An animated logo for the Children's Television Workshop produced by R.O. Blechman and Tissa David was originally supposed to appear at the film's beginning. [4] The rebuilt Sesame Street set features the Around the Corner locations, which make their last appearance. The film was shot prior to production for Season 30, where the Around the Corner setting was dropped. I See a Kingdom" – Vanessa Williams (Written by Siedah Garrett, Jeff Elmassian, and Andy Rehfeldt; produced by Jeff Elmassian and Siedah Garrett) An early concept for the movie involved Elmo losing his ball in Oscar's can rather than his blanket. [3]

With Oscar's help, the Sesame Street residents (Zoe, Telly, Gordon, Maria, Cookie Monster, and Big Bird) go to Grouchland to find Elmo, but when they encounter a Grouch police officer try to ask the officer for help, they end up arrested as they are informed that it is against the law to ask someone for help in Grouchland, and they get sent to prison for doing so. Meanwhile, Oscar tells the gang that Elmo went into Grouchland, and they all go in search of Elmo. Once in Grouchland, however, they get arrested and thrown in jail since it's against the law to ask a policeman for help in Grouchland. Welcome to Grouchland" – The Grouchland Ensemble (Written by Martin Erskine and Seth Friedman; produced by Martin Erskine)Elmo visits the firehouse-Full Episode-Aladdin Cave Of Wonders This Segment Replaces The Fire Pole In This DVD Kids Version

The film was one of the few Sesame Street productions directly produced by The Jim Henson Company. This was the final Muppet feature film to involve Oz, who retired from being a full-time puppeteer the following year. [3] This was also the final theatrically released film to predominately feature Muppet characters until Walt Disney Pictures' The Muppets in 2011, and the final Muppet film to feature Caroll Spinney before his retirement in 2018 and his death in 2019. Aladdin's genie takes a day off-Full Episode-World Animals: Elmo Goes Fishing-At This Segment Replaces The Spanish Word of the Day In This DVD Version Magic Spell-Full Episode-Megamind Highway The Hill-This Segment Replaces The Prince Billy Spell In This DVD Version This is one of the few Sesame Street productions co-produced with The Jim Henson Company (along with Out to Lunch and Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting).Make It Mine" – Mandy Patinkin, Fran Brill, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Kevin Clash, Ivy Austin (Written by Martin Erskine and Seth Friedman; produced by Martin Erskine) Precious Wings" – Tatyana Ali (Written by Siedah Garrett, Jeff Elmassian, and Andy Rehfeldt; produced by Keith Thomas) On December 21, 1999, [7] [8] the film was released on VHS and DVD by Columbia TriStar Home Video. [nb 1] In 2007, the film was re-released on DVD as part of a double feature with Thomas and the Magic Railroad. [10] Book series [ edit ] The film inspired a trilogy of children's books, published in 1999 by Random House: Happy Grouchy Day, The Grouchiest Lovey, and Unwelcome to Grouchland. The book series was written by Suzanne Weyn and illustrated by Tom Brannon.