The Official "I'm looking for/trying to remember a sketch" thread

[boojix]

Who remembers, from the early-70s, a stop-motion sequence of a model apartment house being built?

Narrated by an unseen man and boy, the first thing that was done was to remove all the trees "and then make a biiiiiig hole". Each construction activity on the model was described by the man, then interspersed with real-life footage of said process, such putting in walls or pouring concrete. The result was a 3-story suburban apartment building.

The sequence had a break in the middle, in order to allow the fresh cement to dry. A catchy musical soundtrack on a keyboard synthesizer of some sort ran through the whole sequence, which included a bridge that was heard twice. I distinctly remember the second time was while they were plastering over the drywall gaps "...to make them nice and smooth."

Here you go:

 

[Flaky Pudding]

From a WebArchived copy of the Sesame Street Nightmare Fuel page...
"Let's see, a fun segment about learning to bake? Brilliant! While the yeast rises, let's indicate passage of time by playing slowed down monster growls that sound like Godzilla's mating call! That won't give anybody nightmares!"

Ever since I read that when I was 9, I've kinda wanted to see it... hopefully it won't freak me out. I mean, the Crack Master ended up not being scary. So maybe they've blown it way out of proportion.

You guys are NOT going to believe what I found today.....

Someone uploaded this rare clip last year and it somehow flew under the radar.

 

[MuppetFreq19]

Trying to find a segment that had male and female voices sing about various opposites, a group of multi-hued miniature teddy bears demonstrate them using various blocks and toys.

Known appearances:

• Episode 3655
• Episode 3706
• Episode 3727
• Episode 3891

Can anyone help or upload it to YouTube?

 

[boojix]

Trying to find a segment that had male and female voices sing about various opposites, a group of multi-hued miniature teddy bears demonstrate them using various blocks and toys.

Known appearances:

• Episode 3655
• Episode 3706
• Episode 3727
• Episode 3891

Can anyone help or upload it to YouTube?

Here you go!

 

[MuppetFreq19]

Here you go!

THERE IS A GOD!

A wonder of beautiful stop-motion!

 

[ISNorden]

I've probably posted about this memory before, but can't find my original message; please forgive me for repeating myself if I did!

This aired during the early 70s (I hadn't aged out of the target audience yet; I apparently thought this was hilarious enough to repeat until I drove Mom crazy. I remember a Muppet character who wanted to announce that W was the letter of the day (only to sneeze whenever he got to the letter's name; this character claimed he was allergic to W). My reaction THEN: laughing my tiny hiney off at "brought to you by the letter [ACHOO!]". My reaction NOW: "W as in 'what the heck'?!?"

 

[LittleJerry92]

Muppet wiki has Sesame Street season segment pages so your best bet is probably looking on there. I’m not too familiar with this skit myself.

 

[ISNorden]

All I need to do is check Seasons 3-5 (the most likely range) for episodes featuring W; how many of those were there?

 

[LittleJerry92]

Every season has a segment page:

https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Season_3_segments

https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Season_4_segments

https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Season_5_segments?so=search

 

[ISNorden]

I'm pretty sure this was part of a street scene (not an independent segment); still, those lists help me narrow down episodes. (No W clips -- not the one.) Thank you!