Don_Music_2004 said:
you seem to know a lot about what Sesame Street was like in the 1970's I was wondering if you could answer this question for me. Was there ever a scene in which Big Bird tried to convince Oscar that Snuffy was real, and was there ever a close encounter where Oscar almost saw Snuffy but he didn't? Did you ever see Oscar making fun of Big Bird about Snuffy, or getting angry with him for talking about Snuffy? Believe it or not in 1985 toward's the end of season 16 Oscar actually met Snuffy before any of the adults did at the beggining of Season 17, do you remember that?
Hi, Don. I don't recall Oscar ever addressing the issue of Snuffy directly. I do know that the writers seemed to be conflicted over whether the muppets should fall into the "adult" or "child" category when it came to seeing Snuffy. In a very early skit, Bert bumps into Snuffy and speaks as though he's always known him. On the 70's album "Havin' Fun With Ernie and Bert", Snuffy's voice is heard at a party with Bert, Ernie, Grover, and all of the other muppets, implying that he was right there with them all. On the other hand, there was a skit where Grover did not believe Snuffy was real and Big Bird unsuccessfully tried to convince him. I didn't see the skit with Oscar and Snuffy in Season 16, but I'd be curious how it went. Did Oscar discover that he was real or did he act like he had always known him? When it came to Snuffy and the other muppets, it seemed like they really couldn't make up their minds, and since it didn't come up too often, it was left up in the air.