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Cast photo from Sesame Street's first season.

Status: Partially Lost

Sesame Street is a children’s television series that started on November 10th, 1969, on National Educational Television (NET) before moving to PBS in 1970. The series is one of the most well-known and longest-running children’s television series of all time. Since its inception in 1969, the show has earned 159 Emmy Awards and 8 Grammy Awards, and an estimated 77 million Americans watched the series as children as of 2008.

Despite its massive multi-decade running time, it’s become an interest of avid fans of the series to document the series in its entirety, including descriptions for shorts in episodes ranging from the first season to the present.

While episode listings adapted from Children’s Television Workshop archives are complete in writing, many of the segments included in the listings are not available for audiences on any home video releases or digital releases. A complete listing of these is not available, largely due to the vast number of episodes of the series produced, but many of the popular segments that have been lost and found since the genesis of the Internet have been listed below.

As of 2022, the majority of the show's seasons have been donated to the AAPB (American Archive of Public Broadcasting) and the Library of Congress (however, episodes are available for viewing at the latter but on-location only), rendering the majority of episodes (along with many segments that are unavailable to the general populace) no longer lost or elusive, with the exception of at least 53 episodes that are missing from Sesame Workshop's archive (more on that below).

Lost Episodes

When Sesame Workshop was preparing to donate the past 4,000 episodes of Sesame Street to the AAPB in 2019, they discovered that a select number of older Sesame Street episodes to have gone missing from their archives over the years. The reasons these episodes have gone missing are due to either the source materials being misplaced, an accident that caused irreparable damage (i.e. fires, floods), or the BBC practices that reportedly interfered with CTW during Sesame Street's conflict with BBC in the 1970s.

The lost episodes mostly include those from Seasons 1 (2 episodes), 2 (23 episodes), 3 (25 episodes), 5 (2 episodes) and 8 (1 episode). (One Season 11 episode and one Season 14 episode were lost until now.) Initially, 60 episodes of Sesame Street were missing from the archives. This figure later dropped to 53 as of now, as some episodes have been recovered from outlets and donated to the AAPB. Episodes 0108, 0237, 0291, 0294, 0297, 0298, 0385, 0389, 0397, 0401, 1444 and 1814 have been recovered so far, with all these previously-lost Season 2 and 3 episodes only surviving in black-and-white. (A few Season 2 and 3 episodes which are not lost, including 0199, 0305 and 0380 also only survive in black-and-white.) However, Season 3 Episodes 0277, 0279, 0283 and 0285 and another Season 5 Episode 0563 were initially assumed to exist, but would later be discovered to be lost from Sesame Workshop's archive, meaning the toll of lost episodes was originally 65 before the above 12 episodes were eventually recovered.

Some international versions of Sesame Street in the 1970s, such as Sesamo Apriti and Sesamstrasse, often repurposed material from the American episodes with a foreign language dub track. This mostly includes the street scenes from the domestic show's second season, which notably aired (dubbed) for German co-production Sesamstrasse's first 247 episodes from 1973 through 1975. In the case of lost episodes, Episodes 0202, 0214, 0239, 0246, 0259, 0261 and 0270 survive dubbed in German from Sesamstrasse, but due to Sesamstrasse often cutting or swapping some street scenes in random episodes, a couple of street scenes per episode (as Muppet Wiki indicates) are still entirely missing with no trace of surviving footage.

The lost episodes covered here are (usually) final ready-for-broadcast edits including Street Scenes with segments. In the case of Episode 0402 (which is lost), the song "I Am Somebody" from that episode was released on the Old School: Volume 1 DVD set. That Street Scene was sourced from raw footage, suggesting that raw footage for the Street Scenes of other lost episodes may still exist in the archives somewhere, waiting to be discovered.

Skit List

The sketches that are lost mostly include segments that either have not aired on the domestic show or were unaired in any form. Half of these sketches have made their way onto home video releases, official online releases (such as, for a period of time, sesamestreet.org), and also streaming rereleases of some episodes that were edited for that specific release. They have also appeared in international co-productions, as well as Sesame Street's Noggin spin-off Play with Me Sesame.

Assorted Lost Skits

So far, the following assorted clips that haven't aired on the domestic show currently have not resurfaced in English in any form:

Cookie Monster demonstrates "Away From": A short bit from Season 2 where Cookie Monster places a cookie on a plate and walks away from it to show "away from".
- So far, this clip is known to have appeared on Vila Sésamo, Sesamstraat, Iftah Ya Simsim, and Svenska Sesam.

