


Sesame Street also produced a half-hour special, Elmo's Playdate, which dealt with the pandemic and socializing with others remotely. Many of the videos, featuring the Sesame Street Muppets, were filmed at the puppeteers' homes and focus on messages of social distancing, hygiene, routines, adjusting to the "new normal" and thanking health care workers and other "essential" personnel (such as truck drivers, grocery store workers, and emergency services). The initiative included videos, coloring pages, eBooks, and information sheets. In late March, Sesame Workshop launched " Caring for Each Other," an initiative to help children and families cope with the social impact of the pandemic. Muppets Now end credits for lockdown segments. Karen Prell puppeteers Red Fraggle at home.Īcknowledgments and thanks during the 2020.

Less than a month after the opening of the Regal Eagle Smokehouse at Epcot, Disney entered a multi-month closure of Walt Disney World and its other theme parks starting in March and continuing until July. In response to COVID-19 concerns, the Puppets for Puppetry event honoring Brian and Wendy Froud (originally scheduled for May 8, 2020) was postponed. The cruise ship show Jim Henson's Inspired Silliness was announced to be featured on the Enchanted Princess embarking in June 2020, but the voyage was postponed to an undetermined date. In addition, production on the Sesame Street feature film was suspended. As a result of the pandemic, production on Season 51 of Sesame Street was halted, having a week of " Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck" production left to go.
