Sesame Street: A Very Grouchy Halloween

Sesame Street: A Very Grouchy Halloween is a Halloween special which first aired on HBO on October 20, 2019 to coincide with Sesame Street's 50th anniversary, with an additional broadcast on PBS three days later.

The night before Halloween, Oscar the Grouch receives an invitation to tour the basement of the castle once inhabited by Count von Count's late ancestor, the Grandcount Belugosi, which is said to have been abandoned for a third of a century. Sesame Street's resident Grouch must come face-to-face with ghosts who look (and act) eerily similar to the monsters, people and animals he lives with, and must escape the castle before midnight. Along the way, Oscar has to deal with a sadistic bride who killed her husband and children (to "free" herself from motherhood) and now aims to marry (and kill) him.

Credits
Executive Producers BROWN JOHNSON BENJAMIN LEHMANN

Produced by KEN SCARBOROUGH AUTUMN P. ZITANI STEFANO, M.A.

Directed by RICK FERNANDES SCOTT PRESTON

Written by JOE FALLON ANDREW MORIARTY

Starring JULIE GONZALO as The Bride ROSCOE ORMAN as Trash Gordon

with J.K. SIMMONS as The Gargoyle

and special guest appearances by KERMIT THE FROG and MISS PIGGY

The Sesame Street Muppet Players PAM ARCIERO JENNIFER BARNHART WARRICK BROWNLOW-PIKE TYLER BUNCH LESLIE CARRARA-RUDOLPH FRANKIE CORDERO STEPHANIE D'ABRUZZO RYAN DILLON STACEY GORDON CHRIS THOMAS HAYES ERIC JACOBSON JOHN KENNEDY PETER LINZ CARMEN OSBAHR MARTIN P. ROBINSON DAVID RUDMAN MATT VOGEL

with special appearance by KAREN PRELL

Additional Muppet Performers HEATHER ASCH JAKE BAZEL TAU BENNETT WESTON CHANDLER LONG AUSTIN COSTELLO MARK GALE LIZ HARA HALEY JENKINS KATHLEEN KIM TIM LAGASSE SPENCER LOTT LARA MacLEAN NOEL MacNEAL AMANDA MADDOCK PAUL McGINNIS ANDREW MORIARTY JOEY RUDMAN JOHN TARTAGLIA JACK VOGEL JAMES WOJTAL ERIC WRIGHT BRYANT YOUNG

The Jim Henson Company NY Creature Shop HEATHER ASCH DAVID BIZZARO MARY BREHMER MATT BROOKS ED CHRISTIE ANDREA DETWILER BEN DUROCHER VICTORIA ELLIS LIZ HARA PAUL HARTIS MICHELLE HICKEY ANN MARIE HOLDGRUEN J. DOUGLAS JAMES ROLLIE KREWSON JIM KROUPA SARAH LAFFERTY KARI LOVE LARA MacLEAN CASEY MILLER TOM NEWBY ANNEY FRESH OZAR CONSTANCE PETERSON JANE PIEN KATE RUSEK SIERRA SCHOENING MICHAEL SCHUPBACH JESSICA SIMON POLLY SMITH DAVID VALENTINE JASON WEBER STACEY WEINGARTEN JAMES WOJTAL

Production (Henson) MELISSA CREIGHTON GABRIELLA DEGENNARO RICHARD DYAR JONATHAN EHRICH CAROLYN FANELLI KIP RATHKE JOSEPH RODDY