Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

[Wozza Fraggle]

Hey Guys,
Does anyone know where i can get the 'True Blue Miracle' song ?

Could someone make it for me , From the DVD ?

PLEASE ?


Thanks..

[TravellingMatt]

A new version of the song is on "A Sesame Street Christmas". The only difference is that Olivia and David's parts have been redone with Hoots the Owl and Elmo.

[Daffyfan2003]

That's interesting. I guess they did that because most children today probably wouldn't know who Olivia and David (Aliana Reed Hall; Northern Calloway) were. I guess once again Elmo hogs the spotlight. Lol.

[roadrat15]

Ah, the thought of stuffing elmo down a very tight chimney at Christmas . . .it's too much to dream for!

[Drtooth]

Remember when Ernie's "sitting" in the barrel? And how he pulls it up and has legs hanging from the barrel, and they're obviously fake? How did he gert those? Did he plan this joke before hand?

On the train, Maria and David are definately a couple. This was obviously made before Luis came on the show. Maria then pecks him on the cheek.

Oscar's "swearing" at big Bird "You are without a doubt the stupidest .............Bird I've ever met!" is just a bunch of mumbling , resembling Muttley's classic Mumble cussing. (ei Razzin' frazzin' humma muh muh rrrggg)

When Erine unwraps his present, you can kind of tell that Bert's reaction is improvised. Apparently, they had trouble manipulating Ernie's hand to open the present quickly, so Frank ad libbed the line, "wrapped it pretty good, didn't I?"

Richard Hunt is credited for an appearance, but only as an extra puppeteer. (I'm probably worng about this! WHo did Richard Hunt play? None of his regular characters were in the special)

[Daffyfan2003]

I watch this special on video every year and I wonder about some of the same things. As I have mentioned before Richard could have been Snuffy or he could have been a stand in for Carroll Spinney since Big Bird and Oscar are shown together a lot. I guess if Richard were alive today, he'd be the only one that knows for sure. I also have noticed the situation with Maria and David. Actually David kisses her. (Lol. I always wait for Luis to appear and start a fist fight with David or something like that whenever I see that scene. Another thing that's sort of ironic is when Big Bird goes up to Susan and Gordon's roof, obviously no one sees him come in or they wouldn't have gone crazy looking for him. I think an eight-foot-two yellow bird would be hard to miss.

[Phillip Chapman]

Ironicly... David, Maria and Luis all debuted in 1971 in the show's third season premiere.

[roadrat15]

Every time I watch the special and see David and Mr Hooper I turn into a blubbering wreck . . .they died too soon.

[Daffyfan2003]

Actually, I remember reading that David was a drug addict or something in real life. I think he died because he got sick from eating grass or something. I'm not quite sure.

[Drtooth]

Originally posted by Daffyfan2002
I also have noticed the situation with Maria and David. Actually David kisses her.

Wel, I got them switched around, but It was definately a kiss between the two. I always wondered what would have happened if Luis never fell in love with Maria, and she maried David instead. What would have happened sice David sadly passed away?

Also. I have a theory. I have a feeling one of the educators or something had a problem with the Maria/David relationship, since it is a mixed couple, Maria being hhispanic, and David being African/American. I always wondered about that.

[Daffyfan2003]

Wel, I got them switched around, but It was definately a kiss between the two. I always wondered what would have happened if Luis never fell in love with Maria, and she maried David instead. What would have happened sice David sadly passed away?

That's certainly food for thought. In a similar way, I wonder what would have happened if Matt Robinson still played Gordon in later years, for one thing I'D know who the heck he was. What if Matt was playing Gordon last month when he died. Would Gordon die on the show? Would Susan and Gordon get a divorce and write him out of the show or something? I posted this on the Classic Muppets board, but no one responded and besides it is sort of more appropriate here anyway. Just something I've been thinking about.

Also. I have a theory. I have a feeling one of the educators or something had a problem with the Maria/David relationship, since it is a mixed couple, Maria being hhispanic, and David being African/American. I always wondered about that.

That's probably true. Since Maria (Sonia Marinzano) and Luis (Emillo Delagado, forgive my spelling) were both of Hispanic decent I guess the writers felt that they would make a better couple than Maria and David. But, I thought I'd state my own opinion about this. I really see nothing wrong with people of different cultures dating. If two people really care for each other they should be together. O.K., end of sermon. Lol.

[roadrat15]

Originally posted by Daffyfan2002
Actually, I remember reading that David was a drug addict or something in real life. I think he died because he got sick from eating grass or something. I'm not quite sure.

On the IMDB it's listed as stomach cancer.

[Jeffrey Gray]

The stomach cancer thing is true. That's what he died of. (And he did look sick for a long time...he got bloated because of his cancer (and possibly as a side effect of medications he may have had to take), and you can see this on late-80s episodes of Sesame Street). Also, I do not believe one bit that Northern Calloway went insane. I have heard reports of it being true, but they all say it happened in 1980, not 1990...still, I don't believe it.

[Splurge]

Originally posted by Drtooth

Richard Hunt is credited for an appearance, but only as an extra puppeteer. (I'm probably worng about this! WHo did Richard Hunt play? None of his regular characters were in the special)

Maybe he played Oscar during the scenes where he and Big Bird were in the same shot and his part of the dialouge was prerecorded. I'd have to look again.

Anyone else think this was Richard's handywork?

[roadrat15]

Originally posted by Jeffrey Gray
The stomach cancer thing is true. That's what he died of. (And he did look sick for a long time...he got bloated because of his cancer (and possibly as a side effect of medications he may have had to take), and you can see this on late-80s episodes of Sesame Street). Also, I do not believe one bit that Northern Calloway went insane. I have heard reports of it being true, but they all say it happened in 1980, not 1990...still, I don't believe it.

If he was they probably had him doped up on tranquilisers, 'cause he looked fine to me in 1980