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CREW MEMBER: Five, four, three, two--
[MUSIC PLAYING]
JERRY FOLEY: Not yet.
Sean, not yet.
Back on four.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
JOHN MAYER: I've never been asked to do Sesame Street, and
it was a surprisingly honorable thing.
I hadn't thought about it until I was asked, and I said,
absolutely, man.
You get to walk back in your childhood.
[SINGING]
Take all of your so-called problems.
JERRY FOLEY: Bring you in when the strings come in.
This was so much fun for me to be introduced into the world
of Sesame Street and into the world of puppetry.
It's not something I had any experience in at all.
JOHN MAYER: [SINGING]
Say what you need to say.
Say what you need to say.
Say what you need to say.
SAM: My kids are real excited about coming here.
My older guy who's nine, Sammy, I
thought he'd be a little--
he's too cool for Sesame Street.
But he's loving the characters.
He's loving being on set.
JOHN MAYER: [SINGING]
Say what you need to say.
GARY KNELL: This is really an attempt to reach families.
And I think through this broader special, we hope to
reach the entire American public to tell them the story
of the shared sacrifices that these soldiers have on our
behalves, and not just the soldiers, but their families.
And, in fact, when a soldier is deployed, the entire family
is deployed.
JOHN MAYER: This massive return of the military, it's
going to be a bittersweet thing because, as they come
home, there's also a lot to deal with.
And I think how beautiful it is to already broach the
subject with the children.
I think is the very beginning of a very important process.
[SINGING]
Say what you need to say.
Say what you need to say.
Say what you need to say.