Grover's Ropes and Bells: A sketch from Season 3 where Grover stumbles upon five ropes and pulls each rope that makes the sound of a bell, minus the last rope that sounds a yell coming from a Muppet Tarzan.
- So far, this clip is known to have appeared on Sesamstrasse, Iftah Ya Simsim, and Rechov Sumsum (that one having an alternate ending where Tarzan flies back up on the rope and Grover faints).

"Starship Surprise": A sketch from Season 12 that spoofed the sci-fi TV series Star Trek where two Anything Muppets named Captain Jane and Dr. McToy land on the Moon. This is a predecessor to the recurring series of "Spaceship Surprise" sketches from Season 19.
- According to script highlights at the CTW archives, "Starship Surprise" was originally planned to air in Episode 1505, but did not appear in the final. The sketch was unaired by all means and it is unknown if it appeared in any international co-productions, but its existence is confirmed by at least a couple of behind-the-scenes photos.

"Carrot Time When It's Time for a Snack": A song from Season 13 where Biff walks into a dull restaurant that livens up when Grover serves them carrots.
- So far, this clip is known to have appeared on Rua Sésamo.

“That Makes Three”: A song from Season 16 sung by three Anything Muppet children in a winter scene.
- So far, this clip is known to have appeared on Plaza Sésamo, Sesamstraat and Sesamstrasse.

"NO" Sign: Zoe sees Cookie Monster next to a plate of cookies, holding a sign that says "NO" since he "no eat cookies". Zoe asks if he's serious, to which Cookie replies "NO!" and devours the cookies.
- It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.

What Makes Me Happy?: Ernie, Telly, Rosita, the Count, and Cookie Monster show the things that make them happy.
- It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.

Triangle Intro: A sketch from Season 31 where Grover introduces a segment featuring a "three-sided-mabob" until he is told that it's actually called a triangle.
- It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.

What Makes Me Happy?: A Season 32 sketch where Ernie, Telly, Rosita, The Count and Cookie Monster show the things that make them happy.
- It is unknown which international co-production this appears in. An English version was once released on sesamestreet.org.

Bert's Portrait: Ernie draws a picture of Bert, but with two noses. Ernie becomes sad, as he thinks Bert doesn't like his picture. Bert overlooks the noses and claims he likes Ernie's picture very much, so Ernie gives Bert his Picasso-esque picture of Bert with seven unibrows.
- It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.

Ernie and Bert's Healthy Life Tips: A Season 37 sketch where Bert tries to inform the viewer about ways to stay healthy, while Ernie interrupts running, munching on a carrot and brushing his teeth. He points out to Bert that they are all ways to be healthy and a bewildered Bert accepts the crowd's applause anyhow.
- It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.

Ernie and Bert's Ice Cream Experiment: Just as the duo is about to dig into their ice cream, Ernie announces today they will be performing an experiment (which is news to Bert). Ernie tests to see what will happen if Bert eats slowly and Ernie eats fast. He makes Bert eat so slowly that before Bert can even try his first bite, Ernie eats his serving before it melts.
- It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.

Ernie and Bert on Music and Reading: As Bert tries to read his book, Ernie walks near him with a radio and plays a song loudly. Bert can't read with the music going, so Ernie puts in headphones, but his singing along is just as loud. Ernie suggests they both do something together - dance to the music!
- So far, this clip is known to have appeared on Sesamstraat.

Bert's Newspaper: Ernie sees that Bert has a newspaper and encourages him to be environmental by reusing it instead of throwing it away. Ernie takes it and turns it into a pirate hat and some pom poms, only Bert hasn't had a chance to read it yet.
- So far, this clip is known to have appeared on Rechov Sumsum. Not to be confused with a 1969 sketch.

Ernie and Bert's Imaginary Car Ride: Ernie and Bert are going on a pretend car ride, but Ernie keeps making them stop to cater to Rubber Duckie's various needs.
- It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.

Ernie and Bert on Reading and Exercise: Bert reads his book, while Ernie tries to get him to exercise with him. By the time Bert's finished, Ernie's too exhausted.
- It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.

Bert's Paperclip Collection: Bert spends some quiet quality time with his paperclip collection when Ernie disrupts it with his pretending. Bert shows him some particular parts of his collection, including the big, bigger and biggest paperclips.
- It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.

Ernie and Bert show Up and Down: Ernie hastily has Bert look up and down several times, which Bert then learns is just to demonstrate the opposites. He ignores Ernie's suggestion to look up once more and is struck by a falling bird.
- It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.

