Julie on Sesame Street

{{Short description|Variety special}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Julie Andrews 2001.jpg

| caption = Andrews in 2001

| runtime = 60 mins.

| starring = Julie Andrews
Perry Como
Jim Henson's Muppets
(performed by Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Caroly Wilcox, Kermit Love, Jane Henson)

| creator =

| director = Dwight Hemion

| writer = Jon Stone, Marty Farrell

| composer = Jack Parnell
Derek Scott (Musical Associate)

| country = United States
United Kingdom

| company = ATV
ITC Entertainment

| channel = ABC (US)
ITV (UK)

| released = {{Start date|1973|11|23}}

| producer = Gary Smith and Dwight Hemion

| executive_producer = Blake Edwards

| location = ATV Elstree, Borehamwood, England

| related =

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Julie on Sesame Street is a variety special that was broadcast in the United States on ABC on November 23, 1973 at 9 PM ET / PT.{{cite web |title=Julie on Sesame Street |url=https://www.retrojunk.com/m/TC4Fav7DmH/julie-on-sesame-street |website=RetroJunk |access-date=24 January 2025}}{{Cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Television_Specials/85IuEQAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Julie+on+Sesame+Street&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover |title=Television Specials: 3,201 Entertainment Spectaculars, 1939 through 1993 |date=2024-10-15 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1144-0 |language=en}} Sponsored on ABC by technology/telecommunications conglomerate GTE, the special starred Julie Andrews and Perry Como,{{Cite book |last=Stirling |first=Richard |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Julie_Andrews/T7OMyXUE7wQC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Julie+on+Sesame+Street&pg=PA253&printsec=frontcover |title=Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography |date=2008-03-18 |publisher=Macmillan + ORM |isbn=978-1-4299-4387-1 |language=en}} and they were joined by several of Jim Henson's Muppets from the PBS children's series, Sesame Street.{{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Brian Jay |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Jim_Henson/4eVrAAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Julie+on+Sesame+Street&pg=PT129&printsec=frontcover |title=Jim Henson: The Biography |date=2013-09-26 |publisher=Ebury Publishing |isbn=978-0-7535-5008-3 |language=en}} No human members of the Sesame Street cast appeared in this special. Andrews and "special guest star" Como interacted with the Muppet characters (including Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, and Bert and Ernie), sharing comedic banter and singing songs such as "It's Not Easy Being Green" and "Picture a World" on the Sesame Street "neighborhood" set.{{cite web |title=JULIE ON SESAME STREET (TV) |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?item=T:15888 |website=Paley Archive |publisher=Paley Center for Media |access-date=24 January 2025}}

The special was produced by ATV and ITC at ATV Elstree in the United Kingdom (and not at Sesame Street{{'}}s then-usual New York City studios), It was televised in that country on ITV on July 10, 1974 at 8pm in most regions. The special was the first Muppets-related program to be produced with ATV and ITC, who would both co-produce the highly successful The Muppet Show three years later.{{Refnec|date=March 2025}}