It’s not a good sign for Broadway’s most beleaguered show when none other than Grover is mocking it…
That’s a promo for Sesame Street and it’s forty-second season, beginning in September! Would LOVE to see this as a full-length sketch 🙂...
For this Sunday night, I ain’t got nothing!
Well, nothing except this vintage Sesame Street clip, with Kermit the Frog doing his reporter gig from the studio of master songwriter Don Music, as Music bangs his head on the piano in frustration over his latest work…
Goodness gracious… it’s been ages since I’ve posted a clip from Sesame Street on this blog, or anything else having to do with the Muppets! I’ll try to do better from now on gang.
This is one that I remember seeing a few times in my childhood: Kermit the Frog doing a report for Sesame Street News on what makes people angry. I laughed when I watched it then but now that I’m older…
…Well, is there anyone else who sees Kermit honked-off and thinking that he’s a lot like Howard Beale from the movie Network?
The more I think about it I could totally see Muppets Network happening, with Kermit screaming “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” In his reporter gig he even looks a lot like Howard Beale, right down to the raincoat. Yup, “Kermit the Frog, the Mad Prophet of ...
Thank the Lord for YouTube. ‘Cuz without it, I would have probably gone the rest of my life without ever seeing this legendary moment for myself!
Kids watching Sesame Street these days are used to seeing Mr. Snuffleupagus mixing it up with his best friend Big Bird and all the other characters. But once upon a time the situation was very different. “Snuffy” was introduced to the show during Sesame Street‘s third season in 1971. He and Big Bird instantly became best friends. And Big Bird was eager to introduce Snuffy to all his other friends on Sesame Street, including the adults. Especially the adults!
But every time Big Bird hatched a plan that would introduce Snuffy to the grown-ups, something would always happen that would keep it from happening. Usually Snuffy would wind up splitting the scene right before the adults arrived. Other times, the adults would have ...
Ernie should have just kept pointing!
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?...
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!
“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? ...
Sesame Street has spoofed AMC’s Mad Men?!?
Considering that once upon a time Sesame Street did a parody of Twin Peaks starring Cookie Monster, can’t really say that I’m surprised Children’s TelevisionSesame Workshop would also adapt what is currently one of television’s hottest shows for pee-wee appreciation 🙂
Next month begins Sesame Street‘s fortieth season. Wonder if they could do a send-up of House or Lost sometime…...
Another classic sketch from Sesame Street. This is the one where Ernie has gone to great lengths (of string) to not forget something important…
Poor Bert. He probably wakes up every morning with quiet dread about what Ernie is going to do that day 🙂...