Aladdin

Ernie is Aladdin in The Sesame Street Storytime Calendar 1982.

Aladdin, from a "Sesame Street News Flash" sketch.

Scene from "When You Wish Upon a Muppet."

Baby Animal as a genie on the Muppet Babies episode.

Muppet Babies comic book.

Aladdin as portrayed in Barrio Sesamo.

Muppet Whatnot versions of Aladdin and the genie from the Muppet Babies' "When You Wish Upon a Rizzo."

Aladdin is the title character of "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp", a story from One Thousand and One Nights. An 18th-century addition to the collection by Hanna Diyab and Antoine Galland, the fairy tale is arguably the Nights' best-known story, and it has been depicted or spoofed by the Muppets on several occasions.

Appearances

• In a Sesame Street News Flash sketch from Season 8 of Sesame Street, Aladdin's magic lamp is electrical, as opposed to the oil lamp traditionally used in the story. When Aladdin asks the Genie (recognizable by his light brown hair) for help turning the light on, the Genie shoots back that he isn't an electrician, so Kermit suggests that Aladdin screw in a light bulb, plug the lamp into an electrical outlet, and turn on the switch. In addition to his magic lamp, Aladdin has a magic toaster and a magic hot-comb. In this appearance, Aladdin was performed by Frank Oz, was made from the Anything Muppet pattern Large Lavender Live Hand.

• When The Muppet Show featured a sketch with Aladdin in episode 518, the character was played by Gonzo.

• In Episode 114 of Fraggle Rock, Ma Gorg tells the "great Gorgic myth" of Aladdin to Junior Gorg, who performs a song about what he would do if he had a genie.

• David Alan Grier guest starred as Aladdin in Sesame Street Episode 4025.

• In The Sesame Street Storytime Calendar 1982, the month of January parodied this story with Ernie playing the role of Aladdin and Big Bird portraying the Genie.

• An Anything Muppet portrays the character in an episode of Barrio Sésamo.

• Aladdin and the Genie appear in Elmo's Lift-and-Peek Around the Corner Book.

• In the TV movie Arabian Nights, with effects by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Jason Scott Lee played Aladdin.

• In 2019, Bill Barretta (as Pepe the King Prawn) and Bill Farmer (as Goofy) performed a cover of "A Whole New World" from Disney's 1992 film Aladdin on a Disney Cruise Line ship.

Connections

See Faerie Tale Theatre for more connections

• Howard Ashman wrote three songs for Aladdin (1992), reused in later Disney versions
• Jason Alexander voiced Abis Mal in The Return of Jafar (1994) and the Aladdin TV series and Captain Al-Butross in the episode "Plunder the Sea"
• John Barrowman played Aladdin in a 2007 West-End London Christmas pantomime.
• Dan Castellaneta voiced the Genie in The Return of Jafar (1994), the Aladdin TV series, and elsewhere
• Tim Curry voiced Amok Mon-Ra and Caliph Kapok on the Aladdin TV series
• Michael Dorn voiced Brisbane in the TV series episode "The Animal Kingdom"
• Jonathan Freeman voiced Jafar in Aladdin (1992) and The Return of Jafar (1994), originated the role in the Broadway musical (2014), and voiced Ding in the series episode "The Game"
• Gilbert Gottfried voiced Iago in Aladdin (1992) and its spinoffs
• James Monroe Iglehart played the Genie in the Broadway version of Aladdin (2014)
• Carol Kane voiced Brawnhilda in two episodes of the TV series
• Suki Lopez understudied as Jasmine in a Disney Cruise Lines production
• Kellie Martin voiced Sadira in four episodes of the TV series
• Ian McKellen played Widow Twankie in the 2004/2005 Old Vic stage production.
• Alan Menken composed the music for Aladdin (1992) and the live-action remake (2019)
• Alan Muraoka was a two month replacement as Iago in the Broadway musical (2016)
• Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote new lyrics for Aladdin (2019)
• Nasim Pedrad played Dalia in Aladdin (2019)
• Lea Salonga sang as Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (1992)
• George Takei voiced Chang in the 1997 "Aladdin" episode of Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
• Scott Weinger voiced Aladdin in Aladdin (1992) and its spinoffs and crossovers
• Frank Welker voiced Abu and Rajah in Aladdin (1992) and its spinoffs, the Cave of Wonders in the film and the 2019 remake, and others on the series (1994-1995)
• Robin Williams voiced the Genie in Aladdin (1992) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
• B. D. Wong voiced Aladdin and the Genie in the 1997 "Aladdin" episode of Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

External links

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