I've noticed this was written in 2008, and there haven't been any other episode reviews since (and at the time this was written, all of seasons 4 and 5 had been released on DVD). Has the series of SCTV reviews ended?

Actually, Oscar has been seen outside of his trashcan many times, particularly behind the can. In Follow That Bird, he's out of the can when at Hooper's Store and when searching for Big Bird. In Elmo in Grouchland, he's only shown in the can when we see the can's interior, outside for all other scenes (even when he's…

Correction: The Packalafica number isn't the UK spot, the Sherlock Holmes sketch is. This is the only episode where the UK Spot is NOT the first scene following the commercial break/middle fade to black. According the the DVD's Muppet Morsels, they thought the episode was short on songs so they made the Sherlock…

I thought Juliet Prowse was too serious as a guest star.

The first paragraph asks if anyone really cares about new years. I've thought the same thing myself. As a kid, the sooner new years comes and goes, the sooner christmas vacation ends and we all go back to school. Ironically, I don't remember knowing of the holiday until a year after I first saw New Years Pete.

Some irony about the movie: Smoochy's portrayer says he was born the day Sesame Street first aired, citing his birthday as November 11, 1970, but he was wrong. Sesame Street premiered on November 10, 1969, an entire year and a day before the characters birth. Not sure if the writers didn't do their research or not,…