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Some Z segments

Ziffel

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How about these additional zzzzzzzzzzZ segments from zzzzzzzzZiffel !

(1) The often used boy anything muppet was playing hide and seek with 3 letter Z's, of various sizes. They kept hiding in the same places of the outside of a house where they fit in just perfectly. The boy wasn't able to find them and was getting frustrated. They would make the z sound to give him a clue but he still couldn't find them. Then finally he does start to discover where they are and happily says, "I think I see them." Then he triumphantly declares their hiding spots and the 3 z's emerge and make their z sounds in a disappointed way.

(2) Herry Monster was lying down (on that classic SS wall? Actually no, I believe it was on a bed) and sleeping. And snoring. And the snoring was lengthy zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sounds. That's all that happens for the approximate 1 or 2 minute sketch. I think there was a letter Z lit up at the top of the screen the whole time. Oh, there was one moment near the end where Herry rolls over and grunts a little bit, then it's back to the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

(3) Two cartoon men are mountain climbing (but the mountain is a big letter Z). As they are climbing they keep saying enthusiastically, "Z". Then when they reach the top they shout, "Z! Z! Z! Z! Z! Z! Z!" but then slip and slide all the way back down. Now in a depressed voice they both say, "Z".

(4) There was a cartoon that begins with some kind of animal sleeping (going zzzzzzzzzzzzz, of course) and then he wakes up and starts mentioning a lot of z words, like zig zag and zany. The end has him in a cage with the door slamming shut and a deep voice says, "Zoooo!"

And that furball muppet sketch has been mentioned here in MC before, but have to acknowledge it again here. It was a fun one! Not sure of all the lyrics though. Something like, "ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Zom Zom Zig Zag Zom Zom Zap. Zippy Zippy Zing Zong Zebra Zoo...."
 

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the letter Z

Zizzy Zoomers:

(ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!)

Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom!

Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zigzag!

Zizzy Zoomer #3: Zap!

(ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!)

Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom!

Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zigzag!

Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom!

Zizzy Zoomer #3: Zap!

All: Zippy! Zippy! Zing! Zing!
Zebra, zoo
But what else can a dizzy kind of
"Zigzag" letter do?

(ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!)

Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom!

Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zigzag!

Zizzy Zoomer #3: Zap! Zap!

Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom!

Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zang!

All: ZONK!


This version comes after the letter "Y" skit, "Just Because" and is the final track on the album "Sesame Street: Sing The Alphabet"

(spoken)
Zizzy Zoomer #1: What's the letter after "Y"?

Zizzy Zoomers #2 and 3: "Z"!

Zizzy Zoomer #1: What's the last letter of the alphabet?

Zizzy Zoomers #2 and 3: "Z"!

Zizzy Zoomer #1: You want to sing a "Z" song?

Zizzy Zoomers #2 and 3: Yeah!

(music starts)
(sung)
(ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!)

Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom!

Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zigzag!

Zizzy Zoomer #3: Zap!

(ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!)

Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom!

Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zigzag!

Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom!

Zizzy Zoomer #3: Zap!

All: Zippy! Zippy! Zing! Zing!
Zebra, zoo
But what else can a dizzy kind of
"Zigzag" letter do?

(ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!)

Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom! Zoom!

Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zigzag!

Zizzy Zoomer #3: Zap! Zap!

Zizzy Zoomer #1: Zoom!

Zizzy Zoomer #2: Zang!

All: ZONK!

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ZZ Blues

Well I've seen a lot of letters and it seems to me
There's something real special 'bout the letter "Z"
But boy we're sick of singing 'bout zippers and zoos
There ain't enough "Z" words
Got the ZZ Blues

You can stick with "zebra" 'cause it's tried and true
Maybe mention "zither" just for something new
But once you've shown them "zebra", "zither", "zippers" and "zoos"
You're almost out of "Z" words
Got the ZZ Blues

Time to write a song about Zanzibar
C'mon and sing along about Zanibar
Guess I could be wrong about Zanzibar
Going zingy with the ZZ Blues

We're zooming back to zipper 'cause it's still the best
Zipping back to zebra and we need a rest
Gettin' tired of thinking
Yeah we've paid our dues
There ain't enough Z words
Got the ZZ Blues

(band starts falling asleep while still rocking!)

