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Song.HandTalk
Music by Christopher Cerf
Lyrics by Nancy Sans
Date 1989
Publisher Splotched Animal Music Co.
Sesame Street Inc.
First Episode 2622

"Hand Talk" is a Sesame Street song about using hands to communicate, a spoof on the Johnny Otis classic "Willie and the Hand Jive."

The televised version is sung by Glenny T. of 14 Karat Soul (with additional vocals by Lillias White) and features cameos from Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and The Grouchketeers.

Big Bird, Oscar, Telly, Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie perform the song for the album releases.

Notes[]

  • In the segment, Rick Lyon performs Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Oscar who don't have any speaking lines.[1][2]
  • Clips from the "Italian Street Song" are used during the segment.

Releases[]

Audio
Video

Sources[]

  1. โ†‘ lyonpuppets.com, [1] [2]
  2. โ†‘ Documents provided by trusted source