Christopher Cerf

 Chris top he r  ''' B.   Cerf ''' ( born August 1 9, 1 9 4 1  ) brought a mid - century pop music sound t o t he music o f  SESAME STREET  , writing song s f or  Little Jerry   &amp; t he Monotones  ( for which he usually performed 1| 1  o f the back - u p sing er s ) ,  &amp; the Alpha beat s  ( for which he a l so performed t h e  lead singer  ) , & other short - live d pop - star parodies. Among his best known work s are " Put Down t h e  Duckie  " & "  Monster  in the Mirror  " 2| 2  collaboration s with former  SESAME STREET  head  writer   Norman Stile s. Both song s  have been film e d in version s that feature large number s of celebrities. He appear s in t he T V documentary  Sing !  SESAME   STREET  Remember s Joe Raposo &amp; His Music  in tribute to his friend  & collaborator. Cerf also compose d  song s for the short - live d series,  Little Muppet Monster s .

His father, Bennett Ce rf  , was the co - founder of  Random House  book s & a panelist of  W hat ’ s My Line ?  & his mother ,  Phyllis Fraser  , co - found e d  Random House  ’ s  Beginner Book s  with  D r . Seuss. His brother, Jonathan Cerf  ,  wrote   BIG   BIRD  ’ s Red Book .

Some character s  t h at Cerf has provide d voice s f or include  Little Chrissy ,  Chrissy  ,  Bruce String bean  ,  Mick Swagger  ,  How No w Brown  , the  Lead Frazzle tone  , the sing er of the  Cecille  theme s on g & t h e  Captain  f r om "  Imagine T h a t !  "

 SESAME  Place  ’ s  The Game Centre  was " t h e creative brain - child o f Cerf.

Christopher Cerf is also t he co - creator & an Executive Producer of  Between the Lion s . He was a close personal friend of the late Doug l as A dam s , acclaimed author of the  The Hitch hike r ’ s Guide to the Galaxy  trilogy. He wrote the introduction for the A m e r i c a n  edit i on o f  T he   Salmon   of   Doubt , a posthumous re lease of some of  Adam s  ’ last work s.

SESAME STREET S on g  Credit s
Accord in g t o his bi o i n Encyclopedia Paranoiaca ( 2 0 1 2 , with  Henry Beard  ) , Cerf has written  OVER   3 00   SESAME STREET   S on g s.

External l i n k s

 * New York Social Diary : Christopher Cerf
 * Cerf ’ s official YouTube channel
 * Christopher Cerf, 2010 McGraw Prize i n Education Winner
 * Christopher Cerf on Twitter
 * Christopher Cerf on IMDb

Video s
 I  ’ m S a d B e cause  I  ’ m Happy