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| [[Image:Song.elbows.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> Muppets </center> || Kermit sings "[[I Love My Elbows]]."<br>{{eka|2614}}<br>''Closing edited'' |
| [[Image:Song.elbows.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> Muppets </center> || Kermit sings "[[I Love My Elbows]]."<br>{{eka|2614}}<br>''Closing edited'' |
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| [[Image:ABC_Cookie_Monster.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> Muppets </center> || Kermit and [[Joey Calvan|Joey]] recite the alphabet.<br>{{eka|0536}} |
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+ | | [[Image:Doo_Wop_Hop.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> Muppets </center> || Kermit sings "[[Doo Wop Hop]]."<br>{{eka|2484}}<br>''Ending edited'' |
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| [[File:BKOSS07.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 4''' </center> || Continuing his poem, Grover states that when a frog is sad, he doesn't get the blues -- He gets the greens. |
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| [[Image:Title.newsflash2.jpg|200px|center]]<br>[[Image:Ssnews.humpty.jpg|200px|center]]<br>[[Image:Ssnews.peterpiper.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> Montage </center> || A montage of [[Sesame Street News Flash]] segments, including scenes from...<br> <br> Humpty Dumpty {{eka|0705}} <br> Mary Had a Little Lamb {{eka|2059}} <br> Jack Be Nimble {{eka|0723}} <br> The New Three Little Pigs Story <br> Hickory Dickory Dock {{eka|0710}} <br> Rumpelstiltskin {{eka|0724}} <br> Peter Piper's Family {{eka|1563}} <br> Cinderella's Fairy Godmother {{eka|2749}} <br> Pinocchio {{eka|0878}} <br> Mumford's Big and Small Trick <br> George Washington's Father's Cherry Tree <br> The First Day of School in History {{eka|3357}} <br> Man in Snowstorm {{eka|0750}} <br> |
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+ | |[[File:BKOSS11.jpg|200px|center]]<br>[[File:BKOSS12.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 8''' </center> || Grover continues his poem and says that Kermit is not a monster. He is a friendly animal with a collar, [[Naked Muppets|but no shirt]]. Grover says more about Kermit's appearance and concludes that he is proud the way Kermit is. |
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| [[Image:Song.thisfrog.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> Muppets </center> || Kermit sings "[[This Frog]]."<br>{{eka|1075}}<br>''New music added'' |
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+ | | [[Image:Bestofkermit.grover.pigs.wolf.jpg|200px|center]]<br>[[Image:Song.frogyear.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 9''' </center> || Everyone gets teary-eyed as the award is presented. Kermit comes up to get his award. He is about to take the small golden statue and make an acceptance speech, but Grover tells Kermit that he can't give it to Kermit, because that's not his prize. When Kermit asks where the real prize is, the pigs give him a very big statue of Kermit. As Kermit struggles to carry it around, Grover sings "[[Frog of the Year]]", and tells the audience that "Froggy wanted to thank [[Kermit's Mom|his mommy]] and [[Dad the Frog|daddy]], and Sesame Street News, [[The Frogs in the Glen|the frogs in the glen]], the little people behind the scenes, the big people behind the scenes, and [[Jim Henson|someone called Jim]]". |
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*'''Writer:''' [[Tony Geiss]] |
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*'''Starring the Sesame Street Muppet Performers:''' [[Frank Oz]], [[Steve Whitmire]] and [[Jim Henson]] |
*'''Starring the Sesame Street Muppet Performers:''' [[Frank Oz]], [[Steve Whitmire]] and [[Jim Henson]] |
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+ | *'''with Muppet Performers:''' [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Kevin Clash]], [[Martin P. Robinson]], [[Peter Linz]], [[David Rudman]], [[Noel MacNeal]], [[Pam Arciero]], [[Bryant Young]], [[John Tartaglia]], [[Tyler Bunch]], [[Lisa Buckley]], [[Rick Lyon]], [[Richard Hunt]], [[Jane Henson]], Pat Hodelin, [[Richard Termine]], [[Caroly Wilcox]], [[Ed Christie]], [[Camille Kampouris]], [[James Kroupa]], [[Jim Martin]], [[Cheryl Blalock]] and [[Brian Meehl]] |
− | *'''Child Talent:''' Megan Ng, Katie Scharf |
+ | *'''Child Talent:''' Megan Ng, Katie Scharf and [[Joey Calvan]] |
[[Category:Sesame Street Video|Best of Kermit]] |
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[[Category:Sesame Street Direct-to-Video|Best of Kermit]] |
[[Category:Sesame Street Direct-to-Video|Best of Kermit]] |
Revision as of 00:45, 22 August 2009
The Best of Kermit is a 1998 Sesame Street direct-to-video special, in which Grover hosts a tribute to Kermit. The program features Steve Whitmire in the framing story and Frank Oz as Grover, surrounding clips of Kermit as performed by Jim Henson. The special features appearances by The Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf, as well as new segments in which Grover talks to real-life kids about Kermit.
