Upcoming 'Sesame Street' season stars Ariana DeBose, Brandi Carlile, ASL and an octopus chef
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The upcoming season of "Sesame Street" features an octopus as a chef, an exploration of American Sign Language and Quinta Brunson giving Cookie Monster a little bit of attitude.
The upcoming season of "Sesame Street" features an octopus as a chef, an exploration of American Sign Language and Quinta Brunson giving Cookie Monster a little bit of attitude.
The 54th season of the iconic children's show debuts Nov. 9 on MAX with a gentle satire of Brunson's hit mockumentary "Abbott Elementary," mimicking that show's single-camera style and confessional cut-aways.
"It was really fun to kind of zoom in on Cookie Monster making a joke about eating a cookie and Quinta Brunson giving him a little bit of side-eye," says Executive Producer Sal Perez in an exclusive interview previewing the season.
Brunson came in with an advantage most celebrity guests don't have: In her early days in Los Angeles, she attended a puppet workshop created by Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets.
"When a celebrity or a guest comes on set with that sort of knowledge and understanding, it just takes the content that we're doing that much further," says Perez. "We were lucky to have her."
Brunson joins other celebrities during the season like Ariana DeBose, Brandi Carlile, Eugene Cordero, Dan Levy and Kal Penn, who booked his ticket after making a plea dressed as Cookie Monster on "Live with Kelly & Mark" to be on "Sesame Street."
Other highlights this season include an exploration of Bessie Coleman, the first woman of African American and Native American descent to earn her pilot's license in the U.S. And Elmo celebrates Alphabet Day by singing the ABC song while a deaf friend signs the alphabet using American Sign Language.
