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Tish Rabe

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first: 2026-02-18
most recent: 2026-02-18
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“So I sang with the Muppets. I sang on the show. I sang on the albums and I sang on the specials. So I sang on everything. And it was just so much fun. And my first big break was I sang with Oscar. I love trash, everything dirty in she and Dusty, anything ragged and rotten and rusty. Oh, I love I love I love trash. And I don't know that my parents ever got over it to tell you the truth.”
2026-02-18 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #854: Tish Rabe — 200+ Children's Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And I went to meet him and told him I was auditioning, and he asked me if I could type. And I said, yes, I can sing and I can type. So I got a job as music production assistant at Sesame Street. And all I wanted to do was sing with Jim Henson's Muppets. And my first job was hiring the jingle singers in Manhattan to sing with Jim Henson's Muppets. So I sang all day. I sang when I typed and I sang when I filed and I sang when I answered the phone Sesame Street May I help you? Well after a year everybody was so tired to listen to me sing all the time that they said would you like to sing on Sesame Street with them Muppets and I was yes”
2026-02-18 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #854: Tish Rabe — 200+ Children's Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“All through high school, I was are you going to be a singer or a writer, a writer or singer? And finally, I had to apply to college and I really knew in my heart I wanted to be a singer. So I before your degree in opera with a minor in jazz and everyone always asks me, so how did you end up, you know, being a singer and ending up being an author? And the very short story is I came to New York and I was auditioning everywhere. And my high school music teacher got a job as assistant music director on Sesame Street. Season two.”
2026-02-18 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #854: Tish Rabe — 200+ Children's Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Where did the story start? As a matter of fact, I did not start out to be a children's book author. I started out to be an opera singer. I went to college to be an opera singer. So that was my plan. I had a great plan. In high school, I tell the kids I talk to a lot that I had two things I loved. I loved to sing and I love to write.”
2026-02-18 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #854: Tish Rabe — 200+ Children's Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT