Best and Worst Sesame Guest stars

Drtooth

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Best: Robin Williams. I loved his skits about alive and the one with the baseball playing kids. Hearing him impersonate the Twohead? Man that rocked!

Pink Panther: Clever! K for Karate

Jughead: Performed by the great Howard Morris.

The Simpsons: My fave cartoon family interacting with the Muppets? True magic.

Artie Johnson as the Nazi from laugh in: Never saw it. But seeing someone play a nazi agent on Sesame Street is CLASSIC!

Ray Charles, Paul Simon: Need I say more

Robert DeNero: Seeing him on Sesame Street period is great.

Worst
N Sync and the Backstreet boys: Bleck!!!
Today Arron Carter and his brother completely ruined a Two headed monster skit for me! That takes a lot of yuck!
 

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Originally posted by Drtooth


Jughead: Performed by the great Howard Morris.

Is that right? For some reason I thought that was Casey Kasem. Live and learn.
 

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My favorite is R.E.M. doing "Furry Happy Monsters"
 

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I loved Stevie Wonder's performance of "Superstition" and "123 Sesame Street." I also liked Johnny Cash, James Taylor, Lena Horne, and all those great musicians.
 

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Mel Gibson as Hamlet, Martin Riggs and himself...

Robert DeNiro demonstrating method acting...

Jim Carrey putting his own spin on a Steve Martin routine...

Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell, extolling the virtues of reading and hoisting a tuba over his head like Jimi Hendrix...

Appearances I wish I could've seen: Kathleen Turner, Debra Winger and Robert Redford.

Worst Appearance: I don't know...I've been able to tolerate all that I've seen, even the teen singers.

Sincerely,

John "manofthestreet" Kilduff
 

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My favorite was Ray Charles singing Bein' Green on the 20th anniversary special. That was just really cool because it's the best non-Muppet version of that song.
 

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Yes, Stevie Wonder's "123 Sesame Street" was really good! Another good Robin Williams' skit you forgot (which is my favorite) is the same/different discussion he has with a Robin...the robin then sings "Lullaby of Birdland" to show a difference...he is a great singer and Robin W. is not! Funny stuff...

I have to admit that I wasn't that impressed with the Jim Carrey bit. I think the whole "rubber man" thing lost its luster some time ago. Personally, I think that Jim Carrey himself lost his luster some time ago, but that's just one man's opinion! :big_grin:
 

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Now no flames to me on this one until you read on:smile:

The best guest star is none other than Kermit The Frog

Now before you flame me, here's my reasons why I consider him a guest star:

1- Kermit is owned by The Jim Henson Company and thus gets seperate billing in credits at the end of the show saying he's copyright of The Henson Company

2- Kermit started out on Sesame, but as the years went on, he would appear occasionally as opposed to say Ernie and Bert who would appear constantly.

3- How often do we see Kermit now adays on Sesame in new skits ? Most of the skits that are shown are from the early years and on.

4- Kermit got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, thus making him a star :smile: , so if he appears on Sesame, he's a guest star

This is just my opinion..Thanks for reading

Michael
 
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