Unique New York Stays Up Late!
| Sesame Street Stays Up Late! | |
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| Directed by | Chuck Vinson |
| Produced by | Nina Elias-Bamberger (executive producer) Christine Woods (producer) |
| Written by | Lou Berger |
| Starring | Caroll Spinney Martin P. Robinson Kevin Clash Fran Brill Jerry Nelson Frank Oz Lily Tomlin |
| Music by | Stephen J. Lawrence |
| Cinematography | Victor Sosa (director of photography) |
| Edited by | Karyn Finley Thompson John R. Tierney (videotape editor) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | PBS |
Release date |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Unique New York Stays Up Late! is a 2001 Sesame Street New Year's Eve television special with guest appearances of characters from the international versions of Sesame Street. It aired on December 29, 2001 on PBS, and also marked Steve Whitmire's first performance as Ernie.
Plot[edit]
Everyone on Sesame Street is preparing to celebrate New Year's Eve. However, Telly Monster quickly discovers that this means that the current year ends, which upsets him, and because he becomes afraid that he soon will enter an unknown year (mostly due to hearing false things about it from Oscar the Grouch), he starts a campaign to prevent the new year from coming to Sesame Street.
In the meantime, Elmo and Farley are the hosts of the monster news that shows how New Year's Eve is celebrated around the world. This is done by showing segments created by the Sesame characters from different co-productions around the world.
Also, during the special, Wolfgang the Seal balances a beach ball on his nose because he was hired by Big Bird to be the Time Square ball. Near the end of the special, the cast does the countdown and Wolfgang removes the ball in slow motion. When the ball drops to the ground, everyone cheers and welcomes in the new year. Telly is amazed that everyone is still here and happily joins the celebration. Then, Big Bird and everyone else make New Year's wishes while eating grapes, and sings "Faces That I Love". Even Slimey celebrates, much to Oscar's chagrin.
Cast[edit]
Humans[edit]
- Alison Bartlett as Gina
- Savion Glover as Savion
- Linda Bove as Linda
- Ruth Buzzi as Ruthie
- Annette Calud as Celina
- Emilio Delgado as Luis
- Angel Jemmott as Angela
- Loretta Long as Susan
- Sonia Manzano as Maria
- Bob McGrath as Bob
- Roscoe Orman as Gordon
- Jou Jou Papailler as Jamal
- Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the Telephone Operator
Kids[edit]
- Carlo Alban as Carlo
- Tarah Schaeffer as Tarah
- Olivia Oguma as the Young Girl (from New York City)
Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets[edit]
- Caroll Spinney as Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch
- Frank Oz as Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Uncle Hank
- Jerry Nelson as The Count
- Fran Brill as Zoe, Roxie Marie, and Prairie Dawn
- Kevin Clash as Elmo, Wolfgang the Seal, Cousin Pepe, Elmo-noske, Bjarne Betjent (voice), and the Announcer
- Jim Martin as Max Mekker (voice)
- Joey Mazzarino as MNN Logo Purple Monster, Grouches, and AM Monsters
- Carmen Osbahr as Rosita
- Pam Arciero as Alfa (voice), Telly Monster (assistant)
- Martin P. Robinson as Telly, Snuffy, Slimey, and Mrs. Grouch
- David Rudman as Baby Bear, MNN Logo Orange Monster, Grouches, and AM Monsters
- Steve Whitmire as Ernie
- Bryant Young as rear end of Snuffy
- Ivy Austin as Tita (voice)
Additional Muppets performed by Jim Kroupa, Peter Linz, Rick Lyon, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Noel MacNeal, and Alison Mork.
International Muppet performers[edit]
- Gilles Ben-David as Moishe Oofnik (referred to as Oofnik the Grouch)
- Geir Børresen as Max Mekker
- Hanne Dahle as Alfa
- Uta Delbridge as Finchen
- Klaus Esch as Samson
- Åsmund Huser as Bjarne Betjent
- Paula Pais as Tita
- Marita Stolze as Tiffy
- Sarai Tzuriel as Kippi Ben Kippod
- Christine Stoesen as Py
Songs[edit]
- "We're Gonna Stay Up Late and Party"
- "Mexican Folk Song"
- "Oshogatsu"
- "Bashana Haba'ah"
- "Rummel Pot Song"
- "It's New Year's Eve"
- "New Year Chorale for Six Grouches"
- "Faces That I Love"
Home media/Digital releases[edit]
The special was originally released on VHS by Random House Home Video in 1994, where it was retitled as Sesame Street Celebrates Around the World, which is what all rereleases of the special would use. The VHS later reissued by Sony Wonder in 2003, who eventually released the special on DVD in 2004, and was reissued by Genius Entertainment and Warner Home Video in 2007 and 2010, respectively. The 2017 Amazon Video digital download release, reinstated the special's original title of Sesame Street Stays Up Late.
