Monsterpiece Theater - The 39 Stairs

[gavry3]

this scared the crap out of me when i was little.

[Quietschquatsch]

@gavry3 It scared me even when I was already 17 years old! O_O

[gavry3]

i had this as a dream,and that day i cryed all mornig,so i got sick.

[gavry3]

its scary at 0:00

[gavry3]

you should see it behind the scence

[gavry3]

i was scared becase of the black and white and the noises

[catieisaninjaa]

This scared the living sh*t out of me when I was little....

[Stuingtion]

when I first watched this I thought the stairs turned into a slid e and Grover slid all the way down yelling and somehow turned around

[Angie2343]

i LIKE BOTH INTROS, BUT THIS ONE IS CLASSIC.

[TheCharleyJay]

Oh god, I bet Sesame Street was amazing back then. I don't think they had Monsterpiece Theatre in the 90s, otherwise I'd know about it.

[PCCphoenix]

Looks like Grover's hopes of finding something exciting hit a brick wall--literally!

[dolldazed68]

I love Grover..He was my all time favorite!

[fallingup90]

I remember this!

[KraeganWolf]

Ahh, Cookie Monster with a pipe...the things kids TV could get away with back in the day

[thumbsupman13]

Scared the living crap outta me as a baby...still is creepy

[1990babyface]

I know Grover aint that old tryna walk up some damn stairway. And how in the hell did he not the damn brick wall? LMAO at the end "IDK Hurry"

[Jessyleppert]

My House has only 14 Stairs.

[jrdtechdotnet]

heh I remember this one too. For some reason this scared me as well...not sure why watching it now. This probably wouldn't make it to air now...all the sissy parent groups would complain that some child might try to imitate Grover's slide down the railing.

[MrPeachlover]

omggg i remember this

[rvpsmdsk]

haha he sounds like a drunk samoan

[lightbluebecka]

The sad part is that most of the people watching this are adults

[kl990]

@lightbluebecka why is that sad?

[cavalierfan1995]

sliding down the banaster was always fun but painfull

[RegaLPleX08]

this was best I remember this

[Trund27]

Cookie Monster has the best eyes

[IndianaJonesfans09]

This scared the living crap out of me. I don't know why, it just did.

[Trund27]

@IndianaJonesfans09 That's a good sign! it means you had a great imagination

[IndianaJonesfans09]

@Trund27 i do, actually.

[Trund27]

@IndianaJonesfans09 Right on

[rabidowski]

Yoda, is that you?

[sjshark23]

@Cookiefan1876 take a wild guess

[MkVII]

The reference is to 'The Thirty-Nine Steps', novel by John Buchan, filmed by Alfred Hitchcock.

[xwig]

omg i remember being freaked out by this vid when i was a kid. lol

[kl990]

It just occurred to me, I don't know what 39 stairs is about. I just assume that this is the plot.

[sjshark23]

I actually tried sliding down the railing after watching this...I think you can guess what happened.

[kl990]

@sjshark23 you flew off the banister, went through a wall and met Cookie Monster?

[sjshark23]

@kl990 I wish that were true...

[didgeboy287]

It's a wonder we didn't all get cancer and die from stair related accidents at young ages with the reckless influence of shows like Sesame Street.

[juntaothesecond]

the shadow stair climb was like Nosferatu, wasn't it?

[Oldiesmann]

Teaching kids that sliding down the rail is always more fun than walking back down the steps :)

[vanguy82]

Love grover. My Mom can do a good impersonation of Grover that I enjoyed as a kid.

[Angie2343]

I miss Monsterpiece Theater.

[darthranerful]

LOL GERONIMO!!!!!!!!

[mdumas43073]

Love the "Nosferatu" bit at 1:52.

[Mongoswede]

It kind of scares me now..I must have buried my fear deep in my subconscious :)

[Quietschquatsch]

How come some many people here (including myself) were scared of Grover counting stairs?

[ExplorerDS6789]

@Quietschquatsch I guess the mystery surrounding it, plus the eerie look and feel of it, the music. It's just spooky.

[stupidjunk978]

@Quietschquatsch Ha ha, I remember being very scared of this as a child, the real Hitchcock films was a disappointment after this,

[simpsonmovie]

@stupidjunk978 Me to i watched it while cowaring behind the couch but when the brick wall came i laughed and laughed a used to rewind it on my vcr over and over again - I Was 22

Joke i was about 3 or 4

[TheGMaster111]

Godammit, now I know i'm going to end up writing this in my end of year drama exam:

"The 39 stairs was a 1930s thriller by some guy named Alfred..."

