Season 29 (1997-1998)
Season 30 (1998-1999)
Plot: Jon Stewart plans to host a music special at Radio City Music Hall to celebrate Sesame Street’s 30th anniversary. Jon and the show's crew, including producer Prairie Dawn, are in a dressing room getting ready for the show. Elmo visits them before the show starts and then leaves, shutting the door before Jon can tell him that the door is broken: it won't open once it's shut. Elmo decides to host the show, and the rest of the Sesame Street cast work behind-the-scenes, presenting music video remakes of classic Sesame Street songs.
Meanwhile, Grover drives Susan, Gordon, Gina, Bob, and Mr. Handford in a limo to the studio, but Grover gets lost and they end up in Roswell, New Mexico.
Songs: "Just Happy to Be Me" with The Fugees
"Mambo I, I, I" with Gloria Estefan
"Zig Zag Dance" with The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" with Shawn Colvin and Ernie
"I Want a Monster to Be My Friend" with En Vogue
"Nearly Missed" with Rosie O'Donnell and Elmo
"Caribbean Amphibian" with Jimmy Buffet and Kermit the Frog
"One Small Voice" with Kenny Loggins
"Songs" with Jon Stewart, Elmo, and the cast
(medley):
"Rubber Duckie"
"ABC-DEF-GHI"
"I Love Trash"
"C is for Cookie"
"The People in Your Neighborhood"
"Sesame Street Theme" (over credits) with various celebrities and Muppets
Cast:
Muppet Performers:Kevin Clash as Elmo
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar
Frank Oz as Bert, Cookie Monster, and Grover
Jerry Nelson as The Count, Two-Headed Monster and Biff
Steve Whitmire as Ernie and Kermit
Martin P. Robinson as Telly, Slimey, Mr. Snuffleupagus and Martian
Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn and Zoe
David Rudman as Baby Bear, Two-Headed Monster, Sparky and Penguin
Joey Mazzarino as The Elephant
Carmen Osbahr as Rosita
Pam Arciero
Peter Linz
Noel MacNeal
Jim Martin
Alice Dinnean (Penguin)
Bryant Young
John Tartaglia
Matt Vogel
John Kennedy
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Eric Jacobson
Rick Lyon
Don Reardon
Julianne Buescher
Drew Massey
Kevin Carlson
Joe Selph
Brad Abrell
Also Starring: Ruth Buzzi
Emilio Delgado
Loretta Long
Sonia Manzano
Bob McGrath
Alison Bartlett O'Reilly
Roscoe Orman
David Langston Smyrl
Celebrity Guest Stars: Jon Stewart
David Alan Grier
The Fugees
Gloria Estefan
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
En Vogue
Richard Belzer
Shawn Colvin
Andy Richter
Chris Rock
Rosie O'Donnell
Kenny Loggins
Jimmy Buffett
Cindy Crawford
Tyra Banks
Conan O'Brien
Will Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith
Tony Bennett
Madonna
