Where are all these classic Sesame Street episodes coming from?

[MuppetSpot]

He was still full of energy but you could tell that something wasn’t right, like he need a coffee or something.

 

[hooperfan]

I remember seeing David in the late '80s and was baffled by how different he looked and sounded in comparison to the record albums from a decade earlier, particularly the "Daydreamin'" album, which was his peak.
Fast forward to the "Sing Along" episode/VHS release 10 years later and the change is appalling

 

[LittleJerry92]

It sounds to me like Northern had a rough life with his drug use and legal issues.

Shame it caught up quickly with his cardiac arrest.

 

[MuppetSpot]

Especially his voice being more scratchy and nasal along with his weight gain.

 

[MikaelaMuppet]

Looking at his later years on Muppet Wiki, and I just feel really bad with all of the stuff that he had to go through and deal with later on in his life.

 

[sesamemuppetfan]

Season 16 onward showed him looking and acting progressively worse

Scene 2 of 2061 is a great example- I'd hate to imagine what kind of influence it had on viewers at the time...

 

[MuppetSpot]

Scene 2 of 2061 is a great example- I'd hate to imagine what kind of influence it had on viewers at the time...

I just watch that episode on YouTube and yeah Northern’s acting was pretty mediocre along with him acting similar to a spoiled child didn’t help either.

 

[hooperfan]

Scene 2 of 2061 is a great example- I'd hate to imagine what kind of influence it had on viewers at the time...

The scene itself:

 

[D'Snowth]

appalling

Oh, gee, I mean that's a bit strong, don't you think? The guy was mentally unstable, some of the changes were probably the result of behavior that was beyond his own control.

 

[hooperfan]

Oh, gee, I mean that's a bit strong, don't you think? The guy was mentally unstable, some of the changes were probably the result of behavior that was beyond his own control.

Maybe I didn't phrase it the correct way, maybe "shocking" is better. But I was very confused on how different he had changed in such a short period of time. Everybody else looked very similar to how they did a decade earlier