Lucy on the street

[abiraniriba]

I was watching a special on channel 13 about Lucille Ball and I noticed that she died in '87. Did she ever appear on SS or any other Henson show?

 

[TotallySpiesFan]

Lucille actually passed away in 1989. She has never appeared on "Sesame Street" or any other Henson show.

 

[abiraniriba]

tnx

thanx , I checked out the date. You were right, I think I made a typo. It's interesting, some of her stuff would work very well with the Muppet gang. I could picture her and Desi Arnaz singing Cuanto Le Gusta with

 

[sesameguy]

Although Sesame St. has had many great guest stars, very few of the "old-time" TV stars from the early days of TV have appeared on it. The one big exception is Sid Caesar, who appeared in a few clips. To my knowledge, Lucille Ball was never on the show. But here's a clip with Sid Caesar and Big Bird, courtesy of sawing14s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGMQrbrnGmk