FROM SESAME STREET TO PENNSYLVANIA AVE:
BIG BIRD AND FRIENDS RUFFLE FEATHERS ON “THE WEST WING”
Special Episode Set To Air on NBC, Wednesday, March 3rd
Burbank – February 12, 2004 – Members of the Sesame Street Muppets will make their first-ever guest appearance together on a primetime series when they visit The White House on NBC’s “The West Wing.” The episode will air Wednesday, March 3, 2004, 9:00 –10:00 p.m. ET.
Big Bird, Elmo, Zoe and Rosita make their debut when President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) enlists C.J. (Allison Janney) to help improve the First Lady’s image. Abbey (Stockard Channing) embraces C.J.’s suggestion to work with the Muppets and show the public that she’s a First Lady who is also a working doctor. The White House staff and their children are abuzz when Abbey films a public service announcement in which she gives the beloved Elmo a check-up.