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− | '''The Moon''' is the natural satellite orbiting the [[Earth]] |
+ | '''The Moon''' is the natural satellite orbiting the [[Earth]]. At an average distance of 384,403 kilometers from the Earth, the moon serves as a source of illumination at night, but only through reflected light from [[the Sun]]. |
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+ | The Moon has long held a fascination for humankind. However, while some might like to visit for one afternoon, outside of professional [[astronauts]], some have stated that they [[I Don't Want to Live on the Moon|don't think they'd like to live there]]. Notable space exploration agencies include [[NASA]], the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and its counterpart [[WASA]], the Worm Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
In 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 11 mission, which became the first such mission to successfully land. Commander [[Neil Armstrong]] became the first man on the moon, and lunar module pilot [[Buzz Aldrin]] became the second. Aldrin's experience gave him great insight into the moon's geological structure; in ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[episode 4090]], he shares that expertise with [[Cookie Monster]], assuring him that the moon is made of rock and is not, in fact, a cookie. Not to be outdone by Aldrin and the human race, in 1997, WASA sent [[Slimey|Slimey the Worm]] on a space mission, making him the first worm on the moon. |
In 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 11 mission, which became the first such mission to successfully land. Commander [[Neil Armstrong]] became the first man on the moon, and lunar module pilot [[Buzz Aldrin]] became the second. Aldrin's experience gave him great insight into the moon's geological structure; in ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[episode 4090]], he shares that expertise with [[Cookie Monster]], assuring him that the moon is made of rock and is not, in fact, a cookie. Not to be outdone by Aldrin and the human race, in 1997, WASA sent [[Slimey|Slimey the Worm]] on a space mission, making him the first worm on the moon. |
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− | Cookie Monster once again looked to the sky and saw cookies. In January 2010, Cookie Monster wrote on ''Sesame Street's'' |
+ | Cookie Monster once again looked to the sky and saw cookies. In January 2010, Cookie Monster wrote on ''Sesame Street's'' official [[Twitter]] account, "Sometimes Moon look like giant cookie. Must look into joining space program." NASA responded a short time later from their official Twitter feed with information on how to join the space program.<ref>"[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/04/cookie-monster-storms-twitter-as-sesamestreet-gains-a-following.html Cookie Monster storms Twitter as @sesamestreet gains a following]", ''Los Angeles Times'' blogs, April 9, 2010.</ref> |
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+ | ==The Moon as a character== |
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The moon, due to its round shape and topographical craters which at times resemble facial features, has often prompted anthropomorphic representations, such as [[The Man in the Moon]] and the moon in "[[Elmo's World: Sky]]." It is believed that the one true moon is in fact [[Luna]], good friend to [[Bear]] on ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]''. The moon, in its crescent phase, resembles a letter [[C]]. It is not, however, [[C is for Cookie (song)|a cookie]]. |
The moon, due to its round shape and topographical craters which at times resemble facial features, has often prompted anthropomorphic representations, such as [[The Man in the Moon]] and the moon in "[[Elmo's World: Sky]]." It is believed that the one true moon is in fact [[Luna]], good friend to [[Bear]] on ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]''. The moon, in its crescent phase, resembles a letter [[C]]. It is not, however, [[C is for Cookie (song)|a cookie]]. |
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+ | <gallery widths=210 spacing=small orientation=square> |
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+ | WheredoIbelong.jpg|"[[Sesame Street Game Shows#wheredoibelong|Where Do I Belong?]]" |
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+ | Ewsky.moonsun.jpg|"[[Elmo's World: Sky]]" |
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+ | </gallery> |
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==Characters who have been to the Moon== |
==Characters who have been to the Moon== |
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− | + | dogcitymoon1.jpg|[[Heel Arfstrong]]<br>''[[Dog City (series)|Dog City]]'' [[Episode 111: Rocketship K-9|Episode 111]] |
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− | + | Skeeter on the moon.JPG|[[Baby Gonzo|Gonzo]], [[Baby Kermit|Kermit]], & [[Skeeter]]<br>''[[Gonzo and the Great Race]]'' |
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− | *[[Baron Von Rottweiler]] -- (''[[Dog City (series)|Dog City]]'' [[Episode 111: Rocketship K-9|Episode 111]]) |
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+ | BB-Moon.png|[[Big Bird]]<br>[[PBS Interstitials|PBS interstitial]] |
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− | *[[Bestov Breed]] -- (''[[Dog City (series)|Dog City]]'' [[Episode 111: Rocketship K-9|Episode 111]]) |
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− | + | Lunabird.jpg|Big Bird<br>[[Caroll Spinney Artworks|Luna Bird]] |
