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* PBS's own news anchor Robert [=MacNeil=] of ''The [=MacNeil=]-Lehrer News Hour'' made several appearances, including interviewing Cookie Monster about "Cookiegate", a parody of the Watergate scandal, in the 1988 pledge drive special, and after his retirement from the ''News Hour'', covering the WASA moon landing in "Slimey to the Moon".
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** Pixar's mascot Luxo Jr. and his father Luxo Sr. also appeared in a series of skits on the show in the early 90s.
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* Even animated characters have had their share of Sesame Street Cred. A surprising example would be, of all people, '''the Simpsons,''' as they appear towards the end of the celebrity edition of "Monster in the Mirror".
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** '''Batman''' '''''and''''' '''Superman''' have Sesame Street Cred as far back as the very first test pilot for the series. Superman appearing in a skit where he stops a giant ape, and Batman settling an argument against prototypes of Ernie and Bert from their TV set.
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** '''Batman''' '''''and''''' '''Superman''' have Sesame Street Cred as far back as the very first test pilot for the series. Superman appearing in a skit where he stops a giant ape, and Batman settling an argument against prototypes of Ernie and Bert from their TV set.
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* Creator/IceCube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV-WykC62LE teaches Elmo the meaning of "astounding"]]. In the GQ webseries ''Actually Me'', he mentioned to a Reddit user who asked about it that he was proud to be on a show he grew up with.
* Creator/IceCube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV-WykC62LE teaches Elmo the meaning of "astounding"]]. In the GQ webseries ''Actually Me'', he mentioned to a Reddit user who asked about it that he was proud to be on a show he grew up with.
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** Lin-Manuel Miranda [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q6HOwgFRY0&index=1&list=PLtrm7i3avjPU1htq7eRDisI3TRn2408Ev appeared]] all the way back in 2009.
** Chris Jackson also appeared [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwPwXtX3b1E to sing "The Story of Tonight" with Elmo.]] (Lin has a cameo at the end as well.) Chris later returned [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne5u5O4nP_s to sing a song about kindness.]]
** Daveed Diggs [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=punrsuK62fM&index=2&list=PLtrm7i3avjPU1htq7eRDisI3TRn2408Ev sang a remixed variation]] of Ernie's "Rubber Duckie" song.
** Lin-Manuel Miranda [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q6HOwgFRY0&index=1&list=PLtrm7i3avjPU1htq7eRDisI3TRn2408Ev appeared]] all the way back in 2009.
** Chris Jackson also appeared [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwPwXtX3b1E to sing "The Story of Tonight" with Elmo.]] (Lin has a cameo at the end as well.) Chris later returned [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne5u5O4nP_s to sing a song about kindness.]]
** Daveed Diggs [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=punrsuK62fM&index=2&list=PLtrm7i3avjPU1htq7eRDisI3TRn2408Ev sang a remixed variation]] of Ernie's "Rubber Duckie" song.
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* Jimmy Kimmel had an appearance in a segment made for his show where he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldA2RJNuZ9w taught Elmo, Grover and Cookie Monster about the letter "yook".]]
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* Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman (who gave us the violin solo from Creator/JohnWilliams' theme to ''Film/SchindlersList'') appears in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3richcoCUI this segment]] that is a real TearJerker and qualifies as a bona fide CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
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* Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman (who gave us the violin solo from Creator/JohnWilliams' Music/JohnWilliams' theme to ''Film/SchindlersList'') appears in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3richcoCUI this segment]] that is a real TearJerker and qualifies as a bona fide CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
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* Richard Kind appeared in a 2005 episode as the Balloon Fairy, where he gave Snuffy balloons so he could learn how to fly.
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* [[http://youtu.be/edA7vOfdcZg Wayne Brady gives an impromptu lesson about the word "between"]]. As Wayne is apprehensive, Elmo asks [[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway "Aren't you supposed to be good at making things up in a moment?"]]
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* Creator/SarahJessicaParker [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFAE4tx22eA appears in a sketch]], waiting on park bench for [[Series/SexAndTheCity Big.]] There probably weren't too many kids in the audience [[ParentalBonus who got that one.]]
]] Other actors from adults-only TV shows that appeared on the Street (while said shows were still running) have included Creator/EmmyRossum of ''Series/ShamelessUS'' and Creator/PeterDinklage of ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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* Creator/VictorBorge appeared on both ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''Series/TheElectricCompany'', where he illustrated punctuation marks with his "Phonetic Punctuation" routine.
