Who's Your Most/Least Favorite Sesame Street guest star?

LittleJerry92

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Favorite?

Well, I did like Little Richard's performances, as well as Ziggy Marley's, Stevie Wonders' and Ray Charles' performances.

My least favorite?

Anything with Rosie O'Donnell in it honestly.
 

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Going off the top of my head...Madeline Kahn, Lena Horne, Johnny Cash, Andrea Martin, Ray Charles, and Norah Jones are at the top for me. On the other hand, I personally didn't care much for Wyclef Jean's version of Healthy Food, or for the appearances by Seth Green and Spike Lee.
 

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Oh wow, there have been so many great moments, but I think anything with Ray Charles stands out. Also the episode where Stevie Wonder pays a visit.

Least favorite: Um, Jenny McCarthy. You might not even remember she was on the show but, she was in one of those Word of the Day segments. She talked about the word "insect". I hate the way she completely talked down to the kids. It was super annoying.
 

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Going off the top of my head...Madeline Kahn, Lena Horne, Johnny Cash, Andrea Martin, Ray Charles, and Norah Jones are at the top for me. On the other hand, I personally didn't care much for Wyclef Jean's version of Healthy Food, or for the appearances by Seth Green and Spike Lee.
I didn't mind Seth Green's appearance (not that it was best appearance, mind you), but Spike Lee's appearance seemed really phoned-in like he didn't even want to be there (and I'd be willing to bet he probably thought the appearance was totally beneath him) - the bit itself was memorable, only for how repetitive it was (and for Snuffy always playing the wrong emotion). I had a similar problem with James Gandolfini's appearance as well: just so flat and phoned-in, and given that his bit was to teach about an emotion (fear), I wasn't buying it. His SOPRANOS co-stars Tony Sirico and Steve Schiripa in that Ernie and Bert Christmas special within a special was a whole lot better: "Please do not laugh like Ernie, Mr. Sirico." "And why not, Boit?"

One particular appearance that really stands out in my mind was Richard Kind as Snuffy's Fairy Balloon Person - he's always so funny. And speaking of funny guys, I loved both of Wayne Brady's appearances: when he did that catchy little between song, and the insert he did with Elmo where he kept trying on different oufits (including a chicken suit) because he was afraid of being himself when meeting new friends . . . and then ends up meeting a chicken who was also wearing all the same outfits because that's who she really was. On a similar token, I also liked that bit with Jamie Foxx where he met a fox named Jamie Foxx, and a duck also named Jamie Foxx.
 

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I think for me the ones that stand out was Ray Charles, Johnny Cash....umm, I remember a segment with Cab Calloway which I thought was great (literally my introduction to big band jazz music).

As for ones I dont like....hard to remember anything I didnt, at least not from the more "classic era" episodes. I guess I'll second Rosie O'Donnell...can't stand that woman.
 

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I think for me the ones that stand out was Ray Charles, Johnny Cash....umm, I remember a segment with Cab Calloway which I thought was great (literally my introduction to big band jazz music).

As for ones I dont like....hard to remember anything I didnt, at least not from the more "classic era" episodes. I guess I'll second Rosie O'Donnell...can't stand that woman.
There were two Cab segments.
 

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Actually,

I didn't like Adam Sandler's appearance. Probably because the guy has been terrible in acting since he started his company, Happy Madison ("Terrific!").
 

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Adam Sandler just sucks, plain and simple. Always has, always will.
 

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I liked Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison and The Wedding Singer. His older movies were his prime imo.

Some of his SNL skits I thought were pretty funny too.
 
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