Judy Freudberg

Judy Freudberg (July 12, 1949 - June 10, 2012) started her career with Sesame Street in Season 3 as a script typist. She was a credited production assistant in Seasons 5 and 6, and became a writer by Season 7. In 1985, she co-wrote the first Sesame Street theatrical feature, Follow That Bird, with Tony Geiss. She co-created the Elmo's World segment and served as its head writer.
Celebrities for whom she wrote Sesame Street sketches include Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Bill Irwin, B. B. King, Jodie Foster, Ellen DeGeneres, Maya Angelou, Michael Jeter, Shari Lewis, Gregory Hines and Susan Sarandon."Judy Freudberg, Writer on 'Sesame Street' for Nearly Four Decades, Dies at 63" by Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter 6/13/12
Freudberg graduated from Syracuse University in 1971 with a bachelor's degree in speech and dramatic arts.Syracuse Alumni Journal Fall 2008 Her other credits, often co-writing with Geiss, include the animated feature films The Land Before Time and An American Tail for Steven Spielberg, and The Upside Down Show for Sesame Workshop.
==Credits==
===Writer===
* Sesame Street - 1975-2010
* Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting
* Follow That Bird
* Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake
* Elmo's World
* Elmo's World: Wild Wild West! (Emmy Award nomination with Molly Boylan)
* The Street We Live On
* Zoe's Dance Moves
* Elmo Visits the Fire House
* Three Bears and a New Baby
* Friends to the Rescue
* Elmo Visits the Doctor
* Abby's Flying Fairy School
===Episodes===
Sesame Street episodes written by Freudberg include (an added R indicates a main storyline repeat):
* Episode 0926
* Episode 0941
* Episode 0957
* Episode 0965
* Episode 1000
* Episode 1075
* Episode 1186
* Episode 1188
* Episode 1231 (R)
* Episode 1237 (R)
* Episode 1245 (R)
* Episode 1320
* Episode 1321
* Episode 1502
* Episode 1529
* Episode 1570
* Episode 1578
* Episode 1587
* Episode 1630 (R)
* Episode 1631 (R)
* Episode 1668
* Episode 1708
* Episode 1733
* Episode 1739
* Episode 1746
* Episode 1755 (R)
* Episode 1758 (R)
* Episode 1759 (R)
* Episode 1789
* Episode 1797
* Episode 1836
* Episode 1849
* Episode 1854
* Episode 1863
* Episode 1869
* Episode 1916
* Episode 1925
* Episode 1933
* Episode 1938
* Episode 1943
* Episode 1949
* Episode 1954
* Episode 1956
* Episode 1957
* Episode 1978 (R)
* Episode 1982 (R)
* Episode 1984 (R)
* Episode 1986 (R)
* Episode 1992 (R)
* Episode 2002
* Episode 2023
* Episode 2033
* Episode 2046
* Episode 2060
* Episode 2067
* Episode 2097
* Episode 2103 (R)
* Episode 2104 (R)
* Episode 2105 (R)
* Episode 2107 (R)
* Episode 2109 (R)
* Episode 2119 (R)	
* Episode 2122
* Episode 2126
* Episode 2171
* Episode 2176
* Episode 2192
* Episode 2237 (R)
* Episode 2245 (R)
* Episode 2341
* Episode 2361 (R)
* Episode 2548
* Episode 2549
* Episode 2576
* Episode 2590
* Episode 2594
* Episode 2607
* Episode 2617
* Episode 2618
* Episode 2625
* Episode 2630
* Episode 2645
* Episode 2692
* Episode 2703
* Episode 2705
* Episode 2718
* Episode 2733
* Episode 2738
* Episode 2741
* Episode 2748
* Episode 2762 (R)
* Episode 2765 (R)
* Episode 2794
* Episode 2797
* Episode 2809
* Episode 2821
* Episode 2822
* Episode 2830
* Episode 2832
* Episode 2860
* Episode 2885
* Episode 2886
* Episode 2901 (R)
* Episode 2906
* Episode 2912
* Episode 2915
* Episode 2920 (R)
* Episode 2936
* Episode 2949
* Episode 2994
* Episode 3000
* Episode 3005
* Episode 3009
* Episode 3021 (R)
* Episode 3023 (R)
* Episode 3026 (R)
* Episode 3027 (R)
* Episode 3028 (R)
* Episode 3030 (R)
* Episode 3035 (R)
* Episode 3041
* Episode 3054
* Episode 3061
* Episode 3070	
* Episode 3084
* Episode 3109
* Episode 3119
* Episode 3128
* Episode 3135
* Episode 3141
* Episode 3153
* Episode 3161
* Episode 3168 (R)
* Episode 3173 (R)
* Episode 3176 (R)
* Episode 3181
* Episode 3199
* Episode 3212
* Episode 3233
* Episode 3248
* Episode 3250 (R)
* Episode 3255
* Episode 3280
* Episode 3296 (R)
* Episode 3297 (R)
