4/20/2023 0 Comments Play with me sesame ernie says![]() ![]() It’s just not possible.Īnd we get another chance not to hate Henson a few minutes later, because they show the old sketch where Ernie draws Bert’s face on to the screen, while Bert complains about how the lines are tickling him. We’re going to start at the top here, and then when I go, one two three, zzzzzk, we will draw a line down here to this corner here, and then we’re gonna go across the bottom to this corner here, and then we’re gonna go back up to the top, back where we started, back up to the top, like that. Then there’s another old Sesame clip, with Kermit teaching us how to draw a triangle on the screen with our “magic pointy finger.” He lifts up his finger. “Thank you! Thank you! Good NIGHT, everybody! I’ll be here all week.” She shows us some drawings, and when they cut back to Prairie, she’s wearing sunglasses. But then Prairie growls, “CHECK THIS OUT!” and gets all Jerry Lee Lewis on the piano. Remember this part? Hello, dear play friends, etc. Then it’s time for Prairie Dawn’s art show. Then there’s an old Sesame clip, with Grover telling us that he wants to look at our nose. The jaded three year olds roll their eyes and order another drink. Here comes Ernie, playing Duckie Says with Rubber Duckie. It’s Flop Sweat Sesame.īut gosh darn it if they aren’t willing to get back on that horse every single morning. There’s Eric Jacobson in a TV studio somewhere, Grovering his little blue heart out, while a nation of three year olds yawn and heckle. ![]() I mean, it’s horrifying when you think of it. Three year old: I don’t really feel like it. Grover: Terrific! Now everybody GET UP! On your feet! I have to imagine that the preschoolers of today are cynical and hard-bitten three year olds, sneering and throwing cheese doodles at the screen. But that was a gentler, more innocent time. We’d quit school and join a commune if they asked us to. I mean, back in my day, we’d do anything the Muppets told us. Sing this! Draw that! Touch your toes! Isn’t this FUN? It’s boot camp with Muppets. I mean, they’re all running around, flapping their arms and barking orders at us. After all, it’s “interactive TV.” It sounds dreadful. On the face of it, it doesn’t seem like a hard proposition. Today we’re going to watch another episode of Play With Me Sesame, and find something about it that we hate. ![]()
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