Kristen Bell and Zac Effron Join Other Big Stars For New Season Of Sesame Street

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The long-running children’s show, Sesame Street, is hosting some huge guest stars during their upcoming 43rd season. The show announced on monday that stars Halle Berry, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Maya Rudolph, Don Cheadle, Amy Ryan, Casey Affleck, Melissa McCarthy, Steve Carell and Jon Hamm will all make an appearance. 

But this mega stars will also be joined by guest stars David Hyde Pierce, Timothy Olyphant, Dax Shepard, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Kristen Bell and Paula Patton.

Actors and actresses are not the only ones getting into the “Sesame Street.” Musically, the rapper Common, singer Colbie Caillat and rock band Train will be appearing on the show.  Train will also duet with Elmo and the Count on “Five By,” a parody of their hit “Drive By.”

From the sports world, Los Angeles Dodgers’ Matt Kemp and NBA slam dunk champion Blake Griffin will pitch in with guest appearances.

Even “Extra” personality Mario Lopez and talk-show host Wendy Williams will join the gang.

And in case that isnt enough guest stars for you, the Muppets will also be getting a visit from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

The new season will be adding a new segment to the line up called, Elmo! The Musical!” Replacing the current “Elmo’s World” segment, “Elmo! The Musical” will deliver “a math-filled adventure inviting kids to sing, dance, play and imagine along with Elmo” as he envisions himself in such productions as “Sea Captain the Musical” and “Guacamole the Musical,” according to Sesame Workshop.

The season will also see plenty of pop culture spoofs including ”The Voice,” featuring three judges who are searching for “the voice,” but “keep mistaking it for sounds made by other parts of the body,” and “Upside Downton Abbey,” a skewering of PBS’s own “Downton Abbey” that turns the concept of gravity on its head.

The star studded 43rd season will premiere on September 24th on PBS Kids.