Telling the Truth

Produced by:	Sony Wonder
Release Date:	1997 (VHS) 2003 (DVD)
Discs:	1
Region:	1

Telling The Truth is a 1997 Sesame Street direct-to-video special in the "Kids' Guide to Life" series.

The DVD version released in the United States includes a CD sampler of "In Your Imagination", "Afraid of the Dark" and "What Do I Do When I'm Alone?" from the album Dreamytime Songs.

Plot synopsis

Telly feels left out when all the other kids at Gina's day care are going to the circus and lies that his uncle is a ringmaster. After Gina reads the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," Elmo has a dream of the story where the boy named Leo learns his lesson. When Telly's uncle (Dennis Quaid) drops in for a surprise visit, Telly admits the truth.

DVD chapters

The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Believe You Me
Elmo's Dream
Telly's Tall Tale
Meeting the Wolf
I Wanna Take It Back
Telly Tells the Truth
Off to the Moon
A Special Message from Dennis Quaid

Releases

Cast

Muppet Performers

Martin P. Robinson as Telly Monster and The Big Bad Wolf
Kevin Clash as Elmo and Leo's Dad
David Rudman as Baby Bear and Leo
Carmen Osbahr as Blue Monster
Pam Arciero as One of the Sheep
Peter Linz

Noel MacNeal as One of the Sheep
Jim Martin as One of the Sheep
Alice Dinnean as Leo's Sister
Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Leo's Mother and Green Daycare Kid
Matt Vogel
John Kennedy

Also Starring

Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly as Gina

with

Randy Pearlstein as Jesse
Joy Hooks as Official #1
David Rudman as Official #2

and

Michael Bundy
April Davis
Cece Gonzalez
Megan Ng
Megan Kate O'Brien

Special Guest Star

Dennis Quaid as Uncle Tommy

Credits

Executive Producer: Nancy Kanter
Produced by: Karin Young Shiel
Written by: Nancy Sans
Directed by: Lisa Simon
Songs by: Sarah Durkee & Paul Jacobs
Puppet Captain: Kevin Clash
Jim Henson's Muppet Workshop: Mark Zeszotek, Lara MacLean, Stephen Rotondaro, Carlo Yannuzzi
Production Designer: Victor DiNapoli
Costume Designers: Bill Kellard, Terry Roberson
Associate Director: Ken Diego
Music Supervisor: Dave Conner
Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
Talent Coordinator: Danette DeSena
Camera: Frank Biondo, Mark Whitman
Audio: Blake Norton, Carla Bandini-Lory
Executive in Charge of Production for Sony Wonder: Becky Mancuso-Winding
Special Thanks to: Lou Berger, Marjorie Kalins, Nan Halperin, Jodi Nussbaum, Ted Green, Wendy Moss, Renee Rachelle
Taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York

Notes

According to the promotional copy of this video, it was originally called "Telly Tells the Truth."