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  1. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    People You Wish Were Guests on the Street

    OK ... to dig this topic out of its grave, I'll add ... From 1969-1992: Lana Wood (the younger sister of Natalie Wood) Lana Clarkson (the Barbarian Queen actress who, unfortunately, was killed Feb. 3, 2003 by "Wall of Sound" genius Phil Spector) The original Brady Bunch child cast of Maureen...
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    "Funky Chimes" Music

    Wow! That means that the spiel heard over the old music was short lived ...
  3. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Old Segment - Making Crayons

    For those of you unfamiliar with the background music, there are two pieces of music heard, both penned by Richard Harvey: The first song heard is "Water Course (A)," and then "Exchange." Both pieces were originally recorded in 1974, released on the album "Richard Harvey's Nifty Digits." The...
  4. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Old Segment - Making Crayons

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMU-wXsgyR8 I am sure some of you here may remember this segment, what the above link will take you to. This takes place at the Crayola factory in Easton, PA. This segment would date from no earlier than 1979 and no later than 1984, going by the package design as...
  5. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    "Funky Chimes" Music

    Does anyone know what season of Sesame Street was the first with the "funky chimes" background music heard during the spiel announcing who funded said program ("Funding for this program was provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) ... and by public television stations...
  6. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Follow That Bird - Quotes

    Here's what I believe is the actual dialogue (one can only wonder who still has the original written draft from 1984-85 for this movie) from the final scene where the Sleaze Brothers are caught, after Big Bird jumps off the truck onto the open hood of the VW Beetle. Sam: "Hey, what's that...
  7. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Reinventing "Follow That Bird" (1985)

    What would you folks think of the landmark 1985 movie, Follow That Bird, if it had different cast members and vehicles? Here is my take: Cast Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi (The Blues Brothers) as the Sleaze Brothers. Why? Both Aykroyd and Belushi were one time members of SCTV along with the two...
  8. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Baby Natasha

    Can anyone please identify what was the first episode Baby Natasha (who didn't have a name at first) appeared in? I do know she appeared in 1987, but what I don't know is whether she appeared during the 1986-87 season or if it was early in the 1987-88 season. She is known for emanating the...
  9. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Muppet Babies and Monsters

    This refers to the short-lived expansion of Muppet Babies. Only 3 (out of 18) episodes were aired. Following the cancellation of this part of the show, an MB rerun was added to fill the void left behind by Little Muppet Monsters. Here's the MB&M intro (skip to 0:30)...
  10. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Muppet Babies opening sequence question

    Block Shows Seeing as this incarnation was a "block" type show (at least two segments), do you have any other favorite shows that were "block" shows? I know there were a lot of Hanna-Barbera cartoons between the mid 1970s and the early 1980s that were part of blocks, such as: *The Tom &...
  11. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Muppet Babies opening sequence question

    What about Baby Animal?
  12. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    People You Wish Were Guests on the Street

    Back for some more: 1969-1992 Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner Genesis (with the lineup that is Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins and Tony Banks) Emerson, Lake & Palmer Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin The Eagles (as Glenn Frey, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner and Don...
  13. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Sesame Street - Season Air Dates

    Hi, Does anyone know whether or not these are the correct season start and end dates for Sesame Street? Season 1 (1969-1970): 11/10/1969 to 05/08/1970 (eps 1-130) Season 2 (1970-1971): 11/09/1970 to 05/28/1971 (eps 131-275) Season 3 (1971-1972): 11/08/1971 to 05/26/1972 (eps 276-405) Season 4...
  14. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    ABC-DEF-GHI in Japanese

    Hi, I am just curious about how the song "ABC-DEF-GHI" would sound if a Japanese person were to sing it out: ABC = ab-ka = abbuka DEF = def = defu GHI = gi = gii JKL = Jekyll = Jekkiru MNOP = ma-nop = manoppu QR = kwer = kuaa STUV = styoov = suchuubu WXYZ = wik-siz = wikushizu...
  15. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Any Scooby-Doo fans here on the forum?

    I have both The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour and The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1 on DVD. I like Dynomutt as his hick-like voice, contributed by Frank Welker, was said to copy that of Bullwinkle J. Moose. Caroll Spinney copied that for the early incarnation of his Big Bird character. ~Ben
  16. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Sesame Street in 1969

    Hi, Seeing that the show is now 40 years old, I'd like to ask you all this: what did you think of the show's first 130 or so episodes? No one can forget this "song-and-dance" moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr5er4ueWBQ Or this moment, when Oscar the Grouch was orange...
  17. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    The Early Big Bird Voice

    What did you all think of the early voice Caroll Spinney had used for his Big Bird character? You know, the one that's reminiscent of the likes of classic cartoon characters such as Bullwinkle J. Moose and Dynomutt: Dog Wonder, as well as the Muppet Kermit the Frog? That early vocal style didn't...
  18. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    People You Wish Were Guests on the Street

    More guests for the 1969-92 period: *Chuck Berry *Neil Sedaka *Michael J. Fox *Michael Jackson *Quincy Jones *Robert Wagner *Natalie Wood *Stefanie Powers *Andy Griffith *Redd Foxx ~Ben
  19. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    People You Wish Were Guests on the Street

    Some more for my post-1992 hot sheet: *Mike Myers and Dana Carvey *Tom Cruise *Gwyneth Paltrow *Kevin Spacey *Danny DeVito *Danielle Broussard *Kathleen Madigan *Will Ferrell *Amy Poehler *Rachel Dratch *Diane Birch *Ingrid Michaelson *Sara Bareilles *Adele For my 1969-92 hot sheet: *Steven...
  20. BigBirdABCDEFGH

    Milk Crisis Segment

    Who remembers the Milk Crisis segment (which appeared around 1975) wherein a little baby girl runs out of milk, and then this milk truck has to go all the way to her home? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O-Q5vJ-GHk ~Ben
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