Recent content by BWSmith

Speaking as someone who owns about 20 of the Noggin episodes, I think that the choice of format is going to be very, very important. I watch Sesame Street for only two reasons - (a) to get my nostalgia fix and (b) to entertain and educate my preschool children. Within that context, each...

The thread title reminded me of the SS muppet rock song, "Tell me why do you always do the opposite of what I do?" :)

Questions about the new channel: 1) Is it essentially guaranteed that the new channel will show material from the "classic" episodes of SS? (Broadly speaking, the episodes produced before Henson's death?) If so, history has shown that such airings are always temporary, and we should all...

It was only a matter of time before political correctness took its toll on SS's most outrageous muppet. In related news, Sesame Street is also concerned about the adverse effects of poor grammar and lack of self-control, especially with regard to overeating. Hence, Cookie Monster will be...

"Merry Christmas from Sesame Street" (1975) was my favorite album as a kid. I don't think my parents have their old copy anymore. Has this ever been re-issued on CD or cassette, or is it LP only?

I've never been to the Sesame Place theme park, but I've read that it can be very crowded at times. Have any of you been?

Monster Clubhouse is permanently a part of my otherwise favorite SS video, "Elmo's World: The Wild, Wild, West". It seems to be written on the premise that babbling, hyperactive/narcoleptic monsters going nuts and dishing off nonstop rounds of corny jokes counts as "Sesame Street"-type humor.

That's hilarious that you noticed that too! Every time I watch that sketch on my SSU tapes, I think it's a young Ted Koppel...

Y'all forgot about Buffy, Sheldon, and baby Cody, the singing urban Indians, who packed up and moved to a teepee in Hawaii in 1978. Her character was apparently designed to appeal to Native American families living in major metropolitan areas who were threatening to move off and live in...

The "pockets" song appears in SSU episode #536 from 1973.

A-la peanut butter sandwiches!!! :D They always ended with the wording: "Sesame Street has been brought to you today by the letters <A> and <B> and by the number <3>. Sesame Street is a production of the Children's Television Workshop."

Arrrrrrgh!!! I can't believe I left "Getting Ready to Read" off the list! Slip it in at #4 1/2... :D

If you listen to the evolution of Ernie and Kermit over time, both appear to gradually get closer to Jim Henson's natural speaking voice (and thus increasingly like each other). However, if you go all the way back to the beginning and listen to the first Ernie and Bert sketches, it becomes...

Dr. T, I'm talking about the post above mine where Mark the Shark makes fun of Ssetta's disappointment in the cancelling of SSU, not your posts... You must be the horse that orders "Three Coffees Please!" Lighten up!! :D

It takes three guys to afford ONE coffee at Starbucks... :D