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I remember the Big Bird/Grover chin-up skit from way back when too. Big Bird was acting like Kermit, announcing for us viewers a particular concept, and Grover doing the actual physical labor. Grover demonstrated a number of times how to do two chin-ups, until every last child in the Western...

It's all done with hands I remember once or twice they showed the guy- looked like an Indian or Pakistani- rolling up his sleeves and giving us a smile, before he proceeds to dazzle us. Besides the dog and the birds (he'd show a bird in flight, and a parrot) he could also be an elephant, and...

Congratulations! You managed to answer your own question! What's your secret?:smirk:

if you knew what happens in this skit, what's the point of asking?:(

On this day in 1970, my best friend was born. You know her as Mokeystar, but I know her as my best friend Nancy. Our friendship is 5 years old now, growing stronger every day, and our book project is inching closer to completion. I hope all of you are fortunate enough to have a best...

Hey Jyll. I'm old enough to remember that the clip for "Spinning Wheel" does exist. I HAVE seen it way back in my tender years. Even if nobody else has any tangible proof of it, apart from Muppet Wiki stating what episodes it might have been featured in, I can shed some more light on the...

Last year I had the great fortune of meeting Bob at Sesame Place. His personality is exactly the same off camera as it is on. He still looks remarkably good for someone in their seventies. He got to perform a few songs, read a few stories, and after his show posed for pictures and autographs. He...

I didn't have one, but our whole first grade put on a recital of "Favorite Songs From Sesame Street". Each class (about ten students in each class) got to sing a different number. We sang Rubber Duckie, People in your Neighborhood (one kid dressed up as a doctor, another one a fireman)...

Dr. Fuzzy's analysis I think this thread has produced some fascinating results. I'm amazed at the broad spectrum of things that scared us at our tender ages- various monsters, Muppets, music, cartoons, etc. Some of the clips they broadcast still made me wonder, what were Jim and Company...

you're in good company Hey pal! Mokeystar is my best friend and she's GREAT at helping putting peoples' fears at ease. I thought Sammy was a little creepy, but I didn't have the psychotic freak-outs you did. But I'll share with you what really scared the pants off me was Nobody/ Floating...

those groovy magic glasses I remember the magic glasses too! I think there was a few of them, where the boy would walk through the park and hear different things, and put on the glasses and his thoughts would come to life. In various points, he heard a baby crying, a man coughing, and a woman...

Thank you my friends. It was indeed a wonderful birthday. In the great state of New Jersey it was 75 degrees and not a cloud in the sky (especially nice after all the rains and floods we had last week), and I got to spend time on the phone with Mokeystar, my best friend in the whole world. I got...

a little dirt on the dots Those clips featuring the 30 yellow dots found in episode 1 were the brainstorm of one Clark "Corky" Gessner. In 1968, Gessner, along with Jon Stone, Sam Gibbon, Jeff Moss, and Dave Connell all left the crew of Captain Kangaroo to join the fledgling Children's...

I haven't seen this one since Ford was our president, but I remember it quite well. Father: First was me Mother: Then was we Father and mother together: Then was them Everybody: And that made all of us And we're a family A family A family...

In the first year (1969) most of the show was taped during the summer months, with changes being made all the way up to the November 10 premiere. Then after 1971, they tended to shoot in the spring, to give plenty of time for editing and adding various film inserts. Sesame Street was taped at...

During my age of viewing (up until 1980 or so), Susan used the garage for parking her Volkswagen Beetle, but I really can't recall seeing the inside.

Three cheers for Captain Obvious! Hip Hip Hooray! I can sleep good tonight knowing you solved this troubling mystery. Keep up the good work!:)

This skit made me a little nervous when I was little. It was not out of character for Ernie to let his imagination run away with him, but it was unusual for him to bawl ol' Herb out like that, especially when Herb was totally innocent. And the ending always spooked me to see the look on Herb's...

answer to a burning question If you haven't heard from the Trenton Fire Department, there may be a good reason why. I've been watching this flim closely. And on the fire truck, and one of the fireman's helmets, it's not Trenton, New Jersey. It's Tarrytown, New York. Just a short distance...

A few more bilingual gems There are two that come to mind (probably more) 1) Four Anything Muppets giving four big cheers for the number 4. The English version has them cheering "Hip Hip Hooray!" The Spanish dub goes "'Ip Ip Hoorah!" Hey, it's the best they can do. 2) Grover, Herry, and...