Bob McGrath

Bob McGrath

Born: June 13, 1932
Died: December 4, 2022
in Ottawa, Illinois, USA

Movies for Bob McGrath...

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Title: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Character: Self
Released: April 23, 2021
Type: Movie
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry characters to the classic songs you know by heart, learn how a gang of visionary creators changed the world.
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Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration!
Title: Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration!
Character: Bob
Released: November 9, 2019
Type: Movie
C is for Celebrate! Join host Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the residents of Sesame Street - human and monsters alike - to celebrate 50 years of learning, laughter, and love. Familiar felt faces like Roosevelt Franklin, Don Music, Sherlock Hemlock, and the Amazing Mumford join celebrity guests Norah Jones, Nile Rodgers, Sterling K. Brown, Meghan Trainor, Patti LaBelle, and Elvis Costello in this heartwarming special.
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In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Title: In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Character: Self - Actor, Sesame Street
Released: September 15, 2015
Type: Movie
The film follows Henson’s career from his first work with his Muppets in the early 1950’s during television’s Golden Age up to his sudden and shocking death in 1990, as he transcended puppetry to become one of the most creative, prolific and influential artists of his time. Key events include his early television work with the Muppets while still a student at the University of Maryland, his commercial work and network appearances in the late 1950s and early 1960’s, his breakthrough with Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and his groundbreaking fantasy films, Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Among those interviewed for the Jim Henson episode are his children, Lisa, Cheryl, Brian and Heather Henson, actors Neil Patrick Harris and Candice Bergen, Willard Scott, director John Landis, former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, and Sesame Street cast members Bob McGrath and Carroll Spinney.
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I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Title: I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Character: Self
Released: May 6, 2015
Type: Movie
A documentary about Caroll Spinney who has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since 1969. At 78-years-old, he has no intention of stopping.
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Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Title: Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Character: Bob (uncredited) (archive footage)
Released: January 5, 2010
Type: Movie
A look back at 40 years of Seasame Street.
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The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Title: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Character: Bob
Released: October 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Elmo loves his fuzzy, well-worn blue blanket more than anything in the whole world. However, when Elmo's blanket gets sucked through a colorful, swirling tunnel into Grouchland, the yuckiest place on earth, Elmo goes on an adventure to Grouchland to retrieve his prized possession.
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Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Title: Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Character: Bob
Released: February 20, 1998
Type: Movie
Jon Stewart hosts the Sesame Street Muppets' 30 year celebration, but Elmo steps in when things go awry.
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Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies
Title: Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies
Character: Bob Johnson (archive footage)
Released: April 1, 1997
Type: Movie
In a spoof of Siskel and Ebert's Sneak Previews, Telly and Oscar are seen in a movie theater, reviewing the silliest songs from Sesame Street. Telly loves all of them and he gives them 5 "Wows". Oscar, however, dislikes them and gives them 5 "Phooeys" (but ends up liking the last clip).
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Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Title: Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Character: Bob
Released: December 24, 1996
Type: Movie
Can there be such a thing as too much Christmas? Find out... when a magical Christmas wish is granted and Elmo gets to see what the world would be like if every day were Christmas! You'll enjoy lots of songs and holiday cheer with Elmo and his new friend Lightning, the reindeer, and discover for yourself why Christmas is best kept to one day a year!
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Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
Title: Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
Character: Bob Johnson
Released: December 29, 1993
Type: Movie
It's New Year's Eve on Sesame Street and around the world! Anchorman Elmo and the Monster News Network provide special reports showing us the New Year's customs and celebrations.
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Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Title: Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Character: Self
Released: May 16, 1990
Type: Movie
A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.
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Sesame Street: Sing Along
Title: Sesame Street: Sing Along
Character: Bob
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Your Sesame Street friends are getting together to sing their favorite songs, and they're inviting you to join all the fun. So sing along with Big Bird, Grover, Ernie, and special guest star Madeline Kahn as they perform Sesame Street favorites "Sing" and "Rubber Duckie," as well as all-time classics like "Old MacDonald," the "Alphabet Song," and more!
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Follow That Bird
Title: Follow That Bird
Character: Bob
Released: August 2, 1985
Type: Movie
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
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Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title: Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Character: Bob
Released: November 16, 1983
Type: Movie
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the night, educational hilarity ensues as Big Bird and Snuffy team up to help a small Egyptian boy solve a riddle - as the rest of the cast searches for their big, yellow friend.
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A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Title: A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Character: Bob Johnson
Released: March 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of Sesame Street. The special aired on individual PBS stations at various times between March and May 1979. (Muppet Wiki)
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A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Title: A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Character: Bob
Released: December 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and Dickie Smothers try to get Oscar to stop being such a Grouch on Christmas.
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Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Title: Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Character: Bob
Released: December 3, 1978
Type: Movie
Big Bird worries when Oscar tells him that if Santa Claus can't fit down the chimney on Christmas Eve, nobody would get presents.
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Title: Sesame Street
Character: Bob Jackson
Released: November 10, 1969
Type: TV
On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.
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Title: Sesame Unpaved
Released: November 10, 1969
Type: TV
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: Kraft Music Hall
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 1958
Type: TV
Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s in the musical variety genre, sponsored by Kraft Foods, the producers of a well-known line of cheeses and related dairy products. Their commercials were usually announced by "The Voice of Kraft", Ed Herlihy.