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Now THIS is a revival! Even with all the wonky (real life) behind-the-scenes stuff involving Disney and the Muppets, they sure kept the spirit of the original "Muppet Show" alive. Showing the audience of humans and Muppets was a nice touch, too! It's kind of surreal having the 20th Television...

Oh wow, I can see why Rodeo Rosie didn't last very long on the show... Her schtick gets old really fast, accidentally roping people on the street, combined with her loud, braggy voice. She seems even more annoying than Elmo at times!

I'm surprised it hasn't been talked about here yet, but puppeteer Danny Seagren died at age 81 nearly three weeks ago. https://deadline.com/2025/11/danny-seagren-dies-sesame-street-spider-man-1236630525/ In addition to being the original Big Bird understudy, he also performed Snarl, the Frackle...

Especially since an instrumental version of the theme kicks off the Sesame Street float's appearance on NBC anyway, one that's based on the 2009-2015 opening theme but shorter.

Actually the Sesame Street float is on NOW! Elmo even spoke with the parade hosts before they began their song. And of course I love seeing Julia in her little noise-cancelling headset, and Oscar the Grouch refusing to sing along.

On this day 40 years ago, November 18, 1985, two big things regarding imaginary friends happened: "Sesame Street"'s 17th season premiered with the adults seeing once and for all Big Bird's friend Mr. Snuffleupagus does indeed exist, and Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip debuted in...

He's a friend of mine. Yeah, he hasn't logged onto his YouTube channel for years.

Of course with Elmo being the star, his clip comes first. What's interesting is how Cookie Monster's debut in the first episode comes immediately after, followed by Abby Cadabby's debut. Sometimes it seems Cookie Monster is Elmo's biggest co-star, sometimes it's Abby, and sometimes both Cookie...

Finally, I never thought I'd see this again! I remember this from when I was little. It's like listening to Jessica Rabbit read a bedtime story.

And yep, such sound effects would often be done live as the show was being taped! Dick Maitland gets interviewed in this podcast from Sound Ideas...

A very interesting episode of the "Tonebenders" podcast from Sound Ideas about sound design on "Sesame Street", with interviews with Steve "Major" Giammaria and Dick Maitland!

Over a year old, but I felt like sharing something interesting the official "Family Guy" TwitterX account did: https://fixupx.com/AniDom/status/1966208971468886323 They actually made a re-post of SesameWorkshop's official post of the 1972 "I Can Remember" animated sketch, with the time Peter...

Of course, since Jim Henson had a knack for performing game show host Muppets (i.e. Guy Smiley) and apparently a preference for live-hand puppets over rod ones, it's not too surprising he performed Pat Playjacks.

It's interesting to think of reasons why certain segments would stop being rerun, not really because of controversies or anything. It's pretty clear those two segments where Count von Count uses hypnotic powers to get his way were phased out in the late 1980s because they heavily clash with the...

That was my blog entry! That was cool you got to see the show as a kid in the 70s. I was always curious about it. And yeah, some of those Looney Tunes character costumes REALLY pale in comparison to the ones used at the Six Flags parks, or the really good new ones at Warner Bros. World in Abu...