The set of Sesame Street

[wwfpooh]

1. Put Bird's nest back the old way with all the blue barrells & stuff.

They can't...it was all destroyed by the hurricane--except for the Mr. Hooper drawing which Bird had safely kept.

2. Put in as many buildings on the opposite side of hoopers store & the fix it shop. (This will give sesame street a real big look).

They tried...(for movie purposes-Follow that Bird, Elmo in Grouchland), but seeing as that part of the Street is rarely seen, people tear things down and replace things in that part more often. They rarely changed the part shown on camera, with the noted exceptions (Hooper's since Hooper/David died, Bird's nest area after the hurricane, the 'new' corner of the Street being removed as it was rarely used [just like real buildings], the dismantling of the doors with the basketball hoop and various things as most of the 'kid' actors have grown up, Bird's paper drawing of Mr. Hooper exchanging places with a bird version of Mona Lisa as Bird takes the drawing of Hooper down for Journey to Ernie as younger kids don't know who Mr. Hooper was, etc.).

3. Rearrange Oscar's area with a small trash can next to his and give Oscar a clean neat dent free trash can. Keep the big crate next to the can by the steps.

Oscar is a grouch..he loves being dirty and grouchy (and thus wants dents and such in his trash can--he had Luis 'fix up' his can after it was taken by the sanitary department), but when he does these things he's happy, and he doesn't like being happy, so he does the opposite of what he likes to be grouchy again. As for the crate, they will keep it as that's where Slimey's new bed is put for the Trash Gordon storytime segments at the end of the show.

4. REMOVE ELMO'S WORLD!!! He has STOLEN the ENTIRE show!!! I agree as Elmo can be very irritating to us older Street lovers, but Elmo is a figure for little kids, and because of society nowadays, the Street needs 'the little red menace' to keep things interesting for its new target audience (of course, the 'target auidience' is more interested in what their peers are doing instead of learning, as the Street is basically 'a school' for little ones, and kid's seem to not like school anymore).

5. Bring back more of the Count at his castle, Ernie & Bert at there home, as well as the Tweedles in Ernie's garden.

Kids nowadays need characters they can see every day, not just in a segement or so, so they only show the 'major-now-minor' characters rarely (Cookie/Pairie Dawn-Letter of the Day, Count-Number of the Day, Ernie/Bird-JTE, Tweedles-they have moved away after Elmo took over).

6. CHANGE THE FIX IT SHOP! have them fixing something INSIDE like lawnmowers or vacum cleaners NOT TOASTERS!!!

They've dismantled the Fix-It-Shop to replace it with a Mail-It-Shop (better for Maria and Luis as they've no longer been able to fix things [they've 'retired' from fixing] and need 'something' to do, so they won't be forgotten like Bob, Linda, Susan-Gordan's wife, and various others, have--also, mailing seems more their forte than fixing ever was).

7. Show a better mix of characters.

They have great mix of characters--if they could just use them more often.


8. Bring back old songs & scenes like making new paper out of old paper, making new bottles out of old bottles, making apple cider, the counting segment with the baker falling down the stairs at the end with the deserts, the old number song with the pin ball machine (123456789101112), the song about pockets, and some other old films & songs.

They can't-or won't-because kids nowadays can't understand the older characters. Also, parents are 'too busy' to sit down and tell them about the Street that 'they lived on' as a child, and thus, have forgotten their friends from the Street altogether. As for the kids themselves, they are more interested in what other kids do than learning and are finding out about more violent things than ol' Oscar can comment about at earlier ages. Also, they've grown 'attached' to the 'little red menace' ever since his toys became hugely popular (he's a marketable product), which is why he's given his own 'mini-show' within the show itself--so he can reach more kids (as he can connect with them better than the other characters can).

 

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1. Put Bird's nest back the old way with all the blue barrells & stuff.

They can't...it was all destroyed by the hurricane--except for the Mr. Hooper drawing which Bird had safely kept.

Similar problem with Hopper's store; all of these disasters seem to leave permanent results these days. Funny, though, in the 70's, Cookie Monster ate Hooper's Store all the way down to its bare interior, yet on the next episode, the store was back in tact as if nothing had ever happened.


