Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake
Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake
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Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake is a television special based on the children's educational series Sesame Street, featuring a special musical appearance by The Simpsons in the segment "Monster in the Mirror." Broadcast in 1991, the special marked one of the earliest official crossovers involving the Simpson family outside their own series.
Background[edit]
Produced by Children's Television Workshop for PBS, Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake celebrated Big Bird's sixth birthday and featured several celebrity guests. Among them were the characters from The Simpsons, which had recently become a major television success after expanding from its original shorts into a weekly animated series.[1][2]
"Monster in the Mirror" segment[edit]
The Simpsons appeared in a special celebrity version of "Monster in the Mirror," a song originally performed by Grover on Sesame Street. The musical segment featured numerous guest stars joining Grover, including Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Charles, and Julia Roberts.[2]
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson appeared as animated characters integrated into the live-action and Muppet footage. The characters were voiced by their regular actors: Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), and Yeardley Smith (Lisa).[3][4]
Production[edit]
The special was directed by Jon Stone and written by Judy Freudberg. The "Monster in the Mirror" sequence combined puppetry, live-action celebrity appearances, and animation. The Simpsons' inclusion was produced as an official collaboration between Sesame Street and The Simpsons, making it a unique crossover between an educational children's program and a prime-time animated comedy.[4]
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