Sesame Street Season 23 premiered on November 11, 1991.
Airings[]
November 11, 1991 (first)
May 8, 1992 (last)
Overview[]
Season 23 continues its four-year curriculum on race relations with the focus on the American Indian this season. Young viewers will get to see how American Indian children live and recognize general cultural similarities and differences among American Indian nations. Big Bird and cast members travel to Pryor, Montana, to visit a Crow Indian reservation and witness an authentic Crow Indian naming ceremony for 7-year-old Francis Bear Claw.
This season also introduces new Muppet characters such as Baby Bear (who becoming a major role), Roxie Marie, a Latina monster named Rosita, Monty, Colambo, Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk, and a vegetarian lion named Chicago.
Episodes[]
- Episode 2876 -- 23rd season premiere; Floyd the Fluter-tooter needs a new home
- Episode 2877 -- Big Bird teaches Barkley some tricks
- Episode 2878 -- Baby Bear debuts while trying to hide from Goldilocks
- Episode 2879 -- Biff lectures with Brittney
- Episode 2880 -- The Happiest People in the World
- Episode 2881 -- Big Bird goes to Francis' house
- Episode 2882 -- Montana Day 1 – Preparing to leave
- Episode 2883 -- Montana Day 2 – Arriving in Montana
- Episode 2884 -- Montana Day 3 – Learning about horses
- Episode 2885 -- Montana Day 4 – Big Bird's letters/Arrow Creek picnic
- Episode 2886 -- Montana Day 5 – Frances' ceremony
- Episode 2887 -- Return from Montana
- Episode 2888 -- Telly and the dogs
- Episode 2889 -- Big Bird meets Baby Bear
- Episode 2890 -- Slimey flies a balloon
- Episode 2891 -- The Singing and Whispering Friends
- Episode 2892 -- Baby Bear seeks porridge from Goldilocks
- Episode 2893 -- Big Bird and Baby Bear learn about letters of the alphabet
- Episode 2894 -- When Elmo meets Baby Bear
- Episode 2895 -- Big Bird teaches Baby Bear how to act strong
- Episode 2896 -- Telly's promises
- Episode 2897 -- Baby Bear tries to get rid of Goldilocks for a reason
- Episode 2898 -- Elmo and Ruby are the best inventors
- Episode 2899 -- Big Bird and Snuffy take Alice on a Ride
- Episode 2900 -- Baby Bear the Daredevil
- Episode 2901 -- Old Tricks and New Rythms
- Episode 2902 -- Baby Bear makes comic books
- Episode 2903 -- Big Bird and Baby Bear are helping people on Sesame Street
- Episode 2904 -- Baby Bear goes to the library
- Episode 2905 -- A New Lesson for a Day
- Episode 2906 -- Baby Bear meets the Birdketeers
- Episode 2907 -- Bob's music lesson
- Episode 2908 -- Bongos at Hooper's Store
- Episode 2909 -- Snuffy's lecture series
- Episode 2910 -- Rosita debuts
- Episode 2911 -- Roxie Marie and Elmo capture a Doozy bug
- Episode 2912 -- Chicago goes hunting
- Episode 2913 -- Slimey's at worm school
- Episode 2914 -- Young MacDonald's circus
- Episode 2915 -- Gus guesses music
- Episode 2916 -- Oscar gets a visit from his mother
- Episode 2917 -- Flo Bear babysits Baby Bear
- Episode 2918 -- Baby Bear and Prairie Dawn are helping each other
- Episode 2919 -- Baby Bear teaches the Birdketeers how to dance
- Episode 2920 -- Telly and Ruby ask Prairie Dawn some of the right questions
- Episode 2921 -- Elmo and Baby Bear's playdate
- Episode 2922 -- Sally Field's impressions
- Episode 2923 -- Celebrating Around Day
- Episode 2924 -- Speedy van Gough paints a mural
- Episode 2925 -- Merry scares people/Chicago visits the library
- Episode 2926 -- Taking care of Natasha
- Episode 2927 -- Word play on Sesame Street
- Episode 2928 -- Oscar's GO sign
- Episode 2929 -- Biff disturbs Bob's morning
- Episode 2930 -- Mr. Big visits
- Episode 2931 -- Elmo's alphabet collection
- Episode 2932 -- Just another day on Sesame Street
- Episode 2933 -- Prairie Dawn hangs out with Snuffy
- Episode 2934 -- Another day on the street
- Episode 2935 -- A day with Debra
- Episode 2936 -- Oscar uses Disappear-o
- Episode 2937 -- Elmo stands on his head/Bob babysits Natasha
- Episode 2938 -- Visiting the Grouch grocery store
- Episode 2939 -- Big Bird's "Yellow Ambition Rock Concert Tour"!
- Episode 2940 -- A ridiculous day with Monty
- Episode 2941 -- Elmo's newspaper
- Episode 2942 -- Elmo pretends he's a flower
- Episode 2943 -- Mr. Handford and the pogo stick
- Episode 2944 -- Prince Charming chooses Gabi as his love
- Episode 2945
- Episode 2946 -- A chilly day on Sesame Street
- Episode 2947 -- Monty bothers Prairie Dawn
- Episode 2948 -- A day at Bob's
- Episode 2949 -- Writing with Flo Bear
- Episode 2950 -- Mumford's dancing spell
- Episode 2951 -- Elmo loves his head
- Episode 2952 -- Wanda the Word Fairy visits
- Episode 2953 -- Grundgetta gets nice-lessons
- Episode 2954 -- Telly breaks Luis' vase
- Episode 2955 -- Alice needs to take a nap
- Episode 2956 -- Telly doesn't want to give up his blanket
- Episode 2957 -- Telly sees a giant number 11
- Episode 2958 -- Telly waits for Radish Dude
- Episode 2959 -- Linda uses a sander
- Episode 2960 -- Luis, Gordon and Wolfgang go fishing
- Episode 2961 -- The Opposite Show
- Episode 2962 -- Luis is bothered at work
- Episode 2963 -- Elmo wants to be like the Count
- Episode 2964 -- Granny Molly Darton visits
- Episode 2965 -- Elmo finds out about people's careers
- Episode 2966 -- Telly is Grand High Triangle Lover for a day
- Episode 2967 -- Gina calls out sick
- Episode 2968 -- Linda signs foods/Gordon and Bob make music
- Episode 2969 -- Grouches protest the letter L
- Episode 2970 -- The Great Nineteeni
- Episode 2971 -- There's a flood in Oscar's can.
- Episode 2972 -- Singing "London Bridge"
- Episode 2973 -- Kalamazoo!
- Episode 2974 -- Ruby uses magnets
- Episode 2975 -- Singbad the Sailor
- Episode 2976 -- Irvine joins the Birdketeers
- Episode 2977 -- Big Bird moves his nest
- Episode 2978 -- Barkley tries to join Polly Darton's band
- Episode 2979 -- Just another day
- Episode 2980 -- Launching a lamb into space/The Toothpaste Fairy
- Episode 2981 -- Elmo pretends he is as big as Gordon
- Episode 2982 -- Oscar gears up/Elmo the toy
- Episode 2983 -- Barkley steals the sponsors
- Episode 2984 -- Big Bird's doorbell
- Episode 2985 -- Baby Bear acts heroism
- Episode 2986 -- Elmo asks questions
- Episode 2987 -- Herry celebrates a winning football game
- Episode 2988 -- Mirabelle's broken cowbell
- Episode 2989
- Episode 2990 -- CinderTelly
- Episode 2991 -- Telly plays Señor Zero Jr.!
- Episode 2992 -- Chicago wants vegetables/"Not a Dog Show"
- Episode 2993 -- Telly learns about baseball
- Episode 2994 -- What You Hear is What You Get
- Episode 2995 -- "The Sad King Pierre," and other inserts
- Episode 2996 -- A tribute to the word "agua"
- Episode 2997 -- Elmo at daycare
- Episode 2998 -- Wolfgang's stuck ball/Monty's interruptions
- Episode 2999 -- Telly pretends to be a cowboy
- Episode 3000
- Episode 3001 -- The Elmo-mobile
- Episode 3002 -- Telly asks a question
- Episode 3003 -- Voting on whether to spend money on crayons or juice
- Episode 3004
- Episode 3005 -- 23rd season finale; Elmo practices
Notes[]
- This was the last season to use the original Sesame Street opening and closing themes.
- This was the final season to feature Uncle Wally.
- This was Richard Hunt's last season before his passing in January 1992. Hunt performed in several Street stories and inserts taped during the production year, most of which would air posthumously. He continued to be credited as a performer through Season 31.
- This is the final season to include the "Sesame Closing Theme", the funky instrumental played during the funding credits since 1972.
- In this season, and after Season 25, the closing credit sequence, which typically appeared on Friday episodes, is also shown during the season premiere.
- For the first time since 1977, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting resumed funding Sesame Street, which would continue in succeeding seasons (except for Season 30).