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

[wiley207]

I think — I don’t know but I think it’s possible that they made a second Rapunzel news flash skit because in the first one, the Prince came across as too abusive, even telling Rapunzel to “shut up”

I still think that "Fairytale Update" with Rapunzel from the early 90s was originally written in the late 80s as a Sesame Street News segment with Kermit the Frog. But Jim Henson's death led to the script being shelved. But then they dusted it off in Season 24 and re-wrote it without Kermit as a one-shot "Fairytale Update" (though it used the "Fairy Tales Today" theme music). They even had Jerry Nelson perform Rapunzel in that New Jersey accent and Frank Oz perform Prince Charming, obviously as a throwback to the 1972 news segment.
For the record, here's that segment...

 

[Flaky Pudding]

The other day, my mom told me that she remembers hearing a Sesame Street parody of the song 18 and Life by Skid Row (obviously revolving around the number 18), when I was little. She told me that she thought it was hilarious to hear them parody such a dark song on the show. It would've been in the early 2000s when I was watching SS (1999-2002 to be exact).

However, I can't find any evidence that they've ever parodied the song. Can you guys help me out here?

 

[The Count]

Would have to check Muppet Wiki, but the only song parody centered on the number 18 is the song "Eighteen" where a CG girl sings about the eighteen different sandwiches she could ask her dad to make her for lunch, finishing with the line that she'd just order a pizza to go instead. The reason I bring this up is because it's a parody of the song of the same title recorded by TMS guest star Alice Cooper.

Hope this helps.

 

[CoolGuy1013]

That was my first thought too. Chances are Flaky’s mom either never heard of Alice Cooper’s song or forgot what 18 Sandwiches was a parody of.

 

[LittleJerry92]

Yeah, it really sounds like that 18 Sandwiches song to me.

 

[Flaky Pudding]

She definitely knows the Alice Cooper song. She played it on my eighteenth birthday, as a matter of fact.

 

[CoolGuy1013]

Then I guess it’s option B.

 

[Flaky Pudding]

Then I guess it’s option B.

Yeah, probably. That makes sense!

 

[boojix]

There was a film/song segment from the early 1980s which had the lyrics "Come one, come all to the harvest ball, everybody is welcome, be careful don't fall" and the segment closed out with a boy running with a bunch of balloons in his hand, tripping up, falling, and releasing the balloons into the sky, flying away. I recall the singer possibly being the same one who sang "What Do People Do All Day?" which was released in 1980.

I tried searching for the song - no luck.

Here you go:

I'm willing to take requests if anybody else has classic bits they've been trying to find for a long time.

 

[boojix]

Does anyone remember a scene in Mr. Hooper's store where a guitarist wrote a song about a HUGE sandwich they built? Season 5 or so.

In this scene, a male guitarist, probably a guest star, sat at the far-right side of the counter. Behind the counter was either Tom (more likely) or Mr. Hooper. Also in the scene was Oscar. Someone, possibly the guitarist, suggests singing a song about making a sandwich. So they take this submarine roll that's at least 3 feet long. The counter person removes the top, and spreads butter about the whole inside. This is done as the musician sings and plays on guitar -- gently, folk-music style:

Let's make a sandwich. And we'll have a butter sandwich. We'll have a butter sandwich. On hee-ro bread.

Then someone suggests adding ham. The counter person liberally adds ham slices while the guitar man sings:

Let's make a sandwich. And we'll have a ham and butter sandwich. A ham and butter sandwich. On hero bread.

Then someone suggests adding cheese. Again, the counter person adds cheese slices while the guitar man sings:

Let's make a sandwich. And we'll have a cheese ham butter sandwich. A cheese ham butter sandwich. On hero bread.

More and more items are added; for each item, the guitar man sings and plays a verse in a cumulative song. Oscar, in addition to the occasional annoyed comment, suggested some items of his own, such as sour pickles. (I wanna say sauerkraut was his suggestion as well, but I might be conflating that with the time Tom made up catering plates for Oscar's party that had a "pickle roast".) Later on, though, Oscar had some ridiculous suggestions such as whipped cream, and nuts on top of that -- foods that are not unappetizing per se, but they don't exactly belong on that kind of a sandwich. I think the guitar man uttered a begrudging "OK Oscar" before singing at least one of the verses with said items. At some point Tabasco sauce was added (or was it Worcestershire sauce… or maybe both were in there!)

The final verse was interesting, as it suggested they somehow ran out of bread. (Huh?) It went"

Send for the baker. (x2?)
We made a Tabasco sauce-whipped cream-sour pickle (etcetera-etcetera) cheese-ham-butter sandwich.
A Tabasco sauce-whipped cream-sour pickle (etcetera-etcetera) cheese ham butter sandwich.
But we need more bread.

At this point the adults are uncertain what to do with this gastronomic monstrosity. Unsurprisingly, Oscar is only too happy to consume this ridiculous Dagwood sandwich. We see him put the flimsy top back on the roll and start to haul it away, but unlike CM and Ernie, do we ever actually see Oscar eat?

Note: If they did add Tabasco sauce, it would be a rare case of the show using a brand name. For Tabasco is one of those "generic trademarks" like Kleenex, Xerox, or Band-Aid -- often used generically, but still a private label.

Here you go.