* Episode 3300
* Episode 3361
* Episode 3367
* Episode 3370
* Episode 3395
* Episode 3401
* Episode 3405
* Episode 3406
* Episode 3456 (R)
* Episode 3457
* Episode 3473
* Episode 3478 (R)
* Episode 3496 (R)
* Episode 3500 (R)
* Episode 3503 (R)
* Episode 3508
* Episode 3509
* Episode 3516
* Episode 3525
* Episode 3530
* Episode 3536
* Episode 3549 (R)
* Episode 3561
* Episode 3579
* Episode 3592
* Episode 3593
* Episode 3600 (R)
* Episode 3602 (R)
* Episode 3619
* Episode 3648
* Episode 3652
* Episode 3653
* Episode 3656
* Episode 3660
* Episode 3666
* Episode 3672 (R)
* Episode 3674 (R)
* Episode 3687
* Episode 3698
* Episode 3702
* Episode 3715	
* Episode 3761 (R)
* Episode 3762 (R)
* Episode 3766
* Episode 3776
* Episode 3782
* Episode 3790
* Episode 3797
* Episode 3800
* Episode 3814
* Episode 3825
* Episode 3849
* Episode 3854
* Episode 3879
* Episode 3882
* Episode 3904
* Episode 3905
* Episode 3913
* Episode 3929
* Episode 3939 (R)
* Episode 3958 (R)
* Episode 3961
* Episode 3964
* Episode 3973
* Episode 3977
* Episode 3990
* Episode 4003
* Episode 4034
* Episode 4045
* Episode 4051
* Episode 4053
* Episode 4056
* Episode 4069
* Episode 4070
* Episode 4075
* Episode 4080
* Episode 4086
* Episode 4096
* Episode 4097
* Episode 4103
* Episode 4111
* Episode 4117
* Episode 4126
* Episode 4132
* Episode 4138
* Episode 4141
* Episode 4148
* Episode 4152
* Episode 4171
* Episode 4175
* Episode 4177
* Episode 4180
* Episode 4183
* Episode 4192
* Episode 4197
* Episode 4203
* Episode 4206
* Episode 4207
* Episode 4210
* Episode 4218
* Episode 4223
* Episode 4229
* Episode 4238
===Books===
Manyfaces.jpg|The Many Faces of Ernie|link=The Many Faces of Ernie
VeggieSoup.jpg|Vegetable Soup|link=Vegetable Soup (book)
Book.countparty.jpg|The Count Counts a Party|link=The Count Counts a Party
Book.susangordonadopt.jpg|Susan and Gordon Adopt a Baby|link=Susan and Gordon Adopt a Baby
Book.mollymoves.jpg|Molly Moves to Sesame Street|link=Molly Moves to Sesame Street
Book.storyland.jpg|Story Land|link=Story Land
===Songs===
File:4097.j2.jpg|"Around the Rock"
File:Song.BacksBusyTappin.jpg|"Back Front Tap Rap"
File:SS-BestFriends70s.jpg|"Best Friends"
Bob at Lincoln Center Reclining Figure.jpg|"Bob Live From Lincoln Center"
File:Celeb.bbking.jpg|"B.B. King"
File:4111o.jpg|"The Cookie Dance"
File:TheElmoSlide.jpg|"The Elmo Slide"
File:3879a.jpg|"Explorer Song"
File:4207f.jpg|"Get Up and Go Dance"
File:GimmeFiveSong.jpg|"Gimme Five"
File:3212b.jpg|"Happy Just to Be With You"
File:1070_05.jpg|"I Love Ya Cause You're Insincere"
File:Characters.nelson-jeanette.jpg|"I'm in Love with U"
File:4152f.jpg|"If Elmo Had a Dinosaur"
File:IfElmoHadTeeth.jpg|"If Elmo Had Teeth"
File:RainingCookies.jpg|"It Raining Cookies"
File:4229j.jpg|"Jumping in Puddles"
File:Song-Mexico.jpg|"Mexico Is a Country"
File:MurrayOvejita.jpg|"Murray Has a Little Lamb Theme"
File:Song.natashaslullabye.jpg|"Natasha's Lullabye"
File:4103.10.jpg|"No More Porridge"
File:3525j.jpg|"Perfect as a Pig"
File:EW-RideEm.jpg|"Ride 'Em Cowboy"
File:4126m.jpg|"Rock Birthday Song"
File:3161u.jpg|"Silly Squirrel Dance"
File:3978y.jpg|"Sleepover Dance"
File:SnufflePolka.jpg|"The Snuffleupagus Polka"
File:3457birdland2.jpg|"Sometimes I Sing"
File:4137n.jpg|"Soap Opera"
File:MarshalGrover-SquareDance.jpg|"Square Dance"
File:3715e.jpg|"Stinky's Love Song"
File:Supermorphinmegamonsters2.jpg|"Super Morphin Mega Monsters Theme"
File:3370d.jpg|"Take a Bird to Work Day"
File:EW-Pecos.jpg|"Tale of Pecos Bill"
File:4051d.jpg|"Waddle, Waddle, Waddle, Quack, Quack, Quack"
File:4192b.jpg|"We Are Three Knights So Merry"
File:4175h.jpg|"Welcome Bug Song"
File:4070.6.jpg|"Who Will Be My Friend?"
File:4206g.jpg|"Wing in a Sling Blues"
3653b.jpg|"Wish Song"
File:3592a.jpg|"Words That Rhyme with Play"
File:4086c.jpg|"World's Greatest Birdseed Cookie Song"
File:4203e.jpg|"Worm Anthem"
==Sources==
==External links==
* Interview with Jessica Max Stein
* New York Times Obituary
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