Retailer Spotlight: Barnes & Noble Celebrates Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary!

We're back with another Retailer Spotlight. This time we look at Barnes & Noble's exclusive line of Sesame Street 50th Anniversary books, bags, and wallets. 

The books are exclusive 50th Anniversary re-issues that include a poster. 

There are two styles of bags and wallets from Loungefly. One is a tote bag and wallet featuring Cookie Monster.

The other, is a leather backpack and wallet featuring the Big Bird, Elmo, The Count, Griver, Bert, Ernie, Oscar, and Cookie Monster.

Barnes and Noble also has a large selection of non-exclusive Sesame items as well, 

including the Oscar and Cookie Monster's recently recently released self help books. 

You can find all these and more online and at your local Barnes and Noble. 

Sesame Street: Fans Sing "Sunny Days" Theme Song!

Way back in March, Sesame Workshop announced they were asking fans to submit video of them singing Sesame Street's iconic theme song. 

 

Today Sesame released the video and I'm shocked and humbled to announced that I'm included!

You can spoty me in the bottom right corner at the :40 sec mark and again (!) at the end in the top right of the Sesame Street logo!

You can watch me and a plethora of other grateful Sesame Street fans below:

SNL Shows Us the Gritty Origin of the GROUCH!

Last night, Saturday Night Live brought us a Joker parody starring David Harbour in the dark, gritty, origin story of Oscar... the GROUCH. 

Below see our favorite Sesame Street residents as you've never seen them before. Warning: may not be appropriate for all ages.

Muppet Babies Super Hero Plush!

Never fear, more Muppet Babies plush are here! 

A new set of Muppet Babies plush has been released featuring the gang as their superhero alter egos from the episode "Super Fabulous vs. Captain Icecube"

The set includes Summer as Captain Icecube, Piggy as Super Fabulous, Gonzo as Dr. Meanzo, and Kermit.

Below is a clip from the show:

You can find the whole set online at at your local Walmart.

New Sesame Street Hallmarks Ornaments!

Hallmark released two more Sesame Street ornaments featuring Cookie Monster and Elmo. 

These ornaments are not park of the Keepsake line and can be found at stores like Walmart. 

Emmet Otter Picture Disc Record Store Day Exclusive!

Varèse Sarabande Records is re-releasing the soundtrack to Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas as a picture disc for Record Store Day. 

The 16-track album is limited to 2500 copies and features a picture of the Riverbottom Nightmare Band on Side B!

Record Store Day Black Friday 2019 is November 29th at independent record stores more info can be found here. 

Coming Soon: Sesame Street LEGO Set!

LEGO announced that Ivan Guerrero's fan-pitched Sesame Street playset will be coming to a store near you!

His set was one of 9 revealed by LEGO Ideas engagement manager Hasan Jensen and LEGO Ideas creative lead Sam Johnson.

“LEGO Ideas is where your dream of being a LEGO designer can come true. All you have to do is build a model, submit it to LEGO Ideas, and then you have the big task ahead of you of actually getting 10,000 supporters to vote for your project,” Jensen said. “After the process of gaining 10,000 supporters, we take it internally. We have a review board that evaluates all the projects.”

We've showcased Ivan's incredible LEGO ideas numerous times including his Labyrinth, The Muppet Show, and Muppet performers sets. 

Ivan gave us a shout-out in his official thank you post, but to Ivan, we say thank you for your great ideas and dedication to bringing the world of Jim Henson to LEGO!

No word on the price or release date, but we'll keep you posted.