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Technically, a "cold opening" involves jumping straight into the show (at least partially) before the theme song/opening titles; for Sesame Street, that used to mean going partly into the first street scene.

Absolutely--Sesame Street just isn't as funny without him. If only the Workshop could afford to pay Disney for permission to do new Kermit material!

Great choices all round...although I'm still giggling at the thought that we could've heard THIS on November 10, 1969: "'Hey, Stupid!' was brought to you today by the letters W, S, and E; and by the numbers 2 and 3." :zany:

My (non-Christian) religion also teaches that the world will eventually end, and describes some signs of the end approaching. Still, I doubt that it's going to happen in my lifetime--let alone as soon as four years from now. If I'm wrong about the scheduling, though, there isn't much I can do...

*LOL* Bert and the businessman Muppet had some priceless lines, all right. I don't recognize the sketches that the other three came from, though: could you fill me in, please?

I've seen only one version of the "rocket" cheer, but that might be because my episode collection is fairly small.

I Googled this story to see what other people had to say about it; one parent said that there was indeed a technical reason for the alleged "kill James" message. First, all the names that Elmo could say are stored on an internal ROM unit; the doll goes for the closest match it "hears". Second...

The "banana in my ear" line even inspired an Electric Company cartoon later, if I remember correctly; it must've become one of CTW's running gags by then. :) As for the "four shoes" remark--the writers must've loved putting sarcastic jokes in Bert's mouth when he was annoyed, because some of...

Not half bad...I bet most of those are at least in the average fan's top ten lines, if not the top five.

"Rip Elmo's fur off?" Sheesh, that one sounds as if a disgruntled Old School Sesame fan were trying to sabotage the dolls at the factory. As for the "kill James" malfunction, the first syllable definitely started with a K and ended with an L. The vowel, though, is so in-between that it could...

If the merchandisers are going to sell Sesame characters with rabbit ears, it's a shame they didn't bring any of the actual rabbit characters from the show out of retirement just for the holiday (like Benny, Preston, Captain Vegetable, and the hare that Kermit interviewed).

*HUGS* and congratulations, minor muppetz; your 6000th-post ceremony was hilarious (even the "deleted scenes" at the end). Keep up the terrific job! :D

What one-line quotes from Sesame Street do you consider most memorable? Here are my top five picks (all from clips/episodes I've actually seen, so my list probably differs from yours): 5. "A nickel?...SHHH....Riiight!" 4. "You ate the sandbox? How did it taste, Bert? *teeheehee*" 3. "I...

Besides the letter and "school" cheers, I recall one with cheerleader Muppets sounding out the word "rocket"; when they finished, live footage of a rocket launch appeared behind them.

I suspect it was, until celebrities started parodying their own material "live" in the last few seasons; those versions also used the original tunes instead of sound-alikes.

I'm gonna miss you, Marty...hope these *BIRTHDAY HUGS* make your day a little more bearable! *snugglyhugs* *cozycuddles* *warmfuzzys* :flirt:

I have heard (from a Hawaiian reporter who interviewed Buffy Sainte-Marie) that Sesame Workshop does indeed plan to put the trip episodes on DVD. Still, I suspect that they're releasing it separately from the Old School numbered sets, probably as a "30th anniversary of the trip" special...

Another example of "song title vs. segment title" conflict, which I learned from Nanto on YouTube: "Madrigal Alphabet" is the title of the music used in that segment (and the one used on the Old School DVDs). But the cartoon's official title is "Uppercase Letters", according to the CTW Archives.

Ewww. Just...ewww. It's bad enough that this jerk insulted you for being a Muppet fan, but the way he used it as a starting point for more serious harrassment is downright evil. :eek:

Why I removed my SS clips Neither YouTube nor Sesame Workshop has threatened me directly; however, an ex-friend of mine on YouTube knows people in Sesame Workshop's legal department. I'd left some critical remarks on her [original] videos--which upset her enough to warn me that if I didn't...