Actually, Cookie Monster has had two - Cookie Monster's Best Bites and C is for Cookie Monster.Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster and Grover have all only had 1 video, and Oscar still hasn't had a spotlight- these are the original 6 characters!
Oh yeah, that's true- I forgot about C is for Cookie Monster despite that I actually do have a copy of it! And you make a good point about the other Play With Me Sesame Videos.Actually, Cookie Monster has had two - Cookie Monster's Best Bites and C is for Cookie Monster.
And I wonder if Playtime with Grover counts as a spotlight video. If it does, then he's got two. Grover is featured in every segment on that one (and each of the other four Play With Me Sesame hosts have gotten their own "Playtime with..." videos outside of America), though he's more of a supporting character in a number of segments (then again, The Best of Elmo 2 has several segments where Elmo's just a minor supporting character or background character, and the first Best of Elmo has quite a few where he's just a co-star or among a group, though at least those segments are still more deserving of being on a release called "The Best of Elmo").
To be fair, the original Best of Elmo has nothing from season 25 or after, so it's all stuff when he was more of an ensemble player and didn't have many solo bits. Best of Elmo 2 seems like the Workshop trying to cash in on the newest material (as they are wont to do) like "Outdoors" or "Song About Elmo" (though it did have a few surprises like "Be Doodle De Dum" and "It All Adds Up").Actually, Cookie Monster has had two - Cookie Monster's Best Bites and C is for Cookie Monster.
And I wonder if Playtime with Grover counts as a spotlight video. If it does, then he's got two. Grover is featured in every segment on that one (and each of the other four Play With Me Sesame hosts have gotten their own "Playtime with..." videos outside of America), though he's more of a supporting character in a number of segments (then again, The Best of Elmo 2 has several segments where Elmo's just a minor supporting character or background character, and the first Best of Elmo has quite a few where he's just a co-star or among a group, though at least those segments are still more deserving of being on a release called "The Best of Elmo").
That's kind of what I've said before, it seems to me that one of SST's "downfalls" in this day and age (as opposed to the Old School era) is the extra emphasis on celebrity guest stars, to the point that not only do they have a mandatory celebrity Word of the Day spot each episode, but half the street scenes involve a celebrity guest star as well. And that's not to say SST hasn't always utilized celebrity guests, because they have, and since the beginning too, as a means of luring parents and adults to watch the show along with the kids as well, but as I say, it almost comes off as if now, the celebrities have jumped up on their priority list considerably.Sesame Street is a powerful brand, and I hate that they have to keep over emphasizing celebrity and parody segments instead of letting the characters speak for themselves.
And parodies of course. They did release that "Best of" parody collection, I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop for a "Best Of" Celebrity collection.And that's not to say SST hasn't always utilized celebrity guests, because they have, and since the beginning too, as a means of luring parents and adults to watch the show along with the kids as well, but as I say, it almost comes off as if now, the celebrities have jumped up on their priority list considerably.
*Face-palm*Apparently this upcoming season finale is a Very Special Episode with Idina Menzel... banking on FROZEN, are they?