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It's Hip to Be a Square
| Music by | Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper and Huey Lewis |
| Lyrics by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow and Norman Stiles |
Added by Oscarfan"It's Hip to Be a Square" is an animated song sketch first seen on Sesame Street in 1989, spoofing "Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News.
Animated by Candy Kugel and Vincent Cafferelli at Buzzco Associates, Inc., the short features a band of colored squares with stick-figure limbs. The lead singer (voiced by Paul Jacobs) sings about his differences from other shapes, but they still get along. Cut-outs and direct cel-drawings were utilized.
In the Sesame Street Live stage show Big Bird & the ABCs, the song is performed by Cookie Monster, Ernie, and Guy Smiley, all wearing sunglasses, but features Bert as the lead performer.
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- Rock & Roll! (1990, edited with a brief comment from Bert)
- Guess That Shape and Color (2006)
- Online
