#tony geiss

[80smovies]

#The Land Before Time #Don Bluth #Stu Krieger #Judy Freudberg #Tony Geiss #80s

[theoscarsproject]

An American Tail (1986). While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.

Forever kind of gutted Amblimation folded as quickly as it did. None of its three films (An American Tail, We're Back, and Balto) are perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I think it was a studio with a different voice in the era and the medium, and it would've been interesting to see it grow. This is a charming, albeit flawed little film though, with lovely, fluid animation and a rich migration story. I like it a lot, and it was fun to revisit as it's been a minute since I've seen it! 7/10.

#an american tail #1986 #Oscars 59 #Nom: Song #don bluth #David Kirschner #Judy Freudberg #tony geiss #Nehemiah Persoff #phillip glasser #christopher plummer #immigration #america #russia #american #jewish cinema #1800s #father-son #animation #7/10

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #466

Abby Cadabby was originally supposed to be named Daisy.

Source:

Tony Geiss Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University. Call Number GEN MSS 979.

#jim henson #the muppets #muppet facts oc #muppets #muppet facts #fun facts #sesame street #childrens tv #behind the scenes #abby cadabby #tony geiss #yale university

[90smovies]

#Casper #The Land Before Time III The Time of the Great Giving #Brad Silberling #Roy Allen Smith #Dev Ross #Judy Freudberg #Tony Geiss #Sherri Stoner #Deanna Oliver #90s

[eightmuppetynotes]

Muppet Song of the Day: "Pigeons on Parade"

Music: Sam Pottle

Lyrics: Tony Geiss

#muppet song of the day #sesame street #bert sesame street #frank oz #sam pottle #tony geiss

[muppetydyke]

Muppet Mainstage, December 31st, 2023

“Honk Around the Clock” was written by Christopher Cerf and Tony Geiss for season 13 of Sesame Street (1982). The song’s title is a play on the song“Rock Around the Clock.” The song is performed by Christopher Cerf, played over a video of a group of “honkers” honking their noses (Brian Muehl, Martin P. Robinson, and Jerry Nelson are the known puppeteers).

#mupposts #muppets #muppet mainstage #sesame street #Youtube

[burlveneer-music]

Joe Fiedler’s Open Sesame - Fuzzy and Blue - my WVUD pal Ako turned me on to this last night, a trombone-led quintet doing Sesame Street songs! (Oh, and Fiedler actually works on Sesame Street!)

