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Bert's always been my favorite in any form.

I think everyone has some good points here. Initially, Bert was in fact a lot more like Oscar in that he could be very grouchy. The first episode is an excellent example of that. And while many people know Bert as the fun-loving guy who enjoys games and parties, originally I don't think...

Yeah, I was kind of surprised when I first read it, but I figured the definition of AM must include more than I originally thought. Then again, the Sesame Street Unpaved book is certainly not known for 100% accuracy, so who knows...:confused:

Even if they never made any new skits with Kermit again, if they'd show the numerous old skits regularly, I think it would fill the void. Not to take anything away from any other muppeteers who have performed Kermit, but no one could ever perform Kermit like Jim Henson. JMO

Well, the Sesame Street Unpaved book refers to Roosevelt Franklin as an "Anything Muppet", so maybe Guy Smiley could be considered one too. On the other hand, they have a specific page for "Anything Muppets" that show the more obscure characters like the Rhymies, the band members of the...

Don't forget Prince Charming; he has the same type of head as Smiley and Don too. The head has been used for other characters as well, whoever they want to be an exaggerated version of the average long-jawed male type.

I agree wholeheartedly (and I'm Italian). It's one holiday that I don't recognize at all.

For those of you who have access to a clip or picture of the old skit where Kermit tries to get brown Grover to go into a box inhabited by a larger monster, take a good look. Examine the flower shaped designs on the pink box in the skit. Now, take a look at the very beginning of one of those...

All television shows evolve, but most television shows don't bury their reruns and make them inaccessible. It seems to be unique to children's shows that they often don't want to show reruns that are very old. On a documentary, the people at Sesame Workshop once said that although they use...

The Count is probably one of the few adults who don't mind birthdays and getting older, because he then has more years to COUNT! AH-AH-AH...!

If they could show that episode with Kermit, I don't see why they couldn't show any other old skit with him. Is the problem really that Disney owns Kermit or did they just decide to retire the character? :confused:

Sesame Street Unpaved book addresses this question, but really gives no explanations. On the episode where Luis and Maria announced that they were in love, David seemed as happy for them as anyone. Since the romance of David and Maria was always subtle, I guess they didn't feel that they...

Bruno has to be one of the most innovative muppet/costumes there ever was. Bruno is also the only "human" muppet costume that I ever recall seeing (except for the times Ernie, Bert, and the Count were on skates). I've sometimes wondered why they said that Bruno was a way to mobilize Oscar...

The only thing you're not understanding is that everyone is tired of your attitude.

I think that might have been the episode where Oscar was trying to charge people money to have them complain to him. Naturally, no one was interested. Yet, when Oscar deliberately hangs up on a phone call for Bob, he starts screaming at Oscar and keeps having to pay him for it.

I believe it was some time in the late eighties. I seem to remember it being Ernie's original Henson voice. I guess the skit wasn't really that recent then, but that was certainly a time of awareness about the dangers of smoking. My memory is very fuzzy on this one, but I think Ernie was...

On a related note, they took away Mr. Potato Head's pipe in the 80's because they thought it encouraged smoking. In the Popeye television cartoons from the 80's, aside from being forbidden to punch people anymore, Popeye had to make a point of saying that he only used his pipe to toot with...

I was always sympathetic to Tom. As a child, I'd watch the cartoons and wonder why Tom was considered a bad guy. Most people try to get rid of mice; people have cats as pets. Besides, since Tom was a cat, I felt that he was only doing what came natural and had no choice. This was in sharp...

Slimey was definitely around in the 70's I remember a specific skit with him from the early to mid 70's when Oscar lost him and Grover kept dressing up to be another pet for him.

The number painter debuted way before 1981. It was from the 70's.