This article is also found on the Muppet Wiki, visit it here Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate is a special that was simulcasted on HBO, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, TBS, TNT, TruTV, and the PBS Kids channel on April 14, 2020. It later re-aired on HBO Family and PBS stations and was made available on HBO Max at launch.
An extension of the Caring for Each Other initiative, launched in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the half-hour special features Elmo and his Sesame Street friends having a virtual playdate. Anne Hathaway, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Tracee Ellis Ross guest star. The special also features an edited version of Taye Diggs' cover of "Let's Go Driving." When aired on PBS stations and the PBS Kids channel, this outro was shown after the credits: Cookie Monster recites a poem about being kind and demonstrates kindness by sharing a cookie with Rosita and a boy.
Trivia[]
- This was the second time anything Sesame Street-related aired on Cartoon Network, as Elmo made an appearance on the Sesame Workshop-produced show Big Bag prior to this special airing.
- This presentation would later foreshadow Sesame Workshop's library being shown on Cartoonito.