Mark Saltzman

 Mark Saltzman  wrote for SESAME STREET from 1981 to 1990 ( including lyric s for such song s as " Caribbean Amphibian ", " A New Way to Walk " , & others ) , & was on the writing staff for the Muppet Television segment s of The  JIM   HENSON  Hour.

Saltzman was also the co - write r of the stage show The Muppet Show On Tour a long with Fred Newman. As a p r in t write r & journalist, he contribute d to Muppet Magazine , including several Mondo Muppet feature s & Fozzie ' s inter view with Henry Winkler in the Fall 1983 issue , as well as the 1984 Fraggle Rock  book No One Knows Where  Gobo  Goes. He also script ed Kermit the Frog ' s appearance on Reading  R A I N B O W .

SESAME STREET Song Credits

 * "  BIRD  l and "
 * " Caribbean Amphibian "
 * " Dear Old  GROUCHY  town  "
 * " Down Below the Street "
 * " I Am the World "
 * " Island of Emotion "
 * " Listen & Bounce it Back "
 * " Love bird s "
 * " NTV "
 * " A New Way to Walk "
 * " Oh, How I Miss My X "
 * " Our Favorite  STREET  "
 * " T h e Sublime  Ms .   M  " 
 * " Take the Hand of Someone You Love "
 * " Transylvania 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 "
 * " We ' ll Watch Out for You "