Nostalgia FTW: Video # 4

[freakykat]

Hahahahaha!

Get down with your bad self, Bert!

I love this song and this skit. It's the original that aired in 1973. Bert is so awesome, srsly. I always enjoy when you get to see the full body versions of the characters! :)

"See the one with feathers. Right behind...oh, you didn't see him. That was Bernie. He's really a character. I tell you."

::snorts and giggles::

Comments

[tsarcasm.livejournal.com]

What is it with these guys and birds? Bert and pigeons, Gonzo and chickens? Part of me is positive it's a reference to the 1930's British feminine monikers. I can't tell you how often I get called a bird in London.

Also--in showing my total supreme geekness about anything Muppet--I think this skit was the first time they did a full body shot for any Muppet. It's either this or a "The Muppet Show" moment when they do a leaping deer-like creature's ballet.

In further evidence Bert and Ernie and Big Bird are all hanging out on my Christmas tree right now and of course they are doin' the pigeon.

[freakykat.livejournal.com]

Going to geek out with you here:

Technically the first full body Muppet is Splurge - the big purple monster who has a mega fondness for radishes - in Hey Cinderalla! which was made in 1965.

However --

You are correct! Other than Big Bird - who always walks around, lol - it looks like Bert was the FIRST time a standard waist up Muppet was FULLY shown with legs and all.

Oh! That leaping deer creature episode - TOTALLY the VERY first The Muppet Show episode! The Green Gazelles (the deer creatures) and Juliet Prowse (man, is she gorgeous) did that lovely ballet called "Solace". HEE!

I love you like dying. ::muah::

[tsarcasm.livejournal.com]

How have I never seen 'Hey Cinderella'? At my Uni not knowing the whole ouevre should be a crime! Cause for immediate expulsion!

Anyway. It was a beautiful ballet sequence. Very worthy of "Solace." The boxed set of the series is totally on my "When I get a Real Job" List along with soooo many others. Did you hear/see there's a DVD set for Sesame Street now that is "not for children's educational purposes"?

LOVE BACK.

PS- Is it good to be loved like dying? People generally don't enjoy dying. I mean we work really hard to avoid it. [ponders] You love me like dying? [whimpers] Whatever I did I'm sorry. I mean, can we talk about this? Couldn't you possibly love me like... a cold? The flu maybe? Not the Swine Flu because... Well, the Miss Piggy Flu would be ok.

[freakykat.livejournal.com]

You totally want to be loved like dying - the meaning of which is derived from Shakespeare's definition of dying and not the standard Webster's.

::grins::