The Muppets threw a funeral party and somehow made me ugly-cry to 'Bein' Green'.
A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.
Score
Literally the entire Joe Raposo songbook performed by legends.
Production
Sesame Workshop at peak sentimental craft.
Acting
Muppets delivering more emotional honesty than humans.
Director
Jon Stone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Raposo wrote over 2000 songs for Sesame Street, including the iconic theme—this special cemented his status as a stealth architect of American childhood.
Jon Stone, who directed this tribute, co-created Sesame Street and had worked with Raposo since 1969—making this essentially a eulogy by his longest collaborator.
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