tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732627476503445199.post1446395730380068498..comments2010-08-24T01:44:25.907-07:00Comments on A Buncha Blocks: It's an outrage.Lizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765435173044669706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732627476503445199.post-4428626190199306462008-11-16T22:52:00.000-08:002008-11-16T22:52:00.000-08:00Simple! Louie got laser surgery!But really, it's a...Simple! Louie got laser surgery!<BR/><BR/>But really, it's a retcon. Only a simple one, since viewer testing showed that the Crisis of Infinite Elmos sequence was just too intense.At the same time, a similar script was scuttled; centering on Baby Bear, the scenario in which Guy Smiley shoots Papa Bear while Mama dies of a heart attack served no identifiable pedagogical purpose, and Hasbro turned down the license for "Dark Bear" action figures. Though I hear Grover looked adorable in his butler outfit.Andrew Lealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536423892525694724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732627476503445199.post-20593881526267599232008-11-16T22:43:00.000-08:002008-11-16T22:43:00.000-08:00Okay but what about the picture on the wall in Elm...Okay but what about the picture on the wall in Elmo's room where one of the seemingly parental figures CLEARLY wears glasses? BUSTED.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753267342014703406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732627476503445199.post-89730961726080301792008-11-16T14:47:00.000-08:002008-11-16T14:47:00.000-08:00Also, keep in mind Dorothy wasn't even alive when ...Also, keep in mind Dorothy wasn't even alive when Elmo was born, so yeah. Either powerful imagination, or Dorothy channels past events plus alternate universes and all that stuff. In one, she imagines a middle-aged Elmo as a newspaper customer. Also, the doctor and nurse are likewise Elmo clones, because Elmo is her frame of reference for everyone. That doesn't mean he was delivered by relatives, though. (Yeah, it is headache inducing to think about, but que sera sera).<BR/><BR/>http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Elmo_Doctor_and_Nurse<BR/><BR/>To really blow your mind, try to make it through all of these:<BR/>http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Elmo_VariantsAndrew Lealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536423892525694724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732627476503445199.post-87228008271790916232008-11-16T14:43:00.000-08:002008-11-16T14:43:00.000-08:00For the record, Dorothy *does* have a powerful ima...For the record, Dorothy *does* have a powerful imagination. Elmo even says "Dorothy is imagining Elmo's first birthday!" So Dorothy is either just very special and psychically powerful, or there's something in the food Elmo gives her. She's also been known to imagine Elmo as animals, rocks, and an entire musical sequence about her mind.<BR/><BR/>As for the names, that was an in-joke, since those are the names of Kevin Clash's parents. When Sesame Workshop decided to make Elmo's parents prominent, they redesigned both of them (in older books, they still look like Elmo, but sometimes Dad has glasses, sometimes he doesn't, or a moustache, and so on). Here's Elmo's Mom today:<BR/> http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Elmo%27s_Mom<BR/><BR/>So it's basically a retcon, but not Muppet Wiki's fault (full disclosure: I'm an admin there). Please don't be mad at us! Blame the system!Andrew Lealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536423892525694724noreply@blogger.com