The Sesame Street Live: Around the World cast.
Grover, Cookie, and Herry sing about how they miss their furry, blue mommies.
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.
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
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."
Vocals[]
- 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
- Louise Gold as Starr Filter
Songs[]
- Sesame Street Theme
- Sing
- Hello, How Are You?
- 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
Production Credits[]
- Produced by Bob Shipstad
- Written by Jon Stone and Joseph A. Bailey
- Directed and Choreographed by Miriam Nelson
- Music Director by Paul Walberg
- Dialog Editing, Music Recording & Mixing by Allen Kaufman
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)
Sample pages from the program[]
See also[]
External links[]
- Pete Bishop, "Sesame Street takes fun-filled world tour" (review), The Pittsburgh Press, 24 January 1985.
- "Sesame Street' Great For Crumb-crushers", The Palm Beach Post, 28 September 1984