(and any other oldschool PBS kid's shows)

Is Jim Henson still alive? HOW OLD IS HE!?

Is Jim Henson still alive? HOW OLD IS HE!?


Dude kicked the bucket like in the 90s.

Is Big Bird really gay?

^ in a homosexual way?

I have a vague memory...

Two girls playing with a doll house.  They had little forks and plates and they were setting the dollhouse table.  A cat runs thru knocking stuff over. 

So, do you know this and what was it for, a number or a letter??

I have a vague memory...

Two girls playing with a doll house.  They had little forks and plates and they were setting the dollhouse table.  A cat runs thru knocking stuff over. 

So, do you know this and what was it for, a number or a letter??


It was for the Number 2, here's a bit of what my memory recalls of the song:

"One, two
Two little dolls,
One two
Two little chairs
Two little dolls
In a little doll house...(etc.)
Two little girls serve two dolls tea
Behaving grownup as can be
They have two cups, one and two
I can count them, why don't you..."

Two cats come in and crash the tea party, much to the delight of the giggly girls playing with the dolls.

Do you miss them like I do?

Do you miss them like I do?


You mean the Muppets? It ain't been the same since Henson died. I believe he's spinning in his grave seeing Kermit shilling for car manufacturers and Miss Piggy hawking pizzas. :(

They have The Electric Company on DVD now.  :)

Remember the King of 8?

http://www.jedidjah.dds.nl/Alphabet/SesameS/SimonTheSoundman.jpg

Simon Soundman

Remember the King of 8?

That big fat SS box set that is too damned expensive and way too many pop songs has the soundtrack to that song. Henson does all the voices except for the ladies.

They have The Electric Company on DVD now.  :)


High up on my birthday/Christmas want list!  8)

I've got the album, luckily found in a garage sale...no where else in the world can you find a record with Rita Moreno, Mel Brooks, Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby Victor Borge, Tom Lehrer and Irene Cara (of "Fame" fame!).

Sing The lyrics to The Electric Company. ;D

Sing The lyrics to The Electric Company. ;D


We're gonna turn it on!
We're gonna bring you the power!
We're gonna bring you the brightest day in a whole new way

We're gonna turn on the light, as bright as it can be
Through the courtesy
Of The Electric Company!

(i decided not to cheat and google, that's my best memory for right now.)

We're gonna turn it on!
We're gonna bring you the power!
We're gonna bring you the brightest day in a whole new way

We're gonna turn on the light, as bright as it can be
Through the courtesy
Of The Electric Company!

(i decided not to cheat and google, that's my best memory for right now.)


That's great.Would you ever have wanted to be part of The Short Circus? ;D

http://www.jedidjah.dds.nl/Alphabet/SesameS/SimonTheSoundman.jpg

Simon Soundman


He looks like the big blue guy, always stuck with Grover!  ;D

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0GOGNE0nWHk&search=grover%2C%20hamburger

You mean the Muppets? It ain't been the same since Henson died. I believe he's spinning in his grave seeing Kermit shilling for car manufacturers and Miss Piggy hawking pizzas. :(


I agree! I loved all three!!

Fave Muppet Movie: The Muppet Movie

Fave Sesame Street Character: Human? Maria (female); Gordon (male) and Prairie Dawn

I loved Electric Company!!! Hey you guysssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Why aren't The Muppet Show episodes repeated on TV these days?

That's great.Would you ever have wanted to be part of The Short Circus? ;D


Wear those ridiculous polyester maroon and yellow ensembles? Hell, no!  ;D

Why aren't The Muppet Show episodes repeated on TV these days?


Very good question. Possibly to avoid cutting into the DVD market (Season 1 and a couple "best of" compilations are currently in stores). Also likely that it's not commercially feasible for the cost of syndication--I could only see maybe TVLand or Nick at Nite running these shows nowadays.

He looks like the big blue guy, always stuck with Grover!  ;D

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0GOGNE0nWHk&search=grover%2C%20hamburger


Loved the blue guy/Grover sketches. High comedy-of-frustration.

