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You've got a good point there; given all the N-words that stand for unpleasant things, you'd think those cartoonists would have capitalized (no pun intended) on that aspect of the language. Naughty, nasty, no-good N...doesn't that sound perfect for a Sesame Street sketch? (True, N also happens...

It'd be cool having a version of the Sesame Street Dictionary redone under that sub-brand. I imagine illustrations for the two definitions of "mouse": one with the town and country mice from the old Muppet retelling, and one with Telly Monster at the computer, the way he was in Episode 1933.

Oooops, pardon me for remembering a couple of numbers wrong... *blush* I don't have the "40 Dots" clip in my collection, although I know the one you mean. (That hyperventilating and screaming "Thirty-nine...thirty-niiiiine...thirty-NIIIIINE..." as all the dots shook, I swear it scares the...

There was no Bellhop #0, probably because it's hard to imagine the lady at the front desk ordering that bellhop to do something with nothing. ;-) Not all of the other numbers were covered, either: I recall Bellhop segments for 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, and 20. Not enough for half a DVD, let...

Letter and number collections on DVD If I ran the Old School project and wanted to release DVD sets that focused on letters or numbers, I would probably take the same approach as the old record sets from the early 70s: have each volume of that series cover a range of related segments. Old...

I haven't seen that sketch anywhere since it was on PBS years ago, but someone who collects the more recent "old" episodes might have it; it aired sometime during the late 80s/early 90s.

That sketch actually aired on Sesame Street; there were four of the talking rocks, each labeled with a letter. Two of them had the letter N (uppercase on one, lower on the other) and two had the letter S (likewise). They moved into different groups to show how things could be organized into...

Oh heck yeah; I bet half the parents who saw those clips wondered what the animators were smoking (even if they were wrong to think that way). *groan* That sounds like a bad parody of Sesame Street there; I'm glad I never saw that ad myself! Besides...if someone's food inspires you to say...

You've both got great points...I too would've liked to see the "Old School" approach turned into a sub-brand of Sesame Street's official recordings, not just a collection of season premieres with some shorts thrown in as an afterthought. "Short clip-only" collections would be better for some...

Any opponent of a particular group/musical style can take lyrics apart and claim that some phrase refers to drugs, sex, racism, or whatever negative thing will help support their dislike. I've even heard that Americans could find drug references in "The Star-Spangled Banner" if they were...

Yep, I saw the LSD claim dismissed (and John Lennon's explanation about the drawing) on snopes.com; if only I remembered the direct link to that particular "debunking"! The page even has a reproduction of the drawing Lennon was talking about, if I remember correctly.

So far, both of the Old School sets have shown only the season premieres in full--which may be OK for a general overview of Sesame Street's history, but doesn't say much about some of the "milestones" that happened between premieres. If I'd been in charge of the Old School project, I'd have put...

Not the same clips, but still-- I don't know whether that was meant sarcastically or not, but it's possible; one copy of the "Cowboy X" clip on YouTube had this user comment, from a guy with the screenname "whammer0411"-- If nothing else, it proves that some kids did grow up imitating Sesame...

I think I remember three of the main characters in the "seasons" pageant... Herry represents spring; I remember him reciting a rhyme about singing birds, and Grover "tweeting" offstage as he dangles some wooden birds overhead ("Oh, a thousand tweeets!") Ernie represents summer; he dresses in a...

Ooops, I see that one's on the Wiki...it's fresh in my mind because I saw the episode just last night. My fault!

Remember the episode of South Park with Cartman getting crucified as part of a religious drama? Officer Barbrady (the town's police chief, who can barely read) sees the cross in the distance and says "T...T is for Turtle!" Then he leaves with a "nooney-nooney-noo" song similar to Typewriter...

Well, the next rhyming line ("every door will open wide") was probably a link back to the "Open Sesame" phrase that inspired the show's title. And since most people associate magic carpets with the Arabian Nights stories, "magic carpet ride" might not have been intended as drug slang after...

Good point, heralde! Personally, I doubt that the "magic carpet ride" lyric was meant as a reference to drug trips: since the title "Sesame Street" was partly inspired by the Arabian Nights stories, it would make sense for the theme song to include a hint of those stories as well. I can see...

It still appeared on albums that included the theme song; instrumental closing versions of the theme (with no lyrics) also kept that section intact. Finally, the "vacation" episodes (like the ones in New Mexico and Hawaii) kept the longer theme song--although they used new lyrics specifically...

Great lyrics, PinballStewie; fitting the numbers to the melody might be tricky, but otherwise the song sounds as if it'd be perfect on Sesame Street. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it--a 9, of course! :-)