J Friends

Written by	Jeff Moss
Date	1971
Publisher	Festival Attractions

"J Friends" is a Sesame Street song sung by the Anything Muppets, who list their friends whose names begin with the letter J. The names include Joe, Jim, Jane, and Joan.

These singers were performed by Jerry Nelson (the Pumpkin J Friend) , Jim Henson (the Fat Blue J Friend), Fran Brill (the Lavender J Friend) and Frank Oz (the Green J Friend).

The names in the song also happen to be the names of notable people behind the scenes: Joe (Raposo), Jane (Henson), Jim (Henson) and Joan (Ganz Cooney).

Releases

Audio

• The Muppet Alphabet Album (1971)
• Muppet IJKL (single, 1971)
• Letters ...and Numbers, Too! (1974)
• Muppet IJKL (single, 1976)
• My Record (1983)
• Sing the Alphabet (1996)

Video

• Do the Alphabet (1997)
• Old School: Volume 1 (2006)

Online

• Sesamestreet.org Template:SSvideo
• Hulu Template:Hulu
• SesameStreet's YouTube Channel (YouTube)
• The Sesame Street Podcast: The Letter J

Other

• Letters (computer game) (released as audio)

See also

• Inside Jokes