Kermit and the Beanstalk (Vintage Sesame Street)

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FTW

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OMG!

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Kermit:(horrified): DOWN! DOWN! DOWN! DOWN THE BEANSTAAAAAALLLLLLK!!!!!

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Jack Sounded Like Scooter From The Muppet Show

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The Giant Looks Like A Lumberjack

LOL

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Giant: FE FI FO FUM!!!!!! I SMELL

A SWEET, JUICY LITTLE FROG!!!!!!!

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This Is From 1976-1977

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Looks Like Jack Already Took The Goose And

The Harp Down The Beanstalk, Huh?

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Poor Giant

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Poor Jack

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Poor Kermit

[NickyHull182]

roflmao!!! funny I love Kermit's News Flashes and his other videos!

[athull08]

Jerry Nelson!!!!!

[afriendofbean]

It looks amazing that the guy who played as "The Giant" has a gold tooth which can been seen at 2:06. (I just think it looks amazing because I don't see too many people with gold teeth, only silver teeth I see).

[afriendofbean]

I might be wrong but, I think this was the only Sesame Street news where Kermit didn't interview a fairy tale character. Also, it was a little surprising how Kermit was afraid of the Giant since Kermit's not part of the story of "Jack And The Beanstalk", and Kermit has interviewed a lot of the fairy tale villians (including the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs) and Kermit was never scared of those villians and those villians answered his questions nicely and politely.

[0047124]

Well, it could just be that he like many other characters are afraid of Giants just because they are giants. Not all giants are villians except that wrestler THE BIG SHOW and Godzilla from the movies.

[afriendofbean]

That's an excellent point. I guess the size of the Giant scared Kermit and maybe Kermit got scared from 1:38-1:45 where Kermit thought the Giant was going to eat him. (If the Giant wasn't going to eat him, I'm not sure why he said that). In my opinion, I guess the actor and wrestler "Andre The Giant" would be the perfect Giant for this skit and his voice sounds perfect for a Giant. (Andre The Giant was even called a Giant on the movie "The Princess Bride.")

[0047124]

at the time , he was one of the largest personalities. RIP.

[muppetfan33]

I sure love Richard Hunt and his voices.

[redfox409]

Who is that playing the giant?

[Jamiepeavler]

I would've liked it better if the giant was one of the female puppeteers. Hey, what can I say?

[moatguy]

"They often come to visit,but they never stay." No wonder Mr Giant,no one would wanna be eaten by you!

[afriendofbean]

When the Giant said this line, I used to be very scared when he would make his eyes very wide while looking towards the camera. As soon as Kermit climbed down the beanstalk very fast, I would cover my eyes and listen to the Giant say the line but, I wouldn't look at him since I was afraid of him making his eyes very wide. Sometimes I would watch him make his eyes very wide keeping a far distance from the television.

[Garrettk41]

As for me, it frightened me so much the first time I saw it that I whenever it came on after that, I covered my eyes before the giant even showed his face. It was just too much for me.

[brightbite]

Yeah, that giant didn't sit too well with me, either.

[afriendofbean]

When the Giant said this line, I used to be very scared when he would make his eyes very wide while looking towards the camera. As soon as Kermit climbed down the beanstalk very fast, I would cover my eyes and listen to the Giant say the line but, I wouldn't look at him since I was afraid of him making his eyes very wide. Sometimes I would watch him make his eyes very wide keeping a far distance from the television.

[lion371]

Lots of people can figgure out who is who. How do people know this?

[mdumas43073]

It's fairly easy once you know what each Muppeteer sounds like. A good starting point is to know each guy's main characters.

Jim Henson - Kermit, Ernie, Guy Smiley

Frank Oz - Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster

Jerry Nelson - Count, Herry, Mumford

Richard Hunt - Don Music, Forgetful Jones, Gladys the Cow

Caroll Spinney - Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch

[wiley207]

Don't forget Fran Brill, whose main characters include Prairie Dawn, Zoe and Little Bird. There's also...

Marty Robinson - Telly Monster, Snuffy, Buster the Horse

Kevin Clash - Elmo, Hoots the Owl, Benny Rabbit

David Rudman - Baby Bear

[moatguy]

And Bryant Young-Back half of Snuffy.

