Joseph A. Bailey is a writer who has worked on many Henson productions, including The Muppet Show and Sesame Street. He began his Muppet career in 1973, writing for Sesame Street for the next ten years as both a staff writer and freelancer, and worked on the second season and the first half of the third season of The Muppet Show. He also wrote or co-wrote such songs as "I Just Adore Four" and "I Can't Help It." Bailey later reflected on his writing experiences with the Muppets in his 2011 autobiography, Memoirs of a Muppets Writer.
Bailey's other writing credits include The Robert Klein Show and the children's series Hot Hero Sandwich, The Great Space Coaster, and The Puzzle Place.
Writing credits
- Sesame Street
- The Muppet Show (1977-1979)
- Muppet Meeting Films
- Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
- Rocky Mountain Holiday
- Big Bird in China
Stage shows
- A Sesame Street Mystery: The Case of the Missing Rara Avis
- Big Bird's Super Spectacular Totally Amateur Show
- Big Bird's Sesame Street Story
Albums
- Bert's Blockbusters
- Bert & Ernie Sing-Along
- Big Bird Sings!
- C is for Cookie
- The Count Counts
- Ernie's Hits
- Grin & Giggle with Big Bird
- Grover Sings the Blues
- Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella
- Letters ...and Numbers, Too!
- The Sesame Street Monsters!
- Somebody Come and Play