Big Bird continues to just watch, for the most part. It’s a good thing his friends don’t have anything better to do! Fortunately, Granny Bird is just a phone call away, and she provides crucial instructions on how to build a nest: “Get twigs.” So that’s what they do! Mostly the humans. He still wants his friends to rebuild his nest for him. You’d think he’d be happy and grateful, but nope. The mailbox is back up, the phone is fixed, the alphabet sign is on the wall again. Maybe it would go a little faster if he actually pitched in?Īfter everyone’s hard work, Big Bird’s home looks perfect. Throughout all this, the grown-ups work to restore Big Bird’s home to its pre-hurricane glory, while Big Bird barely lifts a finger to help. And they encourage him to talk about his plethora of feelings, to draw a picture of his nest, and to reminisce about the good times he spent there. But Gordon and the other grown-ups are quick to reassure Big Bird that things will be all right soon. They don’t shy away from showing how shocked Big Bird is when he sees the wreckage, and they even have Gordon agree that things are not all right. I’m no child psychologist, but it seems to me the Sesame people do everything right. (Or as Big Bird says, “My nest, my home! My nest, my home! My nest, my home…”) Then the majority of the multi-parter focuses on Big Bird reacting to the destruction of his nest, and his entire home. The first episode is about everyone on the street battening down the hatches in preparation of the storm a-comin’ - with the storm’s approach reported by Al Roker and Kermit the Frog, a rare presence on Sesame Street these days. We don’t see much of the actual hurricane, perhaps because ambitious natural disaster shots weren’t in the budget. It’s not the first time the show has told a tale over multiple installments, but it’s clear the producers want us to know these are Very Special Episodes. There’s a hurricane on Sesame Street, and it’s such a big deal that the story unfolds over not one, not three, but five different episodes. Season 32 is full of fun episodes about the usual goings-on on the street, but it’s most notable for a season-concluding story that finds our TV friends in a decidedly unusual scenario. And now here we are revisiting it as a season from Sesame Street‘s past. Natalie Neysa Alund covers trending news for USA TODAY.Here’s something interesting: This season has been covered on this website before, by Tough Pigs founder Danny Horn way back in 2001, for his “ My Week with Sesame Street” series, when these episodes were relatively new. Rogers had her on in 1975 for the sole purpose of showing kids there’s nothing to be afraid of and that movies are all make believe," Reddit user Kboh posted.Ī Sesame Street spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment. "I know she scared the bageezus out of me when I was a little one," YouTube user Jed Mathis posted. "This episode scared me beyond belief when I was 5," YouTube user LakeshoreGreys posted. Several people on social media commented on the posts, saying it brought back memories from their childhood. The users who uploaded the video to YouTube and Reddit could not immediately be reached for comment. Muppet superpowers: 'Kindness is a superpower': What Sesame Street Muppets told USA TODAY about community, diversity The episode was never re-aired on television, the AV Club reported, but it was archived in the Library of Congress. USA TODAY contacted the Library of Congress for comment.īonnaroo bang: Machine Gun Kelly goes all out during Bonnaroo fest's final hours: 'It feels like home right now' Typical responses included parents concerned that their children were afraid and now refused to watch the show, using such phrases as 'screams and tears,'" according to Muppet Wiki. It prompted "an unusually large amount of mail responses from parents, almost entirely negative. The episode, which aired during the seventh season of "Sesame Street," was determined to be too scary for children and shelved, according to the Muppet fan archive Muppet Wiki. The broom then falls from beneath her, David catches it again, and then he appears to cry. "I'm going to fly back to Oz as fast as lighting and never see Sesame Street again," she says, then boards her broom and flies off. In the end, she poses as an old woman to get it back. In the nearly 15-minute show, the witch terrorizes a man named David, played by Northern Calloway, throughout the episode to get her broomstick back after she loses it while flying over the street. 10, 1976, stars Margaret Hamilton, reprising her role as the Wicked Witch of the West from "The Wizard of Oz." An episode of "Sesame Street" reportedly deemed too scary for kids after being aired once in the 1970s was resurrected over the weekend after being posted on YouTube and Reddit - and it was bringing back childhood memories and even nightmares for some.
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