Sesame Street Music and DanceMusic and Dance on DVD? check here: Music and Dance episode guideMusic & Dance: Elmo in Grouchland (Sing and Play Video)
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This 45-minute short contains Sesame Street songs from the old days right up to the 1999 theatrical feature The Adventures of Elmo (Elmo) in Grouchland. Elmo hosts this companion piece to the theatrical film. However, the final product should put a smile on the faces of Elmo fans. Besides the songs from the movie, the Sesame Street gang sings (and words appear for the audience) pop tunes ("Sing") and classic songs from the show ("C is for Cookie (Cookie Monster)," "Rubber Ducky"). The tape also contains an extended segment of Sesame Street in which Elmo learns all about bouncing balls.
Music & Dance: Elmo Two-Pack (Elmo's Magic Cookbook Video / Elmo's Favorite Sing-Alongs CD)
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The irrepressible little red star of Sesame Street sizzles in Elmo's Magic Cookbook, but he's not the only celebrity to wave a wooden spoon here. It all begins when the tummy-rumble-inducing book the tape takes its title from is dusted off from its attic-dwelling days. First, it "alakazams" Jean, the ingredient-providing Julia Child of genies, onto Sesame Street for a primer on churning out a champion batch of ice cream (and one that, in one of a number of characteristically superb running gags, nearly causes Telly to collapse from arm fatigue), and then bam! everybody's favorite Crescent City culinary whiz comes by to create the perfect pizza with the gang. Chef Emeril Legasse does one better than sprinkle the parmesan and pile on the pepperoni with expected panache, he also peels away the mystery of where cheese comes from. When Legasse leaves on a minestrone emergency, another apron-ready star steps in. This time it's singer Heather Headly, here known as Pocket Queen. Elmo (Elmo), no dummy, is at first resistant to the queen's suggestion that together they cook up some pockets. When she takes him on a video tour of pocket-eating cultures, however (think China's dim sum), he warms to the idea, and what results is a scrumptious-looking summer roll. Each of the video's cooking segments is intercut with food-related bits from the show Grover's hilarious gig as a hopeless waiter is one. In addition to a handful of recipes ripe for kid collaboration, this tape serves up customary Sesame-style excellence. No future foodie's video shelf should be without it.
Music & Dance: Elmopalooza!
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Join the Sesame Street Muppets for an all-star celebration of 30 years of songs and laugh! Starring David Alan Grier and Jon Stewart. Wit Musical Guests: Jimmy buffet, Shawn Colvin, En Vogue, Gloria Estefan, Fugees, Kenny Loggins, The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones, and Rosie O’Donnell.
Music & Dance: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
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Don't miss the musical fun and excitement when Elmo (Elmo) hosts his very own TV game show. Elmo asks the questions, and you can guess the answers in sing-along videos featuring some of your favorite songs. Kermit, Big Bird (Big Bird) and more of your Sesame Street pals are on hand for all the high-energy hijinks!
Songs: I Love My Elbows, One Fine Face, Get Along, Elmo's Song, Alligator King, Eight Balls of Fur, My Best Friend, I Love Trash, The Lambaba.
Music & Dance: Elmo's World - Dancing Music Books
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Everyone's favorite preschool monster demonstrates three activities in this compilation of some popular "Elmo's World" segments from Sesame Street. Joining him are segment regulars Dorothy the pet goldfish and Mr. Noodle, the lovable, bumbling adult stand-in for children, who makes mistakes but perseveres until he gets it right. In each episode, real children also take turns mastering the skill. In "Dancing," Elmo (Elmo) shows off his finesse at the flamenco and hula, while the children choose more free-form moves. (Elmo's monster friend Zoe also makes a cameo appearance.) In "Books," a boy and his father visit the library in search of dinosaur books. And in "Music," kids play the flute and violin, while Mr. Noodle is a little slow in learning to bang the drum. For parents who meant to tape the "Elmo's World" segments, but never quite did it, this 45-minute video is a lucky break. Primarily for ages 2-5, but Elmo fans of all ages will enjoy it.
Music & Dance: Get Up and Dance
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Directed by: Jon Stone, Randall Balsmeyer
When it's your teddy bear's birthday, you want to celebrate in style! That's why Big Bird (Big Bird) is throwing a dance party for Radar. Everyone's getting into the act, and they're doing all their favorite dances - The Airplane, The Dog, The Jelly, The Grouch, and lots more. So put on your dancing shoes and get ready to party Sesame Street style!
