Any News on More SST Old School?

[jacksparrowfan]

Does anyone know if any further volumes of Sesame Street Old School is going to be released? I really enjoyed the first two volumes (except they made me feel old).:super:

[Oscarfan]

While it's not an official volume, a two-disc DVD containing clips from the 40 years of the show will be released this fall.

[zns]

We should probably ask Sesame Workshop if there is anything in the works for it right now. I just hope the warning labels about the discs being for grownups don't slow down the process. Oh well..... thank God for online tape trading.

[StreetScenes]

according to michael davis, sw is going to have a press release on feb. 12 to announce 40th anniversary stuff. maybe we'll find out then.

[Drtooth]

While it's not an official volume, a two-disc DVD containing clips from the 40 years of the show will be released this fall.


And chances are, it will have the same old clips over and over, celebrity heavy... stuff you can find on SS's official web pages and their official Youtube Channel. That's why I'd rather see Old School V3, since the OS sets had some rare stuff you wouldn't even think of asking for... Hamburger bun factory, how Chinese noodles are made... W for Worm (and water...)... plus, I like how we get full episodes. You won't see old full episodes online.

I will buy it regardless, though...

[Oscarfan]

Yeah, I had a feeling there would be quite a lot of stuff we've seen dozens of times on it. I KNOW Rubber Duckie is going to make the DVD.

[Drtooth]

I still worry about it being celebrity heavy... remember, the 35th anniversary music collection... the entire last disk was almost a re-release of "Elmopalooza." Of course, I would like to see the Star Wars characters, if they can work those rights out.

[ssetta]

I think the reason why these sets have stuff we've seen over and over (such as Rubber Duckie, C is for Cookie, etc.) is because these are catered towards casual fans as well. In other words, people who have been longing to see this stuff. This is something I've noticed on Muppet Central, and even other message boards devoted to other classic TV shows. While most people out there like the stuff that was more common, it would appear that we always prefer the stuff that was more rare. And unfortunately, that usually ends up being what may never be seen again.

[MuppetDude]

From what I've seen, whatever's left over (and then some) is posted on their site. (And I've got no problem with that.) Many of the classic videos that have been unaired for a very long time, and the best part is more stuff is always added.

And it's free. :)

[zns]

according to michael davis, sw is going to have a press release on feb. 12 to announce 40th anniversary stuff. maybe we'll find out then.

Has that press release been shown yet? Just asking.

[minor muppetz]

While I expect double-dipping to be done, I hope that the release doens't double-dip anything from the Old School sets. Most of the best-known A-list songs have had many remakes over the years, some of which haven't been on DVD. I wouldn't mind it including Rubber Duckie, as long as it's the true original first season version of the song. If C is for Cookie is included I'd rather it be the version from the late 1990s, as that hasn't been released commercially. I don't know if any of us have seen the original version of Sing, so I'd like for that to be included, as well as the original People in Your Neighborhood.

I thought it would have been great if the recent 40th anniversary event was videotaped and planne dto be a special feature on this, but now I have a feeling that it won't be. But it would be great if it includes This Way to Sesame Street and Sesame Street Unpaved. Sure, those would include clips "double-dipped" from Old School, but they are part of a program, and not double dipped on their own. And that'd get more of the exhausted clips on there.

[minor muppetz]

I've had some thoughts about this 40th anniversary release for soem time now. Since it's a two-disc collection, my preference would be that it have two or three hours worth of material on each disc. But I've noticed that on teh Old School sets that there isn't a "play all" feature for multiple episodes, and while the season classic cuts have a "play all" feature, there is no feature where you can play all clips from both featured sittigns in one sitting. So I guess Sesame Workshop or whoever doesn't want kids to just sit there watching Sesame Street for a long period of time in one sitting.

It would be great if the clips were all represented by season, with that season's opening and closings. Maybe people can select a seaosn at a time, but I wonder if that would be too much for kids to navigate.

I also thought it would be good to group segments by certain type of clip. Like "alphabet", "numbers", "film and animation", "all stars", and so on. After reading about the 40th anniversary event and hearing about the Richard Hunt tribute, I thought it'd be good to work in some tributes.

That gave me an idea that maybe sketches can be grouped by theme, with special introductions, and there can be a few tributes. Grouped segments with titles like "the characters of Jim Henson", "the characetrs of Richard Hunt", "the music of Joe Raposo", "the music of jeff moss", "the animation of Jim Henson", and on disc two, "Jim Henson's last performances" (and a similar one for Richard Hunt's last performances), "Jeff Moss's last songs", and so on. Of coruse I thought it'd also be good to group segments by other perrformers, like "the characters of Frank Oz", "the characters of Caroll Spinney", and so on. And I thought it be good to have clips arranged representing the first week of epsiodes, with street scenes from all five of them (even if it means double dipping from Old School Vol. 1, it be worth it to see the street scenes from episodes 2-5).

But still, it'll be a long time before it's released. I can't wait to knwo how things are done.

One thign that I noticed from the press release is that it mentioend having "favorite Muppet, guest stars, songs, and stories from the show". By stories, I wonder if that means street plots. I would hope that some street stories from the first two seasons are represented (especially since the CTW archives don't have parent guides for the first two seasons).

[minor muppetz]

I have a feeling that this 40th anniversary set will contain some street stories. Here are some that I'd like to see included:
Episode 2, in which Oscar moves away from Sesame Street.
Big Bird wants to go to day care.
the season two Sesame Street Pet Show episode.
Luis and Rafael open the Fix-It Shop
Linda moves to Sesame Street
Bad Barney blackmails Big Bird
Oscar waits for Tough Edie
Snuffy gets his nose stuck in a mailbox
Snuffy rides a skateboard
Oscar greets Olivia
Episode 847 plot, in which The Wicked Witch lands on Sesame Street
Big Bird hosts a show about the number four
Buffy moves to the street
excerpts from the hawiai trip storyline
Big Bird gets jealous of Cody
Telly Monster's debut episode
The remodling the Fix-It Shop storyline
Maria asks for a raise
the New Mexico trip storyline (uh, it was New Mexico they visited in the eleventh season premier, right?)
Mr. Rogers judges a race between Big Bird and Snuffy
the adults explain Mr. Hooper's death to Big Bird
Uncle Wally's debut
Nighttime on Sesame Street
Snuffy goes to the movies
The adults meet Mr. Snuffleupagus (and also the previous episode some fans have mentioned where Oscar first sees Snuffy, and the epsiode after that I've seen a post about where Snuffy gets to know the adults better)
The adopting Miles storyline
Gina's debut episode
David hires Gina
Excerpts from episodes invovling Maria and Luis falling in love, getting married, and the birth of Gabbi
Mr. Handford's debut episode
the rebuilding Hooper's Store storyline
excertps from the Telly's cast storyline
the park opens
Susan and Gordon stay at the Furry Arms Hotel
Gordon gets a hat at Finders Keepers
The Alligator King pageant
Jerom moves to Sesame Street
excerpts from the "Slimey in space" storyline
Alan's debut
Telly gets the letter of the month by mistake
Ding-a-Long
Telly and Rosita find Elizabeth's cat
The Fix-It Shop becomes a Mail-It Shop
Cookie Hood
Gordon and Gordon's dad talk about their musical pasts
Rosita doesn't like having an accent
Cookie's World
Abby moves to Sesame Street
the "adopting Marco" storyline
Chris looks for a job
Leela tries to videotape her neighbors
the hat contest
Mine-Itis

Oh, and some street stories that I haven't heard of.