Muppet & Kid Moments: Miscellaneous

When Sesame Street was still in development, Caroll Spinney suggested to Jim Henson that the show should feature unscripted conversations between Muppets and real children. As a result, the one-on-ones have been some of the show's most memorable moments.

"Monsters in Day Care" and "Ernie's Show and Tell" also follow this format.

Here are some of them:


 * Love and Counting
 * When Grover tells John-John that he loves him, John-John randomly tells Grover to count a penny.


 * Grover and John-John count backwards
 * John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but John-John has a little trouble counting backwards.


 * Up and Down
 * Herry Monster asks John-John if he knows the difference between up and down.


 * Herry and John-John count to 20
 * John-John says a number and Herry repeats it. This skit was remade for Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting with Herry and John-John as an adult.


 * Q
 * Herry and John-John discuss the letter Q


 * Cookie Monster Alphabet
 * The classic skit where Kermit The Frog and a girl named Joey say the alphabet together. Joey keeps randomly saying "Cookie Monster!" after every few letters.


 * Counting Body Parts
 * Kermit, Fannie, and Shala count body parts.


 * Next To
 * Kermit demonstrates the concept of being next to someone, with assistance from Shala and Fanny.


 * What love is
 * Herry asks a boy, Michael, if he can name some people that he loves.


 * Big and Little
 * Big Bird and a little girl decide to pretend to be big and little. Big Bird says that he'll be little, and the girl will be big, but Big Bird notices that there is a problem with this situation.


 * Blindfolded Game
 * Herry Monster plays a game with a boy, in which the boy wears a blindfold and guesses what he is feeling.


 * Cookie Monster, Lexine, and an L word
 * Cookie Monster asks Lexine to say a word that begins with the letter L.


 * Fur and Skin
 * Grover acknowledges that he has fur while the boy has skin. "Nobody's perfect", says Grover.


 * What if Goldilocks ate your porridge?
 * Grover asks a boy how he would feel if Goldilocks ate his porridge without asking him first. The boy says that he would be upset, but he'd be okay if Goldilocks asked for his porridge first.


 * Talking About Santa
 * During the Christmas Eve on Sesame Street special, Kermit asks several children how they think Santa Claus operates.