Elmo Says BOO! (video)

Produced by:	Karin Young Shiel
Release Date:	July 8, 1997 (VHS) July 16, 2002 (DVD)
Discs:	1
Region:	1, 3, 4, 5, 6

In Elmo Says BOO!, 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.

Segments

• Song: "Bones"
• Sketch: Elmo scares Julia Roberts
• Animation: An orange ball rolls up to a smaller lime ball and taps on it; the lime ball sprouts legs, teeth and a tail and scares the orange ball away, then giggles
• Song: "Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5"
• Song: "We Are All Monsters"
• Sketch: Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid
• Animation: Counting bats (number 8)
• Song: "Frazzle"
• Song: "The Batty Bat"

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

Other releases

VHSSony Wonder
1997
LV 49352

DVDSony Wonder
2002
LVD 49352
ISBN 0738923303

VHSWalt Disney Home Video
1999
B00004CZZE

VCD

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