Old School Sesame coming to DVD October 2006

[minor muppetz]

Season 01: 130 episodes
Season 02: 144 episodes
Season 03: 129 episodes
Season 04: 129 episodes
Season 05: 129 episodes
Season 06: 129 episodes
Season 07: 129 episodes
Season 08: 129 episodes
Season 09: 129 episodes
Season 10: 129 episodes
Season 11: 129 episodes
Season 12: 129 episodes
Season 13: 129 episodes
Season 14: 129 episodes
Season 15: 129 episodes
Season 16: 129 episodes
Season 17: 129 episodes
Season 18: 128 episodes
Season 19: 129 episodes
Season 20: 129 episodes
Season 21: 129 episodes
Season 22: 129 episodes
Season 23: 129 episodes
Season 24: 129 episodes
Season 25: 129 episodes
Season 26: 129 episodes
Season 27: 129 episodes
Season 28: 129 episodes
Season 29: 129 episodes
Season 30: 064 episodes
Season 31: 064 episodes
Season 32: 064 episodes
Season 33: 049 episodes
Season 34: 025 episodes
Season 35: 025 episodes
Season 36: 025 episodes
Season 37: 025 episodes
Total: 4,134 episodes

It would take over 172 days of non-stop viewing to see them all.

I just realised something. At the Muppet Wiki, it has been pointed out in the season pages for Sesame Streetthaat there were many episodes repeated in later seasons, but with the on-screen number changed (and I think some of these repeats had some segments replaced). It seemed common for the 24-27th seasons to do this. So technically, there are a lot less episodes than we think due to some renumbering.

 

[AndyWan Kenobi]

I only just found this thread, but I would buy a Sesame nostaligia set (more than one, actually), no matter what the format. Maybe there could be some kind of compromise, like skit compilations for the most part, with certain "landmark" episodes thrown in as bonus features in their entirety. Like the pilot, the introduction of major characters, weddings, births, deaths, special guest appearances by droids from a galaxy far, far away. Stuff like that...

 

[Drtooth]

It's absolutely amazing that so many things I've been waiting for to be released on DVD have comne out (or are coming out) this year.

Muppet show season one
Dinosaurs
Ducktales
ALF and ALFTALES the animated series
Fat Albert
Inspector Gadget
Fraggle Rock
... Shell, even Darkwing Duck and The Tick are supposed to be released.

(only things I still am waiting for, 1980's Kinnikuman in a subtitled R1 format, Rocko's Modern Life, Captain N, and a season by season Box set version of the new TMNT)

But Classic SS? The holy grail pipe dream of Muppet Fandom? And not just 1 or 2 extras on a DVD? I'm speachless.

I would like to see episodes uncut as well, but I doubt that would be able to happen. I feel that a Best of certian years collection would work... maybe 6 episodes (double sided disks?) per decade? Plus a collection of other most requested skits.

Or maybe a few epsiodes, and best of skits or something from an allotted decade by decade set.

There's so many possibilities. Maybe even release a single disk of Best of SS animators, with works by Sally Cruikshank, Mo Willems, John R. Dilworth, etc.

There's just so many possibilities for this set. Let's just all try to consider the different ways it can be presented, so we don't wind up disappointed.

 

[The Count]

Um GelflingWaldo... Where did you get those seasonal episode totals?
Cause... by what you posted 129 times 26, 64 times 3, 25 times 4, added with 130, 144 and 128 only add up in my calculator to 4097... When there've been 4108 episodes.
And those last four seasons... Me thinks that's wrong cause SS has been airing a total of 26 episodes per season so each letter gets featured as an episode's sponsor.
Just pointing this out, hope it helps.

 

[Andrew T]

GelflingWaldo was close: The actual totals are 130 episodes for seasons 1 and 3-29, 145 for 2, 65 for 30-32, 50 for 33, and 26 from 34-present. That's 4108 episodes altogether.

For fun, here are some calculations I made for my own amusement: If a typical pre-1998 season of Sesame Street was compiled in its entirety for a DVD release, the resulting set would probably be 44 discs long and cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $350.00. A complete set of all episodes would involve 1,391 DVDs and a price tag of about $11,000.

 

[Grover]

What would work in my opinion is a set of 5 discs representing each season or certain episodes on a disc. The fifth disc could have bonus features and etc.

Here are my ideas for Bonus Features:

Sesame Street Pitch Pilot
Sesame Street Test Pilot.
Sesame Street : 20 Years and Still Counting
A Tribute to Jim Henson

 

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Classic "Sesame" on DVD?!? FINALLY!!

I would actually prefer "clip compilations" as opposed to full episodes---because I want as much material as I can get my hands on! More songs, more skits, Muppets galore! (and besides, there are just soooooooooooooo many episodes...)

I sure hope they do put some classic obscure ones on DVD like "The D Song (Daddy Dear oh Daddy Dear)", one of my all-time favorites. And great Count material too!

 

[minor muppetz]

I sure hope they do put some classic obscure ones on DVD like "The D Song (Daddy Dear oh Daddy Dear)", one of my all-time favorites. And great Count material too!

That skit is already available as a bonus segment on the All-Star Alphabet DVD.

 

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Oo, thanks for the heads-up, minor...I'll remember that as a "just in case".

I also REALLY hope they include my favorite live-action-filmed song ever, "We All Sing With the Same Voice"!

 

[zns]

These are the clips that I'd like to see:

- Big Bird Meets Little Bird
- On My Pond
- Frogs In The Glen
- Monsterpiece Theater: Gone With The Wind
- Monsterpiece Theater: The Sound of Music
- ABC-DEF-GHI (70's version)
- You Say Hola (Maria and Luis)
- All of the Baker skits
- All of the Jazzy Spies skits
- Air ( Bip Bipodota)
- I Want A Monster To Be My Friend (original version)
- Listen To The Bells
- Meet Me at the Bustop
- Ernie and Herry at the Carnival
- Captain Vegetable
- Bad Bart Comes to Town
- What's My Part? : Foot
- Any skits with Prof. Hastings and Kermit
- The Amazing Mumford and his Amazing Pineapple Subtraction Trick
- Ernie Dusts the Shelf
- The Queen of Six
- Roosevelt Franklin's Alphabet