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.

Releases

VHS1990
Random House Home Video
80519

VHSSony Wonder
LV 51311

DVD2005
Sony Wonder
LVD 51311

DVD2008
Genius Entertainment

DVD2008
Genius Entertainment

United Kingdom (VHS)1992
2 Entertain Video
VC 1235

United Kingdom (VHS)1998
Walt Disney Home Video

Asia (VCD)cat. no 964002

LaserdiscSony
CSLW-1332

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!"
File:2631a.jpg	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)
	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-Bamberger

Director: Jon Stone

Segment Director: Lisa Simon

Head Writer: Tony Geiss

Writer: Christopher Cerf

Segment Writers:

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

Starring the Sesame Street Puppet Characters:

with Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch

Frank Oz

Jerry Nelson as Amazing Mumford, and Count von Count

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

Martin P. Robinson as a Dinger

Kevin Clash as Elmo, and Hoots the Owl

David Rudman

Pam Arciero as Grundgetta

Cheryl Blaylock as Sky Blue Honker

Ed Christie

Michael Earl (credited as Mike Davis)

Jim Kroupa

Noel MacNeal

Brian Muehl as Purple Honker

Kathryn Mullen as Homer Honker

Karen Prell

Caroly Wilcox

Bryant Young

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

Uncredited

Fran Brill as Polly Darton

Jeff Moss as "One Banana" backup singer

Christopher Cerf as one of the Monotones

Cast:

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Sonia Manzano as Maria

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

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, Anna Dibble, Sam Pottle (uncredited), David Korr

Production Designer: Victor DiNapoli

Costume Designer: Bill Kellard

Special Thanks to:

Sharon Lerner, Franklin Getchell, Leslie Raicer, Christine Ferraro