Play-Along Games and Songs

Play-Along Games and Songs is a 1986 Sesame Street video compilation of game and puzzle-themed skits, as well as songs which encourage viewer participation. In the framing story, Big Bird leads a series of games with Elmo, Forgetful Jones, and a couple of kids.
The video was originally released on VHS by Random House in 1986, as part of the "My Sesame Street Home Video" line. It was first released on DVD by Sony Wonder in 2005.
==Segments==
Image 	Segment 	Description
 	FRAME 1 	Big Bird tells Forgetful Jones that it's time to play games, but Forgetful claims he's "No-Games Jones," even though he's currently playing go fish with Elmo. Big Bird plans to quiz Forgetful on how much he remembers after they've played all the games. Forgetful likes the idea, and Big Bird goes to round up two kids (Jesse and Desiree) who are seen playing with Oscar the Grouch.
 	FRAME 1 cont'd	The group starts the first game: "Follow That Penguin!" They watch a cartoon of a penguin making beats, and Big Bird points to someone who has to repeat that beat. When it's Forgetful's turn, he forgets the beat, so Elmo helps him remember. In the third round, the penguin taps out a random series of beats, which Elmo and the others interpret through scatting.
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster plays a game with a boy named Eric, who closes his eyes and guesses what Herry hands him (a ball, a feather, and his head).The sketch is edited to remove Herry's third round of the game.
 	FRAME 2 	The next game is "The Rhyme Game," where Big Bird says a word, points to a person and they must make a rhyme. His word is "top," and when he calls on Forgetful Jones, they all hop to help him think of a word. He takes so long to guess that they all get tired. Big Bird tells him to play along with the next segment.
center	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set.
 	FRAME 3 	Big Bird's next game features him drawing shapes in the air, having the others guess what it is. He makes a rectangle, a triangle and his own creation - a ball of squiggly lines called "Fun."
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "One of These Things."
 	Cast 	Gordon sings "I Heard My Dog Bark" as Susan, Bob, Uncle Wally and some kids make the animal sounds.
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 	Animation 	Shape organization, part 4 (edited)
 	Muppets 	Grover sings "Over, Under, Around and Through."
 	FRAME 4 	The final game is "The Remember-the-Games Game." Big Bird quizzes Forgetful on all the games and segments they saw with 60 seconds on the clock, but Forgetful forgets everything. Big Bird reminds the viewer that they can play the same games with their friends and family, and even with their Sesame Street friends again.
==Releases==
Image:Origplayalongvhs.jpg|1986Random House Home Video88311ISBN 039488311X
Image:Noimage-big.png|1986Random House Home Video88310ISBN 0394883101
Image:PlayAlongGamesandSongsVHS.jpg|1992Random House Home Video88311Reissue cover
Image:PlayAlongGamesSongsSonyVHS.jpg|1996Sony WonderLV 51295ISBN 1573305537
Image:Playalonggames.jpg|2005Sony Wonder (front)LVD 51295ISBN 0738932361
PlayAlongGames&SongsDVDbackcover.jpg|2005Sony Wonder (back)LVD 51295ISBN 0738932361
Dvdset-storiesgamessongs.jpg|2005Sony Wonder3-disc set with Big Bird's Story Time and Bedtime Stories & Songs
File:Newplayalonggamesandsongs.jpg|Genius Entertainment
DVDset-singingtriplefeature.jpg|2010Warner Home VideoTriple pack with Sing Yourself Silly! and Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
==Activity Book==
Illustrated by Joe Mathieu.
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==International releases==
Playalonggamesandsongsbigbirdsstorytime.jpg|1988The Video CollectionVC 1098Double feature with Big Bird's Story Time
Playalonggamesandsongssingalongukvhs2entertainvideo.jpg|1991The Video CollectionVC 1217Double feature with Sing Along
Cookiemonstersbestbites-disney.jpg|1997Disney VideosD610465Double feature with Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Playalong Aus VHS.jpg|1992VDI
Playalonggamesandsongsasianvcd.jpg|1998Berjaya HVN cat. no 153000
Playalonggamesandsongs Japan VHS.jpg| Sony
PlayalongGamesSongs Taiwan VHS.jpg |Ladder Publishing
==DVD Chapters==
#Follow That Penguin
#Can You Guess What It Is
#The Rhyme Game
#Beat the Time
#Shapes in the Air Game
#One of These Things
#I Heard My Dog Bark
#Elephant Picture
#Over, Under, Around & Through
#Remember the Games Game
==Characters==
*Linking Footage:
:Big Bird, Forgetful Jones, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, Jesse, Desiree
*Inserts:
:Cookie Monster, Ernie, Lefty the Salesman, Herry Monster, Gordon, Susan, Bob, Uncle Wally, Grover, Guy Smiley, Frazzle, Bert, Anything Muppets
==Cast==
*Starring Caroll Spinney as Big Bird
*Jim Henson's Muppets:
**Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Kevin Clash
*Susan: Loretta Long
*Uncle Wally: Bill McCutcheon
*Bob: Bob McGrath
*Gordon: Roscoe Orman
==Credits==
*Writers: Norman Stiles
**Judy Freudberg, Dan Wilcox (archive material)
*Songs by Joe Raposo and Jeffrey Moss
*Directed by Jon Stone
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Category:Sesame Street Video