE JAY REGAN SEAN SANSOM CONSTANTINE SEKERIS MARK SETRAKIAN ANTHONY STEWART DREW TALBOT MILES TEVES MARIO TORRES JR. BRIAN WADE KRISTEN WILLET NEIL WINN CHET ZAR

Additional Special Effects by Tatopoulos Studios GINO ACEVEDO DAVID BENEKE GEORGE BERNOTA GARY BIEREND MARILEE CANAGA FRED FOLGER CLEVE GUNDERMAN JOHN HALFMANN TOM HESTER GUY HIMBER TOM KILLEEN DAVID KINDLON ALLISON KLEIN JULIAN LEDGER MI KYUNG LEE TULLY SUMMERS PATRICK TATOPOULOS LISA WELTON

Additional Special Effects by Fractured FX BERNHARD EICHHOLZ MICHAEL EZELL ALLAN B. HOLT KATE KATZ CAROL KOCH STEVE KOCH BOB MANO JUSTIN MICHAEL PATTERSON SAM POLIN JUSTIN RALEIGH YURI M. RAMOS TODD REX REGGIE RIZZO BRYAN SIDES AMBER SKOWRONSKI PEDRO VALDEZ JILL WARNER MICHAEL B. WILLIAMS

Additional Special Effects by Quantum Creation FX SUMA ADAMS OZZY ALVAREZ JASON ALVINO CHRISTIAN BECKMAN MARK BOURQUE SOPHIA CORONADO ROBERT KATO DeSTEFAN MEGAN FLAGG KEVIN KIRKPATRICK ADAM WESLEY ROSS RAY SHAFFER SABRINA SIEBERT CHRIS WOLTERS

Post Producer TODD E. JAMES

Supervising Editors TODD E. JAMES MEMO SALAZAR

Original Songs Written by DANNY ELFMAN

Original Score by MICHAEL GIACCHINO

Additional Score by ELI BOLIN BILLY STRAUSS

Music Directors JOE FIEDLER PAUL RUDOLPH BILL SHERMAN

Music Coordinator TYLER HARTMAN

Music Editors MICHAEL CROITER TYLER HARTMAN PAUL RUDOLPH

The Sesame Street Band RANDY COHEN MICHAEL CROITER JOHN DELEY DOUG DERRYBERRY JOE FIEDLER ROB JOST GARY MEYER KENNY RAMPTON

Talent Coordinator DANETTE De SENA

Celebrity Talent Booker BELLA HARKINS

Script Supervisor JENNIFER CAPRA

Script Coordinator LYNDA HOLDER-SETTLES

Associate Directors FRANK CAMPAGNA KEN DIEGO

Control Room Production Assistants CHRISTINA ELEFANTE ANDREW MORIARTY

Stage Managers FRANK CAMPAGNA SHAWN HAVENS

Production Stage Manager THERESA ANDERSON

Stagehands ROBERT J. BORCH JOHN SULLIVAN WILLIAM THORNHILL ANTHONY URANO GREG WOLFE

Sound Effects Editors/Re-recording Mixers DICK MAITLAND, C.A.S. ERIC CHASE STEVE "MAJOR" GIAMMARIA KEN HAHN

