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+ | {{song|image=littlejerryandthemonotones.jpg|writer=|composer=[[Christopher Cerf]]|lyricist=[[Norman Stiles]]|date=[[1974]]|source=|publisher=Splotched Animal Music Company<br>Sesame Street Inc.|eka=[[Episode 0733]]}} |
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+ | [[Image:LittleJerrystudio.jpg|thumb|300px|''Rock & Roll'' home video.]] |
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| − | "'''Telephone Rock'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song performed by [[Little Jerry and the Monotones]] |
+ | "'''Telephone Rock'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song performed by [[Little Jerry and the Monotones]] in [[season 6]]. |
| + | [[Little Jerry]] gets into a telephone booth, where he (joined by the Monotones) starts singing to [[Telephone Operator|the operator]]. They end up harassing the operator until she shows up with a cop, who arrest them (by shutting the telephone booth door and carrying it away). |
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| − | This song was also included in the 1990 video ''[[Rock & Roll]]'', and was actually used as a plot point in that video. In that video, the opening scene with Little Jerry getting into the telephone booth, and the ending with Little Jerry acknowledging the fact that the cop is taking them away ("Hey, put that booth down!"), were cut. |
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| − | Image:LittleJerrystudio.jpg|The Monotones' performance in the ''Rock & Roll'' home video |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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| − | *The police officer that |
+ | *The police officer that arrests the band at the end of the song was performed by [[Marty Robinson]] at the end of the ''Rock & Roll!'' video. On the ''Signs!'' album, he was voiced by [[Jerry Nelson]]. |
| + | *Jerry Nelson voices [[Big Jeffy]] in this song. |
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==Releases== |
==Releases== |
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| − | ;Audio ( |
+ | ;Audio (album version) |
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+ | *''[[Signs!]]'' (1977) |
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+ | *''[[Letters, Numbers and Signs]]'' (1977) |
;Video |
;Video |
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+ | *''[[Rock & Roll!]]'' (1990, new sound effects added, beginning and ending cut) |
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+ | *''[[Shalom Sesame]]'': ''[[Show 9: Aleph-Bet Telethon|Aleph-bet Telethon]]'' (1991, edited) |
*''[[Old School: Volume 2]]'' (2007) |
*''[[Old School: Volume 2]]'' (2007) |
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| + | *''[[Old School: Volume 3]]'' (2012) |
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[[Category:Sesame Street Songs]] |
[[Category:Sesame Street Songs]] |
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Revision as of 18:08, 7 July 2015
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| Music by | Christopher Cerf |
| Lyrics by | Norman Stiles |
| Date | 1974 |
| Publisher | Splotched Animal Music Company Sesame Street Inc. |
| EKA | Episode 0733 |
Rock & Roll home video.
"Telephone Rock" is a Sesame Street song performed by Little Jerry and the Monotones in season 6.
Little Jerry gets into a telephone booth, where he (joined by the Monotones) starts singing to the operator. They end up harassing the operator until she shows up with a cop, who arrest them (by shutting the telephone booth door and carrying it away).
Notes
- The police officer that arrests the band at the end of the song was performed by Marty Robinson at the end of the Rock & Roll! video. On the Signs! album, he was voiced by Jerry Nelson.
- Jerry Nelson voices Big Jeffy in this song.
Releases
- Audio (album version)
- Signs! (1977)
- Letters, Numbers and Signs (1977)
- Video
- Rock & Roll! (1990, new sound effects added, beginning and ending cut)
- Shalom Sesame: Aleph-bet Telethon (1991, edited)
- Old School: Volume 2 (2007)
- Old School: Volume 3 (2012)