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Re: Sesame Street King Ernie (was: Re: Castle returns for 2000!)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 4 Nov 1999 22:47:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy Sproat writes:
> James Brown wrote:
> > Yup me too.... Ah, the good old days of Sesame Street, with skits they can't
> > show anymore...
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> Arg. You can't be serious. Really?!? Arg. Those old skits were the best.
Yup. At least one skit I know of for sure, (the Amazing Mumphert & the
disappearing pineapple trick skit) was pulled quite a while ago because it
<paraphrase warning> 'encouraged a lack of responsibility and a disregard for
consequences'
It's too bad - "He's with the pineapples, he's happy" has become a running
joke in our household.
> Oh, well. I figured the show (and anything Muppet) would go all to hell after
> Jim Henson died. Frank Oz is a good director, and makes a nearly sexy piggie,
> but he really lacks the humor and human touch that Jim Henson put into the
> shows... That, and the fact that Kermit and Ernie sound like they have a
> perpetual cold now...
Yeah, I've seen the new muppet show a few times, and it just didn't grab me.
A couple of the skits were funny, but most just missed me completely. Or
maybe I'm just dated. :)
> On the flip side of that coin, the Jim Henson Creature Studio has done some
> really amazing work.
Yup! I'll take a well-crafted puppet like Yoda any day before a CGI goofball
like Jar Jar.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
(and no, I'm not cross-posting this to .starwars! ;)
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