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"'''The Ballad of Casey McPhee'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song narrated by a [[Lavender]] [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] (performed and sung by [[Jerry Nelson]]) about a train engineer named Casey McPhee.
  
   
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"'''The Ballad of Casey McPhee'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song narrated by a [[Lavender]] [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] ([[Jerry Nelson]]) about a train engineer named Casey McPhee.
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Casey, who is portrayed by [[Cookie Monster]], is entrusted with the job of delivering cookies, milk, and ice cream to a party on the other side of the mountain. When an avalanche blocks the train tracks, Casey fights the urge to eat his cargo and instead eats the snow in his path, delivers the desserts, and is declared a hero. What really happened after the train moved on when Casey ate the snow is never revealed.
  
   
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Casey, who is portrayed by [[Cookie Monster]], is entrusted with the job of delivering cookies, milk, ice cream, and a tanker of fudge sauce to a children's party on the other side of the mountain. When an avalanche blocks the train tracks, Casey fights the urge to munch on his delectable cargo and instead eats the snow in his path, delivers the desserts, and is declared a hero.
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Cookie Monster has also appeared as Casey McPhee in ''[[The Sesame Street ABC Book of Words]]'' and ''[[The Perils of Penelope]]'', as well as a popular ''[[Beat the Time]]'' sketch where Cookie Monster must bring in three things that rhyme with "rain" to win a cookie.
  
   
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Cookie Monster has also appeared as Casey McPhee in ''[[The Sesame Street ABC Book of Words]]'' and ''[[The Perils of Penelope]]'', and he also drove a train in a popular ''[[Beat the Time]]'' sketch where Cookie Monster must bring in three things that rhyme with "rain" to win a cookie.
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According to his relatives, then-producer [[Robert Cunniff]] was directly involved in ''The Ballad''. They commented "And the avalanche! I had forgotten that. Very complicated to do it in the live studio the way they shot this stuff in those days. (Real smoke and mirrors and Vaseline before digital!)" <ref>"[http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=36471 Robert Cunniff Memorial Help Needed]", ''Muppet Central Forum'', post on January 29, 2008.</ref>
  
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According to his relatives, then-producer [[Robert Cunniff]] was directly involved in ''The Ballad''. They commented:
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{{quote|And the avalanche! I had forgotten that. Very complicated to do it in the live studio the way they shot this stuff in those days. (Real smoke and mirrors and Vaseline before digital!)" <ref>"[http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=36471 Robert Cunniff Memorial Help Needed]", ''Muppet Central Forum'', post on January 29, 2008.</ref>}}
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*In addition to composing, Joe Raposo provides backing vocals as well.
   
 
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Revision as of 15:26, 14 March 2016

Caseymcphee
Written by Joe Raposo
Date 1973
Publisher Jonico Music Inc.
EKA Episode 0533
Sesame_Street_Cookie_Monster_And_The_Ballad_Of_Casey_Macphee

Sesame Street Cookie Monster And The Ballad Of Casey Macphee

Cookie Monster in "The Ballad of Casey McPhee."

"The Ballad of Casey McPhee" is a Sesame Street song narrated by a Lavender Anything Muppet (Jerry Nelson) about a train engineer named Casey McPhee.

Casey, who is portrayed by Cookie Monster, is entrusted with the job of delivering cookies, milk, ice cream, and a tanker of fudge sauce to a children's party on the other side of the mountain. When an avalanche blocks the train tracks, Casey fights the urge to munch on his delectable cargo and instead eats the snow in his path, delivers the desserts, and is declared a hero.

Cookie Monster has also appeared as Casey McPhee in The Sesame Street ABC Book of Words and The Perils of Penelope, and he also drove a train in a popular Beat the Time sketch where Cookie Monster must bring in three things that rhyme with "rain" to win a cookie.

According to his relatives, then-producer Robert Cunniff was directly involved in The Ballad. They commented:

“And the avalanche! I had forgotten that. Very complicated to do it in the live studio the way they shot this stuff in those days. (Real smoke and mirrors and Vaseline before digital!)" [1]”

Notes

  • In addition to composing, Joe Raposo provides backing vocals as well.

Releases

Audio
Video
Online

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ "Robert Cunniff Memorial Help Needed", Muppet Central Forum, post on January 29, 2008.
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