In 2019 trombonist Joe Fiedler released Open Sesame, packed with inventive jazz readings of material drawn from his longstanding “day job” as an EMMY-nominated music director and staff arranger for the famed children’s show Sesame Street. The effort was equally beloved by lay listeners and the jazz world alike. DownBeat praised the music’s “diverse aesthetic,” in which Fiedler blends “elements of funk, rock, free-jazz and New Orleans polyphony into a potent mix that gives depth and texture to the lighthearted compositions.” When Fiedler and the band toured the music, including a stop at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola with guest luminaries Wynton Marsalis and none other than Elmo himself, the realization set in that the project would be no one-off. “I have these songbooks from the Sesame Street office,” Fiedler says, “and if you whip through the first 30 tunes, absolutely everyone knows them. But there are six or seven thousand songs they’ve done over the past 50 years, with plenty of gold in there to do a second album for sure.” Fuzzy and Blue, Fiedler’s second volume of Sesame Street songs, shines still more light on the extraordinary wit and melodic gift of the foundational Sesame Street composers Joe Raposo and Jeffrey Moss, among others. The album boasts the same top-tier lineup as Open Sesame, with a couple of twists. Trumpeter Steven Bernstein, who played on only part of Open Sesame, now becomes an integral cog in a nimble three-horn section, expanding and varying the palette and allowing Fiedler to bring his seasoned orchestration skills to the foreground. Reedman Jeff Lederer plays tenor and clarinet and relies more heavily on soprano sax this time out, helping achieve the ideal blend of colors and registers that Fiedler was seeking. Drummer Michael Sarin and bassist Sean Conly keep the rhythms locked and creatively churning, from the Dr. John/Professor Longhair vibe of “Fuzzy and Blue” to the reggae feel of “Elmo’s Song” (by Tony Geiss), to the Hugh Masekela-inspired Afropop of “Ladybug’s Picnic” (originally a peppy country novelty by the late William “Bud” Luckey). The ensemble also gets a visit from vocal powerhouse Miles Griffith, the very model of a guest on Sesame Street. On the “I Love Trash/C Is for Cookie” melange (a one-two shot of Moss and Raposo), Griffith’s singing is unabashed, larger than life, uproariously funny but insightful and firmly in control. He’s equally compelling in a sociopolitical vein on “I Am Somebody,” in which Fiedler combines an original song with the lyrics of Reverend William Holmes Borders — words recited to powerful effect on Sesame Street in 1972 by Reverend Jesse Jackson. Fiedler felt a need on Fuzzy and Blue to acknowledge social tumult at the close of the Trump presidency and the still-tentative aftermath of the COVID pandemic. “We Are All Earthlings,” a gentle and idyllic Jeffrey Moss folk ballad from 1993, accomplishes this as well, though Fiedler brings a stark added tension with his Stravinsky-esque horn voicings. Throughout the album there’s an atmosphere of fun, “a sense of burlesque” as Fiedler put it in the Open Sesame liner notes, that flows from the trombonist’s deep love of Ray Anderson, the Jazz Passengers, Carla Bley and other major influences. Steven Bernstein’s Sexmob is another. The improvisational openness and risk of Fiedler’s trio dates Sacred Chrome Orb, The Crab, I’m In and Joe Fiedler Plays the Music of Albert Mangelsdorff also carry over to this more song-oriented endeavor. Fuzzy and Blue, like its predecessor, is Fiedler’s way of bringing it all together, reminding himself and all of us that inspiration can and does come from everywhere, and that everything is connected.

#Joe Fiedler #jazz #sesame street #covers #trombone #2021

[karenlacorte]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage Bundle of Sesame Street Book Club Books.

[hello-robin-goodfellow]

The original version of the song writen by Sam Pottle & Tony Geiss

, performed by Buffy Sainte-Marie in 1977. Buffy's new baby Cody has been geting a lot of atention from everyone on Sesame Street, and Big Bird gets jealous after no-one seems interested in looking at the new picture he has drawn. This segment was hosted on the 10th anniversary special hosted by James Earl Jones, and can be seen on a TV screen in the Peter Sellers movie "Being There". The song has also been remade twice in later episodes of Sesame Street with similar themes of getting used to a baby sibling.

#sesame street #buffy sainte-marie #music #kid stuff

[cento40battute]

A St. Moritz c’è tutto ciò che desiderate per la vostra estate

Un’estate in montagna è qualcosa di chic, e cosa c’è di meglio di St. Moritz? Non vi annoierete mai grazie al fermento culturale e alle out-door activities offerte

Innanzitutto da luglio al 5 agosto vi aspetta un mese di jazz, grazie al Festival da Jazz, un’occasione per ascoltare toni noti e nuove stelle, tra cui Norah Jones, Ludovico Einaudi, Judith Hill, Jan Garbarek, Curtis Stigers e Nik West. La location poi è unica: la musica risuona infatti da un’altezza di 2456 metri, e i concerti si tengono presso il Dracula club e il Muottas Muragl, nella zona di Samedan. 

L’estate 2018 poi è particolarmente ricca di eventi. Il primo agosto, l’Engadine Golf Club celebra 125 anni di storia nello sport, con un torneo misto a quattro.

In un’atmosfera country-chic, la Tavolata St. Moritz vi invita a sedervi nel tavolo più lungo delle Alpi (di ben 400 metri), nella valle dell’Engandina, per godere dell’atmosfera rustica svizzera, degustandone i sapori tipici, dove la compagnia degli avventori locali, sulle noti delle chansons popolari, vi coinvolgerà immediatamente.

