Some of the Sesame Jamboree cast pauses to take a picture behind the scenes.
Ernie meets a young visitor.
Behind the scenes of Sesame Jamboree: character heads and bodies in preparation for the stage show.
Sesame Jamboree is the third Sesame Street Live stage show, produced by VEE Corporation from 1982-1984. Several of the songs featured had also appeared on the Sesame Country album.
Characters[]
- Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Prairie Dawn, Grover, Count von Count, Oscar the Grouch, Forgetful Jones, Clementine, Simon the Sound Man, Granny, The Blue Fur Mountain Band: Wooly Nelson, Furlin Wailin, Herry Monster, Mona Monster, Molly Monster, Maggie Mae Monster
Acts[]
Act I[]
- Sesame Jamboree — The Blue Fur Mountain Band: Wooly Nelson, Furlin Wailin, Herry, Mona, Molly and Maggie Mae Monsters; Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Count von Count, Grover, Forgetful Jones and Prairie Dawn
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm — Simon the Sound Man and Prairie Dawn
- I Refuse to Sing Along — Bert and Ernie
- Count's Diner — Oscar the Grouch, Count von Count, Furlin Wailin, Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Herry Monster
- A Very Simple Dance — Big Bird, Prairie Dawn, Clementine and Granny
- Jimmy Crack Corn — The Blue Fur Mountain Band and Grover
- Home on the Range — Grover, Forgetful Jones, Simon the Sound Man, Furlin Wailin, Granny, Clementine, Wooly Nelson, Count von Count, Prairie Dawn, Big Bird, Herry, Mona and Molly Monsters
- Handful of Crumbs — Cookie Monster, The Blue Fur Mountain Band and Bert
- Barn Dance — Forgetful Jones, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Clementine, Prairie Dawn, Granny, Big Bird, Simon the Sound Man, Herry, Mona and Maggie Mae Monsters, Count von Count, Grover and Bert
Act II[]
- I Just Adore Four — Prairie Dawn, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Simon the Sound Man, Grover, Count von Count, Herry Monster and Bert
- Forgetful Remembers — Forgetful Jones and Clementine
- Cookie Roundup — Cookie Monster and Grover
- Howdy Friends — Prairie Dawn and Ernie
- Kin Folk — The Blue Fur Mountain Band, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Cookie Monster, Granny and Bert
- Sing Along — Big Bird, Granny, Count von Count, Prairie Dawn, Forgetful Jones, Clementine, Ernie and Oscar the Grouch
- Ride 'Em Cowboy — The entire cast
Songs[]
- "I Really Like You" (Pottle-Kingsley-Axelrod)
Sesame Street, Inc. 1973 - "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
- "Oh My Darling, Clementine"
- "Oscar Don't Allow"
- "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain"
- "The Alphabet Song"
- "Sesame Street Theme"
- "Rhinestone Cowboy"
- "Goin' Home"
Voices[]
- Jim Henson as Ernie
- Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover and Bert
- Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
- Jerry Nelson as The Count, Simon the Sound Man, Herry Monster, Wooly Nelson and Furlin Wailin
- Richard Hunt as Forgetful Jones
- Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn
- Kathy Mullen as Granny
- Brian Muehl as Clementine
Credits[]
- Executive Producer: Vincent E. Egan
- Produced by Bob Shipstad
- Written by Jon Stone and Joseph Bailey
- Directed and Choreographed by Mariam Nelson
- Assistant Choreographers: Diane Arnold and Marianna Pecora
- Production Associate: Paul Walberg
- Art Director: Jim Waters
- Muppet Character Design by Jim Henson, Donald Sahlin, Caroly Wilcox, Kermit Love
- New Sesame Street Live Muppets designed by Michael Frith
- Muppet Costumes designed and built by Muppets, Inc.
- Design and supervision of construction: Connie Peterson
- Mechanical animation by Mae Canaga; Assisted by Marilee Canaga
- Scenic Design/Technical Coordinator: Jim Waters
- Performance Director: Diane Arnold
- Music Director: Paul Walberg
- Dialogue Editing, Music Recording and Mixing by: Allen Kaufman
- Program — Muppet Illustrations: Joe Mathieu
Performances[]
- Sept 22 to Sept 25, 1982 — Meadowlands Arena in Hackensack, NJ[1]
- Sept 29 to Oct 3, 1982 — Watres Armory in Scranton, PA[2]
- Nov 10 to Nov 14, 1982 — Assembly Hall, Urbana, IL[3]
Gallery[]
Pages from the show's program:
Sources[]
External links[]
- Jim Henson's Red Book 7/11/1980 – ‘To NY for a day- SS Live Costumes’