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Is it just me, or does it seem like seasosn 6-10 don't really have very many moments that fans consider "classic"? The kinds of stuff that adult fans who aren't neccessarily "hardcore" like us would surely remember? Especially when compared to seasons 1-5 and 11-onward.
Because I remember when I made wishlists for Old School Volume 2 and 40 Years of Sunny Days (both at Muppet Central and frequently in my head), I felt I had trouble thinking up many segments that I would have expected to be considered "classic". Of course in the case of Old School Vol. 2 I was thinking outside the included episodes, and in the case of the 40th anniversary DVD I was pretty much thinking of what wasn't in Old School Vol. 2. And eventually I found out that certain segments that I previously thought were pre-season 6 or post-season 10 (such as "Grover serves a burger", "The Subway", "Invisible ice Cream Cone", "Kermit and the Weather Salesman", and "The Nobel Ostrich") were actually made during this time period.
Another thing that was interesting in this regard is that Old School Vol. 1 had many of the inserts that I associate as "classics", while vol. 2 had more of what I refer to as "random". The 40th anniversary set included many of the segments that were in the first Old School set but not the second (not counting "Roosevelt Franklin: Talking Loud/ Talking Soft", which had originated in season 4 and was included in a season 7 episode). But nothing on the 40th anniversary set from seasons 6-10 were included in Old School Vol. 2 (or any existing north american english-language commercial release, for that matter). Of course I feel most of those choices are either truly classic or notable, but it seems like it was rushing through that time period while heavily featuring the earlier seasons and the beginning of the 1980s (not that that's a bad thing... Old School Vol. 1 had a varried number of bonus inserts from each season, while volume 2 had an even number of bonus inserts for each year, except for season 6 which had a few more, and we haven't gotten an Old School Vol. 3, so I see that as Sesame Workshop's way of compensating).
And yes, I do know that three late-1970s segments ("What's the Name of That Song?", "Pinball Animation #12", and "I Just Adore Four") were nominated for inclusion. All had been released commercially, and I consider all to be classics (though I guess they would have been listed as "Fan Favorite" in the bonus features, a sopposed to part of the main program, listed under their respective seasons).
And it gets me wondering, do you also feel like seasons 6-10 have less classic moments that many fans know of, compared to other time periods? Could many of the late-1970s segments have been dropped sooner (though I think that's more likely the case with season one inserts)?
And what segments would we all think of as stuff that most fans would easily know about? I figure there are many Sesame Street News segments that would be instantly recognizable to all long-time fans, but of course a collectible DVD of old school Sesame Street content shouldn't have too many of the same recurring segments (and out of the three chosen as bonus skits on Old School Vol. 2, I only consider Mary had a Bicycle to be a classic). There's also the variosu Typewriter and Pinball segments, but I think most fans may remember the series of segments more than any individual segments (though I feel like "N-Nose" is one of the Typewriter cartoons that stand out).
I think I might post more on the subject later.
Because I remember when I made wishlists for Old School Volume 2 and 40 Years of Sunny Days (both at Muppet Central and frequently in my head), I felt I had trouble thinking up many segments that I would have expected to be considered "classic". Of course in the case of Old School Vol. 2 I was thinking outside the included episodes, and in the case of the 40th anniversary DVD I was pretty much thinking of what wasn't in Old School Vol. 2. And eventually I found out that certain segments that I previously thought were pre-season 6 or post-season 10 (such as "Grover serves a burger", "The Subway", "Invisible ice Cream Cone", "Kermit and the Weather Salesman", and "The Nobel Ostrich") were actually made during this time period.
Another thing that was interesting in this regard is that Old School Vol. 1 had many of the inserts that I associate as "classics", while vol. 2 had more of what I refer to as "random". The 40th anniversary set included many of the segments that were in the first Old School set but not the second (not counting "Roosevelt Franklin: Talking Loud/ Talking Soft", which had originated in season 4 and was included in a season 7 episode). But nothing on the 40th anniversary set from seasons 6-10 were included in Old School Vol. 2 (or any existing north american english-language commercial release, for that matter). Of course I feel most of those choices are either truly classic or notable, but it seems like it was rushing through that time period while heavily featuring the earlier seasons and the beginning of the 1980s (not that that's a bad thing... Old School Vol. 1 had a varried number of bonus inserts from each season, while volume 2 had an even number of bonus inserts for each year, except for season 6 which had a few more, and we haven't gotten an Old School Vol. 3, so I see that as Sesame Workshop's way of compensating).
And yes, I do know that three late-1970s segments ("What's the Name of That Song?", "Pinball Animation #12", and "I Just Adore Four") were nominated for inclusion. All had been released commercially, and I consider all to be classics (though I guess they would have been listed as "Fan Favorite" in the bonus features, a sopposed to part of the main program, listed under their respective seasons).
And it gets me wondering, do you also feel like seasons 6-10 have less classic moments that many fans know of, compared to other time periods? Could many of the late-1970s segments have been dropped sooner (though I think that's more likely the case with season one inserts)?
And what segments would we all think of as stuff that most fans would easily know about? I figure there are many Sesame Street News segments that would be instantly recognizable to all long-time fans, but of course a collectible DVD of old school Sesame Street content shouldn't have too many of the same recurring segments (and out of the three chosen as bonus skits on Old School Vol. 2, I only consider Mary had a Bicycle to be a classic). There's also the variosu Typewriter and Pinball segments, but I think most fans may remember the series of segments more than any individual segments (though I feel like "N-Nose" is one of the Typewriter cartoons that stand out).
I think I might post more on the subject later.
