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Does anyone remember a scene in Mr. Hooper's store where a guitarist wrote a song about a HUGE sandwich they built? Season 5 or so. In this scene, a male guitarist, probably a guest star, sat at the far-right side of the counter. Behind the counter was either Tom (more likely) or Mr. Hooper...

Is the sketch with Gordon (Robinson) and Mr. Hooper eating ice cream cones available anywhere? This is one of those "limbo" sketches, except this one had a huge sun overhead. The premise is that they somehow cannot eat their ice cream until they remove their sweaters. No audio except for a...

If you still have the tape, I might be able to splice it together. Have done it before.

Who remembers when Big Bird called the cops because Mr. Snuffleupagus was lost? When Big Bird realizes he hasn't seen Mr. Snuffleupagus for a while, he thinks him to be lost. So, against the objections of 1 or 2 adults (who, as usual, insist that Snuffy is just imaginary anyway), Big Bird...

Anyone remember a storyline where Oscar "moved", at least temporarily? Oscar decides that he is tired of living in his usual location so he ups and "relocates" his trash can. We see Oscar walking with the can over his head (which, for me, was the first time I ever saw his feet!) Oscar's first...

Anyone remember a story line where Luis and Tom decided to switch jobs? About the 4th or 5th season. Luis owned the Fix-it Shop, and Tom worked in Mr. Hooper's store. Probably because of an "I'd like to see you do better" kind of dispute, they decided to swap jobs. I remember one scene where...

The original version of "Hey cow" was over 7 minutes. Later airings edited it to about 3, including a part where cut from a fade-dissolve midstream!

Did Big Bird sing Happy Birthday to Mr. Snuffleuppagus on his 2nd birthday? They had a b-day party over by B-Bird's nest. The area was well-decorated with crepe paper and such. But when Snuffy blew out the candles -- with hurricane-force winds -- all the decorations were blown away. B-Bird...

In the "Falling Baker" sketches for both 4 and 10, you know how they have "n wind-up toys"? One of those is a drummer, with the words "Arthur a-go-go" on the bass drum. Turns out that's Ringo Starr, albeit a non-official likeness. Chalk up another Beatles reference on the show! BTW, a quick...

There's also: "Alphabet game", with Oscar and Grover. Grover says nice words, like "A is for Apple", while Oscar picks ugly ones like "B is for Blecch". (Yes, I know, B is also for Bump, as in thread.) "Oh show me the way to go home", lamented this cow who was trying to find a home. After...

Has anyone mentioned the Grover the waiter sketch, where Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs? He changes his mind so many times that it ends up being time for lunch, resulting in a loud fracas in the kitchen!

From maybe the 2nd season, there was this sketch I saw exactly once. Cutting to multiple settings: Susan sitting on the 1-2-3 stoop with a hardcover tome, saying "I like reading books." Gordon in a living-room chair with an open newspaper. "I like reading the paper." Little girl (setting...

Has the first of these animations been found? I think the second one showed up on YouTube not too long ago.

One other Project Apollo-inspired segment was where Grover was introducing the letter R. If I remember correctly, he asked the letter to demonstrate some R-words, like to rock back and forth. Finally, Grover asked the R to show off a big one: "Rrrrrrrrr-rocket!!". They then showed the R...

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, I have here a description of a sketch where Mr. Hooper and Susan went to the moon. Scene: a plain background with a freestanding chalkboard, and 3 boulders in the foreground. The background music is "space-like". Susan (S) and Mr...

I saw that episode exactly once, when it first aired. One of my all-time favorite lines by Oscar comes from there. Oscar was holding a vinyl record which he noticed had some scratches. Looking to do something "nice", he decided to sandpaper out the scratches. (Insert sanding sound) Oscar...

I can think of three others: One was F for Factory. An industrial factory along a river was shown, probably at sunset or sunrise, with 2 or 3 letter F's balanced over the roof. A woman's voice said "F, factory" at least twice. About halfway through the segment, one of the F's -- I think the...

On the D for Dart sketch, I think what happened was that the dartboard was in his thought balloon; since darts are pointy, he ended up "popping" that balloon. Always thought the background jazz riff was cool, as was its timing with the shifting background. Like how they alternated between...

Ironically, the day after this was posted, a TV special from 1970 was posted featuring the 5th Dimension. For what it's worth, they sing Up Up and Away starting here: It was while watching this that YouTube listed the Muppet clip as an associated video. And there is one other Sesame...

You know that animation where they count to 20 and each number is "destroyed" in one way or another after it is counted? I understand they used some Hanna-Barbera sound effects in that one. One live-action sound effect that stands out in my mind was in a Wally and Ralph segment. In this one...