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Metal trash cans All this talk about Oscar's humble abode got me thinking: do you even see galvanized metal trash cans anymore? Think about it. Most individual trash cans used by private residences these days are made of plastic or rubber and have tight-fitting lids. Most are round, but...

A cup of sugar I remember the episode in which Maria went into Oscar's can. This is not exact, and I'm not completely sure which was for sugar and which for flour. Maria went up to Oscar's can and asked to borrow a cup of sugar. Oscar replied that if she wanted it she'd have to come in and...

That sketch sounds similar to different one where Grover climbs a seemingly endless flight of stairs. He climbs the stairs, which literally pass through the clouds, on Kermit's request. When he finally reaches the top, Kermit is casually sitting there, crosslegged. GROVER: (puff, puff) I...

I have an audio recording of a version of "Everyone Likes Ice Cream" in which there's no monster part, and at the very end everyone proclaims "We love you Mr. Hooper!" Is that the one from the album? On the televised version with the muppets, all the monster says is "Mawwwweehh", though if...

One of the other questions asked by the king was "What is the opposite of old?" The marriage candidate that was asked to answered "middle aged?". Of course, the answer the king was fishing for was "young", though "new" was just as plausible if not starting with Y. Remember that other Y...

There were actually two skits with Little Miss Muffet in the early years. One skit had a Guy Smiley like Muppet as a movie or TV director of a Little Miss Muffet sequence. He would direct everyone to their places, then they played background music as an unseen voiceover recited the poem as...

Other tidbits Someone else described the skit; here are a few extra tidbits: -- One of the first things Ernie did was count the cupcakes, after which he proclaimed "Seven genuine homemade cuppycakes!" When I first saw this I thought he said "January" instead of "genuine", as though he was...

I seem to recall that they were all yawning, or making some kind of tired noises when the sketch began. (Coulda actually sworn I heard the word "cookie" among the noises, but that may have just been an association with the voices.) The muppet monster on the far left started the "C" sequence...

Jacqueline, The only Sesame Street tapes I have are what I got off of Noggin. I remember these skits because I saw most of them 2 times when they originally aired, plus again on the weekend when some of the PBS stations recapped the week. Not to mention probably another time when the episodes...

Ever watch the old "Benny Hill" shows produced by Thames? A regular feature on that classic British comedy show was these fast motion sequences, usually outdoors, of Benny and the gang getting into some kind of trouble, sometimes of a rather risque nature. During these sequences they play one...

My favorite memory of Mr. Hooper? As best as I can recall: Big Bird goes up to the store window and notices an old, dented, metal cookie jar on the counter. BB asks Hooper why he keeps such a decrepit item around. Hooper responds that it reminds him of something special, and goes into a...

On the "3 of these kids" segments, where the screen was divided into quarters, to identify the kid who was not like the others, they darkened the other three sections as the voice-over explained. On one such segment, 3 of the kids were right-side-up while one was upside-down. I distinctly...

Another Super Grover sketch Thought I'd use this thread to recall a different Super Grover sketch. The scene is in a city park, perhaps Central Park, and a kid is crying because he (she?) is stuck in this cage. Why a park would have a cage with wrought-iron bars is beyond me, but Super...

The chorus went (not sure who said what): HERRY MONSTER: I look up and see the sky COOKIE MONSTER: I look down and see the ground BOTH: I look at you and sing a song about up and down. One line went: HM: I look down and see the rug, and then I see my shoe A spoken exchange between...

That was a long violin solo we heard while CM was contemplating what to do. There were only two spoken (English) words in that whole skit: when CM cracked the cookie in half he said "Share" and the lady muppet said the same thing. The music stopped, then CM ate his cookie in the familiar...

I seem to recall the first item that "King Cookie" turned into a pile of cookies was the newsstand. He later did turn Bob and Susan into cookies, and then David was talking to and pointing to him, and CM said in a panicked voice "don't touch me!", as CM was expressing regret about losing two of...

What happened there was Mumford kept saying his magic words to make a rabbit appear, and each time nothing happens -- or was it? Actually, with each incantation, Grover suddenly acquired another characteristic of a rabbit; long ears, a cotton tail, buck teeth, whiskers. At the end when Mumford...

Not exact, but here's the basic flow of events. AMAZING MUMFORD: May I have a volunteer from the audience. (picks Grover) Come up on the stage. GROVER: I get to be on the stage. I get to be ON THE STAGE! (climbs on stage) Yes sir! AM: Here I have some pineapples. G: (looks around) Where...

Grouchkateers? Were these "Grouchkateers"? One day Oscar started his own school, and a bunch of 5-6 kids came up to Oscar's can. These kids looked perfectly normal, though perhaps a bit more disheveled than you might expect for attending class. Oscar yelled initially something like "You're...

Another occasion with Mumford and Oscar: Mumford was wallowing in self-pity because he thought he was losing his magical ability, feeling that "...every last trick in my repetoire has said 'au revoir'. Oscar, however, thought he would make a great "grouch magician", one who performed tricks...