Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder (b. 1950) made a guest appearance on Episode 0514 of Sesame Street. He performed "123 Sesame Street" and his hit "Superstition," and talked to Grover. Many of the street scenes from that episode were repeated on the show as inserts.
Kermit the Frog and the Electric Mayhem interviewed the musician in the Spring 1984 issue of Muppet Magazine.
He appeared in "Yakety Yak - Take It Back", a recycling PSA that eventually aired on Sesame Street.
Wonder performed a cover of the "Sesame Street Theme" for the 2021 documentary 50 Years of Sunny Days, which was incorporated into their 2021 Benefit Gala.
References[]
- Bob McGrath sings Stevie Wonder's songs "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," "Sir Duke" and "Isn't She Lovely" on the album Bob Sings!
- David and Maria have plans to see Wonder in concert in Episode 0880 of Sesame Street.
- Petula Clark sings Wonder's song "Too Shy to Say" in episode 220 of The Muppet Show, accompanied by Rowlf the Dog on the piano.
- Big Bird can be heard singing Wonder's song "I Just Called to Say I Love You" as he bites at his feathers in Episode 2032 of Sesame Street.
- In the Elmo's World episode "Telephones", Wonder's song "I Just Called To Say I Love You" plays in the background of a film of a girl named Nya making her first phone call.
- In The Muppets episode "The Ex-Factor" it is revealed that Wonder's song "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" was Kermit and Miss Piggy's song when they were dating.
- His song "Happy Birthday" is heard at the end of the Universal Studios Singapore stage show Sesame Street Birthday Blowout.
- A Stevie Wonder poster hangs on the wall of the basement recording studio of the Shack in The Muppets Mayhem.
Stevie Wonder on the set of Sesame Street. Frank Oz looks on, at the far right of the photo.
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