In The Sesame Street Book of Fairy Tales, Big Bird's story he tells to some kids and The Count turns into Snow White.But once the Count realizes that the "one little person" who answers the door is one of the Seven Dwarves, he quickly bursts into their home and delights in counting them. After an interview with the Three Little Pigs gets interrupted by the Count's ceaseless counting, Kermit tries moving on to the next house. In yet another Sesame Street News Flash, Kermit the Frog and Count von Count encounter the house of the seven dwarves.Another Sesame Street News Flash segment features Kermit interviewing a witch who asks her mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all - a direct reference to the Snow White story.In this segment Kermit clearly expects the dwarves from the Disney film, specifically asking about Doc and Dopey. A Sesame Street News Flash sketch features a spoof in which the dwarves are named Surprised, Sad, Proud, Lovey, Fearful, Cheerful, and Angry.Photo puppets of the Muppet Babies characters appear in a photo by John Barrett recreating a scene from the story in the Muppet Babies Storybook Calendar 1990 and the book Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales.The Muppet Babies episode " Snow White and the Seven Muppets" loosely adapted the story.Big Bird sings a snippet of " Heigh Ho" from the 1937 film in Episode 1314 of Sesame Street.Big Bird hums "Whistle While You Work" while hanging laundry in Episode 1265, and at the beginning of Episode 1870 of Sesame Street.Oscar the Grouch sings "Grumble When You Work" while cleaning out his trash can in Episode 1119 of Sesame Street.It appeared a year later in The Sesame Street Library Volume 7. An illustration by Mike Smollin appears with a condensed version of the story in The Sesame Street 1977 Calendar.He also sings it as he goes to get his cooking supplies in Episode 0349. Cookie Monster briefly sings "Whistle While You Work" as he works at Hooper's Store in Sesame Street Episode 0227.In a Larry and Phyllis sketch about party invitations, Phyllis whistles "Whistle While You Work" from the 1937 film.She had to count the dwarves a number of times before she was convinced that she had the wrong house. A 1971 Sesame Street segment featured Snow White visiting the home of the six dwarves.The project was later reincarnated as Hey Cinderella! A Snow White pilot was shot but never aired.Several versions of the story have been told and retold over the years, but the most popular is Disney's 1937 feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which first gave the Seven Dwarves distinct personalities and names. Snow White is the title character from a European fairy tale, most commonly associated with the Brothers Grimm. Snow White and the Six Dwarfs on Sesame Street
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