Talk:History of Sesame Street
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This needs some into on start date, pre-history and the first season. DJ Clayworth 17:45, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- Yes, I'm working on it.- user:zanimum
In November of 1983 Sesame Street aired an episode about death, In the show Big Bird tries to find Mr. Hooper to give him a portrait drawing, Maria tells Big Bird "Mr. Hooper died." Big Bird innocently responds "I'll give it to him when he comes back." Then Susan regretfully tells Big Bird "When people die, they don't come back." Parents (Many of who are original viewers of Sesame Street) praised the episode as being honest and opening to children about death. Actor Will Lee who played Mr.Hooper since Sesame Street's first episode in 1969 died on December 7,1982 of Cancer/Heart Attack.
In February 1996, the original Ernie and Bert puppets were stolen from a museum in Germany. In addition to a large man hunt, Snuffy was shown pleading on German national television for their eventual safe return. Were they ever found ??
http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=7614
"Finally, the adults become frustrated with all this nonsense about Snuffleupagus, and warn Big Bird to bid "Snuffy" farewell. Big Bird summons Snuffy, and the two embrace for an emotional farewell in Big Bird's nest area. One of Snuffy's tears falls on Big Bird while they hug, reinforcing Big Bird's belief that Snuffy is indeed real, as he felt the water from the tears. As the two embrace, the adults enter the room and see the unusual creature. Snuffy introduced himself, and Big Bird asked for an apology."
I'm pretty sure the scene with Snuffy crying was in a separate episode from the one where the other characters saw Snuffy for the first time. The book Sesame Street Unpaved includes a plot synopsis of the latter episode with script extracts. (Elmo actually prevented Snuffy from escaping before the adults could see him.)
Gildir 14:15, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
