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"I Love Trash" is a song with music and lyrics by Jeff Moss. It was sung by the Muppet character Oscar the Grouch (performed by Caroll Spinney ) on Sesame Street . The song was first sung in the first season of the series and has been re-taped several times.
"I Love My Family" sung by Julia, Samuel, Daniel and Elena. "I Love My Elbows" sung by Kermit the Frog , music by Paul Jacobs and lyrics by Sarah Durkee. "I Love Trash" sung by Oscar the Grouch (Caroll Spinney), written by Jeff Moss. "I Put My Leg in My Pants", written by Jeff Moss, over footage of kids getting dressed.
The Carpenters, one of the many artists who recorded music from Sesame Street.. Sesame Street's songwriters included the show's first music director Joe Raposo; Jeff Moss, whom Michael Davis called a "gifted poet, composer, and lyricist"; [18] and Christopher Cerf; whom Louise Gikow called "the go-to guy on Sesame Street for classic rock and roll as well as song spoofs". [19]
Moss won fourteen Emmy Awards, and in 1984, was nominated for an Academy Award for the music and lyrics he wrote for The Muppets Take Manhattan. [ 1 ] In 2007, Princeton University ranked Moss as one of its 26 most influential alumni, citing the effect of his songs and characters on the Sesame Street audience.
Sesame Street was an expensive program to produce because the creators decided they needed to compete with other programs that invested in professional, high quality production. [41] Jim Henson, (1989), creator of the Muppets. Henson was initially reluctant to become involved with a children's show, but agreed to do so. [42]
"Sesame Street" has been gentrified. After 45 seasons, the brick walls that once fenced in the neighborhood have been razed, giving way to sweeping views of what looks suspiciously like the Brooklyn Bridge (it is in fact a composite of three New York City bridges).
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