Unearthing previously "lost" Sesame Street episodes

D'Snowth

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See, this is what I've missed about the show in recent decades: kids just happy to be there, their joy and happiness is always so genuine, as opposed to how in recent years, many kids just almost seem like deers in the headlights, not knowing what they're doing there or why.

The closest we've come, that I can remember, was that Antonio kid in the mid-2000s, who did little bits with Joey's characters like Papa Bear and Murray (back when he was still unofficially called Fil-Fil).
 

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This is by far the most aggressive I've ever seen Carroll depict Oscar; usually this is how he would be depicted in a parody.

The punchline is hilarious though.
 

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Watching that clip, I can definitely see Caroll getting his frustrations out with Oscar.
 

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Not a guide with pictures from every segment, but the wiki now has images from the first Answer Lady segment (in episode 112). Clicking on the picture, there's only one episode listed under "what links here", so I don't know if they just wanted to put the picture there before the rest of the episode, or if they found it elsewhere (I don't think I really even paid attention to who uploaded it, maybe it was a fan who didn't get it through private means).

Interesting to see that Guy Smiley (or at least the Guy Smiley puppet, looks like no name was used here) was her announcer in the first segment. Also interesting that Granny Fanny Nestlerode was a different puppet (used from the Southern Colonel puppet). But recently there's been a bit of discussion on the fact that the large lavender live hand puppet was introduced in the second season, I should have known a different puppet was used first (this being one of those things I don't really think about much). And also, according to the characters page, she was performed by Jim Henson, as he would in Here is Your Life: Oak Tree, while Caroll Spinney performed her in another segment. I'd like to know about this recast, something tells me we'll never get a real answer (even if one of were to ask Caroll Spinney).

If Henson did perform Granny in that one, I wonder if he also did (the voice of) the Guy Smiley announcer. Guy wasn't exactly established as a character yet, so they easily could have used Frank Oz or Caroll (or an unknown performer) and nobody would really think it sounds wrong.
 
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