Sesame Street - Samuel Snively, Circle Salesman (1970)

[Smartboy8877]

Just for fun, I am going to point out that this sketch was made the same year that Uma Thurman was born!

[zacandtaylorrule]

"You the tall one with the yellow feathers" Now who could he be talking too?

[wdm1219]

Saw Bob yesterday on TV on the Macy's parade. I about fell out of my chair when I learned this morning that he's now 78!! I grew up with this show. I was almost 3 years old when it debuted back in 1969. Bob & Susan (Loretta Long), still with the show after over 4 decades. Just amazing.

[antsamthompson9]

This is so funny! "You, the tall one with the yellow feathers."

[IJustWatchEm71]

Now, there are some tough tongue twisters early on in this sketch!  LOL

[Katzi]

Good thing Samuel Snively didn't have a lisp!

[superAJ71]

I thought a better ending to this skit might be:

Samuel, upset at the fact that some of his circles turned out to be counterfeit, leaves hastily before Bob can get a chance to tell him that he was interested in buying the square or the triangle.

Oh well, that salesman was as crooked as a 3-cornered circle anyway.

P.S.: Buy the 3-cornered circle and pay for it with a $3 bill.

[soylentgreen666]

is that the camera guy talking at the beginning? i love the rawness of the old episodes, where you could hear people in the backround and sometimes see the puppeteers. i like that low-budget feel

[zacandtaylorrule]

I love Samuel Snively. Is this the only sketch with him? They should have done more.

[DiAnno13]

Never trust a circle salesman to give you a square deal.

[muppetfan33]

Hey, that's good!