little peace of heaven

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Methodical, driven Prairie Dawn is a precocious seven-year-old girl who can hold her own in a raucous crowd. A natural leader, Prairie is famous for writing and directing school pageants where she accompanies her friends on the piano. Prairie is a perfectionist, and expects these events to come off without a hitch. But since her cast includes the likes of Herry Monster and Grover, something always goes wrong.

Prairie hosts the Fairy Tales Now segments, and she was a special correspondent for the Monster News Network in Sesame Street Stays Up Late!Prairie directed the 1998 broadcast of the television special Elmopalooza, which ended with her getting locked inside a dressing room with host Jon Stewart and the rest of the cast.

Rosita is an upbeat, playful Muppet whose full name, Rosita la Monstrua de las Cuevas, means “the monster of the caves.” Her name may sound scary, but there’s nothing dark or frightening about this bright character; she is named that because she is a fruit bat. Rosita loves to play with her friends and help them learn more about Spanish, her native language. She comes from Mexico, and is the first regular bilingual Muppet on the show. Rosita often combines English and Spanish when she speaks, and shows her affection by touching and hugging the person she’s talking to.

Rosita, who joined Sesame Street in 1993, hosts the “Spanish Word of the Day,” in which she teaches children new words. She loves to play the guitar, and once played in a band called The Cute and Fuzzy Four, along with Elmo, Grover, and Zoe.

The Two-Headed Monster is one monster with two heads. The heads speak to each other in monster gibberish. Since they share a body, they need to cooperate to accomplish much of anything, and their efforts teach us important lessons about working together.

Oscar’s grouchy girlfriend Grundgetta shares “Oskie’s” temperament and his love for all things junky and rainy. She’s especially partial to tattered hats and veils.

Everybody knows Elmo, the fire-engine red dynamo with the positive attitude and infectious giggle. The outgoing, curious little monster is a perennial optimist who’s full of wonder as he discovers the world. With his childlike innocence, Elmo can turn almost anything into a game and invite his friends to join him in the imaginative fun.

Elmo first appeared on Sesame Street in 1979, though he was known simply as Little Monster until 1980-81. His personality wasn’t fully formed until Kevin Clash began performing the character in 1985. Clash developed the monster’s trademark giggle and positive outlook on life, and Elmo began to resonate with kids and parents alike. Now he’s a superstar!

Along with his beloved pet goldfish Dorothy, Elmo hosts Sesame Street’s “Elmo’s World” segments.

Sesame Street’s resident grouch despises anything nice or sweet, especially children who play in front of his trash can. He loves collecting junk, standing in line, arguing, rainy days, and anchovy milk shakes. Oscar is the ultimate pessimist – he’s only happy when he’s miserable. He enjoys yelling at people, especially when he’s telling them to leave him alone. The only problem with this is that when people do leave him alone, there’s nobody left for him to yell at. 

The idea for the classic green grump was sparked when Jim Henson and former Sesame Street director Jon Stone encountered a grumpy waiter at aNew York restaurant called Oscar’s Tavern. According to Henson and Stone, the waiter was grouchy to such an extreme that they actually found him amusing and immortalized him as Oscar the Grouch.  Caroll Spinney, the Muppeteer behind Oscar, developed the grouch’s voice after a cab driver asked him, “Where to, Mac?” Spinney copied the cabbie’s gruff, gravelly voice and applied it to the green trash can dweller.

Oscar’s grumpiness encourages kids to explore their complete emotional range, even the negative side. Anger and impatience are natural, human responses, and they can have some good purposes. Through Oscar, children learn about respect and tolerance, and they discover that people with different views and lifestyles can still be great friends. Oscar’s soft spot for his pet worm, Slimey, proves that underneath it all, that curmudgeonly green grump is capable of love too.

Sherlock Hemlock is the Muppet detective who solves mysteries by concentrating on little clues and overlooking the big ones. He has worked to solve mysteries like “The Case of the Missing Half a Chicken Sandwich,” and “The Case of the Missing Duckie.” 

Muppeteer Jerry Nelson performs Sherlock Hemlock, and bases his performance on Basil Rathbone’s 1930-1940s movie portrayals of Sherlock Holmes.

Funny, free-spirited Ernie is the trickster in the Bert and Ernie duo. Ernie loves to take baths, and his Rubber Duckie Song is a classic tribute to this favorite activity and toy.

Ernie has an extremely active imagination, and has a great many thoughts and ideas running through his mind. What would life be like on the moon? What would happen if he went to the zoo? What if something bad happens to Bert? His mind is always on the go, and he often wants to share his thoughts with Bert. Ernie is a master of “the accidental wake-up,” frequently chatting to a slumbering Bert until he is forced to wake up and listen.

Ernie delights in teasing serious Bert, and he usually manages to come out one step ahead of his straight-laced pal. But he really cares about Bert, and he wouldn’t know what to do without his old buddy and best pal. Besides, Bert has his own way of evening the score — when he realizes Ernie has tricked him, he makes him clean the apartment they share at 123 Sesame Street.