BTW, if you ever get a chance, I highly recommend this hilarious 70's episode. David was watching the store for Mr. Hooper, but went to visit his mother. Somehow, Cookie was left to watch the store, but all the food was put away so he couldn't eat anything. Cookie's solution: Eat the store. The funniest part was David's reaction when he got back. He gets into a state of shock and keeps muttering, "He ate the store...He ate the store...While I was at my mother's house, he ate the store..." Susan the nurse tries to calm David down. Cookie Monster asks if David is going to be alright, while he munches on the last bit of interior.

 

[Xerus]

Similar problem with Hopper's store; all of these disasters seem to leave permanent results these days. Funny, though, in the 70's, Cookie Monster ate Hooper's Store all the way down to its bare interior, yet on the next episode, the store was back in tact as if nothing had ever happened.


BTW, if you ever get a chance, I highly recommend this hilarious 70's episode. David was watching the store for Mr. Hooper, but went to visit his mother. Somehow, Cookie was left to watch the store, but all the food was put away so he couldn't eat anything. Cookie's solution: Eat the store. The funniest part was David's reaction when he got back. He gets into a state of shock and keeps muttering, "He ate the store...He ate the store...While I was at my mother's house, he ate the store..." Susan the nurse tries to calm David down. Cookie Monster asks if David is going to be alright, while he munches on the last bit of interior.

I remember that episode when I was a little kid. What happened was David left Cookie Monster in charge and warned him not to eat those cookies on the table or he'd kill him. Then David left and Cookie tried to think of something to eat besides cookies. He ended up eating stuff like the cash register, the stools, and then the entire store. When David got back, he found the entire store eaten, except for the cookies Cookie Monster promised he wouldn't eat.

 

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I remember that episode when I was a little kid. What happened was David left Cookie Monster in charge and warned him not to eat those cookies on the table or he'd kill him. Then David left and Cookie tried to think of something to eat besides cookies. He ended up eating stuff like the cash register, the stools, and then the entire store. When David got back, he found the entire store eaten, except for the cookies Cookie Monster promised he wouldn't eat.

Thanks filling in the blanks, Xerus. I really loved that one.

 

[Boober_Gorg]

What happened was David left Cookie Monster in charge and warned him not to eat those cookies on the table or he'd kill him.

Wow, what a threat ... wonder if he was joking ...

Cookie was in a similar situation in "Let Me Eat Cake," where he would take a bite out of anything but the birthday cake.

 

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There was a story in a Sesame Street magazine (I don't know if it was ever acted out on the show) where Susan tells Cookie Monster not to get near the pie she just baked. Cookie asks what "near: means and she says "close." Of course, Cookie Monster goes close to the pie, eats it, and Susan is furious. Cookie says, "This time me go too far."

 

[Philo and Gunge]

BTW, if you ever get a chance, I highly recommend this hilarious 70's episode. David was watching the store for Mr. Hooper, but went to visit his mother. Somehow, Cookie was left to watch the store, but all the food was put away so he couldn't eat anything. Cookie's solution: Eat the store. The funniest part was David's reaction when he got back. He gets into a state of shock and keeps muttering, "He ate the store...He ate the store...While I was at my mother's house, he ate the store..." Susan the nurse tries to calm David down. Cookie Monster asks if David is going to be alright, while he munches on the last bit of interior.

I really want to see this. Does anybody have it?

 

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How did David feel when Cookie Monster ate Hooper's Store,Was The Inside and Outside both eaten from Hooper's Store,How/When did they make a new one

 

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How did David feel when Cookie Monster ate Hooper's Store,Was The Inside and Outside both eaten from Hooper's Store,How/When did they make a new one

David was in shock. Cookie basically ate the inside of the store, if I remember correctly. In those days, Hooper's store could be back to normal on the very next episode. No explanation necessary. I wish I had this tape, but I don't. I'm not sure if very many people would since it aired in the early 70's, when video recorders were a rarity for the average person.

 

[McFraggle]

There was a story in a Sesame Street magazine (I don't know if it was ever acted out on the show) where Susan tells Cookie Monster not to get near the pie she just baked. Cookie asks what "near: means and she says "close." Of course, Cookie Monster goes close to the pie, eats it, and Susan is furious. Cookie says, "This time me go too far."

I don't know why but that just amused me like crazy.