Sound Editor CHRIS SASSANO

Sound Mixer JIM ANDERSON

Head Carpenter RUSSELL HOOTON

Head Props STEVE DANNENBERG

Props Coordinator KEITH OLSEN

Props STEVE COTRONEO BRYAN DOTT WALTER KLASSEN MARIO TORRES HALEY WHO

Prop Buyer JANNA CRAWFORD

Head Electric KAREN SUNDERLIN

Electrics CHRIS BORUTA STEVE GORDON AL SALOMONE CARL TAYLOR

Key Rigging Grip WENDY SCHMIDT

Technical Directors TOM GUADARRAMA RICHARD WIRTH

Directors of Photography BILL BERNER LUKE GEISSBUHLER CRAIG KIEF

Lead Camera Operator FRANK BIONDO

Cameras BILL AKERLUND RYAN BALTON MARK BRITT KEVIN BURKE JERRY CANCEL ROBERT DEL RUSSO DAVE DRISCOLL RICH FREEDMAN MANNY GUITERREZ SHAUN HARKINS RAY HOOVER JAY KULICK ANTHONY LENZO AARON MEDICK JOHN MEIKLEJOHN PAT MINIETTA LYN NOLAND JIMMY O'DONNELL ALAIN ONESTO JAKE OSTROFF DANTE PAGANO WAYNE PAULL TOM QUIGLEY MARK RENAUDIN JIM SCURTI LARRY SOLOMON RON WASHBURN MARK WHITMAN PAUL WILKINS JUDY WILLINGER DRORY YELIN

Photography Specialists JOHN E. BARRETT LOUIS HENRY MITCHELL DANIELLE OBINGER RICHARD TERMINE

