The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree

Music by	Christopher Cerf
Lyrics by	Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles
Date	1982

Behind the scenes of "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree". Note that the Honkers are built with only one arm, unlike their Dinger counterparts.

"The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree" is a Sesame Street song sung by Ernie with his Rubber Duckie. As he sings, some Honkers and one of the Dingers dance around, making their respective sounds.

Episode 4028 focused on Ernie planning another Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree. In a Play with Me Sesame segment, Grover played along to a showing of the clip. In "Elmo's World: Bells", Ernie performs a rendition of the song in a video e-mail.

Notes

• Behind-the-scenes footage of the filming of this segment appears on disc 1 of the DVD set Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days.
• The performers are Jim Henson as Ernie (assisted by Ed Christie), Martin P. Robinson as the Dinger, Kathryn Mullen as Green Honker (Homer), Cheryl Blaylock as Blue Honker, and Brian Muehl as Purple Honker.
• Jon Stone directed this segment.
• This segment was shot on January 14, 1983.

Releases

Audio

• The Gang's All Here! (1983)
• Put Down the Duckie
• Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration
• Cheep Thrills
• Silly Songs

Video

• Sing Yourself Silly (Beginning and ending are both cut)
• Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration - clip only
• Let's Play Games - with Grover playing along
• Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

Online

• Sesamestreet.org

Publications

• The Sesame Street Songbook (1992 edition only)