[Garrettk41]

That was Jerry Nelson. Richard Hunt was Sully.

[Garrettk41]

I know that. I was responding to moatguy, who said that Hunt performed Biff.

[moatguy]

Thanks for telling me. I got mixed up because someone else on another video said that Hunt preformed him. Glad to find out the truth.

[Garrettk41]

My pleasure.

[moatguy]

Also Jerry Nelson-Mr Johnson,Sherlock Hemlock.

Steve Whiteman-Ernie today after Jim Henson died and Kermit and Rowlf(Today,s Muppet show.) Eric Jacobson-Grover in today,s Sesame Street,Play with me Sesame and Global Grover.

[moatguy]

Jerry Nelson-Snuffy in first ever Snuffy apearances

[moatguy]

Jim Henson-Man who gives out lifegurd job to Grover

Marty Robinson-Tony the turtle

Jerry Nelson-Man on park bench in Harvey Kneeslaper's mirror trick'caveperson days narrator

Fran Brill-Wanda the fish

David Rudman-Joey and another monkey(I always forget his name)

[moatguy]

Frank Oz-Harvey Kneeslapper

[patrickballoonman]

That's WHITMIRE. Steve Whitmire succeeded Jim Henson as the voices of Kermit, Ernie and Rowlf.

[califgirl101]

Wow! So, that's what Jerry Nelson looks like huh! Thank you for bringing this video back for us.

[patrickballoonman]

Just so you know, Jerry also makes a cameo as the face of the Magic Mirror in the News Flash featuring the Wicked Witch from Snow White, where the witch tries to fool the mirror into telling her she's the fairest of them all, AND is wearing a hat, has two beautiful eyes, is green, is in the same room him right now and is holding a microphone; without knowing that Kermit is hiding behind the curtain.

[steveclips]

Jim Henson's son, Brian, created "Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story," a movie about Jack's descendant discovering of what really happened during the events of the story. Which aired on tv in 2001. Idon't understand why the giant did not stand on the cloud Kermit climed through.

[moatguy]

I think the giant just wanted to say hello to Kermit.

[EquusPL]

Or try French cooking...

[afriendofbean]

I agree. I'm sure if the Giant was going to eat Kermit, he probably would've grabbed Kermit as soon as the Giant stuck his head out from behind the cloud. But I wonder why the Giant said, "fee fye foe fumb, I smell a juicy little frog" if he was not going to eat Kermit. With the Giant saying that, it made it sound like he was going to eat Kermit as soon as he got out from behind the cloud.

[moatguy]

Yeah! I agree. But if the giant was going to eat Kermit he might not have said "Aw they often come to visit,but they never stay," in a tone like you miss someone and feel sad.

[patrickballoonman]

If he DID just want to say "Hello", He could have just said: "Fe-fo-fi-fog! I hear the voice of Kermit the Frog." As though, the giant had watched previous Sesame Street News Flashes.

[moatguy]

Yeah I agree. But if he wanted to eat Kermit,he would have just grabbed him.

[moatguy]

If the giant also wanted to eat Kermit after Kermit climbed down the giant might have said "Some days a giant just can,t get a decent meal."

[Jamiepeavler]

That giant didn't look so scary to me.

[tpirman1982]

I recognize this cameo. That's Jerry Nelson as the giant.

[wiley207]

That's right. You can also tell by the distinctive voice he uses in it. He also always does the NEWS FLASH announcer in all of these special reports.

[Jamiepeavler]

I've often wondered why he kept making those faces, though.

[Jamiepeavler]

"They often come to visit, but they never stay." I can't help but to feel sorry for the guy.

[moatguy]

I knew that because he sounds like Herry Monster who Jerry voices.

[andrewcolinwilson]

My favorite characters Jerry voices is Gobo Fraggle, Feenie Fraggle, Fishface Fraggle and Great Uncle Gobo Fraggle.

[Jamiepeavler]

On second thought, maybe Jerry Nelson was the best choice for the giant role.

[moatguy]

Yeah,I guess you,re right.

[tyrese3745]

Was that really Jerry Nelson who played the giant?

[moatguy]

Of course it was.