Tape Operators MARK KATZ JACK ROCHE

Recordist ERNIE ALBRITTON

Audio Utility JOHN CONVERTINO TIM LESTER GORDON PRICE VICTOR SMITH

Audio Assist BRYAN LESKOWITZ

Senior Video JAMES MEEK

Video Utility BARBARA BIANCO KEITH GUADARRAMA JIM WASHBURN

Video Assist GARY MARTINEZ ANDREW PEDLEY

ADR Voice Casting by RANJANI BROW & WENDY HOFFMANN TERRI DOUGLAS BARBARA HARRIS CAITLIN McKENNA GINNY McSWAIN

Additional Voices BRAD ABRELL CHARLIE ADLER MATT ADLER "EPIC" LLOYD AHLQUIST LORI ALAN CARLOS ALAZRAQUI STEVE ALTERMAN STEPHEN APOSTOLINA DAVID ARNOTT RITA ARTMANN KIRK BAILY DEE BRADLEY BAKER TROY BAKER JOE BAUER ERIC BAUZA JEFF BENNETT JOHN ERIC BENTLEY GREG BERG BOB BERGEN GREGG BERGER JEFF BERGMAN SUSANNE BLAKESLEE J.B. BLANC BRIAN BLOOM STEVEN BLUM DAVID BOAT EARL BOEN DUNCAN BRANNAN ALI BRUSTOFSKI RODGER BUMPASS DOUG BURCH STEVE BURNS COREY BURTON WILLIAM CALVERT CODY CAMERON JOE CAPPELLETTI KATE CARLIN NANCY CARTWRIGHT CATHERINE CAVADINI JUNE CHRISTOPHER CAM CLARKE ROBERT CLOTWORTHY TOWNSEND COLEMAN JONATHAN DAVID COOK DAVID COWGILL KAT CRESSIDA PETER CULLEN BRIAN CUMMINGS JIM CUMMINGS WENDY CUTLER ELIZABETH G. DAILY ALEX DANIELS BRIAN T. DELANEY GREY DeLISLE GRIFFIN DEBI DERRYBERRY JESSICA DiCICCO JOHN DiMAGGIO BEN DISKIN HOLLY DORFF TERRI DOUGLAS ROBIN ATKIN DOWNES CHRIS EDGERLY PAUL EIDING CHAD EINBINDER RICHARD EPCAR BILL FARMER KEITH FERGUSON JEFF FISCHER QUINTON FLYNN JENNIFER CRYSTAL FOLEY AARON FORS PAT FRALEY EDDIE FRIERSON DONALD FULLILOVE NIKA FUTTERMAN ELISA GABRIELLI SPENCER LACEY GANUS WILLOW GEER JEAN GILPIN JACKIE GONNEAU BARBARA GOODSON MICHAEL GOUGH DEBORAH GRAUSMAN NICHOLAS GUEST MARK HADLOW JENNIFER HALE ISA HALL JESS HARNELL JASON HARRIS BRIAN HERSKOWITZ KATE HIGGINS BRIDGET HOFFMAN APRIL HONG RICHARD STEVEN HORVITZ BRIAN HULL RIF HUTTON SIRENA IRWIN NICK JAMESON JOHN KASSIR DAVID KAYE JOSH KEATON TOMA KENNY MARSHA KRAMER MAURICE LaMARCHE PHIL LaMARR ASHLEY LAMBERT SAM LAVAGNINO CAROLYN LAWRENCE KATIE LEIGH PATRICIA LENTZ MARCELLA LENTZ-POPE HOPE LEVY LAVAGNINO JASON J. LEWIS RIKI LINDHOME ANNE LOCKHART PAUL LOUIS MULLER SHERRY LYNN TRESS MacNEILLE DANNY MANN JASON MARSDEN MONA MARSHALL PATTY MATTSON JEREMY MAXWELL MICKIE McGOWAN CAITLIN McKENNA CHRISTIE MELLOR SCOTT MENVILLE MATTHEW MERCER JIM MESKIMEN KATE MICUCCI LARA JILL MILLER CANDI MILO EDIE MIRMAN DANIEL MORA MIKE NAWROCKI LARAINE NEWMAN NOLAN NORTH PETER OLDRING COLLEEN O'SHAUGHNESSEY VILLARD JASON PACE PAUL PAPE DONOVAN PATTON ROB PAULSEN CHRIS PHILLIPS PATRICK PINNEY PAIGE POLLACK PHIL PROCTOR ALEX PUCCINELLI MOIRA QUIRK JAN RABSON MICHAEL RALPH NOREEN REARDON PETER RENADAY KEVIN MICHAEL RICHARDSON SAM RIEGEL LYNWOOD ROBINSON MICHELLE RUFF PAUL RUGG SAM SAKO LIA SARGENT RODNEY SAULSBERRY CHARLIE SCHLATTER BEN SCHWARTZ FRANK SHARP JUSTIN SHENKAROW "NICE" PETER SHUKOFF JAMES SIE SUSAN SILO JENNY SLATE ROGER CRAIG SMITH DAVID SOBOLOV ANDRE SOGLIUZZO KATH SOUCIE KELLY STABLES STEPHEN STANTON MINDY STERLING ANDRE STOJKA KAREN STRASSMAN TARA STRONG JAMES PATRICK STUART CREE SUMMER PEPPER SWEENEY SHANE SWEET JOEL SWETOW CHRISTOPHER SWINDLE JILL TALLEY FRED TATASCIORE REGINA TAUFEN JAMES ARNOLD TAYLOR KIRK THORNTON NANCY TRUMAN MARCELO TUBERT PHIL VISCHER KARI WAHLGREN HYNDEN WALCH B.J. WARD JAMES KEVIN WARD AUDREY WASILEWSKI RICK D. WASSERMAN ANDREANA WEINER MARC WEINER FRANK WELKER CLAUDETTE WELLS BILLY WEST COLETTE WHITAKER MAE WHITMAN SCOTT WHYTE TRAVIS WILLINGHAM DEBRA WILSON WALLY WINGERT ARIEL WINTER SAM WITWER MATTHEW WOOD LENNON WYNN MICHAEL ANN YOUNG LYNNANNE ZAGER JOE ZIEJA

Boom DAN GUACHIONE

Makeup MELISSA BUELL JANE DiPERSIO KRISTINA FRISCH EILEEN KASTNER-DELAGO SAMANTHA McDANEL

Special Effects Makeup Supervisors ROB BOTTIN JOHN BUECHLER GREG CANNOM JASON COLLINS MICHAEL DINETZ DAVE ELSEY TONY GARDNER STEVE JOHNSON TODD MASTERS TOBY SELLS CHRIS WALAS

