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At the very end of the sequence where the dolls nest back into each other, the camera does a close-up on the doll's face. I think the doll did a slow turn to face the camera at that point. The nesting dolls are from Russia, and were a very popular export/souvenir item even in the days of the...

Did he say <something> Wordsworth here... after "Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"? (Was it FAT ones and tall ones?) I seem to recall one where today's word was "street". Him and another guy ended the sketch by singing "street, street-street street..." to the tune of "On Wisconsin". A tongue-twister...

I seem to recall the guy was holding on to the dart as it flew through the air. As a jazz riff played in the background, they passed several D's and some other objects (I thought they were just wooden beams, but someone said they were actualy dart boards). A couple of D's also flashed in tuned...

From the premiere in late '69 until 1977. I hardly missed an episode during that time. I remember, in the mid-70s, longing for early sketches that had been retired by then, such as Buddy and Jim, along with certain favorite street scenes. Some of them I finally got to see again when Noggin...

I used to think that Sherlock Hemlock was saying "Eat that!" instead of egad when he arrived on the scene. And on that note: One day, Ernie opened up a lunchbox and found half of his chicken salad sandwich. The other half was nowhere to be found, much to Ernie's dismay. SH arrives and...

Cookie Monster dressed as Ernie, absconding with a plate of cookies. CM and Bert together was evidently rare enough that CM added a "Hi, Bert." But I don't think the two of them actually appear in the same frame.

a J segment Does anyone remember a segment with two men, where one of them is missing a letter J? It went something like this: MAN 1: I misplaced my J. MAN 2: Maybe you left it in your car M1: I doubt it M2: I do that sometimes M1: I don't HAVE a car M2: Did you look under your hat...

Another R segment In another R segment, a man introduced us to the letter, then said "Let's say R together". He said "Rrrrrrrr" in a remarkably similar manner to the dog mentioned in the last post. I think this is the same segment, but the man showed us an R word: a radio on a table. He...

Romper Room was actually a locally produced TV show that was franchised to local TV stations, though there may have been a national version available. It was a product of Claster Television, the same company that created Bowling for Dollars, also locally produced. But as for the connection...

At the risk of getting too off-topic, who remembers the TV commercial for a kids' riding toy called "Inchworm" from about 1973? This was a light-green toy that you rode, while bouncing up and down on the inchworm's accordion structure, though a different company had a model that stayed in a...

Letter T sketch Does anyone remember the animated Letter T sketch which included "Turtles with brains" The two turtles recite, in unison, in high-pitched voices: "Six times seven is 42, and Mechanicsburg is a city in Pennsylvania" That line actually came in the middle of the segment...

Ernie and cookies There was also the time he filled up the laundry basket with so much junk there was no room for any laundry. A small box of cookies was included in the mix. Reason given: in case he (and Rubber Ducky?) get hungry while waiting for the laundyry to be done. Then there was the...

Although I don't remember that particular one, i do recall a similar film in which we follow a letter T through a busy highway tunnel (I strongly suspect it was the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel on the southern tip of Manhattan). A male voiceover says only "T, Tunnel" once, maybe twice, against a...

I'll have to check out my Noggin tapes to check for CM or BDM in the skit where the monster in question says "Hi Bert". But yes, it was Beautiful Day who said: "Shake the crumbs, shake the crumbs. Hold Napkin.... HOLD NAPKIN!!"

I also wondered what would happen if Jack had planted the K. But, being more of the pedantic type, I wondered where the potential "Land of K" would be situated relative to the "Land of B", especially if he had planted the two letters side-by-side. The resultant "K-stalk" could have been...

That was actually Beautiful Day Monster wearing Ernie's shirt, an Ernie wig, and emulating Ernie's trademarked laugh. But he had Cookie Monster's voice, so this was probably before they really differentiated the monsters. Or maybe Ernie's striped shirt just fit BDM better than CM. Yes...

You are correct, Ziffel. Most of the shape change would take place while the camera did a close-up on Bert's classic sigh. Even as a child I suspected that was so the puppeteer, er, Muppeteer could do some serious reshaping. Bert was hungry for lunch, so he asked Ernie to make the chain...

Big Bird and Snuffy aren't Muppets, and they're non-human. And how about Sam the Machine -- did he sing any songs? Though there was this one beautiful instrumental piece that they closed the episode with. He said he'd heard a cement mixer sing it once.

What would you consider a "signature" song for each of the Muppets? And for that matter, any non-human character. I would base the signature song on two criteria: (1) the extent the song describes or fits the Muppet's personality, and (2) the song's popularity. Here is my list: Ernie --...

I think the question should be, why did Gordon even need a stand-in. Afterall, several other adults have come and gone over the years, and most of the time they just disappeared without a word (David was written out, and of course for Mr. Hooper we were presented with the somber truth.) So...