Per chi desideri un’atmosfera più raccolta, El Paradiso sul Corviglia offre ristoro ai vostri palati e ai vostri occhi, grazie alla sua terrazza, che vi permetterà di ammirare il peculiare panorama tutt’intorno, mentre al Romantik Hotel Muottas Muragl è possibile cenare all’ombra di una meravigliosa luna.

Inoltre, non vi annoierete mai grazie alle numerose attività che St. Moritz vi offre: si comincia dagli sport d’acqua sul lago, come canoeing, stand up paddling, kitesurfing e sailing. Un’esperienza unica vi aspetta sulle cime intorno a St. Moritz: il programma Mini Geiss – Dini Geiss permette ai turisti di svolgere una serie di escursioni, non da soli, ma in compagnia di cinque capre engadinesi (e del loro padrone). Il programma comprende una visita a un rifugio alpino e al caseificio di Morteratsch, dove sarà possibile degustare i suoi prodotti, fino a sessioni di yoga con le caprette, sempre sotto l’attenta sorveglianza dei professionisti.

Per non dimenticare poi il festival St. Moritz Art Masters, che dal 24 agosto al 2 settembre offre la possibilità di godere di workshop, esposizioni artistiche e soirée dedicate. Apre poi nel febbraio 2019 l’edizione invernale della fiera Nomad, presso la suggestiva Chiesa Planta di St. Moritz, che vede la partecipazione di 20 gallerie d’arte di lusso e di design contemporaneo. Infine, sul passo dello Julier vi aspetta la torre-teatro Origen, totalmente in legno, che ospiterà numerose pièce, frutto del genio degli artisti locali.

Piuttosto che un salto al mare, godetevi una meravigliosa estate in montagna, a St. Moritz, dove tutto è possibile.

Margherita Turdò

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Per informazioni: www.engadin.stmoritz.ch     

St. Moritz vi aspetta con innumerevoli eventi A St. Moritz c’è tutto ciò che desiderate per la vostra estate Un’estate in montagna è qualcosa di…

#2018 #Engadina #estate #St. Moritz #Svizzera

[80smovies]

#The Land Before Time #Don Bluth #Stu Krieger #Judy Freudberg #Tony Geiss #Pizza Hut #80s

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #342

The Amazing Mumford is Count von Count's neighbor. The Count's castle is the orange one on the left and the Amazing Mumford's castle is the pink one on the right.

Source:

The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook. "Who Stole The Count's Thunder?" Tony Geiss & Marc Nadel. Random House. 1978.

#jim henson #the muppets #muppets #muppet facts #muppet facts oc #fun facts #The Amazing Mumford #the count #count von count #sesame street #Tony Geiss #Marc Nadel #random house #The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook

[90smovies]

#The Land Before Time #The Land Before Time II The Great Valley Adventure #The Land Before Time III The Time of the Great Giving #The Land Before Time IV Journey Through the Mists #Roy Allen Smith #Dev Ross #Judy Freudberg #Tony Geiss #Don Bluth #Stu Krieger #John Loy #John Ludin #VHS #90s

[muppetydyke]

Muppet Mainstage, December 19th, 2023

“Give Your Friend an Easter egg for Christmas” was written by Tony Geiss for the 1996 special, Elmo Saves Christmas. In the song, the Easter Bunny (Harvey Fierstein) tries to convince Elmo (Kevin Clash) to buy leftover Easter Eggs as gifts for his friends.

#mupposts #muppets #muppet mainstage #sesame street #elmo #Youtube

[jimhenson-themuppetmaster]