Assorted Existence Unconfirmed Skits

Due to the vague nature of some of the descriptions provided by interested users, lack of available documentation online, or CTW documentation errors, some of these segments from this series have remained unidentified, been marked “Existence Unconfirmed,” and are listed below.

“A” Cheers: One of the Letter Cheers sketches from Season 1. The sketch was listed in the First Season Show Content CTW documents and is one of several unused segments. However, the sketch was crossed out on the documents with a strikethrough unlike the other unused Season 1 segments, and there are no video footage stills or set photos of this sketch to confirm its existence, so it's unknown if the "A" Cheer sketch was ever taped.

A.M. "K" Cheer Version #3: One of the different versions of the Anything Muppet "K" cheer sketch from Season 1. Only three different versions of this sketch are known to exist as they have been aired on the show domestically, but due to the CTW documents labeling them as #1, #2, and #4, there is confusion about there being a version #3 of the "K Cheer" sketch, reportedly due to version "#4" being a possible documentation error with the third version that aired in Episode 0102.

A.M. mother and daughter at the zoo: A Season 2 sketch where a Large Lavender Anything Muppet mother and a Lavender Anything Muppet daughter visit a zoo and switch personalities. The mother pretends to be the daughter, and the daughter pretends to be the mother. The two Anything Muppets walk through a live-action zoo (this was done on a chroma-key background). We see a close up of a real live tiger in its cage, and the mother pretends she's afraid, and daughter tells her there's nothing to be afraid of. The daughter buys the mother a balloon from an off-screen vendor (only a live human hand is seen). The mother cries when she loses the balloon, and the daughter gets her another one.
- This sketch is rumored to have only aired on Sesamstrasse or Sesamstraat, and the sketch's rumored existence was described in detail by SkyeFan from memory.^[1]

The Drama of the Poor Little Milkmaid: A sketch from Season 3 where an Anything Muppet milkmaid brings her cow (played by Bert) to a grassy field, where he can eat the grass he needs to give milk. But the villain owner of the field (played by Oscar) threatens to shovel up all the grass. At last, the hero (played by Ernie) arrives to buy the field with a rusty tin can.
- This sketch was documented in a CTW archives guide for Episode 0343, but it does not appear in the script nor final cut of the episode.

Post office song: A hip song about the post office and mail delivery featuring the line '...to the post office where it will stay, for just one day...' (live-action)

Figure skater: A clip featuring a figure skater skating to the tune of "Don't You Know You're Beautiful?" (live-action)

Horses pulling heavy loads: Horses participate in a contest where they keep trying to pull heavier and heavier loads until they can't do it anymore. (live-action)

Circles on film: A circle 'wraps itself' around several live-action objects, an 'OK' sign being one of them. (live-action)

Riding on the Train: A song about train rides, with one of the lines going '...the A Train, B Train, Double C, takes you where to want to be...' (live-action)

References

↑ A Muppet Central forum thread about Sesame Street sketches that did not air on the domestic show.

External Links

Wikipedia article on Sesame Street. Retrieved 16 Sept ’16
The main page to the Muppet Wiki. Retrieved 16 Sept ’16

[1] A Muppet Central forum thread about Sesame Street sketches that did not air on the domestic show.

