User:MuppetVJ/Sesame Street Memories

These are random memories I have of Sesame Street (1985-1992) which haven't been documented on the Wiki yet.


 * "Little Sister" song — Filmed segment of a song, possibly by Benjamin Goldstein. A passage: "When she cries, I hug her and I kiss her.  That's the way it is with a little sister."


 * Join Us — Muppet rock song. Flashing lights, camera zooms, musical instrument ID.  I remember enjoying it with my dad.  "Join us! / You can play the drums / Join us! / You can play piano" etc.


 * Mumford, Maria, a duck and a radio — In one episode, The Amazing Mumford's magic results in Maria's voice coming out of the radio, the radio noise coming out of the duck, and Maria quacking. In one scene, the radio plays when the duck's mouth opens, and the song on the radio is "Panama" by Van Halen.  The loud radio/duck bothers Susan, who alerts Big Bird that Miles is trying to nap.  At the end of the episode, Mumford has put everything back to where it was, but once he leaves, the radio lays an egg.


 * Oscar's teeth — Maria and some kids observe that Slimey has everything one needs to brush teeth. Maria then realizes that Slimey doesn't have teeth, and questions Oscar.
 * Oscar: Because he's going to brush MY teeth!
 * Maria: Oh come on, Oscar, you don't have any teeth either.
 * Oscar: That shows what you know!
 * Oscar ducks down into his can. We hear some rattling noises.  Oscar re-emerges with a set of false teeth in his mouth.
 * Oscar: I made these myself! Go for 'em, Slimey!
 * Slimey begins brushing Oscar's teeth. Maria glances at the viewer and shrugs.


 * Maria's pregnancy — In one episode, Luis repeatedly misses the chance to feel the baby kick inside Maria's belly.


 * Athena on Snuffy — In one scene, Athena perches on Snuffy's back. He sings "There's a Bird on Me".


 * Insert with The Count and Gordon — This one was used several times, but I can't remember what it was about. All I remember is that The Count's thunder causes it to rain, and the segment ends with him singing "I'm counting in the rain …"


 * The Heartstrongs — There was a second installment that took place in the Heartstrongs' bedroom.


 * The broken pay phone at Hooper's Store — Mr. Handford (Leonard Jackson) has to deal with a broken pay phone. In the first scene, Oscar and Grungetta beg him not to fix it.  In another scene, Ruby Monster suggests he replace the "broken" sign with one that reads "This telephone is fixed".  When the telephone repairman shows up and sees that "This telephone is fixed", he leaves.


 * Oscar loses Stinky — Multi-episode arc. Oscar's pet seagull, Stinky, flies away one day (to go live with her bird friends) and doesn't come back.  Oscar makes a sign, "Lost seagull.  Answers to Stinky.  Call Oscar, 555-OUCH".  At the end of one scene, Oscar actually cries — something we never see him do.  In another scene, Elmo tries to cheer up Oscar by dressing like a seagull.


 * The collapsing of Hooper's Store — Multi-episode arc. It all starts when Biff presents Mr. Handford with a framed dollar bill, commemorating the first dollar made there.  When Biff hammers the nail into the wall to hang it, the ceiling and walls begin crumbling.  Mr. Handford shouts, "Everyone out of the store!"  Over the next few episodes, the store is repaired by Biff and his team (including Stella, who only says "Yo!").  At the end of episode 2794, Telly can't wait for tomorrow to get here.  Before the fade to black, after the CTW mention, he asks "Is it tomorrow yet?"


 * Grouch magician — A grouch magician (played by Jim Martin) repeatedly plays tricks on Telly, and revels in delight when Telly yells in pain. I think he appeared in multiple episodes.


 * Movie making — A documentary filmmaker comes to shoot a film, A Street Called Sesame. One scene involves Snuffy and Elmo as "The biggest and littlest cowboy in the west".  May have been a multi-episode arc.


 * Telly follows an ant — Telly does a favor to The Count by following an ant to its home so he can count more ants. At one point, Telly loses track of the ant, and even interrupts the "Cat's Can" cartoon to ask the viewer if they've seen the ant.  In another scene, Telly thinks he's failed when he sees the ant go into a hole in the ground, until The Count reminds him that that's where ants live.  Telly has helped him after all.


 * Jay Leno — At the time I didn't know who he was, but I remember one final scene in an episode, where he announces the sponsors, then zips away on his motorcycle and mentions CTW from off-screen.


 * The last appearance of Forgetful Jones — From sometime around Season 23. In a scene at night, Forgetful has no idea why everyone's asleep, thinking it's daytime.  Hoots points out to him that the sun is not in the sky, and educates him about the moon and the stars.