Sesame Street remakes

Remade with new characters

"All By Myself"

Prairie Dawn originally sang it in 1982 with three monsters, and she later sang it in 2001 with The Oinker Sisters.

(First: Episode 1824)

(First: Episode 3968)

"Big Round Nose"

The song was remade in Season 30 with Herry Monster as a vaudeville number.

(First: Episode 1950)

(First: Episode 3806)

"Captain Vegetable"

Remade as a Season 33 insert with John Leguizamo, and with Sandy replacing Andy and Eddie.

(First: Episode 1741)

(First: Episode 4013)

"Everybody's Song"

Sung by Diana Krall, Elmo and other Muppets in 2001, by Gabi and Miles with various Muppets in 2004, and by Rocco Fiorentino in 2009.

(First: Episode 2064)

(First: Episode 3961)

(First: Episode 4062)

(First: Episode 4207)

"Fur"

Remade with Zoe, Herry Monster, Grover and Elmo.

"Here and There"

Remade with new monsters in the early 1970s.

15-1-.jpg

(First: Episode 0111)

(First: Episode 0538)

"I Can Sing"

Originally sung by Herry Monster and Louisey, and later performed by Abby Cadabby and Elmo in a Season 43 insert.

(First: Episode 2976)

(First: Episode 4326)

"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon"

Sung by Aaron Neville with Ernie (using the original Jim Henson audio track) in Season 25, Shawn Colvin and Ernie in Elmopalooza, and by Telly, Rosita, and Bob in Episode 4031.

(First: Episode 1910)

(First: Episode 3242)

Elmopalooza

(First: Episode 4031)

"I Just Adore Four"

Big Bird sang the song with The Tarnish Brothers as backup in Season 6, and again with The Oinker Sisters in Season 31.

(First: Episode 0734)

(First: Episode 3912)

"Monster in the Mirror"

Sung by Grover, and later covered by Elmo, Gordon, his father, and Miles as a singing group in Season 35.

(First: Episode 2689)

(First: Episode 2835)

(First: Episode 4067)

"One Fine Face"

Originally sung by Ernie and Elmo, and by Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf in a later segment.

(First: Episode 2220)

(First: Episode 3949)

"Share"

Originally sung by Ernie and Cookie Monster as an audio track for the album In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record. The song was remade into a segment in the 1990s with Elmo and Zoe. The song was also remade for Learning to Share with Elmo, Zoe, and Big Bird, and with Ernie and Elmo in a later segment.

(First: Episode 3489)

Learning to Share

(First: Episode 3825)

"The Sneeze Song"

Originally performed in Season 22 by a cow and some farm animals, and later in Season 30 by Ruth Buzzi and three Anything Muppets as a vaudeville number.

(First: Episode 2784)

(First: Episode 3845)

"Somebody Come and Play"

Big Bird sang the song in a 1970s episode, and since then the song has been sung at various times by Snuffy, Ernie, Suzie Kabloozie, Elmo, Rosita and others.

(EKA: Episode 0703)

(First: Episode 3401)

(First: Episode 3786)

(First: Episode 3822)

(First: Episode 3971)

(First: Episode 4046)

(First: Episode 4267)

"Up and Down"

(First: Episode 0060)

(First: Episode 0154)

(First: Episode 3532)

"What's the Name of That Song?"

Remade several times during the show's history.

(First: Episode 0666)

(First: Episode 1696)

(First: Episode 3079)

(First: Episode 3777)

(First: Episode 3840)

Remade with new footage

"ABC-DEF-GHI"

Remade with Big Bird several times.

(First: Episode 0096)

(EKA: Episode 0535)

(EKA: Episode 2453)

"Bein' Green"

(First: Episode 0087)

(First: Episode 0637)

(First: Episode 0722)

"C is for Cookie"

Remade as an operatic musical number with Marilyn Horne and the Anything Muppets. Later remade with new footage and a remix of the original audio in Season 30.

(First: Episode 0372)

(First: Episode 3189)

(First: Episode 3804)

"Ernie and Bert: Broken TV"

An Ernie and Bert skit from one of the pilot episodes that was readapted in later seasons with different letters.

D
Test Show #5

A
(First: Episode 0007)

H
(First: Episode 0578)

"Everybody Sleeps"

Remade with new footage, as well as an alternate vocal take from Joe Raposo, in the 1990s.

(First: Episode 0406)

(First: Episode 3026)

"First and Last"

Remade with Sesame Street monsters.

