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The performers for the group included [[Christopher Cerf]] as Little Chrissy. The voices of the back-up Alphabeats varied, including Christopher Cerf, [[Richard Hunt]], [[Jerry Nelson]] and [[Jeff Moss]]. |
The performers for the group included [[Christopher Cerf]] as Little Chrissy. The voices of the back-up Alphabeats varied, including Christopher Cerf, [[Richard Hunt]], [[Jerry Nelson]] and [[Jeff Moss]]. |
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| − | In the group's first appearance, "[[Count It Higher (song)|Count it Higher]]," the band appeared as a quartet, including an extra [[Hot Pink]] Anything Muppet (voiced by [[Jerry Nelson]]) with orange hair and a blue-and-white striped shirt, and the Green and Lavender Alphabeats had a wilder look, with wider eyes and messier hair. The color of their hair was also different, with the Green Alphabeat sporting spiky black hair and the Lavender one with an unkempt blond hairdo. The following season, the Hot Pink Alphabeat was dropped, and the band was reduced to a trio with the Green and Lavender Alphabeats given their primary looks with the pompadours and eyelids. The Alphabeats' street appearances in [[Season 14 (1982-1983)|season 14 |
+ | In the group's first appearance, "[[Count It Higher (song)|Count it Higher]]," the band appeared as a quartet, including an extra [[Hot Pink]] Anything Muppet (voiced by [[Jerry Nelson]] and puppeteered by [[Frank Oz]]<ref>[https://youtu.be/qqBqSTsLpn0?t=640 ToughPigs Presents CABIN FEVER with Sesame Street Writer Chris Cerf] (at 0:10:40), May 6, 2020.</ref>) with orange hair and a blue-and-white striped shirt, and the Green and Lavender Alphabeats had a wilder look, with wider eyes and messier hair. The color of their hair was also different, with the Green Alphabeat sporting spiky black hair and the Lavender one with an unkempt blond hairdo. The following season, the Hot Pink Alphabeat was dropped, and the band was reduced to a trio with the Green and Lavender Alphabeats given their primary looks with the pompadours and eyelids. The Alphabeats' street appearances in [[Season 14 (1982-1983)|season 14]] (episodes [[Episode 1815|1815]] and [[Episode 1824|1824]]) feature an extra red-haired female Alphabeat ([[Lavender]] in the first and [[Green]] in the other), voiced in both instances by [[Ivy Austin]]. |
In addition to performing their own numbers, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats have occasionally provided back-up music for [[Don Music]] in "[[Sesame Street News Flash]]" segments in the 70s. In the early 1990s, [[Big Jeffy]] (often appearing alongside Little Chrissy in street scenes as a duo at this point) appeared in place of the lavender Alphabeat on a number of occasions, in the songs "[[Gonna Rock You to Sleep]]," "[[I Go to School]]," and "[[Startin' Kindergarten]]." |
In addition to performing their own numbers, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats have occasionally provided back-up music for [[Don Music]] in "[[Sesame Street News Flash]]" segments in the 70s. In the early 1990s, [[Big Jeffy]] (often appearing alongside Little Chrissy in street scenes as a duo at this point) appeared in place of the lavender Alphabeat on a number of occasions, in the songs "[[Gonna Rock You to Sleep]]," "[[I Go to School]]," and "[[Startin' Kindergarten]]." |
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* ''[[Just Like Ernie]]'' (1988) |
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* ''[[Sesame Street Lift-and-Peek Party!]]'' (1998) |
* ''[[Sesame Street Lift-and-Peek Party!]]'' (1998) |
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Revision as of 19:17, 8 May 2020
The group's first single, "Count It Higher"/"Exit".
Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats are a Sesame Street rock group that first appeared in season 5 in 1973. The leader is Little Chrissy, backed up by Green and Lavender Anything Muppets in red shirts with pompadour hairstyles known as the Alphabeats.
The performers for the group included Christopher Cerf as Little Chrissy. The voices of the back-up Alphabeats varied, including Christopher Cerf, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson and Jeff Moss.
In the group's first appearance, "Count it Higher," the band appeared as a quartet, including an extra Hot Pink Anything Muppet (voiced by Jerry Nelson and puppeteered by Frank Oz[1]) with orange hair and a blue-and-white striped shirt, and the Green and Lavender Alphabeats had a wilder look, with wider eyes and messier hair. The color of their hair was also different, with the Green Alphabeat sporting spiky black hair and the Lavender one with an unkempt blond hairdo. The following season, the Hot Pink Alphabeat was dropped, and the band was reduced to a trio with the Green and Lavender Alphabeats given their primary looks with the pompadours and eyelids. The Alphabeats' street appearances in season 14 (episodes 1815 and 1824) feature an extra red-haired female Alphabeat (Lavender in the first and Green in the other), voiced in both instances by Ivy Austin.
In addition to performing their own numbers, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats have occasionally provided back-up music for Don Music in "Sesame Street News Flash" segments in the 70s. In the early 1990s, Big Jeffy (often appearing alongside Little Chrissy in street scenes as a duo at this point) appeared in place of the lavender Alphabeat on a number of occasions, in the songs "Gonna Rock You to Sleep," "I Go to School," and "Startin' Kindergarten."
Songs
- Album credit only
Book appearances
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil (1975)
- The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
- Fooled You, Bert! (1981)
- Trace & Color Alphabet (1984)
- Count to Ten (1986)
- Just Like Ernie (1988)
- Sesame Street Lift-and-Peek Party! (1998)
Sources
- ↑ ToughPigs Presents CABIN FEVER with Sesame Street Writer Chris Cerf (at 0:10:40), May 6, 2020.