Sesame Street/Jim Is (from The 1987 Television Academy Hall of Fame)

Cast

 * Big Bird as Kermit the Frog
 * Prairie Dawn as Miss Piggy
 * Snuffy as Fozzie Bear
 * Herry Monster as Floyd Pepper
 * Baby Bear as Scooter
 * Grover as Gonzo
 * Zoe as Janice
 * Oscar the Grouch as Sam the Eagle
 * Telly Monster as Rowlf the Dog
 * Walt Dizzy as David Lazer
 * Frank Lloyd Left as Michael K. Frith
 * Mr. Bricklayer, Ms. Carpenter, Salvador Dada, Frankie, Fran, Agnes, I.C. DeForrest, Murray Matisse and Sally Soho as Muppet Workshop designers and artisans
 * Deena as Alice Snuffleupagus
 * Masha as Afghan Hound
 * The Geefle and the Gonk as The Primitives
 * Roosevelt Franklin as Gobo Fraggle
 * Baby Breeze as Wembley Fraggle
 * Smart Tina as Red Fraggle
 * Suzetta Something as Mokey Fraggle
 * Hard Head Henry Harris as Boober Fraggle
 * Willy Muppet as Uncle Traveling Matt
 * Farley as Large Marvin Fraggle
 * Anything Muppets as Fraggles
 * Sam the Robot as Big Bird
 * The Big Bad Wolf as Oscar the Grouch
 * Joey Monkey as Ernie
 * Davey Monkey as Bert
 * Sir John Feelgood as Count von Count
 * Don Music as Grover
 * Maurice Monster as Herry Monster
 * Manny as Bernie Brillstein
 * Telephone Operator as Bernie Brillstein's Receptionist
 * Barkley as Sprocket
 * Elmo as Rizzo the Rat
 * Slimey the Worm as Elmo
 * Bert and Ernie as Statler and Waldorf
 * Mr. Jerry as Jerry Nelson
 * Richard as Richard Hunt
 * Little Jerry as Steve Whitmire
 * Numberella as Kathryn Mullen
 * Ferlinghetti Donizetti as Dave Goelz
 * Kingston Livingston III as Kevin Clash
 * Farmer Frankie as Frank Oz
 * Big Jeffy as Jim Henson

Lyrics
The Announcer: And now, ladies and gentlemen, Big Bird!

Big Bird: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very much! Um... The friends of Mr. Henson has gathered here tonight to present our little tribute to Jim. We've been conferring and rehearsing, making sure we get it right. So the number would be worthy of him. For the last few months, we haven't been together. Because we all seemed to work in different places. So I'm a little apprehensive as to whether we'll all wind up with eggs on our faces. They each send a video to give us a clue as to exactly what they were planning to do. Now the first videocassette came from the Muppet Show gang in London. Roll the videocassette right.

Snuffy: Jim is so wise and witty, because he likes my jokes.

Everyone: Wrong.

Herry Monster: Jim is the hippest dude that I know.

Everyone: No.

Baby Bear: Jim lives for dangerously than most other folks.

Everyone: Oh?

Grover: He was my companion, skiing down the Grand Canyon.

Snuffy: You know, Jim doesn't know the meaning of the word fear. He doesn't know the meaning of the word smart, either.

(everyone laughing)

Zoe: Jim is what every valley girl dreams of, for sure.

Everyone: For sure.

Oscar the Grouch: Jim stands for everything that is wholesome and pure.

Everyone: Pure.

Telly Monster: Jim is the kind of guy who can sing in my key.

Everyone: Yeah. Jim is whatever you want him to be.

Snuffy: That's it from London, bird.

Grover: Yeah. Bye.

Snuffy: Bye.

Big Bird: Okay, well, um, let's see who's next. Walt Dizzy, our executive producer, and Frank Lloyd Left, our head designer, has an update for rather a Mupdate from the workshop in New York. Roll the next video.