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 While episode listings adapted from Children’s Television Workshop archives are complete in writing, many of the segments included in the listings are not available for audiences on any home video releases or digital releases. A complete listing of these is not available, largely due to the vast number of episodes of the series produced, but many of the popular segments that have been lost and found since the genesis of the Internet have been listed below.
-Aside from segments that are unavailable to the general populace, at least [[wikia:w:c:muppet:Lost episodes of Sesame Street|fifty-three episodes are missing from Sesame Workshop's archive]].
+As of 2022, the majority of the show's seasons have been donated to the AAPB (American Archive of Public Broadcasting) and the Library of Congress (however, episodes are available for viewing at the latter but on-location only), rendering the majority of episodes (along with many segments that are unavailable to the general populace) no longer lost or elusive, with the exception of at least 53 episodes that are missing from Sesame Workshop's archive (more on that below).
-==Skit List==
+==Lost Episodes==
-===Assorted Lost Skits===
+When Sesame Workshop was preparing to donate the past 4,000 episodes of ''Sesame Street'' to the AAPB in 2019, they discovered that [[wikia:w:c:muppet:Lost episodes of Sesame Street|a select number of older ''Sesame Street'' episodes to have gone missing from their archives over the years]]. The reasons these episodes have gone missing are due to either the source materials being misplaced, an accident that caused irreparable damage (i.e. fires, floods), or the BBC practices that reportedly interfered with CTW during [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street_in_the_United_Kingdom ''Sesame Street'''s conflict with BBC in the 1970s.]
-The following assorted clips, originally included in the Article Requests listing, have not resurfaced in English online:
-'''“Come Join Us!” Song:''' “Come Join Us” is a Muppet segment written by Cheryl Hardwick in 1980. The surviving still from the skit depicts a Muppet rock band performing the song.<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Come_Join_Us MuppetWiki entry on “Come Join Us!”] Retrieved 16 Sept ’16.</ref>The segment can be watched on YouTube in its Castilian Spanish dub.<ref>[https://youtu.be/T_L_V8UoPFM YouTube Castilian Spanish dub of "Come Join Us" Song] Retrieved 01 Feb ’17.</ref>
+The lost episodes mostly include those from Seasons 1 (2 episodes), 2 (23 episodes), 3 (25 episodes), 5 (2 episodes) and 8 (1 episode). (One Season 11 episode and one Season 14 episode were lost until now.) Initially, 60 episodes of ''Sesame Street'' were missing from the archives. This figure later dropped to 53 as of now, as some episodes have been recovered from outlets and donated to the AAPB. Episodes 0108, 0237, 0291, 0294, 0297, 0298, 0385, 0389, 0397, 0401, 1444 and 1814 have been recovered so far, with all these previously-lost Season 2 and 3 episodes only surviving in black-and-white. (A few Season 2 and 3 episodes which are not lost, including 0199, 0305 and 0380 also only survive in black-and-white.) However, Season 3 Episodes 0277, 0279, 0283 and 0285 and another Season 5 Episode 0563 were initially assumed to exist, but would later be discovered to be lost from Sesame Workshop's archive, meaning the toll of lost episodes was originally 65 before the above 12 episodes were eventually recovered.
-'''Dr. Nobel Price (Slushabouts skit):'''
+Some international versions of ''Sesame Street'' in the 1970s, such as ''[[wikia:w:c:muppet:Sesamo Apriti|Sesamo Apriti]]'' and ''[[wikia:w:c:muppet:Sesamstrasse|Sesamstrasse]]'', often repurposed material from the American episodes with a foreign language dub track. This mostly includes the street scenes from the domestic show's second season, which notably aired (dubbed) for German co-production ''Sesamstrasse's'' first 247 episodes from 1973 through 1975. In the case of lost episodes, Episodes 0202, 0214, 0239, 0246, 0259, 0261 and 0270 survive dubbed in German from ''Sesamstrasse'', but due to ''Sesamstrasse'' often cutting or swapping some street scenes in random episodes, a couple of street scenes per episode (as Muppet Wiki indicates) are still entirely missing with no trace of surviving footage.
-Dr. Nobel Price is a Muppet inventor. He was best known for “inventing” objects that already existed with other names. One example of this is the “Slushabouts,” another name for galoshes.<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_News_Flash#slushabouts MuppetWiki excerpt about the Slushabouts skit.] Retrieved 16 Sept ’16.</ref>
-'''Miami Mice (The Space Center skit):'''
