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If the person who posted episode 678 is on here, I thank you! I've been wanting to hear that song again for a long time, like, 49 years.

Wow, it was only 16 short years ago that I posted a description of this scene (fourth point above). I concede that it was Maria, not Susan, who brought the baby over.

Big Bird appeared in an episode of The Electric Company (original series), talking to Fargo North. Of course, TEC was produced by the same company, so I'm not sure if that counts. Big Bird also appeared once on Mr. Rogers, in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

The thread-starter has appeared on YouTube!!

How would Don Music handle the song "I Have a Little Dreidel"? Setting: Kermit the Frog appears in Don Music's studio. Don is playing the piano in the background. Kermit: Hi ho, this is Kermit the Frog here, and we’re here at the studio of Don Music who is busy writing a song for the Hanukkah...

Who remembers, from the early-70s, a stop-motion sequence of a model apartment house being built? Narrated by an unseen man and boy, the first thing that was done was to remove all the trees "and then make a biiiiiig hole". Each construction activity on the model was described by the man, then...

According to this link, Mr. Hooper only appeared in 156 episodes. That averages to, what, a dozen episodes a season? Seems a little hard to believe. The full quote is

When David, Maria, and the kids exit the store to escape the interior precipitation, note that there are 4 comic books posted in the door's window. On the top row, starting from the right, the comics are: Archie 248 (the "flagship" title for Archie Comics Publications) Sad Sack 247 (by Harvey...

This same prop, or at least one very similar, appeared in two episodes from the mid-70s. In one episode, the huge trash can appeared as part of the show's plot, but I'm really not sure how it figured in (I don't think it was related to Oscar). But in the final scene, Oscar was happily inside...

Google "claw foot bathtub". These were pretty much standard from the mid-19th Century, but they began to disappear in the early 20th. The built-in tub dominated post-WWII home construction, though the freestanding tubs are making something of a comeback in a post-modern sort of way.

There's one sketch from the mid-70s where Ernie gets ready to go to the laundromat. It's where Ernie fills up the laundry basket with all manner of toys and such so there's no room for the laundry itself. The location is not made clear; Bert does ask if "...there's a basketball court down...

That animation where the numbers 1 through 20 are each eliminated in a different manner. H-B effects are notable on 3, 6, and 14.

My list would be Episode 227, Cookie Monster fills Hooper's store with cookie boxes. Season 2 (All-time favorite episode) Episode 273, Bob narrates the show in a pre-dawn scene. Season 2 Episode 302. Big Bird gets a gift that rhymes with note (goat boat coat). Season 3 Episode 305, Big Bird...

Anyone remember when Sam the Robot showed off his audio-synthesis abilities, and did so just a wee bit too accurately? One of the sounds Sam makes is that of a telephone ringing. David, who is minding Mr. Hooper's store, races to answer the phone, but alas, no one is on the line. Sam then...

Thanks Oscarfan!! That sounds like exactly the episode I described. Of course, a few details are off, such as it being Grover rather than Farley (unless that was just the original story treatment and it really was Farley), but it's been almost half a century.