Monsters en Andere Enge Dingen

Songs from	Sesamstraat
Released	2005
Format	CD/Booklet
Label	Rubinstein
Cat no.	90 544 528 9

Monsters en Andere Enge Dingen (Monsters and Other Scary Things) is a 2005 Sesamstraat album, based on the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street. The album features 20 songs and stories by, for and about monsters. The CD comes with a hardcover booklet with song lyrics and photos of the characters.

Track listing

1. Sesamstraat Thema - Sesamstraat Choir
2. Bang In Het Donker (Afraid of the Dark) - Sesamstraat Story
3. Het Botjes Lied (Bones) - Count von Count
4. Pluizig En Blauw (Fuzzy and Blue) - Grover and Cookie Monster (and Herry)
5. Nergens Een Lichtje (Nothing to Count) - Count von Count
6. Ik Durf Niet Naar De Kapper (I'm Going to Get My Hair Cut) - Robbie and Cookie Monster
7. Ik Wil Een Monster Voor Elke Dag (I Want a Monster to Be My Friend) - Sesamstraat Choir
8. Enge dingen lied (Scary Things Song) - Tommie & Ieniemienie
9. Spookje spelen (Playing Ghost) - Tommie & Ieniemienie
10. Lambaba - Count Von Count
11. Spoken bestaan niet (Ghosts Don't Exist) - Tommie & Ieniemienie
12. Ikke Ben Boos (Me Gotta Be Blue) - Cookie Monster & Choir
13. De Ballade van Oscar Mopperkont (The Ballad Of Oscar The Grouch) - Bert, Ernie & Grover
14. De Wals van Graaf Tel (I Love a Waltz) - Count von Count
    Music by Paul Parnes, Lyrics by Wim Povel
15. Twee Hoofden Is Beter Dan Een (Two Heads Are Better Than One) - Two-Headed Monster (and Herry)
    Music by ?, Lyrics by Wim Povel
16. Stinkie Stankie (Swamp Mushy Muddy) - Oscar the Grouch & choir
17. Ik Zing... (I Can Sing) - Herry Monster and Louisey
18. Troeteldier (Transylvania Love Call) - Countess and Count von Count
19. Ik Wil Je Happen (Me Going to Munch You, Munch You, Munch You) - Cookie Monster
20. Tijgerjacht (Tiger Hunt) - Ernie

Cast

• Doris Baaten as the Countess
• Sien Diels as Sien
• Bill Van Dijk as Robbie
• Janine van Elzakker as narrator
• Paul Haenen as Bert and Grover
• Hero Muller as Herry Monster (track 17)
• Bert Plagman as Tommie
• Peter Piekos as Cookie Monster and Herry Monster
• Sjef Poort as Oscar
• Wim T. Schippers as Ernie and Count von Count
• Catherine van Woerden as Ieniemienie
• (and many others)

Trivia

• This is the first Sesamstraat CD-and-booklet produced by Rubinstein: it would later be followed by Slapen and Dierendingen, which focused (respectively) on sleeping and animals.

• The songs were previously released on Sesamstraat (track 1); Ernie Heeft Rommel Gemaakt (track 2); Neuzenlied (tracks 3, 4, 6, 12 and 19); Sesamstraat Hitparade (track 5); Vind Je Me Aardig? (tracks 7 and 18); 'n Logeerpartijtje (tracks 8, 9 and 11); Cijfers & Letters (track 10); Maak Er Wat Van! (track 13); Verloor M'n Koekie in de Disco (tracks 14, 15 and 16); De Dansende Schoenen (track 17); and 'k Wist Niet Dat Je Kwaad Werd! (track 20).

• The booklet has quite a few spelling errors and lyrical mistakes.

• The booklet was released with two different covers. One version featured photos of Oscar and the Count; the other had an illustration of the Count, holding a lantern.

See also

• Sesamstraat discography