Recent content by Mumu Talpaz

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    Muppets in real life?

    Have any of you ever surmised what the muppet characters are like in real life - that is to say, when they're not playing their characters on the show? Eg - Prairie Dawn as spoiled child actress/ upper east side prep school twit? Kermit the FORG - as yale/london trained actor who has a...
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    Clips from Let's Make Music and Bert and Ernie's Word Play

    Word Play has a GREAT kermit sketch in which KTF is trying to buy a t-shirt with his name on it, but the storekeeper keeps bringing out shirts that say Kermit the GORF or Kermit the FORG etc....KTF asserts that there's no such "person" as Kermit the GORF/FORG/GROF only to have monster/muppets...
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    Does anyone remember Alphabet Chat?

    AC theme song BTW - the basis for the alphabet chat theme song is none other than a fugue by J.S. Bach - called something like the well-tempered klavier No. 2.
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    This thread has brought to you by the letter X!

    audio of cowboy X skit Can be found here: http://www.flicklives.com/news_2002.htm scroll down to the Jan 28, 2002 entry. My friend Diana calls it "Sniggler's Gulch," or in particular likes to say that someone/thing she thinks is dumb is from "Sniggler's". but is it really...
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    Lefty the Salesman

    I agree that Lefty rules. If I remember correctly, according to the SS Unpaved book, the U ends up getting bent, and Lefty tries to sell it as a V.
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    Red-hot letter "I"

    We all live in a Capital I Speaking of I, Just thought I would share that my wife and I both had that song in our heads for quite some time after catching it on SS a few weeks ago. Just beginning to recover...
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    Hebrew names for SS characters

    Video An israeli amazon-type website called Mitos has a video with Moshe Offnik, Kippi and Dafi called "Sesame Sing with Moshe Offnik." http://www.mitos.co.il/Video/VideoFocus.asp?ID=82416
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    Hebrew names for SS characters

    Dr Tooth -- I love those videos: When I was first dating my now-wife, we decided to skip the fall formal and watch Shalom Sesame instead. From then on we knew we were meant for each other :) Warrick -- I don't have any videos, but will fish around on israeli auction sites. (I've just...
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    Hebrew names for SS characters

    Hi Warrick, I think the book is just a direct translation of an English SS dictionary, so there aren't any pictures of the Israeli characters in it. I live in Washington, but have family in Israel. Last time I was there I watched Rechov Sumsum, and it was pretty good. My little cousins...
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    Hebrew names for SS characters

    Hi all, I saw the Plaza Sesamo list, and thought I would add in my 2 cents with a Rechov Sumsum list. Most of this info is from a Hebrew version of Linda Heyward's sesame street picture dictionary that I just got - highly recommended btw. Feel free to supplement or correct: Ernie - Arik...
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