When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special is a 48-minute Sesame Street HBO television special with special guest stars Blake Lively and Amanda Seyfried.b The special was a co-production with Shout Factory and Sesame Workshop.b The special received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards and was also nominated for Best Voice-Over for Eric Jacobson for his performances as Bert, Grover, and Oscar the Grouch.
The special's director, Jack Jameson, received a Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directing in Children's Programs at the 71st Annual Ceremony in 2018.
Synopsis A sentient anthropomorphized pickle with magical powers arrives on Sesame Street to grant wishes to Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Bert, etc.
Cast Chris Knowings as Chris Robinson Suki Lopez as Nina Blake Lively as delivery worker Amanda Seyfried as Natalie Neptune Ilana Glazer in an uncredited cameo as Mr. Noodle's sister, Miss Noodle
Muppet performers Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby Cadabby Ryan Dillon as Elmo Eric Jacobson as Bert, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Guy Smiley Peter Linz as Ernie and Herry Monster David Rudman as Cookie Monster Matt Vogel as Big Bird, Count von Count, Mr. Johnson, The Wish Pickle
Background Muppets Two-Headed Monster, Julia, Rosita, Rudy, Gladys the Cow, Chickens, Baby Bear, Jacket, Telly Monster, Zoe, Mel, Honker, Dinger, Chip and Dip, Mother Goose, Anything Muppets, AM Monsters
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