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The Muppet Alphabet Album is a Sesame Street learning album based on the children's television series.It was first released in 1971 by Columbia, [1] [2] then reissued in 1976, [1] [3] and by Golden Music in 1990, [4] and by Sony Wonder in 1996, and by Koch Records in 2008.
The theme song was based upon a song Geiss wrote called "Elmo's Song", with lyrics changed to fit the segment. [16] Writer Louise Gikow and The New York Times called it "a show within a show". [ 8 ] [ 17 ] Clash called it "a playdate between the child and Elmo", and felt that its intimacy provided an effective teaching tool. [ 1 ]
Beginning in 1998, a new 15-minute segment shown at the end of each episode, "Elmo's World", used traditional elements (animation, Muppets, music, and live-action film), but had a more sustained narrative. [165] "Elmo's World" followed the same structure each episode, and depended heavily on repetition.
"Elmo's Rap Alphabet", a rap version of the Alphabet Song rapped by Elmo, written by Emily Kingsley (lyrics) and Robby Merkin (music). "Elmo's Circle Song", sung by Elmo about his love of circles and other circular objects, at the end of the song, he gets dizzy and falls unconscious, written by Molly Boylan (lyrics) and Steve Nelson (music).
The special opens with Cookie Monster looking for directions to Sesame Street (and picking up cookies along the way). After a montage of various versions of the theme song, he arrives on Sesame Street with Joseph Gordon-Levitt who really wants to take a picture under the famous street sign but the trouble is it has gone missing.
Elmo's birthday is Feb. 3; he will be 3.5 years old. Find out the ages of Elmo, Big Bird, Grover, Snuffleupagus, Cookie Monster and everyone on Sesame Street.
Elmopalooza! is a 1998 children's album featuring songs performed by characters from Sesame Street with special musical guests. [1] First released on CD and cassette in 1998, this album is the soundtrack to the Elmopalooza television special which commemorated Sesame Street ' s 30th anniversary.
In addition to original content produced in Moscow, the show also featured Russian-dubbed clips of Sesame Street, Elmo's World, Global Grover and Play with Me Sesame; these comprised about 30-50% of the show's content. [3] [7] [9]