HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY to Sesame Street! Today my 200TH outline is being uploaded! This one features Big Bird, the Count, Sherlock Hemlock, Guy Smiley, and the whole human cast in a musical celebration of the show's first ten years. Please enjoy this one, and thank you to everyone who has read my outlines.
I would also like to thank everybody who has helped make Sesame Street such a remarkable success over the years: the creators (Joan Ganz Cooney, Lloyd Morrisett, Jon Stone, Dave Connell, Samuel Gibbon); the writers and composers (Jeff Moss, Joe Raposo, Jerry Juhl, Norman Stiles, Joe Bailey, Emily Kingsley, Sam Pottle, Tony Geiss, Judy Freudberg, Chris Cerf, Christine Ferraro, Stephen Lawrence); the directors (Robert Myhrum, Emily Squires, Ted May, Lisa Simon, Ken Diego); the puppeteers (Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Caroll Spinney, Richard Hunt, Fran Brill, Martin Robinson, David Rudman, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph); the cast members (Bob McGrath, Will Lee, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Emilio Delgado, Roscoe Orman, Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly, Alan Muraoka, Chris Knowings); the entire crew and staff at Sesame Workshop (Dulcy Singer, Danny Epstein, and hundreds...maybe thousands of other people); and to anyone who has ever watched the show (yes...
millions of people).
Thank you for 50 years of laughter, learning, and love. Thank you for showing us how to be stronger, smarter, and kinder. Thank you for making the world a better place.
Thank you.
Sesame Street Old School Outline 200
Season 10: Big Bird’s SESAME (Sensationally Excellent and Super Amazing Music Extravaganza) Review
Sponsors: S, T, 10
Scene 1: Guy Smiley announces the start of Big Bird’s SESAME Review! Big Bird welcomes the viewer to another installment of the Sensationally Excellent and Super Amazing Music Extravaganza (SESAME) Review, and encourages people to call in with song requests. The first call comes from the Count, who wants to hear a song about numbers. Big Bird has plenty of those, and the songs begin.
Muppets: The Anything Muppets perform, “Numerical Correspondence” (a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta parody)
Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #10
Scene 2: Big Bird answers the next call from Luis, who wants to hear some good old rock and roll.
Muppets: Chris and the Alphabeats perform, “Exit”
Cartoon: The T poem (voice by Bob Arbogast)
Film: Henson #10
Scene 3: David and Olivia call in to ask Big Bird for some funky music.
Muppets: Cookie Monster performs, “Cookie Disco”
Cartoon: Jazz Alphabet
Scene 4: Mr. MacIntosh wants to hear some soft-shoe music, reminiscing on his childhood. Big Bird obliges.
Muppets: Bert performs, “Doin’ the Pigeon”
Film: A pony gets near and far from the camera
Muppets/Cast: Bob and Linda sing, “People in Your Neighborhood” with an elevator operator and a pharmacist
Cartoon: Rectangle transition
Scene 5: Big Bird asks Guy Smiley if he has a special request. Guy wants to hear an uplifting song, so Big Bird sets up the next segment. After it plays, he asks Guy to get him a birdseed milkshake from Hooper’s Store.
Muppets: Kermit and the Tarnish Brothers sing, “This Frog”
Cartoon: Jazz Spies #10 (then repeated in Spanish)
Cast: David and Olivia sing, “It Feels Good When You Sing a Song”
Cartoon: T is for Television
Scene 6: Big Bird polishes off the birdseed milkshake and takes the next call. Susan wants to hear some songs that she can sing along with.
Muppets/Celebrity: Madeline Kahn and Grover perform, “Sing After Me”
Cartoon: Ten Turtles (animation by Bud Luckey)
Muppets: Ernie sings, “Rubber Duckie” (RARE season 1 version)
Cast: Luis, Susan, and Bob perform “Sing” with the kids
Cartoon: S is for Sing
Scene 7: Big Bird gets a call from Sherlock Hemlock, who is trying to solve a mystery about a song that he doesn’t know the name of. Big Bird leads into the next song.
Cast: Everyone sings, “What’s the Name of That Song?” Featuring David, Bob, Susan, Gordon, Maria, Herry, Bert, Luis, Oscar, the Count, Mr. MacIntosh, and Mr. Hooper
Film: “There’s a Bird on Me” (by Joe Raposo)
Scene 8: Bob wants to hear some songs about love.
Muppets: Herry Monster sings, “That Furry Blue Mommy of Mine”
Cartoon: “I Love Being a Pig” (by Joe Raposo)
Scene 9: Mr. Hooper wants to hear some soft music, but Gordon wants to hear loud music. Big Bird plays both for them.
Muppets/Celebrity: Lena Horne and Grover sing, “How Do You Do?”
Film: “Everybody Sleeps” (original version, written and sung by Joe Raposo)
Muppets: Little Jerry and the Monotones perform, “Telephone Rock”
Cartoon: T is for Telephone (Spanish voiceover)
Muppets/Celebrity: Ernie, Bert, and Ray Charles perform, “I’ve Got a Song”
Film: T is for Toes
Scene 10: Maria wants to hear a song that will get her to dance.
Celebrity: Stevie Wonder sings, “Superstition”
Scene 11: Big Bird signs off the radio broadcast as Guy Smiley announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Olivia. CTW sign still: Maria.
CAST:
Linda Bove as Linda
Northern Calloway as David
Emilio Delgado as Luis
Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
Loretta Long as Susan
Sonia Manzano as Maria
Bob McGrath as Bob
Chet O’Brien as Mr. MacIntosh
Roscoe Orman as Gordon
Alaina Reed as Olivia
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar
JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Grover, Cookie Monster, and Bert
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Sherlock Hemlock, Herry Monster, and Little Jerry
Jim Henson as Guy Smiley, Ernie, and Kermit
Christopher Cerf as Chris (voice only)
SPECIAL GUESTS: Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Lena Horne, Madeline Kahn, and Stevie Wonder