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    Your Thoughts: New Green and Red Christmas CD

    Kermit and Miss Piggy sang a verse of that song in A Muppet Family Christmas. I agree that Scooter, Johnny Fiama, and Sal should have been included on the album. I don't know if Brian Henson was unavailable for this album or not, preventing Sal from being used. I also don't know if Rickey...
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    Sesame Street Muppet Morsels

    More morsels from episode 536: Fix-It Shop The inside of The Fix-It Shop was remodled in 1980. Luis and Maria became a couple in 1988, and got married in that same year. Their relationship was written into the series because Sonia Manzano got pregnant, and it was decided to show...
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    Muppet SNL Land of Gorch Skits coming to DVD

    Well, it is in stores now. Does anybody here have it yet?
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    Monster Maker 1987 TV Aired Special Question

    It was broadcast on TV. It was first broadcast on NBC in 1989 as an epsiode of The Jim Henson Hour. It was later shown on television as a stand-alone special, without The Jim Henson Hour opening, and without Jim Hensons introductions and closing scenes. It was shown on Nickelodeon in 1993 and on...
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    Sesame Street Muppet Morsels

    episode 536 morsels opening sequence This episode was first broadcast on November 19, 1973. Jim Henson initially didn't want to allow for licensing of the Muppets, but his manager, Bernie Brillstein, told him that sales from merchandise could help him earn the money needed to finance...
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    Sesame Street Muppet Morsels

    Season 4 Classic Cuts Sesame Street News: Rupunzel The opening music for Sesame Street News is titled Kermit News Theme and was written by Joe Raposo. The Newsflash logo has changed over the years, but it always had the same basic look. Many of the news segments began with...
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    Sesame Street Muppet Morsels

    More 406 morsels: Oscar's warthog introduction Oscar has a few pets himslef, including a worm, Slimey, and several elephants, including one named Fluffy. Sesame Street has had film segments for many real animals, including warthogs, aardvarks, pigs, and gibbons. There have been a...
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    Sesame Street Muppet Morsels

    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...
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    Sesame Street Muppet Morsels

    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...
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    Sesame Street Muppet Morsels

    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...
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    questions about the Muppet Central guide

    I wonder if the person who made the guides still reads and posts in this forum.
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    unneccessary muppets

    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...
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    Sesame Street Muppet Morsels

    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...
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    Harvey Kneeslapper's cookie jar gag

    (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...
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    special letters

    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...
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    Sesame Street Muppet Morsels

    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...
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    interesting first season facts

    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...
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    Grover and the trampoline

    (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...
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    Sesame Street Muppet Morsels

    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...
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    Harvey Kneeslapper's Barber Shop Gag

    That was funny. I wonder if Fat Blue would rather get his hair cut by Grover.
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