Sesame Street Put Down The Duckie

Sesame Street Put Down The Duckie

Music by: Christopher Cerf

Lyrics by: Norman Stiles

Date: 1986

Publisher: Splotched Animal Music (BMI)

Sesame Street, Inc. (ASCAP)

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Contents

       This is a very special episode for the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street at 25 an 26 October 2019.

       Performers for the song ‘Put Down The Duckie’ are Ernie and Hoots the Owl with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Ernie would like to play the saxophone, but he has the Rubber Duckie in his hand so he produces only a squeak. Kids and people are dancing.

       Moderator Phill says that everything works in a harmony on Sesame Street but it doesn’t like seems to be harmonic at all. Phil makes interviews with Sesame Street residents and the guests. One guest says they have to hear what the duckie have to say, but another man says that duckie just squicks. Every Sesame resident makes another voice. Phill is overwhelmed, he has to go immediately.

Monsterpiece Theater

       Cookie Monster is the star at this theatre. He sits in a room and he says he is Alistair Cookie. He presents a thriller named ‘Stairs’. Grover climbs and counts endless stairs but at the end, there is only a wall.

Song: Who are the people in your neighbourhood?

       Bob sing this song with celebrities. Tennis player is the first person in your neighbourhood (with Martina Navratilova). Barbara Walters, a news co-responder is the second person in your neighbourhood. Neighbours are the person that we see each day.

       Ernie plays the song ‘ Put Down The Duckie’ with Mr Hoot and the band. Ernie plays the saxophone. Celebrities are singing too.

Song: How I miss my X

Grover at a Spanish Restaurant

       Grover is a waiter at a Spanish restaurant. A very hungry customer comes in, but Drover pours all the dishes while dancing.

At the Museum

       A woman and a man coming to the museum. They find a tiny and enormous picture. By another painting, the man thinks that it is fantastic but the woman thinks it’s terrific. They are singing a song about everyone says something different for several objects. Everyone calls things in a different way.

Special Report

       Robert Mc Neal is on Tv to give Sesame Street Special Report. He makes an interview with someone who plays an important role to the missing cookie affair. Cookie Monster, together with the Frog answers the questions. Robert Mc Neal asks if the Cookie Monster takes the missing cookies or not. Cookie monster says he must eat the cookies.

Song

Kids singing with the guest the song ‘Jenny Come Home’

Pretty Great Performances

Sesame Street all animal orchestra sings a song.

Ernie and Mr Hoot finished the episode.

Celebrities included

John Candy (both versions)

Celia Cruz (both versions)

Jane Curtin (both versions)

Pee-wee Herman (1st version only)

Keith Hernandez (1st version only)

Jeremy Irons (both versions)

Gordon Jackson (both versions)

Madeline Kahn (both versions)

Danny DeVito (both versions)

Wynton Marsalis (both versions)

Jean Marsh (both versions)

Andrea Martin (both versions)

Itzhak Perlman (both versions)

Rhea Perlman (both versions)

Pete Seeger (1st version only)

Paul Simon (both versions)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo (both versions)

Mookie Wilson (1st version only)

Mark Ingram (1st version only)

Sean Landeta (1st version only)

Carl Banks (1st version only)

Karl Nelson (1st version only)

Robert MacNeil (2nd version only)

Gladys Knight and the Pips (2nd version only)

Phil Donahue (2nd version only)

Barbara Walters (2nd version only)

Joe Williams (both versions)

Martina Navratilova

And other celebrities

Releases

Audio

Put Down the Duckie! (1990)

Bob's Favorite Street Songs (1991)

Sesame Street Celebrates! (1994)

Platinum All-Time Favorites (1995)

Sesame Street Best (1997)

Songs from the Street (2003)

Elmo's Rainbow and Other Springtime Stories exclusive bonus CD (2010)

F is for Fun! (2018)

All-Time Favorites 2 (2018)

Sing Silly Songs! (2019)

Video (original version)

Shalom Sesame: Kids Sing Israel (1991, partially dubbed in Hebrew as "Sim Et Barvazi")

50 Years and Counting (2019)

Video (celebrity version)

Sing Yourself Silly (1990, closing lines cut)

Put Down the Duckie (1994)

40 Years of Sunny Days (2009, opening wide shot is cut)

Online

SesameStreet's YouTube Channel

Publications

The Sesame Street Songbook (1992 and 2007 editions only)

Specials

Sesame Street, Special (1988)

Stars and Street Forever (1994) (clips)

The World of Jim Henson (1994) (clips)

The Street We Live On (2004) (clip in a timeline)

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