Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Directed by Mustapha Khan
Ted May
Lisa Simon
Jon Stone
Produced by Arlene Sherman (executive producer)
Written by Luis Santeiro
Sara Compton
Judy Freudberg
Jeff Moss
Norman Stiles
Starring Caroll Spinney
Music by Robby Merkin (musical director)
Christopher Cerf (songs)
Sara Compton (songs)
Dave Conner (songs)
Ian Ellis James (songs)
Stephen Lawrence (songs)
Jeff Moss (songs)
Joe Raposo (songs)
Luis Santeiro (songs)
Norman Stiles (songs)
Edited by John R. Tierney
Distributed by PBS
Release date
 October 23, 1993
Running time
 60 minutes
Language English

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration is a Sesame Street musical special first broadcast on PBS from 1994. The home video version does not include five great images. From the 1993 video "Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years" released October 29, 1993. In it, Big Bird read the title card in voice-over. Songs sung by celebrities. They include "Adventure" with En Vogue (EKA: Episode 2951), "C Is For Cookie" with Marilyn Horne (EKA: Episode 3189), "Rubber Duckie" with Little Richard (EKA: Episode 3309) intro cut, "The Letter O" with Queen Latifah (EKA: Episode 3066) with sound effects, "I Don't Want To Live On The Moon" with Aaron Neville (EKA: Episode 3242), "My Name" with Maya Angelou (EKA: Episode 3139) intro cut, "New Way To Walk" (EKA: Episode 3233) celebrity version, "Elmo And The Lavender Moon" with Los Lobos" (EKA: Episode 3101) "Monster In The Mirror" (EKA: Episode 2835) (Simpsons ending cut) (Celebrity version), "Sing" (Ladysmith Black Mambazo). The end credits are pretty long.

Plot

The opening features everyone enjoys a day in the park as the calypso version of the Sesame Street Theme plays. Big Bird, Prairie Dawn and Telly watch as everyone expresses themselves with music, dance and other talents. Big Bird is reminded of a quote his Granny Bird told him, "The whole world is a stage." Prairie gets the idea to put on a show. Prairie assures them that their search will be an adventure! They split up their duties so then Telly and Prairie will look for dancers and musicians, while Big Bird looks for "la-la"-ers. so Telly and Prairie come across Jamal, Angela, Celina, Carlo, the kids and other Muppets singing an a capella version of "Do-Op Hop." They've found their singers for the show! Big Bird has formed a "LA LA LINE" to audition la-la-ers. After a failed audition by Humphrey and Natasha, the Count steps up, not wanting to la-la, but to count those in line. Big Bird thinks his day will drive him batty, cuing the next song. Meanwhile, Big Bird's next audition is with a duck. The duck happens to belong to The Amazing Mumford, who knows a spell that will make everyone la-la. Although, when he tries it, the spell instead makes them quack. So Telly and Prairie report to Big Bird that they've found some singers. Big Bird responds he's having some trouble finding his la-la-ers. Telly wonders if it's as hard as finding a letter O. Then Big Bird is glad Telly found is letter and wonders when he'll have the same success in finding la-la-ers. So Mumford reutrns as he tries his trick again, but makes people "baa-baa" like sheep. Telly and Prairie now find a jam session going on and think they're the musicians they need. Elmo, playing the drum, comments that playing it is almost as easy as saying his name. In the intermission Elmo calls for a break and teases some of the highlights from the next half of the special. as the show continues, Telly and Prairie ask Big Bird if he'd like to help them find dancers, but he's busy with his line. The next auditions don't do well, and Big Bird remarks he'll go bananas. Joey and Davey Monkey pop up at the mention of "bananas." Prairie and Telly run into Jason and Savion while looking for dancers. Savion tells them that there are dancers everywhere in the park. Prairie comments at all the people dancing. "And pigs too," Telly adds, pointing nearby. then Big Bird shows Telly and Prairie Dawn the la-la-ers he's chosen - The Martians. He tells them they're going to become stars, causing the Martians to vanish for the stars in space. also The next la-la-ers in Big Bird's line is a man who plays accordion, while a chicken clucks. Big Bird begins to lose hope., as for Big Bird's line result it is now empty. Mumford tries his trick again, but no one's around to be entranced by it. Big Bird slinks over to a bench and begins singing "Sing" to himself. as for his answer, Ladysmith Black Mambazo immediately answers with a chorus of la-las, exactly what Big Bird's been searching for. Mumford tries his trick again, then finally he summoning all of Big Bird's friends to sing with him.

The Cast of Sesame Street

Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets

Additional Muppets performed by Pam Arciero, Noel MacNeal, Jim Martin, Bryant Young, Alison Mork, Peter MacKennan, Lisa Buckley and Stephanie D'Abruzzo.

Background Muppets

Forgetful Jones, Buster the Horse, Roxie Marie, Kingston Livingston 111, Baby Bear, Grundgetta, Frazzle, The Oinker Sisters, Two-Headed Monster, Polly Darton, Madame Chairbird, Mr. Honker, Dinger, Henrietta Honker, Kathleen the Cow, Rosita, Barkley, Duck, Penguins, Chickens

Song List

Adventure (En Vogue) C Is For Cookie (Marilyn Horne) Rubber Duckie (Little Richard) The Letter O (Queen Latifah) with sound effects I Don't Want To Live On The Moon (Aaron Neville) My Name (Maya Angelou) New Way To Walk (celebrity version) Elmo And The Lavender Moon (Los Lobos) Monster In The Mirror (celebrity version) Sing (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)

See also

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