Munchin Impossible Trailer and pilot leaked

[ISNorden]

Sorry to hear your claymation attempts went badly; I've got nothing against that form of animation as such. (It's been part of Sesame Street since the first episode, and some memorable oldies--like the opera-singing orange--were claymation clips, too.) But seeing Sesame Street reshape the Muppets into a new medium feels a little unsettling to me. ("My friend, you are not fuzzy and blue; you are squishy and blue!")

To bring this back on topic, though...I still hope that the US producers decide to show "Munchin: Impossible" as part of next season's lineup. From what I saw on the Workshop's official pages, they'd teach nutrition on a level kids could relate to...with an exciting story and a reassurance that Cookie Monster is still Cookie after he eats his healthy dinner. It might succeed where "Dinner Theater" fell flat: a reference to Shakespeare or Broadway musicals will go right over most pre-schoolers' heads, but a reference to a recent Hollywood hit won't.

 

[zns]

This actually looks very very good. When I saw it in Louise Gikow's book, I was concerned that it might be done in animation life "Abby's Flying Fairy School". Not That it's not bad, but there seems to be more magic in puppetry. But once again, it's 100 times better than I had thought it would be. Obvously Sesame Workshop is doing a great job, especially with the recent episodes.

 

[Mupp]

Looks pretty cool.

And I love the "Man" character. Nice puppet!

 

[Drtooth]

To bring this back on topic, though...I still hope that the US producers decide to show "Munchin: Impossible" as part of next season's lineup. From what I saw on the Workshop's official pages, they'd teach nutrition on a level kids could relate to...with an exciting story and a reassurance that Cookie Monster is still Cookie after he eats his healthy dinner. It might succeed where "Dinner Theater" fell flat: a reference to Shakespeare or Broadway musicals will go right over most pre-schoolers' heads, but a reference to a recent Hollywood hit won't.

Personally, with Preschoolers, EVERYTHING goes over their heads. Half the stuff I remember watching I didn't get until I thought about them when I was a teenager. I was born in 82, and you'd think Billy idol's Rebel Yell would be current enough for me to get, but I never really heard it and made the connection. I feel the BEST jokes are ones you have to get when you're older. Again, Bullwinkle. To me Dinner Theater fell flat because some of the songs were more preachy than funny. I think Pear and Omellet Prince of Denmark worked much better, since they were at LEAST trying to incorporate references to the plays/musicals. Man of La Muncha sounded funnier than it really was, and they could have at least had everyone in period costumes. Otherwise, it's just a song parody.

This actually looks very very good. When I saw it in Louise Gikow's book, I was concerned that it might be done in animation life "Abby's Flying Fairy School". Not That it's not bad, but there seems to be more magic in puppetry. But once again, it's 100 times better than I had thought it would be. Obvously Sesame Workshop is doing a great job, especially with the recent episodes.

When it comes to SS, I want to see the puppet versions of the characters more than anything, even though I like Abby and LOVE the Ernie and Bert stuff... I wanna see the actual puppets performed as puppets. If this was animated, it just wouldn't have the same magic or realism that the sketch sorely needs. Considering this is like a variation of Global Grover at heart (focusing specifically on food customs this time), it needs the connection between American live action puppet bridging and live action foreign clips.