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* CabCalloway likewise appeared way back in the 70's, singing "Hi De Ho Man".
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* Idina's ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' castmate Creator/KristinChenoweth appeared on some ''Elmo's World'' segments as Mr. Noodle's sister, Ms. Noodle.
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* The 'kid-friendly' bit was totally subverted by Music/StevieWonder, who performed "Superstition" not only straight (save for a NameDrop in the second verse), but as a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE balls-to-the-wall six-minute jam session]].
* Music/PaulSimon tactfully left the last stanza -- the one about how 'the radical priest come to get me released' -- off "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1dlWmrRstc performing it on the Street]]. This still left the bits about Mama spitting on the ground and Papa threatening 'the house of detention' intact, however.
* Music/PaulSimon tactfully left the last stanza -- the one about how 'the radical priest come to get me released' -- off "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1dlWmrRstc performing it on the Street]]. This still left the bits about Mama spitting on the ground and Papa threatening 'the house of detention' intact, however.
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* Music/PaulSimon tactfully left the last stanza -- the one about how 'the radical priest come to get me released' -- off "Me and Julio Downby By the Schoolyard" when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1dlWmrRstc performing it on the Street]]. This still left the bits about Mama spitting on the ground and Papa threatening 'the house of detention' intact, however.
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* Music/{{REM}} performed "Shiny Happy People" as "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXVvvRBBUn8 Furry Happy Monsters]]", complete with a Muppet Kate Pierson.
* Music/{{Feist}}. In an interview conducted after she won a Juno Award for the song she parodied on the show ("1234"), she said she'd done that song many times but not with monsters staring at her or chickens in bikinis[[note]]the segment had just recently been filmed[[/note]].
* Music/RayCharles made multiple appearances, the most notable being a performance of the Alphabet Song with a number of other famous people singing various letters.
* Music/TheB52s.
* Music/JamesTaylor sang [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uQa4dvrg1E "Whenever I See Your Grouchy Face"]] to Oscar the Grouch.
* Creator/CarolChanning sang about Sammy the Snake.
* JustForFun/JohnMunch. Yes, you read right...a ''fictional character'' has Sesame Street Cred.
** Which wouldn't be the first time. In 1976, Margaret Hamilton appeared on the show as [[Film/TheWizardOfOz The Wicked Witch of the West]].
* The 'kid-friendly' bit was totally subverted by Music/StevieWonder, who performed "Superstition" not only straight (save for a NameDrop in the second verse), but as a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE balls-to-the-wall six-minute jam session]].
* Music/PaulSimon tactfully left the last stanza -- the one about how 'the radical priest come to get me released' -- off "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1dlWmrRstc performing it on the Street]]. This still left the bits about Mama spitting on the ground and Papa threatening 'the house of detention' intact, however.
* Creator/StephenColbert starred in a Sesame Street straight-to-video special in 2005. Unfortunately, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=81282&title=Alphabet Sesame Street Cred is not legal tender at the Daily Show.]]
** Jon already beat Stephen to this cred; he hosted ''and sang'' at Elmopalooza in 1998.
* Creator/RobinWilliams.
* Creator/JimCarrey
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr9_5uZn6ds Ricky Gervais]]. He's said it was the coolest moment of his career.
** The actual [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc20vMz0V7Q segment]] is also hilarious.
* Music/HerbieHancock [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKoisNv1ftw during the 80s]]. He played an electro-jazz version of the theme song and showed what electronic sound equipment can do.
* Creator/PatrickStewart shows his Shakespearean roots in [[http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=videoPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=91a75358-154d-11dd-8ea8-a3d2ac25b65b this clip]] from Sesame Street.
** And appears again [[http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=videoPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=315470b8-d613-4fea-afc1-8e42adbbe797 here]].
* Creator/BillCosby and Creator/RichardPryor also made numerous appearances (Pryor while obviously coked out of his ever-loving mind), but in Cosby's case he was practically a recurring guest host.
* Indie rock band Tilly and the Wall
* Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDaszN9ByxM the Sesame Street Shoe Fairy]].
** A gif file of him [[https://i.imgur.com/UP70kh.jpg dancing with Elmo]] has become an [[MemeticMutation internet meme]].
* Along the same lines: Creator/HarveyFierstein singing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6vEwp25cOM Everything's Coming Up Noses]].
* Creator/JackBlack [[MemeticMutation shows children]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jpz_55EdM what an octagon is]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGohKgNOXnU The Goo Goo Dolls]] turning a hit song about teen pregnancy into an encouragement to feel proud of yourself. Worth watching for the bassist's reactions to Elmo.
