Sesame Street References in Cartoons

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Memnoch

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Today is the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, and I was wondering if any of you saw references to Sesame Street in comics and animation.

-Big Big, Elmo, and Oscar the Grouch had cameos on some episodes of the Simpsons.

-One of Daria's alter-egos in the end credits of season 3 was of either Elmo or Grover.

-Bert, Ernie, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster had cameos on Family Guy.

-In an Archie comic story, the gang remembers their days watching a parody of Sesame Street.
 
Family Guy also spoofed the pinball game segment (1-2-3-4-5...) of Sesame Street with Stewie in the pinball game.

I'm not sure but I think Big Bird or Oscar also appeared in the South Park episode Imaginationland
 
When Josie and the Pussycats crossed over to The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Melody commented as the cave entrance opened, "He didn't even say open Sesame Street!"
 
"Missionary: Impossible" contains probably my favorite instance of this, when Homer is hiding in the church to escape the PBS pledge drive mob, and a trash can containing Oscar the Grouch and Elmo comes smashing through one of the stained-glass windows...

Oscar: Give us the money!
Elmo: Elmo knows where you live!

Tress MacNeille does Elmo's voice there, and the way she reads that line is hilarious.
 
My personal favorite Seseme Street reference was in the Family Guy episode, "Model Misbehavior", where Cookie Monster is seen in rehab for his cookie addiction, and is later heating cookie dough with a lighter in a bathroom stall. I also loved "Homicide: Life On Seseme Street" and the gag where a childrens' chorus count the number of prostitutes in Cleveland's house.

Robot Chicken has also had a few sketches parodying the show. One featured Big Bird getting the Bird Flu, and a more recent sketch featured Kermit's cousin, Gordon The Gecko, convincing some kids to become greedy, much to Kermit's annoyance.

As for more subtle references, in one episode of The Powerpuff Girls, Bubbles calls a man "Mr. Looper", but the man says his name is "Mr. Cooper", a reference to how Big Bird would often call Mr. Hooper the wrong name. And in one episode of The Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy, Billy sings the "loaf of bread, container of milk, stick of butter" song.
 
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