Wear those ridiculous polyester maroon and yellow ensembles? Hell, no!  ;D



What's wrong with wearing those ensembles? ;D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Electric_company_logo.jpg


Do you remember this logo?^

He looks like the big blue guy, always stuck with Grover!  ;D

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0GOGNE0nWHk&search=grover%2C%20hamburger



He's the guy who makes sounds with his mouth  ;D

Very good question. Possibly to avoid cutting into the DVD market (Season 1 and a couple "best of" compilations are currently in stores). Also likely that it's not commercially feasible for the cost of syndication--I could only see maybe TVLand or Nick at Nite running these shows nowadays.
What was the funniest edition of The Muppet Show?

What was the funniest edition of The Muppet Show?


I can't remember an episode being particularly the funniest, just moments. I can say I remember fondly the unusual Steve Martin episode where the Muppet Theater is closed for auditions and they accidentally hire Steve (still in his Wild & Crazy Guy standup mode) as the guest. He sang "Ramblin' Guy" on the banjo, if memory serves. There was a higher number than usual of bizarre "acts" that graced the stage, odder still without a laughtrack--just the laughter of the crew standing by on the sets.

I can't remember an episode being particularly the funniest, just moments. I can say I remember fondly the unusual Steve Martin episode where the Muppet Theater is closed for auditions and they accidentally hire Steve (still in his Wild & Crazy Guy standup mode) as the guest. He sang "Ramblin' Guy" on the banjo, if memory serves. There was a higher number than usual of bizarre "acts" that graced the stage, odder still without a laughtrack--just the laughter of the crew standing by on the sets.
That is the same for me, just segments from the shows.

Swedish Chef very high on my list of faves, and Veteranarian's Hospital (corniest jokes ever). What was it about Gonzo and those chickens anyway? ;)

Also memorable: Rudolph Nureyev forskakes his dignity to do 'Swine Lake' (much to Sam Eagle's horror), James Coburn calling a totally non-PC Chinese square dance ("do a do-si-do with an "Ah so-so!"), talentless Brooke Shields in a complete Alice In Wonderland spoof, Spike Milligan doing his Goonish nutty stuff, Alice Cooper dancing with Muppet monsters for "Welcome To My Nightmare", crocodiles joining Elton John for "Crocodile Rock"...

You remember that guy on Sesame Street who sang rock and had very large orange hair and had a bunch of guys in the background? ???

Was that the blue guy with orange hair? That was identified on records as "Chris & The Alphabeats". The song you might be remembering is "Count It Higher". "Chris" was actually the composer of the tune, Chris Beard, who composed many rock spoof songs for SS, and is also well-known as a humor writer for The National Lampoon and many wacky parody books.

Now if it was orange hair but a green body, wearing kind of a paisley wrap and a necklace...that singer was part of the group identified as "Jerry & the Monotones", doing "The Telephone Rock" and other hip tunes. "Jerry" was Muppet performer Jerry Nelson (aka Herry Monster, Farley, Mumford, Kermit's nephew Robin, etc.)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWNB5IGYCNg


This is just cool. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWNB5IGYCNg


This is just cool. :)


Awesome, Howard! 8) The way "Chris" sings it, combined with the Muppet performer's actions, is just ecstatic!

Awesome, Howard! 8) The way "Chris" sings it, combined with the Muppet performer's actions, is just ecstatic!


Was he singing disco or Rock and Roll? ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWNB5IGYCNg


This is just cool. :)


Yes it is cool!

Was he singing disco or Rock and Roll? ???


Rock to me. Why do you ask?

Rock to me. Why do you ask?



I just wanted to know,that's all.

Who was the guy who resembled a spy on Sesame Street who always sold things to people? ???

It was for the Number 2, here's a bit of what my memory recalls of the song:

"One, two
Two little dolls,
One two
Two little chairs
Two little dolls
In a little doll house...(etc.)
Two little girls serve two dolls tea
Behaving grownup as can be
They have two cups, one and two
I can count them, why don't you..."

Two cats come in and crash the tea party, much to the delight of the giggly girls playing with the dolls.


Hey thanks!!  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZvVO38L_WU

This is the song called One Way.It's a takeoff from the song "Leader of The Pack" By The Shangra-La's and Happy Days with the resemblance of the characters from the show.It's heartbreaking and sentimental but a great song.I loved it and it was a good time to watch Sesame Street. :)

Who was the guy who resembled a spy on Sesame Street who always sold things to people? ???


