Ian Ellis James

Ian Ellis James is a television writer who worked on Sesame Street for ten years from Season 23 to Season 33. He has written a number of Sesame Street songs as well as several incidental cues for the show.
His first name is pronounced "yon,"Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show Episode 109: William Electric Black (1:33 mark) April 22, 2023 and he is sometimes credited as William Electric Black.
Outside of Sesame Street, he also wrote for The Puzzle Place and Allegra's Window.
==Sesame Street credits==
;Episodes
Sesame Street episodes written by James include (an added R indicates a main storyline repeat):
* Episode 2950
* Episode 3020
* Episode 3121
* Episode 3137co-written with Josh Selig
* Episode 3149
* Episode 3163
* Episode 3216
* Episode 3238
* Episode 3276
* Episode 3317
* Episode 3338
* Episode 3369
* Episode 3429
* Episode 3465
* Episode 3467
* Episode 3481 (R)
* Episode 3505
* Episode 3540	
* Episode 3562
* Episode 3566 (R)
* Episode 3639
* Episode 3688
* Episode 3717
* Episode 3722 (R)
* Episode 3768
* Episode 3786
* Episode 3815
* Episode 3853
* Episode 3883
* Episode 3926
* Episode 3952
* Episode 3959 (R)
* Episode 3983
* Episode 4012
;Songs
3466-CS.jpg|"Balance the Penny Game"
Oscar4Moes.jpg|"Big Bad Mess"(with Robby Merkin)
Song.bubbleonmysnuffle.jpg|"Bubble on My Snuffle"(with Chris Cerf)
3137n.jpg|"Do the Duckie"(with Gail Sky King)
3853-14.jpg|"Do the Monkey, Do the Lion, Do the Bear"
3216g.jpg|"Do the Spaghetti"(with Gail Sky King)
EBadu.Monsters.jpg|"Friendship"(with Babi Floyd and Cal Farney)
PattiLaBelle-Alphabet.jpg|"Gospel Alphabet"(with Gail Sky King)
HammerTime.jpg|"Hammer Time with Hammer"(with Vontallio Carter)
3429_scene5a.jpg|"I See Something"
3465n.jpg|"Light on My Feet"(with Fernando Rivas)
3137j.jpg|"Name Game Dance"(with Stephen Lawrence)
3984e.jpg|"The Number of the Day: Singing 17" (with Dave Conner)
ADPride2.jpg|"Pride"(with Gail Sky King)
3121f.jpg|"Recycle, Save a Tree (Reggae Recycle)"(with Chris Cerf)
3717e.jpg|"Same and Different"(with Robby Merkin)
TDance.jpg|"T Dance"(with Stephen Lawrence)
ThatsLetterO.jpg|"That's the Letter O"
Lilliankids.updown.jpg|"Up and Down Dance"(with Paul Jacobs)
3688b.jpg|"You Are the Only 1 for Me"(with Robby Merkin)
CountElvis.jpg|"You Gotta Count My Blue Suede Shoes"(with Chris Cerf)
==Sources==
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Category:Writers
Category:Composers
Category:Lyricists