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Let's Make Music

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Animated opening title screen.

Animated opening title screen.

Let's Make Music is a 2000 Sesame Street video collecting segments about musical instruments from the show, with a new framing sequence involving the members of Stomp and Telly losing his tuba and learning how to make music without it.


Segments[]

Image Segment Description
LMM-1
 SCENE 1 In the garage, two members of Stomp, Keith and Jason, play the "Sesame Street Theme" on various pots, pans, and whatever's around them. They make their way outside, where they find a tuba sitting out in the open. They decide to take it to find its rightful owner and make music by tapping it.
2404n
 Muppets Ernie and Bert: Tuba Sounds — Bert begs Simon Soundman to teach him how to make tuba sounds.
(First: Episode 2386)
LMM-2

LMM-3
 SCENE 2 Telly passes Hooper's Store and tells Alan he's about to play with a famous music group. When he runs to the yard to get his tuba, he finds it's not there! He worries that he'll never be able to make music again. Meanwhile, Stomp member Luke Cresswell comes across Alan's broom and experiments with the sounds he can make with it.
PhotoRhythm
 Film A rhythm is made of breaking eggs, door slams, cans dropping, ice, and feet stepping.
(First: Episode 3682)
3960m
 Film Six kids dance on a playground to the same beat.
(First: Episode 3819)
LMM-4

LMM-5
 SCENE 3 Elmo tries to cheer up Telly by showing him that he can still make music. He, Alan, the Honkers, a Dinger, Oscar, and the kids perform "What Makes Music?" to show him all the things he can make music with. After the song, they watch Kimmarie, another member of Stomp, pass by making music from shaking her mint container.
Handsmakemusicassortedobjects
 Film The cast of Stomp, their arms only showing up onscreen, make music from assorted objects.
BangingSoundWaves
 Film Kids play rhythms on pots, pans, a barrel and a washboard.
(First: Episode 3443)
LMM-6
 SCENE 4 Sitting on the stoop, Elmo shows Telly that he can use his voice to make music. He demonstrates by singing the number chorus from "Pinball Number Count." Luke and two other Stomp members (RJ and Marivaldo) come by to provide more music with brooms.
Pinball 12
 Cartoon "Pinball Number Count" #12 (new sound effects added)
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 0985)
LMM-7

LMM-8
 SCENE 5 Oscar holds a Grouchketeer meeting where they bang on rusty cans to make rhythms. Keith and Jason, still with Telly’s tuba, ask them if they've lost it. They learn Oscar and friends are playing the "Can-Can" game, where only people with cans can play. They leave and come back with large barrels on their feet and sticks to hit them with!
Oatmealbox
 Muppets Bert sings about his love for making music from hitting an “Oatmeal Box.”
(First: Episode 3610)
Jamaicadrums
 Film Kids in Jamaica play bongo drums.
(First: Episode 3160)
LMM-9

LMM-10
 SCENE 6 Baby Bear looks in Hooper's for Telly's tuba. He comes up empty-handed when he sighs into one of the empty glass bottles and makes a tooting noise. Baby Bear shows this new discovery to Telly and joins Stomp patrons Camille, Mike, and RJ in the store in making music with the bottles. Telly still prefers the big sound of his tuba and keeps looking.
AnimalFootsteps
 Cartoon An elephant, a zebra, a hedgehog, an ostrich, a frog, and a ladybug create a rhythm with their footsteps.
Artist: Karen Aqua
(First: Episode 2794)
PlaygroundRhyme
 Film A girl wants to learn a playground rhyme after watching some other girls do it, so one of them teaches her. (beginning edited)
(First: Episode 2284)
LMM-11
 SCENE 7 Luke teaches Elmo, Rosita, and the kids to make music with their bodies by clapping hands, stomping feet, and tapping their heads. Elmo and Rosita then have everyone put their hands together and apart, going faster and faster until they turn it into applause for Luke.
3161g
 Song "Body Dance" (MC Lyte)
(First: Episode 2816)
Lukecresswell

LMM-12
 SCENE 8 Elmo introduces Telly to Luke and explains his problem. Luke shows Telly that he can still make music by drumming on objects near Oscar's trash can. Some Stomp members and kids join in with their own instruments, and RJ hops out of Oscar's can. (Oscar: "And don't come back!")
LMM-13

LMM-14
 SCENE 8 cont'd A flood of more Stomp members, kids, and Muppets dance their way into the yard, making music from ordinary objects. Telly is then reunited with his tuba, and the cast breaks out into another percussive jam session as the credits roll.

Releases[]

Notes[]

  • This video is notably the first Sesame Street home video released after Children's Television Workshop officially rebranded to Sesame Workshop. A still version of Sesame Workshop's original logo appears at the beginning of the original 2000 release of the tape.
  • Kevin Clash's daughter Shannon appears as a Grouchketeer.

Cast[]

LetsMakeMusicCast
  • also Starring: Alan Muraoka as Alan
  • With Special Appearance by Luke Cresswell
  • And the Cast of Stomp:
    • Keith Middleton, Jason Mills, Kimmarie Lynch, Michael Paris, RJ Samson, Marivaldo Dos Santos, Camille Shuford
  • Child Talent:
    • Naamah Ahava Armstrong, Jack Berner, Shannon Clash, Louie Cresswell, Inka Cresswell, Sara Dhiri, Kali Dos Santos, Morgan Durkel, Jasmine Holloway, Kathleen Herles, Kenny Kim, Nichole Kolman, Dakota Kornicker, Troy Lamont Dupont-Shuford, Devon Liu, Maddy McNicholas, Qaassim Middleton, Shaquille Nelson, Megan Ng, Sunset Paris, Nicole Rifkin, Daniel Roman, James Salem, Rebecca Whitney, Heather Whitney

Credits[]

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