Big Bird's ABCs

Big Bird's ABCs is a stage show at Sesame Place featuring walk-around versions of the Sesame Street Muppets voiced by their original performers via pre-recording. It ran in 1988.
The 13-minute Sesame Place show featured Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, and the Honkers, with audio recorded by Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Caroll Spinney. 
The stage is decorated with blocks spelling out "ABCs", and a banner is displayed with the entire alphabet. At the start of the show, Ernie bounds onstage and waves to the audience, but Bert enters more hesitantly. Bert tells Ernie that he feels shy -- he doesn't know all of these people. Ernie says that they all know him, and to prove it, he asks the audience, "Who is this?" The crowd yells "Bert!" 
Convinced, Bert agrees to meet them, but he doesn't know where to start. Ernie sings "How Do You Do?" -- and for the second verse, Bert, Ernie and the Honkers venture out into the audience to shake hands. Big Bird enters, and says that he doesn't need to meet the audience -- he already knows all of them! They all sing a final verse together. 
Ernie says that Bert promised to take him to the library to get some new books to read. He asks if Big Bird likes to read, and he says that he does -- although sometimes the words are too hard to understand. Bert encourages him to practice, and as Bert and Ernie leave the stage, Big Bird notices the great big word on the banner. He sings "ABC-DEF-GHI" for the crowd.
Returning to the stage, Ernie and Bert explain that the "word" is actually the alphabet, and they all read the alphabet together. Big Bird leads the crowd in an up-tempo version of "The Alphabet Song", and Ernie, Bert and the Honkers push the alphabet blocks around, spinning them and opening hidden flaps to reveal each letter as Big Bird sings them.
Ernie puts on a pair of goggles and offers Bert a ride on his scooter, leading to a rendition of the Electric Company sketch "Giggles, Goggles". Ernie asks, "How do you like my new giggles?" and Bert replies, "You mean goggles." "No, no, no," Ernie insists, "that's what someone does for a sore throat -- goggles with mouthwash!" "You mean gargles," Bert says. They continue through gurgles, girdle, griddle, riddle and wriggles, finally coming back to giggles. 
The Honkers start squeaking their noses, and Big Bird asks what they're trying to tell him. Bert and Ernie observe that the Honkers are reminding them it's time to go home. The cast bows, and waves goodbye to the audience.
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Category:Sesame Place Stage Shows