Talk:Mount Snuffleupagus

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Mount Snuffleupagus

Would anyone out there know geographically where Mt. Snuffleupagus is? Big Bird and Snuffy find King Kong's Profile, Mt. Hole-in-the-Mountain, and the Sleeping Giant Mountain in the other episodes. All these mountains are found on the island of Kauai (Eastern side).

Theoretically, would Mount Snuffleupagus be near these other mountains? I also wondered what the mountain is really called. I tried translating "Ihu" "Papa'a" "Lo'ihi" and "Nui" at a Hawaiian dictionary and this is what I got.

Ihu=beak or nose
Papa'a=crust
Lo'ihi=length
Nui=large or many

It sort of fits the story Kaola tells in episode 1091. The large beast with a big nose covered with dried lava.

Still, this Hawaiian mountain can't be called "Mt. Snuffleupagus" in reality...or can it? (It would be cool if it was!) Jerry Juhl's christening of "Cantus Cove" made me think of these episodes.

Anyone care to discuss? -- User:MsSwanFan 29 May 2007

Definitely a worthwhile topic for discussion. I do seem to recall this subject coming up before, either here on on another Muppet forum. Let me see if I can find that. —Scott (talk) 01:46, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. -- User:MsSwanFan 30 June 2007

It's been a while since this was discussed. Anyone have an idea where "Mt. Snuffleupagus" could be? I've been doing a little research on Fern Grotto (Eastern Kauai) where Big Bird and Snuffy saw Mount Nounou (Sleeping Giant Mountain). I thought there was a blog somewhere about vintage Sesame Street that discussed Buffy's trip to Hawaii and Mt. Snuffy.

Could the mountain just be a matte painting to fit with the script...or did someone from CTW see a mountain there, thought it looked like Snuffy, develop the script, etc.?

Josh MsSwanFan 07:05, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, this hasn't been discussed in awhile because there's no new info. From the screengrabs alone (which are hard to judge), I doubt it's a matte, but it could be a composite (i.e. they worked in footage of the mountain with shots of Big Bird and Snuffy physically standing in an area which could be somewhere else entirely). I'm taking off the talk tag and moving this to stumping, since it's pretty much unanswerable until/unless someone with first hand knowledge of the production of the episodes and/or of the region weighs in. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 18:29, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Just letting the Wiki know, I've emailed Buffy Sainte-Marie about this. If I get an answer from her, I'll post it here.

MsSwanFan 15:20, 11 June 2008 (UTC)