Special Effects Makeup TONY ACOSTA JR. RICHIE ALONZO OZZY ALVAREZ JASON ALVINO LANCE ANDERSON ALLAN A. APONE MEGAN AREFORD MARTIN ASTLES CRISTINA ATKIN CRIST BALLAS ALLEN BARLOW JASON BARNETT PATRICK BAXTER ANDY BERGHOLTZ CHRISTOPHER BERGSCHNEIDER CHASE BIRDSONG KELSEY BERK JOHN BLAKE BRIAN BLAIR DAVE BONNEYWELL BEN BORNSTEIN ALEX BREIJAK BARNEY BURMAN STEVE BUSCAINO NORMAN CABRERA KENNETH CALHOUN JOHN CALPIN EMMA CAMPBELL JEFF COLBERT JASON COLLINS BILL CORSO STEVE COTRONEO EMILY COUGHLIN MITCH COUGHLIN VAL CRAWFORD KEN CULVER LAURA DANDRIDGE ROBERT KATO DeSTEFAN JUSTIN DITTER CHRIS DOOLEY BRYAN DOTT DAN DRISCOLL STEPHAN DUPUIS BERNHARD EICHHOLZ MELANIE EICHNER BEATE EISELE EDEN ELIZALDE EARL ELLIS BILL FESH MIKE FIELDS STEVE FINK JACK FIRMAN THOMAS FLOUTZ RYK FORTUNA ERIC FOX FELIX FOX NATHAN FRANSON ANDRE FREITAS BRUCE SPAULDING FULLER MARK GARBARINO JAKE GARBER LINDAY GAVIN LANCE GILMER MAIKO GOMYO IAN GOODWIN GLEN GRIFFIN HEATHER GRIPPALDI JAMIE GROVE JARED GUENTHER VINCENT GUASTINI JASON HAMER CHRIS HAMPTON JOEL HARLOW ERIC HARRIS BRIAN HILLARD ROB HINDERSTEIN ALLAN B. HOLT GAGE HUBBARD DOUG HUDSON STEPHEN IMHOFF TOM IRVIN KERRIN JACKSON TIM JARVIS MELISSA JIMENEZ RAMIREZ PAUL JONES RALIS KAHN RON KARKOSKA JAMIE KELMAN BRIAN KINNEY KEVIN KIRKPATRICK LOUIS KISS CHRISTINA KORTUM RICK LALONDE SUSAN LAPRELLE JENNIFER LATOUR JONAH LEVY TRACI LOADER LEONARD MacDONALD HEATHER MAGES AMBER MARI NICK MARRA CLAYTON MARTINEZ ROBERT MAVERICK MIKE McCARTY MICHAEL McCRACKEN JR. CONNOR McCULLAGH HOLLAND MILLER BART MIXON JOSE MORA-PEREZ ADRIEN MOROT DAVID MOSHER GIL MOSKO MATTHEW MUNGLE VE NEILL CHRISTOPHER ALLEN NELSON GREG NELSON NED NEIDHARDT STEVE NEWBURN RYAN NICHOLSON KEN NIEDERBAUMER DANIELLE NOE MICHAEL S. PACK MIMI PALAZON LAURA PALAZZOLO EMILY FIORA PARKS SCOTT PATTON BRIAN PENIKAS TIM PHOENIX NICHOLAS PODBREY MARGARET PRENTICE VINCENT PRENTICE BRAD PROCTOR STEVE PROUTY MAZENA PUKSTO JUSTIN RALEIGH CRAIG REARDON DAN REBERT GEOFF REDKNAP RICHARD REDLEFSEN MIKE JAY REGAN LISA ROCCO JILL ROCKOW JAMES ROHLAND JENN ROSE YOICHI ART SAKAMOTO PAUL SALAMOFF SEAN SANSOM ERIK SCHAPER ROB SEAL KRISTAL SHANNON SHANE SHISHEBORAN SABRINA SIEBERT MATTHEW SILVA BRIAN SIPE DAVID SMITH SHAUN SMITH MIKE SMITHSON DAVID SNYDER JAMES SPINNER MATT SPRUNGER TOM STEVES BILL STURGEON DREW TALBOT BILL TEREZAKIS CALE THOMAS CHRISTIEN TINSLEY JONATHAN THORNTON KAZUHIRO TSUJI ARJEN TUITEN ALAN TUSKES BRIAN WADE DANNY WAGNER CRISTINA WALTZ RYAN WARD KEVIN WASNER CHAD WATERS CLINTON WAYNE SCOTT WHEELER DOUGLAS J. WHITE DERIK WINGO CASEY WONG EDDIE YANG DIANA YUN SOO YOO KELLY ZAK SHANE ZANDER

