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Recent content by Dunebasher

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    The Muppet Show Season 5 Episode 1 - Gene Kelly

    I remember seeing this on its original broadcast in the UK, and when I watch it now I have to wonder - was all that stuff about Gene Kelly refusing to do Singin' In The Rain actually drawn from real life? Did he make it a condition of appearing that he wouldn't do SITR, at least not in full? Or...
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    Pre-Order Sesame Street Old School Volume 3 (1979-1984) coming to DVD 11/6

    Do any of the Old School releases feature the "sand drawing" animations with the hoedown music?
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    Gene Kelly: Was he really against doing Singin' in the Rain?

    Does anyone know if Gene Kelly actually wanted to refuse to do Singin' In The Rain as a condition of his appearance on The Muppet Show, or was it just something cooked up between him and the writers? The fact that he only did it as a very spare, short version with no dancing does suggest that he...
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    Sand Letters.

    Cheers!
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    Sand Letters.

    ...do any of them appear on the Old School DVD? I've got it on order but it'll take a while to get to me. I can hear the banjo music in my head now :)
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    The closing themes of Sesame Street

    Hi guys, First post, so be gentle :) I'm British, and in the early 80s we used to get Sesame Street once a week, on Saturday mornings. The closing sequence I remember best is the "steering wheel" one; having read the previous posts in this thread, that must have meant that the episodes...
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