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| − | '''Tony Geiss''' (November 16, 1924 - January 21, 2011) was a staff writer and songwriter for ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and related productions, often teamed with [[Judy Freudberg]]. Geiss conceptualized |
+ | '''Tony Geiss''' (November 16, 1924 - January 21, 2011) was a staff writer and songwriter for ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and related productions, often teamed with [[Judy Freudberg]]. Geiss conceptualized the [[Honkers]] (based on his own childhood habit of honking his nose)<ref>Children's Television Workshop. Biographical Sketches. 1983</ref> and [[Abby Cadabby]].<ref>Susan Dominus, "A Girly-Girl Joins the 'Sesame' Boys", ''The New York Times'', 6 August 2006.</ref> |
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Geiss' early TV career was spent in [[London]] scripting ''The David Frost Show'', and first joined [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]] as a writer on the health series ''Feelin' Good''. He also scripted television specials and revues for the likes of [[Dick Cavett]] and [[Bill Cosby]]. In the 1980s, after scripting ''[[Follow That Bird]]'' as his cinematic debut, Geiss and Freudberg co-wrote the Don Bluth animated features ''An American Tail'' and ''The Land Before Time''. He was also credited as head writer for several ''Sesame Street'' home videos. |
Geiss' early TV career was spent in [[London]] scripting ''The David Frost Show'', and first joined [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]] as a writer on the health series ''Feelin' Good''. He also scripted television specials and revues for the likes of [[Dick Cavett]] and [[Bill Cosby]]. In the 1980s, after scripting ''[[Follow That Bird]]'' as his cinematic debut, Geiss and Freudberg co-wrote the Don Bluth animated features ''An American Tail'' and ''The Land Before Time''. He was also credited as head writer for several ''Sesame Street'' home videos. |
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==Composer Credits== |
==Composer Credits== |
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| − | + | File:Song.alliwant.jpg|"[[All I Want for Christmas Is You]]" |
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| − | + | File:Aloneinaswamp.jpg|"[[Alone in a Swamp]]" |
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| − | File:2486-08b.jpg|[[Alone Together]] |
+ | File:2486-08b.jpg|"[[Alone Together]]" |
| − | AtTheBusStopSign.jpg|[[At the Bus Stop Sign]] |
+ | File:AtTheBusStopSign.jpg|"[[At the Bus Stop Sign]]" |
| − | File:Song.HeyBaby.jpg|[[Baby, You're So Smart]] |
+ | File:Song.HeyBaby.jpg|"[[Baby, You're So Smart]]" |
| − | + | File:2828-01.jpg|"[[Be Proud of Your Hair]]" |
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+ | File:Song.friends.jpg|"[[Because We're Friends]]" |
| − | + | File:4193e.png|"[[Being a Bear]]" |
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| + | File:1056a.jpg|"[[Big Brass Band]]" |
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| − | Image:Song.boogiepiggies.jpg|[[The Boogie-Woogie Piggies]] |
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+ | File:Song.boogiepiggies.jpg|"[[The Boogie-Woogie Piggies]]" |
| + | File:3578c.jpg|"[[Bountiful Tree]]" |
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| − | Briefhistory05.jpg|[[A Brief History of Motion Pictures]] |
+ | File:Briefhistory05.jpg|"[[A Brief History of Motion Pictures]]" |
| − | image:Brokenandbeautiful.jpg|[[Broken and Beautiful]] |
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| − | + | File:Brokenandbeautiful.jpg|"[[Broken and Beautiful]]" |
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+ | File:Song.brothersandsisters.jpg|"[[Brothers and Sisters]]" |
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+ | File:1576j.jpg|"[[Brown Bird in the Cherry Tree]]" |
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+ | File:1459c.jpg|"[[Butterfly (song)|Butterfly]]" |
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+ | File:WindyMuppets.jpg|"[[Caribbean Air]]" |
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+ | File:3586d.jpg|"[[Can't Help Lovin' That Moo of Mine]]" |
| − | + | File:3122b.jpg|"[[Chirrup]]" |
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+ | File:BayouCountin.jpg|"[[Counting Bayou Fives]]" |
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| − | + | File:3578i.jpg|"[[Dancin' Beak to Beak]]" |
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| − | + | File:PrairieTyne.jpg|"[[Different (Geiss)|Different]]" |
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| − | + | File:3603BobZoe.jpg|"[[Different Street]]" |
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+ | File:DiscoD.jpg|"[[Disco D]]" |
| − | + | File:DoSomething.jpg|"[[Do Something]]" |
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| + | File:3145l.jpg|"[[Doing the Penguin]]" |
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| − | + | File:AfraidToTry.jpg|"[[Don't Be Afraid to Try]]" |
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| − | Image:DustingSong.jpg|[[The Dusting Song]] |
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| + | File:Sesame-st-film-festival pdp.jpg|"[[Don't Forget to Watch the Movie]]" |
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+ | File:DustingSong.jpg|"[[The Dusting Song]]" |
