IIRC, he’s supposed to be a perpetual 6-year-old, but it’s the same deal, really. He has a child’s mind, not an adult’s.
TwungTister, are you talking about Gina? If you are, she’s still on the show, but not every day. She went back to school to become a veterinarian, and now she treats the animals on the show in her clinic–including Big Bird, I think.
A bit of Sesame Street trivia for you: Did you know that Bob’s original occupation was shop teacher? IMO, music seems to fit his personality so much better.
Correct me if I’m mistaken, but is the puppet who did the “In Between” song the same puppet who was the customer in the “Grover is a Waiter” bits? Those never failed to make me laugh.
And that’s good enough for me.
I was in a club a few years ago, and I heard a rave dance mix of the original Sesame Street theme song. Good times.
I thought Gina was the deaf lady who I remember from my sippy cup days?
Gina? I don’t know her name. I sure haven’t watched Sesame Street much, trying not to watch any TV! One day in 1992 an episode was showing the new actress, who couldn’t get her hand out of the jar. She ‘tried to keep calm’ and realized that she should let go of the cookie. Then she and Maria sang about the word “no”. I thought it was nice to see a different actress (had only just noticed that everybody was hispanic.)
Did she become a vet and do the “llama” scenes (treating real animals)? or is she a Sesame vet (treating only muppets)? I’d like to know if she was on a long time. I turned on the show about twice after that, just enough to notice the change in theme song, opening scene, and time with Elmo.
Alison Bartlett-O’Reilly plays Gina, and she has been on the show since 1987. I can’t find any verification for her being a real veterinarian - I’m guessing she’s not. :dubious:
She’s a “muppet animal” vet for the most part, although she treated Telly’s hamster, which was played by a real hamster. She’ll treat Baby Bear and Big Bird, but monsters apparently fall outside the veterinary practice. I’m not sure about Mr. Snuffleupagus :).
Yep, that’s Gina singing with Maria in the “No” song.
As I said before, Gina is still on the show. I believe that she was originally a “teen” character who helped out in Hooper’s Store. Later on, she ran a daycare center on Sesame Street. Then, she decided to go to college to become a veterinarian. They often showed her studying (I remember when David was studying as a law school student–until his academic career was cut short by Mr. Hooper’s death.) Now, I believe she’s opened a vet clinic on Sesame Street. She’s like Bob–still there, but you don’t see her often.
Radio Disney sometimes plays the original theme song–complete with the “magic carpet ride” part!
My favorite Sesame Street episodes were the ones wherein they went to Hawaii. This was before Snufflleupagus was revealed to be an actual entity, and not an imaginary friend of Big Bird.
I also recall fondly the one where someone (can’t think who, it was a human and not a muppet I think) saw Snuffleupagus in his striped pajamas, and ran to tell Big Bird… who laughed at the man’s description (due to the pajamas) and didn’t think he’d seen him.
Don’t think I didn’t notice that Cookie Monster didn’t really eat those cookies and plates. I remember him chewing 'em up and all the cookie-bits falling outta his mouth. :dubious:
originally posted by LolaCocaCola Don’t think I didn’t notice that Cookie Monster didn’t really eat those cookies and plates. I remember him chewing 'em up and all the cookie-bits falling outta his mouth.
My friend never liked Cookie Monster because he never really ate the cookies. Never bothered me however–I always wished my mom would let me eat like that (though I’d probably just end up picking the pieces of the floor and eating them anyways)
I can’t believe that no one else noticed that those Yepper guys are the scariest things ever created. My god. I would run out of the room covering my ears whenever they came on, and if I saw or heard too much, I had nightmares.
Read my post more carefully. I was scared of them too! Even though they ended saying “happyhappyhappy happy…” and never did anything bad.
So Gina’s real name is Alison. I thought some of the characters’ names were the same as the actors’. For instance, Linda, her real name is Linda Bove. Lady Aberlain on Mr Rogers’ show was Nancy Aberlain.
Notice the people on JumptheShark don’t like Telly. I don’t know why. He’s about as dumb as the rest of them on their pet peeve.
