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How about limitations for the live action intershow films? How far back must it go now to qualify for the current show, and did there seem to be other such crossover lines in prior years? If it's any help, as late as 1995 I saw the "city" version of the "Sounds" sketch with the elderly...

How about "Tubthumping," with characters (somehow I see a bunch of Penguins in my head) dancing around an actual tub and whacking it between "getting knocked down and getting up again." Eventually they get knocked down for good, perhaps flattened by a gigantic bowling ball that comes out of...

How soon after the show began did the first merchandise based on it appear? And do you think they went into it with merchandising in mind?

I doubt the Walt Disney Company would want to bring onboard the wild and crazy Gorch guys anyway; too much image headache, if you know what I mean. Still, you do have wonder, why take only Tale of the Bunny Picnic, the only holiday special that wouldn't have caused an editing crisis no...

Now that I think of it, you have to wonder if the "silver Spider-Man" Marvel Productions logo would remain intact in a reissue set as well; whether you see vintage MP logos today seems to vary from show to show.

Oscar has always been my favorite and almost certainly will hold this honor (not for him, of course) till the day I die. Grover and Cookie held second and third, and Grover's risen higher these days given that he's still the Grover everyone knows, while Cookie finds himself increasingly...

1988 is closer. I was still a steady viewer between 1986-1988, and they aired very frequently during that period. Perhaps what we can look at now is when each individual one was last seen.

How many of these were produced? I saw the ones where the visit the Planets Ch and Tr; were there any others?

A personal favorite has always been the opening to The Great Muppet Caper where he imitates the MGM lion and eats the backdrop, the perfect way to kick off the picture. :halo:

No need to declare vintage shows completely dead yet, I don't think. It's always possible another network might purchase the rights and air them, although they may have to wait until the show runs its full course for this to happen. Wasn't Newton's Apple also produced by the Children's...

It would have to be Gone With the Wind, followed by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Or how about this second thought: More recent shows during the week at their current regular time slot, and vintage shows either at night or weekend mornings, both times when parents would be able to watch them with their children and explain anything that may seem "off" to them?

Hopefully more of those old spots'll pop up. I also wouldn't mind if they find some of the Fraggle "coming up next" ads from back in the day.

That PBS will continue re-airing the show after it does come to an end is pretty much a forgone conclusion. The big question, of course, is how far back will they go for shows? (for example, they currently only run Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episodes from 1979 onward). My suggestion for...

I wouldn't call any particular point in the show's history an outright peak, just as there's no particular point that it fell off. It did plateau throughout the 80s and somewhat into the early 90s. I agree having everyone realize Snuffleupagus was real helped; it was bound to happen eventually...

I say let Jerry go as long as he chooses, and in the meantime have a current Muppeteer practice with the character so that s/he can take over at a moment's notice if need be. How many new Count sketches do they seem to do these days?

My thought is they'd probably do the same as they've done with other releases from the period and put the short version of the Jim Henson Television logo on the prints.

That's my favorite song by the Alphabeats, actually. You have to love how the backup singers do the "breathe in/breathe out" bits between verses.

I do remember around 1985 or so Big Bird went to the hospital (I think it was a random checkup, nothing serious) and made friends with a girl named Sarah who had a broken arm, accompanied by an explanation of the purposes of casts (our favorite canary was gracious enough to sign it for her too).