Hairstylists JACKIE PAYNE KAREN SPECHT

Hairstyle Specialists STACEY BISEL KARIN HANSON RUFUS HEARN NICOLE MICHAUD GAIL RYAN URSULA WARD LYNNE WATSON DIANA YUN SOO YOO

Special Animation by Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio TREA BAILEY RHEA BORZAK RICKEY BOYD KIMBERLY CRANFIELD DON CULWELL JAMES ELSTON JEFF GALLE JOEL GIBBS TYLER GOLL LISA HALSEY MIKE HALSEY JULIAN HERRERA MICHAEL LAPINSKI BEAUX LATHAM ASHLEY MALONE SHANDI OWENS ABDEL PIZARRO JONATHAN RICHTER JOEL ROBERTSON RANDALL SABA BEAU SHERMAN CHRISTIN SMOLINSKI

Additional Animation by The Sesame Workshop Animation Team JOE ANDRIOLA IAN CERNICHAW TIM CHI LY JARED DEAK EMILY FITZPATRICK YUEWEN JIANG KAT LLEWELLYN DAGAN MORIARTY MICHAEL SCANLON JUSTIN SIMONICH JACK SPILLUM

Stop-Motion Puppet Sequences Designed & Animated by Screen Novelties AMY ADAMY LIZ ALLEN CAMERON BAITY KIM BLANCHETTE MUSA BROOKER SARAH BROWN MARK CABALLERO CHRIS CALVI BRIAN CAPATI SHELBY CAPATI DEXTER CASERES JEFF CROSS DAN DRISCOLL FRANK DURAN WILLY FAIR DAN FIELD CHRIS FINNEGAN ELIZABETH HARVATINE JOHN HARVATINE IV YOOSEON VERONICA HWANG STEPHANIE JAMES MARTIN JIMINEZ JOHN JOYCE DICK KANESHIRO TAK HOON KIM MISHA KLEIN EVAN KOEHNE JUSTIN KOHN BRUCE LAO PAULA LAUTERBACH ADRIAN ROSE LEONARD MATT MANNING SIHANOUK MARIONA BARNEY MARQUEZ KELLY MAZUROWSKI MARGARET MEYER SARAH E. MEYER HEATHER MILNE JEANETTE MOFFAT BAITY TENNESSEE REID NORTON LEAH N. OLBRICH MELISSA PIEKAAR ADAM L. PIERCE CHRISTOPHER RABILWONGSE NIKKI RICE CESAR ROMERO ROB RONNING ROB SAUNDERS JOE SCHMIDT TOM SMITH JENNIFER SOSINSKI JENNIFER STAVISH REBECCA STILLMAN CHRISTOPHER SWANSON ZACH TOLCHINSKY DAVID WADDLE ROBIN WALSH SEAMUS WALSH SIMONE WILLIAMS MAX WINSTON ROY T. WOOD BEN ZELKOWICZ RICH ZIMMERMAN

Executives in Charge of Production JODI NUSSBAUM and TERI WEISS

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Taped at KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS in New York

Filmed on-location at THE JIM HENSON COMPANY in Los Angeles, California

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