Walt Dizzy, Frank Lloyd Left , Mr. Bricklayer , Ms. Carpenter , Salvador Dada , Frankie , Fran , Agnes , I.C. DeForrest , Murray Matisse and Sally Soho : Jim is our favorite model in this very place. Jim is the very adequate boss,, boss, boss, boss. Jim is the kind of guy that can hold out his face.

The Geefle: This is just between us, but he's planning Muppets on Venus.

Big Bird: Okay. Well, as you can see, everything is normal. Probably the same in Toronto as Fraggle Rock. Next videocassette.

Roosevelt Franklin: Jim is a super guy from his nose to tail.

Willy Muppet: No tail.

Suzetta Something: Jim is a super taxer from debt to sale.

Willy Muppet: No sale.

Baby Breeze: Jim is a place you exercise athletically.

Everyone: Jim is whatever you want him to be.

Hard Head Henry Harris: Uh, just one question: What is a Jim Henson?

Big Bird: Uh, I wonder how things are coming along on Sesame Street? Let's see Sesame Street.

Joey Monkey: J is for the first letter in his name.

Davey Monkey: Jim starts with the letter J. A capital.

Don Music: I is the middle letter.

Sam the Robot: That's not right. Dramatically.

Don Music: I am the middle letter?

Sam the Robot: That doesn't sound much better.

Don Music: Oh, I see, hmmmm....

Maurice Monster: M is the letter at the end.

Sir John Feelgood: M as in mother, a boy's best friend.

Everyone: Make the letters line up. Then we'll put the sign up. J-I-M, J-I-M, J-I-M, Jim!

The Big Bad Wolf: Huh! Jim Henson? He always treated me like trash!

Big Bird: And I think it looks like that takes care of just about everything?

Prairie Dawn: Everybody?

Big Bird: Uh...

Prairie Dawn: Oh, ha, what about moi? Am I chopped liver for take?

Big Bird: Uh, well, listen, I'm sorry, Prairie Dawn. It must have been an oversight by an under sight.

Prairie Dawn: To air is human, to snug as death.

Big Bird: Oh, well, I'll tell you what. Let me call Manny. I'm sure our manager can straighten this whole thing out.

Prairie Dawn: Oh. Manny? You mean our agent? Well, he is probably very busy conservating a very big deal for moi at this very motion.

Big Bird: Conservate? As in soup?

Prairie Dawn: Well, somebody has better be cooking, that's all I gotta say.

Big Bird: Mmmmm....

Telephone Operator: Uh, Manny, there's a bird on the phone.

Manny: What bird? Oh, Big Bird. Hey, Big Bird, how are you doing, my man? So glad you called her. Yeah. Never too busy to talk to you. What an event, huh? Coming out of the woodwork for Jim. Just an expression, Big Bird. Oh, Big Bird, one other thing. Prairie Dawn's deal? Just between us, she lost the lead to "Vague Attraction". We couldn't put that in the tribute. Thanks, Big Bird, I'll talk to you soon. Take care.

Miss Piggy: Well, well, well, what did he say?

Big Bird: Uh, he said, he said wrap it up and get to the finale.

Miss Piggy: Oh.

Big Bird: Hit it, guys!

Everyone: Jim is so wise and witty, because he likes my jokes. Jim is the hippest dude that I know. (Jim starts with the letter J. A capital) Jim lives for dangerously than most other folks. He was my companion, skiing down the Grand Canyon. Jim is what every valley girl dreams of, for sure. Jim stands for everything that is wholesome and pure. Jim is the kind of guy who can sing in my key. Jim is whatever you want him to be.

The Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, the Muppet performers: Mr. Jerry, Richard , Little Jerry , Numberella , Ferlinghetti Donizetti and Kingston Livingston III.

Bert: Who are all these people?

Ernie: Well, I think they do things for Henson.

Bert: Well, if they do things for Henson, what does he do?

Ernie: Well, I understand he has his hand in half of a dozen things.

( Bert and Ernie laughing)

Bert: Another one of your old jokes?

Ernie: Old folks, old jokes.

( Bert and Ernie laughing)