Sesame characters ice skating

Xerus

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Does anyone remember the skits where full sized versions of the Muppets ice skated?

The first had Bert in bed suffering from insomnia. Ernie suggests he imagine ice skating. So Bert does. And it showed a full sized Bert skating across an ice skating rink with beautiful music playing. And it flashes back to Bert asleep in bed.

The next had Bert and Betty Lou ice skating together.

The next had The Count skating and ends it with lightning and shouting. "One skating Count!"

The next had Grover and Cookie Monster skating.

The next had Big Bird and Snuffy skating. Only Snuffy kept falling down until he finally got it right.

One had Grover on the ice and Kermit's voice telling him to demonstrate near and far many times. Grover kept skating near and far so much that he became tired and fell down. Then the screen went black and you can hear ice cracking and water splashing and Kermit shouting, "Grover, get out of that water!" I didn't think those indoor skating rinks had water underneath the ice.

The final had Oscar skating around with his feet sticking out of his can, then sits down. Oscar rises from his can and blows a whistle. One by one, the full sized Muppets came skating into the rink in this order. Bert, Betty Lou, The Count, Grover, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster. They were wondering where the whistling was coming from. Then they found Oscar's can and they all skated over banging angrily on Oscar's trash can lid.
 

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I would love to see pictures/caps of this if anyone knows where to find some, send a link my way!
 

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I don't remember this at all. My guess is it was produced around the same time as "Christmas Eve On Sesame Street" (1979-ish?), because that also featured full-body characters skating.
 

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What year were those and What just happens in all those skits :confused:
 

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Xerus said:
The next had The Count skating and ends it with lightning and shouting. "One skating Count!"
Does anybody have this? I'd really love to see it again. Doesn't it begin with an extreme close-up on the Count's face?
 

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i remember one where bert cant sleep and ernie tells him to remeber a dream he had that mad ehim very happy to help him fall asleep and it was bert ice skateing and it made him fall asleep
 

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Oscar's whistle

I have the audio track of this sketch. It was from a groovy trade I did with somebody years ago, and that's the only time I found that particular segment.
 
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