Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (1986)
Bedtime Stories & Songs is a 1986 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, released on VHS as part of the My Sesame Street Home Video label. The video was re-released with different segments under the new title of Sleepytime Songs & Stories in 1996, and on DVD in 2005. The framing story involves Big Bird speaking to the audience, offering advice on the best ways to fall asleep. A Honker and her baby stop by, and Telly arrives for a sleepover with heaps of cuddly toys that he couldn't sleep without. Buster the Horse demonstrates how to fall asleep standing up and Susan comments from her apartment window.
Director: Jon Stone
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Caroll Spinney as Big Bird (voice) |
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Jim Henson as Ernie / The King (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice) |
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Frank Oz as Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice) |
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Jerry Nelson as Count von Count / Smartest and Fastest People (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Moonshine Singer (Sleepytime Songs & Stories) (voice) |
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Martin P. Robinson as Telly Monster / Snuffy / Buster the Horse (voice) |
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Sonia Manzano as Maria Rodriguez |
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Roscoe Orman as Gordon Robinson |
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Loretta Long as Susan Robinson |
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Ossie Davis as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice) |
| Writing | Sara Compton | Writer |
| Writing | Judy Freudberg | Writers' Assistant |
| Writing | Luis Santeiro | Writers' Assistant |
| Writing | Ray Sipherd | Writers' Assistant |
| Directing | Jon Stone | Director |
| Sound | Joe Raposo | Music |
| Sound | Jeffrey Moss | Music |
| Sound | Christopher Cerf | Music |
| Sound | Stephen Lawrence | Music |
| Sound | Luis Santeiro | Music |
| Writing | Norman Stiles | Writer |