Help wanted: Find these episode numbers, please!

A friend recently mailed me a home-burned DVD with two classic episodes of Sesame Street; both apparently aired in the late 80s/early 90s, but they're missing part of the opening theme (which means no episode numbers). Does anyone out there have the numbers for these, or could they track down that information so I can file the shows with the rest of my collection? I'd appreciate that a lot, thanks!

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Mystery Episode #1 (UPDATE: a friend on the Muppet Central forums identified this one as Episode 2621.)


Plot: After seeing Susan's and Luis' baby pictures, Big Bird is fascinated by the idea of what his other adult friends were like as children. He eventually sees Gabi's baby book, then helps Snuffy fill one out for Alice.

Sponsors (announced by Snuffy and Alice): B, J, 9

Notable clips:

• Cartoon: "Old Woman Who Lived in a Nine"
• Cartoon: Speech Balloon--B for Bug (squeamish woman sprays insecticide at a bug, who retaliates by firing a cannon)
• Muppet song/sketch: "J Friends"
• Grover the Waiter sketch: Mr. Johnson orders item #9 (the special of the day) at Charlie's Restaurant...and gets a medium-rare nine
• Street scene (from an older episode): Buffy Sainte-Marie breast-feeds her son Cody, as some Muppets and kids ask questions

Trivia that might help: Maria's daughter Gabriela is still a very young child in this episode.

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Mystery Episode #2 (UPDATE: a friend on the Muppet Central forums identified this one as Episode 2622.)

Plot: Shelley the Turtle refuses to come out of his shell because Barkley has frightened him badly. Despite pleas from his friends on the street, Shelley keeps avoiding his fear with other activities...until an episode of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" (which he watches inside) gives Shelley enough confidence to come out.

Sponsors (announced by a female cast member--possibly Gina?): H, M, 6

Notable clips:

• Cartoon: Typewriter Guy (H for Hand)
• Cartoon: M for Mouse, Mud, and Mother (judging by the music and animation style, this probably dates back to Season 1-2)
• Cartoon: Swedish Number Animation (6 camels; no voice-over)
• Muppet song/sketch: "I Get There" (sung by Shelley as he crawls uphill to meet animal friends)
• Live-action/Muppet sketch: Wanda the Word Fairy teaches the word "dog" as Barkley acts over-friendly to her.

Trivia that might help: Linda still owns Barkey in this episode.

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By the way, I checked for episodes with similar plots and/or material on Muppet Wiki; no relevant results came up for either one. *sigh*

Sesame Street Request

I am looking for MP3 files of the Big Bird StoryMagic tapes. They sound funny playing them in a normal tape player. Just let them record as is and I can fix the files. My E-mail address in in my profile. Thanks for you help!!!!!! Book scans are not necessary.

Six more minutes of fame

Since I've mentioned Nona Beamer's appearances on Sesame Street recently, I thought it'd be appropriate to show them here. First, from Episode 1092, Bob and Maria join Nona as she teaches them a Hawaiian counting chant.







Second, from Episode 1094, a short and simple clip with Nona counting to ten in Hawaiian. (Can any native speakers out there explain the other words she's using before/after the count, please?)







Incidentally, my copies of the trip episodes have some scenes edited out; does anyone recall other scenes where Auntie Nona appeared with the human cast? Please let me know in the comments, if you can!

Aloha Oe, Nona Beamer! (part 2)

Just posted this to YouTube to say, "I'm gonna miss you, Mrs. Beamer" (if you don't mind my warping a quotation from Big Bird in a serious situation).

Aloha Oe, Nona Beamer!

"Auntie Nona" Beamer, who appeared in the Hawaiian trip episodes from the late 1970s, died yesterday at age 84. Even though I have no personal ties to the family or to Hawaii, I still remember her performance on Sesame Street fondly--and plan to post a few clips to Channel 123 in her memory. God bless you, Nona!

The word on the street is "irony"!

Bert gets the better of Ernie...

Ernie's R Collection

Cookie Monster never even mentions being hungry...

Cookie Monster and Genelle Count to 20

And I wonder what Russian grandparents from the Cold War years think when their grandkids watch this clip on Sesame Street?

Pinball Count #12 (Russian version!)

I'm glued...to the script!

While browsing around on Muppet Wiki recently, I came across this rough draft of Telly Monster's debut episode (#1257). The scanned-in script is a bit hard to read even at full size, but it's still worth checking out; Telly has changed a lot since he was introduced as a couch potato twenty-nine years ago! (Seeing the way CTW's editors and researchers thought back then is pretty cool, too...)