Sesame Street (1970)

Sesame Street (1975)

Sesame Street with special guest star Stevie Wonder (1973)

Hollywood Squares with celebrity contestants George Gobel, MacLean Stevenson, Carol Channing and Big Bird (1976)

Bozo the Clown (1966)

At the 5:55 mark we see Mr. Lion. You'll hear him talk too - and you might recognize his voice. It's Caroll Spinney in the costume, known best as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.

Sesame Street - Pitch Film (1969 - Footage Offline - 5/31/10

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)

A Special Sesame Street Christmas with guests Henry Fonda, Michael Jackson, Dick Smothers, Imogene Coca, Anne Murray and Ethel Merman (1978)

To Tell the Truth with guest Bob McGrath (1967)

And this isn't even the first time that Bob has made an appearance on this site.

Sesame Street with special guest star Stevie Wonder (1972)

Amazing Grace starring Moms Mabley (1974)

This film also featured legendary African-American showbiz figures Slappy White and Butterfly McQueen. It was written by Matt Robinson, one of the Gordons from Sesame Street and voice of Muppet Roosevelt Franklin. Hey, you know what? I uploaded a bunch of audio from Moms Mabley comedy records on Chess and Mercury for a seperate article last year - and you can listen to it in all its splendid glory here.

Sesame Street with guest Ralph Nader (1988)

Hollywood Squares with guest Big Bird

Host Peter Marshall in his finest cocaine snorting glasses and Big Bird with a dazed look on his face. Of course, Carol Spinney as the voice of Big Bird.