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+ | File:3785-song-earthworm.jpg|"[[Earthworm]]" |
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| − | Image:Elmo'sSong.jpg|[[Elmo's Song]] |
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+ | File:Elephant-Stomp.jpg|"[[Elephant Stomp]]" |
| − | + | File:Elmo'sSong.jpg|"[[Elmo's Song]]" |
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| − | + | File:ElmoCanFly.jpg|"[[Elmo Can Fly]]" |
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| + | File:DoingThisDance02.jpg|"[[Everybody's Doin' This Dance]]" |
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+ | File:4109g.jpg|"[[Everyone Needs a Friend]]" |
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| − | Image:FindAHusband.jpg|[[Find-a-Husband Ball]] |
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+ | File:2805a.jpg|"[[Fabulous Rainbow]]" |
| − | + | File:FindAHusband.jpg|"[[Find-a-Husband Ball]]" |
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| − | + | File:3214g.jpg|"[[The First Chicken in Space]]" |
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| − | + | File:3150p.jpg|"[[The First Time]]" |
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| − | + | File:3136w.jpg|"[[Fixin' My Hair]]" |
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| − | + | File:4119zf.jpg|"[[Food Song]]" |
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| − | + | File:Frogsoftheglen.jpg|"[[The Frogs in the Glen]]" |
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| − | + | File:Song.frogyear.jpg|"[[Frog of the Year]]" |
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| + | File:4137zh.jpg|"[[Get Up! Get Out!]]" |
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| + | File:Cookiegingerbreadman.jpg|"[[Gingerbread Man]]" |
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| − | GoinToKyoto.jpg|[[Going to Kyoto]] |
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+ | File:GoinToKyoto.jpg|"[[Going to Kyoto]]" |
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| − | + | File:1197-04.jpg|"[[Good Morning, Mister Sun]]" |
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| − | Image:CTW1976IloveTrashGrouchLullaby.jpg|[[The Grouch's Lullaby]] |
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| + | File:3845k.jpg|"[[Great Big Beautiful World]]" |
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| − | Image:Song.groverworksong.jpg|[[Grover Work Song]] |
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+ | File:0897 04.jpg|"[[The Grouch's Lullaby]]" |
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+ | File:Song.groverworksong.jpg|"[[Grover Work Song]]" |
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+ | File:Happy-Blues.jpg|"[[Happy Blues]]" |
| + | File:4037_Helping_People.jpg|"[[Helping People]]" |
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| − | + | File:Cdoscar.jpg|"[[Hey Little Worm]]" |
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| − | + | File:3217h.jpg|"[[Holding Hands]]" |
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| − | Grovermarchingband.jpg|[[I Am Not Afraid]] |
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| − | + | File:HonkAroundtheClock.jpg|"[[Honk Around the Clock]]" |
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| − | + | File:Horse-Sense.jpg|"[[Horse Sense]]" |
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| − | + | File:Grovermarchingband.jpg|"[[I Am Not Afraid]]" |
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+ | File:4173n.jpg|"[[I Don't Wanna Be a Prince]]" |
| − | + | File:EthelMermaid.jpg|"[[I Get a Kick Out of U]]" |
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+ | File:Igottabeclean.jpg|"[[I Gotta Be Clean]]" |
| − | + | File:4072t.jpg|"[[I Laugh When I'm Happy]]" |
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| − | + | File:2951f.jpg|"[[I Love Words (Geiss)|I Love Words]]" |
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+ | File:Sgrover.armor.jpg|"[[I Want to Be Your Friend]]" |
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+ | File:3980zg.jpg|"[[I Want to Thank You for Being My Friends]]" |
| − | + | File:Cloud02.jpg|"[[If I Was a Cloud in the Sky]]" |
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+ | File:GoToTheBall.jpg|"[[If Elmo Could Go to the Ball]]" |
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+ | File:Song.ilalphabetto.jpg|"[[Il Alphabetto]]" |
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+ | File:2123gk.jpg|"[[I'll Never Run Out of Love]]" |
| − | + | File:ProudtoBeaCow.jpg|"[[I'm Proud to Be a Cow]]" |
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+ | File:2226k.jpg|"[[I'm So Proud (You're My Baby)]]" |
| + | File:ImSquare.jpg|"[[I'm Square]]" |
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| + | File:3710d.jpg|"[[Important Piece of String]]" |
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| + | File:3977e.jpg|"[[It's All Right to Cry]]" |
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| − | Image:Song.kidswithwings.jpg|[[Kids With Wings]] |
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| + | File:Lillian-Sting.jpg|"[[It's Not How Big You Are]]" |
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| − | Image:Song.lambaba.jpg|[[Lambaba]] |
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| − | LetsGoTubbin.jpg|[[Let's Go Tubbin' Today]] |
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| + | File:1184_04.jpg|"[[A Kid and His Dog]]" |
