Your Thoughts: Sesame Street Season 34

Well, the quality actually is better than last season, but not nearly as good as back when they had all the gags, and the crazy stuff for older kids!

Your right ssetta, the old and new stuff has to be mixed toghther and kids need to have something to laugh at now and then. That funny guy with the blue sweater and blond hair & mustache should be brought back. He was so funny. What about that man that falls asleep in his chair on the song "everybody sleeps" and falls out of the chair and onto the floor. What about all the skits about dental care. This is important, VERY IMPORTANT! My mom was a dental hygentist and I have never had a filling or a tooth extracted except for 4 wisdom teeth. I think too much of the new stuff is for all the inner city kids. There is also too much spanish on the newer episodes. But I like one of the new skits with Grover and the man from the restraunt. One of them is the man is in a department store looking for a suit and Grover is the salesman. When the man tells Grover the suit he wants is the one on the maniqin, Grover tells him that is the only one they have left. Then the man tells him to take it off of the maniqin and Grover replies " We cannot do that, that would be embarassing". After the man yells at Grover and tells him that the maniqin isn't real and doesn't have feelings, Grover puts the man on the floor and strips him to his undershirt and underwear. Then someone in the store yells somebody call the police. That was so funny, that I went down on the floor laughing.

I loved that one, too. It was done around Season 25. But I would not be surprised if someone actually called in and complained, because I don't think they kept it on for very long. I'm surprised it even went through.

Where do you get the idea it will be cancelled? Carol Spinney said Season 33 & 34's ratings were 31% higher than they have been in years. SS is getting larger and better. Not even near being cancelled.

Exactly. They don't like the show the way it used to be, because that old format wasn't doing well anymore. They like it exactly the way it is now. I have mentioned this before.

But on Noggin, today, I saw a clip that I had not seen in years in a show from Season 31. Anyone remember "Zig Zag Dance?"

I might of seen it back then. Can you discrabe it for me?

We see 5 columns with Zs on top. 4 anything muppets come running holding Z signs.

Come on guys! I'm gonna teach you this dance!

Now we're gonna do a dance
That's bound to be a new sensation
Before very long
They'll be doing it across the nation
Hold on to your seats (oh, yeah)
I'm warning you in advance
'Cause it's the Zany, Zesty, Zippy, Zingy, Zig Zag dance

It goes Zzz-zzz-zzz Zig Zag
It goes Zzz-zzz-zzz Zig Zag
You just turn and turn, and then turn again
You just turn and turn, and then turn again

Zzz-zzz-zzz Zig Zag
Zzz-zzz-zzz Zig Zag
That's the way that you
Can also learn to do
The Zany Zesty Zippy Zingy Zig Zag Dance

It goes Zzz-zzz Zig Zag
It goes Zzz-zzz Zig Zag
That's the way that you
Can also learn to do
The Zany Zesty Zippy Zingy Zig Zag Dance

Zig Zag!!!!!

Did u know the Might Mighty Bosstones version appears on Elmopalooza?

Ok Yea. I remeber now. I forgot. I thought it was that one but couldn't tell. Yea I stated to download that one by the mighty bosstones but it didn't work.

You don't need to bother. THey're never as good as the original. Wait until you hear that awful version of "Nearly Missed" by Rosie O'Donnell and Elmo.

It's not that bad

I like Rosie O'Donnel, but I have to agree with Ssetta on that one. The Elmopalooza video & CD could have been much better.

Why, oh, why, didn't they use the Aaron Neville "I Don't Want To Live On The Moon?" It's not that I don't like the version they used, just that the other one is better.

If you're into celebrities, I like the "Put Down the Duckie" video - of course, the celebrities are kinda old.

It wasn't really songs that were done on the show. Well, they were old songs from the show done by celebrities. But those actual appearances weren't on the show. Also, if you listen to the Aaron Neville version of "I Don't Want To Live On The Moon," what they did was they took the original recording, and Aaron just sang with it. When Shawn Colvin did it, they re-recorded it. Actually, that song was done on the primere episode of this season. Bob, Rosita, and Telly sang it. It sure sounded like the original music track. And it was quite appropriate. It's beautiful, and it's just right for that song.

If Sesame Street goes off the air,maybe all the SS Muppets will either retire in storage or appear on the New Muppet Show.

Actually, this was the original episode. It never got re-aired. It always had the "Blowing in the Wind" song for the number 9. And the #8 sketch actually was edited out. But it originally had the Bellhop Series #8 animation. You know the series I'm talking about? But they had done this in the past. Some of the shows from Season 25 that aired on 123 Sesame Street were actually originally from Season 23. They did this for a number of years. They would take street stories from 2 seasons ago, and re-air them with new segments in between. They did that in Season 32, with episodes from Season 30. But it would be kind of hard to do that now, since the show has changed so much over the past 2 years.

Have you added anyother celiberdies (misspelling) to the list?

Well, both of these #8 films are vintage.