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[[File:Sesame Street J Friends|thumb|300px|right|The Anything Muppets sing "J Friends."]]
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'''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.
 
   
 
"'''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, Jane, Jim and Joan.
These singers were performed by [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Jim Henson]], [[Fran Brill]] and [[Frank Oz]].
 
   
 
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 are the names of people behind the scenes: Joe ([[Joe Raposo|Raposo]]), Jane ([[Jane Henson|Henson]]), Jim ([[Jim Henson|Henson]]) and Joan ([[Joan Ganz Cooney|Ganz Cooney]]).
 
   
 
The names in the song also happen to be the names of notable people behind the scenes: Joe ([[Joe Raposo|Raposo]]), Jane ([[Jane Henson|Henson]]), Jim ([[Jim Henson|Henson]]) and Joan ([[Joan Ganz Cooney|Ganz Cooney]]).
==Audio releases==
 
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In [[Episode 4306|a Season 43 episode]], [[Elmo]] and [[Rosita]] sang an abridged version of the song with an orange letter J (performed by [[Leslie Carrara-Rudolph]]).
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==Notes==
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*Following his verse, the Fat Blue singer's right eye comes loose, forcing him to leave the frame for a bit to have it re-attached.
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==Releases==
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;Audio
 
*''[[The Muppet Alphabet Album]]'' (1971)
 
*''[[The Muppet Alphabet Album]]'' (1971)
*[[Sesame_Street_Singles#1971ijkl|Muppet IJKL]] (single, 1971)
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*[[Sesame Street Singles#1971ijkl|Muppet IJKL]] (single, 1971)
*''[[Letters... and Numbers, Too!]]'' (1974)
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*''[[Letters ...and Numbers, Too!]]'' (1974)
*[[Sesame_Street_Singles#1971ijkl|Muppet IJKL]] (single, 1976)
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*[[Sesame Street Singles#1971ijkl|Muppet IJKL]] (single, 1976)
 
*''[[My Record]]'' (1983)
 
*''[[My Record]]'' (1983)
 
*''[[Sing the Alphabet]]'' (1996)
 
*''[[Sing the Alphabet]]'' (1996)
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;Video
*''[[Letters (CD-ROM)|Letters]]'' CD-ROM (1997)
 
 
*''[[Do the Alphabet]]'' (1996)
 
==Video releases==
 
*''[[Do the Alphabet]]'' (1997)
 
 
*''[[Old School: Volume 1]]'' (2006)
 
*''[[Old School: Volume 1]]'' (2006)
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;Online
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*[[Sesamestreet.org]] {{SSvideo|f0ec3020-1786-11dd-a201-fb0ceede6a0f}}
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*[[Hulu]] {{Hulu|79197}}
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*[[SesameStreet's YouTube Channel]]
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*''[[The Sesame Street Podcast]]'': The Letter J
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;Other
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*''[[Letters (computer game)]]'' (released as audio)
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
* [[Inside Jokes]]
 
* [[Inside Jokes]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Songs]]
 
[[Category: Sesame Street Songs]]
 
 
[[Category:Alphabet]]
 
[[Category:Alphabet]]

Revision as of 17:17, 18 January 2016

Jfriends
Written by Jeff Moss
Date 1971
Publisher Festival Attractions
EKA Episode 0339
Sesame_Street_J_Friends

Sesame Street J Friends

The Anything Muppets sing "J Friends."

"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, Jane, Jim 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).

In a Season 43 episode, Elmo and Rosita sang an abridged version of the song with an orange letter J (performed by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph).

Notes

  • Following his verse, the Fat Blue singer's right eye comes loose, forcing him to leave the frame for a bit to have it re-attached.

Releases

Audio
Video
Online
Other

See also