An early-series highlight and one many people now in their 50s fondly remember watching as children: R&B superstar Stevie Wonder and his entourage appear on the show.
Along with Grover, Wonder explains soft and loud, long and short and basic vocal techniques ... and then comes his all-time classic performance of "Superstition
," which had just finished a run on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts, reaching No. 1 on both.
Several of Wonder's segments with Grover were recycled into individual segments and repeated through at least the mid-1980s.
Tropes seen in this episode:
- "Sesame Street" Cred: Stevie Wonder's appearance may well be the trope codifier, particularly his classic performance of "Superstition" (which ran nearly seven minutes long, far longer than most individual segments) and an R&B version of the Sesame Street theme song (called "123 Sesame Street," the latter of which was recycled into the closing segment of the Season 5 season opener).
- Special Guest: Stevie Wonder.