* Creator/RogerEbert and Creator/GeneSiskel [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMlioyKsaQg do their critic exercises and argue about thumbs.]]
* Perhaps the earliest ''Sesame'' example, [[http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=videoPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=f3ba6fa5-1558-11dd-a62f-919b98326687 Buffy Sainte-Marie]] was a regular on the show's first decade. This was after her ability to get gigs and radio play in the US was compromised due to her protest music.
* Music/JohnnyCash sang "Nasty Dan" to Oscar the Grouch. And it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H75eQX006jA was awesome.]]
-->'''Oscar''': *as Cash leaves* That was my kind of guy!
* Creator/HarryBelafonte had a segment with The Count, singing about, of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWobt9Zn_Ms a coconut-counting man.]]
* CabCalloway likewise appeared way back in the 70's, singing "Hi De Ho Man".
* Music/SmokeyRobinson sang "You Really Got a Hold on Me".
* Music/BillyJoel [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHC3M7KL2ns sang "Just The Way You Are" to Oscar the Grouch.]]
* Music/DestinysChild performed a remake of "A New Way to Walk" in 2001.
* Even minimalist composer Philip Glass has Sesame Street Cred, as he composed a piece of music for Sesame Street back in 1979. Behold, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch-R1aIM-C0 the geometry of circles.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMyfvlEyD9s Conan O'Brien]] did a short segment from the comfort of his Late Night studio.
* Music/TitoPuente appeared alongside Elmo and Grover getting all of them to dance along.
* Michelle Obama has appeared on this show, too, though her appearance makes more sense. Big Bird joked about her height, asking her if she was also a bird because she, like himself, was "really tall."
* Music/KatyPerry was set to appear singing a cleaned-up version of her song "Hot 'N' Cold" with Elmo, but it eventually wasn't shown because some parents complained about her cleavage.
* Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin, in "Cookie Monster Thinks the Moon is a Cookie"
* [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2 (a mechanical prop) and C-3PO]] (Anthony Daniels)
* Creator/IdinaMenzel and her husband Taye Diggs appeared to teach children about allergies.
* Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman (who gave us the violin solo from Creator/JohnWilliams' theme to ''Film/SchindlersList'') appears in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3richcoCUI this segment]] that is a real TearJerker and qualifies as a bona fide CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
* ''Series/GoodEats'' host Alton Brown appears to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCxAM4bcYiU show the meaning of the word recipe.]] His segment even does several {{Shout Out}}s to his own show, most notably Alton being handed things from off-camera by "Thing" (taken over here by various muppets).
* There's also the variation where the performer doesn't appear, but you know you've made it when Sesame Street parodies you:
** Sesame Street agrees with Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdcHzquaMh8 It's Hip To Be A Square!]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkd5dJIVjgM Look at Grover. Look at me. Back to Grover. Back to me.]] [[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike Grover may not be me, but he could smell like me.]]
** ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'' somehow managed to get negative Sesame Street Cred.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPqL-1aSbn0 Upside]]'' Series/DowntonAbbey.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhWUFXvaZjo Game of Chairs]]'' with a surprising amount of adult humor; [[Series/GameOfThrones "Don't lose your head over it, Neddy!"]]
* The 2010 ''Shalom Sesame'' miniseries features stars such as Anneliese van der Pol, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Christina Applegate.
* The [[MultiNationalShows German version]] of ''Series/SesameStreet'' (''Sesamstraße''), did have Lena Meyer-Landrut, winner of the ''Series/EurovisionSongContest'' 2010. Here she sings the song ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdFt3NEXcCY Bert, oh Bert!]]'', a parody of her winning song ''Satellite''.
* Music/JamesBlunt singing "A Triangle" to the tune of "You're Beautiful".
* In the main page quote, Creator/FrancesMcDormand refers to [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Bird_Gets_Lost_(video) a video]] in which Big Bird gets lost at the department store, but finds Maria again with help from an employee portrayed by [=McDormand=].
* Parodied on ''Theatre/AvenueQ'', where [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Gary Coleman]] is one of the characters (the superintendent), but is usually played by a different actor/[[CrosscastRole actress]].
* Creator/JimParsons learns about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ZQyeuUd_k the word arachnid]].
* Creator/TomHiddleston teaches Cookie Monster [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ubVVnWglk how important self-regulation is.]]
