Here’s a clip from a lost Sesame Street Documentary that aired on the Telescope program on the CBC network in 1971. According to the Muppet Wiki, the documentary aired on January 5, 1971, called “Seeds of Sesame”, and according to an old newspaper article the documentary would be about the behind the scenes production of the show as well as interviews with the cast such as Gordon (Matt Robinson), Susan (Loretta Long), Jon Stone, and "a performance by The Muppets and the whole Sesame Street cast". This probably would’ve been the very first Sesame Street documentary ever made or the very first Muppets documentary ever made in general.

Material from this documentary wouldn’t surface until in 2019, a clip from the documentary was posted on the CBC website, which is possible the company does have a full copy of it but it’s not interested releasing the full documentary to the public. So until this documentary ever surfaces online, this piece of Sesame Street history will remain lost.

Sources: https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Telescope

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/...

Seeds of Sesame (archival footage) | CBC.ca

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