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I think the picture looks just as great on this set as it did on the 40th anniversary set. the pictures look pretty bright here. Is the "weird blue-ish tint" you're referring to on this set or the 40th anniversary set? Because I haven't noticed it on either. Though on the 40th anniversary set I noticed the Super-Grover and Monsterpiece Theater logos looking very great, and on this set various blue title cards, backgrounds, and monsters have great blue colors (I've already mentioned Chariots of Fur looking better here than it does online, the blue looks especially beautiful).[*]Is it me or is the contrast on all the material kinda dark? It looks better than the 40 Years DVD; most of the clips had a weird blue-ish tint to them.
When it comes to various rare segments that I hadn't even heard of from the early 1980s that appear on this set and on the iTunes "Classic Sesame Street" releases I wonder why so many of them were so scarce. This was a time when more people were getting VCRs and able to record the show (though judging by what episodes have guides at Muppet Wiki it seems it started to become common for fans to record the show around seasons 17 or 18) and these rare ones didn't show up on anybody's tapes. And I'm referring to stuff that didn't really have anything that could be seen as "objectible" (and that didn't have characters who were dropped after a year). But then an answer came to me as to why these had to be so rare until now: So that those who paid for the DVDs and downloads could appreciate them better!Oscarfan said:
- It's also a shame that only five clips per season were picked, obviously for space reasons. It must've been hard for them to chose. Some clips were expected for inclusion and others we've seen to death, but I'm glad they somehow found room for rare bits like "Trash Outta Heaven" and "Snowflakes."
And I must say, if there ever is an Oscar the Grouch spotlight video, Trash Outta Heaven should be included (but since this formerly-rare segment is on DVD it won't be a big deal if it isn't).
I thought the character was good. I liked his deadpan reactions and how he was able to figure out early on that Dr. Nobel Price invented the microphone. And it seems he sort of tried to make Dr. Price look good after revealing the invention was already invented (by claiming that he "re-invented" the microphone). But he's no Kermit.Oscarfan said:
- Warren Wolf was quite a dull character; not much comedic potential between him and Nobel Price. Guess that's why he didn't stick.
Oscarfan said:[*]I didn't think about it until the MuppetMindset review, but there really isn't much Cookie Monster on this.
When I read that there would be a volume 3 I looked over the episode guides and counted the number of segments with certain characters, and had noticed that the only Cookie Monster in the episodes were Monsterpiece Theater segments where he plays Alistair Cookie, and on this set we only got one where Cookie Monster is himself. Actually, Big Bird seems to be the most present Muppet on this set, and he's tied with Kermit as being in the most bonus clips (they're both in three). And if you want to count "Goodbye Mr. Hooper" as a bonus clip than he's in more than any other Muppet.
I had hoped that this would have a Kermit and Grover segment. I know the teeth segment is from season 15 because Brian Meehl performed the dentist in that one, but I'm not too sure whether the Sunglasses Salesman/Hairpiece/Monster Fix-It Team segments are from the early or late 1980s (when I first saw them I thought they were from season 16 or later, then I started thinking they could be from earlier). But then the first two volumes have plenty of Kermit and Grover team-ups while only one Cookie Monster and Kermit team-up was on either of the previous volumes.