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Here are more morsels for 406:
Heavy and Light
In addition to this skit, Grover has also helped Kermit demonstrate the difference between heavy and light.
Elmo and Telly Monster once sang a song called Heavy and Light.
It's interesting that Grover couldn't even pull the feather...
Additional 406 morsels:
The Count Counts Blocks
For some reason, Ernie and Bert decided to make a block pyrimid away from their apartment.
This is the first appearance of The Count.
The Count is performed by Jerry Nelson.
In his first few appearances, The Count had powers...
Additional 406 morsels:
Bob, Bert, Ernie and kids
Ernie and Bert were the only Muppets who appeared in the test pilots.
The Muppets and animation segments tested the best with test audiences.
Sesame Workshop once produced an episode that taught kids about divorce, but it never...
I don't think Pepe was just brought in to attract a new audience. He originated as part of a duo, Seymour and Pepe. After Muppets Tonight was cancled, Seymour was no longe rused (I don't know why), and Pepe became a main character. I think his role was expanded to bring in a new audience, but I...
More episode 406 morsels:
Cookie Monster and Mr. Hooper
Cookie Monster once ran Hooper's Store for David. David told Cookie Monster not to eat the cookies in the store, so Cookie Monster ate everything else -- including the entire store!
When Will Lee died in 1982, it was decided to...
(Harvey Kneeslaper pushes a toy snake inside a small cookie jar. After Harvey puts on the lid, he notices the audience)
Harvey Kneeslapper: Oh, hello, there. I'm going to play a great joke. You see, I put a big toy snake, with a spring inside the toy snake, into this small cookie jar, and then...
Prairie Dawn: Hello, there. Prairie Dawn here. Did you know that each letter of the alphabet is special?
Grover: That is right. A is awesome.
Oscar: B is better.
Cookie Monster: C is crunchy! D is delicious!
Bert: E is an earful.
Abby Cadabby: F is a favorite.
Grover: G is gorgeous...
episode 406
This epsiode first aired on November 27, 1972.
Sesame Street has celebrated it's 10th, 20th, 25th, 30th, and 35th anniversaries.
Whenever Mr. Snuffleupagus is on the set but not being used, he is hung on hooks so that he won't get in the way of things.
alphabet...
Recently, at Muppet Wiki, some users have visited the CTW Archives at The University of Maryland, and have posted quite a few interesting facts about Sesame Street. Some of the guides now list official first appearances of certain sketches (the Number Song Series, previously listed there as The...
(Grover is bouncing on a trampoline at the arbor area)
Grover: Hello, there! It is I, Grover, and I am bouncing on a trampoline. How fun! Jumping is good excersize, and this trampoline makes it easier. And it helps me jump really, really high! But now, I am ready to take a rest. I think I will...
Season 3 Classic Cuts (excluding ones I don't know much about)
C is for Cookie
C is for Cookie was written by Joe Raposo for The Muppet Alphabet Album.
All of the songs form that album originated there, and most of them were performed on the show in the third season, usually using...
And now morsels for the rest of episode 276:
Tom and Kids
A variety of people have helped out at Hooper's Store, including Tom, David, Gina, Carlo, and Gabbi.
David took over ownership of Hooper's Store after Mr. Hooper died.
Mr. Handford later took over ownership from David, and...
Again with the episode 276 morsels:
The Great Cookie Thief
This sketch was later adapted into a book, Wanted: The Great Cookie Thief.
Cookie Monster has also had the alternate identity of Allistar Cookie in the Monsterpiece Theater segments.
The green cowboy in this sketch was...
Here is a thread to post your ideas for Old School Vol. 2.
I will make a few differnet ideas, to see what would be best or worst. Here is my idea (most episode numbers are selected at random):
Volume 2: 1969-1976
Disc 1:
episodes 2 and 285
Alphabet Classic Cuts:
The Sound of...
More morsels for episode 276:
Grover the Waiter
This is the first sketch with Grover as a waiter.
Grover has had many jobs over the years, including elevador operador, door-to-door salesman, singing telegram deliverer, mailman, flight attendant, and taxi driver.
Grover's usual...
Since Chris Langham was hired because the producers wanted to have a crazy british writer, I wonder if Chris Langham wrote most of the craziest, most bizarre stuff from the later years, like Pigs in Space: dissolvatron, trudge trudge streaka streaka, Danny Boy, the cluck-itis backstage plot, the...
I guess this thread isn't as popular as I thought it would be. Did I go too far in suggesting that people list their top 40 most wanted skits for the next set, in two seperate lists (top 40 from the first five years, top 40 from the second five years)?
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