I've thought a lot about why that thing is so terrifying. I think the main thing is not just that the inanimate statue is coming to life, but that Bert doesn't believe Ernie when he tries to tell him. Trapped in a pyramid with a malicious mummy, and he's the only one who knows… Yeesh.

"One Little Star" came first! Not that that makes it a better song.

There's definitely some tension there. I wish I could remember where I read this, but at some point one of the Sesame Street writers joked that Oscar was the only Muppet who had seen Maria naked.

But Olivia did. Alaina Reed Hall had such a great voice, I'm surprised she never recorded an album.

Yeah, I've been searching my whole life for a pinball machine that defies physics like this.

Sean, here's how to make your own clock like that: http://www.instructables.co…

And doesn't he start by saying he's two years old? He has a very extensive vocabulary for 2…

And for the rest of the day, you'll be singing "Big ol' dog in the doghouse!"

Who needs beatboxers when you have Hard Head Henry Harris?

Star S'mores, featuring Luke Piewalker, Flan Solo, Princess Parfaita and Only-One Cannoli.

It would be a losing battle to attempt to apply strict continuity to a show about a bird who has been six years old for 45 years.

Ba dee be dee pee!

There was a Sesame Street record that had a different version of the song that concluded with Bert and Ernie discovering that there IS something that comes in sixes: A six-pack of soda!

What Roosevelt Franklin does not know, no one knows, and that's the way it goes.

One of the trippier things they ever did: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

The spies always seemed pretty sketchy to me. What were they really hiding in those trenchcoats?

In the 90s there was a Muppet character named Kingston Livingston III who was also pretty clearly African-American. A friend of mine once called him the Carlton to Roosevelt's Will Smith. http://muppet.wikia.com/wik…

Outside of this album, this is the best thing Roosevelt Franklin ever did: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Prodigy, eh? Were you LTJX33A? I'd know your work anywhere.

A friend of my dad sang in a choir for a John Williams movie score. I think it was Jurassic Park. He said he got annual residual checks for like nine cents… I guess musicians are pretty low in the hierarchy.