Mr. Hooper & Sesame Street
January 06, 2009
Listening to NPR this morning, I heard Michael Davis, the author of Street Gang: The Complete History of "Sesame Street," talking to Diane Rehm on her show. Rehm asked the author to read the script from the "Sesame Street" episode in which the grown-ups explain Mr. Hooper's death to Big Bird. (Will Lee, the actor who played Mr. Hooper the storekeeper, had passed away in real life.) The script is a moving piece of writing, and Davis read it well. He mentioned that the segment, which originally aired on Thanksgiving Day 1983, is on YouTube.
Wow.
"Just because." Truly well done.
Posted by: Janet | January 08, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Isn't it good, Janet? Pitch-perfect for that age group. I got all choked up, too.
Posted by: Susan_Thomsen | January 08, 2009 at 02:20 PM
Holy moley, I've never seen that. Choking up here, too. Very well-done. Very good acting, too. Well-done with the pauses and necessary moments of silence. And that ending? Wow.
Thank you.
Posted by: Jules | January 14, 2009 at 06:43 PM
It's so lovely. Have you read Street Gang, Jules? I'd like to.
Posted by: Susan_Thomsen | January 14, 2009 at 09:03 PM
No, I haven't, but yeah, that'd be a good one for the TBR pile.
Posted by: Jules | January 16, 2009 at 09:41 AM