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I would pay to see Muppet Studios make a real project out of this…

Cartoonist Paul O’Connell has created this OUTRAGEOUSLY smart mash-up of animated felt and pagan ritual: a homage to both the Muppets and the classic 1973 horror movie The Wicker Man. I honked out loud with laughter at Kermit playing Sergeant Howie, but it’s Gonzo taking Christopher Lee’s place as Lord Summerisle that really fixes this spoof into your gray matter.

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The innuendo in this song is so horribly bad. I have to feel sorry for whoever it was that wrote it. What was Sesame Workshop thinking??

Here is Baby Elmo’s dad serenading his son about “Potty Time”…

“So here is your new potty!
When you have to pee or poo
It’s where you sit to do whatcha gotta do-do!”

You’ve got to wonder: How does Elmo – or any Muppet for that matter – use the potty when someone’s hand is shoved hard up their intestinal tract?...

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One of my fellow cast members of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – namely Eric Smith, who portrayed Reverend Hopkins – told me during the show’s run this past week that he loves it when I post vintage Sesame Street sketches and whatnot on this blog.

So Eric, this one’s going out to you especially 🙂

This is one of the few appearances of Bert’s adorable baby nephew Brad, who is staying with his uncle and about to get a bath. Of course, Ernie has to show up and… well, be Ernie.

The results? Hilarity!

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“You’ve never seen a street like Sesame Street. Everything happens here. You’re gonna love it.”

— Gordon (played by Matt Robinson)
the first words spoken on the first episode of Sesame Street
November 10th, 1969

Forty years ago today a new kind of television burst onto the scene. It was an educational program, but one that eschewed dour and boring lessons. Instead, fast-paced skits and high-brow humor were to be the norm.

And the cast of characters of this new show? An eclectic mix of adults, children, puppets, monsters, grouches… and one very big bird.

Forty years later and Sesame Street is still going strong! And after all this time Gordon is still right: we’ve never seen a street anything like Sesame Street. Everything does and has happened there.

And we’re still loving it.

So you know, what better time than this to put up another classic Sesame Street video? ...

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