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It's hard to say, but these images look like this could be Bob singing the second version of "Thumbelina" which is noted to be in the lost Episode 0164.

Admins, does this resemble any other existing episode you've seen with Bob and Betty Lou played by Fran Brill?

--Splurge (talk) 21:32, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

That's a good hypothesis, but since the scene wasn't reused and the episode is lost, we can't really confirm. The script merely says this: "Bob, with kid, does lead-in and song." It's possible they substituted Betty Lou for one of the kids (more than once, a script will call for a human actor for a small part but use a Muppet, and occasionally vice versa). The thumb shot is the most convincing argument but we'd have to rule out it being anything else first, and even then I'm not sure we could properly source it as confirmed. -- Andrew 22:11, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

I echo what Andrew said; it certainly seems plausible, but there's not really a way to know. - Shane (talk) 02:09, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Where are the images from? —Scott (talk) 13:15, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street, page 56. -- Tony (talk) 13:28, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Yes, that's correct. Though I got these scans from Tumblr. Would be interested to know what else these could be behind the scenes of. Admittedly, "Thumbelina" was a stretch but seemed bizarre to be anything else.--Splurge (talk) 21:20, 14 August 2023 (UTC)