Bedtime Stories & Songs



Bedtime Stories & Songs is a Sesame Street direct-to-video program, released on VHS as part of the My Sesame Street Home Video label in 1986. The video was re-released with different segments under the new title of Sleepytime Songs & Stories in 1996 and on DVD in 2005.

The framing story involves Big Bird speaking to the audience, offering advice on the best ways to fall asleep. A Honker and her baby stop by, and Telly arrives for a sleepover with heaps of cuddly toys that he couldn't sleep without. Buster the Horse demonstrates how to fall asleep standing up and Susan comments from her apartment window.

Segments

 * "Dance Myself to Sleep"
 * The Count counts sheep (partial)
 * Grover pretends that he is on the moon (Bedtime releases only)
 * "The Moon Shines" -- animation with vocals by Jerry Nelson (Sleepytime releases only)
 * "If Moon Was Cookie"
 * The King's Problem with Maria (Bedtime releases only)
 * An African story about the sun and the moon narrated by Maria and "Anansi the Spider" (Ossie Davis) (Sleepytime releases only)
 * "Snuffle Lullabye"
 * "Everybody Sleeps" (Bedtime releases feature the original version, which was replaced with the 1990s remake on Sleepytime releases)
 * "Imagination"

Cast
Muppet Performers
 * Caroll Spinney as Big Bird
 * Jim Henson as Ernie and The King
 * Frank Oz as Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, The Tallest and Smallest Persons in the Kingdom
 * Jerry Nelson as Count von Count, The Smartest and Fastest Persons in the Kingdom
 * Richard Hunt
 * Martin P. Robinson as Mr. Snuffleupagus, Telly Monster and Buster the Horse
 * Kevin Clash
 * Pam Arciero
 * Bryant Young

Cast
 * Sonia Manzano as Maria
 * Roscoe Orman as Gordon
 * Loretta Long as Susan

Credits

 * Writers: Sara Compton, Judy Freudberg, Luis Santeiro, Ray Sipherd
 * Director: Jon Stone
 * Songs by: Joe Raposo, Jeffrey Moss, Christopher Cerf, Stephen Lawrence, Luis Santeiro, Norman Stiles