On the "Sesame Street Sings The Alphabet" CD , this character is named 'The Salesman' and was performed by Frank Oz (aka Bert, Fozzie, Miss Piggy...)

(sample here, scroll down to "Would You Like To Buy An o?"-- http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1241131/a/Sing+The+Alphabet.htm

On the "Sesame Street Sings The Alphabet" CD , this character is named 'The Salesman' and was performed by Frank Oz (aka Bert, Fozzie, Miss Piggy...)

(sample here, scroll down to "Would You Like To Buy An o?"-- http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1241131/a/Sing+The+Alphabet.htm


So they never gave The Salesman a name?
I wonder why? ???

wow...I don't know how I missed this thread! :o


Who was it exactly that said, "Hey you guys" on Electric Company? I remember watching that show when I was young, but I don't remember too much of it.


Also...the guy named David, who was on Sesame Street, did he die? I heard he was mentally ill too, is this true?

wow...I don't know how I missed this thread! :o


Who was it exactly that said, "Hey you guys" on Electric Company? I remember watching that show when I was young, but I don't remember too much of it.


Also...the guy named David, who was on Sesame Street, did he die? I heard he was mentally ill too, is this true?


http://www.ippfwhr.org/images/ambassadors/rita_moreno.jpg

Rita Moreno is the one who yells out "Hey,You Guys" On Electric Company.She's still alive at 75 but I don't know what' she's been doing lately.

and also Northern Calloway who played David on Sesame Street died on January 9th,1990.He might have been a
bit mentally ill,I'm not sure about that Erin.I've been watching Sesame Street for almost 30 years now but I don't watch it anymore.

http://www.ippfwhr.org/images/ambassadors/rita_moreno.jpg

Rita Moreno is the one who yells out "Hey,You Guys" On Electric Company.She's still alive at 75 but I don't know what' she's been doing lately.

and also Northern Calloway who played David on Sesame Street died on January 9th,1990.He might have been a
bit mentally ill,I'm not sure about that Erin.I've been watching Sesame Street for almost 30 years now but I don't watch it anymore.





hey, thanks for the answers Howard..I appreciate it! :)

Did those fine young people from the Children's Television Workshop deliberately make these segments just to scare the living sh!t out of small children?  If so, this one definitely worked on me back in the 70's...  :o :o :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbG5Ygyb734

Did those fine young people from the Children's Television Workshop deliberately make these segments just to scare the living sh!t out of small children?  If so, this one definitely worked on me back in the 70's...  :o :o :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbG5Ygyb734
Young children do have to be made aware of fear!

Did those fine young people from the Children's Television Workshop deliberately make these segments just to scare the living sh!t out of small children?  If so, this one definitely worked on me back in the 70's...  :o :o :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbG5Ygyb734


That was really weird.

Who was the guy who resembled a spy on Sesame Street who always sold things to people? ???
For some reason, I always thought his name was Lefty.

Does anyone remember a show called "The Clyde Frog Show? I know it was a 70's PBS show about safety that was made by Mississippi public television but that's about it. I've Googled it a few times and haven't been able to find much more about it.

Not to hog this thread, but here's something I dug up on YouTube, might be vaguely familiar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-in6pIkUII

For some reason, I always thought his name was Lefty.


He was a blue muppet.

Not to hog this thread, but here's something I dug up on YouTube, might be vaguely familiar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-in6pIkUII



I don't think I remember that. ???

I don't think I remember that. ???
Actually this was the show that I was thinking of, Inside Out. They used to make us sit through these when we were in the 5th or 6th grade.  This is a rather long video (14 1/2 minutes), but the water balloon incident right at about 7 minutes into it is priceless, and I can still remember how hard my whole class laughed at it.  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsABsndmI3E

It's Rita Moreno's Birthday today. Happy 75th.  :)

Have you seen the Christmas muppets movie, the one where they go to Fozzie's mother's house and all of them end up showing up and staying there...I love that one...it's one of my favorites!


On that note...what is your favorite muppet movie?

Have you seen the Christmas muppets movie, the one where they go to Fozzie's mother's house and all of them end up showing up and staying there...I love that one...it's one of my favorites!


On that note...what is your favorite muppet movie?


Was that 70's or 80's?

Was that 70's or 80's?


It was in the 80's, I believe.  It was called, Muppets Christmas...I believe.

