A Special Sesame Street Christmas - Part 1 of 6

[superAJ71]

When was this made? When was this shown? Before or after the Xmas Eve special?

[harrisonfanalways]

I think that it is wonderful to see MJ and Henry Fonda on here.. I am from the old school era and I never even KNEW this existed... Thank you!

[collgoff]

Micheal Jackson was on Sesame Street?

[Tertia98]

i lovee this...just for michael...

[91camaro383]

fuck michael jackson!

[Debbierahxxx]

@91camaro383 wth?

[Lannielst]

Did his dad make him do christmas shows like this for more money cause I thought they were Jehovah's Witnesses and they don't celebrate christmas?

[ChiquillaD]

Knowing his dad..I don't doubt it..

[vivalasessh]

i started freaking out when they said michael jackson. even though i knew he was on here. r.i.p. angelface.

[AtmosferaHouseMusic]

5:28....EPICLY, Mr. Bird....EPICLY :p

[awinx99able]

OMG ! Micheal Jackson on Sesame street? That is so cool!

[tyrannosaurusburke]

Thank you so much for posting this on YouTube. Even if it is bad, it's still worth seeing if Muppets are involved.

[Flaoither3]

I love mikes afro

[Neptuneman07]

So bad it's great!

[A1l2l2e2n4]

3:14 --- That's LOOPER, Maria, LOOPER!

[ftp44]

The original 1978 version is alot better!!!

[PlaidPersonOMG12345]

I never knew that Michael Jackson was in this..He is so YOUNG!!!

R.I.P. Michael Joseph Jackson

|1958-2009|

<3

[Webkinzrocks400]

poor oscar he hates christmas!!!

[starasiahleeque]

this makes me wish i celebrated christmas

[collgoff]

Starasiahleeque you never celebrated Christmas?

[Shelby9111]

Aww Cute little michael jackson! :D

[Jamiethewookie]

No shit. This is fahkin awrful

[Jamiethewookie]

Is it me or does Maria look alot like Michael Jackson in this?

[54spiritedwill54]

Love Mike's vest!

[flokatirug]

It was thoughtful of them to let Big Bird know how much they hated the hat, so they could sing the song about crappy presents.

[cygnusXhaust]

I have that hat!! I'm really glad she doesn't pretend to like it, though.

[proudlawmom]

i think the red headed girl in the beginning is molly ringwald!!!

[MsRachelMo]

I watched this every year when I was a kid.

[LittleLottieLorah]

lol micheal jackson

[Webkinzrocks400]

no it really is him!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bobbytoo]

God bless all of you and merry christmas

12 months a year!

[garytbnman]

I am so glad this is posted and I never saw it till now. Who ever posted this--I would give you a million dollars for making my day.

[cheerbear237]

Special guest Ethel Merman!! That's an automatic 5 stars from me!

[CDCB]

Great to see this special on YouTube. It's a shame Sesame Workshop won't release it.

[Treknologist]

So, what's so bad about this particular special?

[LaDracul]

The newer one with Elmo is actually pretty good...except for that song Kevin James sings as Santa....

[LaDracul]

To be honest, I think this is better than that "You Gotta Believe" song from the "Elmo's Christmas Countdown" special.

Though in that one, Stiller the Elf believes that Oscar has the most Christmas Spirit due to a survey. Oookaaay...

[TyrekeCorrea]

charles blitzen wanted to beat up stiller! lol

[Jenniferkate]

is that Henry Fonda with Bridget Fonda?

[kaoishii]

this is so nostalgic, I picked this video up out of a bin when I was 4 years old and my parents bought it. Since then we've watched it every christmas and despite the fact I'm 19 now and have pretty much out grown it this movie just warms your heart, plus the songs never go out of style.

[kaoishii]

I'm such a dummy I meant to put this comment for the christmas eve on sesame street video and I just now noticed I didn't XP

[halfthefunhouse]

Maria??? What?

Bob??? Wow he's been around forever.

I remember Mr. Hooper...until I was six that was the Christmas special, where the show began when they were skating downtown, then Big Bird went to wait for Santa but missed him. Then the presents were still under the tree at Gordon and Vivian's place (gee I wonder how haha). Also, Gordon and Vivian sang that song "True Blue Miracle."

Don't ask me how I remember all that hahaha.

[fortunateizzi]

wow, I think I actually kinda remember this... I was born in 87, though

[ireanna]

OMG look at Maria lol

[joeywomer]

did this Christmas Special come on before of after Christmas Eve on Sesmae Street?

[kaoishii]

apparently the same year

[CDCB]

Holy shoot!! Where did you get this, sawing14s?

[ConnDevi]

Dick Smothers lol

[83survivor]

Love Mike's vest!

[Eagle3396]

Oscar is such a scrooge. Ha ha ha gotta love him.

[shortyblackwell]

Michael Jackson was BLACK??? What gives??? (joke)

[starmate88]

lol!

[EKhan84]

Production values: Not so good.

Camp value: Through the roof!

[CygnusRoc]

Wow this must be before my time...I was born in 1972 and I don't remember ever seeing that.

[twoonbiscayne]

In this day and age I am pretty sure this would be obsolete. Meaning it is not politically correct to showcase christmas with out showcasing the other holidays....amazing the stuff that used to happen back in the day.

[anchorman87]

See here in Australia, we don't really have other holidays which are officially' recognised, so on TV eveything is branded as 'Christmas....' although we do see happy holidays and seasons greetings.

[Rkerekes13]

"Christmas Eve on Sesame Street" is a lot better!

[LordRufus]

THANKYOU!!! For decades I wondered if I somehow imagined this special. The one thing I remembered vividly was Anne Murray singing her then-current hit "You Needed Me." Now I'm going to look for the part with her. Once again...Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou Very Much!!!

[Herald8]

I don't see what all the fuss is about, I think it's perfectly fine so far. :)

[DiAnno13]

Me too.  Of course, I'm only at the 0:05 mark...

[grecomic]

"One of these specials is not like the others... One of these specials JUST DOESN'T BELONG!"

[astr4004]

I remember watching this when it aired, and being confused for years afterward when I didn't see Anne Murray or Leslie Uggams in the reruns. Turns out those reruns were actually "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street"!

[Lectronimo]

Seems like 1978 was a banner year for horrible Christmas programming on CBS - the infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special" aired the same year!

[Sephare]

The guest stars are AMAZING. I can't believe they got Leslie Uggams AND Dicky Smothers!!!

[DiAnno13]

Yeah, good thing they were available.

[glowworm2]

Was this the special where Cookie Monster eats the Christmas tree at the end-or did they have several christmas specials?

[sawing14s]

You're thinking of "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street" which is 1000x more worth watching than this.

[Rkerekes13]

I agree!

[Gabrielle261]

I think this one is cute. Not bad at all! :)