This doesn't get enough credit as one of the all-time great series finales.

As a kid I loved the concepts of the 1980s cartoons Dinosaucers (dinosaurs from space bring their war to Earth) and Dino-Riders (warring factions from the future bring their war to dinosaur times). I would be shocked if they're actually any good, though.

I would have also accepted Snarf, from Thundercats.

I hadn't heard that development. Yikes.

I'll take it! Paul Reubens has been talking about new Pee-wee movie for so long, I'm glad he's actually going to get to do it. It'll be even better if it's good!

"Too Many Cookies" was a fan video. "Big Birdman" is an officially-sanctioned Sesame Workshop thing.

That's a good one! I once resolved to memorize all the lyrics to that song, but gave up pretty quickly. I think most of my favorites of theirs are the ones that Micky Dolenz wrote and/or sings lead on.

Yeah, that's some kind of cosmic coincidence.

"Fun" is the word for this song. I got a Monkees box set for Christmas years ago, and it was great discovering the more obscure stuff, like this, "D.W. Washburn," "Steam Engine," "Shorty Blackwell," and so on.

She was never part of the official Oscars broadcast, though, was she? She was always relegated to E!'s red carpet show.

You mean when he decides to retire, right? Big Bird has a successor in Matt Vogel (as mentioned in my previous comment!). There's a sequence about it in the documentary I Am Big Bird, which I think will be coming out in limited release and on VOD pretty soon.

Spinney's understudy is Matt Vogel, the same puppeteer who also plays the Count these days, as well as Floyd, Robin, and Lew Zealand for the Disney Muppets. He was performing the Big Bird puppet here. He's also playing Big Bird in the recent Billy on the Street video with Michelle Obama.

He could have seen them in their first couple of solo silent films, but no, he wouldn't know them as a team. Or have any idea what their voices sounded like.

I enjoyed it as a kid in the 1980s, which was 50 years after its release. I don't know how today's youngsters would respond, but I've always suspected that if you start showing a kid classic stuff when they're young, they'll develop an appreciation for it.

You may be thinking of the See 'n' Say.

I'm pretty sure that's a cookie.

Zoe is a monster; she's been on the show since 1994. Abby Cadabby is a fairy; she's been on the show since 2006.

A lot of people instinctively reject any new characters who weren't part of the show when they were kids. There's also the perception that she's too cutesy or too girly, but she's a pretty good character, especially considering how few female Muppets there were on the show for so long.

Thanks! I don't think anyone has ever known who it was.

Sure! The award trophy would look like the Columbia Pictures lady. I really would love to see recognition for clever and creative TV logos, which tend to be quirkier than the ones in movies.