Evening at the Pops

Evening at the Pops: A Special Program with Arthur Fiedler and Friends from Sesame Street aired on PBS on Setember 12, 1971.

This one-hour special was part of a series of music programs featuring the Boston Pops Orchestra. In this program, conductor Arthur Fiedler and the orchestra are joined by some of the Sesame Street regulars for an evening of entertainment, performed for an audience of children.

The orchestra opens the program with a selection of musical offerings, including Julius Fucik's Entrance of the Gladiators, Franz von Suppe's Light Cavalry Overture, and Burt Bacharach's Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.

Cookie Monster and the other Sesame Street cast members are featured in a performance of Leopold Mozart's Toy Symphony. In other highlights, Kermit the Frog sings Bein' Green; Ernie sings Rubber Duckie; Susan, Gordon and Mr. Hooper perform a sampling of some popular Sesame Street tunes, and Big Bird conducts the orchestra in a counting song.

The rebroadcast of the program on August 30, 1981 featured an introduction by John Williams.

Credits

 * Executive Producer/Producer/Director: William N. Cosel


 * Writer for Sesame Street: Jeffrey Moss


 * Symphony Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra


 * Conductor: Arthur Fiedler


 * Music Director: Joe Raposo


 * Muppet Performers: Jim Henson, Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz


 * Cast: Matt Robinson, Loretta Long, Bob McGrath, Will Lee