Elmo Says BOO! (video)

Elmo Says BOO! is a 1997 Sesame Street direct-to-video special celebrating Halloween. Elmo visits the Count's castle to tell him funny scary jokes. Classic Sesame Street segments are separated with new joke segments set in the castle's exterior, featuring one Sesame Street character and a child, and interior, featuring the Count, Elmo, and some combination of the Bats, the Skeleton, a painting of the "Groana Lisa," a suit of armor and the Count's pipe organ.

Image	Segment	Description
	FRAME 1	Elmo arrives at the Count's castle to tell him some spooky jokes and gets frightened by the surroundings. Elmo tries to knock, but the knocker activates itself. Before the Count opens the door, they exchange a knock-knock joke, making it the first joke on The Count' list. As he brings Elmo inside, the door shuts itself too.
	FRAME 1 cont'd	In the castle, The Count asks Elmo what a ghost's favorite desert is. A ghost swoops in with the punchline ("Boo-berry pie!"), frightening Elmo. The joke tickles the funny bone of a skeleton, who used to sing a song with The Count...
	Muppets	The Count sings about bones. (EKA: Episode 2488) Beginning and ending edited
	FRAME 2	Baby Bear tells a girl a scary joke from one of the Count's balconies.
	FRAME 2 cont'd	The Count and Elmo get a good laugh from Baby Bear's joke. Elmo tells another joke, which makes a painting of the Countess Groan-a Lisa laugh as well. The Count assures Elmo he shouldn't be scared. Elmo shows he's well acquainted on the topic of being scared...
	Muppets / Celebrity	Elmo and Julia Roberts demonstrate fear. (EKA: Episode 3084) New music button added
	Cartoon	An orange ball tries to pet a green ball, which growls, scaring him away. (EKA: Episode 2574)
	Insert	At Birdland, Lillian sings "Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5" with The Count and his All-Bat Band. (First: Episode 2834) Edited
	FRAME 3	Rosita tells a girl the infamous "boo-who" knock-knock joke.
	FRAME 3 cont'd	The Count's organ begins playing itself and tells a joke. It then says a monster song is coming. Elmo claims he's familiar with the song...
	Muppets	Four monsters, including Elmo, sing "We Are All Monsters". (redubbed version) (First: Episode 2731)
	FRAME 4	Joey and Davey Monkey rush over to Nicky and ask him "What did the ghost give the monkeys?" What else? "BOO-NANAS!" The two monkeys crack up, while Nicky rolls his eyes.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid. Bert is excited but Ernie is afraid. They see statues that look like them. Bert decides to explore a tunnel while Ernie looks at the statues, and then the Ernie statue starts tapping and talking to Ernie. But when Ernie calls Bert back to the room, the statue doesn't move. Ernie is scared until the statue starts singing "Rubber Duckie" with him. Bert doesn't believe Ernie, until he says "Bye-bye, statue," and the statue replies "Bye-bye!" and laughs... just like Ernie. (EKA: Episode 1706) Edited, new sound effects added
	FRAME 5	Elmo and The Count listen to a joke by his suit of armor, Sir Count-a-Lot, bringing the joke total to 8.
	Cartoon	8 Bats Artist: Owe Gustafson (EKA: Episode 1708)
	Muppets	"Frazzle" with Frazzle & The Frazzletones (EKA: Episode 1157) Modified version
	FRAME 6	Kingston Livingston III asks a boy what kind of bat knows his ABCs. "The Alpha-Bat!"
	FRAME 6 cont'd	The Count's bats get their turn to tell a joke, which is a baseball bat pun. Elmo thinks they tell great jokes and The Count adds they sing great as well...
	Muppets	The Count sings "The Batty Bat". (First: Episode 2096)
	FRAME 7	Telly asks a girl what kind of bat is part of the circus. "An acro-bat!" He gets such a kick from the joke, he tells it again.
	FRAME 7 cont'd	Elmo and The Count begins to recite several more jokes until they get tuckered out and can't think of any more. The organ suggests they go to the kitchen for some screech cobbler. Elmo adds the pun to the joke list, making 15 jokes. He does a Count-like laugh and summons some thunder, scaring him into the kitchen.

Releases

VHSSony Wonder
1997
LV 49352

VHSUnited Kingdom
1999
Walt Disney Home Video

DVDSony Wonder
2002
LVD 49352
ISBN 0738923303

DVDSony Wonder
2006
cat. no 1004474023
Part of the Halloween Bonus Pack, along with A Magical Halloween Adventure

Australia (DVD)2006
ABC Video for Kids

VCD2009

DVDGenius Products

DVD2010
Warner Home Video

Asia (VCD)cat. no 410002

Screenshots

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DVD chapters

1. Elmo Visits the Count
2. The Count Sings
3. Elmo Scares Julia
4. Scary Song: Transylvania 12345
5. Silly Song: We're All Monsters
6. Bert and Ernie Explore
7. Funny Song: Frazzle Laughs
8. Batty Song: Doin' the Batty Bat

Credits

Executive Producer: Nancy Kanter

Producer: Karin Young Shiel

Writers: Annie Evans, Emily Perl Kingsley, Mark Saltzman, Nancy Sans

Directors: Emily Squires, Lisa Simon, Jon Stone

Starring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets

Jerry Nelson as The Count

Kevin Clash as Elmo and Kingston Livingston III

Muppet Performers: Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Joey Mazzarino, Carmen Osbahr, Peter Linz, Richard Hunt, Frank Oz, Jim Henson

Special Appearances by Julia Roberts, Lillias White

Songs: David Axlerod, Tony Geiss, Steven Lawrence, Jeff Moss, Sam Pottle, Joe Raposo, Mark Saltzman

Additional Music: David Lawrence

Puppet Captain: Kevin Clash

Jim Henson's Muppet Workshop: Mark Zeszotek, Kip Rathke, Lara MacLean

Production Designer: Bob Phillips

Lighting Designer: Bill Berner

Production Manager: Zova Kachadurian

Production Coordinator: Carol Colmenares

Associate Director: Ken Diego

Graphic Designers: Mike Pantuso, Pete Ortiz

Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi

Stage Manager: Zova Kachadurian

Editor: Dean M. Permé

Post Graphics Design: Amy Love

Camera: Frank Biondo, Mark Whitman, Bill Akerlund

Audio: Blake Norton, Carla Bandini-Lory

Post Audio: Of Sound Mind, Inc.

Music Supervisor: Dave Conner

Technical Director: Ralph Mensch

Video: Dick Sens

Control Room PA: Carol Colmenares

Talent Coordinator: Danette De Sena

Child Talent Coordinator: Jason Schneider

Child Talent: Joseph Brancale, Cecilia Gonzales, Eileen Gonzales, Melissa Remo, Nicholas Sullivan

Wardrobe: Colleen Noe

Production Assistants: John McDonald, Dionne Nosek

Production Interns: Monisha Harrell, Anne Pierce, Kara Quillico

Vice President/Director of Research: Shalom Fisch, Ph.D.

Research Team: Susan Scheiner, Ivelisse Segui-Baez, Ph.D., Tracey Black, Evangelean Pope

Executive In Charge Of Production For Sony Wonder: Becky Mancuso-Winding

Special Thanks: Marjorie Kalins, Nan Halperin, Jodi Nussbaum, Ted Green, Wendy Moss, Renee Rachelle, Benedetta Campisi, John Phillips, Chuck Nankivell, Jeff Holder, Amy Cohen