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May involve a certain amount of [[Bowdlerization]] to keep things kid-friendly and/or educational.
Mostly occurs in live-action shows, but [[Hey
The serious older sibling of [[Parental Bonus]]. Also often related to [[So My Kids Can Watch]]. Can trigger [[Hey
'''Note:''' When adding examples, please remember that [[Animation Age Ghetto|not all animated series are aimed at young children.]] Rule of thumb: the closer the age of the show's target audience is to the age of the guest star, the less likely it is to be this trope.
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== Comics ==
* [[Zatanna]] ''tried'' to star in an episode of ''[[Sesame Street (TV)|Sesame Street]]'' [[Show Within a Show|within her series]], but [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|her crippling phobia of puppets]] meant that she did not even get through [[Stage Magician|her act]] before she wound up throwing up in Oscar's garbage can. This actually leads her to seek therapy to try and deal with her fear of puppets and instigates the third arc of the series.
== Live-Action TV ==
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** Andrea Bocelli sang Elmo a lullaby and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BDVvB7Xx1w its as beautiful as it sounds].
* Inversion: [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/174545/june-19-2008/cookie-monster?redirect=true Cookie Monster appeared] on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' to [[Lampshade Hanging|hang a lampshade]] on the whole [[Political Correctness Gone Mad|cookies-are-a-sometimes-food]] thing. ("[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Me have craaaazy times in '70s and '80s.]]")
** "[[Crowning Moment of Funny|ME like the Robert Downey Jr of COOKIES!!]]"
** Then there's [[The Daily Show]]'s own personal Muppet, 'Michael Steele', which started as a stock footage running gag and evolved into an actual Muppet (and a perpetual [[Crowning Moment of Funny|CMOF]] whenever he appears).Meanwhile, the original Muppets have made plenty of other in-character talk show appearances. Not to mention the ''[[Scrubs]]'' episode with Elmo, Oscar, Telly, and Grover.
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** On the same show, radio comics [[Bob and Ray|Bob & Ray]] voiced a couple animated versions of their [[Kent Brockman News|'interview']] schtick.
** [[Bill Cosby]], [[Rita Moreno]], and [[Morgan Freeman]] were part of the cast (although Freeman wasn't legendary at the time, unlike the others). Joan Rivers narrated "The Adventures of Letterman", while [[Gene Wilder]] voiced the character.
* [[Mamas Family|Vicki Lawrence]], [[Dolly Parton]], Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, [[The Wedding Singer|Christine Taylor]], [[Jesse McCartney]], Iyaz, [[All in The Family|Rob Reiner]], [[Ferris
* [[Wizards of Waverly Place]] also featured guest appearances by [[Dwayne Johnson]] and Rob Reiner, along with [[Shakira]], [[That 70s Show|Wilmer Valderama]], [[The Last Boy Scout|Taylor Negron]], [[Revenge of the Nerds|Curtis "Booger" Armstrong]], [[Curb Your Enthusiasm|Jeff Garlin]], [[Newhart|Julia Duffy]], [[Earth Girls Are Easy|Julie Brown]], [[Batman|Lee Meriweather]], Adam Carolla, Fred Willard, Cindy Crawford, Misty-May Trainor, [[Saturday Night Live|Rachel Dratch]], [[Laugh In|Joanne Worley]], [[Ted McGinley]] and [[Family Feud|John O' Hurley]].
* ''[[Three Two One Contact]]'' had a few, including Robert Guillaume, Linus Pauling, Suzanne Ciani, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Jessica Parker, and even Big Bird (Caroll Spinney) himself.
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