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+ | Cowmoon.jpg|[[cows|The cow]]<br>[[Sesame_Street_News_Flash#heydiddle|Sesame Street News Flash]] |
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− | *[[Bugsy Vile]] -- (''[[Dog City (series)|Dog City]]'' [[Episode 111: Rocketship K-9|Episode 111]]) |
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+ | Moon.elmo.jpg|[[Elmo]]<br>"[[Elmo's World: Sky|Sky]]" |
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+ | Moon.elmo-lavender.jpg|Elmo<br>"[[Elmo and the Lavender Moon]]" |
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− | *[[Cows|Cow]] -- Jumped over the moon (''[[Sesame Street News Flash ]]'') |
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− | *[[Elmo]] -- Danced on the moon in the "[[Elmo's World: Sky|Sky]]" episode of ''[[Elmo's World]]'' and could be seen making his way there with [[Baby David|David]] in the "[[Elmo's World: Telephones|Telephones]]" episode; danced with the lavender moon in "[[Elmo and the Lavender Moon]]"; flies through a crescent moon in ''[[Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? (1997 book)|Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?]]''; imagines himself on the moon with a vinyl record and a can of nuts as he sings "[[In Your Imagination]]" |
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− | *[[Ernie]] -- Imagined visiting the moon, but does not want to live there ("[[I Don't Want to Live on the Moon]]"). Ernie visits the moon again in ''[[Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures]]''. |
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+ | Ernieonthemoon.jpg|[[Ernie]]<br>"[[I Don't Want to Live on the Moon]]" |
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+ | ImaginationAnimated.jpg|Ernie<br>"[[Imagination]]" |
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− | + | 4142j.jpg|[[Glo Worm]]<br>[[Episode 4142]] |
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− | *[[Grover]] -- [[The Sesame Street 1976 Calendar]]; [[The Sesame Street Dictionary]]; [[Astro-Grover]]; awake in his bed at night, he imagines that he's on the moon; he later jumps over the moon in his imagination in ''[[Happy Healthy Monsters]]'' |
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+ | Hi tech 1987 astro grover 1.jpg|[[Grover]]<br>[[Astro-Grover]] |
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+ | Moon.grover.jpg|Grover<br>[[The Sesame Street 1976 Calendar]] |
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+ | Grover moon Happy Healthy Monsters.jpg|Grover<br>''[[Happy Healthy Monsters]]'' |
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− | *Miss Piggy -- Sits on the moon in "Ukelele Lady" number (''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 215: Lou Rawls|Episode 215]]) |
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+ | Moon.kermit.jpg|[[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]]<br>[[Kermit's World Tour]] |
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− | *[[Othmar the Grouch]] and [[Oscar the Grouch|Oscar]] -- Oscar's alien friend takes him on a trip to the moon. |
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− | *[[Slimey|Slimey the Worm]] -- The first worm on the moon (''[[Sesame Street]]'', "[[Slimey to the Moon]]" story arc) |
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+ | Martians-moon.jpg|[[The Martians]]<br>[[The_Martians#findingearth|''Sesame Street'' sketch]] |
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− | *[[Tutter]] -- Plants flag with ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]'' logo on the moon in fantasy scene in "[[When I'm Older]]" song ("[[Episode 103: Mouse Party|Mouse Party]]") |
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− | + | Othmar-moon.jpg|[[Othmar the Grouch]] and [[Oscar the Grouch|Oscar]]<br>''Sesame Street'' [[episode 1755]] |
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+ | 3740-moon.jpg|[[Slimey]] and [[WASA]]<br>"[[Slimey to the Moon]]" |
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− | *[[The Martians]] first encountered the moon upon their arrival in Earth's orbit. Later, two Martians, as contestants in a Guy Smiley game show, fly to the moon and bring it back into the TV studio. |
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+ | Zoe moon Imagine with Elmo book.jpg|[[Zoe]]<br>''[[Imagine with Elmo]]'' |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ==The Moon as seen from Earth== |
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− | ===Honorable Mentions=== |
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+ | Moon martians guy smiley.jpg|[[The Martians]] and [[Guy Smiley]]<br>[[The_Martians#bringthatthing|''Sesame Street'' sketch]] |
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− | *[[Southern Colonel]] -- Attempted moon launch (''[[Southern Bread|Southern Bread Commercial]]'') |
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+ | 2411k.jpg|[[Luis]] serenades [[Maria]]<br>''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 2411]] |
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− | *[[Wayne]] -- is hit by a falling paper moon while singing "[[It's Only a Paper Moon]]" in [[Episode 124: Mummenschanz|episode 124]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' |
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+ | Kermitsmoon.jpg|Kermit<br>''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' |
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+ | MMW Kermit moon.png|Kermit<br>''[[Muppets Most Wanted]]'' |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ==References to the Moon== |
