Style guides and character model sheets for Sesame Street distributed in 1979.

Photos and drawings by Mel Crawford, Michael Frith, Bill Pierce, Joe Mathieu, Judy Ross, Chuck Rowan, Neil Selkirk, Joe Veno and Rick Wetzel
Art Director/Designer: Sue Schiller
Produced by The Children's Television Workshop, NY, NY. 80 pages.

Introductory Material

• Color photograph of the Sesame Street cast, Season 8
• Size comparison chart, in color, with photos of various Muppets for which the lower bodies have been drawn in color (except for Big Bird, whose entire body is shown as a color photograph)
• Color guide
• General Muppet description and Muppet index
• Credits

Character pages

Unless otherwise noted, all character pages contain a combination of black-and-white photographs and drawings in black ink.

• Big Bird, Little Bird & Poco Loco (photographs only for Poco Loco)
• Snuffle-upagus (photographs only)
• Ernie, Bert & Rubber Duckie (photographs only for Rubber Duckie)
• Oscar the Grouch (photographs only)
• Grover, Super Grover, Cookie Monster & Herry Monster
• Frazzle and Some Other Monsters
• Guy Smiley, Prince Charming & Don Music (photograph only for Don Music)-- Described here as Orange Gold, Pantone 123
• The Count, The Amazing Mumford (photograph only), Biff (photograph only), Rodeo Rosie (photograph only) & Mr. Chatterly (photograph only) -- Described here as Lavender, Pantone 529
• Sherlock Hemlock, Farley (photograph only), & The Salesman-- Described here as Yellow Green, Pantone 375
• Prairie Dawn, Betty Lou, & The Busby Twins (all photographs only)-- Described here as Hot Pink, Pantone 820
• Fat Blue Anything Muppets (photographs only)-- Described here as Warm Blue, Pantone 829
• Pumpkin Anything Muppets -- Described here as Yellow-Orange, Pantone 137
• Lavender Anything Muppets (photographs only, except Herbert Birdsfoot, for whom a pencil drawing is also provided) -- Described here as Pale Lavender, Pantone 529
• Muppet Groups, Animal Muppets, including Barkley, Twiddlebugs, Sam the Robot, Martians, Chris and The Alphabeats, Jerry and The Monotones, & The Witches (all photographs only)
• Typical Muppet pig, cow & Horse (all photographs only) -- colors can vary
• Live Characters: Susan, Gordon, Maria, David, Linda, Bob, Mr. Hooper, Olivia, Luis (all photographs only)

Sesame Street Set Scenes

• Set photos of Sesame Street

additional industry professional notes

Errata[]

Though this guide was intended to aid artists in depicting the characters properly, some of the handwritten notes are incorrect. Video, illustrated, and photographic evidence has shown the following differences:

• Harvey Kneeslapper is listed as having an orange nose and brown sweater. The correct colors are hot pink and blue, respectively.
• The color description for Simon Soundman reflects those of the character's original design. The redesign (which is pictured) has black hair and moustache, and a hot pink nose.
• Sully's nose color is listed as being dusty orange; it's actually hot pink.