Little Jerry and the Monotones

Little Jerry and the Monotones is a rock group on Sesame Street that first appeared as a music group in 1970.

With Little Jerry as the frontman and backup singers Big Jeffy, Chrissy and Rockin' Richard, the group evolved from a group of Anything Muppet hippies that frequently appeared in Muppet inserts, often in musical numbers. Eventually basic features, hair, and clothing were kept for the individual members in order to maintain the band's continuity, though some small changes (such as nose color or different eyes) were sometimes made. All members of the band are named after the people who performed their voices; Little Jerry is named after Jerry Nelson, Rockin' Richard by Richard Hunt, Christopher Cerf was Chrissy, and Jeff Moss supplied the bass voice for Big Jeffy.

Although there were usually four members of the band, an extra member, being an un-named Purple Anything Muppet, appeared in the song "A Body Full Of Rythym",

In an episode from 2000, the group made a comeback appearance in a concert to perform "When You Move the Mouse, It Makes the Arrow Go." The group shed most of their hippie garb and wore more contemporary, yet still flashy clothes. Little Jerry's dashiki was traded in for a white shirt, black vest, and sunglasses, while Big Jeffy wore a fringed leather vest instead of his bone necklace and triangle-patterned shirt. Chrissy appeared among the other two wearing an Elvis-like pompadour, and now wore a black coat and a yellow shirt, instead of his flowered-dashiki, black-velcroed vest, and medalion, and was referred to as "Little Richie".

The band appeared in two early 70s sketches with Grover. In one sketch, Grover demonstrates the word "Exit", with the band exiting and entering the door where the exit sign is. In another sketch, Grover demonstrates the word "Walk", with the band holding up the letters representing the word.

Songs

 * "A Body Full of Rhythm"
 * "Danger"
 * "Four"
 * "Mad"
 * "Mountain of Love"
 * "Proud"
 * "Sad"
 * "Surprise!"
 * "Telephone Rock" (Also sung at the end of the "Rock N' Roll!" Vhs)
 * "When You Move The Mouse, It Makes the Arrow Go"
 * "With Every Beat of My Heart"

The Monotones, (without Little Jerry), also sang back-up for Don Music, in the song "Mary Had a Bicycle."

Video appearances

 * Rock & Roll