Sesame Street: Bad

Poncho29 · Senior Bucketkeeper

RE: Sesame Street: Bad

alabamabelle · Senior Member

I like the fact that people come up there with something they think is all that and a bag of chips only to discover they lack not only merit but provenance for the trash they have hauled to Miami Beach or whereever the show is going on that week.

and it totally rocks when some old mildred brings in something because her teenage great - granddaughter made her and it turns out to be a priceless item that makes the twins freak out.

have you notices how nicely manicured their hands are???? Leigh and Leslie something or other.

LoudmouthMormon · Profuse Pontificator

Jen wrote:

Is it Daniel or Henrietta that needs punched in the meow meow?

Henrietta Pussycat is the one that is always replacing real words with 'meow meow'. She lives in the tree next to X the insufferable John Kerry Owl.

We have the Mr. Rogers DVD on friendship, where they're making an apple pie, and X keeps micromanaging poor Henrietta from atop his lofty pillar of supremacy, until Henrietta unleashes a barrage of angry meowmeow's at him and takes her cookies and leaves. She should have hit him with a shovel and then called on the Swiftboat crew to talk about what really happened at his holier-than-freakin'-thou Owl Correspondence School.

LM

Jen · Senior Bucketkeeper

Literally LOL. You slay me, LM.

Yes, it is Henrietta. Even as a child, she made me all twitchy.

alabamabelle · Senior Member

Like like a toddler without an active vocabulary, the world is a bewildering place to Henrietta Pussycat. I always felt somewhat sorry for her. And her 'personal language' of meowing was her only way to say how she felt.

We had a little boy at church years ago who everything was "NO!". He didn't mean that he didn't want to do whatever was going on, he just didn't feel like he ever got to decide what was going to happen or how it was going to occur. In that respect, he was not unlike the 'meow, meow' stuff of Henrietta. In time, he was able to learn that there were other words and gestures to help him succeed.

Poor Henrietta was flash frozen in time and couldn't escape.

Duke of Mirth · Profuse Pontificator

I always wanted to work for Mr. Rogers. It looked like fun playing with all the puppets and going to those neat places he always visited. I loved the Trolley and the model of the town. That show is a classic and Fred Rogers was a top notch guy.

dianoia · Senior Member

My kids have rarely seen Sesame Street, because about 15 years ago they started asking for substantially more money from their affiliates, and CBC stopped carrying it. And since we've always had peasantvision, that was the only station that offered it.

From the sounds of it, my kids haven't missed out.

But I loved Sesame Street growing up. Who remembers the "yip yip yip uh-huh uh-huh" aliens, or those tiny window bugs trying to get to the zoo, or the composer who'd bang his head on the piano because he couldn't remember tunes, or classic Bert and Ernie sketches?

I still pop-culture reference "I'm soooo thirsty."

And I'd start waxing nostalgic about Mr. Dressup and The Friendly Giant, but no one else would get what I was talking about.

Mr. Dressup rules.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Coombs (If you're curious.)

-- Edited by dianoia at 18:47, 2008-01-03

zealia · Profuse Pontificator

Dianoia, I think I know the alines of which you speak.

I liked Captain Kangaroo. I don't think I watched Electric Company much, but I did like it some. My mom says that when I was a toddler that I really liked Mr. Rogers a lot. As I grew older, I still loved the land of make believe. I do a skits for family and friends sometimes. I try to do the voices including King Friday. In one of my skits, the purple Panda is missing. weirdface

zealia · Profuse Pontificator

I forgot to mention that Zoom was a favorite. smile

I did think it was funny though when I cousin was sending instructions to them of Duck, Duck, Goose as I thought that was already known to all. They brought Zoom back a few years ago and I like the new format too.

I enjoyed Blue Marble. I always wanted to right down the address so that I could get a pen pal. Somehow I never quite managed. I have made up for it many times over since getting online.

In the Summer, there was a show called Reading Rocket that I enjoyed with a lady and a puppet.

In my area, there was a show called Jean's story time with puppets and children send in pictures that she tells a story with. I always wanted to send in one of those pictures too. The show features local Church choirs too. My mom was on it with her Church choir when I think she was in about the third grade. A man pinched her cheeks and remarked what a cute girl she was. She thought to herself that nobody would want to be a cute girl. confused

UnderConstruction · Veteran Member

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-- Edited by UnderConstruction at 21:42, 2008-01-04

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Love those guys!

alabamabelle · Senior Member

dianoia wrote:

And I'd start waxing nostalgic about Mr. Dressup and The Friendly Giant, but no one else would get what I was talking about.

Hey, Di, I KNOW both of these wonderful moments of childhood REALLY well. Oddly enough, the PBS station here showed The Friendly Giant and it's gentle melody of "Early one morning just as the sun was rising" was guaranteed to bring my brother out to watch him.

And my mother's pen pal from the time she was in elementary school until Mom passed away was from Canada. They shared their entire LIVES with each other and subsequently with their children.

dianoia · Senior Member

Now that just made my day, UC. Thank you!

I'd forgotten about how the aliens hide behind their mouths when they get scared. Classic Sesame Street gets even funnier when you watch it as an adult.

The computer is in the most central location of our whole house, so Sons1 and 2 came over to see what was going on, and they laughed their heads off as well. Unfortunately, this may mean that I'll hear a lot of "yip yip yips" around the house for the next while.

Oh well, I was getting really sick of hearing Spider Pig.

dianoia · Senior Member

'Bama, you posted just before me so I missed your comments. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who has a soft spot for Mr. Dressup and The Friendly Giant.

Bob Homme had such a gentle demeanor about him on The Friendly Giant, and I was more than pleased to find out he was like that in real life as well. I had the opportunity to hear him interviewed about five years ago, and found out that he steadfastly refused to have any merchandise made from The Friendly Giant. He could have made a lot of money, but he felt it wasn't true to the integrity of a children's show. Isn't it nice when childhood heroes really do turn out to be decent people?

alabamabelle · Senior Member

Heroes in our lives are often people who quietly do the right thing. And yes, it is nice to know that the Friendly Giant didn't succumb to the lure of merchandising.

When we were kids, we would use cardboard boxes to make a vast array of toys and games. Momma gave us these two really cool books to guide our construction projects "Cardboard Carpentry" which is totally awesome and the other was "Outdoor Games" that was for having fun with yard games and activities for kids of all ages.

Merchandising the tv shows takes some of the thrill away from coming up with your own adventures and creativity. imho.

DaKnife · Senior Member

That show is a classic and Fred Rogers was a top notch guy.
Except that as a Minister he was rather anti, but then again that may have been due to a couple generations of missionaries trying to tract into him, and convert him. After all who wouldn't want to be able to brag that they had taught or at least placed a BoM with Mr. Rogers.

As it was back in 91, the Mission President told all of us that he was off limits. And the apartment that covered his home address had it clearly marked on their map as a location they were prohibited to go to.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Interesting. The only famous person I remember in my mission was Muhammed Ali and he loved the Elders coming over - they'd take pictures and kid around. Real friendly guy.