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I've recently been able to go through the first two season's worth of episodes, and have revised the sandbox pages for the segment lists:
- [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 1 Segments]]
- [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 2 Segments]]
I'd like to know what your thoughts are on these pages, and how they can be improved, source citing, etc. I'd like to get some official titles for some of these inserts, if possible. (Sesamestreet.org had many of them on their video sites, which are archived on the wiki.) These lists may also be beneficial in checking which inserts do not have images yet, and which are from different production periods. An archived discussion can be found here: [1] -- MuppetDude (talk) 15:47, October 2, 2020 (UTC)
- There is also a page for the [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Test Shows Segments|test episodes]]. I feel that this page is already well-formatted, but could use a bit more finessing. -- MuppetDude (talk) 16:18, October 2, 2020 (UTC)
- Just finished [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 3 Segments]]. -- MuppetDude (talk) 19:17, October 4, 2020 (UTC)
- And [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 4 Segments]], with a lot of holdovers. -- MuppetDude (talk) 16:05, October 6, 2020 (UTC)
- Just finished [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 3 Segments]]. -- MuppetDude (talk) 19:17, October 4, 2020 (UTC)
- Are these all the segments that appeared in that season, or just the segments that debuted in that season? Which would be more useful? GrantHarding (talk) 14:26, October 8, 2020 (UTC)
- The lists focus primarily on what debuted when. A full insert list (counting repeated stuff) would be way too long and repetitive, given the 50+ years worth of material. I think it's better to focus on then-new material, and what was reserved for later airings (if known). -- MuppetDude (talk) 17:16, October 8, 2020 (UTC)
- I agree. In that case, should probably make that more explicit on the pages themselves. GrantHarding (talk) 17:24, October 8, 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing that out; looking back at the ones I've finished, they could use some clarification. -- MuppetDude (talk) 17:39, October 8, 2020 (UTC)
- I agree. In that case, should probably make that more explicit on the pages themselves. GrantHarding (talk) 17:24, October 8, 2020 (UTC)
- The lists focus primarily on what debuted when. A full insert list (counting repeated stuff) would be way too long and repetitive, given the 50+ years worth of material. I think it's better to focus on then-new material, and what was reserved for later airings (if known). -- MuppetDude (talk) 17:16, October 8, 2020 (UTC)
For the past month or so, I'm now up to season 11. Here's what I've got so far based on the available guides. As previously mentioned, any help with production info, titles, or anything else is greatly appreciated. Much of the holdover information is based on either production observation (minor Anything Muppets appearing in multiple segments), DVD releases, guest star appearances, etc. The scripts would be the best way to confirm these, though.
Seasons: [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 1 Segments|1]], [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 2 Segments|2]], [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 3 Segments|3]], [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 4 Segments|4]], [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 5 Segments|5]], [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 6 Segments|6]], [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 7 Segments|7]], [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 8 Segments|8]], [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 9 Segments|9]], [[Sandbox:Sesame Street Season 10 Segments|10]] -- MuppetDude (talk) 23:50, October 25, 2020 (UTC)
- It might be a bit of work, but you could try looking at the editing history for the first edits of pages to come from scripts. In cases where they didn't know what a certain sketch was, they'd list it by how it was listed in the script until they got more information. --Minor muppetz (talk) 15:30, October 26, 2020 (UTC)
- Hmm, I'm regretting all those original sandbox pages judging by those dead links. Anyway, now that almost 40 years worth of segments have been documented so far, I've been wondering about shorts that have been made for home videos. Most have only appeared on those compilations alone, but others have appeared elsewhere. The "Don't You Go Back In" song originated for the Elmo Visits the Firehouse video but later aired on the show proper. Some of the Looky Lou bits from P Is for Princess have also been seen on Plaza Sesamo. Should these be covered by the segment lists, or is there another category they should be included in? -- MuppetDude (talk) 04:15, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- (Also, a big thank you and shout-out to User:Shortbuyers and User:TimzUneeverse for helping prepare future lists by compiling images, as well as Guille and Shane for additional title/script information!) -- MuppetDude (talk) 04:19, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- For a while I have been wondering if there should be a page listing segments that first appeared outside of the show (on home video, in specials, online, etc.). Not many showed up in specials or video first, but listing things that first appeared online could get out of hand. Of course Sesame Workshop has released a lot of clips online shortly before they debuted on the show, there's probably too many to really keep track of (and I could be underestimating us here), but I am referring to shorts that were clearly just meant to be online content that eventually got included on the show, but that could be hard to really determine. --Minor muppetz (talk) 05:26, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- Yeah, the online stuff that has appeared on the show will be included in the episode lists, likely with a note like "originally appeaeared online in 2016" or something thereabouts. -- MuppetDude (talk) 14:36, 16 December 2020 (UTC)