[ariesk387]

This creeped me out so much when I was little, and I just realized it was based on an Alfred Hitchcock film!! it totally makes sense now! Crazy!

[wickedfeylady]

Cookie totally should've imitated Hitchcock for this one

[KennyCorrigal12345]

Cookies puffin the ganja

[Carpathia1086]

"Good Evening...Alastor Moody...I mean, uh...COOKIE here."

[afrox]

Hee, I liked this one when I was little!

[eleveninches]

LOL

[petrieds10]

No wonder why Grover had problems going up those stairs. How often did he really use his legs?

[uxwbill]

@petrieds10 Quite often, especially in those restaurant scenes where he was harassing that blue guy and running all over the place.

[yamihoole]

Awesome! I used to find that so eerie when i was little!

[richie4896]

Omg i kno,,,idk why maybe cuz idk but i kno exactly how u feel

[chibicheeks78]

This was my favorite installment of Monsterpiece Theatre.

[patchouli78]

are you ok?

I do not know

Stay there we're still on camera

.....

hurry

Poor Grover lol!! I was so convinced he was going to eat his pipe at the end. I know he did at the end of some of the skits...

[DanoKrazy]

Cookie ate the pipe :)

[patchouli78]

@DanoKrazy

Yay!!! I knew he would!!

[bruceld]

How did they make Cookie Monsters eyes soooo googly??? HOW? I've always wanted to know!

LOL

[moatguy]

Does anyone have the full color version of this? The whole skit was in color and the ending was a little longer.

[Garrettk41]

No, it was always in black and white, but you're right about the ending being longer. When Grover said "hurry", Cookie shushed him, and then Grover said "this is a nice rug."

[moatguy]

No I,m sure there was a color version of this. I never remember it being black and white until now.

[Garrettk41]

@moatguy Well, if there was, they changed that quickly. Because I used to own this on tape when the Sesame Street Special was aired back in 1988, and even then it was black and white.

[moatguy]

Well there was a color version I remember when I was a kid no wonder I never saw this one until now 1988 was when I was one year old. I was too young then to remember it.

[H00ps]

Cookie moster should really see a doctor about that shaky eye...that's not normal.

By the way..Grover has always been one bad MOFO.

[NaiTaiDai]

Anyone wanna bet how Sam the Eagle would respond to this?

[Bdude102]

3:07-3:10 use to scare me half 2 death!!!!

[elvischainchomp41]

What year was this

[areyouakegger]

fuck this gave me nightmares as a liccle kid

[baizasfamily]

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND??? =))

[spyrothedragon590]

I loved this sesame street scene as a kid

[fmaprincess101]

Made by man named Alfred.

[NeatoNeil]

This is a great spoof of a great Hitchcock film!

[razzmecotl]

Oh, man, I loved this one as a kid and I've been looking for it for years! Thank you for posting. Now that I'm older and have an appreciation for Hitchcock, this is even better. XD

[RustyTaps]

Why aint the Count in this one? possibly cos it would've taken him so long to count - on account of his enjoying counting so much. and he would have counted on the way down too.

[Scottishcarly]

Lol - Alfred Hitchcock. The real 39 steps, written by John Buchan, is brilliant ! Grover makes an excellent Richard Hannay !!!!!

[trent100100]

Didn't grover see the brick wall before he got to 39 stairs? lol @ grover

[afriendofbean]

That's a very good point. Maybe either Grover didn't want to look what was at the top until he made it to the top, (he probably wanted to surprise himself) and/or maybe he wasn't paying attention to the brick wall at the top. Grover was probably paying more attention to his feet as he was climbing step by step (he was more trying to catch his breath instead of looking at the top) and he was also concentrating on counting how many steps there were instead of looking what was at the top.

[ExplorerDS6789]

@trent100100 I think he was too busy looking down at the stairs he was counting, as well as looking at the camera.

[1990babyface]

Now I know Cookie Monster ain't doing what I think he's doing. He's smoking a blunt? How can a puppet smoke a blunt? Grover has some skinny legs. They look like breadsticks. A brick wall? That's a crying shame Grover. I think Grover broke his back (LOL).

