Sesame Street Billy Joel And Marlee Matlin Sing Just The Way You Are
Billy Joel and Marlee Matlin sing for Oscar the Grouch.
Billy Joel (b. 1949) appeared on Sesame Street during Season 20 (1989), singing "Just the Way You Are" with Marlee Matlin for Oscar the Grouch, and "The Alphabet Song" to a group of kids and Anything Muppets.
His song, "New York State of Mind," was performed by Floyd in episodes 209 and 301 of The Muppet Show and by Rowlf on the album Ol' Brown Ears is Back.
In the video Do the Alphabet, part of Big Bird's method of learning the alphabet is impersonating Joel and his performance of "The Alphabet Song" follows. Baby Bear dons a pair of sunglasses and is given a piano to replicate this appearance.
Mentions[]
- Sesame Street is referenced in the 1982 song "Pressure," which Joel wrote before appearing on the program in 1989. The subject of the song, a naïf who is having trouble handling pressure, is described as "All grown up and no place to go / Psych 1, Psych 2, What do you know? / All your life is Channel 13 / Sesame Street / What does it mean?"
- Note: Channel 13 is WNET, the PBS station in New York City.
References[]
- Dr. Sing hums "Play me a song, Mr. Tuba Man" after Telly agrees to bring his tuba on his next check-up at the hospital in Sesame Street Episode 3113, referencing Joel's song "Piano Man."