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I sometimes wonder about the reruns they used to show on Sesame Street during the first 29 years. Every new season which consisted of 130 shows, they would air about 20 old shows from exactly 2 seasons ago, and give them a new episode number and put a lot of newer "modern" inserts in them from that current season, while all the street scenes would stay the same. Now I know that sometimes there would be some major changes that would take place in just 2 years, so obviously there was some things that they just couldn't show. For example:
In Seasons 15 and 16, they couldn't show any reruns from Seasons 13 and 14, that had Mr. Hooper in them, because of the fact at the beggining of the 15th season, it was mentioned that Mr. Hooper had died.
In Seasons 17 and 18, they couldn't show any reruns from Seasons 15 and 16 that refered to Snuffy as Big Bird's imaginary friend, or show any close encounters with the SS humans. This is due to the fact that on the 17th Season premire all the humans met Snuffy for the first time. Now they could still show rerun episodes from those 2 years that had Snuffy and Big Bird in them, just as long as there was no refference to his imaginary status.
During the 21st Season, they would obviously be airing a handful of reruns from the 19th Season, this is the season Maria and Luis fell in love and got married at the very end, while in the current season Maria and Luis were already married with Baby Gabriella. They had to be real careful of what they could use with those 2 to make it seem like they were already married.
During the 22nd Season when they did reruns of the 20th Season, they couldn't show any episodes with David working at Hooper's Store, or any pregnant Maria episodes. They could show reruns from Season 20 with Gina by herself at Hooper's but none that had David or mentioned him due to the fact David was written out of the show since then and Mr. Handford was now the current store owner.
Seasons 27 and 28 aired reruns from the 25th and 26ths seasons, these episodes couldn't feature reruns with Gina working at Hooper's Store, since in the current episodes she had opened up her own daycare center and left Hooper's.
Exceptions to the rule: Early in Season 16 they aired the Big Bird goes to camp episodes from the first week of Season 14, 2 of these episodes feature Mr. Hooper in them, while Mr. Hooper was already known as having passed on by then. I guess these shows were so popular the first time they aired they felt like they had to air them again, despite the continuity error of Mr. Hooper.
During the 25th Season, they did about 20 or so Season 23 reruns, by this time the entire set had changed and so did the music, and the around the Corner set had been put up with a lot of new human and Muppet charachters. In some of these season 23 reruns, the music at the beggining and/or end was changed from the classic Harmonica music, to the new calypso theme. Also there was 3 rerun episodes that year that were Friday shows. They originally had Barkley and The Kids closing, but for some odd reason, Barkley and The Kids was replaced with a new closing with Big Bird and the Kids walking through New York City, and Central Park, with the old Harmonica music, and same old credit font that was used in Barkley and the kids. Also I remember in Season 28, there was a show that was reran from Season 26 were Luis looses his glasses. At one point he was trying to read something, but couldn't without his glasses and he said to the camera "Mabye I walk over to Hooper's Store and have Gina or Mr. Handford read it to me" This could be seen as a continuity error due to the fact that Gina currently ran her own daycare center, and Carlo had since taken her place at Hooper's.
Although the 2 Seasons ago reruns were supposed to seem as much like new shows from that current season as much as they could, there was often times they let something slip like in the examples above. Iv'e also been told that during the mid 70's when they did reruns, they would sometimes show episodes that featured Hal Miller as Gordon, while on the current show it was Roscoe Orman.
In Seasons 15 and 16, they couldn't show any reruns from Seasons 13 and 14, that had Mr. Hooper in them, because of the fact at the beggining of the 15th season, it was mentioned that Mr. Hooper had died.
In Seasons 17 and 18, they couldn't show any reruns from Seasons 15 and 16 that refered to Snuffy as Big Bird's imaginary friend, or show any close encounters with the SS humans. This is due to the fact that on the 17th Season premire all the humans met Snuffy for the first time. Now they could still show rerun episodes from those 2 years that had Snuffy and Big Bird in them, just as long as there was no refference to his imaginary status.
During the 21st Season, they would obviously be airing a handful of reruns from the 19th Season, this is the season Maria and Luis fell in love and got married at the very end, while in the current season Maria and Luis were already married with Baby Gabriella. They had to be real careful of what they could use with those 2 to make it seem like they were already married.
During the 22nd Season when they did reruns of the 20th Season, they couldn't show any episodes with David working at Hooper's Store, or any pregnant Maria episodes. They could show reruns from Season 20 with Gina by herself at Hooper's but none that had David or mentioned him due to the fact David was written out of the show since then and Mr. Handford was now the current store owner.
Seasons 27 and 28 aired reruns from the 25th and 26ths seasons, these episodes couldn't feature reruns with Gina working at Hooper's Store, since in the current episodes she had opened up her own daycare center and left Hooper's.
Exceptions to the rule: Early in Season 16 they aired the Big Bird goes to camp episodes from the first week of Season 14, 2 of these episodes feature Mr. Hooper in them, while Mr. Hooper was already known as having passed on by then. I guess these shows were so popular the first time they aired they felt like they had to air them again, despite the continuity error of Mr. Hooper.
During the 25th Season, they did about 20 or so Season 23 reruns, by this time the entire set had changed and so did the music, and the around the Corner set had been put up with a lot of new human and Muppet charachters. In some of these season 23 reruns, the music at the beggining and/or end was changed from the classic Harmonica music, to the new calypso theme. Also there was 3 rerun episodes that year that were Friday shows. They originally had Barkley and The Kids closing, but for some odd reason, Barkley and The Kids was replaced with a new closing with Big Bird and the Kids walking through New York City, and Central Park, with the old Harmonica music, and same old credit font that was used in Barkley and the kids. Also I remember in Season 28, there was a show that was reran from Season 26 were Luis looses his glasses. At one point he was trying to read something, but couldn't without his glasses and he said to the camera "Mabye I walk over to Hooper's Store and have Gina or Mr. Handford read it to me" This could be seen as a continuity error due to the fact that Gina currently ran her own daycare center, and Carlo had since taken her place at Hooper's.
Although the 2 Seasons ago reruns were supposed to seem as much like new shows from that current season as much as they could, there was often times they let something slip like in the examples above. Iv'e also been told that during the mid 70's when they did reruns, they would sometimes show episodes that featured Hal Miller as Gordon, while on the current show it was Roscoe Orman.
