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Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet

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Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet
Directed byAdam Matalon[1]
Written byChristine Ferraro[2]
Based onSesame Street
Produced by
  • Kevin Burke[3]
  • Adam Matalon
  • Dionne Nosek[4]
Starring
CinematographyKevin Burke
Edited bySam Caino
Animation byMike Pantuso
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • 2 August 2005 (2005-08-02) (location)
Running time
48 minutes[7]
LanguageEnglish

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[8] as the letters "A" and "Z" respectively. The special also stars Sheryl Crow,[9] The Dixie Chicks,[10] Melissa Etheridge,[11] Larry King,[12] and Norah Jones.[13]

Plot

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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[14] (one for each letter of the alphabet), plus two for the entire alphabet. All of these segments are from prior episodes of Sesame Street, although some are slightly edited.

Letter Segment Title[note 1] Original Episode Notes
"Elmo's Rap Alphabet" 3456
A 4064
B "No Letter Better than B" 3996 Sung by The Dixie Chicks
C "C-Cowboy and C-Cowgirl" 3901
D 3970
E 2937
F 3899
G "G, You're So Great" 3397
H "Soul H" 3368
I "I Soaks Up The Sun" 4036 Sung by Sheryl Crow
J "Jumping J" 4051
K 3012
L 3306
M "M is for Monster" 3885
N 4021
O "Say O!" 4030
P 3066
Q 4073
R "Cookie Monster's R Rap" 3995
S 3551
T 3851
U "Like The Way U Does" 3529 Sung by Melissa Etheridge
V 3399
W 4079 Features Larry King
X 2862
Y "Don't Know Y" 4081 Sung by Norah Jones
Z 3296
"ABC Hip Hop" 4053

Cast

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Muppet performers

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Humans

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Production

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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.[15]

Notes

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  1. ^ Most segments are untitled.

References

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  1. ^ "Chatsby Films Brings Home the Coveted Norman Liss Award at the 34th Annual Big W Awards". PRWeb. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  2. ^ "Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  3. ^ "Chatsby Films Brings Home the Coveted Norman Liss Award at the 34th Annual Big W Awards". PRWeb. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  4. ^ "Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  5. ^ "Chatsby Films Westchester's Award Winning Independant (sic) Production Company Expands its Ranks in 2006". PRWeb. 2023-03-05. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Chatsby Films Brings Home the Coveted Norman Liss Award at the 34th Annual Big W Awards". PRWeb. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  7. ^ All-star alphabet, Sesame Workshop; producers, Dionne Nosek, Adam Matalon, Kevin Burke; written by Christine Ferraro; directed by Adam Matalon. West Lafayette Public Library. ISBN 9780738931890. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  8. ^ Hinds, Julie. "The ABCs of Stephen Colbert". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  9. ^ "Sheryl Crow taping segment of "Sesame Street" during While NYC got..." Getty Images (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  10. ^ "Sesame Street Episode 4150". Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  11. ^ "Melissa Etheridge - Like the Way I Do (Like the Way U Does) Lyrics | Lyrics.com". www.lyrics.com. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  12. ^ Hennes, Joe (2021-01-23). "RIP Larry King". ToughPigs. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  13. ^ "Norah Jones stopped by Sesame Street to sing about the letter "Y"!..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  14. ^ "Sesame Street All Star Alphabet". Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  15. ^ Nash, Margo (2005-09-04). "FOOTLIGHTS; All About A, And Don't Forget Z". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
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