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- Dulcy Singer is an American television producer, who served as executive producer for Sesame Street from 1980–1993, previously she had worked on that series on a television special called Christmas Eve on Sesame Street in 1978. For many years, in the closing credits sequence of Sesame Street, her name usually appeared first.
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Dulcy Singer is an American television producer, who served as executive producer for Sesame Street from 1980–1993, previously she had worked on that series on a television special called Christmas Eve on Sesame Street in 1978.
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Dulcy Singer was a producer for Sesame Street from seasons 6 to 9, and executive producer from seasons 12 to 24. She began her career with Sesame Street as assistant to the producer in season 1 before becoming associate producer for seasons 2 to 5.
Singer also produced several direct-to-video and television specials, including Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, Don't Eat the Pictures, Sesame Street, Special, and Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game.
During her time as executive producer of Sesame Street, she oversaw decisions to handle the death of Mr. Hooper on-screen, the adoption of Miles and the birth of Gabi and initially vetoed an idea for a script about divorce, which eventually never aired anyway.
She received her B.A. in English literature from Mount Holyoke College in 1955.
•In 1979, Singer accepted an Emmy Award as producer of Christmas Eve on Sesame Street.
•A number of in-jokes on the show have been made using Dulcy's name:
•In Episode 1171, one of Big Bird's dolls is named Dulcy.
•Her name appears on the return address of an envelope in Episode 1414.
•Her name is mentioned in "What's Your Name" in Episode 1446.
•In an American Express ad spoof with Bert and Ernie, an Anything Muppet director acknowledges crew member Dulcy.
Dulcy Singer is known for Sesame Street (1969), Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978) and Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983).
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Nov 11, 1990 · Executive producer Dulcy Singer, who came aboard as associate producer during the first season, discussed the “Sesame Street” philosophy with Lauren Lipton.
Dec 6, 2022 · Here’s a true story—on a night before they were ready to appear, Buffy called Dulcy Singer, our show’s producer, suggesting she nurse Cody! On camera! The show agreed with Buffy’s suggestion.
- Sonia Manzano
Executive producer Dulcy Singer vetoed the idea in 1990, before it reached development. While she felt complex social matters should be discussed on the series, she felt the issue was irrelevant to inner city and financially disadvantaged families, which was the show's target audience.
Sesame Street Season 15 aired from November 21, 1983, to May 18, 1984. According to Dulcy Singer, this season's shows "will widen youngsters' worlds with an introduction to computers and a look at the learning resources available to them in museums and libraries in their communities." [1]