Sesame Street Season 16 aired from November 19, 1984 to May 17, 1985. SEASON OVERVIEW This season will "attempt to familiarize children with hospitals and make them less threatening through the situation." In episode 1996, Luis breaks his arm and has to go the emergency room. Computers will continue this season to "encourage the development of creative writing skills with the keyboard." Norman Stiles said, "As a result of working with computers, we know now that kids can create writing before their motor skills are developed." Sesame Street will also be getting into music videos such as one video will be called New Moosic, featuring How Now Brown and the Moo Wave. "We don't want older brothers and sisters to come in the room, say that's a baby show and turn it off," said Dulcy Singer. CAST Muppet Characters Anything Muppets, Barkley, Bert, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Elmo, Ernie, Forgetful Jones, Gladys the Cow, Grover, Honkers, Hoots the Owl, How Now Brown and the Moo Wave, Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Telly Monster, Two-Headed Monster Human Characters Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Linda, Bob, David, Mr. Macintosh, Olivia, Petey, Willy, Uncle Wally. Actors Linda Bove, Northern Calloway, Eddie Castrodad, Emilio Delgado, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bill McCutcheon, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Alaina Reed Muppets of Sesame Street Caroll Spinney, Pam Arciero, Fran Brill, Kevin Clash, Fred "Garbo" Garver, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Martin P. Robinson, Gabriel Velez, Bryant Young. Guest Stars Sid Caesar, Jane Curtin, Dizzy Gillespie, Loretta Lynn, Menudo, Mandy Patinkin, Smokey Robinson ↑ hide NOTES The Sesame Street/CTW in-credit notice has been changed so that both logos will appear at the same time. It will now appear over the final action scene. SEASON 16 CREDITS Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer Producer: Lisa Simon Directors: Jon Stone, David Heeley Head Writer: Norman Stiles Writers: Sara Compton, Jeff Moss, David Korr, Sonia Manzano, Luis Santeiro, Gary Belkin, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Tom Dunsmuir, Nancy Sans, Emily Perl Kingsley Music Director: Joe Raposo Associate Producer: Arlene Sherman Original Muppets by: Kermit Love, Don Sahlin Current Muppets by: Caroly Wilcox, Richard Termine, Ed Christie, David Velasquez, Gwen Gordon, Susan Moore Noel MacNeal Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein Assistant Music Director: Dave Conner Supervising Editor: Ted May Production Designer: Victor Di Napoli Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi Costume Designer: Bill Kellard Sound Effects: Dick Maitland Audio: Blake Norton Camera: Miguel Armstrong, Frank Biondo, Arnold Giordano Director of Research: Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D. Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald S. Lesser, Ph.D. Vice Presidents for Production: David D. Connell, Al Hyslop Recorded at Reeves Teletape III

#sesame street #season 16/17 #cast and crew #jim henson #jim henson muppets sesame street #the muppets #behindthescenes #1984-1985

[babaalexander]

Great Birthday Wishes to all Authors Born November 16 Adventurous Miriam Anne Holt Peter Viertel (1920-2007) Tony Geiss (1924-2011) Joan Lindsay (1896-1984) George S. Kaufman (1889-1961) Paula Vogel Jean Fritz (1915-2017) Michael Arlen (1895-1956) Juozas Grusas (1901-1986) Colin Thiele (1920-2006) Jessica Quinn Hugo Dittberner Aoife Cooksey Corey Lupton Tahir Shah Jamie Babbit Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) Craig Arnold (1967-2009) William Marsden (1754-1836) Bonnie Greer Jose Saramago (1922-2010) Nikolai Erdman (1900-1970) Dennis Kelly Allison Anders Nicholas Moore (1918-1986) Andrea Barrett Sheryl Wudunn Guo Moruo (1892-1978) Robin McKinley #AdventurousMiriam #AnneHolt #PeterViertel (1920-2007) #TonyGeiss (1924-2011) #JoanLindsay (1896-1984) #GeorgeSKaufman (1889-1961) #PaulaVogel #JeanFritz (1915-2017) #MichaelArlen (1895-1956) #JuozasGrusas (1901-1986) #ColinThiele (1920-2006) #JessicaQuinn #HugoDittberner #AoifeCooksey #CoreyLupton #TahirShah #JamieBabbit #ChinuaAchebe (1930-2013) #CraigArnold (1967-2009) #WilliamMarsden (1754-1836) #BonnieGreer #JoseSaramago (1922-2010) #NikolaiErdman (1900-1970) #DennisKelly #AllisonAnders #NicholasMoore (1918-1986) #AndreaBarrett #SherylWudunn #GuoMoruo (1892-1978) #RobinMcKinley