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How would Don Music handle the song "I Have a Little Dreidel"? Setting: Kermit the Frog appears in Don Music's studio. Don is playing the piano in the background. Kermit: Hi ho, this is Kermit the Frog here, and we’re here at the studio of Don Music who is busy writing a song for the Hanukkah...

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, I have here a description of a sketch where Mr. Hooper and Susan went to the moon. Scene: a plain background with a freestanding chalkboard, and 3 boulders in the foreground. The background music is "space-like". Susan (S) and Mr...

This is the "Arthur a go-go" drummer from the Falling Baker sequence: "4 wind-up toys". http://www.ebay.com/cln/o(*g*)o/-/67957274012 It's on the far right. The character seems to be based on Ringo Starr, which would be yet another Beatles reference.

Does anyone know where the road in the mid-70s closing credits was filmed? For 3 or 4 seasons (6 through 9 according to YT), the longer credit roll was shown against a kid "driving" slowly down a narrow, winding, unstriped country road somewhere. Recently, this sequence came to the attention...

As it's been 50 years since The Beatles first performed in the USA, let us explore the appearances of the Fab Four in the earliest years of Sesame Street. Back when the show used to cover popular songs just as they were, with no parody or lesson, no less than 4 songs were sung as part of a...

Does anyone remember the PBS shows that came on before and after Sesame Street in the 1970s? One show in particular that came on beforehand in the early 70s (probably 1973) had, at least in my mind, a "dark" appearance to it. Catching the end of the show, all I could make head-or-tail out of...

Does anyone remember, from the earliest seasons, a farm-like video sequence which showed some older kids riding on either a hay wagon or the back of a flat-bed truck of some sort? I think I located the music that played during that segment. Go to...

Does anyone remember these two slightly scary animations from the mid-1970s? 1. I only remember the ending of this one. A ship out at sea was sinking for some reason. The captain yelled out "Land! Ho!", but then casually says "Oh, never mind." The ship then smoothly disappears below the...

Have any of these sketches starring Ernie and/or Bert appeared on YouTube? -- Pumpkin seed candy E divides up the candy, presumably in his favor. -- Get the newspaper B asks E to buy a newspaper at Hooper's store. He brings a flashlight in case it gets dark (it's morning), an umbrella (no...

You know that video about milking cows from the very first episode of Sesame Street, which is on the DVD? There's a scene in there where they show scenes from a large-scale dairy operation. What they have there is a device called a "rotolactor", where the cows are milked on this large...

You know you watched too much classic Sesame Street when... ...your kindergarten teacher shows you a drawing of an elephant and points out its trunk; you raise your hand and explain that it's also called a "snuffle". ...you name your first tropical fish "Grover" ...in kindergarten...

Did anyone ever see the falling baker segment that featured the "Song of 100"? It began like any normal 1-10 song, with the kids counting 1 though 10, then counting backwards at an accelerated pace. But then, when the kids counted the numbers flying by, they didn't stop at 10! Instead the...

In the falling baker film for 8, now available on YouTube, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZjObQW247Q) there appears to be an anachronism. In the film for "eight clocks", if you listen carefully you can hear a rapidly ticking clock, like an old wind-up watch or certain late-60s...

I was looking at the YouTube reviews for the E+B sketch in which Ernie lies about eating the chocolate cake and makes up a story about how a monster framed him up -- then it really happens with a second piece of cake. Someone made a comment about the "Keystone Kops" fanfare that played while...

Does anyone remember these promos for Sesame Street? Circa 1975 -- Between shows, a general promo for PBS had some choir-like voices singing, "You belong with us, for we belong to you. Your Public TV stations." Those words were echoed in a black-background animation. Then, to an...

Does anyone remember the following story as told by Anything Muppets? "Once upon a time there was a king, who had three beautiful daughters. And they lived happily ever after."

You know that ever-popular B+E skit where Ernie has insomnia, so he counts sheep, fire engines, and finally balloons? Bert has one line that I can't seem to decipher. It's right after he bellows "I want you to count something quiet to fall asleep with." Is the line: "None of those sirens!"...

Most of us are familiar with the sketches in which Lefty tries to sell Ernie some items of debatable utility, such as letters, numbers, or air. But does anyone remember the sketches that showed Lefty dealing with his superior officer? The sketches... * took place in a "dark" environment...

Does anyone else remember a film sequence which depicted some kid going to school, and, among other things, doing meaningful work in a school workbook? The part of this video I remember the most was the soundtrack. Little or no sound from the kid in school was heard. Rather, we heard some...

They did this a lot in the early years. In addition to those two Beatles songs, there was "Help!" (monster chases a boy around a room) and "Say the word" (Anything Muppets are stacking blocks with the word "LOVE" on them). There was also "Count it Higher", but that was a loose parody of "Twist...