Sesame Street News Flash: Suzanne Farrell's grand battements

[wileyk209zback]

Anyone else notice how LARGE the old Sesame Street News logo looked on the mid-1970s - early-1980s sketches? I imagine if they tried showing these today, it would cause overscan problems and be cropped pretty badly as a result, which is probably why they went back and replaced the old logos on the 1970s sketches with the 1986 variant, which was smaller and thus could be fully seen on an average TV screen without worry of overscan (I'm a video production nut, so I know how these things work)

[MsBalletomane]

She makes it look so easy. Such a tiny skinny person...but sooooo strong. Amazing control.

[Mrnestorh]

Sesame street was so different back then, when the original producers and writers were in charge. If something like that were done today, it would probably be elmo counting how many times fiddy cents says the word n****r!

[Balletdancer980]

The way the screen is messed up makes Suzanne actually look quite pretty.

[AnthonyP73]

Ha ha - Grover is so funny.

[vanillabean001]

Haha poor Kermit and Grover. So niave. :)

[SnotRockets55]

Grover : "Nine, wow!" lol

I love Kermit.

[finnishminnow]

Kermit and Grover certainly did a great job of counting Suzanne Farrell's grand battlements.

[reflexrules]

I remember he eating yogurt.

[jonnytbirdzback]

That's already been posted by BuddyBoy600.

[Jadeno]

jonny (and buddy) is my new hero.

[Flutterbyfree]

Look up Suzanne Farrell dancing "little steps and big steps", she eats a little lunch (tiny yoghurt), and a big lunch (big yoghurt).

[PatziusPerformingArt]

I love when Sesame Street has ballet dancers as guest artists. This is the only exposure to the art that some kids ever see.

[1psoas9]

I like the way she says, "Hey grover."

[Jamiepeavler]

I don't really like the news flashes with Suzanne Farrel, myself. I like it better when he interviews characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes.

[brightbite]

Those grande battements are even harder the way she's doing them- en pointe! These Suzanne clips were some of why I grew up to be a ballet dancer myself. Thanks for posting! :)

[grifffinity]

You know, MR B probably asked her to do 50 in a row, so 20 was nothing!!!

[koala371]

What happened to Susane Farrel?

[am9224]

I can imagine Angelina Ballerina doing 20grand battements and I would count them. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.

[bennyraven]

Wasn't there a segment in which she ate from different sized tubs of yogurt, as she danced? Or am I just crazy? :-)

[OofusTwillip]

You're not crazy. I remember it too!

[Jadeno]

Me too!! I've been looking for that video clip for years. Was it in French? Something about small lunch and big lunch? Glad I'm not the only one to remember this. If anyone comes across that footage, PLEASE let me know:)

[Garrettk41]

What did Grover say at the end?

[jonnytbirdzback]

She even bows pretty.

[finnishminnow]

Yes indeed.

[dominique0711]

@jonnytbirdzback That is just so sweet, the way he says it :-)

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

who's suzanne farrell?

[jonnytbirdzback]

That's her! I don't know much about ballerinas, but maybe you can do a search on her.

[bennyraven]

Very famous ballerina, originally a performer at NYCB, now has her own company.  She performed from the 60s into the 80s.

[BernardProfitendieu]

most famous American dancer of the 20th century

[Andante735]

One of them.

[wiley207]

This skit looks like it's from the 1970s!

[efil4own1]

Does anyone have the Suzanne Farrell segment with the Count?

[jonnytbirdzback]

I would happen to have it but it'll be eventually, OK?