Sesame Out On The Street
Our economy is getting so bad that certain muppet puppets are out of a job. Oscar the Grouch for once didn’t seem to be upset, even though his boss has canned him.
When asked why he was cool about being laid-off Oscar just responded, “I have been wanting to play new parts for quite sometime. Ever since that little red freak who likes to be tickled was hired I have puked one too many times.”
Other muppets who have been laid off are Grover, Big Bird, The Count, the letter M and the numbers 1 and 3, which means that the number 13 and 31 are out of job as well.
It’s not a total loss because most of the characters will be replaced with those who promised to work for a lesser salary.
Grover will be replaced with Yoda
Big Bird will be replaced with the bird from Twitter
The Count will be replaced by Count Chocula.
I have to say that the Sesame Street of the 1970′s and 80′s were the very best! This is the era before Elmo came along. Bert and Ernie were my favorite. ~Scholar Mel Sept 04, 2011
Who was/is your favorite character from Sesame Street?
[This is part of The Unappreciated Blog Posts series]
I never liked Elmo he was too sappy. My favourite was Fozzie & Beaker & the muppet rats Oh & Gonzo
Who in their right mind (except children) like Elmo?
You like the Muppet rats!? No! Who would have thunk it ;-)
Wow guys! Thanks for all the comments left on this post. It is now no longer unappreciated! :-)
I appreciate that you're not unappreciated any more. See how much a commodity can appreciate with a little appreciation?
I know. "DON'T START THIS AGAIN!" :D
I never liked Elmo he was too sappy. My favourite was Fozzie & Beaker & the muppet rats Oh & Gonzo
Who in their right mind (except children) like Elmo?
You like the Muppet rats!? No! Who would have thunk it ;-)
What about Snuffaluffagus? I'm going to be pissed if they got rid of Snuffy.
Can you see me now?
My earlier comment got lost in the blogosphere...
What about Snuffaluffagus? I'll be pissed off if they get rid of Snuffy!
Your earlier comment didn't appear because you added a . to the front of your email address. I fixed you so that everybody can see your blond hair 3 times in a row :-)
I see you now. :-)
Your earlier comment didn't appear because you added a . to the front of your email address. I fixed you so that everybody can see your blond hair 3 times in a row :-)
Snuffaluffagus is Big Bird's friend correct? He will stay apart of the cast but I don't think the Twitter bird will imagine him often. :-(
I'll have you know that I'm not a real blonde. Shocking, I know.
Really!? Well according to your photo your hair looks wonderful. :-)
Snuffaluffagus is Big Bird's friend correct? He will stay apart of the cast but I don't think the Twitter bird will imagine him often. :-(
Really!? Well according to your photo your hair looks wonderful. :-)
And I thought the Icelandic economy was bad!
I looked on my exchange rate desktop tool and couldn't figure out which currency Iceland uses.
Yeah, Sesame street back in the days was awesome! Haha, letter M and Numbers 1 and 3 laid off? My favorite was that catchy ping pong song about numbers. Good stuff ;)
My favorite was the kid who got lost and worked his way backward to figure out how to get home... or maybe the "plants need water man" skit.
Grover used to be my favorite, although looking back, I'm surprised it wasn't Oscar.
Hmm... has Oscar's pet worm been replaced, too?!
(I hope he wasn't part of the Twitter Logo's first paycheck?!)
You hit the nail on the head with the pet worm. Dang Twitter bird. :-(
I think Bert is my favorite, there is too much similarity in personality.
You hit the nail on the head with the pet worm. Dang Twitter bird. :-(
I think Bert is my favorite, there is too much similarity in personality.
So what happens when Frank Oz finally kicks the bucket? We've already got strange-sounding Muppets, and they're voiced by Jim Henson's son. Does Oz even have kids?
Inquiring minds want to know! This is our future, people!
I don't know if Frank Oz has kids are not but who can't do a decent Bert or Yoda voice.
Kermit does indeed sound strange... almost like he has a frog in his throat.
I didn't realize how typecast Yoda had become that he was subject to working on SS
I had to look up the word typecast which means,
"In TV, film, and theatre, typecasting is the process by which a particular actor becomes strongly identified with a specific character; one or more particular roles; or, characters having the same traits or coming from the same social or ethnic groups." ~Wikipedia
I thought it was a cast made from a typewriter.
Same thing right?
