Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert

Released in 1972.

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Track Listing

SIDE ONE

1. Lots of Stuff - Ernie & Bert and Everybody
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo © 1972
2. Marching Song - Big Bird, Ernie & Bert and Everybody
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo © 1972
3. The Listening Game - Ernie & Bert and Cookie Monster
   Written by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl © 1972
4. Just Three Colors - Big Bird and Oscar
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo © 1972
5. Name the Animal - Ernie, Grover, and Everybody
   Written by Jerry Juhl © 1972
6. Y'all Fall Down - Big Bird, Ernie & Bert and Grover
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo © 1972
7. Imagination - Ernie
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo © 1972
8. Clink, Clank - Bert
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo © 1972

SIDE TWO

1. Tiger Hunt - Ernie and Mr. Tiger
   Written by Jerry Juhl © 1972
2. Simple Song - Oscar, Big Bird, Grover, Ernie and Friends
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo © 1972
3. The Magic Cookie - Herbert Birdsfoot, Cookie Monster and the Magic Cast
   Written by Jerry Juhl © 1972
4. Pat Pat Patty Pat - Bert, Herbert Birdsfoot, Big Bird, Prairie Dawn, Grover and Ernie
   Lyrics by Jerry Juhl, Music by Joe Raposo © 1972
5. Grover Takes a Walk - Grover
   Written by Jerry Juhl © 1972
6. The Drawing Song - Ernie & Bert, Prairie Dawn, Farley, and Everybody
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo © 1972
7. Put It Away - Ernie & Bert and Everybody
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo © 1972

Production Credits

Produced by:

Jim Henson

Album conceived by:

Jerry Juhl and Jim Henson

Written by:

Jerry Juhl and Joe Raposo

Musical Direction by:

Joe Raposo

The talents of:

Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Fran Brill and Jim Henson

Produced for CBS by:

Arthur Shimkin

Studio Control and Editing by:

Jim Timmens

Visuals by:

Smollin Associates Inc.

Cover Photograph by:

Chuck Rowan

Engineered by:

Arthur Kennedy, Stan Tonkel and Jim Greelan

Sound effects by:

Barbara Wood and Ed Blainey

Ernie and Bert were built by:

Donald Sahlin

Associate Producer:

Diana Birkenfield

The Cast

The Muppets created by Jim Henson

Frank Oz as Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster

Jerry Nelson as Herbert Birdsfoot and Farley

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn and The Magic Cast

and

Jim Henson as Ernie

Album Notes

Dear Parents (or other grown up people),

Usually when a child puts a record on the phonograph he just sits down and listens to it.

Not this record! (At least that's not the way we've planned it.)

In this record we will be asking your child to play gaesm and sing and dance and march and play musical instruments and use his or her imagination.

It's great fun!

Now there are a few simple objects that your child will want to have to play with while he's listening to the record. He doesn't have to have them - but it will help. On the other side of this record you will find a list of things that he might need.

Here's the list - maybe you can help gather the things together:

1. The album cover this record came in. That's easy enough. On the album cover is a special color wheel that's fun to play with while listening to the song "Just Three Colors." And there's a big picture map that make it easier to follow the story "The Magic Cookie."

2. For "Clink Clank" you'll need a toy whistle. Or a couple of Kitchen pans. Or something that rattles - like a tin can with a few marbles or stones inside. Better yet, have all three things handy.

3. For "Simple Song" something to play a melody on. A toy piano or xylophone is fine, but you don't really need them. Three pansor pots or tin cans will do. Just so they make three different musical notes -high middle and low - when you tap them with a spoon or pencil. (Better not us glasses though. I tried that and broke one.)

4. Something to draw with. We'll be needing that for "The Drawing Song" as you might guess. Paper, pencil crayons, marker pens...blackboard and chalk...anything like that.

And that's all there is to it. By the way, don't worry about the kids making a mess on the living room rug with all this stuff. At the end of the record we even have a clean up song. That was Bert's idea. He's a very tidy person.

Have fun,

Ernie

CC 25506

See Also

• Sesame Street Discography