Evening at Pops Evening at Pops is a long - running PBS series featuring select performances of the Boston Pops . Two such episodes over the years have featured the cast of " Sesame Street " . 1971 . Evening at the Pops : A Special Program with Arthur Fiedler and Friends from Sesame Street aired on PBS on Setember 12 , 1971 . This one - hour special was part of a series of music programs featuring the Boston Pops Orchestra . In this program , conductor Arthur Fiedler and the orchestra are joined by some of the " Sesame Street " regulars for an evening of entertainment , performed for an audience of children . The original concert was given the afternoon of May 11 , 1971 and , per the program notes , " recorded by WGBH - TV for later telecast . " A nearly identical concert , with some additional selections , occurred for an adult evening audience the previous night , May 10 . The orchestra opens the program with a selection of musical offerings , including Julius Fucik ' s " Entrance of the Gladiators " and Franz von Suppe ' s " Light Cavalry Overture . " Next , the soloists from Sesame Street ( Gordon , Susan , Bob , Mr . Hooper , and Cookie Monster ) give a performance of Leopold Mozart ' s " Toy Symphony " . The orchestra returns for " Kid Stuff " ( a medley arranged by Richard Hyman , including " The Mickey Mouse Club March " and used by the Pops as far back as 1959 ) and Burt Bacharach ' s " Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head . " Then the music from " Sesame Street " begins in earnest . The orchestra plays the theme song ; Bob , Susan , Gordon and Mr . Hooper sing " I ' ve Got Two " ; and Kermit the Frog solos on " Bein ' Green . " Bob and Susan sing " The People in Your Neighborhood " ; Big Bird delivers a mouthful with " ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ " ; Gordon and Mr . Hooper sing Everybody Wash " , and while still bath - minded , Ernie sings " Rubber Duckie . " Big Bird conducts the orchestra in " Count 5 " by Raposo and the entire cast sings the theme song , this time with lyrics . The rebroadcast of the program on August 30 , 1981 featured an introduction by John Williams . This version is available for viewing at the Paley Center for Media . From " Sesame Street Unpaved " : " According to Danny Epstein , musical coordinator for " Sesame Street " , when the cast played [ " Rubber Duckie " ] with the Boston Pops ( Big Bird conducted ) , the musicians were not allowed to squeeze rubber duckies in addition to playing their own instruments unless they were paid extra . Apparently , a rubber duckie was considered to be a second instrument , and each musician was supposed to receive additional pay if they played a second instrument . When it came time for the actual performance , only the percussion players squeezed the ducks . It was determined that the rubber duck was to be considered a percussion instrument . " Also from " Sesame Street Unpaved " : " During the performance [ of " Rubber Duckie " ] with the Boston Pops , Will Lee ( Mr . Hooper ) was to play a triangle . But he couldn ' t read sheet music , so he didn ' t know when his cues were . After trying several solutions , someone decided to tie a rope to Lee ' s leg . Offstage , Danny Epstein , the current musical coordinator , and Joe Raposo tugged the rope and flashed a signal flashlight whenever Lee was supposed to play . " Credits 2001 . Thirty years after Big Bird conducted the Boston Pops , " Sesame Street " returned to Boston Symphony Hall to record a concert that aired on August 9 , 2001 . The episode was advertised with the following solicitation : Cast Concert Program