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Sesamejamboree
SesameJamboreeCast
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Wooly Nelson and Furlin Wailin

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Some of the Sesame Jamboree cast pauses to take a picture behind the scenes.

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Behind the scenes of Sesame Jamboree: character heads and bodies in preparation for the stage show.

Sesame Jamboree is the third Sesame Street Live stage show, produced by VEE Corporation from 1982-1984. Several of the songs featured had also appeared on the Sesame Country album.

Characters[]

Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Prairie Dawn, Grover, Count von Count, Oscar the Grouch, Forgetful Jones, Clementine, Simon the Sound Man, Granny, The Blue Fur Mountain Band: Wooly Nelson, Furlin Wailin, Herry Monster, Mona Monster, Molly Monster, Maggie Mae Monster

Acts[]

Act I[]

  • Sesame Jamboree — The Blue Fur Mountain Band: Wooly Nelson, Furlin Wailin, Herry, Mona, Molly and Maggie Mae Monsters; Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Count von Count, Grover, Forgetful Jones and Prairie Dawn
  • Old MacDonald Had a Farm — Simon the Sound Man and Prairie Dawn
  • I Refuse to Sing Along — Bert and Ernie
  • Count's Diner — Oscar the Grouch, Count von Count, Furlin Wailin, Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Herry Monster
  • A Very Simple Dance — Big Bird, Prairie Dawn, Clementine and Granny
  • Jimmy Crack Corn — The Blue Fur Mountain Band and Grover
  • Home on the Range — Grover, Forgetful Jones, Simon the Sound Man, Furlin Wailin, Granny, Clementine, Wooly Nelson, Count von Count, Prairie Dawn, Big Bird, Herry, Mona and Molly Monsters
  • Handful of Crumbs — Cookie Monster, The Blue Fur Mountain Band and Bert
  • Barn Dance — Forgetful Jones, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Clementine, Prairie Dawn, Granny, Big Bird, Simon the Sound Man, Herry, Mona and Maggie Mae Monsters, Count von Count, Grover and Bert

Act II[]

  • I Just Adore Four — Prairie Dawn, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Simon the Sound Man, Grover, Count von Count, Herry Monster and Bert
  • Forgetful Remembers — Forgetful Jones and Clementine
  • Cookie Roundup — Cookie Monster and Grover
  • Howdy Friends — Prairie Dawn and Ernie
  • Kin Folk — The Blue Fur Mountain Band, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Cookie Monster, Granny and Bert
  • Sing Along — Big Bird, Granny, Count von Count, Prairie Dawn, Forgetful Jones, Clementine, Ernie and Oscar the Grouch
  • Ride 'Em Cowboy — The entire cast

Songs[]

Voices[]

Credits[]

  • Executive Producer: Vincent E. Egan
  • Produced by Bob Shipstad
  • Written by Jon Stone and Joseph Bailey
  • Directed and Choreographed by Mariam Nelson
  • Assistant Choreographers: Diane Arnold and Marianna Pecora
  • Production Associate: Paul Walberg
  • Art Director: Jim Waters
  • Muppet Character Design by Jim Henson, Donald Sahlin, Caroly Wilcox, Kermit Love
  • New Sesame Street Live Muppets designed by Michael Frith
  • Muppet Costumes designed and built by Muppets, Inc.
    • Design and supervision of construction: Connie Peterson
    • Mechanical animation by Mae Canaga; Assisted by Marilee Canaga
  • Scenic Design/Technical Coordinator: Jim Waters
  • Performance Director: Diane Arnold
  • Music Director: Paul Walberg
  • Dialogue Editing, Music Recording and Mixing by: Allen Kaufman
  • Program — Muppet Illustrations: Joe Mathieu

Performances[]

  • Sept 22 to Sept 25, 1982 — Meadowlands Arena in Hackensack, NJ[1]
  • Sept 29 to Oct 3, 1982 — Watres Armory in Scranton, PA[2]
  • Nov 10 to Nov 14, 1982 — Assembly Hall, Urbana, IL[3]

Gallery[]

Sample pages from the show's program.

Sources[]

  1. The Record, Hackensack, NJ, Sept 23, 1982
  2. Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA, Sept 5, 1982
  3. Journal Gazette Urbana, IL, Oct 15, 1982

External links[]

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