Talk:Season 1 (1969-1970)

B/W vs Color question

When was the last episode filmed in black and white? The images on Episode 0007 and Episode 0008 appear to support those two shows as the cutover, but there wasn't anything more to support that. — MrDolomite • Talk 15:33, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

They were all filmed in color. That picture on Episode 0007 just happens to be a black and white picture, from a book or a magazine. It isn't a screenshot. -- Danny (talk) 16:05, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Airdates

I think the airdates for this season from Episode 0056 through Episode 0100 might be off. 56's airdate is a saturday, and things don't seem to line up after that until 101. Here's what it looks like:

Episode 56	Saturday, January 24, 1970
Episode 57	Sunday, January 25, 1970
Episode 58	Monday, January 26, 1970
Episode 59	Tuesday, January 27, 1970
Episode 60	Wednesday, January 28, 1970
Episode 61	Sunday, February 01, 1970
Episode 62	Monday, February 02, 1970
Episode 63	Tuesday, February 03, 1970
Episode 64	Wednesday, February 04, 1970
Episode 65	Thursday, February 05, 1970
Episode 66	Sunday, February 08, 1970
Episode 67	Monday, February 09, 1970
Episode 68	Tuesday, February 10, 1970
Episode 69	Wednesday, February 11, 1970
Episode 70	Thursday, February 12, 1970
Episode 71	Sunday, February 15, 1970
Episode 72	Monday, February 16, 1970
Episode 73	Tuesday, February 17, 1970
Episode 74	Wednesday, February 18, 1970
Episode 75	Thursday, February 19, 1970
Episode 76	Sunday, February 22, 1970
Episode 77	Monday, February 23, 1970
Episode 78	Tuesday, February 24, 1970
Episode 79	Wednesday, February 25, 1970
Episode 80	Thursday, February 26, 1970
Episode 81	Sunday, March 01, 1970
Episode 82	Monday, March 02, 1970
Episode 83	Tuesday, March 03, 1970
Episode 84	Wednesday, March 04, 1970
Episode 85	Thursday, March 05, 1970
Episode 86	Sunday, March 08, 1970
Episode 87	Monday, March 09, 1970
Episode 88	Tuesday, March 10, 1970
Episode 89	Wednesday, March 11, 1970
Episode 90	Thursday, March 12, 1970
Episode 91	Sunday, March 15, 1970
Episode 92	Monday, March 16, 1970
Episode 93	Tuesday, March 17, 1970
Episode 94	Wednesday, March 18, 1970
Episode 95	Thursday, March 19, 1970
Episode 96	Sunday, March 22, 1970
Episode 97	Monday, March 23, 1970
Episode 98	Tuesday, March 24, 1970
Episode 99	Wednesday, March 25, 1970
Episode 100	Thursday, March 26, 1970
Episode 101	Monday, March 30, 1970

Here's what I think it should be, which would line up with the dates before and after:

Episode 56	Monday, January 26, 1970
Episode 57	Tuesday, January 27, 1970
Episode 58	Wednesday, January 28, 1970
Episode 59	Thursday, January 29, 1970
Episode 60	Friday, January 30, 1970
Episode 61	Monday, February 02, 1970
Episode 62	Tuesday, February 03, 1970
Episode 63	Wednesday, February 04, 1970
Episode 64	Thursday, February 05, 1970
Episode 65	Friday, February 06, 1970
Episode 66	Monday, February 09, 1970
Episode 67	Tuesday, February 10, 1970
Episode 68	Wednesday, February 11, 1970
Episode 69	Thursday, February 12, 1970
Episode 70	Friday, February 13, 1970
Episode 71	Monday, February 16, 1970
Episode 72	Tuesday, February 17, 1970
Episode 73	Wednesday, February 18, 1970
Episode 74	Thursday, February 19, 1970
Episode 75	Friday, February 20, 1970
Episode 76	Monday, February 23, 1970
Episode 77	Tuesday, February 24, 1970
Episode 78	Wednesday, February 25, 1970
Episode 79	Thursday, February 26, 1970
Episode 80	Friday, February 27, 1970
Episode 81	Monday, March 02, 1970
Episode 82	Tuesday, March 03, 1970
Episode 83	Wednesday, March 04, 1970
Episode 84	Thursday, March 05, 1970
Episode 85	Friday, March 06, 1970
Episode 86	Monday, March 09, 1970
Episode 87	Tuesday, March 10, 1970
Episode 88	Wednesday, March 11, 1970
Episode 89	Thursday, March 12, 1970
Episode 90	Friday, March 13, 1970
Episode 91	Monday, March 16, 1970
Episode 92	Tuesday, March 17, 1970
Episode 93	Wednesday, March 18, 1970
Episode 94	Thursday, March 19, 1970
Episode 95	Friday, March 20, 1970
Episode 96	Monday, March 23, 1970
Episode 97	Tuesday, March 24, 1970
Episode 98	Wednesday, March 25, 1970
Episode 99	Thursday, March 26, 1970
Episode 100	Friday, March 27, 1970
Episode 101	Monday, March 30, 1970