Songs: A Very Simple Dance I'm A Little Airplane Birdland Jump Do The Dog Do The Jelly Cat Had A Birthday Doin' The Grouch A New Way To Walk.
Music & Dance: Kids' Favorite Songs
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Kids' Favorite Songs kicks off with a cackle-worthy parody of Bob Dylan doing "Old McDonald," and from there the groovy gags keep comin' 'round the mountain. Everywhere Elmo (Elmo) turns on Sesame Street monsters spontaneously burst into song, and all because they want him to feature their favorite tunes on his forthcoming radio countdown. For Telly, winnowing the hits to one is akin to Cookie Monster (Cookie Monster) choosing between a macaroon and a figgie bar: at first he's sure that "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" lights his fire, but then he says bye-bye to a black sheep. The street heaves a collective sigh pavementward when word comes down that the countdown is strictly a numbers gig, no music involved. Only Sesame Street could weave well-loved musical numbers around a simple numbers lesson with such wacky pizzazz, making this a countdown that's no letdown for high-spirited parent-preschooler combos. Elmo's getting ready for his Top Ten Countdown on the radio, and everyone on Sesame Street wants him to play their favorite songs? But with so many great songs to choose from, how will Elmo Pick which ones to play? Maybe you can help him decide. Which of these favorites is your favorite song?
Songs: I've Been Working On The Railroad;This Old Bat (This Old Man);
The Alphabet Song; Row, Row, Row Your Boat; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star;
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt; Baa Baa Black Sheep; She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain; This Little Pig Went To Market.
Music & Dance: Kids' Favorite Songs 2
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Somewhere into the so-so "Itsy Bitsy Spider" segment, the sinking feeling that Kids' Favorite Songs 2 is strictly sequel material sets in. This is a march down Sesame Street on a slow day, when the loopy monster misunderstandings and goofball gags miss a rare beat or two. Still, making merry is what the Sesame crew does best, and they succeed here, if on a less brilliant level than we've come to expect. All the usual favorites, like "If You're Happy and You Know It" and "The Ants Go Marching," get the gang and their real-life kid friends grooving, and a running joke involving a renegade meatball keeps kids 18 months to 5 tuned in to the end. Elmo (Elmo) hosts. Join Elmo and his Sesame Street pals in the second volume of Kids' Favorite Songs, as Elmo travels up and down Sesame Street asking kids to sing their favorite songs! Snuffy, Baby Bear and Zoe help the kids sing and act out nursery rhymes, lullabies and just plain silly songs. Sing along and find out for yourself which song is Elmo's favorite! Also features the brand new Sesame Street segment, Hero Guy!
Song: Elmo's Song;On Top of Spaghetti; Hey Diddle Diddle; The Bear When Over the Mountain; The Ants Go Marching; If You're Happy and You Know It; Mary Had a Little Lamb; Up and Down with Captain Brown;
Rubber Duckie; Duermete Mi Nino; Itsy Bitsy Spider.
Music & Dance: Let's Make Music
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Poor Telly: Just when the internationally acclaimed percussion troupe, Stomp, is on their way to Sesame Street for a jam session, he misplaces his tuba. Luckily, Telly's buddy, Elmo (Elmo), explains that fancy instruments are not required to create music, and that's an invitation to 40 minutes of delightful noisemaking that reaches far beyond clanging pot lids. Soda bottles become woodwinds, pasta jars rattle like maracas, a plastic garbage can works as a bass drum, and if those items can't be found, feet and hands will do just fine. The half-dozen members of Stomp (themselves looking like Sesame Street alumnae) interact beautifully with the entire gang, whether playing a foot-tapping version of "Follow the Leader" with the kids or tooting a catchy ditty on empty bottles with Muppets and adults. Other familiar elements from the regular daytime Emmy award-winning show, including short educational cartoons, Muppet skits, video shorts of kids teaching kids, and lively dance numbers, make for a thoroughly enriching experience. Heartily recommended for children ages 3 to 7.
Music & Dance: Play-Along Games and Songs
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Directed by: Jon Stone, Randall Balsmeyer
Big Bird (Big Bird) is hosting some of his favorite games, and you’re invited to play along! These creative games and songs teach rhyming, shapes, counting and more, as only Sesame Street can. Forgetful Jones may have trouble remembering the games when they’re over, but we bet you won’t!