I've always been a Fozzie Bear fan. Anybody who tells worse jokes than I do ALWAYS gets my vote! Either him,or Beaker. My dad was Bob Vila crossed with Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, and I was the one who had to hold the short-circuiting wires, or the leaky sewer pipe, or .....
So you were Beaker :-) Do you sing like him?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpcUxwpOQ_A?rel=0&a...]
Nope - I was the one always getting fried, blown up, etc. I've taken so much household current through me, I can light a lightbulb by just holding it. The best time, though, was when my Dad and I were doing some paintwork on our Vega. We started having a REAL good time, and my dad was giggling, something he NEVER does. At that point, we both realised we thought the OTHER person had opened up a window....
Mind you, these were all in between sessions of self-imposed mayhem like leaping from a 10' high porch onto concrete (just missed the grass), taking numerous headers over bicycle handlebars, and so forth. Sense of adventure? Great. Dexterity? None. Trauma? Inevitable! :D
Sounds like to much adventure to me. I'd end up breaking something.
So you were Beaker :-) Do you sing like him?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpcUxwpOQ_A?rel=0&a...]
Sounds like to much adventure to me. I'd end up breaking something.
Mel,
it is indeed sad that our downward spiraling economy has hit Sesame Street. When Oscar the Grouch loses his natural bitterness and instead turns to pragmatism it is a telling sign of the times.
Now I suppose children will be forced to give up their Bert and Ernie cereal, packed with vitamins A, B and C (C is for C)ount), and substitute inferior products. Probably Twitter Treats (packed with misspelled vitamins) and Yoda Yummies (packed with grammatically confused vitamins).
As a concerned citizen I thank you for bringing this politically charged and and keenly important social item to my attention.
Brought to you by the Letter R
Is R still employed?
Yep, R is still employed and hoping to kick D out of the White House in 2012. ;)
I don't care if it is D or R just as long as the exchange rate gets better.
Hmmm is R still employed you ask?
Well, used to eat meat for dinner at least three times a week. Now I announce to the family 'Would you care for some pasta with those potatoes?'
Playing piano and singing for my own benefit (not so much the neighbors) since the latest band broke up, making $100.00 a month from the websites I've designed for cretins (of which only 3 pay monthly maintenance these days) then ...YES!.
And if you mean living in a 1921 duplex that cannot keep the circuits from blowing with the fan AND the toaster running at the same time, can fit my 3/4 concert grand piano (THIS is how I pick housing these days),and making fabulous and unusual meals from beans... then no.
The glass is not half empty! It is shattered and broken on the ground. But: still have a full set of highball glasses left.
You say underemployed. I say tomato.
~Miss R
aka Miss Mixed Metaphors (and Anne Alteration)
Just because I have Scholar before my name doesn't mean I am smart.
You hurt my precious brain with that last comment ;-)
Is R still employed?
Hmmm is R still employed you ask?
Well, used to eat meat for dinner at least three times a week. Now I announce to the family 'Would you care for some pasta with those potatoes?'
Playing piano and singing for my own benefit (not so much the neighbors) since the latest band broke up, making $100.00 a month from the websites I've designed for cretins (of which only 3 pay monthly maintenance these days) then ...YES!.
And if you mean living in a 1921 duplex that cannot keep the circuits from blowing with the fan AND the toaster running at the same time, can fit my 3/4 concert grand piano (THIS is how I pick housing these days),and making fabulous and unusual meals from beans... then no.
The glass is not half empty! It is shattered and broken on the ground. But: still have a full set of highball glasses left.
You say underemployed. I say tomato.
~Miss R
aka Miss Mixed Metaphors (and Anne Alteration)
Probably Kermit because he was so much Jim Henson. Even though he had a lot of success, I think Henson was greatly under-appreciated.
Henson is one of the greats in my book. Did anybody see the Google Henson tribute last week?
Scholar,
did see the Henson special. The man was a genius,funny and so imaginative as well.
Too bad he was never given cameo bits like that publicity hound Frank Oz. My god Oz's 3 lines in Blues Brothers should have been mentioned in the Rotten tomatoes review.
~Miss R
I never realized that Frank Oz did so many different voices until I looked it up just now. Now I know why Grover and Yoda sound very similar. He did one of my favorites: Bert
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5gH6JCmrQg?rel=0&a...]
Henson is one of the greats in my book. Did anybody see the Google Henson tribute last week?
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