Elmopalooza

The show is a musical that takes place at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, featuring performances from guests Jon Stewart, David Alan Grier, Rosie O'Donnell, Gloria Estefan, En Vogue, the Fugees, Kenny Loggins, Shawn Colvin, Jimmy Buffett and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones to celebrate Sesame Street's 30th anniversary.

At the beginning of the show, Elmo accidentally traps Jon Stewart, the producer Prairie Dawn, and the crew for the show in a dressing room when he closes the broken door, locking them inside. David Alan Grier doesn't take this well and constantly yet harshly rebukes Elmo for this mistake, and doing the same to Telly for his necrotic behavior. The Muppets decide to produce the show themselves, with Elmo hosting.

Meanwhile, Grover, Susan, Ruthie, Gordon, Gina, Linda, Bob, and Mr. Handford get lost on the way to Radio City Music Hall, and they end up in Roswell, New Mexico, having picked up penguins and the Yip-yip Martians as hitchhikers.

Despite a few malfunctions, the show goes on successfully as planned, until Rosita accidentally breaks the lightshow, causing Elmo to run away in terror. As Slimey rescues the crew, they have Kenny Loggins and Big Bird sing One Small Voice to motivate Elmo to come out of hiding. Elmo heads back on stage, feeling a lot better. Elmo, Grover, Susan, Gordon, Gina, Ruthie, Linda, Bob, and Mr. Handford, and the cast sings a medley of Sesame Street songs at the end. Then, as the credits roll, the cast and performers perform, Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?

• "Just Happy To Be Me" with the Fugees
• "Mambo I, I, I" with Gloria Estefan
• "The Zig Zag Dance" with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the Count
• "I Don't Want To Live on The Moon" with Shawn Colvin and Ernie
• "I Want a Monster to Be My Friend" with En Vogue
• "Nearly Missed" with Rosie O'Donnell and Elmo
• "Caribbean Amphibian" with Jimmy Buffett and Kermit the Frog
• "One Small Voice" with Kenny Loggins and Big Bird and couple of kids
• Songs (medley) with Jon Stewart, David Alan Grier, Elmo and the cast
  • "Rubber Duckie" by Ernie
  • "ABC-DEF-GHI" by Big Bird
  • "I Love Trash" by Oscar the Grouch
  • "C Is For Cookie" by Cookie Monster
  • "The People in Your Neighborhood" - Bob, Gina, Gordon, Mr. Handford, Susan
• "Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?" - all performers and Muppets

• Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly as Gina
• Linda Bove as Linda
• Ruth Buzzi as Ruthie
• Emilio Delgado as Luis
• Loretta Long as Susan
• Sonia Manzano as Maria
• Bob McGrath as Bob
• Roscoe Orman as Gordon
• David Smyrl as Mr. Handford

The CD and cassette was released on March 3, 1998. This special was released on VHS and DVD on April 14, 1998. A reprint with the 1996 Sesame Street videos trailer and the 1996 Sesame Street Magazine promo came out later that year. Also in 2000, a reprint with the 1996 Sesame Street videos trailer, the 2000 Sesame Workshop logo, and the 1999 Sesame Street Magazine promo came out.

• Elmopalooza at Internet Movie Database
• Elmopalooza at Muppet Wiki