* The Music/SpinDoctors performed a kid-centric version of their hit "Two Princes" once.
* Creator/WillArnett plays a magician in one episode, and is introduced with SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of "The Final Countdown". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qclBGpRt0b4 Yes, it's as awesome as it sounds.]]
* Here's a TearJerker: Creator/ChristopherReeve [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzHvVoUGTOM talking about his wheelchair.]]
* And after that, here's Creator/HenryCavill [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYou8_6tKjM talking about respect.]]
* Creator/VictorBorge appeared on both ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''Series/TheElectricCompany'', where he illustrated punctuation marks with his "Phonetic Punctuation" routine.
* Creator/MarkRuffalo [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_1Rt1R4xbM teaches the importance of empathy.]]
* Music/AndreaBocelli sang Elmo a lullaby and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BDVvB7Xx1w it's as beautiful as it sounds]].
* [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCourts Supreme Court Justice]] Sonia Sotomayor appeared on ''Sesame Street'' in 2012, explaining the concept of a career to Abby Cadabby.
** Interesting note: Sotomayor was born to a working-class family in the Bronx--in an area quite similar to Sesame Street itself. She would have been the show's original prime target demographic had she been born about 10 years later.
* Music/GloriaEstefan, performing "Conga" and "Mambo I, I, I,", and "1-2-3".
* [[Music/DaveMatthewsBand Dave Matthews]] and lovable furry old Grover [[http://youtu.be/Po5lHYJJQfw go way back.]]
* As of January 2014, Music/{{Pentatonix}} got their Sesame Street Cred! Appropriately enough, they are singing and counting to five.
* Creator/BenedictCumberbatch [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7jS7X-2ggA matches wits with "Murray-arty"]], with help from The Count.
* [[Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver John Oliver]] both inverted the trope, and then played it straight.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pz3syET3DY He featured Sesame Street characters on his own show]]...
** ...[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whLHguPnK0E and then he appeared to explain the difference between English and American dialect for the same things]].
* Famous tap-dancer Savion Glover was a regular for several years in the 90's, as was ''Laugh-In'' alum Creator/RuthBuzzi.
* [[http://youtu.be/edA7vOfdcZg Wayne Brady gives an impromptu lesson about the word "between"]]. As Wayne is apprehensive, Elmo asks [[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway "Aren't you supposed to be good at making things up in a moment?"]]
* In the recent decade, more came to the show, most notably Creator/KatDennings, Creator/LupitaNyongO (For both of them, they were with Elmo) and even ''Music/OneDirection''!
* Music/ElvisCostello and Elmo (both dressed in jacket, tie, fedora, and hipster "NHS glasses") sang about the time [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxardpBReQc "the monster went and ate my red 2".]]
* The German {{Retraux}} Jazz singer Max Raabe once appeared on ''[[TransatlanticEquivalent Sesamstrasse]]'' to sing a classy lullaby for the characters.
* Music/{{REM}} performed "Shiny Happy People" as "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXVvvRBBUn8 Furry Happy Monsters]]", complete with a Muppet Kate Pierson.
* Music/{{Feist}}. In an interview conducted after she won a Juno Award for the song she parodied on the show ("1234"), she said she'd done that song many times but not with monsters staring at her or chickens in bikinis[[note]]the segment had just recently been filmed[[/note]].
* Music/RayCharles made multiple appearances, the most notable being a performance of the Alphabet Song with a number of other famous people singing various letters.
* Music/TheB52s.
* Music/JamesTaylor sang [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uQa4dvrg1E "Whenever I See Your Grouchy Face"]] to Oscar the Grouch.
* Creator/CarolChanning sang about Sammy the Snake.
* JustForFun/JohnMunch. Yes, you read right...a ''fictional character'' has Sesame Street Cred.
** Which wouldn't be the first time. In 1976, Margaret Hamilton appeared on the show as [[Film/TheWizardOfOz The Wicked Witch of the West]].
* The 'kid-friendly' bit was totally subverted by Music/StevieWonder, who performed "Superstition" not only straight (save for a NameDrop in the second verse), but as a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE balls-to-the-wall six-minute jam session]].
* Music/PaulSimon tactfully left the last stanza -- the one about how 'the radical priest come to get me released' -- off "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1dlWmrRstc performing it on the Street]]. This still left the bits about Mama spitting on the ground and Papa threatening 'the house of detention' intact, however.
* Creator/StephenColbert starred in a Sesame Street straight-to-video special in 2005. Unfortunately, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=81282&title=Alphabet Sesame Street Cred is not legal tender at the Daily Show.]]
