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Sing Yourself Silly!

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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.

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Releases


Segments

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 2849)
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 2571)
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 3076)
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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.

DVD chapters

  1. The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree
  2. Ladybug Picnic
  3. Jellyman Kelly
  4. Wavin' Goodbye to You With My Heart
  5. Old MacDonald Cantata
  6. Everything in the Wrong Place Ball
  7. One Banana
  8. Calcutta Joe
  9. Mary Had a Bicycle
  10. Ten Tiny Turtles on the Telephone
  11. Put Down the Duckie

Credits

Producer: Nina Elias-Baurnberger

Director: Jon Stone

Segment Director: Lisa Simon

Head Writer: Tony Geiss

Writer: Christopher Cerf

Segment Writers: Norman Stiles, Emily Perl Kingsley, Cathi Rosenberg-Turow, Jeff Moss, David Korr

Muppet Performers:

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

Jim Henson as Ernie, One Banana singer, and Kermit the Frog

Jerry Nelson as Ladybug's Picnic singer, Amazing Mumford, Count von Count

Richard Hunt as Gladys the Cow, Forgetful Jones, and Don Music

Fran Brill as Polly Darton (uncredited)

Pam Arciero as Grundgetta

Jeff Moss as Backup singer (uncredited)

Kevin Clash as Elmo, and Hoots the Owl

Special Guests: James Taylor, John Candy, Andrea Martin, Keith Hernandez, Mookie Wilson, Jane Curtin, Madeline Kahn, Joe Williams, Paul Reubens, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Wynton Marsalis, Celia Cruz, Itzhak Perlman, Gordon Jackson, Jean Marsh, Paul Simon, Jeremy Irons, Pete Seeger, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Carl Banks

Starring: Emilio Delgado, Sonia Manzano

Songs by: Christopher Cerf, Norman Stiles, Bud Luckey, Donald Hadley, James Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Lee Pockriss, Dave Conner (uncredited), Stephen Lawrence, Cathi Rosenberg-Turow, Jeff Hale, Joe Raposo, Jeff Moss, Sam Pottle (uncredited), David Korr

Art Director: Victor DiNapoli

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