The RHLC!

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we visited Abbey Road, where they took that famous photo of the Beatles going over the zebra crossing, and we signed our names on the studio's exterior wall. Visited the Sherlock Holmes Museum and the British Museum, did some running around on Piccadilly Circus and Charing Cross Road, and a few other things.

Niiice! Yeah everyone needs to do that when they go to England! I didn't know about the Sherlock Holmes museum, I'd definitely like to check that out sometime.

took a long day trip up to Loch Ness (didn't see the monster) and around the highlands.

Darn! Nessie must have been taking a nap that day! Still, it's a beautiful area (so I've seen on TV!)

And on our way back in...we passed Doune (pronounced as Done) Castle, one of the settings for Monty Python and the Holy Grail - it was the French taunters' castle. Very cool.

That is very cool, if I ever get to England and Scotland, I must check all these sites out!

By the way: on the way up to Edinburgh, we stopped at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where they shot Ghost of Faffner Hall. Waved to Lady Fughetta and the others on the way past.

Wow, wasn't expecting that! Nice to know they're still rockin!

 

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Thought I would share this, Forgetful Jones forgets what language he's supposed to speak! One of the most clever FJ sketches I think!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wT740g-Z6OA

 

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Haha! Forgetful's sooooo crazy!

Your trip sounded really nice, Erin.

Caroline left today, but she should be back home by 9:30 tonight. But we were at best Buy and we saw Sesame Street 25 A Musical Celebration, and I was saying to her how I hadn't seen it in years sense it aired on television fourteen years ago. and I was telling her how much a was wanting to get it. At one point I was actually deciding to buy it, but she insisted on buying it for me! But I'll tell you about the video later. But she is so amazing for doing that!

 

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Cool, that was nice of her. Hope you enjoy it!

 

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Yeah! It was so nice of her! I did enjoy it, But it was so different from the television version and not what I expected at all. I liked the clip selection, but they really chopped so many of them up and they were not the same ones in the television version. I like the television one better and though that clips worked better with the little plot that was going on.

You can see the differences here. http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_Jam:_A_Musical_Celebration

 

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Glad you had a good time, Erin.

Aww, well I do try to be nice sometimes! It was so incredible spending time with William, and I loved getting that DVD for him. I do wish it would've been the same thing from the TV broadcast, but I'm glad you liked it anyway, sweetie. Knowing the differences in each version is really cool. And both of them do sound really interesting.

 

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Yeah, the DVD version is really interesting to in a good way. I guess it just wasn't what I was expecting. But I don't want to sound ungrateful about it though.

But you are really nice, sweetheart. I had an incredible time with you to, Carrie, sweetheart. That was just the most sweetheart thing of you to buy it for me and I can't thank you enough for it. It was the thoughtfulness behind it that counts and that I very much appreciated. Thank you so much, sweetie! I love you.

 

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Yeah that's always frustrating when you get something and it's not what you remembered or expected. But it is the thought that counts, not a DVD.

I never saw the 25th Musical Anniversary show, either on TV or DVD. Oddly, I didn't even know it had happened. What was the plot behind the whole thing exactly?

The last SS special I saw on TV was Big Bird's Birthday or Let me Eat Cake! from March 1991. I really wish they'd put that on DVD! Or more to the point, I wish I hadn't taped it over (I was not very far-thinking back then!).

The special was shown during a pledge drive, so of course it was interrupted by the PBS anchors asking for donations. I still remember the PBS anchor saying, "There's still that cake to eat, if Cookie Monster doesn't get to it first! But right now we'd like to ask for your pledge!" Lol And back then they'd always give you a "Big Bird tote bag" or "Cookie Monster Plush toys!"

The special was so sweet; I hadn't watched SS for years, but somehow it felt right to check up on everyone again, lol. Snuffy was so adorable as Big Bird taught him to skate when he was afraid. ("No, Bird, I've gotta put up the decorations!" Lol)

I do remember Forgetful Jones being there very briefly, trying to wish Big Bird happy birthday but forgetting the words!

 

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Yeah, she is such a thoughtful person, he he!

Well the plot wasn't a very strong one. But Big bird Prairie Dawn and Telly were sitting in the park (Central park) and noticed that their were sounds all around them. So they decided to put on a show with singers, dancers, and la laers. So they split up to find each one. They were having trouble but Savion was telling them that sound was all around them, so they looked around and noticed all the activity that was going on all around them. They found drummers with kids playing all kinds of things. Elmo is playing drums to and hoots it plating saxophone. Big Bird wasn't having too much luck and help a la laers addition line complete with ducks and a whole bunch of other people who I don't remember. But the count showed up to count the people in line, and the amazing Mumford promised Big bird that he could get him La laers by waving his magic wand and saying the magic words. All of a sudden everyone started quacking. Big bird became more frustrated and the amazing Mumford tried to tell Big Bird to have patients and did his trick again and everyone started baaaaing. Big Bird says that he was going bananas and Joey and Davie Monkey showed and did there famous did somebody say, Bananas and started acting like monkeys. Big bird says something else and they repeat it again. Forgetful Jones is in like with a Bird and Big bird goes next and he looks into the camera and shrugs his shoulders and walks off, LOL! Big bird is sitting all alone and upset the he could find and La Laers for the show and the Amazing Mumford comes by one last time and promises to make Laers appear and nothing happens and Big bird is so tired by that point. But before that he tells Telly and Prairie Dawn the he found the worlds greatest lares and the Yip martians start laing. Big bird mentions that they will be the stars of the show, and Perrier mentions that they sure do look like their form the stars or something like that. But the martians hear stars and disappear and Prairie Dawn looks up and mentions that it now looks like their heading for the stars. Big bird is just losing his patients. A chicken and an accordion player start playing and the chicken starts singing this romantic song. A cow also comes up to him and stars mooing and he's like um...no thank you, next. But aging nothing happens when Mumford waves his wand and just goes 'Well, you can't blame a guy for trying and takes up. Big Bird is sitting on a bench and starts hearing a verse of sing in his head. So he starts singing it himself and then he is about to give up But the Group Ladysmith Black Mombazo shows up behind him and starts singing the La part of sing. Big Bird is finally happy that he found Laers. Then Bob, Maria, Gina, a bunch of kids, Barkley and a bunch of Muppet's all start singing Sing at the end. And Savion does a tap number with some kids, and then the Group stars doing sing with everyone watching, and everybody's happy at the end and it ends.


It was good seeing Savion, Angela, Jamal and their baby Kayla, Carlo, Celina, the amazing Mumford, Kingston, and Moxie Marie again. Zoe and Rosita were in the back round. Elmo was not very prominent in it at all. No Baby Bear. And all these Characters were very much around back then too. Also good seeing Kermit in a clip. But not bad at all over all. How they shows the clips and some of the transitions were not so great, though.

 

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Interesting, thanks for the description! Sheesh, what is it with Sesame Street and making everyone quack? Lol That was nice to see they used Forgetful Jones though.