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Some of my favorites included Placido Flamingo (from South Domingo), Meryl Sheep (there was a bit she did with David that was just hilarious), and Bruce Stringbean (gotta love "Born To Add").
There were also some others that I'm sure the kids probably wouldn't have gotten: Flo Bear, Virginia...
And Fat Blue would have to have another waiter. Picture the following as his waiter:
SESAME STREET:
Elmo
Telly Monster
Cookie Monster
Ernie
Oscar the Grouch
Big Bird
The Count
Two-Headed Monster
Forgetful Jones
THE MUPPET SHOW:
Gonzo the Great
Fozzie Bear
Floyd
Janice
Animal...
1. Jerry Nelson stopped playing Mr. Snuffleupagus for which reason?
A. Too much travelling between NY and London to do "The Muppet Show"
B. He lost interest in playing the character
C. Performing Snuffy was hard on his back
D. He wanted to play Barkley instead
2. True or false: Dave...
SPECIAL GUESTS: R.E.M.
OPENING THEME
OPENING NUMBER: The Electric Mayhem play and sing "Up On The Roof" with Clifford on lead vocals, from a rooftop set.
BACKSTAGE: Mokey Fraggle wanders into the Muppet Theatre through a hole in the wall.
GUEST STAR: R.E.M. play "Man On The Moon"...
Greetings! ANd now it is time for us to count all the vonderful memories of the Count Von Count on Sesame Street, ah ha ha ha ha!
The Count on "Beat The Time", where he has 20 seconds to bring forth two things that come from the sky. When he counts his 20 seconds down, the traditional thunder...
SOOOOOOOO many to choose from!
Ernie putting the pot on Bert's head...and his explanation as to why Bert has to do so.
Ernie & Bert go fishing, and Ernie catches all the fish. "HEEEEEEERE FISHY FISHY FISHY!!!!"
Ernie & Bert play the Rhyming Game.
Ernie and the Boogie Woogie Sheep...
Kermit tries to get Cookie Monster to write a poem about something other than cookies, so Cookie decides to write one about galoshes. However, he goes off the wagon and mentions cookies anyway, and then eats some cookies that he stashed in the galoshes.
Cookie dressed like Isaac Hayes circa...
SPECIAL GUEST STAR: AARON TIPPIN
OPENING THEME
OPENING NUMBER: Zondra and some punk-rock Anything Muppets play "Cherry Bomb" by Joan Jett, with Crazy Harry detonating his explosives whenever the words "Cherry Bomb" are sung.
STATLER & WALDORF:
STATLER: It never ceases to amaze me how...
Everyone's got to start somewhere, and Kermit the Frog is no exception to the rule! Here's some of my favorite Kermit moments on Sesame Street!
Kermit tries to explain rectangles, but his rectangle gets destroyed by Cookie Monster.
Kermit takes applications for the Big Bad Wolf. First he...
SPECIAL GUEST STAR: SHERYL CROW
OPENING THEME
OPENING NUMBER: Clifford and a group of Muppets sing "Hot Hot Hot".
STATLER & WALDORF:
WALDORF: (singing "Hot Hot Hot") "Ole, ole, ole, ole..."
(Grover suddenly appears with sombrero and tray)
GROVER: THAT is not how you do it...(dances...
SPECIAL GUEST STARS: ROCKAPELLA
OPENING THEME
OPENING NUMBER: The Electric Mayhem plays a jazz song called "Everybody's Boppin'", with vocal solos by Floyd, Janice, and Zoot.
STATLER: So everybody's boppin', huh, Waldorf?
WALDORF: I don't know about you, but the only boppin' I want to...
One of my all-time favorites has to be Maria, natch. Although I wish I'd see more humans than her on "Sesame Street" nowadays. I just remember when I had Noggin and...well, she was (and still is) gorgeous!
Of course, I must give honor and respect to David and Mr. Hooper. I'm glad they didn't...
Here are some of them!
The first time Big Bird meets Snuffleupagus, mainly because it's interesting to see how far the Snuffy puppet has come since his debut on the Street. And I still like Jerry's Snuffy a bit better than Martin's.
Big Bird going to school for the first time, and trying...
I have! One of my teachers in high school reminded me sooooo much of Marjory the Trash Heap from "Fraggle Rock"...(if she's reading this, I mean it as a compliment, Marjory was one of the best things on that show)! She was very wise (working on a doctorate) and somewhat otherworldly, and was of...
SPECIAL GUEST STAR: ALAN JACKSON
OPENING THEME
OPENING NUMBER: The Electric Mayhem play an unplugged version of "Let Me Be Your Song" from "Fraggle Rock" with Floyd taking the lead and Janice on harmony vocals.
STATLER: Have you ever wanted to go down to Fraggle Rock?
WALDORF: If it's...
SPECIAL GUESTS: THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
OPENING THEME
OPENING NUMBER: A small Muppet bird sings "Birdhouse In Your Soul"...from inside a Muppet monster.
STATLER: Hey Waldorf, have you ever had a birdhouse in your soul?
WALDORF: (in Kermit's voice) No, but I have a frog in my throat...
Maybe it's got something to do with the fact that his "best of" is in my CD-ROM at the moment...
SPECIAL GUEST STAR: ELVIS COSTELLO
OPENING THEME
Kermit introduces opening number
OPENING NUMBER: A group of Fraggles sing "Aquarius"
S&W commentary
WALDORF: Y'know, I never liked...
SPECIAL GUEST: HARRY CONNICK, JR.
OPENING THEME
Kermit comes out and introduces the opening number.
OPENING NUMBER: Simon the Soundman (of "Sesame Street" fame) sings "If I Were A Bell" to a pink female Anything Muppet, complete with appropriate sound effects in place of words...
I just thought about this--how many people that have appeared in Mel Brooks movies have also done some Muppet-related work?
Here's who I came up with:
Mel Brooks (The Muppet Movie)
Madeline Kahn (Sesame Street, The Muppet Show)
Zero Mostel (The Muppet Show)
Dom DeLuise (The Muppet Show...
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