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+ | File:Song.kidswithwings.jpg|"[[Kids With Wings]]" |
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+ | File:Song.lambaba.jpg|"[[Lambaba]]" |
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+ | File:LetsGoTubbin.jpg|"[[Let's Go Tubbin' Today]]" |
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+ | File:3531i.jpg|"[[Like a Rolling Plant]]" |
| − | + | File:PhantomOscar.jpg|"[[A Little Grouch Music]]" |
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| + | File:4157j.jpg|"[[Making Believe (song)|Making Believe]]" |
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| − | + | File:3258a.jpg|"[[Me Gusta]]" |
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| − | Image:Pastasong.jpg|[[Pasta]] |
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+ | File:Bestfriend.JPG|"[[My Best Friend]]" |
| + | File:Song.furryshadow.jpg|"[[My Furry Little Shadow]]" |
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| − | Image:PigeonsonParade.jpg|[[Pigeons on Parade]] |
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+ | File:4140-trashtime.jpg|"[[Oscar's Trashtime Band]]" |
| − | + | File:Pastasong.jpg|"[[Pasta]]" |
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| + | Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[People, Who Needs 'Em?]]" |
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| − | File:1736q.jpg|[[Practice Song|Practice (Geiss)]] |
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| − | + | File:PhoneBookAlphabet.jpg|"[[Phone Book Alphabet]]" |
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| + | File:Vlcsnap-2018-02-18-11h02m28s149.png|"[[Picture a Park]]" |
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| − | Image:BBZoe.ReadMe2.jpg|[[Read Me a Story]] |
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+ | File:PigeonsonParade.jpg|"[[Pigeons on Parade]]" |
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| − | Image:Folge2269-9.jpg|[[Sixteen Samba]] |
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+ | File:3663.ComingSoon.jpg|"[[Poconoko]]" |
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+ | File:1707g.jpg|"[[Postcard Song]]" |
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+ | File:1736q.jpg|"[[Practice Song]]" |
| − | + | File:1684a.jpg|"[[Reach Your Hand Up High]]" |
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| − | + | File:BBZoe.ReadMe2.jpg|"[[Read Me a Story]]" |
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| − | Image:Sully-LoveSong.jpg|[[Sully's Love Song (Yes)]] |
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| + | File:Character.indigo.jpg|"[[Sing, Little Bluebird]]" |
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+ | File:Folge2269-9.jpg|"[[Sixteen Samba]]" |
| + | File:Hoots.Sleepytime.jpg|"[[Sleepytime on Sesame Street (song)|Sleepytime on Sesame Street]]" |
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+ | File:Snowflakes.jpg|"[[Snowflakes]]" |
| + | File:EBSongAboutTr.jpg|"[[Song About Tr]]" |
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| − | Image:Song.thatswhatfriendsarefor.jpg|[[That's What Friends Are For]] |
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| + | File:Songfortwo.jpg|"[[A Song for Two]]" |
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| − | Image:Importantmeal.JPG|[[The Most Important Meal of the Day]] |
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| − | + | File:Song-Of-Forgetful.jpg|"[[Song of Forgetful Jones]]" |
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+ | File:3652a.jpg|"[[Staying Overnight with a Friend]]" |
| − | + | File:Sully-LoveSong.jpg|"[[Sully's Love Song (Yes)]]" |
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| − | 2495e.jpg|[[This Old Chair]] |
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| − | + | File:PointSis-Alph.jpg|"[[Swingin' Alphabet]]" |
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| − | Image:Song.transpolka.jpg|[[The Transylvania Polka]] |
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| + | File:ThatsTalkinScat.jpeg|"[[Talkin' Scat]]" |
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| − | VegetableLion.jpg|[[Vegetable Lion]] |
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+ | File:Song.thatswhatfriendsarefor.jpg|"[[That's What Friends Are For]]" |
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+ | File:Importantmeal.JPG|"[[The Most Important Meal of the Day]]" |
| + | File:Song.trashrainbow.jpg|"[[There's a Big Heap of Trash at the End of the Rainbow]]" |
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| − | + | File:BestOfOscar.jpg|"[[The Things I Love]]" |
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| − | + | File:ThinkingOfU.jpg|"[[Thinking of U]]" |
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| − | + | File:2495e.jpg|"[[This Old Chair]]" |
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+ | File:JCollins-ThreeGrouches.jpg|"[[Three Grouches Would a Wooing Go]]" |
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+ | File:ThreeSidesNow.jpg|"[[Three Sides Now]]" |
| − | + | File:TickleMeLand.jpg|"[[Tickle Me Land]]" |
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+ | File:1052d.jpg|"[[The Transylvania Polka]]" |
| − | + | File:VegetableLion.jpg|"[[Vegetable Lion]]" |
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| − | + | File:PDarton.BusStopSign.jpg|"[[Waitin' at the Bus Stop Sign for You]]" |
