Your Thoughts: Sesame Street Season 37

Ilikemuppets · Nov 15, 2006

If you miss the first part of the adoption episode, it airs again next week.

Big Bird Fan · Nov 15, 2006

Finally saw the season finale yesterday, (Been putting it off since I don't want the season to end) and enjoyed it. It did feel closer to classic Sesame Street with Oscar, Grungeda, the Sloppy Jalopy, and Maria and Luis acting normal. The end with Marco getting the car started and Oscar winning the race anyway was more classic grouch stuff. Abby's appearance was kind of cute. Hopefully they do something better with her next season.

Survivor: Musical Chairs was just ok. The host saying "Who will survive" got annoying. I'm sure he was based on a real host but since I've never seen the show before I wouldn't know. Elmo winning was so predictable, but at least it ended in a funny way.

At first when I saw the classic "Dance yourself to sleep" I was cheering, but then they had to have those celebrity inserts. If that wasn't bad enough, it took like two minutes to get through them! Still, I'd rather have this version over the animated one any day.

Even though I haven't seen too much SS before this season, this season sounds like it's an improvement and a step in the right direction.

The good:
Return of the Fix-It-Shop!
The set itself has returned to more of what it used to look like.
New Grover and Fat Blue segments.
Plenty of classic clips.
The street stories seemed slightly more evened out in terms of character focus, but there's still room for improvement.
Some of the new Elmo's Worlds featured other characters for once. (Zoe going on about Rocco, Big Bird at the doctor.)
No more Journey to Ernie!
New letter, Spanish word, and number of the days that were a nice change of pace.
I don't know if sign language word of the day is new, but I really liked it.
The opening is full length again.
Slightly more variety in the clips which made the show a bit less predictable.
The last few episodes were great with continuity.

The Bad:
Get up and Play. I'm begging you SW, PLEASE get rid of this!
Still a bit too much Elmo.
Elmo's World should really be it's own show, or at least trim it down some.
Trash Gordon is getting tiresome. Replace it, or at least don't air it every episode.
Some continuity screw ups that shouldn't have happened.

Oddity:
I don't think we heard Matt Vogel all season. That's very strange.

I'm sure I'm forgetting some stuff, but that's all that i can remember. All in all I really enjoyed this season, and can't wait for the next one to start.

Dil · Nov 15, 2006

I don't think a LOT of Grover Fans would believe Frank Oz would reprise the role of Grover after 'Elmo in Grouchland' in the Russian Restaurant Sketch which first started in the 2006 episode of 'Cookie World'. Also, SS Fans might not believe they used another Grover the Waiter Sketch. I wonder if Sesame Workshop was taking a special tribute to OldSesame, where Grover had the voice of Oz, instead of Jacobson, and more Waiter sketches were used.

BEAR · Nov 15, 2006

Dil said:

I don't think a LOT of Grover Fans would believe Frank Oz would reprise the role of Grover after 'Elmo in Grouchland' in the Russian Restaurant Sketch which first started in the 2006 episode of 'Cookie World'. Also, SS Fans might not believe they used another Grover the Waiter Sketch. I wonder if Sesame Workshop was taking a special tribute to OldSesame, where Grover had the voice of Oz, instead of Jacobson, and more Waiter sketches were used.

Yes, even though Frank Oz is somewhat retired from the Muppets, he still occassionally comes by the Sesame Street set to perform Bert or Grover in a new sketch. I think he does this sometimes if Bert and Grover are in a scene together. Frank will play one character while Eric Jacobson does the other.

travellingpat · Nov 15, 2006

Oh I wish he would do this more, although Eric is doing a phenominal job, we need some old sesame back

Ilikemuppets · Nov 16, 2006

I just saw part two of the adoption episode. I thougt it was really funny. Bert seem to be thanking Earnie for letting him borrow his duckie to lemd to marco. When elmo says he remembers, the very next words to come out of his mouth are Gina's bringing homs a new baby. So is seems as if he may have forgotten when Gina explained it to him the last time. So weather or not he remembers mileses adoption, he was refering to that day she explianed it to him. At least that's how I percived it.

Daffyfan2003 · Nov 18, 2006

BEAR said:

Yes, even though Frank Oz is somewhat retired from the Muppets, he still occassionally comes by the Sesame Street set to perform Bert or Grover in a new sketch. I think he does this sometimes if Bert and Grover are in a scene together. Frank will play one character while Eric Jacobson does the other.

Actually, I don't think I've seen and Grover together in a while. I think this could be done more often. Also, the reason they got David Rudman to perform Cookie Monster was that so he could interact with Grover more often, but I haven't seen a lot of that either. In the one with the letter 'O,' I think Frank performed both characters while Rudman performed Cookie Monster.

Daffyfan2003 · Nov 22, 2006

The Count said:

*It was an OK segment with Alex Trebek and Telly, and some food Muppets... But it would've gone over better with Guy Smiley instead. Especially since it
felt like some of the old game show segments he used to host.

I thought I'd keep this thread going. I haven't seen 4123 (or whatever the heck the number was) before yesterday so I thought I'd post some comments here. I kind of liked Alex's appearance. (That was cool to have Alex instead of Alan, besides since Alan wasn't in the store in the street story it is good that they established that he's still around) Yes, it would be great to see Guy in a segment, but I thought Alex had good chemistry with the Muppets. After all, I've seen on You Tube the Jeopardy! category where he asked all those questions with the Muppets. I don't think I'll say much more here. I missed the second half of the ep and I wasn't interested in much else. I hope I'll have a chance to see the other ones I missed real soon though.

The Count · Nov 22, 2006

Yep... That was 4123, the one with the Automatic Lemonade Pouring Machine invented by Baby Bear.

Of note in the episode is the song Bert's Blanket with Frank's Bert and Jim's Ernie when he shows up as the rancher hauling the wool away.
And there's also the Trash Gordon Planet Conga Line segment at the very end of the episode.

Hope to get some more Season 37 episodes during the T-Day vacation tomorrow and/or on Friday as well.

The Count · Nov 23, 2006

Sorry... But I feel the need to set you straight on this matter.
All Season 37 episodes feature Elmo's World.
None of the Season 37 episodes had a Journey to Ernie segment.

Though I can't say for sure about JTE for Season 38, Elmo's World will be a part of all the episodes for the coming season.
Hope this helps.

The Count · Nov 23, 2006

Hmmm... Perhaps the decision to cancel Journey to Ernie was because it was getting a bit too predictable, though I rully can't say since I'm not involved in the programming at SW. Elmo's World has been a part of Sesame Street since 1998 and will continue to be so until Elmo no longer is the merchandising face of the show. Also, these are "repeats", that means that no edits of inserting more material can be made. Well, edits with more material could technically be done... But then they'd be different episodes than the ones already aired. Besides, the cast is recording and producing the Season 38 episodes as we speak, so I doubt that going back to insert more material in repeat episodes is one of their chief concerns at this time.

Hope this helps.

Fozzie Bear · Nov 25, 2006

Dil said:

Arrrgh!! Terrible Elmo!!! One of the upcoming 38th Season Episodes must NOT have Elmo's World, which would be replaced by 'Big Journey to Bert', where children would why Journey to Ernie was missing is because Ernie was tired of playing the same game. In 'Big Journey to Bert', Big Bird gets a 15 minute journey to find Bert, and in the end, he (Big) found him (Bert). And in the VERY end, Elmo appears angry because he didn't get a chance to do his famous sketch! The episode with Big Journey to Bert MUST be the ONLY EVER SS Episode, since the episode with the debut sketch of Elmo's World, NOT to feature an Elmo's World sketch.

But would this be fair to the Elmo fans? I mean, it would be equally disturbing if they removed a Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, or Count sketch from the show.

Elmo is a good character for the younger kids and deserves his (nearly literally) 15 minutes of fame. Ha ha.

