I am discomforted by that Swedish Chef bit. Muppets don't swear.
Oh, wow. This place looks great. Oh, I feel like a witch in a magic shop.
Willow ,'Help'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Oct 15, 2007 8:29:35 am PDT #6736 of 10001
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Nilly - Oct 15, 2007 8:30:28 am PDT #6737 of 10001
Swouncing
I wish I could watch youtubes on this computer.
The Israeli "Sesame Street" is probably quite different from the original, what with all the dubbing and the different holidays and cultures and all. I don't think I ever saw a non-Israeli "Sesame Street" scene from "Sesame Street". Hmm.
Kathy A - Oct 15, 2007 8:35:18 am PDT #6738 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Do you at least have a good theme song for Sesame Street, Nilly?
Sunny day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way
To where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street?
dcp - Oct 15, 2007 8:43:59 am PDT #6739 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Quiz: 1:54
The timer didn't work in Firefox, I had to go to IE.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 15, 2007 8:44:25 am PDT #6740 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Interesting bit'o' Muppet knowedge - Rowlf the dog predates even Sesame Street. He used to be a guest on some chat/variety show (Hec would probably know this).
My favorite Muppets are Beaker and Dr. Bunson Honeydew. Poor Beaker - he was pretty much the Mr. Bill of the Muppet world.
dcp - Oct 15, 2007 8:48:15 am PDT #6741 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Kathy A - Oct 15, 2007 8:48:45 am PDT #6742 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
He used to be a guest on some chat/variety show
The Jimmy Dean show (as in the guy who later sold sausages)! Henson also did a bunch of TV spoofs for local DC television, including one segment I saw on a PBS show on Henson that was a spoof of Murrow's Person to Person.
Nilly - Oct 15, 2007 8:50:18 am PDT #6743 of 10001
Swouncing
Do you at least have a good theme song for Sesame Street, Nilly?
I need to listen to the original one. The Israeli one is nice, but it never became a classic like other songs (some for Israeli original tv shows). The lyrics you quoted are somewhat similar to the Hebrew ones (asking the way to the street, the air smelling sweet, but there's no sweeping the clouds, for example).
Frank, wikipedia says:
Henson's sixties talk show appearances culminated when he devised Rowlf, a piano-playing anthropomorphic dog. Rowlf became the first Muppet to make regular appearances on a network show, The Jimmy Dean Show.
[Edit: of course, an x-post. Yay! A Rowlf x-post!]
Kathy A - Oct 15, 2007 8:52:30 am PDT #6744 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My favorite Muppets are Beaker and Dr. Bunson Honeydew. Poor Beaker - he was pretty much the Mr. Bill of the Muppet world.
From the Christmas CD: "On the eighth day of Christmas/mee mee mee mee mee meeeee/Eight maids a milking (mee mee mememe)..."
brenda m - Oct 15, 2007 8:54:24 am PDT #6745 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Frank Oz (who did the hands) would deliberately do something off-script to trip up Jim Henson, who had to improvise the words to match the action. I was just reading the Wikipedia entry for the Chef and enjoying the highlight reel of his best skits (I love the strangling spaghetti), and wish I had these:
Hee. That reminds me of the hysterical Justin Timberlake/Kermit duet from SNL a few years back.