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I admit it...I've always loved the "New Wave" characters like Zoe, Baby Bear and Rosita. In fact, I kind of wish they had been around earlier, since they fill a niche in SS's world that had been kind of empty before, methinks. (I'm not counting Elmo as a new-waver because he's been around for...

As a kid I could never figure out why Ernie had his lambs kick Bert outside. It seems so random and out of character for him... "Ernie.....Those sheep are tap-dancing!!" For some reason I find that line incredibly funny. And they way he'll just look at the camera and mumble "I don't...

jeffkjoe: You're in luck. You can find the old (1969-1992) Friday credits music in its entirety--including the sponsers tag--at mythemes.tv. (yep, that's the whole URL---just mythemes.tv) It's a little bit on the low side, which means you'll have to turn your volume up, but it's definitely...

Taco Monster: My memory seems to be in conflict with everybody else's about this. I know the main theme music changed in 1992, but I would swear that the "bells and horns" sponser music held on for one more year after that, finally biting it with the 1993 season. I'm sure I remember the...

I think the Friday credits thing bit the dust in 2002, because that, along with the format change, was the end of the old Monday-thru-Friday setup. I say that because that season started on a Tuesday, not a Monday. Add that to the fact that it's 26 episodes now, not a number dividable by 5...

Regarding Snuffy, that reminds me of a side note to the "invisibility" thing----the adults always missed seeing Snuffy, but kids didn't. I think the little girl in the old Christmas show (can't recall her name) saw him. And I just saw #406 for the first time and was surprised to see Snuffy...

Somewhere in my deep, dark, too-long list of Favorites, is an article about this very subject. I don't remember it very clearly---its main focus is the re-cataloging and preservation of the entire 4,000+ library of episodes, and how they've been stored over the years. It touches on a crude...

Drtooth: You brought up a point that probably too few of us have thought of: Jon Stone. From what I've read it seems that he, more than any other person, was responsible for the tone and overall feel of the show. I'm not sure but I think he finally left around 1995. It wasn't very long after...

Daffyfan2003: You're right about that. Even though I don't think Henson's death had much immediate impact on the show (apart from Ernie and Kermit's three-year absence except for old inserts), I do think the show would be different if he were still here today. I imagine that, had he...

Superboober: I disagree----despite Henson's death, I don't think much really changed at all after 1989. The only significant thing that changed in 1992, as far as I remember, was the theme music. I don't recall them retiring a lot of old material around that time, since there was still quite a...

"The Canon Master"......complete with a staff and long robes. :)

(Wait a minute. I hope the real reason they cut it wasn't because there happens to be a naked kid on screen for four seconds. If that's the reason, that's just ridiculous.)

Or rather, alterations, according to the review on this site. That makes me sad. No one seems to care about messing with history. The film about "You can wash anything" with the girl narrating has been removed from show #1, along with the Anything Muppets singing "Consider Yourself"...

minormuppetz: I didn't know there was more than one "Miami Mice" sketch. The only one I ever saw was the one with Ernie and the closed repair shop. What were others like?

I've wondered about this very thing a lot. Bert and Grover show up in the season 8 premiere, but not Ernie. Somone on YouTube posted a late '80s street segment of Ernie talking to Snuffy. How often did this kind of thing happen? And The Frog. Does anyone here know when Kermit stopped...

That's weird. I think he has it totally backwards. SS (at least older SS) was sometimes so fast and over the heads of kids, that I question its educational value. Mr. Rogers, on the other hand, spoke directly to children, in a patient, quiet manner that created a kind of bond between him and...

Yeah--I was sad when they bricked those doors over! Changes I've noticed: Year One, the street was straight, like most Manhattan streets are. They soon curved it, creating the whole arbor area. I assume they did this to allow for more staging possibliites. (?) Ernie and Bert's apartement was...

Yeah--that gloomy gray background from the first year! In fact, the entire show was lit darker at first than from year two onwards. I skimmed through Carroll Spinney's book a while back, and he mentioned that in the second season they got a new lighting director who brightened everything...

C-3PO and R2-D2 appeared in two episodes in the 1979-1980 season. All the "Street" footage of one of those episodes has been put up on YouTube. It should still be there, though I wish I had the link on hand. (It comes from an unedited studio tape, so you see director's markers and hear the...

Hi. Unfortunately, from what I've gathered, receiving money for episodes is kind of a taboo in these communities---since that's even more flat-out illegal than trading---but some traders are willing to give you episodes in exchange for store-bought DVDs that you buy for them. Whether it's a...