I deleted a few of the not quite so nice posts after that last thread, too. Keep in consideration that you point has been made (several times) that Elmo's World isn't your favorite segment of the program--but, there are lots of tiny tots who do like it, for whom it is created, and they deserve as much a chance to see that as we would to see Ernie counting fire engines as he tries to go to sleep (and keeps Bert awake).

Dil · Nov 25, 2006

How about in Season 38, they would make "Journey to Elmo" with Elmo replacing Ernie, And the journey takes place in a neighbordhood, with the same animations from the channels of Elmo's World?

travellingpat · Nov 25, 2006

Dude they are probably not gonna get rid of elmos world anyime soon, but good ideas

Barry Lee · Nov 25, 2006

Dil said:

How about in Season 38, they would make "Journey to Elmo" with Elmo replacing Ernie, And the journey takes place in a neighbordhood, with the same animations from the channels of Elmo's World?

Geez, did you even read what Fozzie had to say? Its a kids show, not a muppet fans show.

Dil · Nov 25, 2006

Yeah this IS a kids show, but that 38th Season Episode which I want it to feature "Journey to Elmo" WILL have Elmo's World, too.

mbmfrog · Dec 9, 2006

Please make the show lovable for the rest of the SS cast...

Leave the little red monster out of the loop for a while and try to promote the new kid, the fairy in training, just take a look at several ideas I have to make the show popular again thanks to Abby Cadabby!!

mbmfrog said:

Hello, I'm somewhat new here, and I seen this new character on the Street.

When I first saw this character I see so much potential as this new female character could bring Sesame Street away from Elmo's Grasp. No offense to Kevin Clash or Elmo in general, I just think that the company gave him too much power with his own fifteen minute show.

I think that a character like Abby with her own background could help bring Characters like Parie Dawn back into the lime light.

I figure that they should pair Abby up with several Sesame Street Character, trying to get to know them better. Like a refresher course to the new fans, on learning just what makes these characters special for us all. Also make these shows like the famous one hour show it should be.

Here some Ideas:

C is for...: pairs Abby up with Cookie Monster as both characters learn that there are different foods that start with C (including a reversion of C is for Cookie song by adding more healthing things that start with C), and seeing Cookie trying something health and Abby trying out cookies for the first time.

What Slimey good for: Pairs Abby up with Slimey as Os.car and other explain why Slimey is so special to them all ( a bit of a clip show seeing Slimey's past adventures)

Super Grover and his Super team of helpers: Pairs Abby up with Super Grover and is the somewhat adaptation to the Sesame Street live show starring Super Grover. When a crime spree spreads throughout the street (someone is stealing all the C in the neighborhood) and Super Grover is powerless to stop him alone, so Abby, Elmo and others try their best to help bring this criminal to justice and helping those in need of their assistance. (Note this is the first two-part show in a while)

My day with Big Bird: Explores the friendship between Big Bird and Abby further than shown during her debut. Abby learns more of Sesame Street through Big Bird, as they spend the day together and Big Bird tells Abby a bit of Sesame Street's history, including "Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" song and special moments between a famous frog and an owner of a store.

Sesame Street's fairy tale mix-up: pairs Abby up with Paire Dawn, as Paire Dawn is once again in charge of a traditional Sesame Street play, but instead of having to deal with the usual screw ups of her cast members, she "borrows" Abby's wand and transforms the entire street into a Fairy Tale mix-up, so the two of them must correct the fairy tales in order to break the spell. (Also a two-parter)

That all I got for now, I want to know your opinion for shows like this ?

abiraniriba · Dec 13, 2006

Good Ideas

good ideas I especially like Big Bird's history lesson idea

Dil · Dec 28, 2006

Journey to Ernie will NOT be featured on Season 38. ALL of the Journey to Ernie sketches would've been cut on Season 35 during Season 37.

What's Sesame Street without Elmo's World? I dunno!

Season 38 should at least feature the calyspo version of SS (this time, it will be used over and over from 2007 to present), and (at last) a replacement for "Sesame Street is a production of the Children Television Workshop", "Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop".

SillyRed · Dec 28, 2006

NO WAY!!

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