Sesame Street
Lena Horne Sings With Grover
Season 1, Episode 11 · Aired 1969-11-24
Synopsis
Legendary chanteuse Lena Horne and Grover perform a duet about not being shy; "Monsterpiece Theater" presents "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves"; the classic "Plants Need Water" and "The Invention of the Raisin" animations; Placido Flamingo stages an opera; Kermit the Frog reports on the Three Little Pigs live for "Sesame Street News"; Soap opera spoofs of "All My Children" and "Another School."
In the series
This episode is part of Sesame Street (1969–) on NET/PBS.
Muppets, letters, and the street that treated kids' TV like a civil-rights project.
Key cast
- Jim Henson as Muppet Performer / Creator
- Frank Oz as Muppet Performer
- Carroll Spinney as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch