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Sing Yourself Silly!

Sing Yourself Silly! was released on VHS in 1990 by Random House in the Sesame Songs Home Video series, and released on DVD by Sony Wonder in 2005. In 2008, it was released again by Genius Entertainment, paired with Peter and the Wolf as a Sesame Street Double Feature.

1 Releases
2 Segments
3 DVD chapters
4 Cast
5 Credits

ReleasesEdit

SegmentsEdit

Picture	Segment	Description
	FRAME 1	Big Bird pops up wearing a spinning bow tie and explains what "silly" is. He then presents the series of silly songs.
	Muppets	Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree." (EKA: Episode 2773) Edited
	FRAME 2	Maria and Luis pop out wearing Groucho glasses and say "Now that was silly!"
	Cartoon	"Ladybugs' Picnic" (EKA: Episode 0416)
	Celebrity	James Taylor performs "Jellyman Kelly" with a bunch of kids. (EKA: Episode 1800)
	FRAME 3	Gladys comments, "Now that was silly!"
	Muppets	Polly Darton sings "Wavin' Goodbye to You with My Heart." (EKA: Episode 2495) Introduction cut
	FRAME 4	The Amazing Mumford and his duck appear in a puff of smoke, with the duck exclaiming "Now that's silly!" in Mumford's voice, while Mumford lets out a quack.
	Muppets	"Old MacDonald Cantata" Beginning edited
	FRAME 5	Forgetful Jones comments, "Now that was spinach!"
	Muppets	Oscar and Grundgetta sing about the "Everything in the Wrong Place Ball." Edited from episode 2596
	FRAME 6	Forgetful still can't remember the word "silly".
	Muppets	"One Banana" (EKA: Episode 2606)
	FRAME 7	Count von Count counts 7 bananas.
	Cartoon	Jim Thurman sings Calcutta Joe Animation by Buzzco Associates, Inc. (EKA: Episode 2492)
	FRAME 8	Big Bird and the Honkers take some time to address that silly songs are no laughing matter.
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Don Music tries to write "Mary Had a Little Lamb", but he can't come up with a word that rhymes with "snow". Kermit suggests that Don try another angle, which leads to Don writing the hit song "Mary Had a Bicycle". Don sings the song, with back-up vocals from the Monotones. (EKA: Episode 0698) Kermit's intro is cut
	FRAME 9	Oscar comments "Now that's yucky! I'm not gonna say 'silly'," until Elmo points out he did say "silly".
	Cartoon	"Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (EKA: Episode 0815)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Hoots tells Ernie to "Put Down the Duckie." (celebrity version) (EKA: Episode 2623)
	FRAME 10	Big Bird asks how the song was. The Kids confirm, "Now that was silly!", and they dance to "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree" while the credits roll. Afterwards, the video concludes with Maria and Luis donning Groucho glasses and exclaiming "Now that was silly!" (repeated from Frame 2).