It was in the 80's, I believe.  It was called, Muppets Christmas...I believe.


I must've seen it.

Have you seen the Christmas muppets movie, the one where they go to Fozzie's mother's house and all of them end up showing up and staying there...I love that one...it's one of my favorites!


On that note...what is your favorite muppet movie?


I remember that special...it was a milestone, as the first Muppet production without Jim Henson. It was a big thing that Kermit (played then by Henson's son, Brian) purposely did not appear until the end.

The Muppet Movie of course, is THE Muppet movie. They drop in quality after each successive flick.

Why did they change Oscar the Grouch's fur colour from orange to green early on?

Why did they change Oscar the Grouch's fur colour from orange to green early on?


Oscar himself requested the change, Pat.

He didn't like everyone thinking he was a Dundee United supporter, when in truth, he barracked for Celtic  ;)

Oscar himself requested the change, Pat.

He didn't like everyone thinking he was a Dundee United supporter, when in truth, he barracked for Celtic  ;)


As I remember, Cookie Monster was clad in Glasgow Rangers colours...

Would there have been ructions if these two met? :o

As I remember, Cookie Monster was clad in Glasgow Rangers colours...

Would there have been ructions if these two met? :o


Heh heh  :P

I will change them to teams that hardly anyone supports, that will reduce the headkicking  ;)

Oscar changed from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Plymouth Argyle, whilst Cookie Monster was a Southend United supporter  :o  Possibly the only one  :)

What do you think of the techno jam "Sesame's Treet" by Smart-E's that samples the Sesame Street theme song?

Did I hear correctly that the Muppets are coming back?

I hope this isn't silly, but does the cookie monster have a name?

Or is he just "Cookie Monster"?

I remember a show once featuring Miss Piggy in a green, black and pink dotted emsemble made to look like a watermelon, do you know what that show was called.

One more:  ;D
I know that there were a lot of music video covers that the Muppets made (Like Kokomo, etc) but I remember one very vividly. Kermit is singing onstage and Piggy is playing as hyper fan and grabs his arms and stretches them like a mile long, and Kermit turns to the camera with his eyes bugging out his head. DO you know what song that was, cause I'd LOVE to see that video again!

Thanks!

$100,000 Question... WHERE ARE THE MUPPET BABY ANIMATED SHOWS??


Ok I collected them from the VHS tapes through the 90's..then I remember DISNEY bought the company(or product package)..so people seen original airing 1984-1990 and reruns.. skipping the kids in the 90's -2008..

I see NO reruns OR DVD'S! I still have stickers and their toothbrush products.


ANY ONE KNOW?Hope they don't fade from mmory


THENEW MUPPET SHOWS I THINK WERE DONE IN GERMANY OR FRANCE BUT PROBABLY CAN'T BE VIEWED EXCEPT ONLINE.
There used to be a Muppet Fan site..but I'm thinking it is losing steam..they had a section for Muppet Babies fans buti think the last posting/updates were around 2005!

This is the kind of stuff that makes YouTube so awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-ODZ3ING0

I haven't seen Sesame Street in years, but I'm just guessing that today they have nothing even remotely as funny as this.

Hi Agrimorfee. Here's a Sesame Street Question: Why was the original "Gordon" replaced? That's something I've always wondered about.

Sesame Street Question: The Count has had rumors circulating about him that he is an illegal immigrant and doesn't have a proper working permit. Others question whether it counts, since it's unknown whether or not Sesame Street is in the United States. Could you possibly shed some light on this matter?

Making the rounds of the blogosphere today, I came across this little bit of awesome:

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  - Original pitch reel for The Muppet Show.  I'd have bought it too.  I love the way it ramps up from a proof-of-concept to the sheer insanity that made the Muppet Show awesome.

"And when this show hits, the careers of the men who made the decision to put this show on the air will skyrocket!"

"SO BUY THIS SHOW AND PUT IT ON THE AIR!  'Cos we'll all be famous, the muppets'll be famous, and CBS will be famous because we'll have a hit show on our hands, and we'll all get temperamental and hard to work with, but you won't care because we'll all make a lot of money!"

Have you seen the most recent Muppet movie?

You have a or some favorite movies?  I love Muppet Treasure Island

How do you think the Sesame Street of today compares to Sesame Street of yesterday? ???