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Puttees.
Sesame Street, you continue to teach me.
posted by Astro Zombie at 11:05 AM on May 19, 2011 [7 favorites]
Sesame Street, you continue to teach me.
posted by Astro Zombie at 11:05 AM on May 19, 2011 [7 favorites]
Breathable fabrics are overrated.
posted by k8t at 11:06 AM on May 19, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by k8t at 11:06 AM on May 19, 2011 [2 favorites]
That was adorable. Sort of an anti Between Two Ferns. Who is the audience for this?
posted by Nelson at 11:07 AM on May 19, 2011
posted by Nelson at 11:07 AM on May 19, 2011
@Nelson, Sesame Street has a goal of getting parents to watch (because co-viewing has been empirically shown to increase learning outcomes) and that's why they have celebrities on frequently.
This past year they had a Mad Men parody and a True Blood parody.
I think that they like getting parents re-engaged with Sesame Street as well. I know that with my toddler, there are dozens of other options - including many channels strictly targeted to his age group. Sesame Street doesn't get his attention like some of the flashier shows do. So these videos (that get a lot of blog buzz too) call people back, I think.
posted by k8t at 11:11 AM on May 19, 2011 [8 favorites]
This past year they had a Mad Men parody and a True Blood parody.
I think that they like getting parents re-engaged with Sesame Street as well. I know that with my toddler, there are dozens of other options - including many channels strictly targeted to his age group. Sesame Street doesn't get his attention like some of the flashier shows do. So these videos (that get a lot of blog buzz too) call people back, I think.
posted by k8t at 11:11 AM on May 19, 2011 [8 favorites]
next up, Conversations with Bert talks with... James Lipton.
posted by boo_radley at 11:11 AM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by boo_radley at 11:11 AM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
I fucking love Sesame Street
posted by Blasdelb at 11:23 AM on May 19, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by Blasdelb at 11:23 AM on May 19, 2011 [3 favorites]
Bert: How does the imaginary Andy Samberg unwind?
Andy: You know, he just likes to go flying...jet pack flying...in the sky..into space
SOLID
posted by mcstayinskool at 11:23 AM on May 19, 2011 [3 favorites]
Andy: You know, he just likes to go flying...jet pack flying...in the sky..into space
SOLID
posted by mcstayinskool at 11:23 AM on May 19, 2011 [3 favorites]
Same hair style.
Does Bert wear socks? Never see his feet. Hmmm.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 11:48 AM on May 19, 2011
Does Bert wear socks? Never see his feet. Hmmm.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 11:48 AM on May 19, 2011
This was surprisingly engaging...I was always an Ernie fan.
Ricky Gervais and Elmo
posted by nile_red at 11:51 AM on May 19, 2011 [2 favorites]
Ricky Gervais and Elmo
posted by nile_red at 11:51 AM on May 19, 2011 [2 favorites]
Has Bert always had a uvula?
For some reason that's all I can see now.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 12:05 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
For some reason that's all I can see now.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 12:05 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
Bert's unibrow is exquisit.
posted by gc at 12:08 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by gc at 12:08 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
From now on I'll be asking these same questions on any first date I find myself on:
If you could be a fabric, what fabric would you be and why?
If you could wear a sock from any time period what sock/time period would you pick?
DONE.
posted by Fizz at 12:11 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
If you could be a fabric, what fabric would you be and why?
If you could wear a sock from any time period what sock/time period would you pick?
DONE.
posted by Fizz at 12:11 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
"P-U-T-T, that's where a lot of people go wrong."
I love you so much, the Muppets.
posted by gc at 12:11 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
I love you so much, the Muppets.
posted by gc at 12:11 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
OMG, BERT IS NO LONGER BERT*!
(*aka miss piggy / yoda / fozzie bear / cookie monster / many more i'm sure)
I confess, I had a hard time listening (even though it was cute - milk time!) because it just seemed so wrong.
posted by lesli212 at 12:29 PM on May 19, 2011 [4 favorites]
(*aka miss piggy / yoda / fozzie bear / cookie monster / many more i'm sure)
I confess, I had a hard time listening (even though it was cute - milk time!) because it just seemed so wrong.
posted by lesli212 at 12:29 PM on May 19, 2011 [4 favorites]
Sublime. Simply Sublime. I love comedy on the slow burn.
posted by MasonDixon at 12:46 PM on May 19, 2011
posted by MasonDixon at 12:46 PM on May 19, 2011
While the voice may not be Oz's, those questions were unmistakably Bert.
posted by ShawnStruck at 1:33 PM on May 19, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by ShawnStruck at 1:33 PM on May 19, 2011 [2 favorites]
I forgot the best one!
