Sesame Street News Flash - The Elves and the Shoemaker

[jpeavler1975]

That shoemaker was such a grump!

[DRUMMERMAN77]

why didn't they end with the word sue? sue also rhymes with shoe since lawyers do sue!

[TnseWlms]

Where's his last?

[selectorspinnaz]

kermit hears the elves names and says "sorry to hear that"

[jx346]

that was great. please does anyone have the news sketch with mumford and thumbelina?

[AllSega]

The stairs in the background are from

Monsterpiece Theater's "Upstairs,

Downstairs" with Grover. Hard to miss.

[LujackLvr]

"Get outta my house, Frog!"

I love it...

[muppetfan33]

I don't think the shoemaker had to be so grumpy.

[pattypopping]

CTW=Children's Television Workshop

[InuYashaOoO]

what movie is this?

[brianklick]

Im squeaky

im sneaky

and im leaky, well im srry to hear that

[slydiggydog]

morons. all of you

[finnishminnow]

Thanks for reposting this.

[Shadowhawk28]

Kermit: "It's a Leaky Canoe?" LOL

[MarshalGrover]

Yeah, that's my favorite line from this sketch.

[Shadowhawk28]

I get the concept joke, it's a canoe that leaks.

[muppetfan33]

I don't think the shoemaker had to be such a grump!

[califgirl101]

That was great! "There's no business like shoe business!" Thank you for this ciute video! :)

[muppetfan33]

Did the title card seem kind of wide in this one?

[wiley207]

It did seem a bit like that at times during the mid-to-late 1970s. I think the Sesame Street News segments had the most title card variations out of any recurring segments on the show.

BTW, I noticed the announcer sounds kinda like Herry Monster in this one. Did Jerry Nelson have a cold or something?

[muppetfan33]

To me, the announcer sounded kind of angry.

[wiley207]

Exactly, and Jerry often used that "angry" voice for Herry Monster and the Big Bad Wolf.

[Garrettk41]

Squeaky does sound rather like Bob Payne, but when Danny Horn of Muppet Wiki did the script for this sketch on his special site, he listed him as being voiced by Caroll Spinney.

[MarshalGrover]

Perhaps he was unaware of Bob Payne at the time.

[Garrettk41]

Possibly. He was considerably rare. There's only one picture of him on the Wiki and it isn't even very good. Squeaky sounds kind of like Mary Rhymie though, so I'm willing to believe it's Payne.

[muppetfan33]

Actually, Squeaky was played by none other than Caroll Spinney.

[Garrettk41]

Well, that is what the Toughpigs transcript of this sketch says. There is a trace of Payne in there, though.

[antsamthompson9]

"CTW headquarters." LOL!

[GroverKent]

1:32 "Ellllves moouuuths", lol.

I never saw this one before!