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Sesame Street Video: Theater edition

Brett Singer — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:45:00 GMT

Gwynne's fantastic article The Babble List: The 50 Best Sesame Street Moments got me looking on YouTube for more... more... more!

Here are some Monsterpiece Theater bits related to live theater. Alistair Cookie (aka Cookie Monster) practically steals every one with his comments.

Monsterpiece Theater - Waiting for Elmo

This might be the greatest thing I've ever seen. A "Waiting for Godot" parody on Sesame Street. As Alistair Cookie puts it, "A play so modern, and so brilliant, it make absolutely no sense at all to anybody."

Monsterpiece Theater - The Taming of the Shoe

"Classic play by William Shoespeare, famous podiatrist. (beat) Trust me." Featuring lines like, "Fie. I will not be tied to any foot...I walk alone."

Monsterpiece Theater - Hamlet

Includes an extra long intro where Cookie eats to the music, and slow pans across photos of Kermit and the gang.
"It don't get classier den dis." Prince Hamlet won't give Elmo a straight answer! Starring a pre-public-jew-hating Mel Gibson.

Monsterpiece Theater - Monster of Venice

Speaking of Jews, here's a Merchant of Venice parody, which thankfully does not feature anyone as Shylock. Grover takes over as the leader of a group of monsters who have not been invited to a party. Or, as Cookie puts it: "All about monsters in Venice. Guess that why not called Monster of Cleveland. Anyway, me digress."

Monsterpiece Theater - Cyranose de Bergerac

"Tonight we present big big feature -- facial feature. (snicker)"

Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater - The King and I

"About a king and the letter 'I'." Of course it is. This video could grow hair on Yul Brenner's head.

Coming soon -- Monsterpiece Theater, Movie Edition.

image: Muppet Wiki

Let My People Lego

Brett Singer — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:00:00 GMT

This might be the greatest use of Legos ever -- The Brick Testament. I'm sure somebody could find this sacrilegious, but I'm not that guy. The webmaster even rates the sections N, S, V or C: Nudity, Sexual Content, Violence, and Cursing. Oh yes. We're talking about naked Lego people. And Lego-on-Lego violence. The Book of Exodus (where the Passover story is from) has three out of four (sorry, no cursing).

Here are a few sample images:

With Charlton Heston gone, this is my new favorite Moses.

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Locusts -- well, Lego guns, actually. I guess there are no Lego locusts (um, hello? Lego company? Get on this, will ya?)

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Aw! Isn't he cute in his little basket?

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Maybe it's just me, but I think Lego Pharaoh looks quite a bit like Yul Brenner.

Testaments Old and New are on the site, and Exodus features all ten of the Plagues in full Lego glory. Check 'em out.

Passover Video: Let My People Go-Go

Brett Singer — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Here we are on the second day of Passover. The song that I most associate with the holiday is "Let My People Go" aka "Go Down Moses". Here are four very different renditions of this tune.

The Rainmakers - Let My People Go-Go

A slightly different take on the song. Much easier to dance to.

"Go Down Moses" by Paul Robeson

A classic. Great voice.

American Idol 7 Audition - Let My People Go

It's kind of mean the way the hosts laugh at this poor guy, who is probably trying to sound like Robseon (see above). That said, he was so the opposite of good that Simon didn't say a single word.

The Kelly Family - Let My People Go

This one is more revival-meeting style. Lots of energy. The "fake stage dive" seems to have incensed one of the commenters, which seems a bit out of place, given the source. This isn't exactly a show at CBGB's, dude.

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