Segments
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Grover is backstage, explaining to the viewer that he's about to present The Frog of the Year Award to Kermit, and has prepared a poem for the occasion. Then the Three Little Pigs enter, saying that they are there because they are friends of Kermit's ("He's talked to us twice on Sesame Street News.") They say that they will bring Kermit the award, "the biggest prize a frog can get", and they will do whatever else they want. Grover presumes that this may mean trouble, but the Big Bad Wolf shows up and compels the pigs to behave. He tells Grover that if they bother him, just yell "Pig Patrol!" | ||
An announcer introduces the show (presented by the American Frog Institute), and Grover goes onstage to read his poem for Kermit, "What is a Frog?" He says a few things about frogs, including the fact that they love their elbows. | ||
Kermit sings "I Love My Elbows." (EKA: Episode 2614) Closing edited | ||
Grover tells a girl that he did not know that frogs had elbows, and asks her if she knew. She says she did, because she knows a lot of frogs. | ||
"Caribbean Amphibian" (EKA: Episode 2773) | ||
Continuing his poem, Grover claims that "A frog also has big ears and a long nose. And teeth, lovely white teeth". Grover shows clips on the video screen. | ||
After those clips, Grover is convinced that frogs don't have those things, but states that they do have calmness, and never get angry. However, all of the clips shown show Kermit getting angry. Clips of Kermit being angry include: Kermit yelling at Grover after getting ears put on him Kermit trying to tell Grover that he doesn't have a nose The Wonderful World of T-Shirts Kermit wearing sunglasses Grover is then convinced that frogs have no ears, no nose, no teeth, and do occasionally get angry, but Grover is certain that frogs know the alphabet. | ||
"African Alphabet" (EKA: Episode 2404) | ||
Kermit and Joey recite the alphabet. (EKA: Episode 0536) | ||
Kermit sings "Doo Wop Hop." (EKA: Episode 2484) Ending edited | ||
Continuing his poem, Grover states that when a frog is sad, he doesn't get the blues -- He gets the greens. | ||
Kermit sings "Bein' Green." (remake) (EKA: Episode 3140) | ||
Grover asks a girl what kind of weather frogs like. She doesn't think that frogs like snow, and explains why. "So maybe they like sunshine", says Grover. | ||
Grover attempts to sell a weather machine to Kermit. (EKA: Episode 0848) New sound effects added | ||
The pigs have tied up Grover and attempt to take over reading the poem: "What is a frog? Someone green and smooth with no snout or curly tail...who started out as a tiny wriggly tadpole..." But Grover yells "Pig Patrol" and the wolf chases them away. | ||
Grover and a girl discuss Kermit's award. | ||
Kermit sings to the titular tadpole about the life awaiting it when it grows up to be a frog, but tells it to take its time growing up. (EKA: Episode 2483) | ||
Grover asks a girl if she knows what job Kermit does on Sesame Street. She knows that Kermit's a news person, but doesn't know what he says as a news person, so Grover whispers "Hi ho, Kermit the Frog here". | ||
A montage of Sesame Street News Flash segments, including scenes from... Humpty Dumpty (EKA: Episode 0705) Mary Had a Little Lamb (EKA: Episode 2059) Jack Be Nimble (EKA: Episode 0723) The New Three Little Pigs Story Hickory Dickory Dock (EKA: Episode 0710) Rumpelstiltskin (EKA: Episode 0724) Peter Piper's Family (EKA: Episode 1563) Cinderella's Fairy Godmother (EKA: Episode 2749) Pinocchio (EKA: Episode 0878) Mumford's Big and Small Trick George Washington's Father's Cherry Tree The First Day of School in History (EKA: Episode 3357) Man in Snowstorm (EKA: Episode 0750) | ||
Grover continues his poem and says that Kermit is not a monster. He is a friendly animal with a collar, but no shirt. Grover says more about Kermit's appearance and concludes that he is proud the way Kermit is. | ||
Kermit sings "This Frog." (EKA: Episode 1075) New music added | ||
Everyone gets teary-eyed as the award is presented. Kermit comes up to get his award. He is about to take the small golden statue and make an acceptance speech, but Grover tells Kermit that he can't give it to Kermit, because that's not his prize. When Kermit asks where the real prize is, the pigs give him a very big statue of Kermit. As Kermit struggles to carry it around, Grover sings "Frog of the Year", and tells the audience that "Froggy wanted to thank his mommy and daddy, and Sesame Street News, the frogs in the glen, the little people behind the scenes, the big people behind the scenes, and someone called Jim". |
Credits
- Executive Producer: Nancy Kanter
- Producer: Karin Young Shiel
- Director: John Chiappardi
- Writer: Tony Geiss
- Starring the Sesame Street Muppet Performers: Frank Oz, Steve Whitmire and Jim Henson
- with Muppet Performers: Jerry Nelson, Kevin Clash, Martin P. Robinson, Peter Linz, David Rudman, Noel MacNeal, Pam Arciero, Bryant Young, John Tartaglia, Tyler Bunch, Lisa Buckley, Rick Lyon, Richard Hunt, Jane Henson, Pat Hodelin, Richard Termine, Caroly Wilcox, Ed Christie, Camille Kampouris, James Kroupa, Jim Martin, Cheryl Blalock and Brian Meehl
- Child Talent: Megan Ng, Katie Scharf and Joey Calvan