I have a question about Octopus Garden

[fatblue]

Did SS ever do a skit called 'Octopus Garden? I know it was on the Muppet Magic DVD from Ed Sulivan, it was mentioned somewhere SS did a version of it. That was SO funny by the way, I watch it over and over.The wise cracking Octopus (Frank Oz) steals the show, so to speak.

 

[MuppetDude]

Yes, they did it in 1969:

http://www.scarecroe.com/files/octopus_garden-ss.mp3

http://www.angelfire.com/freak2/jog/Sesam12.html

Unfortunately it's not available on "Unpaved".

 

[fatblue]

Wow, very interesting, thanks! Was the skit the same as on Ed Sullivan or did they change it a bit?

 

[fatblue]

Actually, the commentary under the picture pretty much explains it was done a bit different.

 

[MuppetDude]

I don't know which was made first, but I think that the "Sullivan" version was first since the clam (with his eyes changed to beady black ones) appears in the Sesame version. The Sesame version was less funny, but a bit more elaborate in that it was filmed with shots of real fish. The Sesame version featured four puppets: the scuba diver, a fat blue fish, a clam, and an octopus (I don't know if it's an AM or not). The "Sullivan" version featured an orange scuba diver, a green octopus with a moustache, a clam w/ sleepy eyelids, and a gigantic clam.

The Sesame version also had a bit of an educational value (of course), counting the octopus's legs.

 

[fatblue]

Don't you just love that lime green character muppet with the point on his head! LOL!