Elmo Says Boo!
Elmo Says BOO! is a 1997 Sesame Street direct-to-video special celebrating Halloween. The special aired on PBS the following October as Halloween programming. Elmo visits The Count's castle to tell him funny, scary jokes. Classic Sesame Street segments are separated with new joke segments set in the castle's exterior, featuring one Sesame Street character and a child, and interior, featuring the Count, Elmo, and some combination of the bats, the skeleton, the ghost, a painting of the "Groana Lisa," a suit of armor and the Count's pipe organ.
| Elmo Says BOO! | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Emily Squires Lisa Simon Jon Stone |
| Produced by | Karin Young Shiel |
| Written by | Michael J. Wilson Rob Letterman |
| Starring | Kevin Clash Jerry Nelson |
| Music by | David Axlerod Tony Geiss Carl Stalling Jeff Moss Stephen Lawrence Joe Raposo Sam Pottle Walter Lantz Mark Saltzman |
| Edited by | Peter Lonsdale John Venzon |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Sony Wonder |
Release date | July 8, 1997 |
Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Releases
In the US, Elmo Says BOO! was released on VHS by Sony Wonder on July 8, 1997, and on DVD by the same company on July 16, 2002, and later reissued by Genius Products.
The special was released in the UK by Buena Vista Home Video through the Disney Videos imprint.
DVD chapters
- Elmo Visits the Count
- The Count Sings
- Elmo Scares Julia
- Scary Song: Transylvania 12345
- Silly Song: We're All Monsters
- Bert and Ernie Explore
- Funny Song: Frazzle Laughs
- Batty Song: Doin' the Batty Bat