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    Arthur - Where is the Show Going?

    You can't really go by what YouTube comments say, since they're not of an official source. I've read some comments that "Bleep" was banned since D.W. learned a swear word, but that's not true, as I've seen "Bleep" plenty of times on PBS since it first aired. There is, however, a theory, that...
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    Unearthing previously "lost" Sesame Street episodes

    And lest we forget that Susan also eventually was shown to be a very good mechanic as well, being able to fix a bus that broke down before transporting Big Bird and other kids to Camp Echo Rock, and she also is the one who works on hers and Gordon's Volkswagen. Then, as we mentioned in this...
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    Unearthing previously "lost" Sesame Street episodes

    Well, I mean . . . that was kind of the way it was back then: the man was in charge, the woman was submissive. Up until they made Susan a career woman, she clearly was a little more than a typical housewife.
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    Steve Whitmire has left the Muppets, Matt Vogel to continue as Kermit

    This happens all too often in the business: if certain people get too nitpicky about the material they're working with, or even the working conditions, they can kiss their jobs goodbye and be replaced with people who aren't complainy - this is also why in many cases, some actors are too scared...
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    Disney should just sell back the Muppets to the Jim Henson Company

    And the irony is this is exactly why Walt himself advised to other creators out there to never sell out to other companies, nor let them try to take your creations away from you. He also advised to put your name on top of everything you produce, yet his company has erased Jim's name from...
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    Steve Whitmire has left the Muppets, Matt Vogel to continue as Kermit

    Maybe so, but again, as far as his performances as the character goes, that blame really lies more with the writers and directors, as even Frank has been expressing repeatedly that clearly the writers and directors Disney has been bringing in don't really understand the characters very well, and...
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    Steve Whitmire has left the Muppets, Matt Vogel to continue as Kermit

    What still gets me is the Henson family strongly implied and inferred that recasting Kermit was "long overdue," but since when is there a certain term of how long a performer can play Kermit? Jim had performed Kermit for thirty-five years before passing away, while Steve performed him twenty-six...
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    Unearthing previously "lost" Sesame Street episodes

    Even the 40 years book notes that Matt's Gordon was a lot more "street" than his successors.
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    None Like it Hot: The "I Hate the Heat" Club

    86 would be far more seasonable for us right now.
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    None Like it Hot: The "I Hate the Heat" Club

    Our local news did a super poll today about all of this prolonged summer heat. 24% said they love it and wish it would last forever 63% said they're done with it and ready for fall 13% said they're still waiting for snow
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    Unearthing previously "lost" Sesame Street episodes

    I've noticed that about the earlier seasons as well - everything seems off-the-cuff, and like they just talk through their bits rather than following scripts to a tee (much like how Jim and Frank would do Ernie and Bert): there's a lot of "uhs" and "ums," sometimes there's a brief line flub, or...
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    Unearthing previously "lost" Sesame Street episodes

    I have to say, I'm finding it really, really surprising there's so much archival material that's spanning into the 80s, and in some cases into the early 90s that's been considered "lost." I'm sure a lot of it has to do with VCRs becoming more common in households, but it still feels really...
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    The "I Saw Something REALLY Weird Today" Thread

    Sometimes GIFs can be so weird. . . .
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    Question about puppet workshops

    Usually it's a good idea to submit to them a demo reel of your puppetry work. Brief and simple: show them your can perform a puppet, and perhaps sample some voices you can do. However, they don't come up in the public too often . . . Matt Vogel and Marty Robinson had an open call for one back...
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    The "You know what?" thread

    It's a sad world we live in where there's so much reality garbage out there that you have to specify whether a show is "scripted" or "unscripted."
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    "Muppets Live Another Day" officially cancelled for Disney+ streaming service

    Okay, I'm confused now: https://deadline.com/2019/09/the-muppets-reboot-comedy-series-muppets-live-another-day-not-going-forward-dead-disney-plus-josh-gad-adam-horowitz-and-eddy-kitsis-1202730154/ So Disney was developing a scripted and an unscripted Muppet series for Disney+?
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    Classic Sesame Clips on YouTube

    Thanks Scott.
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    Classic Sesame Clips on YouTube

    If nothing else, would it be possible to see Herry busting through the fence from Episode 1052 since we had a guide for that one now? It's bugged me for years seeing that big gaping hole in the fence in "Furry Blue Mommy of Mine," and ever since Shane mentioned it was (most likely) because prior...
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