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I've just updated my archive of classic Sesame Street clips on the web tonight. Most of them aren't 100 percent ready for YouTube yet (*cough* logo replacement *cough*), but I'd be glad to give you a sneak preview. So far, these are the episodes that I have "best of" files for: #1, #8, #43...

I recently got a comment on YouTube about the "four-armed man counting to 20" cartoon: the other person swears it's existed since Episode 1 of Sesame Street. Now, I've seen Episode 1 (as a lot of you have) and know the cartoon didn't appear there. But did it appear on any episode older than...

This may seem weird to some of you, but I've thought about doing a hug-themed fanscript for Sesame Street. Hypothetically, it's a "regular" episode (not a holiday/anniversary special) that could have aired in the 80s, before the huge format changes. Here are some bits and pieces I thought of...

If any "normal" episode of Sesame Street should've had the whole alphabet as a sponsor, #131 makes the top of my list. Not counting Bill Cosby's alphabet, there were eight clips that taught specific letters; only two of those (a song and a street scene) focused on the same letter. (Both Noggin...

I've been looking for a copy of this episode, since it has a lot of my favorite songs and cartoons in it (most of which got yanked from YouTube). Unfortunately, since I don't own a VCR, I could trade only online material (including my Sesame Street downloads) in return; I'd also need to know...

I recently downloaded a classic episode from Noggin's "Sesame Street Unpaved", and am trying to find its number and original airdate. (The person who posted the torrent file identified the show only as "Sesame Street 1973"; that apparently means the year, since Snuffy was still imaginary in...

I've found a BitTorrent file with 22 mixed episodes (1969-85, apparently copied from Noggin, Windows Media Player format). Go to isohunt.com, search for "Sesame Street", and it'll be there.... YAY!

I've seen Swedish "Open Sesame" episodes once on a hotel-room TV: not Svenska Sesam with its different characters and setting, but a collection of dubbed American material (mostly from the 80s/early 90s). Hearing some of the Joe Raposo lyrics in Swedish--yes, I understand them that way!--was...

The producers at Sesame Workshop really shouldn't over-emphasize any one kind of food if they're trying to promote good health. Reducing their lessons to "eat your colors", "sometimes/anytime foods", and "good kids always choose fruit/veggies as a snack" may give children the wrong impression...

Ever wonder how Cookie Monster really feels about the stuff he teaches now? I wrote this fanscript segment about my best guess; if you or your child enjoy the "new" Sesame Street, please don't click the link. (Still, you shouldn't worry too hard: there aren't any dirty words, X-rated scenes...

After I commented on the Fairy Alphabet clip, I got a message from another viewer who had questions about the music: On one hand, Sesame Street has used some public-domain music unchanged, including classical pieces. For example, two episodes have written new lyrics to the "Toreador Chorus"...

1. L is for Local Lunatic: It seems the "neatnik program scheduler" struck again at our PBS station: four consecutive episodes (not all from the same season) have had consecutive Letters of the Day. *hums a few bars of the Twilight Zone theme* 2. One Day Only: The Trash Gordon ending has...

Did anyone else see "The Cute and Fuzzy Four" today? In my opinion, it's one of the best recent episodes on the air: Elmo was cooperating with other cast members (Muppet or human) as an equal, not as the leader of the group. Three humans played a major part, and one of them doesn't appear...

Here are my nominees for the worst "classic" Sesame Street bits in twelve categories. (By "classic", I mean the show as most adult fans remember it nowadays: from Seasons 1-28, before the format changed radically.) 1. Worst street plot: The Count's scavenger hunt for 40 body parts. (Thank...

This sketch has got to be one of the strangest I've seen: Uncle Wally asks a Muppet character (possibly Big Bird, though I may be wrong) to hold a letter "L" while Wally sings. The Muppet takes the letter, and Wally begins a song about himself...no mention of "L" or any other letter, as his...

Does anybody else think those "giant letter in the swimming pool" segments are scary to kids who watch the show these days? The kids in the pool are playing normally, minding their own business until one of them discovers something weird underwater. The letter rises to the surface as the...

I've seen five similar cartoons on recent Sesame Street episodes: a group of primitive-looking animals alternate between dancing and forming a letter/number (which a male offscreen voice names out loud). The background music was a funky saxophone riff, if that jogs anyone else's memory. I...

I was watching "The Blues Brothers" this past weekend, and was surprised to see one actor identified as Frank Oz in the ending credits. Was THE Frank Oz involved in that movie (above and beyond his Muppet-related work)...or was this another actor who shared his name? Inquiring minds, as the...

First, a Sesame Street reference I saw on a Quantum Leap rerun the other day: A killer searching for a child finally notices his victim among similarly dressed dolls in an attic, remarking: "One of these things is not like the other--one of these things just doesn't belong." (He didn't sing...

You'll probably recognize the original song's tune and source; imagine a frustrated Oscar sitting in front of a PC. :grouchy: I can't think of one OS that's dumber-- Full of bugs, Windows is a bummer! Blue screens showing everywhere, virus threats that cause a scare, I'm telling you, it...