Around the World

SSLive-AroundTheWorld-boat — Grover, Cookie, and Herry sing about how they miss their furry, blue mommies.

SSLive-AroundTheWorld-China — The gang uses colorful umbrellas for a dance in China.

Around The World is the fourth Sesame Street Live stage show produced by VEE Corporation, and toured from 1983 through 1985.

Story[]

Cookie Monster is a contestant on a TV quiz show hosted by Guy Smiley. When Cookie Monster is declared the winner, Guy Smiley gives Cookie Monster a choice of a world tour for himself and his friends or a delicious chocolate chip cookie as his prize. The gang urges Cookie to take the trip, telling him about all the kinds of food he can sample in different countries. Cookie Monster picks the trip, and his friends travel around the world. They partake in a traditional hat dance in Mexico, visit the Moulin Rouge in Paris, and play an echo game in the mountains of Switzerland. Throughout the journey Prairie Dawn meets up with the group, masquerading as various characters including Carmelita O'Brien and gypsy fortune teller Madame Zsa Zsa.

Cast[]

Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Guy Smiley, Prairie Dawn, Grover, Count von Count, Forgetful Jones, Herry Monster, The Seedy Birds, Honkers, Granny, Pinkie Monster, Starr Filter

This show was the Sesame Street Live debut of Guy Smiley and the Honkers. The costume used for "Starr Filter" in this show is usually known as "the Teenager."

Acts[]

Act I[]

Hello, How Are You? - Big Bird, Herry Monster, Grover The Count, Honkers, Forgetful Jones, Granny, Starr Filter, Ernie, Bert
Pick Your Prize - Cookie Monster, Guy Smiley, Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, The Count, Forgetful Jones, Granny, Herry Monster, Oscar the Grouch
Mexico - Prairie Dawn, Seedy Birds, Pinkie Monster, Ernie, Bert, Big Bird, Guy Smiley Cookie Monster, Forgetful Jones, The Count, Honkers, Herry Monster, Grover, Oscar the Grouch
Italy - Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Cookie Monster, Herry Monster
London - Honkers, The Count, Seedy Birds, Forgetful Jones, Starr Filter, Granny
Dance Myself to Sleep - Ernie, Bert
Toy Train - Grover, Forgetful Jones, Guy Slimey, Cookie Monster, The Count, Starr Fitler, Pinkie Monster, Granny, Honkers, Bert, Ernie
Somebody Come and Play - Prairie Dawn
Paris - Prairie Dawn, Seedy Birds, Honkers, Ernie, Bert, The Count, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, Guy Smiley, Forgetful Jones, Grover, Herry Monster, Pinkie Monster, Granny, Starr Filter

Act II[]

China - Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Bert, Prairie Dawn, Pinkie Monster, Seedy Birds, Granny, The Count, Ernie, Herry Monster, Forgetful Jones, Guy Smiley, Honkers, Grover
ABC-DEF-GHI - Big Bird
Transylvania - The Count, Prairie Dawn, Bert, Ernie, Forgetful Jones, Big Bird, Guy Smiley, Honkers, Pinkie Monster, Seedy Birds, Starr Filter
Switzerland - Grover, Cookie Monster
I Don't Want to Live on the Moon - Ernie, Prairie Dawn
USA - Big Bird, Prairie Dawn, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, The Count, Oscar the Grouch, Guy Smiley, Herry Monster, Forgetful Jones, Seedy Birds, Honkers, Granny, Starr Filter, Pinkie Monster

Songs[]

"Sesame Street Theme"
"Sing"
"Hello, How Are You?" (Pottle-Kingsley)
"I Want to Say Welcome"
"How Do You Get from Here to There?"
"Furry Blue Mommy"
"Honk Around a Clock"
"Dance Myself to Sleep"
"Somebody Come and Play"
"Pat Pat Patty Pat"
"We're Going to China"
"ABC-DEF-GHI"
"Count Up to Nine"
"Sing After Me"
"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon"
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
"Goin' Home"

Underscore
Music by Paul Walberg

"Pick Your Prize"
"Toy Train" (Henson-Connell)
"Empress of China"
"Shanghai Sesame"

Voices[]

Jim Henson as Ernie and Guy Smiley
Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover and Bert
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
Jerry Nelson as The Count and Herry Monster
Richard Hunt as Forgetful Jones
Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn

Credits[]

Produced by Bob Shipstad
Written by Jon Stone and Joseph Bailey
Directed and Choreographed by Miriam Nelson
Production Associate: Paul Walberg
Art Director/Scenic Design/Technical Coordinator: Jim Waters
Muppet Character Design by Jim Henson, Donald Sahlin, Caroly Wilcox, Kermit Love
New Sesame Street Live Muppets designed by Michael Frith
Muppet costumes designed and built by Muppets, Inc.
- Design and supervision of construction: Connie Peterson; Assisted by Julie Zobel
- Mechanical animation by Mae Canaga; Assisted by Marilee Canaga
Program — Muppet Illustrations: Joe Mathieu

Galleries[]

Commercials[]

One television commercial for Around the World showed the Sesame characters' bags packed for their trip. Another featured an off-screen Cookie Monster booking his trip with a travel agent. (YouTube)