** Jon already beat Stephen to this cred; he hosted ''and sang'' at Elmopalooza in 1998.
* Creator/RobinWilliams.
* Creator/JimCarrey
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr9_5uZn6ds Ricky Gervais]]. He's said it was the coolest moment of his career.
** The actual [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc20vMz0V7Q segment]] is also hilarious.
* Music/HerbieHancock [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKoisNv1ftw during the 80s]]. He played an electro-jazz version of the theme song and showed what electronic sound equipment can do.
* Creator/PatrickStewart shows his Shakespearean roots in [[http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=videoPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=91a75358-154d-11dd-8ea8-a3d2ac25b65b this clip]] from Sesame Street.
** And appears again [[http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=videoPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=315470b8-d613-4fea-afc1-8e42adbbe797 here]].
* Creator/BillCosby and Creator/RichardPryor also made numerous appearances (Pryor while obviously coked out of his ever-loving mind), but in Cosby's case he was practically a recurring guest host.
* Indie rock band Tilly and the Wall
* Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDaszN9ByxM the Sesame Street Shoe Fairy]].
** A gif file of him [[https://i.imgur.com/UP70kh.jpg dancing with Elmo]] has become an [[MemeticMutation internet meme]].
* Along the same lines: Creator/HarveyFierstein singing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6vEwp25cOM Everything's Coming Up Noses]].
* Creator/JackBlack [[MemeticMutation shows children]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jpz_55EdM what an octagon is]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGohKgNOXnU The Goo Goo Dolls]] turning a hit song about teen pregnancy into an encouragement to feel proud of yourself. Worth watching for the bassist's reactions to Elmo.
* Creator/RogerEbert and Creator/GeneSiskel [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMlioyKsaQg do their critic exercises and argue about thumbs.]]
* Perhaps the earliest ''Sesame'' example, [[http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=videoPlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=f3ba6fa5-1558-11dd-a62f-919b98326687 Buffy Sainte-Marie]] was a regular on the show's first decade. This was after her ability to get gigs and radio play in the US was compromised due to her protest music.
* Music/JohnnyCash sang "Nasty Dan" to Oscar the Grouch. And it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H75eQX006jA was awesome.]]
-->'''Oscar''': *as Cash leaves* That was my kind of guy!
* Creator/HarryBelafonte had a segment with The Count, singing about, of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWobt9Zn_Ms a coconut-counting man.]]
* CabCalloway likewise appeared way back in the 70's, singing "Hi De Ho Man".
* Music/SmokeyRobinson sang "You Really Got a Hold on Me".
* Music/BillyJoel [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHC3M7KL2ns sang "Just The Way You Are" to Oscar the Grouch.]]
* Music/DestinysChild performed a remake of "A New Way to Walk" in 2001.
* Even minimalist composer Philip Glass has Sesame Street Cred, as he composed a piece of music for Sesame Street back in 1979. Behold, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch-R1aIM-C0 the geometry of circles.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMyfvlEyD9s Conan O'Brien]] did a short segment from the comfort of his Late Night studio.
* Music/TitoPuente appeared alongside Elmo and Grover getting all of them to dance along.
* Michelle Obama has appeared on this show, too, though her appearance makes more sense. Big Bird joked about her height, asking her if she was also a bird because she, like himself, was "really tall."
* Music/KatyPerry was set to appear singing a cleaned-up version of her song "Hot 'N' Cold" with Elmo, but it eventually wasn't shown because some parents complained about her cleavage.
* Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin, in "Cookie Monster Thinks the Moon is a Cookie"
* [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2 (a mechanical prop) and C-3PO]] (Anthony Daniels)
* Creator/IdinaMenzel and her husband Taye Diggs appeared to teach children about allergies.
* Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman (who gave us the violin solo from Creator/JohnWilliams' theme to ''Film/SchindlersList'') appears in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3richcoCUI this segment]] that is a real TearJerker and qualifies as a bona fide CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
* ''Series/GoodEats'' host Alton Brown appears to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCxAM4bcYiU show the meaning of the word recipe.]] His segment even does several {{Shout Out}}s to his own show, most notably Alton being handed things from off-camera by "Thing" (taken over here by various muppets).
* There's also the variation where the performer doesn't appear, but you know you've made it when Sesame Street parodies you:
** Sesame Street agrees with Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdcHzquaMh8 It's Hip To Be A Square!]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkd5dJIVjgM Look at Grover. Look at me. Back to Grover. Back to me.]] [[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike Grover may not be me, but he could smell like me.]]
** ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'' somehow managed to get negative Sesame Street Cred.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPqL-1aSbn0 Upside]]'' Series/DowntonAbbey.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhWUFXvaZjo Game of Chairs]]'' with a surprising amount of adult humor; [[Series/GameOfThrones "Don't lose your head over it, Neddy!"]]
* The 2010 ''Shalom Sesame'' miniseries features stars such as Anneliese van der Pol, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Christina Applegate.
* The [[MultiNationalShows German version]] of ''Series/SesameStreet'' (''Sesamstraße''), did have Lena Meyer-Landrut, winner of the ''Series/EurovisionSongContest'' 2010. Here she sings the song ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdFt3NEXcCY Bert, oh Bert!]]'', a parody of her winning song ''Satellite''.
* Music/JamesBlunt singing "A Triangle" to the tune of "You're Beautiful".
* In the main page quote, Creator/FrancesMcDormand refers to [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Bird_Gets_Lost_(video) a video]] in which Big Bird gets lost at the department store, but finds Maria again with help from an employee portrayed by [=McDormand=].
* Parodied on ''Theatre/AvenueQ'', where [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Gary Coleman]] is one of the characters (the superintendent), but is usually played by a different actor/[[CrosscastRole actress]].
* Creator/JimParsons learns about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ZQyeuUd_k the word arachnid]].
* Creator/TomHiddleston teaches Cookie Monster [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ubVVnWglk how important self-regulation is.]]
* The Music/SpinDoctors performed a kid-centric version of their hit "Two Princes" once.
* Creator/WillArnett plays a magician in one episode, and is introduced with SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of "The Final Countdown". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qclBGpRt0b4 Yes, it's as awesome as it sounds.]]
* Here's a TearJerker: Creator/ChristopherReeve [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzHvVoUGTOM talking about his wheelchair.]]
* And after that, here's Creator/HenryCavill [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYou8_6tKjM talking about respect.]]
* Creator/VictorBorge appeared on both ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''Series/TheElectricCompany'', where he illustrated punctuation marks with his "Phonetic Punctuation" routine.
* Creator/MarkRuffalo [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_1Rt1R4xbM teaches the importance of empathy.]]
* Music/AndreaBocelli sang Elmo a lullaby and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BDVvB7Xx1w it's as beautiful as it sounds]].
* [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCourts Supreme Court Justice]] Sonia Sotomayor appeared on ''Sesame Street'' in 2012, explaining the concept of a career to Abby Cadabby.
** Interesting note: Sotomayor was born to a working-class family in the Bronx--in an area quite similar to Sesame Street itself. She would have been the show's original prime target demographic had she been born about 10 years later.
* Music/GloriaEstefan, performing "Conga" and "Mambo I, I, I,", and "1-2-3".
* [[Music/DaveMatthewsBand Dave Matthews]] and lovable furry old Grover [[http://youtu.be/Po5lHYJJQfw go way back.]]
* As of January 2014, Music/{{Pentatonix}} got their Sesame Street Cred! Appropriately enough, they are singing and counting to five.
* Creator/BenedictCumberbatch [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7jS7X-2ggA matches wits with "Murray-arty"]], with help from The Count.
* [[Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver John Oliver]] both inverted the trope, and then played it straight.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pz3syET3DY He featured Sesame Street characters on his own show]]...
** ...[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whLHguPnK0E and then he appeared to explain the difference between English and American dialect for the same things]].
* Famous tap-dancer Savion Glover was a regular for several years in the 90's, as was ''Laugh-In'' alum Creator/RuthBuzzi.
* [[http://youtu.be/edA7vOfdcZg Wayne Brady gives an impromptu lesson about the word "between"]]. As Wayne is apprehensive, Elmo asks [[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway "Aren't you supposed to be good at making things up in a moment?"]]
* In the recent decade, more came to the show, most notably Creator/KatDennings, Creator/LupitaNyongO (For both of them, they were with Elmo) and even ''Music/OneDirection''!
* Music/ElvisCostello and Elmo (both dressed in jacket, tie, fedora, and hipster "NHS glasses") sang about the time [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxardpBReQc "the monster went and ate my red 2".]]
* The German {{Retraux}} Jazz singer Max Raabe once appeared on ''[[TransatlanticEquivalent Sesamstrasse]]'' to sing a classy lullaby for the characters.
