How Do You Do?
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| Written by | Joe Raposo |
| Music by | |
| Lyrics by | |
| Date | 1973 |
| Source | |
| Publisher | Jonico Music Inc. |
For this number, Lena Horne notices that Grover is shy. Grover explains that while he does know Lena, he doesn't know her well. Lena helps him overcome his shyness by singing "How Do You Do?", in which she talks about various ways to greet somebody. Grover repeats these steps, and eventually, he is no longer shy. Many broadcasts of this song end with Grover commenting on Lena Horne being a good kisser, but a few extra seconds, with Lena laughing at the line, appear in the segment, as seen at sesamestreet.org and heard in Songs from the Street.
Clips from this segment appear in Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday.
Baby Bear sang the song in the park amongst a number of Anything Muppet kids he didn't know yet. (EKA: Episode 3952)
Big Bird sang this song to Lamb Chop in Episode 3525, and the cast sang this song to Big Bird's penpal Gulliver in Episode 4021.
In 2006, Vanessa Williams and Elmo sang the song live for A Capitol Fourth.
Releases
- Audio
- The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street
- Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music
- A Celebration of Me, Grover
- Video
- Online
- Sesamestreet.org
- Lena Horne version (SSvideo)
- Baby Bear version
- Hulu (Leena Horne version)
