I’m surprised I still haven’t talked about this. I was surprised to actually see a copy of the DVD at Walmart not long after it was released.
It is a great documentary. Part of me wishes it did go a little more into the 1990s to today, but it is great to have so much classic focus - with very little of Elmo (I think Elmo only shows up near the end).
I like that version of “Put Down the Duckie” with the cast and crew in place of the celebrities (I’m guessing that came in season 19 or 20 as opposed to 18). Though I have trouble identifying everybody and the image is a bit small to really see everybody in the really large crowd shots (I wish a full screen version of that could surface). I like when the performers sing a verse and then Richard Hunt (I assume) shouts “yeah!” like a rock star. Muppet Wiki sources Kevin Clash as performing Ernie’s right arm during his cameo in that, but Ernie does not appear in any new footage (only Hoots does), making me wonder if they left something out of that.