Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990-1996 VHS)





Here's the opening and closing to the 1990 and 1996 VHS of Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!.

Release Date
April 30, 1990 (original)

February 6, 1996 (re-release)

Characters

 * Big Bird
 * Maria
 * Luis
 * Gladys the Cow
 * Forgetful Jones
 * Honkers
 * Count Von Count
 * Oscar the Grouch
 * Elmo
 * The Kids

Sketches

 * Ernie
 * Rubber Duckie
 * Dinger
 * Gladys the Cow
 * Polly Darton
 * Polly Darton's Dog
 * Sesame Street Opry Band
 * The Amazing Mumford
 * Duck
 * Fluffy
 * Martian
 * Grundgetta
 * Bananas
 * Kermit the Frog
 * Don Music
 * Monotones
 * Hoots the Owl
 * Muppet Jazz Band

Celebrity Guests

 * James Taylor
 * Howard Johnson
 * John Candy
 * Andrea Martin
 * New York Mets
 * Keith Hernandez
 * Mookie Wilson
 * Jane Curtin
 * Madeline Kahn
 * Joe Williams
 * Pee-Wee Herman
 * Pee-Wee's Playhouse characters
 * Chairry
 * Mr. Window
 * Clocky
 * Conky
 * Ladysmith Black Mambazo
 * Wynton Marsalis
 * Celia Cruz
 * Itzhak Perlman
 * Gordon Jackson
 * Jean Marsh
 * Paul Simon
 * Jeremy Irons
 * Pete Seeger
 * Danny Devito
 * Rhea Perlman
 * New York Giants
 * Carl Banks
 * Sean Landeta
 * Mark Ingram
 * Carl Nelson

Songs

 * The Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree
 * Ladybugs' Picnic
 * Jellyman Kelly
 * Wavin' Goodbye to You with My Heart
 * Old MacDonald Cantata
 * Everything in the Wrong Place Ball
 * One Banana
 * Calcutta Joe
 * Mary Had a Bicycle
 * Ten Tiny Turtles
 * Put Down the Duckie (celebrity version)

Synopsis
The video begins with Big Bird popping up wearing a spinning bow-tie and displays a variety of silly songs coming. Big Bird claims that if we think that they are silly, he wants to hear us say "Now that was silly!", and then we'll "join in and sing yourself silly"!


 * Song: Ernie sings "The Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree".

Maria and Luis, wearing Groucho glasses, exclaim "Now that was silly!"


 * Song: "Ladybugs' Picnic"


 * Song: James Taylor sings "Jellyman Kelly" with five kids, accompanied by Howard Johnson on the tuba.

Gladys the Cow comments "Now that was silly!", before she laughs so much she falls over.


 * Song: Polly Darton of the Sesame Street Opry sings "I'm Wavin' Goodbye to You With My Heart" to her dog.

The Amazing Mumford and his duck appear. The duck says "Now that was silly," in Mumford's voice, while Mumford lets out a quack.


 * Song: Three Honkers, one Dinger, Fluffy the Elephant, and a Yip-Yip Martian perform "Old MacDonald Cantata".

Forgetful Jones exclaims "Now that was spinach!... uh, no, that's not it."


 * Song: Oscar and Grundgetta sing about the "Everything in the Wrong Place Ball".

Forgetful still doesn't remember what he's going to say and asks the viewer if they know. When he realizes "silly", he laughs, but then stops, wondering "Or is it?"


 * Song: "One Banana"

The Count counts 7 bananas in a bunch and says "Now that was silly!" Even his bats agree.


 * Song: "Calcutta Joe".

Big Bird clarifies to the Honkers that that song was silly, but those songs are no laughing matter. He then states that it takes a genius to write them, like Don Music, leading to...


 * News Flash: Don Music writes "Mary Had a Little Lamb", but he stops at "the lamb was sure to...", unable to find a rhyme for "snow" to finish the lyrics. He talks to Kermit the Frog about it and asks him for help. Kermit suggests that the lamb could run, but that doesn't rhyme with "snow", so Kermit turns the lamb yellow like the sun, but that idea doesn't work either, so Kermit changes the lamb to a canary, who is blue like the sky, and could fly to wherever Mary goes, but it's also useless. So, Kermit decides that Mary could have a bicycle, painted red as fire, and whenever Mary would want a ride, the bicycle could have a flat tire. Don Music accepts his idea and publishes his new song. He sings "Mary Had a Bicycle", backed up by the Monotones.

Oscar complains "Now that was yucky. I'm not gonna say silly," until Elmo points out that he actually said "silly", but Oscar doesn't care, going back into his trash can in the process.


 * Song: "Ten Tiny Turtles".


 * Song: "Put Down the Duckie" (original celebrity version)

Finally, Big Bird asks five kids what that was. They exclaim "Now that was silly!" Over the credits, "The Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree" plays again, with Big Bird and the kids dancing. After that, Maria and Luis appear again, saying "Now that was silly!"

1996 VHS

 * 1) Sesame Street: Learning to Share (1996 VHS) (February 6, 1996)
 * 2) Do the Alphabet (1996 VHS) (February 6, 1996)
 * 3) Imagine That! (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 4) Sleepytime Songs and Stories (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 5) Sing Along (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 6) Getting Ready for Read (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 7) Rock & Roll! (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 8) Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 9) We All Sing Together (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 10) A New Baby In My House (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 11) Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 12) Elmocize (1996 VHS) (June 11, 1996)
 * 13) Sesame Street: Slimey's World Games (1996 VHS) (June 11, 1996)
 * 14) Play-Along Games & Songs (1996 VHS) (June 11, 1996)

1997-1998, 2000-2001 VHS (alongside Sing Yourself Sillier At The Movies & Silly Songs)

 * 1) Quiet Time (1997 VHS) (April 1, 1997)
 * 2) 1-2-3 Count With Me! (1997 VHS) (July 8, 1997)
 * 3) Elmo Says Boo! (1997 VHS) (July 8, 1997)
 * 4) William Wegman's Mother Goose (1997 VHS) (September 2, 1997)
 * 5) Elmo Saves Christmas (1997 VHS) (1997 Reprint Version) (September 2, 1997)
 * 6) Fiesta! (1997 VHS) (December 1, 1997)
 * 7) Big Bird Gets Lost (1998 VHS) (February 3, 1998)
 * 8) The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play (1999 VHS) (September 7, 1999)
 * 9) Sesame Street Family Feature Starring Big Bird And Ernie! (1999 VHS) (October 19, 1999)
 * 10) Elmo's World (2000 VHS) (February 1, 2000)
 * 11) Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More! (2000 VHS) (September 12, 2000)
 * 12) Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Adventure: The Story of Peter and the Wolf (2001 VHS) (January 9, 2001)