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    Long vs. short closing theme

    Well, I found part of my answer here: http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=4962
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    Long vs. short closing theme

    Most episodes end with a short closing theme. But once in a while, the music went into "It's a magic carpet ride...." Few questions: 1) How often did this occur? Once a week? 2) Was this the only space where the actor's credits were given? 3) What was on the screen during this music...
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    Sesame Street History

    airline Regarding animated opening and closing. I don't remember this.... Can you elaborate?
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    Your favorite Ernie and Bert skit

    There are far too many to narrow it to one, so I'll arbitrarily pick "a" favorite for now.... The skit where Ernie can't sleep, so Bert suggests he counts sheep. But every sheep that Ernie counts audibly goes, "bahhh." So Bert suggests that Ernie count something else. So Ernie counts...
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    What are your favorite number segments?

    2: I've got two (eyes, ears, etc) (Gordon, Susan, Hooper, Bob, Bird, Oscar) 5: "Five People in my Family" (Anything) 7: "The Aligator King" 11: "It's a lovey eleven morning" 12: Ladybug picnic General: "And that's the song of (1,2,3 etc)"
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    Memory of Guy Smiley sketch... need help

    I have a very vague memory (from, say, 1974) of an anything muppet that looked like guy smiley in the following sketch. Guy smiley (or whoever) is singing some song, and in the background there is a girl. Whatever the girl goes near, the structure falls apart. (If it's a tree, it falls...
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    Sesame went down hill when Elmo came on the scene

    I know this opinion will be unpopular, BUT.... Back in the 70's, SS was such a brilliant show. The humor was at an adult level. It was not a "cutsie" type of thing. Ernie and Bert had chemisty. Kermit had decorum. Grover had charm. Guy Smiley had arrogance. Don Music had irony. Prarie Dawn had...
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