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β | '''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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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
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 βSesame Street,β Dies", The New York Times, January 30, 2011.