Anyone want to share any thoughts? -Joltman 14:20, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, you're right! I made a mistake when I added dates for these. Thank you for catching that! -- Danny (talk) 16:36, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Sponsors for Season 1

Taken from this thread. --MuppetVJ 06:47, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Professor Hastings?

When did Professor Hastings actually appear in Season 1? I don't think he's in any of the Unpaved episodes. -- Danny (talk) 17:35, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, unfortunately, I never saw him in an Unpaved episode either, but here's one printed source that indicates him being a character in Season 1, from Look Magazine: "The Secrets of Sesame Street" Sept 22, 1970. "When the new season starts November 9, expect changes. ..... There will be a lot less of Professor Hastings, the dusty old bore who can't keep awake during his own lectures. It seems he was putting the kids to sleep too." The same article has a not very clear photo of Jim and Frank holding Kermit and Hastings. I'll try to scan in a good enough picture of that. -- User:Splurge 15:28, June 4, 2006

Some of the international Sesame Street versions (Sesamstrasse, Sesamstraat) show scenes featuring Hastings that were clearly shot in 1969, judging by the plain backdrop and the use of backup Muppets. This includes a "part of the bodies" sketch with Kermit, and a sketch about "happy/sad" with Kermit and various Anything Muppets and monsters. -- Jog 23:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC) Jog

That line in the newspaper article, "Expect less of Proffessor Hastings", sounds interesting. It makes it sound as if he was a very major character in the first season, only to be seen less often after that. And if he was more of a major character in the debut season, then I wonder if it is a coincidence that none of his episodes aired on Noggin (assuming none of his skecthes were cut from episodes shown on Noggin). --Minor muppetz 14:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Holly Robinson Peete?

This has niggled at me for awhile. I know I've seen fan speculation and IMDb listings and such claiming that Matt Robinson's daughter Holly Robinson Peete played "Sally" in the first season, but does anyone have any concrete sources for her inclusion? Here's what I've found, this interview, which raises serious doubts for me: Born into show business, her father was the original “Gordon” on Sesame Street in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. “There was my dad on TV with his pork chop sideburns,” she recalls. And though her father was vehemently opposed to her being in front of the camera (he himself went on to be a producer on The Cosby Show), Robinson Peete begged him to let her go on Sesame Street just once. “I had one line, and that was ‘Hi Gordon,’ but I couldn’t get it right. All I could manage was ‘Hi, Dad!’ and that was the end of that.” That paragraph seems to imply that a) she only appeared on the show once, an appearance which may not have actually aired if she couldn't get her lines straight, and b) that this presumptive appearance was not in the pilot episode, given the context of having to beg to be on Sesame Street. Anyone have any other facts or sources? Otherwise, I'm inclined to remove her from the season 1 cast list. --Andrew, Aleal 18:10, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I totally agree. You should make that into an HRP page -- it's a great quote! -- Danny Toughpigs 18:27, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

It is cool, isn't it? I especially like the "pork chop sideburns" bit. "Gordon and His Pork Chop Sideburns" would be a great name for a Muppet Band. --Andrew, Aleal 19:00, 14 April 2006 (UTC)