Wow, Warwick Davis is really being a good sport here. I would have clocked Ricky Gervais.
posted by Deathalicious at 1:58 PM on May 19, 2011
Wow, Warwick Davis is really being a good sport here. I would have clocked Ricky Gervais.
posted by Deathalicious at 1:58 PM on May 19, 2011
(Tilts head back, waves arms wildly) Yaaaay!
posted by santaslittlehelper at 5:03 PM on May 19, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by santaslittlehelper at 5:03 PM on May 19, 2011 [3 favorites]
I have to admit that's a great Frank Oz impression though. I was expecting something much more different from Oz's voice.
posted by gubo at 5:13 PM on May 19, 2011
posted by gubo at 5:13 PM on May 19, 2011
Wait, what the WHAT? Oz doesn't do Bert anymore? I'm literally on the verge of tears - why you gotta ruin my day, Metafilter? ~sniff~
I guess this is what happens when you don't have kids and not much of an excuse to watch Sesame anymore.
(Whoever's doing it is GREAT, though, I will say. Bravo, sir.)
posted by tristeza at 5:50 PM on May 19, 2011
I guess this is what happens when you don't have kids and not much of an excuse to watch Sesame anymore.
(Whoever's doing it is GREAT, though, I will say. Bravo, sir.)
posted by tristeza at 5:50 PM on May 19, 2011
Just kidding. All in, scoring a one-on-one interview with any Sesame Street muppet is, IMHO, the honor of a lifetime. Like the Nobel prize for comedy. I'm deeply jealous.
Just call me, Bert, call me!
posted by newdaddy at 7:43 PM on May 19, 2011
Just call me, Bert, call me!
posted by newdaddy at 7:43 PM on May 19, 2011
Sesame Street has a goal of getting parents to watch (because co-viewing has been empirically shown to increase learning outcomes) and that's why they have celebrities on frequently
Recently, they had Will Arnett as an incompetent magician. It was awesome - I don't think the peanut understood why we were laughing so hard.
If they really want us to re-engage, they need to update Elmo's World, and nuke Abby's Flying Fairy School. (I really like Chris and Leela, tho - likable actors who fit right in with the spirit of the show.)
posted by Slap*Happy at 8:05 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
Recently, they had Will Arnett as an incompetent magician. It was awesome - I don't think the peanut understood why we were laughing so hard.
If they really want us to re-engage, they need to update Elmo's World, and nuke Abby's Flying Fairy School. (I really like Chris and Leela, tho - likable actors who fit right in with the spirit of the show.)
posted by Slap*Happy at 8:05 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
My personal favorite is Neil Patrick Harris as the song-and-dance Fairy Shoe Person.
posted by KathrynT at 9:19 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by KathrynT at 9:19 PM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]
I kept hearing David Cross too - glad I'm not the only one. But I'm still so disappointed that Bert sounds like a totally different person (muppet?) then he did in the 70s. And what's with his eyes? Is it me or are they just pasted-on circles now?
posted by bendy at 9:21 PM on May 19, 2011
posted by bendy at 9:21 PM on May 19, 2011
I kept hoping Ernie would rush into frame to tell Bert of some major development to do with his rubber ducky, destroying the faux-seriousness of the interview and causing Bert to lose his shit.
It didn't happen. I was somewhat dissapointed. But it was good, anyway.
posted by Effigy2000 at 10:18 PM on May 19, 2011
It didn't happen. I was somewhat dissapointed. But it was good, anyway.
posted by Effigy2000 at 10:18 PM on May 19, 2011
So they've really embraced that whole Bert is gay thing, huh.
posted by jpdoane at 11:06 PM on May 19, 2011
posted by jpdoane at 11:06 PM on May 19, 2011
It's too bad Bert didn't get to ask him about the Golden Rule.
posted by homunculus at 9:34 AM on May 22, 2011
posted by homunculus at 9:34 AM on May 22, 2011
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