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lots of cooperating
This is a confusing article. As of this writing, all it says is that it's a Sesame Street song, it was written by Pottle and Kingsley, and it first appeared in Episode 1004. I assume this comes from a CTW file of some sort, but the vagueries weighed against other data bring up a mixed collection of information.
My research for this song brings up the following options in ASCAP which, from their titles, all match the themes of the song: 498091599 (Bloomfield and Hardwick), 332547856 (Kingsley and Merkin), 498097155 (Conner, Tyson and Brown), and 332461073 (Pottle).
The best way I can think of handling it given our lack of information is to create a page for "Cooperation Makes It Happen" based on the repeated chorus of the song. It's the most likely search phrase for this well-remembered song, and we have at least three episode on the wiki where we can confirm the song appears (1004 excluded, since we don't know what version is being used there). We leave the composers credits open for now until a verifiable source comes along, but at least we've got a page for it.
The CTW Archives are great, but I guess this is one of the few occassions where it causes more confusion than help. Thoughts? —Scott (talk) 20:46, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- Listening to the song by AMs led by Jim Henson (YouTube link above) again, it looks like that one is "Street Garden Cooperation" (498091599) as evidenced by the emphasis on making a street garden. So that eliminates one out of the equation, but it still leaves the other three as possible candidates for this entry (again, presumably) from the CTW Archives. Anyone know for sure what the sources are for that? Danny? —Scott (talk) 18:42, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
- I may have figured out what the other three are: this is the Conner, Tyson, and Brown version. The Kingsley-Merkin one is the song by Herry and an AM girl (on the Video Player), and was listed in the credits of a 2000 episode of Plaza Sesamo. The last one, by Pottle alone, is described as "Chaplin Park Bench Cooperation", so it was likely used for a studio insert. I can't find anything about the Pottle/Kingsley song. ASCAP and BMI do not list it. -- MuppetDude 20:22, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
| Picture | Title | What we know |
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Street Garden Cooperation | ASCAP 498091599
Hardwick and Bloomfield |
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Cooperation | CTW Archives
Pottle and Kingsley |
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Chaplin Park Bench Cooperation | ASCAP 332461073
Sam Pottle |
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Cooperation Song | ASCAP 332547856
Kingsley and Merkin |
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Cooperation Song | ASCAP 498097155
Tony identifies this as the Conner, Tyson, and Brown version |
- Robert Merkin: 1998-present
- Emily Kinglsey: 1970-present
- Sam Pottle: 1974-1978