Season 20 (1988-1989)

From Muppet Wiki

Sesame Street Season 20 aired from November 21, 1988 to May 19, 1989.

Episodes 2486 - 2615 (130 episodes)

• Episode 2486 -- 20th season premiere; Maria and Luis leave for their honeymoon
• Episode 2487 -- Maria & Luis reach their campsite
• Episode 2497 -- 40 milk jugs are delivered to Hooper's Store
• Episode 2558 -- Pregnancy: Maria visits the doctor with Big Bird
• Episode 2560
• Episode 2572
• Episode 2573
• Episode 2574 -- Pregnancy: Maria's mother visits from Puerto Rico
• Episode 2576
• Episode 2579 -- Oscar moves to Candy Cane Lane (Repeat)
• Episode 2596 -- Gina babysits Irvine
• Episode 2607 -- Ruby's rain experiment
• Episode 2608 -- Pregnancy: The baby is coming...
• Episode 2615 -- 20th season finale; Gabi's Birth

Notes

• This was Joe Raposo's final season as music director. After he passed away on Sunday, February 5, 1989, he continued to be credited as music director until the end of the season, and associate music director Dave Conner became de-facto music director until 1998, when Robby Merkin was hired.
• This was also Northern Calloway's final season as David. After the season finale, Calloway left the show due to medical reasons with the explanation that David moved away to be with his grandmother, and that ownership of Hooper's Store was turned over to Mr. Handford.

Season Credits

• Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer
• Producer: Lisa Simon
• Director: Jon Stone
• Head Writer: Norman Stiles
• Writers: Nancy Sans, Luis Santeiro, Cathi Rosenberg-Turow, Belinda Ward, Sonia Manzano, Jeff Moss, Sara Compton, Judy Freudberg, David Korr, John Weidman, Tony Geiss, Emily Perl Kingsley, Mark Saltzman, Jocelyn Stevenson, Christian Clark, Jon Stone
• Supervising Film Producer: Edith Zornow
• Coordinating Producer: Arlene Sherman
• Muppets, Costumes, Props: Kermit Love, Caroly Wilcox, Connie Peterson, Peter MacKennan, Stephen Rotondaro, Mark Zeszotek, Richard Termine
• Music Director: Joe Raposo
• Associate Music Director: Dave Conner
• Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
• Production Supervisor: Frieda Lipp
• Editing Supervisor: Robert J. Emerick
• Associate Directors: Ted May, Eulogio Ortiz, Jr.
• Production Designer: Victor Di Napoli
• Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
• Graphic Artist: Mike Pantuso
• Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
• Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
• Stage Manager: Mortimer J. O'Brien
• Curriculum Coordinator: Diane P. Mitchell
• Production Assistants: Cheryl Ann Jung, Ruthie E. Hiatt, Paul Lacy
• Assistants to the Producers: Danette De Sena, Carol D. Mayes
• Script Coordinator: Thelma Moses
• Children's Casting: Martha O'Connor, Gabrielle Howard
• Unit Manager: Eleanor McIntosh
• Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
• Lighting Directors: Bill Berner, Jim Tetlow
• Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
• Audio: Blake Norton, Tim Lester
• Cameras: Frank Biondo, Dave Driscoll
• Videotape Editor: Evamarie Keller
• Make-Up: Lee Halls
• Hair Stylist: Karen Specht
• Wardrobe: Grisha Mynova
• Vice President for Research: Keith W. Mielke, Ph.D.
• Director of Research: Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.
• Curriculum Specialist: Margarita Perez
• Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald S. Lesser, Ph.D.

Previous season:	Next season:
Season 19 (1987-1988)	Season 21 (1989-1990)