Songs: One of These Things, I Heard My Dog Bark, Over Under Around and Through.
Music & Dance: Sesame Street Presents Elmo's Musical Adv. - Peter & The Wolf
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Tag along for Elmo's musical adventure with Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and prepare to strike an unlikely pose, with one foot planted in the friendliest, furriest neighborhood anybody knows and the other in a sophisticated, sonically souped-up concert arena, Boston's Symphony Hall. The video unites the two seemingly mismatched worlds seamlessly, pulling off its unstated but pretty obvious goal, which is to siphon off the classical genre's outermost layer of stuffiness to make it more accessible to little kids, with Sesame-style punch and simplicity. Baby Bear leads viewers into Peter's forest by way of his ticket to see the Boston Pops Orchestra. Backstage he meets conductor Keith Lockhart, who serves as tour guide for a thorough but breezy showcase of various instruments, allowing the lisping little bear to get a grip on which sound portrays which character. Happy-go-lucky Peter, played by a peasant-costumed Elmo (Elmo), is center stage during violin solos; the scary-sounding French horn signals the approach of the wolf, normally a ferocious fellow, but in this case a harmless furry purple guy. These days, with the gospel about the benefits of music education spreading at fever pitch, this 45-minute gem could be promoted as a way to get preschoolers in on the action. Beyond that, it's a charming chucklefest that's as effective as any intro you'll find to the classic tale. Elmo tickles audiences of all ages as Peter, and Big Bird (Big Bird), with help from the bassoon, spreads his wings in the role of the brave but foolhardy boy's grandfather.
Music & Dance: Sesame Street Songs - Dance Along!
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Everyone's invited to the Sesame Street Dance Along! Join Big Bird (Big Bird), Gina, Mike, Count, Bert (Bert), Hoots the Owl, and "the kids" as they show us different types of dances. And you can do your own thing with "The Any Way You Fell Dance." All in all, there are nine terrific dances that are sure to make everyone want to dance along!
Music & Dance: Sesame Street Songs - Rock and Roll!
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Directed by: Jon Stone, Randall Balsmeyer
DJ Jackman Wolf is your host for this hip and happenin’ lesson in the two R’s: ROCK & ROLL. Sing, dance and laugh along as your Sesame Street friends phone in their favorite music video requests: Bert (Bert) digs "It’s Hip To Be Square." The Count’s #1 favorite is "Count Up To Nine" and Oscar’s (Oscar the Grouch) grouchin’ and groovin’ to "The World Is ‘No’." But wait, that’s not all! You’ll also get Grover’s "Monster In The Mirror," "Rock ‘N’ Roll Readers" by Chrissy and the Alphabeats and many, many more. Kids from 1 to 91 will love the sizzling sounds of Sesame Street’s Rock & Roll!
Music & Dance: Sesame Street's 25th Birthday - A Musical Celebration
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Directed by: Jon Stone, Randall Balsmeyer
Yes, Virginia, there was a Sesame Street before the Age of Elmo (Elmo). This 1993 collection highlights the role of music in the long-running series from Children's Television Workshop, and reminds us that such Jim Henson creations as Big Bird (Big Bird), Oscar the Grouch (Oscar the Grouch), Cookie Monster (Cookie Monster), and Ernie (Ernie) and Bert (Bert) were once part of a true ensemble of Muppet superstars. Nothing against Elmo, of course: kids adore him and he makes enough appearances in this anthology (including the show-stopping "Happy Tappin' with Elmo") to keep today's tykes happy. Also included is Ernie's classic "Rubber Duckie" (really, who doesn't know the words to that?), Oscar's anthemic "I Love Trash," you-know-who's "C Is for Cookie," and Big Bird's Big Finale, a rendition of "Sing" that includes the entire cast. There are 27 tunes in all, and they don't all involve singing puppets: Ladysmith Black Mambazo turns up for one track, and the "Sesame Street Jam Session" includes some actual playing of instruments.
