Guy Smiley Guy Smiley is , by his own account , America ' s Favorite Game Show Host . He has hosted the " Sesame Street " game shows " Beat The Time " , " Here is Your Life " , " What ' s My Part ? " , and many others . He approaches every hosting gig with a near - frantic level of excitement and enthusiasm . Guy Smiley has occasionally demonstrated his musical talent on " Sesame Street " . His song performances include " Air " and " They Can ' t Take That Away From Me " ( with Cookie Monster ) . His singing voice at times can go very low , very similar to Link Hogthrob ' s , as in " I ' ll Love You in Springtime " and his tribute to the winner in " The Letter of the Day Pageant . " He also sang " Gone with the Wind " in the first season . Most of Guy Smiley ' s appearances in sketches have been as the host of game shows . Many of the sketches where he doesn ' t host game shows still involve him being the host of a show , including " The Weather Show " , " The Letter of the Day Pageant " , and " On Vacation with Guy Smiley " . One of the few sketches he starred in where he didn ' t host a show or sing was a sketch where he took his entire studio audience out for lunch . His first appearance was in a sketch where he appears as a spokesman for " Brand X . " Although Joan Ganz Cooney once described Guy Smiley as one of Jim Henson ' s funniest characters , he was Henson ’ s least favorite to perform ; as the character ’ s boisterous voice was too rough on his throat . Because of this , the dialogue for Guy ' s earlier sketches was commonly prerecorded , so multiple takes could be filmed without straining Henson ' s throat . A walk - around version of Guy Smiley appeared in a number of " Sesame Street Live " shows . In " Big Bird Goes Hollywood " , he assisted Big Bird in directing a movie . Guy Smiley also appeared in " Big Bird ' s Sesame Street Story " and " Big Bird and the ABCs " . In his earliest appearances , he had a visible tongue , a feature that was later seen in 2006 , when he hosted a PBS commercial / game show spoof for the " Ready To Learn " Service . Following Jim Henson ' s death , Guy Smiley made a background appearance in a 1999 episode as one of Maria ' s customers , and in a 2006 episode as one of the spectators in the Number of the Day segment where The Count was playing golf . Performed in more recent instances by Eric Jacobson , Guy had a prominent speaking role in the main street story of a 2008 episode . Guy later appeared in two season 44 segments ( hosting " The Waiting Game " and " Make it Fit " ) , and in a season 45 episode . Guy Smiley ' s name . In one of his first appearances as a game show host ( " Pick Your Pet " ) , he was named Sonny Friendly ( which would later become the name of another " Sesame Street " game show host ) . He would be named Guy Smiley in another first season game show , " The Mr . and Mrs . Game " . When Count von Count introduced himself in a Beat the Time sketch , he did so in his traditional way , " They call me the Count because I love to count things . " Guy responded with , " Well , I ' m Guy Smiley . They call me Guy Smiley because I changed my name from Bernie Liederkrantz . " Casting history . Main Performers Alternate Performers Book appearances . Cookie Monster also disguised himself as Guy Smiley in the book " No Cookies ' Til Dinner " . Sources . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _