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I should point out that Sesame Workshop is not the only company to (usually) not give/sell individual episodes to fans. This is the standard for pretty much all production companies. I remember a long time ago, the FAQ for Henson.com had a question about buying individual episodes from the...

I hope that's not why Disney has not released a lot of pre-2004 Muppet productions. Jim's name is in the credits (and for the post-1990 productions, his name is in the Jim Henson Productions/Jim Henson Television credits). Then again, would they have to pay for the use of his credit in...

I've often seen that fact written, but I wonder if it is true or just "common knowledge". After all, only one cast member said the line. I wonder if that line was written or ad-libbed (I know Lorne Michaels has a policy against ad-libbing, but did Jean Dominian?), and if it was written, was it...

I think the idea of throwing a temper tantrum to get ones way is very funny, but I also feel like it's the wrong way to go about this. Though I don't know what the right way is beyond hoping and patiently waiting for more.

So in regards to SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy segments, where the clues are really easy and the contestants still get every answer (question?) wrong.... Are these segments supposed to imply that celebrities are stupid or something? It's funny that people are getting obvious answers wrong, but it...

Can't remember if I've pointed it out here before (I recently did on Facebook), but Saturday Night Live has had three seasons (6, 11, and 20) that were so bad that the show was almost canceled. That includes the first season without Lorne Michaels and the first season after he came back.

I saw most of it (and bits and pieces of the pre-show). But what was the opening monologue about? They talk about hosts, but with people saying things like "what about female hosts" or "musical guests who've hosted".... Was Steve Martin initially talking about a certain kind of host? I'm glad...

Wait, was tape trading common in the days before the internet (or the days before practically everybody had the internet)? You'd have to know if somebody had something you wanted, and I don't think that kind of thing would be advertised in newspapers.

I read the last few of these articles again today, and it was great to read them again (one of them I think I previously only read once, but remembered quite a bit). There's a number of interesting things about these articles, making things hilarious in hindsight.The articles showed concern...

There was an article from 1999 where it was said that every few years they made new copies of every episode because they don't know what video formats will last, and in 1999 they made digital copies so they wouldn't have to do it again. In that article, it mentioned that in addition to...

The main thing that got me wondering about the uselessness was the fact that the guard just stopped guarding the first painting that got stolen to go on a cookie break, without getting someone else to guard it.

I don't think of it as hoarding. But recently, I started thinking about how a lot of production companies keep their master tapes for shows that they don't even put out there for the public to see, particular long-running shows like Sesame Street where a large portion of the episodes haven't...

I knew who he was before I knew he was an SNL cast member (which was before I knew of the majority of the shows cast members). Saw his name in the cast listings for Earth Girls are Easy and Dumb and Dumber in a video movie guide, but didn't exactly know who he played in those movies. And then I...

I want to start a Muppet Wiki page for this, but I'm not sure how to source it. The only source I've seen is from Tough Pigs' Facebook and forum posts. Tough Pigs has not yet posted an article about them (I think it was said that Tough Pigs will hold off on Muppet Toy Fair coverage until next...

It's interesting that Animal isn't included in the first assortment. Makes me wonder if they plan to get the rest of the Electric Mayhem and include Animal then. Tough Pigs says that the figures will come in two-packs. I wonder who will be paired with who. Bunsen and Beaker would be obvious...

I feel it would have been better if the segments were put in the middle, sort of like an "intermission" from the story. I wonder if the guards here would qualify as "Police are Useless".

There are many Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures segments that were produced in 2008 and 2009 that still haven't aired on the American version of Sesame Street. I assume that English vocals were recorded back then.

I'll be more surprised if they can actually use the opening theme song on the DVD release. Mr. Peabody already did that. At the end of A Muppet Family Christmas, during the carol sing, a Honker can be seen singing along with the other Muppets.

I missed most of the first half, but this was a good special. I wasn't expecting segments from the show to be included. I guess they couldn't make it long enough. And for some reason, there wasn't an end credits sequence (at least not on my PBS station). The fact that this special had...

It ended because Newhart was ready to end his show. According to his autobiography, he wanted to end the show a year early, but was under contract for another year (the network would have allowed him out of his contract, but if the show that replaced it in its timeslot got canceled before the...