Bedtime Stories & Songs

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

Release Date	1986
Produced by	Random House Home Video
Catalogue no.	88309
Format	VHS

Title — *Sleepytime Songs & Stories* title card.

Bedtime Stories & Songs is a 1986 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, released on VHS as part of the My Sesame Street Home Video label. 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" (First: Episode 1705)
The Count counts sheep (partial)
Grover pretends that he is on the moon (Bedtime releases only) (First: Episode 1309)
"The Moon Shines" -- animation with vocals by Jerry Nelson (EKA: Episode 2775) (Sleepytime releases only)
"If Moon Was Cookie" (EKA: Episode 2619)
The King's Problem with Maria (EKA: Episode 0407) (Bedtime releases only)
An African story about the sun and the moon narrated by Maria and "Anansi the Spider" (Ossie Davis) (EKA: Episode 3741) (Sleepytime releases only)
"Snuffle Lullabye" (EKA: Episode 2099)
"Everybody Sleeps" (Bedtime releases feature the original version, which was replaced with the 1990s remake on Sleepytime releases)
"Imagination" (EKA: Episode 0493)