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Elmo Says BOO! (video)

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Elmo Says BOO! is a Sesame Street special released on VHS on July 8, 1997[1] and later broadcast on PBS beginning October 26, 1997 as Halloween programming.[2]

In the special, Elmo visits Count von Count's castle to tell him funny, scary jokes. Classic Sesame Street segments are separated with new joke segments set in the castle's exterior featuring one Sesame Street character and a child, with others on the interior featuring the Count, Elmo, and some combination of the castle's inhabitants.

Segments[]

Image Segment Description
ESB01
 FRAME 1 Elmo arrives at the Count's castle to tell him some spooky jokes and gets frightened by the surroundings. Elmo tries to knock, but the knocker activates itself. Before the Count opens the door, they exchange a knock-knock joke, making it the first joke on the Count's list, punctuated by an animated ghost holding the corresponding numeral. As the Count brings Elmo inside, the door shuts itself too.
Sesame-ghost

ESB02
 FRAME 1 cont'd In the castle, the Count asks Elmo what a ghost's favorite dessert is. A Muppet ghost swoops in with the punchline ("Boo-berry pie!"), frightening Elmo. The joke tickles the funny bone of a skeleton, who used to sing a song with the Count...
Song.Bones
 Muppets The Count sings about bones.
(First: Episode 1386)
Beginning and ending cut
ESB03
 FRAME 2 Baby Bear tells Eileen a scary joke from one of the Count's balconies.
ESB04
 FRAME 2 cont'd The Count and Elmo get a good laugh from Baby Bear's joke. Elmo tells another, which makes a painting of the Countess Groan-a Lisa (Martin P. Robinson) laugh as well. The Count assures Elmo he shouldn't be scared. Elmo shows he's well acquainted on the topic of being scared...
Elmo.JuliaRoberts
 Muppets / Celebrity Elmo and Julia Roberts demonstrate fear.
(First: Episode 2790)
New music button added
Greeny!!
 Cartoon An orange ball tries to pet a green ball, which growls, scaring him away.
(First: Episode 2118)
Cut from the PBS version
Song.Transylvania1-2-3-4-5
 Insert At Birdland, Lillian sings "Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5" with The Count and his All-Bat Band.
(First: Episode 2834)
Beginning cut
ESB05
 FRAME 3 Rosita tells a girl the infamous "boo-who" knock-knock joke.
ESB06
 FRAME 3 cont'd The Count tells a joke, which causes his pipe organ to play by itself. The Count translates what it says next: a monster song is coming, though Elmo claims he's familiar with the song...
Song.WeAreAllMonsters
 Muppets Four monsters, including Elmo, sing "We Are All Monsters." (redubbed version)
(First: Episode 2731)
ESB07
 FRAME 4 Joey and Davey Monkey rush over to Nicky and ask him "What did the ghost give the monkeys?" What else? "BOO-NANAS!" The two monkeys crack up, while Nicky rolls his eyes.
Bae21
 Muppets Ernie and Bert: Egyptian Mummies — Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid.
(First: Episode 1621)
Edited, new sound effects added
ESB08
 FRAME 5 Elmo and The Count listen to a joke by his suit of armor, Sir Count-a-Lot (Joey Mazzarino), bringing the joke total to 8.
1708l
 Cartoon 8 Bats
Artist: Owe Gustafson
(First: Episode 1552)
The PBS version slightly trims the beginning and edits out the ending.
RiplinesFrazzle
 Muppets "Frazzle" with Frazzle & The Frazzletones
(First: Episode 0846)
New graphics added
ESB09
 FRAME 6 Kingston Livingston III asks Joseph what kind of bat knows his ABCs. "The Alpha-Bat!"
ESB10
 FRAME 6 cont'd The Count's bats (Linz and Carmen Osbahr) get their turn to tell a joke, which is a baseball bat pun. Elmo thinks they tell great jokes, and the Count adds they sing great as well...
Character.bats
 Muppets The Count sings "The Batty Bat."
(First: Episode 2096)
ESB11
 FRAME 7 Telly asks a girl what kind of bat is part of the circus. "An acro-bat!" He gets such a kick from the joke, he tells it again.
ESB12
 FRAME 7 cont'd Elmo and the Count begin to recite several more jokes until they get tuckered out and can't think of any more. The organ suggests they go to the kitchen for some screech cobbler. Elmo adds the pun to the joke list, making 15 jokes. He does a Count-like laugh and summons some thunder, scaring him into the kitchen. The credits follow from the view inside the castle through one of the windows, with the Muppet ghost floating in and out periodically.
The PBS version uses a unique set of credits, with a different font and rolling quicker.

Releases[]

DVD chapters[]

  1. Elmo Visits the Count
  2. The Count Sings
  3. Elmo Scares Julia
  4. Scary Song: Transylvania 12345
  5. Silly Song: We're All Monsters
  6. Bert and Ernie Explore
  7. Funny Song: Frazzle Laughs
  8. Batty Song: Doin' the Batty Bat

Notes[]

  • The video was originally going to be a Halloween production with many references to the holiday spread out but got changed at the last minute.[3]

Cast[]

  • with special appearances by: Julia Roberts, Lillias White
  • Child Talent: Joseph Brancale, Cecilia Gonzalez, Eileen Gonzales, Melissa Remo, Nicholas Sullivan

Credits[]

Artwork of the Groan-a Lisa by graphic designer Mike Pantuso.

Artwork of the Groan-a Lisa by graphic designer Mike Pantuso.

Sources[]

  1. ↑ Discount Store News Vol 36, Issue 11 June 2, 1997
  2. ↑ PBS.org listing (archived)
  3. ↑ Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show Emily Perl Kingsley (Writer) || Ep. 82 (39:11) January 4, 2023
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