Sesame Street - Herbert BirdsFoots lecture on the letter M

[cstoczyn]

Grover:(relieved): O.K. Thanks, Herb.

[Pikachuiscool]

Why doesn't Grover just pull his mouth open himself? He's got two hands. Why does he need somebody else to do it?

[afriendofbean]

As soon as Herbert pulled Grover's mouth open from the peanut butter, what was that sound from 1:20-1:21? It sounded a little like water draining.

[ZNKChannel]

Doesn't Herbert look like Ned Flanders a bit?

[PandaMishima]

It's interesting that Grover's "mmmm"s are noises he often makes anyway.

[BAhern63]

so funny,I remember a kid from grade school who looked exactly like Herbert BirdsFoot.

[DakariKingMykan]

Still Grover...

Just have a glass of MMMMilk.

PB can't stand up to Milk, and it... MMM-MM... tastes MMMMarvoleous

[1980sVideoVault]

I don't think the AN Family segments exist except for one still shot of the word FAN being blown away, but I'm certain at least the other Letter M/W segment with Herbie exists on YouTube somewhere. The best lines from that segment... Herbert: "Are you gonna' turn upside down or not?" Letter M: (Blows Raspherries). Also note, that letter M had little drops of liquid or water going down as it flipped around. I don't know why that was done. Usually SS used strings for their letters.

[Garrettk41]

Has someone got the clip with the two of them demonstrating the AN family?

[tenderheart17]

to Garrettk41,

search for...Sesame Street- Big Bird, Herbert Birdsfoot and the AN family.

[Garrettk41]

I've seen that one. I meant where he demonstrates it with Grover.

[kungfujiapple]

This sketch appears on:

"Sesame Street" episode 0276 (November 8, 1971)

"Sesame Street" episode 1091 (January 16, 1978)

[kananase]

Don't eat too much peanut butter next time.

[DakariKingMykan]

Are you kidding...?

PB can't really do that in REAL life.

[PandaMishima]

@DakariKingMykan

Wish it did, we all know people we'd send a whole case of the stuff to :)

[zacandtaylorrule]

Poor Grover.  What was he supposed to do? I guess he should have kept his mouth opened.

[GarfieldVsSnoopy]

Herbert Birdsfoot looks like Ned Flanders.

[waddleduckie1]

Did poor Grover eat one too many jars of peanut butter by mistake? I remember this old clip!! I think he needs one litter of milk to get rid of that 'glue'.

[Shadowhawk28]

Herbert Birdsfoot looks like Nedward "Ned" Flanders from the animated television series The Simpsons.

[Garrettk41]

I've learned something interesting about Herbert Birdsfoot. Most of the named Lavender Muppets on Sesame Street who people don't forget that easily were Large Live Hands (look to Muppet Wiki for deatils). But not Herbert. He was just a typical lavender puppet. He and Polly Darton are probably the two best remembered lavender puppets.

[saahmed]

For some reason I used to have nightmares when I was a kid about an evil Herbert Birdsfoot...

[ultragor]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This clip is one of the funniest!! Grover's reactions are classic Jim Henson brilliance!

[zacandtaylorrule]

Poor Grover. What was he supposed to do? Have his mouth open all the time without shutting it?

[dorourke105]

Grover should've drank some mmmmmmmmmmmilk to get his lips unstuck.

[tech352]

I'm sure Ned Flanders was modelled on Herbert Birdsfoot lol.

[Pooleman96]

I agree with you. I can tell that if kids today saw this skit,they'd learn that Springfield is somewhere near Sesame Street after seeing a Muppet that closely looks and sounds like Homer's neighbor rather than what the letter M sounds like. Poor Grover,though...

[loveutoto]

I remember another lecture Herbert was giving on the letter M...which turned upside-down and became a W!

[Garrettk41]

I know. I'd like to jump into the video and help Grover get his mouth open again and wipe his lips clean of the peanut butter. But he shouldn't just stand there crying. He ought to follow Herbert. I'm sure he has a wet washcloth or something at his house.

[disneynut06]

I feel quite sad for poor Grover when he gets his mmmmmmmmmmouth stuck closed again at the end. :'(

[vivabrooklyn]

Poor Grover...when I was a kid this skit stressed me out because I thought nobody was ever going to help Grover get his mouth unstuck at the end.

[b3d]

Herbert's a mmmmmmoron

[wattamack4]

You got that right.;)

[cstoczyn]

@wattamack4 Yeah

[ISNorden]

Mmmmiserable mmmmonster...he needs mmmmedical attention!

[wattamack4]

Immmmmmmmmmmmmeadeatly lol.

[cstoczyn]

@ISNorden MMMMMMMMMMM HMMMMMMMMMMMM