+The lost episodes covered here are (usually) final ready-for-broadcast edits including Street Scenes with segments. In the case of Episode 0402 (which is lost), the song "I Am Somebody" from that episode was released on the ''Old School: Volume 1'' DVD set. That Street Scene was sourced from raw footage, suggesting that raw footage for the Street Scenes of other lost episodes may still exist in the archives somewhere, waiting to be discovered.
-Miami Mice was a short-run “Miami Vice” spoof starring Tito and J.P., two mouse detectives. The Space Center skit in which the mice help Count von Count get to the space center so he can do the countdown is a lost skit from this series.<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Miami_Mice MuppetWiki entry on Miami Mice.] Retrieved 16 Sept ’16.</ref> The German dub of the clip can be seen on YouTube.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Nj2Q-ReLI7k YouTube German dub of the Miami Mice "Space Center" skit] Retrieved 01 Feb ’17.</ref> On February 21st, 2019, LittleJerryFan92 posted the English clip separately from a Sesame Street compilation.<ref>[https://youtu.be/OIitrxXVF_s YouTube English version of the Miami Mice "Space Center" skit] Retrieved 11 Nov ’19.</ref>
-'''Sherlock Hemlock Twiddlebug Mystery:'''
+==Skit List==
-Sherlock Hemlock is a Muppet parody of Sherlock Holmes. One of his mysteries includes The Twiddlebug Mystery that first aired in season 2<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_0256 MuppetWiki entry on Episode 0256, the first known appearance of the Twiddlebug Mystery skit.] Retrieved 16 Sept ’16.</ref>. The clip is available to view in a German dub on YouTube<ref>[https://youtu.be/8k2LBcQCwhU YouTube German dub of Sherlock Hemlock’s Twiddlebug Mystery] Retrieved 16 Sept ’16.</ref>, but no English version has been uploaded online, despite a Sesame Street book of the same name is loosely based on this skit.<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sherlock_Hemlock_and_the_Great_Twiddlebug_Mystery MuppetWiki entry on the Sherlock Hemlock Twiddlebug Mystery book.] Retrieved 16 Sept ’16.</ref> On September 8, 2019, Muppet Wiki eventually uploaded [https://facebook.com/muppetwiki/videos/521364378616081/ the English version of the skit on FaceBook] via a trusted source.
+The sketches that are lost mostly include segments that either [[wikia:w:c:muppet:Inserts produced for Sesame Street that haven't aired on the domestic version|have not aired on the domestic show]] or [[wikia:w:c:muppet:Unaired Sesame Street inserts|were unaired in any form]]. Half of these sketches have made their way onto home video releases, official online releases (such as, for a period of time, sesamestreet.org), and also streaming rereleases of some episodes that were edited for that specific release. They have also appeared in international co-productions, as well as Sesame Street's Noggin spin-off ''Play with Me Sesame''.
-'''David Looking For Maria Skit:'''
+===Assorted Lost Skits===
-An early skit about miscommunication features David and Maria looking for each other in the park. The skit has appeared in a couple of episodes, but its first televised appearance is in Episode 677<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_0677 MuppetWiki entry on Episode 677, the first episode to show the David and Maria miscommunication skit.] Retrieved 16 Sept ’16.</ref>.
+So far, the following assorted clips that haven't aired on the domestic show currently have not resurfaced in English in any form:
-[[File:Cookie Kermit through tissue paper.jpg|thumb|right|Screenshot of the Cookie Monster and Kermit "Through" skit, uploaded by Scarecroe via Muppet Wiki.]]
+*'''Cookie Monster demonstrates "Away From":''' A short bit from Season 2 where Cookie Monster places a cookie on a plate and walks away from it to show "away from".
-'''Cookie and Kermit Demonstrate Through:'''
+**So far, this clip is known to have appeared on ''Vila Sésamo'', ''Sesamstraat'', ''Iftah Ya Simsim'', and ''Svenska Sesam''.
-Cookie and Kermit’s demonstration of through, also known as “Through,” is exactly like what the title sounds like.<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cookie_Monster_and_Kermit MuppetWiki entry on the “Through” Cookie Monster and Kermit skit.] Retrieved 16 Sept ’16.</ref> The clip is notorious for concluding with Cookie Monster smashing a frame of tissue paper over Kermit’s head and shouting, “Through!”<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_0334 MuppetWiki entry on Episode 0334, the first episode appearance of the “Through” skit.] Retrieved 16 Sept ’16.</ref>
-'''Big Jeffy Environmental Song Skit:'''
+*'''Grover's Ropes and Bells:''' A sketch from Season 3 where Grover stumbles upon five ropes and pulls each rope that makes the sound of a bell, minus the last rope that sounds a yell coming from a Muppet Tarzan.
-Big Jeffy is a Muppet musician who appeared in many Muppet bands, including Little Jerry and the Monotones and Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats.<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Jeffy MuppetWiki entry on Big Jeffy.] Retrieved 16 Sept ’16.</ref> Not much is known about the skit about the environment, including the musical performance of Big Jeffy.