[tc41986]

i remember this one from the late 80s and thought it was a bit creepy

[quizmaster85]

Me wonder which Alfred make 39 Stairs...

[wblstudios]

Are you okay?

Me not know.

Stay still. We still on camera.

ROFL

[takeyourangeroutonme]

I remember this one. I thought it used to be kinda creepy.

[5150Mil]

Oh gawd I thought this one was a dream, too. But it's actually a vague memory. This scared the living crap outta me when I was little...

*shudder*

[MiyazakiA2]

For some reason, I remember this scaring the crap out of me when I was younger. XD

I love the end.

"Are you okay?"

"I am not sure."

"Oh, well stay there. We're still on camera."

"Hurry."

[taurusgirl65]

@MiyazakiA2 I love the ending too. I especially love it when Cookie looks at when Grover is coming and follows him when he lands on the floor. Almost like he's saying "Oh geez, that's gotta hurt!"

[sowisapigtobeexact2]

@MiyazakiA2 I thought he said Hairy.

[mohinderbauer]

@MiyazakiA2 oh my god! It scared me too! I think it had to do with the music and it being filmed in black and white.

[Waiporiti]

Funniest thing was Grover's little "Hurry..." at the end. Classic stuff!

[Hondo20132]

The bad news? In updated version, quote was changed to 'What a nice rug!' then Cookie replies, 'Thank you!'

[dizzyliz1965]

did grover really have to say "stairs" after counting? that uses more breath!

[neddx]

This s better than I remember

[Rupicolous]

Why didn't he just get some binoculars before hiking all the way up all those stairs ???

At least he could of left a dump at the top if that's all that was there -p

[moatguy]

"Do you mean to say that I have climbed all these 39 steps and all I have to show for it is this brick wall! Are you out of your mind?!"

[sideslide23]

At the top of this stairs is DEAD END, I remember this, it was scary, what is the perpose of a stairs end to this brickwall, What? WTF they put this stares for?

[Wellch]

He could be at the Winchester Mystery House.

[moatguy]

No monsters were harmed in the making of this film(Except Grover!)

[coyote374]

Why was there ony a brick wall? Not even a door just a wall.

[Hondo20132]

Maybe it was one of those 'secret exit' doors.

[sapphires1994]

is frank oz still living?

[Gabrielle261]

Oz is still alive, but no longer muppeteering. He went out and got himself a fancy new career in directing live-action films and they replaced him with a guy named Eric Jacobson who's been doing all of Oz's charachters for around 7, maybe 8 years. Most of his voices are great, I neet to concentrate tosee who's performing Cookie Monster, but Miss Piggy sounds like she's got bronchitis.

[Pooleman96]

David Rudman(Baby Bear) currently does Cookie. When I first heard Eric do Grover, I thought he sounded a little like what you think about his Piggy.

[moogle301]

haha yeh, I thought that was a funny thing to say even before I knew why he used that name

[moogle301]

"are you okay?"

"i do not know"

"stay there, we still on camera"

"hurry"

aww Grover!

[mavrojh]

Yeah, the old stuff had humor we all can appreciate

[setheurovision94]

"Stay there, we're still on camera." LOL! Maybe Grover's leg muscles are still sore from when Kermit made him demonstrate "up".

[RealTime88]

I actually was creeped out at this at first but I loved the ending when Grover fell through the roof.

[ChipmunkRaccoon2]

Funny how Grover almost triped on the stairs on 2:16 - 2:18. HAHAHA

[SweetHomeCalifornia]

This scared the heck out of me when I was little...I always thought there would be something scary at the top. xD

[kidlessman]

39 stairs?? and he's already out of breathe on 20???lol

[CelesteK]

Do you have a skit called The Alphabet Chat?

[mechababy]

made by a guy named Alfred XD

[sunryze08]

Aye Diva, u always were a bit of a muppet!

Hur hur hur! ;)

[girlsixdiva]

VERY FUNNY! :-P

[girlsixdiva]

I played Grover in a "Don't Talk to Strangers" skit about 25 years ago! :-)

[sleepybrownbear]

Isn't Cookie Monster supposed to eat the pipe after this bit?

[jonnytbirdzback]

They sort of stopped that after the first few segments. They continued to include the pipe for only a few more segments.

[BuckWilliams17]

I agree.  The pipe-eating bit was Alistair Cookie's trademark.

