By the time I was born in 1989, the whole "Invisible/Imaginary Snuffy" routine had well been played out, and eventually resolved, so as far as I can remember, Snuffy was ALWAYS real, and the grownups ALWAYS knew he existed... even as far as FTB is concerned.
I say that, because FTB had already been on VHS and such when I was a tot, so I watched it all growing up, including the then-current seasons on TV, and various My SST home videos... but, this has got me to wondering... now, often times when TV series like this do a movie based on the series during the run, the movies aren't always completely consistent with the show, and there's a few continuity errors here and there. FTB was released in 1985, the same year Snuffy was finally "revealed" to the grownups... but I can't help but wonder... was Snuffy already revealed in the FTB in-universe, or not?
It's hard to say, because the only character he interacted with in the movie was Big Bird (in person, and through a postcard), and on top of that, when Big Bird released that he still left Snuffy in charge of watching his nest, he simply excuses himself to go check on something, rather than actually say, "Oh, I gotta go, Mr. Snuffleupagus has been watching my nest all this time" and such.
My bet is that FTB had to have been done BEFORE Snuffy was revealed, mainly because of Elmo: that certainly wasn't Kevin doing Elmo for his brief appearance in FTB, but again, because of what I grew up with, it's common acceptance for me that Snuffy was "real" in FTB, irregardless.
How do you guys feel?
"It's Mr. Snuffleupagus! I remember Mr. Snuffleupagus! He's like a big, hairy Dumbo, but with depression! " ~Nostalgia Critic
I say that, because FTB had already been on VHS and such when I was a tot, so I watched it all growing up, including the then-current seasons on TV, and various My SST home videos... but, this has got me to wondering... now, often times when TV series like this do a movie based on the series during the run, the movies aren't always completely consistent with the show, and there's a few continuity errors here and there. FTB was released in 1985, the same year Snuffy was finally "revealed" to the grownups... but I can't help but wonder... was Snuffy already revealed in the FTB in-universe, or not?
It's hard to say, because the only character he interacted with in the movie was Big Bird (in person, and through a postcard), and on top of that, when Big Bird released that he still left Snuffy in charge of watching his nest, he simply excuses himself to go check on something, rather than actually say, "Oh, I gotta go, Mr. Snuffleupagus has been watching my nest all this time" and such.
My bet is that FTB had to have been done BEFORE Snuffy was revealed, mainly because of Elmo: that certainly wasn't Kevin doing Elmo for his brief appearance in FTB, but again, because of what I grew up with, it's common acceptance for me that Snuffy was "real" in FTB, irregardless.
How do you guys feel?
"It's Mr. Snuffleupagus! I remember Mr. Snuffleupagus! He's like a big, hairy Dumbo, but with depression! " ~Nostalgia Critic