+**So far, this clip is known to have appeared on ''Sesamstrasse'', ''Iftah Ya Simsim'', and ''Rechov Sumsum'' (that one having an alternate ending where Tarzan flies back up on the rope and Grover faints).
-'''“We Equal Three” Song:'''
+*'''[[wikia:w:c:muppet:Starship Surprise|"Starship Surprise"]]:''' A sketch from Season 12 that spoofed the sci-fi TV series Star Trek where two Anything Muppets named Captain Jane and Dr. McToy land on the Moon. This is a predecessor to the recurring series of "Spaceship Surprise" sketches from Season 19.
-“We Equal Three” is a song sung by three Muppet children in a winter scene. Not much is known about this skit, and no information is available online about it.
+**According to script highlights at the CTW archives, "Starship Surprise" was originally planned to air in Episode 1505, but did not appear in the final. The sketch was unaired by all means and it is unknown if it appeared in any international co-productions, but its existence is confirmed by at least a couple of behind-the-scenes photos.
-'''The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word “BED“:'''
+*'''"Carrot Time When It's Time for a Snack":''' A song from Season 13 where Biff walks into a dull restaurant that livens up when Grover serves them carrots.
-The only known lost Two-Headed Monster segment. The only known episode to include this segment is an unidentified episode "Ask Oscar about discussions." It has not resurfaced online until MarshalGrover finally uploaded it on YouTube recently today.<ref>[https://youtu.be/nYyZN6JBp50 The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word “BED“] Retrieved 26 Jul ’17.</ref>
+**So far, this clip is known to have appeared on ''Rua Sésamo''.
-'''Grover and Little Bird at the zoo:''' The only known lost Little Bird segment. In it, Grover visits the zoo to talk about birds. When he visits the birdcage, he swaps places with Little Bird, and two Anything Muppets come and admire him. It's unknown which episodes have this segment. The clip was once posted on YouTube in German (with some crappy German text overlaid on the screen, and it's part of the actual foreign airing itself) circa 2009 but got removed in 2014. The German dub came back on YouTube in September 2017. <ref>[https://youtu.be/V4ZP7WLQb64 YouTube German dub of Grover and Little Bird at the zoo.] Retrieved 18 Sept '17.</ref>
+*'''“That Makes Three”:''' A song from Season 16 sung by three Anything Muppet children in a winter scene.
+**So far, this clip is known to have appeared on ''Plaza Sésamo'', ''Sesamstraat'' and ''Sesamstrasse''.
-===Assorted Existence Unconfirmed Skits===
+*'''"NO" Sign:''' Zoe sees Cookie Monster next to a plate of cookies, holding a sign that says "NO" since he "no eat cookies". Zoe asks if he's serious, to which Cookie replies "NO!" and devours the cookies.
-Due to the vague nature of some of the descriptions provided by interested users or lack of available documentation online, many of the requested segments from this series have remained unidentified, been marked “Existence Unconfirmed,” and are listed below.
+**It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.
+*'''What Makes Me Happy?:''' Ernie, Telly, Rosita, the Count, and Cookie Monster show the things that make them happy.
+**It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.
-* Three Monsters Demonstrate Big, Bigger, Biggest
+*'''Triangle Intro:''' A sketch from Season 31 where Grover introduces a segment featuring a "three-sided-mabob" until he is told that it's actually called a triangle.
-** [https://youtu.be/Rt8YfYLcl1Y| (Found in Arabic)]
+**It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.
-* A Muppet coach teaches her baseball team to play string quartet{{cite}}
+*'''What Makes Me Happy?:''' A Season 32 sketch where Ernie, Telly, Rosita, The Count and Cookie Monster show the things that make them happy.
+**It is unknown which international co-production this appears in. An English version was once released on sesamestreet.org.
-* Two Muppet kids on a ship
+*'''Bert's Portrait:''' Ernie draws a picture of Bert, but with two noses. Ernie becomes sad, as he thinks Bert doesn't like his picture. Bert overlooks the noses and claims he likes Ernie's picture very much, so Ernie gives Bert his Picasso-esque picture of Bert with seven unibrows.
-** [https://youtu.be/yjLHLjFwwyQ| (Found in Dutch)]
+**It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.
-* Starship Surprise (not to be confused with Spaceship Surprise<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Spaceship_Surprise MuppetWiki entry on Spaceship Surprise.] Retrieved 16 Sept ’16.</ref>)