Only band I ever worked with to fall asleep and keep playing the blues!
Guess I might as well join 'em
and cop some Zs myself!

(ends with band asleep but the music still going!)


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Zig Zag Dance

Now we're gonna do a dance
And it's bound to be a new sensation
Before very long
It will rage across the nation
Hold on to your seat
I'm warning you in advance
'Cause it's the zany, zesty, zippy, zingy, Zig Zag Dance

It goes:
Z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z
Zig Zag
It goes:
Z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z
Zig Zag
You turn and turn and you turn again
You turn and turn and you turn again

It goes:
Z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z
Zig Zag
It goes:
Z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z
Zig Zag
And that's the way
That you can also learn to do
The zany, zesty, zippy, zingy, Zig Zag Dance
Zany, Zesty, Zippy, Zingy, Zig Zag Dance
 

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Thanks for these lyrics. Do they really say, "Zoom Zoom" instead of "Zom Zom"? I know zoom would make more sense, it's just that it always sounded like zom. I haven't heard it for almost 30 years now. I remember it on SS and I also had that SS album where it was the z song (the y one was with Grover and Prarie Dawn, right?). The h song I would really have a hard time with the lyrics! I remember Herry Monster, Harvey Kneeslapper, and Big Bird singing their parts so fast. The chorus throughout I recall well though: Ha ha ha ha ho ho hee. That's about as funny as it can be. Hee hee hee hee ha ha ho, H is the letter that we like so.
 

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Big Bird: Is everybody ready?

All of the other Muppets: Yeah!

Big Bird: What's the next letter of the alphabet?

All of the other Muppets: "H"!

Big Bird: O.K. Let's everyone sing this one. Here we go. (Music starts) The letter "H" song with all those funny words that start up with a "huh" sound. Harvey Kneeslapper, you go first.

Harvey: O.K. Here it goes. (laughs) Great.
A hamster ate a handkerchief, a hammer and a hoe
He ate a hundred herring and a hawk who said "Hello"
This hamster ate a pickle jar, a house and then a log
And then he got the hiccups and he turned into a hog!
(Harvey laughs)

Harvey, Herry, Big Bird: Ha ha ha ha ho ho hee
That's about as funny as it can be
Hee hee hee hee ha ha ho
"H" is the letter that we love so!

Harvey: O.K., Herry. It's your turn.

Herry: Got it now. Here we go.
A horse named Harvey Highersoup was hiking up the hill
And then he met a halibut who went to Honkerville
He had to play harmonica, and honked another horn
So they hooted and they honked until the night became the morn
(laughs) I like that!

Harvey, Herry, Big Bird: Ha ha ha ha ho ho hee
That's about as funny as it can be
Hee hee hee hee ha ha ho
"H" is the letter that we love so!

Herry: O.K., Big Bird. Go!
Big Bird: O.K. Listen to this. (giggles)
Oh, Henry Hippopotamus went hopping in the air
Until he hit a table and got honey on his hair
This handsome hippopotamus, I strongly must confess,
Was not a hippopotamus, but a "hippo-pot-a-mess"!
(Big Bird laughs)

Harvey, Herry: Awwwww!

Harvey, Herry, Big Bird: Ha ha ha ha ho ho hee
That's about as funny as it can be
Hee hee hee hee ha ha ho
"H" is the letter that we love so!

(Music ends) (All of the Muppets cheer)
 

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And thank you also for these. Neat to be able to see the lyrics that I couldn't ever make out back in the 70's when I would listen to that album. And the part where Big Bird says, "hippo-pot-a-mess!" , I couldn't figure out back then what he was saying. It just sounded like he repeated the word hippopotamus again and therefore I didn't understand why the others groaned!
 
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