Synopsis for "Big Bird's Storytime" video please

[D'Snowth]

I have a copy of this video, but it's so old, my VCR can't play it all without having to spit the tape out. I can only see clearly till the scene where Maria tip-toes out of Big Bird's nest area, and then Snuffy blurts out "That was a good story Maria." Does anyone remeber what happened after this?

 

[ssetta]

It's not the same as "Bedtime Stories and Songs", is it?

 

[D'Snowth]

It's not the same as "Bedtime Stories and Songs", is it?

No, this is where Maria, Big Bird, and Snuffy have storytime. Since the library was closed, Big Bird and Snuffy bring Maria a newspaper to read. She reads various articles from the fairytale section, where they played clips like: Kermit interviewing Prince Charming and Humpty Dumpty and the magic mirror. Then after this, Snuffy wants to hear the story about "three animals", so Maria tells them unscripted Goldilocks and Three Bears story, while Big Bird visualizy him as Goldilocks, and Snuffy visualizes him as Goldilocks, then they fall asleep. That's all I remember. Other sketchs and songs include: Books on Trash (Oscar searches for books on trash in the library while two muppets named Gilbert and Solomon start to sing about different books.), Sometimes I like to Imagine (where Ernie sings about him being a knight, and a sea captain, and stuff.)

 

[ssetta]

What happens is, Kermit the News Reporter comes in and admits that he has had a long day, so they let him take a nap, too.

 

[CherryPizza]

An interesting moment that occurs in this video (which seems to have been produced within a few years of Mr Hooper's death), is that when Big Bird returns with the newspaper, he says that all he could get to read was a paper from Mr Hooper's store. You can hear him say "Mr L... Hooper", and it is so subtle and discreet that it seems to be a simple mistake on Caroll Spinney's (as opposed to Big Bird's) part.

So one is led to wonder... what was the status quo of this gag at the time? If the man was no longer around, did they disband the "Mr Looper" joke, and Caroll was doing that line out of habit?

If memory serves correctly, in Follow That Bird, Big Bird clearly asks the kids who come up to his cage to phone "Looper's" store... but these days, he seems to refer to the store itself as "Hooper's Store", but calls the character "Mr Looper"

examples...

* Alan's first episode, Big Bird asks for a birdseed milkshake, Alan mentions he found a recipe on the fridge, Big Bird says "Must be Mr. Looper's recipe"

* After the hurricane had destroyed Big Bird's nest, Big Bird is standing on the street talking about what had happened, and he says that it's a good thing he brought "Radar and my picture of Mr Looper with me"

Kinda touching that he can still come up in discussion from time to time... shame they have to pretend that David, Celina, Ruthie, Savion, Carlo, Olivia et al never existed. How's about a few "nostalgic" episodes... surely teaching kids about local heritage is a postive message that would fit into SS's agenda

 

[CherryPizza]

Hey, I just realised something...

That message I just posted was my 100th post on this board.

celestial trumpet please?

at least a bit of confetti?