+*'''Ernie and Bert's Healthy Life Tips:''' A Season 37 sketch where Bert tries to inform the viewer about ways to stay healthy, while Ernie interrupts running, munching on a carrot and brushing his teeth. He points out to Bert that they are all ways to be healthy and a bewildered Bert accepts the crowd's applause anyhow.
+**It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.
-* Muppet R Tag (1969)
+*'''Ernie and Bert's Ice Cream Experiment:''' Just as the duo is about to dig into their ice cream, Ernie announces today they will be performing an experiment (which is news to Bert). Ernie tests to see what will happen if Bert eats slowly and Ernie eats fast. He makes Bert eat so slowly that before Bert can even try his first bite, Ernie eats his serving before it melts.
+**It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.
-* Muppets and monsters count to ten (1969)
+*'''Ernie and Bert on Music and Reading:''' As Bert tries to read his book, Ernie walks near him with a radio and plays a song loudly. Bert can't read with the music going, so Ernie puts in headphones, but his singing along is just as loud. Ernie suggests they both do something together - dance to the music!
-** [https://youtu.be/FLkrfRLbyxw| Found in Norwegian]
+**So far, this clip is known to have appeared on ''Sesamstraat''.
-* Muppets and Monsters (plus Bert and Oscar) demonstrate "none," "some," and "all" (1969)
+*'''Bert's Newspaper:''' Ernie sees that Bert has a newspaper and encourages him to be environmental by reusing it instead of throwing it away. Ernie takes it and turns it into a pirate hat and some pom poms, only Bert hasn't had a chance to read it yet.
-** [https://youtu.be/u35flDuEsek| Found from an international airing, but dubbed in English by the uploader who found the clip]
+**So far, this clip is known to have appeared on ''Rechov Sumsum''. Not to be confused with a 1969 sketch.
-* Cookie Monster and Beautiful Day Monster teach Fred's Son the difference between "Here" and "There" (1969)
+*'''Ernie and Bert's Imaginary Car Ride:''' Ernie and Bert are going on a pretend car ride, but Ernie keeps making them stop to cater to Rubber Duckie's various needs.
-** [https://youtu.be/s_wLhS_HCck| Found from an international airing, but dubbed in English by the uploader who found the clip]
+**It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.
-* Ernie makes a friend (1969){{cite}}
+*'''Ernie and Bert on Reading and Exercise:''' Bert reads his book, while Ernie tries to get him to exercise with him. By the time Bert's finished, Ernie's too exhausted.
+**It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.
-* G is for Grover (1969)
+*'''Bert's Paperclip Collection:''' Bert spends some quiet quality time with his paperclip collection when Ernie disrupts it with his pretending. Bert shows him some particular parts of his collection, including the big, bigger and biggest paperclips.
+**It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.
-* Anything Muppets sing "Up, Up and Away."
+*'''Ernie and Bert show Up and Down:''' Ernie hastily has Bert look up and down several times, which Bert then learns is just to demonstrate the opposites. He ignores Ernie's suggestion to look up once more and is struck by a falling bird.
-** [https://youtu.be/JB45eqh4ox8 (Found in Hebrew)]
+**It is unknown which international co-production this appears in.
-* Kermit shows "Between" by placing three objects on a table and then ducks underneath it when BDM comes along and devours the table to bits
+===Assorted Existence Unconfirmed Skits===
-** [https://youtu.be/KSou7jRCqiA (Found in German)]
+Due to the vague nature of some of the descriptions provided by interested users, lack of available documentation online, or CTW documentation errors, some of these segments from this series have remained unidentified, been marked “Existence Unconfirmed,” and are listed below.
-* "People in Your Neighborhood": Dentist and Bus Driver (1969)
+*'''“A” Cheers:''' One of the Letter Cheers sketches from Season 1. The sketch was listed in the [[wikia:w:c:muppet:Talk:University of Maryland#First Season Show Content|First Season Show Content]] CTW documents and is one of several unused segments. However, the sketch was crossed out on the documents with a strikethrough unlike the other unused Season 1 segments, and there are no video footage stills or set photos of this sketch to confirm its existence, so it's unknown if the "A" Cheer sketch was ever taped.
-** [https://youtu.be/Hr0pWWVRTH4 Clip at 0:44-0:12]
-* Two Monsters sing "Up and Down" (1969; not to be confused with the Season 2 version that featured Cookie Monster and Herry<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Up_and_Down MuppetWiki entry on Up and Down from Season 1.] Retrieved 1 Feb ’17.</ref>)
+*'''A.M. "K" Cheer Version #3:''' One of the different versions of the Anything Muppet "K" cheer sketch from Season 1. Only three different versions of this sketch are known to exist as they have been aired on the show domestically, but due to the CTW documents labeling them as #1, #2, and #4, there is confusion about there being a version #3 of the "K Cheer" sketch, reportedly due to version "#4" being a possible documentation error with the third version that aired in Episode 0102.
