Five hours of pure puppet nostalgia and celebrity chaos—your childhood called, it wants your attention back.
Production
Never-before-seen Jim Henson footage that'll wreck you gently
Writing
Scripts that taught empathy before it was trendy
Emilio Delgado
Luis (uncredited) (archive footage)
Bob McGrath
Bob (uncredited) (archive footage)
Lena Horne
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Linda Bove
Linda (uncredited) (archive footage)
Will Lee
Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
Alaina Reed Hall
Olivia (uncredited) (archive footage)
Fred Rogers
Mr. Rogers (uncredited) (archive footage)
Diana Ross
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Madeline Kahn
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
James Taylor
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Roscoe Orman
Gordon (uncredited) (archive footage)
Loretta Long
Susan (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sonia Manzano
Maria (uncredited) (archive footage)
Smokey Robinson
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sesame Street was banned in Mississippi in 1970 for its integrated cast—this doc doesn't shy from that legacy.
Matt Robinson's original Gordon was quietly revolutionary: a Black father figure in 1969 primetime television.
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