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I wonder how good the Sesame Workshop researchers are with dates for Sesame Street sketches. It seems like some dates get confused.
The second version of Rubber Duckie, with a blue background and Ernie's nose being red instead of purple-ish, has been incorrectly cited as being from the first season in a few different sources, including the Sesame Street Unpaved special, the timeline sequence of The Street We Live On, and Old School Volume 1.
As pointed out on Muppet Wiki, Old School Volume 1 lists I've Got Two as a season one classic cut, but the clip included has the stairway that was added to the arbor area in season two.
Many press releases for Old School Volume 1 listed Pinball Number Count as one of the special features, and it's even mentioned on the back of the box, but it's actually from the eight season (it seems like Sesame Workshop must have thought it came from the wrong season until the last minute, though Songs from the Street lists the correct season).
The television special Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting lists dates for the skit where Kermti and Joey recite the alphabet, Kermit, Shola, and Fannie demosntrate next-to, and Herry and John-John count to 20. The skit with Herry and John-John was listed as being from 1974, while the timeline sequence in The Street We Live On cites 1972 as the year it is from. (For those wondering, the skit where Kermit, Shola, and Fanny was cited as 1973, and the skit with Kermit and Joey was cited as being from 1972, though I could be mixing up the years, and I haven't seen any sources that contradict that).
Some songs have had different copyright dates lsited from what has been cited elsewhere. Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration lists I Wonder About the World Above Up There with a 1988 copyright, while the It's Not Easy Being Green book gives it a 1990 copyright.
There have been a few different soruces for Elmo's debut. I've seen citations from Caroll Spinney where he mentioned that Elmo was originally called Baby Monster and first apeared in season two or three (from the article I've read, it sounds like Caroll Spinney wasn't sure of the exact year, though it's possible that the person who wrote the Tough Pigs article on the Henson Film Festival event might have been unsure which year he said). Sesame Street Unpaved and the Sesame Street 35th anniversary trivia game both cite 1979 as the year of his debut (the trivia game says that he debuted that year "as a little monster", implying nthat he might not have had a name yet, but if that counts, then the years where he was Baby Monster should count, too). But the trivia section on the 30th anniversary bean bag and Songs from the Street both source his debut as 1984. Songs from the Street also incorrectly states Tely's debut as 1984 (though archive material stored at the University of Maryland shows that Tely debuted in 1979).
The second version of Rubber Duckie, with a blue background and Ernie's nose being red instead of purple-ish, has been incorrectly cited as being from the first season in a few different sources, including the Sesame Street Unpaved special, the timeline sequence of The Street We Live On, and Old School Volume 1.
As pointed out on Muppet Wiki, Old School Volume 1 lists I've Got Two as a season one classic cut, but the clip included has the stairway that was added to the arbor area in season two.
Many press releases for Old School Volume 1 listed Pinball Number Count as one of the special features, and it's even mentioned on the back of the box, but it's actually from the eight season (it seems like Sesame Workshop must have thought it came from the wrong season until the last minute, though Songs from the Street lists the correct season).
The television special Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting lists dates for the skit where Kermti and Joey recite the alphabet, Kermit, Shola, and Fannie demosntrate next-to, and Herry and John-John count to 20. The skit with Herry and John-John was listed as being from 1974, while the timeline sequence in The Street We Live On cites 1972 as the year it is from. (For those wondering, the skit where Kermit, Shola, and Fanny was cited as 1973, and the skit with Kermit and Joey was cited as being from 1972, though I could be mixing up the years, and I haven't seen any sources that contradict that).
Some songs have had different copyright dates lsited from what has been cited elsewhere. Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration lists I Wonder About the World Above Up There with a 1988 copyright, while the It's Not Easy Being Green book gives it a 1990 copyright.
There have been a few different soruces for Elmo's debut. I've seen citations from Caroll Spinney where he mentioned that Elmo was originally called Baby Monster and first apeared in season two or three (from the article I've read, it sounds like Caroll Spinney wasn't sure of the exact year, though it's possible that the person who wrote the Tough Pigs article on the Henson Film Festival event might have been unsure which year he said). Sesame Street Unpaved and the Sesame Street 35th anniversary trivia game both cite 1979 as the year of his debut (the trivia game says that he debuted that year "as a little monster", implying nthat he might not have had a name yet, but if that counts, then the years where he was Baby Monster should count, too). But the trivia section on the 30th anniversary bean bag and Songs from the Street both source his debut as 1984. Songs from the Street also incorrectly states Tely's debut as 1984 (though archive material stored at the University of Maryland shows that Tely debuted in 1979).