-* A B Song is sung by the barbershop quartet
+*'''A.M. mother and daughter at the zoo:''' A Season 2 sketch where a Large Lavender Anything Muppet mother and a Lavender Anything Muppet daughter visit a zoo and switch personalities. The mother pretends to be the daughter, and the daughter pretends to be the mother. The two Anything Muppets walk through a live-action zoo (this was done on a chroma-key background). We see a close up of a real live tiger in its cage, and the mother pretends she's afraid, and daughter tells her there's nothing to be afraid of. The daughter buys the mother a balloon from an off-screen vendor (only a live human hand is seen). The mother cries when she loses the balloon, and the daughter gets her another one.
-** [https://youtu.be/NnfRlNOU8jk Found in Spanish]
+**This sketch is rumored to have only aired on ''Sesamstrasse'' or ''Sesamstraat'', and the sketch's rumored existence was described in detail by SkyeFan from memory.<ref>[https://muppetcentral.com/forum/threads/help-with-information-on-segments-that-aired-only-outside-the-u-s-version.65875/#post-1295778 A Muppet Central forum thread about Sesame Street sketches that did not air on the domestic show.]</ref>
-* A monster barbershop quartet singing about the number 4{{cite}}
+*'''The Drama of the Poor Little Milkmaid:''' A sketch from Season 3 where an Anything Muppet milkmaid brings her cow (played by Bert) to a grassy field, where he can eat the grass he needs to give milk. But the villain owner of the field (played by Oscar) threatens to shovel up all the grass. At last, the hero (played by Ernie) arrives to buy the field with a rusty tin can.
+**This sketch was documented in a CTW archives guide for Episode 0343, but it does not appear in the script nor final cut of the episode.
-* Post office song - a hip song about the post office and mail delivery featuring the line '...to the post office where it will stay, for just one day...' (live-action)
+*'''Post office song:''' A hip song about the post office and mail delivery featuring the line '...to the post office where it will stay, for just one day...' (live-action)
-* Figure skater - a clip featuring a figure skater skating to the tune of "Don't You Know You're Beautiful?" (live-action)
+*'''Figure skater:''' A clip featuring a figure skater skating to the tune of "Don't You Know You're Beautiful?" (live-action)
-* Horses pulling heavy loads - Horses participate in a contest where they keep trying to pull heavier and heavier loads until they can't do it anymore. (live-action)
+*'''Horses pulling heavy loads:''' Horses participate in a contest where they keep trying to pull heavier and heavier loads until they can't do it anymore. (live-action)
-* Circles on film - a circle 'wraps itself' around several live-action objects, an 'OK' sign being one of them. (live-action)
+*'''Circles on film:''' A circle 'wraps itself' around several live-action objects, an 'OK' sign being one of them. (live-action)
-* Riding on the Train - a song about train rides, with one of the lines going '...the A Train, B Train, Double C, takes you where to want to be...' (live-action)
+*'''Riding on the Train:''' A song about train rides, with one of the lines going '...the A Train, B Train, Double C, takes you where to want to be...' (live-action)
 ==See Also==
-===Episodes===
+===Noteworthy Episodes===
 *[[Sesame Street (partially found test pilots of children's educational TV series; 1969)]]
 *[[Sesame Street "Episode 847" (found "Wicked Witch of the West" episode of children’s educational TV series; 1976)]]
 *[[Sesame Street "Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce" (partially found episode of children's puppetry TV series; 1992)]]
-===Sketches===
+===Noteworthy Sketches===
 *[[Cracks aka "Crack Master" (found animated "Sesame Street" short; 1975)]]
 *[[The Count Orders a Hot Dog (found "Sesame Street" sketch; 1973)]]
 *[[Handful of Crumbs (found "Sesame Street" short; 1982)]]
-*[[Kermit's "Between" Lecture (found "Sesame Street" sketch; 1970)]]
 *[[Windy (found "Sesame Street" segment; 1970)]]
 *[[Batman: Clean and Dirty (found "Sesame Street" animated segment; 1970)]]
-*[[Ernie and the Pumpkin Seed Candy Salesman (found "Sesame Street" sketch; 1971)]]
 *[[Pixar's Made in Point Richmond DVD Rarities (found various Pixar footage; 1986-2000)|Luxo Jr (found "Sesame Street" animated shorts; 1991-1994)]]
 *[[Surprise! (found "Sesame Street" segment; 1970)]]

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Contents

Lost Episodes

Skit List

Assorted Lost Skits

Assorted Existence Unconfirmed Skits

See Also

Noteworthy Episodes

Noteworthy Sketches

Specials

The Muppets and Jim Henson

References

External Links