Changes: Placido Flamingo

PERFORMER	Richard Hunt
DESIGN	Richard Termine designer & builder

Revision as of 00:56, 24 June 2015

F8c7f01d-a588-42d6-bca9-4d6fbe81bc7c — Placido Flamingo's "cameo" in episode 4195.

Placido Flamingo is an operatic flamingo from Sesame Street whose performances at the Nestropolitan Opera are seen in the "Live from the Nest" series. He is based on the famous tenor, Plácido Domingo. Placido is proud of his talents and not averse to the sound of his own voice. The character was first introduced in Season 18, and helped to introduce classical music into the series.

Though retired in 1992, along with most of Richard Hunt's other characters, Placido Flamingo is still frequently cited in articles about opera appreciation, as an effective and influential early introduction to opera, ranking with the Bugs Bunny short What's Opera Doc? (1957).

Sketches

"The Bathtub of Seville"
"The Bugs in Your Neighborhood"
"The Dentist of Seville"
"Don't Forget to Watch the Movie"
"Italian Street Song": Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Seiji Ozawa leads a symphony of animals, and soloist Placido Flamingo, in the "Italian Street Song" from Victor Herbert's Naughty Marietta (about a princess who trades places with her maid in order to avoid an arranged marriage).
"Look Through the Window" with Placido Domingo in Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting.
"The Lost Toy Opera" (EKA: Episode 2496)
"Naughty Door Opera"
"Peligro"
"The Perfect Thing"
"The Spider's Feelings": An operatic retelling of "The Eency Weency Spider." (EKA: Episode 2675)
"The Telephone of Brazil"
"Up and Down Opera" with Ernie
"Two Owls and One Pink Flamingo Blues"

Book appearances

Grover's Overtures (1991)
What Do You Do? (1992 edition)

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+[[File:F8c7f01d-a588-42d6-bca9-4d6fbe81bc7c.jpg|thumb|300px|Placido Flamingo's "[[Season 40 Hidden Gems|cameo]]" in [[Episode 4195|episode 4195]].]]
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+'''Placido Flamingo''' is an operatic flamingo from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' whose performances at the Nestropolitan Opera are seen in the "Live from the Nest" series. He is based on the famous tenor, [[Plácido Domingo]]. Placido is proud of his talents and not averse to the sound of his own voice. The character was first introduced in [[Season 18 (1986-1987)|Season 18]], and helped to introduce classical music into the series.
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-[[Video:Sesame Street - The Lost Toy Opera|thumb|300px|right]]
-'''Placido Flamingo''' is an operatic flamingo from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' whose performances at the Nestopolitan Opera are seen in the "Live from the Nest" series. He is based on the famous tenor, [[Placido Domingo]]. Placido is proud of his talents and not averse to the sound of his own voice. The character was first introduced in [[Season 18 (1986-1987)|Season 18]], and helped to introduce classical music into the series.
-Though retired in [[1992]], along with most of Richard Hunt's other characters, Placido Flamingo is still frequently cited in articles about opera appreciation, as an effective and influential early introduction to opera, ranking with the [[Bugs Bunny]] short ''What's Opera Doc?'' (1957).
+Though retired in 1992, along with most of Richard Hunt's other characters, Placido Flamingo is still frequently cited in articles about opera appreciation, as an effective and influential early introduction to opera, ranking with the [[Bugs Bunny]] short ''What's Opera Doc?'' (1957).
 ==Sketches==
 * "[[The Bathtub of Seville]]"
-* [[The_People_in_Your_Neighborhood_(song)#Variations|Bugs in Your Neighborhood]]
+* "[[The_People_in_Your_Neighborhood_(song)#Variations|The Bugs in Your Neighborhood]]"
-* "[[Dentist of Seville|The Dentist of Seville]]."
+* "[[Dentist of Seville|The Dentist of Seville]]"
 * "[[Don't Forget to Watch the Movie]]"
 * "[[Italian Street Song]]": Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor [[Seiji Ozawa]] leads a symphony of animals, and soloist Placido Flamingo, in the "Italian Street Song" from Victor Herbert's ''Naughty Marietta'' (about a princess who trades places with her maid in order to avoid an arranged marriage).
-* "[[Look Through the Window]]" With [[Placido Domingo]] in ''[[Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting]]''.
+* "[[Look Through the Window]]" with [[Placido Domingo]] in ''[[Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting]]''.
+* "[[The Lost Toy Opera]]" {{eka|2496}}
-* "The Lost Toy Opera" -- To help [[Big Bird]] find his lost toy truck, Placido sings his new opera, the "Lost Toy Opera" about a flamingo who's lost his favorite toy. He looked in several different places, such as [[Big Bird's nest]] and mailbox, as well as [[Oscar's trash can]] (and [[Oscar the Grouch|Oscar]] yells "Hey, what's the big idea?!"). He reveals at the end that the flamingo finds out that his toy has run off with his best friend. Big Bird suddenly remembers he loaned his toy truck to [[Mr. Snuffleupagus|Snuffy]]. He thanks Placido for the help and then he heads over to [[456 Snuffle Circle|Snuffy's cave]] to get his truck back. Placido says "Oh do not thank me Big Bird! Thank opera!" And then Oscar shouts "Get your foot outta the bait bucket! You're botherin' the worms!" {{eka|3067}}
-* "[[Naughty Door]]"
+* "[[Naughty Door Opera]]"
 * "[[Peligro]]"
 * "[[The Perfect Thing]]"
+* "The Spider's Feelings": An operatic retelling of "[[The Itsy Bitsy Spider|The Eency Weency Spider]]." {{eka|2675}}
 * "[[The Telephone Opera|The Telephone of Brazil]]"
 * "[[Up and Down Opera]]" with [[Ernie]]
+* "[[Two Owls and One Pink Flamingo Blues]]"
 ==Book appearances==