Questions about Sesame Street *now*

[diannadinoble]

I have just started watching Sesame Street again because my daughter loves it as much as I do

So many things have changed with the show since I was a kid, and I'm curious about some things:

- When did Slimey start talking?
- When did Snuffy become visible to characters other than Big Bird?
- I love Rosita, when did she arrive on SS, and how did they introduce her?

I'm sure I wil have more questions, but that's all for now.

I am really looking forward to the new season, we have recorded all of the last season.

 

[D'Snowth]

1. Slimey has been talking for quite some time, but he's just now began to speak clearly, where as before, he used to talk kinda gibberishly and more baby-like.
2. Snuffy's been visible since, I believe, 1985...it was around the time Elmo became a regular character.
3. Rosita was introduced in the early 90's. I don't know how they introduced her, but I do remember she was originally convinced that she was a fruit bat because: she has wings, and she lives in a cave.

 

[diannadinoble]

I remember Slimey would make noises like Beaker, but I was alarmed when I saw that he was asking to read Trash Gordon!

Do you know how they presented Snuffy to everybody? That would have been a good episode!!

 

[mikebennidict]

Strangely Big Bird had Elmo try to prevent Snuffy from leaving. Obviously it worked after so many tries and so many years of BB trying to make everyone see that he's for real.

 

[Gonzo14]

I never knew that Slimey could talk

 

[MuppetQuilter]

With Snuffy, as I understand it, they didn't want to send the message that adults wouldn't believe what kids told them.

Rosita was on the Mexican production of Sesame Street and they brought the character to the US version.

 

[D'Snowth]

Rosita was on the Mexican production of Sesame Street and they brought the character to the US version.

For real? I always thought Abelardo, Pancho, Lola, and the orange AM were the only muppets on the Mexican version.

 

[MuppetQuilter]

I could be misremembering-- maybe just the puppeteer came and they created Rosita specifically for the American SST. I remember reading some place that Rosita came from Plazo-- don't remember where I read it though so I have no idea if it was a reliable source.

 

[D'Snowth]

I could be misremembering-- maybe just the puppeteer came and they created Rosita specifically for the American SST.

THAT is true. Carmen Osbahr (sp?) worked for Plaza Sesamo before she came to Sesame Street. I still don't think Rosita was a part of the PS cast.

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Yeah. I've seen PS quite a few times and I haven't caught Rosita. I think imdb.com gave some misleading information about that.