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| − | + | File:2449a.jpg|"[[Walk This Way (song)|Walk This Way]]" |
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| + | File:3295g.jpg|"[[Walking Proud]]" |
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| + | File:Song.WeAreAllMonsters.jpg|"[[We Are All Monsters]]" |
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| − | + | File:WeCoulda.jpg|"[[We Coulda]]" |
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| + | File:WeFoundErnie.jpg|"[[We Found Ernie]]" |
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| + | File:3010k.jpg|"[[We Love Your Nose]]" |
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| + | File:2123ia.jpg|"[[We're a Family (Geiss/Hardwick)|We're a Family]]" |
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| + | File:Song.whatagift.jpg|"[[What a Gift]]" |
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| + | File:2429-Farm.jpg|"[[What Do You Do on a Farm?]]" |
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| + | File:Bigbird-whatsyourname.jpg|"[[What's Your Name (Geiss)|What's Your Name]]" |
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| + | File:2257zb.jpg|"[[When I Listen]]" |
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| + | File:CarrotTime.jpg|"[[When It's Time for a Snack]]" |
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| + | File:ForgetfulJones--I'llNeverForget.jpg|"[[Who Could Forget the Day That We Met]]" |
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| + | File:WonderfulMe.jpg|"[[Wonderful Me (Big Bird song)|Wonderful Me]]" |
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| + | File:1575-06.jpg|"[[You're My Friend]]" |
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*''[[Follow That Bird]]'' |
*''[[Follow That Bird]]'' |
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*''[[Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting]]'' |
*''[[Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting]]'' |
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| − | *[[Dance Along!]] |
+ | *''[[Dance Along!]]'' |
*''[[Sing-Along Earth Songs]]'' |
*''[[Sing-Along Earth Songs]]'' |
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*''[[Elmo Saves Christmas (special)|Elmo Saves Christmas]]'' |
*''[[Elmo Saves Christmas (special)|Elmo Saves Christmas]]'' |
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* Joseph Berger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/arts/television/31geiss.html?_r=1 Tony Geiss, 86, Writer for ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies]", ''The New York Times'', January 30, 2011. |
* Joseph Berger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/arts/television/31geiss.html?_r=1 Tony Geiss, 86, Writer for ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies]", ''The New York Times'', January 30, 2011. |
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Revision as of 00:30, 11 January 2020
Tony Geiss (November 16, 1924 - January 21, 2011) was a staff writer and songwriter for Sesame Street and related productions, often teamed with Judy Freudberg. Geiss conceptualized the Honkers (based on his own childhood habit of honking his nose)[1] and Abby Cadabby.[2]
Geiss' early TV career was spent in London scripting The David Frost Show, and first joined Children's Television Workshop as a writer on the health series Feelin' Good. He also scripted television specials and revues for the likes of Dick Cavett and Bill Cosby. In the 1980s, after scripting Follow That Bird as his cinematic debut, Geiss and Freudberg co-wrote the Don Bluth animated features An American Tail and The Land Before Time. He was also credited as head writer for several Sesame Street home videos.
Geiss' father Anthony Geiss was a painter and an animator, while mother Marjorie Thirer was a press agent. Geiss grew up in Greenwich Village, spending two years as a radar technician for the US Navy, before attending Cornell University from 1943 to 1946. He began acting in theatre productions in his freshman year, and met his wife Phyllis Eisen on campus.
Composer Credits
"Chirrup"
"Disco D"
"Grandmas"
"Homesick"
"Just the Way You Are" (spoof lyrics)
"Lambaba"
"Me Gusta"
"Pasta"
"Pigeon"
"Poconoko"
"Surprise"
Writing Credits
- Sesame Street
- Don't Eat the Pictures
- Follow That Bird
- Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting
- Dance Along!
- Sing-Along Earth Songs
- Elmo Saves Christmas
- The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
- CinderElmo
- Elmo's World segments: Dinosaurs, Doctors, Ears, Fish, Jumping, Penguins, School, Skin, Weather, Wild Animals
Books
- The Count Counts a Party
- Elmo Saves Christmas
- The Four Seasons
- Honk If You Like Honkers
- The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook
- The Sesame Street Treasury Volume 4
- The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems and Pictures
- Susan and Gordon Adopt a Baby
- Vegetable Soup
Interviews
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation interviewed Geiss in 2004 for the Archive of American Television. The hour and a half interview was posted on YouTube in 2008.
| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |
Sources
External links
- Joseph Berger, "Tony Geiss, 86, Writer for ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies", The New York Times, January 30, 2011.