(First: Episode 0116)

(First: Episode 1307)

"Forgetful Jones: Brushing Teeth"

The original sketch, taped for Season 12, featured Michael Earl as Forgetful, Brian Muehl as Clementine, and Kevin Clash as Buster. The sketch was remade in the mid-1980s, with Richard Hunt performing Forgetful, Clash as Clementine, and Martin P. Robinson as Buster.

(First: Episode 1446)

(First: Episode 2068)

"Healthy Food"

Remade in Season 36 with Wyclef Jean.

(First: Episode 2404)

(First: Episode 4085)

"I Love Trash"

Remade in the second season with green Oscar and in subsequent seasons. All of these remakes have used the soundtrack from The Sesame Street Book & Record.

(First: Episode 0095)

(First: Episode 0153)

(First: Episode 0510)

(First: Episode 2785)

"I'm an Aardvark"

Remade in the 1980s, with the original recording.

(First: Episode 0425)

(First: Episode 2520)

"Imagination"

Remade in the Season 30 with Steve Whitmire performing Ernie; later included in the video Bedtime with Elmo with new animation by Misseri Studio.

(First: Episode 0493)

(First: Episode 3820)

Bedtime with Elmo

"La La La"

Remade with new puppetry to the original Jim Henson and Frank Oz audio track.

(First: Episode 0321)

(First: Episode 3841)

"Little Things"

Remade with new footage in the 1980s, and later as an animated segment with a rerecorded soundtrack.

(First: Episode 0655)

(EKA: Episode 2485)

(First: Episode 4108)

"Near and Far"

Remade with the blue version of Grover.

(First: Episode 0057)

(First: Episode 0787)

"A New Way to Walk"

Retaped in Season 25 with celebrity guest cameos. Remade again in Season 33 with Destiny's Child, Elmo, Zoe and Grover.

(EKA: Episode 2268)

(First: Episode 3233)

(First: Episode 3984)

"One Fine Face"

Remade with clay animation.

(First: Episode 4025)

"Rain Falls"

(First: Episode 0319)

(EKA: Episode 0514)

"Rubber Duckie"

Remade in Season 2 using the soundtrack from The Sesame Street Book & Record, and later retaped with new puppetry in Season 30.

(First: Episode 0078)

(First: Episode 0136)

(First: Episode 3842)

"Singing in the Shower"

Remade with Ruth Buzzi replacing Olivia and Steve Whitmire performing Ernie.

(First: Episode 1834)

"Somebody Come and Play"

Remade in the 1980s with footage of snow leopards, retaining the original Joe Raposo recording.

(First: Episode 0047)

(First: Episode 2519)

"The Story of the Princess" / "Princess Sleepy"

(First: Episode 2416)

(First: Episode 3377)

"There's a Bird on Me"

Remade with origami-style animation and vocals by Jerry Nelson.

(First: Episode 0416)

(First: Episode 4021)

Remade with new lyrics

"ABC-DEF-GHI"

Remade with slightly altered lyrics by Elmo.

(First: Episode 2616)

"Everybody Sleeps"

Remade as "Every Kitty Sleeps" for a Suzie Kabloozie insert.

(First: Episode 3860)

"Five People in My Family"

Originally sung by Bob as "Five Fingers on My Left Hand" and later remade as "Five Monsters in My Family."

(First: Episode 0008)

(First: Episode 0008)

"I Love Trash"

Remade as "Grouches Love Trash" by Oscar, and as "I Love Cleaning" by Felix the Grouch.

(First: Episode 3638)

(First: Episode 3891)

"I'm an Aardvark"

Remade with new lyrics by Big Bird as "I'm No Aardvark, But I'm Still Proud!"

(First: Episode 3273)

"Bein' Green"

Remade with new lyrics by Oscar.

(First: Episode 4105)

Remade episodes

Ernest Grouch visits

Episode 0954

Episode 2720

Bob's music lessons

Episode 1736

Episode 2906

Elmo in Numberland

Episode 2734

Episode 3912

Pretending and making up

Episode 3078

Episode 3654

Many Monsters

Episode 3641

Episode 3910

Remade street scenes

• A scenario concerning Big Bird's sister Esmeralda appears almost identically in episodes 0027, 0539, and 1260, except the person asking Big Bird why he's saying "G" over and over changes from Gordon to Bob to Olivia, respectively.

Remade as new media

Bert & Ernie Sing-Along

record album

Episode 0900

The Count Counts

record album

Episode 1045

See also

• Repeated songs
• Book Adaptations
• Sesame Street episodes with recycled plots