Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert

Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert album cover.

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Released	1972
Format	LP
Label	Columbia Records
Cat no.	CC 25506

Back cover.

Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert features Ernie, Bert and their friends getting together to play games and sing songs. This album was also released simultaneously as 7 consecutively numbered singles, packaged as individual book and record sets. It was later released as a "Carry About" boxed set of 45s, although the song groupings on each record were different from the individual single releases. The album was later released in Australia on the Summit label in 1976.

Track listing

Side One

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

Side Two

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

Cast

• 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
• Jim Henson as Ernie

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
• Visuals by Smollin Associates Inc.
• Cover Photograph by Chuck Rowan
• Associate Producer: Diana Birkenfield

Other releases

• C 5006 (Sesame Street cassette)
• T 5006 (Sesame Street 8-track tape)
• C 79011 (Sesame Street cassette)

CassetteGNL-226
Sight & Sound

See Also

• Sesame Street Discography