Sesame Street: Kermit News And Boston T Party

[31leandat]

pual rever was in the boston tea party and after it happened the harber got closed

[foxxyloxx]

"Why is it that I'm the only frog in broadcasting that has to put up with this, huh?"

Duh, because you're the ONLY frog in broadcasting, Kermit!

The guy voiced by Jerry Nelson sounds like Harry Monster with a cockney accent. lol.

[FreedomTrailBoston]

This is great, but why do they keep calling Boston Harbor "the Boston Bay?"

[morningstar241]

Not much of a splash...

[pacificyellowmermaid]

great episode! kermit is a wise frog and journalist.I wanna see more new episodes Someone knows how many news flash exist? ?

[simonizer888]

2 people were born socialists.

[huntersom7]

even the bird has a tea bag in its mouth...AWESOME!!!!

[WaCoproductions]

thats not the reason. The real reason is that the East India Trading Company was exempt from the tea tax.

[FreedomTrailBoston]

@WaCoproductions East India Trading Co. was not "exempt" from the tax. All tea coming into Boston legally was from East India Trading Co., and it was all taxed. But it was also subsidized (much like gasoline today), so it was cheaper even with the tax than the smuggled tea that people like John Hancock were bringing in.

[IronRangeSurvival]

@FreedomTrailBoston The East India Trading Co made up for it by running opium for the Oligarchy...so it worked out just fine for em.

Sam Adams was a member of the True Born Sons of Liberty...that performed this terrorist act...and would drag the tax men out to be tared and feathered...

[mrbirdonastick]

haha only sesame street :)

[mabdullah2]

These guys are amazing! A lot of hard work must go into this to bring out such great quality of humor, fun and education.

[chatanwarrior]

wow they've gotten more educational since i was a kid

[pspboy7]

Sesame Street news was great, learned alot when I was a kid :)

[sheepchums]

@BYurick1  1773!!!:D

[jtomally9681]

@sheepchums No, no. Not what year is the plot from. What year is this clip from he meant.

[savedbygrace430]

20,001th Viewer!!!

[jrbostonrocks]

Throw em in da bay! Lol this is pretty funny!

[handofnergal]

Go Kermit!

[mdumas43073]

Wow...Kermit reports for Fox News now?

;-)

[graypantsrodeo12]

LOve this

[Garrettk41]

Not to be rude, but didn't we already go through this?

[DanaAbel30]

The Boston Tea Party was generally a petition against the King of England's unjust taxation, which caused the Bank Of England's tea exportation loan to be immediately defaulted. As for the colonists, there's something else they didn't do right for this. In the original Boston Tea Party, the colonists dressed up as Indians.

[DanaAbel30]

This part of Boston is Griffin's Wharf, and they still do reenactments of the Boston Tea Party for the tourists and locals.

[gordonXU]

Ha Ha!

[Garrettk41]

Notice how when they come back with the tea bags, among them is a pink muppet boy who wasn't there before.

[Garrettk41]

Almost. But I believe Clash is the turnip guy and Bob Payne the tierra woman. Someone below told me. I was unsure about those two myself at first.

[Garrettk41]

It gets easier the more you hear of him. By the way, this is the second time I've corrected you and I hope you haven't found it annoying. That's certainly not how I intended for it to come across.

[Garrettk41]

Also, I see no evidence to suggest that the blue guy is Ben Franklin. What gives you that idea?

[DanaAbel30]

Newsflash, Benjamin Franklin wasn't in Boston. He lived in Philadelphia.

[DanaAbel30]

No, he didn't.  I think the blue guy is supposed to be either John Hancock or Samuel Adams, who were the leaders of the "Sons Of Revolution".

[Garrettk41]

You don't have to.

[jtomally9681]

YES!!!!

[1990babyface]

I never saw this episode.

[ShaiMyst]

me neither. But I do like Kermit T Frog and his reporting lol..but this seems okay

[Finnjun]

One of my favorite Kermit scenes. LOL

[ErichoTTA]

They should make a sequel to this skit for today's relevance. lol

[muppetfan33]

Is that a Boston accent?

[joni2691]

I love how Kermit walks away..pimp walkin'!

[1990babyface]

Pimp Walkin? How is that Pimp Walking? He's hopping. That's how he walks.

[theeFri]

Tamales?! XD My My... XD

[classicssmfan]

Where's Kermit's Time Machine? LOL!

[bluestingerborg]

That's what I was thinking.

[commongirl24]

i love the news song, it's pretty awesome

[wiley207]

It would work great being heard before a NEWS FLASH segment with Kermit reporting about a cookie truck accident (that would probably be caused by Cookie Monster) ;)

[MuseCast5]

"That's no way to treat a tiara." hahah, that's great.

~Trav

[samhaskell]

Who is that frog at 2:10? What year did the Boston Tea Party happen? There was no "Sesame Street" in 1773. What year did this "Sesame Street" skit originate? By the way, what year did "Sesame Street" premiere?

[classicssmfan]

This sketch premiered sometime between 1987 and 1989. In answer to your other question, Sesame premiered in 1969.

[muppetfan33]

This news flash segment I believe is either from 1987 or 1988, and Sesame Street premiered in 1969.

[wiley207]

Yes, but the News Flash segments premiered in 1971 and continued until 1991

[Garrettk41]

Anyone know who voice the man with the turnips and the woman with the tiara?

[PatPlayjacks]

Upon closely listening to the voices in this sketch, it sounds like Kevin Clash is performing the man with the turnips and Richard Hunt is performing the woman with the tiara.

[Garrettk41]

Well you're probably right about Clash, but I don't think Hunt is the woman, because I'm almost certain he's the guy with the tamales.

[muppetfan33]

I think Richard Hunt played the guy with the tamales.

[muppetfan33]

@PatPlayjacks Actually, Richard Hunt played the man with the tamales. I don' know who played the woman with the tiara. What exactly is a tiara, anyway?

[Deanmo23]

@muppetfan33 She was performed by David Rudman, who also sounded like Numberella's stepmother.

[triviaer]

I think that the woman with the tiara is voiced by Bob Payne.

[Garrettk41]

That makes sense.

[tander60]

Why,why is it that I'm the only frog in broadcasting that has to put up with stuff like this,huh?-Kermit the Frog