[jfpinell]

@sleepybrownbear Yeah, but sad as it is, because of politically correctness (or as I call it lack of common sense and one's own good judgement!) some parents today probably whined that their kids might see this & try to eat daddy's pipe or ciggaretts. The same reason no doubt they don't have bugs bunny on anymore because of porky pigs stuttering or the coyote getting smashed by boulders, etc. (oh no! my kid might try that!) etc. etc. people today just don't use their heads like they used to. :(

[jfpinell]

@sleepybrownbear: (continued from my last post) I grew up watching Superman shows and I never tried jumping off a building and flying. I mean Duh! Mommy and Daddy taught us "it's t.v." early on. People our age (I'm 38) seem to want to leave everything up to the law, if you will, so often instead of using their own brains and teaching their kids themselves instead of leaving it up to someone else. Sesame street was so much better when no one went paranoid or whined about small things like that!

[dmarie1982]

are you out of your mind?? lol

[sapphires1994]

i had totally forgotten about this 1

[truelove1330]

Grover is the best monster ever...and he can count pretty high too!

[Quietschquatsch]

I had nightmares of this the first time I saw it. But I was 17 the first time I saw it. They really made it look scary. And how is it possible that he comes down at cookie monster???

[AnnaValdez]

Bumblebee: What just happened?

Bear : *grunt*

[actwealthy]

I watched so much Sesame Street, I started the first grade with a third grade reading level.

[joshiesmum]

How do you think I got through parenting?

(At least we seem to both be able to communicate without texting.)

[GolumTR]

My mother learned English from Sesame Street. My life would have been very different if not for this show

[Imadjinn]

"Hurry"...

I miss these days.

[EsmeAmelia]

"Are you saying I climbed all these 39 stairs and all I have to show for it is...THIS BRICK WALL???"

Ah, the good old days, back when Sesame Street was cool.

[ScratStitch]

"You okay?"

"I do not know..."

"Stay there. We still on camera."

One of the best Sesame Street segaments ever!

[PJJTProductions]

I was scared of this when I was little. I still am till this day XD

[hollygolightly101]

I remember being slightly creeped out by this when i was little! Speaking of slightly creepy Sesame St. segments: does anyone remember a puppet of the letter X? It had a unibrow like Bert's, but it was perpetually in an angry expression. It was dark purple if I can remember correstly. I used to have nightmares about it coming to kill me! XD

[1Mudkip88]

don't remember it but sounds VERY scary

[1Mudkip88]

sorry I meant to reply to hollygolightly101

[lifeisgrand1996]

My brother used to have nightmares because of this. XD

[therobz]

I love the left eye, which seems to oscillate independent of the other eye. The pipe is awesome too.

[rocketstevo]

In most Sesame Street episodes which has this Monsterpiece, when Grover reach the top of the stairs to the brickwall, didn't they have that part in color, but when he slides the stairs, it goes back to black and white?

[xJokerxInxThexPack]

When Grover says, "Are you out of your mind?!" he sounds kind of like Miss Piggy.

[Vader9]

Nice to see this one again! I remember watching (and loving) this one when I had the "Put Down The Duckie" VHS when I was younger.

[bjacquard]

This was on the 1988 pledge drive special also

[NirvanaJon]

"You mean to say that I have climbed all these 39 steps, and all I have to show for it IS THIS BRICK WALL!?" LMAO

[Turnajon]

Just as amusing, is, I think when Grover crashes into Cookie's office and just after saying goodbye, he checks to see if Grover's all right, saying, "Shh! We still on camera!" Gold.

[ReevaInari]

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!?" Sounded a bit like Piggy.

[1Mudkip88]

yeah...

[1Mudkip88]

sorry I meant to reply to Reevalnari

[ChipmunkRaccoon2]

Well, naturally. Grover and Piggy were done by the same person: Frank Oz.

[kmaga]

this scared the shat out of me when i was little...no lies.

[coolbluelights]

I f-ing loved that music!!

[GroverKent]

Dang, how many times these are going to be pulled off of YouTube?!

[Paulywint]

There was also a MonsterPiece Theater clip called Upstairs Downstairs when Grover climbed several steps.

[Cigirl4]

Has anyone ever come across the Monsterpiece Theatre that spoofed "High Noon"?

[lizzykat2]

Haa haa Grover's running out of breath

hee hee Silly Grover

[wiley207]

The king of Monsterpiece Theater on Youtube takes over the duty of Nanto's Monsterpiece Theater skits!