Classic Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Ali Baba"

[Garrettk41]

Funny how Ricardo sounds very much like the Count and yet his attitude about counting is the polar opposite.

[PanZheXin]

Sidekicks of the 40 thieves are just wannabe stars. What kind of actors would bash and push each other out of the way.

Maybe cookie monster could threaten to eat them and make them stop hogging the the TV camera.

[threefour5]

it is our story and it does not get started until we get introducid!!!

classic =)

[StefanoFan27]

LOL, OMG.

[dadogster]

it's still the same three. Great vid though.

[DRUMMERMAN77]

i think kevin clash #1, with richard hunt #2 and martin p robinson #3

[KingSlifer]

Technically there were only 39 thieves counted. Since the first thief came after Alistair counted one and the thief came in late.

[sideslide23]

this is Ali Baba allright, If you like to see more of Ali Baba, they have it on News Flash whare Kermit Mcfrog get pwnd by these thieves

[SuperKinley]

more like ali baba and the 3 thieves.

[delvelove]

"Can we start now?" "No!" "No?" "No. Introduction take too long. We out of time."

Hahaha. So great.

[Elvisbloke]

Sesame street cracks me up! Check out 'rebel L' too lol!

[Garrettk41]

Is the first thief performed by Kevin Clash?

[girlsixdiva]

Wow I don't see how the average little kid would be able to sit through this one! lol

Someone else here said Cooke ate his pipe.  I didn't see that on here! I miss that part. Anyone know if that version is posted somewhere on here?

[mico2020]

that's the point of the show innit, to teach kids patience .. plus in those days you either watched TV or went outside to play, no playstation, no internet and no SMS'ing your "peeps".

On another note, is this Ricardo who acted in the silent movie "The Shiek"?

[revmccance]

1) May daughter when she was small would often say "Mom, can we count?" She'd do it for ages. So no worries about being bored.

2) No, the guy from "Fantasy Island."

[elbryan42]

That darn pig makes his way into almost every one. :P

[setheurovision94]

"Your number, not your names": a priceless quote. Mr Johnson should have got Ali Baba to go to the bakery for him; he seems more able to bear the wait of counting from 1 to 40 by Grover.

[Garrettk41]

I sure feel bad for Ricardo.

[sarabiii242]

They were all the same puppets used 40 times! LOL Interredoocd!!

[Mascro1977]

OMG Cookie ate his pipe.  How not appropriate for kids. Those people who say that should be shot for stupidity.

[brightbite]

"Thank you for your patience." "Take me home, professor!" Hilarious! LMAO Also, Gladys the cow makes a great cameo appearance here.

[benjamima16]

#27 is my favourite thief!

[pepelepew2006]

same

[moogle301]

was it the cow? (i just read your comment and really don't wana wait for it to load all again)

[geneseo29]

Wow...is that a pipe or a piece???

[pepelepew2006]

Its a pipe I hope. :p

[dmcfee]

Ali Baba is italian. And the Cookie Monster is smoking some bad granola.

[Xondar11223344]

Ricardo Monsterban! Hahahaha! That's the best thing ever!

[pmamae1]

Email it to OPEC and rename it Chavez and The 40 Theives. Ha!

[moatguy]

Running out of time on this one made more sense then 12 Angry Men.

[moatguy]

I wonder why there where no introductions on any more Monsterpiece Thearter skits.

[beaty811]

Because it takes too much time.

[moatguy]

I guess Cookie Monster learnt that from this.

[Minfire]

"Hey, we should be introduced too!" "No! I Ali Baba is the only person that should be introduced!" Who will win this round?

[bwhahrhr]

#26...

[captaintakemeshoppin]

"Introduction take so long...we out of time!" LOL!

[Ringo84]

I sort of remember this one! I knew there was some Mosterpiece Theater where muppets talked to Alistair in a little window. Thanks for uploading!

[moatguy]

Crickey! I never saw this but I did see the one with Kermit where Ali Baba can,t remember the open sesame thing.

[Rltpage]

Yes, glowworm2, they are the same thieves running around, but it should be worth noting that in the full-length Popeye the Sailor cartoon called "Popeye Meets Ali Baba & His 40 Thieves," all the thieves are identical just like the Muppet thieves in this skit.

[disneynut06]

I kinda remember this one. Most of all, I remember Cookie's ending line where he asks us to tune in next time for "Snow White and 7 Dwarfs".

[efil4own1]

The premise of three thieves in the Ali Baba story was also recycled for an episode of "The Muppet Show"...it was also an episode where Cookie Monster made an appearance!

[glowworm2]

There aren't really forty thieves-those are the same three thieves running around!I love the part where Gladys randomly appears!

[wiley207]

Congragulations on finding your first Monsterpiece Theater sketch, Sawing14s!

[sawing14s]

Sheesh.  This certainly isn't the first one I've "found."

[DRUMMERMAN77]

why doesnt workshop like us to see it cause of the violence

[wiley207]

Maybe because it'd be too hard for them to edit for recent airings. Usually on older Monsterpiece Theater skits from this era, they have to replace the Union Jack opening with a newer one (usually the longer 1991 intro or the "green curtain" intro) and they have to re-shoot the Alistair Cookie clips so we don't see the pipe. They usually also recycle Frank Oz's original Alistair Cookie voice recording from the original version.

[ISNorden]

Whoah, I'm amazed that the former CTW let "Alistair Cookie" keep his pipe in the first place. 1-2-3-4-5 stars!

[wattamack4]

Don't you mean 40 stars?;)

[ISNorden]

I'd have to drop by seven more times and rate it again to give you all 40. :-)