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+ | Papermoonww.jpg|[[Wayne]]<br>"[[It's Only a Paper Moon]]" |
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+ | VMX-MissPiggy.jpg|[[Saltine]]<br>"[[Moulin Scrooge]]" |
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+ | Bergenmoon.png|[[Candice Bergen]]<br>"[[C is for Cookie (song)|C is for Cookie]]" |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | * Awake in his bed at night, Grover [[Grover_Sketches:_Miscellaneous#moonblanket|imagines that he's on the moon]]. |
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+ | * [[Floyd Pepper]] believes that the Earth revolves around the moon (which causes Winter) in ''[[The Muppets (2015)|The Muppets]]'' episode, "[[Episode 106: The Ex-Factor|The Ex-Factor]]." |
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+ | ==Merchandise== |
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+ | Sigt mp.jpg|Miss Piggy [[Muppet Christmas ornaments (Sigma)|Christmas ornament tree topper]] |
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− | Image:Moon.cookie.jpg|[[Cookie Monster]] |
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− | Image:Cowmoon.jpg|The [[cows|cow]] jumping over the moon |
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− | Image:Moon.elmo.jpg|[[Elmo]] |
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− | Image:Moon.elmo-lavender.jpg|Elmo |
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− | Image:Erniemoon.jpg|[[Ernie]] |
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− | Image:Moon.erniebert.jpg|Ernie and [[Bert]] |
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− | Image:Moon.captured.jpg|[[Gobo Fraggle|Gobo]]'s Captured Moon |
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− | Image:Moon.grover.jpg|[[Grover]] |
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− | Image:Martians-moon.jpg|[[The Martians]] |
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− | Image:Moon.kermit.jpg|[[Johnson Space Center|Kermit on the moon]] |
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− | Image:Kermitsmoon.jpg|Kermits |
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− | Image:Othmar-moon.jpg|Othmar's vessel casts a shadow on the Moon's surface |
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− | Image:3740-moon.jpg|[[Slimey]] |
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− | Image:MuppetsTVmoon.jpg|[[Episode 101: Pascal Obispo & Adriana Karembeu|Kermit, Piggy, and Fozzie on the moon]] |
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− | Image:Oneworldonesky2.jpg|[[Hu Hu Zhu]] and Elmo on the moon |
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− | Image:Lunabird.jpg|"[[Caroll Spinney Artworks|Luna Bird]]" |
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− | Image:Skeeter on the moon.JPG|''[[Gonzo and the Great Race]]'' |
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Revision as of 16:55, 4 November 2015
The Moon is the natural satellite orbiting the Earth. At an average distance of 384,403 kilometers from the Earth, the moon serves as a source of illumination at night, but only through reflected light from the Sun.
The Moon has long held a fascination for humankind. However, while some might like to visit for one afternoon, outside of professional astronauts, some have stated that they don't think they'd like to live there. Notable space exploration agencies include NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and its counterpart WASA, the Worm Aeronautics and Space Administration.
In 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 11 mission, which became the first such mission to successfully land. Commander Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon, and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin became the second. Aldrin's experience gave him great insight into the moon's geological structure; in Sesame Street episode 4090, he shares that expertise with Cookie Monster, assuring him that the moon is made of rock and is not, in fact, a cookie. Not to be outdone by Aldrin and the human race, in 1997, WASA sent Slimey the Worm on a space mission, making him the first worm on the moon.
Cookie Monster once again looked to the sky and saw cookies. In January 2010, Cookie Monster wrote on Sesame Street's official Twitter account, "Sometimes Moon look like giant cookie. Must look into joining space program." NASA responded a short time later from their official Twitter feed with information on how to join the space program.[1]
The Moon as a character
The moon, due to its round shape and topographical craters which at times resemble facial features, has often prompted anthropomorphic representations, such as The Man in the Moon and the moon in "Elmo's World: Sky." It is believed that the one true moon is in fact Luna, good friend to Bear on Bear in the Big Blue House. The moon, in its crescent phase, resembles a letter C. It is not, however, a cookie.
Characters who have been to the Moon
The Moon as seen from Earth
References to the Moon
- The first Grouch landed on the moon as reported in Oscar's 1978 newspaper in A Special Sesame Street Christmas.
- Awake in his bed at night, Grover imagines that he's on the moon.
- John Crichton calls his father on a cell phone from the moon in the Farscape episode "Bad Timing"
- Mr. Bimbo has been to the moon...twice.
- Floyd Pepper believes that the Earth revolves around the moon (which causes Winter) in The Muppets episode, "The Ex-Factor."
Merchandise
Sources
- ↑ "Cookie Monster storms Twitter as @sesamestreet gains a following", Los Angeles Times blogs, April 9, 2010.