Music by	Bud Luckey
Lyrics by	Donald Hadley
Date	1971

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"Ladybugs’ Picnic" is an animated song highlighting the joys and sorrows of twelve ladybugs, gathered for a picnic. A remake of the song, from the 1975 LP The Count Counts, featured vocals by Richard Hunt and Jerry Nelson.

In 2007, the song was used in a TV advertisement in the United Kingdom for Heinz Salad Cream.

In 2010, a claymation remake was made by Misseri Studio. (First: Episode 4237)

ReferencesEdit

Quite a few references to this song have been made on Sesame Street. One was in the Elmo's World episode "Bugs" when a ladybug claimed he was going to be late for a picnic. Another reference was used in the Jane Tuesday segment for "The Case of the Letter L" as played briefly on a toy radio. Yet another brief reference occurs in a 2008 episode of Sesame Street, as Slimey shops for a pet bug. Three ladybugs sing a version of the song over and over. An image representing this cartoon was placed on a menu for Hooper's Store in a 2009 episode of Sesame Street. A short instrumental version of the song accompanies the title card of Firefly Fun and Buggy Buddies.

ReleasesEdit

Audio

• The Count Counts (1975)
• Songs from the Street (2003)
• A cover version is featured on The Sesame Street Covers EP (2010)
• Sesame Street Music: Amazon Sampler (2011)

Video

• Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)
• Shalom Sesame: Show 5: Jerusalem (2005, dubbed in Hebrew)
• Old School: Volume 1 (2006)
• Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2009)
• Firefly Fun and Buggy Buddies (2010)

Online

• Sesamestreet.org (SSvideo)
• SesameStreet's YouTube Channel original: (YouTube) remake: (YouTube)
• The Sesame Street Podcast: The Number 12 (original)

Publications

• The Sesame Street Songbook (1992 edition only)