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Elmo's Christmas Countdown is an ABC Christmas special, based on the PBS television series Sesame Street, that premiered on Sunday, December 23, 2007. It was filmed in July 2007 with the working title of Elmo's Christmas Spectacular.

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The title card to the PBS version, aired as a regular Sesame Street episode.

The special was later re-edited as Sesame Street Episode 4427, broadcast on PBS on November 27, 2013. This version was edited to remove the commercial fade-outs and a few lines of dialogue, and also included a shortened version of Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! as the episode's Elmo's World segment.

Synopsis

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The story is told by Stiller the Elf to Stan the Snowball, recounting the year Christmas almost didn't happen. Stiller recalls that Oscar the Grouch had been researched as the one who had more Christmas joy than anyone else. As such, he plans to give him the official Christmas-Counter-Downer, without which Christmas can't happen. When Oscar throws it away, the windows on it vanish, and it's up to Elmo to once again save Christmas.

Songs

Notes

  • Stan the Snowball, impressed by the fact that Stiller the Elf not only narrates but actually appears in the story, says that he is "a big star, like the Grinch, Frosty, or that round-headed kid who picked out that crummy tree!"
  • Though Caroll Spinney performed Big Bird for most of the special, during "I Want a Snuffleupagus for Christmas" when he says "No" twice during Anne Hathaway's verse, his vocals were provided by Matt Vogel.
  • This is the only Sesame Street production to never use the original brownstone set, instead using a pop-up book like set akin to Stiller's narration in the framing scenes.

Availability

A year after the special's original airing, Genius Entertainment released it on DVD.

Cast

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Muppeteer/actor/actress Character(s)
Kevin Clash Elmo
Caroll Spinney Big Bird
Oscar the Grouch
Leslie Carrara Abby Cadabby
Eric Jacobson Grover
Bert
Jerry Nelson Count Von Count
David Rudman Cookie Monster
Baby Bear
Steve Whitmire Ernie
Martin P. Robinson Mr. Snuffleupagus
Fran Brill Prairie Dawn
Joey Mazzarino Stan the Snowball
Papa Bear
Jennifer Barnhart Mama Bear
Ben Stiller Stiller the Elf
Kevin James Santa Claus
Alicia Keys Herself
Jamie Foxx Himself
Sheryl Crow Herself
Tony Sirico Himself
Steve Schirripa Himself
Brad Paisley Himself
Ty Pennington Himself
Anne Hathaway Herself

Gallery

Videos

External links

Jim Henson Productions and Related Shows
Specials
Sesame Street and related shows Christmas Eve on Sesame StreetA Special Sesame Street ChristmasElmo Saves ChristmasElmo's World: Happy Holidays!A Sesame Street Christmas CarolElmo's Christmas Countdown • "Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten" • "Christmas Special (Barrio Sésamo)" • Christmas with Ernie & Bert • "Jul med Jeppe, Marie og Elmo" • "A Christmas Present in Summer" • "Boot" • "Monster Monster Day" • Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas • "A Furchester Christmas" • "Holiday at Hooper’s" • Sesame Street: The Nutcracker Starring Elmo & Tango • "Yip Yip Tree Tree" / "The Snowman Scarecrow"
The Muppets John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas TogetherA Muppet Family ChristmasThe Muppet Christmas CarolIt's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie • "Christmas (From the Balcony)" • A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa • "Ringing of the Bells" • Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular • "Single All the Way" • "Ho Ho Ho!" • "Christmas" (Muppet Moments) • "Santa Claus" (Muppet Moments) • "A Very Muppet Babies Christmas" / "Summer's Super Fabulous Holiday Surprise" • "It's a Wonderful Elf-bot" / "A Merry Litter Christmas"
Other shows and specials The Jimmy Dean Show: Episode 114The Jimmy Dean Show: Episode 214The Jimmy Dean Show: Episode 314Santa Claus Routine with Arthur GodfreyChristmas ReindeersThe Great Santa Claus SwitchEmmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas • "The Bells of Fraggle Rock" • The Christmas Toy • "Refrigerator Day" • Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree • "Mrs. Zabarelli's Holiday Baton" • "The Siberian Tiger and the Reindeer" • "A Berry Bear Christmas" • "Holidays" • "Hooblebumper Box Day" • "Oh Christmas Tree" • "Sid's Holiday Adventure" • "Cretaceous Conifers" • "Don's Winter Wish" • "The Annoying Orange Generic Holiday Special" • "Orange Carol" • "Joy to the World (Pajanimals)" • "War on Christmas (No, You Shut Up!)" • "A New York Christmas to Remember" • "A Song For Everyone" • "The Holiday Tree" • "Whitebeard/Coral Day" • "Traditions on Ice" • "Night of the Lights"
Albums
Christmas Eve on Sesame StreetMerry Christmas from Sesame StreetJohn Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas TogetherA Sesame Street ChristmasElmo Saves Christmas: Holiday FavoritesA Green and Red ChristmasBob! from Sesame Street: Christmas Sing AlongHoliday Classics . It's Christmas Time
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