Music & Dance: Sing Along
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Directed by: Jon Stone, Randall Balsmeyer
Written by: Sheryl J. Anderson
Kids will enjoy this half-hour Sesame Street video, in which the whole gang takes a piano up to the roof and sings some of their favorite songs. But they are frequently interrupted by workmen Biff and Sully, who keep tuning in songs on their TV (only to knock the antenna out of whack). The blend of people and puppets is charming, and the bits culled from the TV show add to the fun. A pair of highlights: Ernie (Ernie) sitting in his bathtub singing the big hit, "Rubber Ducky," and Bert (Bert) (in a magical bit of puppetry) dancing and singing "Doing the Pigeon."
Music & Dance: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies
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Directed by: Jon Stone, Randall Balsmeyer
It’s time for a special edition of Sneak Peek Previews! Hosts Telly and Oscar (Oscar the Grouch) are reviewing the silliest movies you’ve ever seen, featuring the silliest songs you’ve ever heard. Will these daffy ditties rate a "wow" or a "phooey?" Telly and Oscar just can’t agree. But one thing’s for sure: with songs this silly, you’ll have no choice but to sing yourself sillier!
Music & Dance: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals
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Directed by: Jon Stone, Randall Balsmeyer
Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals! Come hear the call of the wild as Big Bird (Big Bird) leads a musical menagerie in some of the funniest and silliest songs ever. You’ll want to sing, hoot and howl along with these twelve terrific tunes by animals, for animals and about animals. There’s Ernie’s (Ernie) immortal "Insects In Your Neighborhood," the timeless "Cluck Around The Clock" and many, many more. The beastly beat goes on and on with this Kooky collection of hits!
Music & Dance: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
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Directed by: Jon Stone, Randall Balsmeyer
We watch this about once a week (too often and we all get bored, no?) and every time it calms my 2 year-old who then goes to sleep quickly and soundly. The songs are lovely and there is a delightful story about how the sun and the moon came to live in the sky which is narrated by Ozzie Davis. The last song is a drift-y, dreamy sequence with balloons - a nice ending. This does not have the usual frenetic Sesame Street pace/quality but is rather sweet and very relaxing. Bert (Bert), Ernie (Ernie), Cookie Monster (Cookie Monster), Big Bird (Big Bird), etc. [no Elmo (Elmo)]. Excellent! We mix this goodnight video up with Kipper, Little People, Goodnight Moon and Maisy. Sweet dreams!
Music & Dance: We All Sing Together
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Directed by: Jon Stone, Randall Balsmeyer
Everyone's favorite anchormonster, Herry, hosts "The Monster Report," a song-filled investigative news show which asks kids, "who are they and what do they look like?" Ace reporters Elmo (Elmo), The Count and Telly find that kids come in lots of shapes, colors and sizes. The catchy "One Thousand Faces" and "I Want To Be Me," will have kids singing and clapping along, as they discover that no matter how different they seem on the outside, they're all just kids.
Music & Dance: What's the Name of That Song
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One electrifying hour of Sesame Street music and magic commemorates its 35th anniversary in this collection of 17 classic songs paired with a star-studded guest list. Superhero Grover provides the thematic storyline for musical merriment as he embarks on a mission to discover the "one special song the world can sing together." It's a difficult task since everyone in the Sesame Street cast has an opinion. Beginning with the opening number, "Sing" (which gives cameos to Ben Stiller, Conan O'Brien, the Dixie Chicks, and more), the tunes come in rapid succession along with the usual bantering and balderdash of Kermit, Oscar (Oscar the Grouch), and the gang. There is no shortage of hilarity, whether watching Wayne Brady sing "Between" sandwiched in the middle of Big Bird (Big Bird) and Snuffy; or Queen Latifah belt a rap rendition of "That's the Letter O." It is no wonder that Sesame Street remains timeless with such servings of exquisite entertainment targeted at youngsters yet enjoyed by all. (Ages 3 to 8)
Music & Dance: Zoe's Dance Moves
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Directed by: Jon Stone, Randall Balsmeyer
Get ready to dance! It's a toe-tapping, finger-snapping good time when Paula Abdul gives Zoe her very first dance lesson! Soon Sesame Street's favorite ballerina is learning how to step with pep in a ballet warm-up, get the beat in her feet from an African drum, be grand with her hands in an Asian dance, and just have fun with Zoe's own Silly Willy Nilly dance. And, that's not all! When Zoe's best friend Elmo (Elmo) joins in, everyone moves and grooves to a hip-hop, feel-good finale that will get you up and dancing along! report error and omissions here
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