David Korr

David Korr (b. 1943)Copyright Catalog is a writer who wrote for Sesame Street for many years from 1974 to 2001. He has been credited with creating the character Don Music,NOSTALGIA TALK: Episode #29 (Featuring NORMAN STILES) (01:11:01) and with developing Elmo, writing some of his earliest appearances.Norman Stiles interview, video interview for the Archive of American Television, conducted on December 12, 2014. [01:07]"There was a writer named David Korr, who really gravitated towards trying to figure this out, and he wrote some sketches [...]"Kevin Clash interview, audio interview for Wisconsin Public Television podcast, c. 2006. [06:20]"David Korr, who was one of the writers at the beginning, took a liking to the character and started writing him in his scripts, and that's how it started with the character [...]"Gikow, Louise. Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street. p. 100"Kevin Clash credits show writer David Korr with helping to keep the Elmo character alive long enough for the red puppet to finally find his voice."scripts by Korr featuring Elmo include Episodes 1594, 1851, 1865, 1924, 1965, 1969, 2009, 2011, 2018, 2025, 2026, 2035, 2036, 2037 Korr has also written several Sesame Street books, songs, and albums.
Apart from his long Sesame Street association, Korr wrote the one-act plays Encore, A Mild Case of Death, and Food for Thought.
==Episodes==
* Episode 1594
* Episode 1610
* Episode 1720
* Episode 1729
* Episode 1744
* Episode 1750
* Episode 1840
* Episode 1851
* Episode 1860
* Episode 1865
* Episode 1868
* Episode 1901
* Episode 1915
* Episode 1924
* Episode 1928
* Episode 1935
* Episode 1965
* Episode 1969
* Episode 1971
* Episode 2009
* Episode 2011
* Episode 2012
* Episode 2018
* Episode 2025
* Episode 2026
* Episode 2035
* Episode 2036
* Episode 2037
* Episode 2043
* Episode 2047
* Episode 2135
* Episode 2149
* Episode 2165
* Episode 2183
* Episode 2186	
* Episode 2193
* Episode 2198
* Episode 2199
* Episode 2210
* Episode 2219
* Episode 2229
* Episode 2263
* Episode 2272
* Episode 2282
* Episode 2318
* Episode 2324
* Episode 2342
* Episode 2348
* Episode 2424
* Episode 2425
* Episode 2430
* Episode 2444
* Episode 2463
* Episode 2473
* Episode 2523
* Episode 2546
* Episode 2550
* Episode 2554
* Episode 2577
* Episode 2588
* Episode 2589
* Episode 2593
* Episode 2664
* Episode 2700
* Episode 2720 (R)
* Episode 2727
* Episode 2732
* Episode 2744
* Episode 2757
* Episode 2768 (R)	
* Episode 2773 (R)
* Episode 2784
* Episode 2814
* Episode 2816
* Episode 2838
* Episode 2856
* Episode 2877
* Episode 2895
* Episode 2914
* Episode 2963
* Episode 2984
* Episode 2989
* Episode 2997
* Episode 3002
* Episode 3044
* Episode 3052
* Episode 3063
* Episode 3080
* Episode 3090
* Episode 3103
* Episode 3106
* Episode 3124
* Episode 3134
* Episode 3151
* Episode 3164
* Episode 3169
* Episode 3219
* Episode 3221
* Episode 3244
* Episode 3252
* Episode 3256
* Episode 3316
* Episode 3328
* Episode 3335
* Episode 3353	
* Episode 3360
* Episode 3380
* Episode 3386
* Episode 3410
* Episode 3455
* Episode 3461
* Episode 3462
* Episode 3483
* Episode 3494
* Episode 3497
* Episode 3515
* Episode 3528
* Episode 3558
* Episode 3565
* Episode 3647
* Episode 3650
* Episode 3677 (R)
* Episode 3683
* Episode 3685
* Episode 3725
* Episode 3737
* Episode 3749
* Episode 3812
* Episode 3819
* Episode 3821
* Episode 3824
* Episode 3863
* Episode 3867
* Episode 3895
* Episode 3903
* Episode 3933 (R)
* Episode 3970
* Episode 3975
==Books==
Image:Sesamefairytales.jpg|The Sesame Street Book of Fairy Tales(1975)
Image:Bookclubtreecover.jpg|Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree(1977)
Image:Countstoppedcounting.jpg|The Day the Count Stopped Counting(1977)
Image:Bedtimestorybook.JPG|The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook(1978)
Image:ABCToychest.jpg|ABC Toy Chest(1981)
Image:Nonsense.jpg|Prairie Dawn's Upside-Down Poem(1981)
Image:Book.itiswonderful.jpg|I Think That It Is Wonderful(1984)
Image:Itsadeal.jpg|It's a Deal! (1986)
Image:Imaginethatbook.jpg|Imagine That!(1987)
Image:Nocookiestildinner.jpg|No Cookies 'Til Dinner(1987)
==Songs==
Image:MaryHadaBicycle.jpg|"Mary Had a Bicycle"(1974)
Image:NumericalCorrespondence.jpg|"Numerical Correspondence Song"(1974)
Image:CookiesRhymingSong.jpg|"Cookie's Rhyming Song"(1975)
Image:A Really Good Feeling.jpg|"A Really Good Feeling"(1975)
Image:Song.itsfunny.jpg|"It's Funny"(1977)
Image:BeginningMiddleEndMonsters.jpg|"Beginning, Middle, End"(1978)
Image:DonMusic TwinkleTwinkle.jpg|"Whistle, Whistle, Little Bird"(1978)
Finding Your Way Around.jpg|"Finding Your Way Around"(1983)
1915d.jpeg|"Read a Book"(1983)
2043d.jpg|"Imagine That"(1984)
File:2760-Elbows.jpg|"Elbow Song"(1985)
Image:Elmo&BabyDavid.jpg|"Closer to Me"(1986)
File:2324d.jpg|"Flabbergasted"(1987)
Image:Song.wonderful.jpg|"I Think That It Is Wonderful"(1987)
2814-scene4.jpg|"It Hurts to Be Angry"(1990)
File:3380g.jpg|"Counting Song (Learning to Count)"(1994)
File:3353f.jpg|"Elmo Wrote His Name"(1994)
3455i.jpg|"Hop Hop and Ding Dance"(1996)
File:SomethingCold.jpg|"Something Cold"(1996)
File:3683d.jpg|"Name Song"(1997)
==Albums==
Image:Album.bigbirdband.jpg|Big Bird Leads the Band(1977)
FairytaleLP.jpg|The Sesame Street Fairy Tale Album(1977)
==Notes==
*In addition to producing and writing the album Big Bird Leads the Band, Korr voiced The Band Leader, credited with the classical-tinged alias "L. Korsky-Davidoff."
==Sources== 
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