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I can only assume they mean when they used to show still pictures at the end of cast members holding the Sesame Street sign, and a big sign with "Children's Television Workshop" hand-written on it.

You can see the scene in question here: http://www.toughpigs.com/bookclubhooper04.htm (scroll to the bottom of the page for a download).

Maybe they're in your other pants. And the fake vomit is on order.

Anyone seen the Subway commercial yet with the song "One Of These Things Is Not Like the Other" yet?

Watching the special tonight... and seeing a few seconds from 1969... makes me long more than ever to finally lay eyes on Show #1. I don't have any episodes to trade... but if someone could find it in their heart to gelp me out, drop me an email at gsmith99 (at) hotmail.com. Thanks! - Geoff

Hmm, looking at your avatar, who woulda guessed? ;) Anyway, I'm not a collector per se, but I've checked into some of the F-P websites that are out there. I can tell you that set was easily my favorite toy -- I would use the figures to act out the show as it aired, especially the Bert and Ernie...

My expectations were low, and the show only slightly exceeded them. (It was a nice surprise to see "Mahna-Mahna" at the end, even if stupid WTVS DID run a voice-over over it.) But I almost fell over when I saw this: During the Baker #10 bit, when they showed the 10 wind-up toys... one of them...

Not to veer off topic, but since someone mentioned "Tiger Hunt", was Ernie's trusty rusty telescope ever seen in the show?

First of all, let me correct your link: http://members.tripod.com/~hooperfan/Snuffya.jpg Secondly, might I suggest that while it was decided to no longer use Herbert in a starring role, they may have continued to use him in the following months in sort of an "Anything Muppet" role (like in...

I had an album called "Bob McGrath Sings for All the Little Children", or something like that. But it wasn't official SS merchandise, and he didn't sing any SS songs on it.

The Fisher-Price Play Family Sesame Street included Gordon, Susan, and Mr. Hooper (but not Bob, although a generic "Dad" figure could stand in in a pinch.) http://www.thisoldtoy.com/L_FP_Set/FP-Pics/Refs/938SS.jpg

It's funny, but even at that young age I picked up on a little inside joke Spinney sneaked in there... there's a picture of a movie theatre, with the marquee reading "The Grouch that Ate Racine" -- Racine, Wisconsin, of course, being the headquarters of the Western Publishing Company. :)

Did Spinney also do the illustrations, or was that Michael K. Frith?

The original Bert muppet always had an angry expression because his unibrow didn't move. (He also appeared fatter, because he had no neck.) The second generation Bert had much more expression, and that certainly added to his emerging personality.

This probably showed up normally on people's television sets. But if you use a computer to watch a video file of the Bert and Ernie "Cookies in Bed" sketch, when Ernie is walking around to get into Bert's bed, you can quite clearly see the back of Jim's head and his back.