HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: GREEN
From: bruce-b@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Bruce Benson)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 05:30:45 GMT
Followup-To: alt.tv.muppets
Organization: computer Science

In article <1992Oct6.222019.10374@uoft02.utoledo.edu>,
cscon115@uoft02.utoledo.edu (Don Wedding) wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have the words to "its not easy being green"?
> 
> If so could you post them.

It's not easy, bein' green
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
When I think it would be nicer, being red or yellow or gold
or something much more colorful like that.

It's not that easy, bein' green
It seems you blend in with so many ordinary things
and people tend to pass you over
cause you're not sstanding out
like flashy sparkles on the water, or stars in the sky.

But green's the color of Spring
And Green can be cool, and Friendly, like....
And green can be big, like an ocean
Or important, like a mountain
Or tall like a tree.


When Green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why
But why wonder, why, wonder?

I am green
And it'll do fine.
It's beautiful.
And I think it's what I want to be.
(And I think it's what I want to be.)

---
I keep this one around for a one page bit of text to fire at printers to
see if they really aren't working like the students keep telling me (I have
heaps of hard copies lying around as a result of believing the students :-)
)

I probably got it originally from the muppet song book:-

>There are eighteen songs contained within this archive:

>alphabet-song	(Amazingly Beautiful Creatures Dancing)
>back-there	(Gonzo's song from The Muppet Movie.)
>be-kind		(Be kind to your neighborhood monsters)
>bert-ernie-1	(Ernie and Bert sing along in the bathroom.)
>bert-ernie-2	("See, I had to put the sugar in the flower pot here...")
>better-comes	(Rowlf and Kermit's song from the Muppet Movie)
>bork		(Is this what the Swedish Chef sings? Help me make it better!)
>c-is-for-cookie	(Cookie Monster's song)
>green		(It's Not Easy Bein' Green)
>happiness-hotel	(from The Great Muppet Caper)
>just-one	(If just one person believes in you...)
>lime-coconut	(You put the lime in the cocount and you drank them both up?)
>love-trash	(Oscar's song)
>movin		(Kermit and Fozzie's song from the Muppet Movie)
>muppet-show	(It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights...)
>picture-that	(Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band from the Muppet Movie)
>rainbow		(Kermit's song from the Muppet Movie)
>rubber-ducky	(Ernie-s song)

... uuencoded songs deleted...
>| Brian S. Kendig         /\  bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU, BSKENDIG@PUCC |
>| Computer Science BSE   /  \    "You gave your life to become the person   |
>| Princeton University  /____\     you are right now.  Was it worth it?"    |

I suggest you ask Brian for it.


---
Bruce Benson.   	       	       	       	       ,_o ,__o
Department of Computer Science. 	       	     _-\_\,\_<,
University of Auckland. 	       	       	    (*)/'--/'(*)
b_benson@cs.aukuni.ac.nz
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: dahead00@nx28.mik.uky.edu (Zippidy Do Dah)
Subject: Muppets on SNL
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 15:33:50 GMT

Is there a FAQ on the muppets.......?

I used to love the muppets on SNL but have never seen them since...

Never on reruns or Best of SNL tapes....

Anyone know where to get these gems as they were funny as hell.....

I think the muppets in the Dark Crystal looked and sounded alot like the  
muppet who played the kings underling on SNL

Comments.......



{How come there is no song like American Pie for Jim Henson}
(Just a thought in lieu of a real sig)
From: dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: Please Help
Date: 9 Oct 92 02:21:32 GMT
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

In article <1350001@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com>, kingsley@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Kingsley Morse) writes:
>               Please answer these 9 questions and return.
> 
> 1.) Do you think equal rights for men and women is generally a good idea?
> Yes                  [ ]
> Sometimes            [ ]
> No                   [ ]
> Haven't heard enough [ ]
> Other                [ ]

Well, I'm in fravor of anything that will make women shoulder their share of the
repsonsabilities for dating (you know, asking out, first kiss, ripping off
partner's clothes)


> 
> 2.) Are you pro choice?
> Yes                  [ ]
> Sometimes            [ ]
> No                   [ ]
> Haven't heard enough [ ]
> Other                [ ]

Well, I suppose a woman should have a right to choose if she is going to have
sex or not. (Mind you, ONLY because I want my mom to have the option! All other
women--sex on demand!)


> 
> 3.) Are you in favor of adoption?
> Yes                  [ ]
> Sometimes            [ ]
> No                   [ ]
> Haven't heard enough [ ]
> Other                [ ]

Adoption of what? Alternate lifestyles?

> 
> 4.) Do you think men should be allowed to legally terminate their parental
> rights and responsibilities before fetal viability?
> Yes                  [ ]
> Sometimes            [ ]
> No                   [ ]
> Haven't heard enough [ ]
> Other                [ ]

YES! Then I won't have to weat then damned condoms!


> 
> 5.) What sex are you?
> Male               [ ]
> Female             [ ]

Not often enough.

> 
> 6.) How old are you?
> Under 18           [ ]
> 19 to 65           [ ]
> Over 65            [ ]

You might want to split choice number 2 up a wee bit more.

> 
> 7.) What religion are you?
> Protestant         [ ]
> Catholic           [ ]
> Jewish             [ ]
> Other              [ ]

Satanist, Wicka faction.

> 
> 8.) What political party are you affiliated with?
> Democratic         [ ]
> Republican         [ ]
> Other              [ ]

Satanist, Wicka faction.

> 
> 9.) How many years of education have you completed?
> Grade School       [ ]
> High School        [ ]
> College            [ ]
> More               [ ]

You mean with or without cheating on the final exam?
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: Please Help
From: robynn1@dion.gac.edu (Robyn Ness)
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:22:18 -0600

In article <BvtGJ6.H93@news.udel.edu>  writes:
> In article <1350001@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com>  
kingsley@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Kingsley Morse) writes:
> >              Please answer these 9 questions and return.
> 
> 		<series of questions deleted>
> 
> Can someone tell me WHY this was brought up on this group?  What does it  
have to
> do with muppets?
> 						Evets

This questionaire has shown up on 3 of my favorite, though entirely  
unconnected, news groups.  Everyone I know or whose postings I have read  
is treating it like an opportunity for a joke.  
	-Robyn  =)
From: mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu (Mary E. Allison)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: Ernie dying?
Date: 7 Oct 1992 17:58:52 GMT
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NNTP-Posting-Host: uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu

lrfox@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (linda ream fox) writes:

>It's right up there with "are there worms in my Big Mac" and "Proctor and
>Gamble is owned by Satanists".

OH - by the way, there's this guy that's trying to get in the Guinness
book by getting the largest number of postcards.  Send your postcards
NOW to /dev/null

--
Why do you make this stuff up all the time, why don't you just say
Sam, we don't know ...
That wouldn't be any fun.
   -- Sam and Al, "Moments to Live"

    Mary Allison (mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu) Urbana, Illinois
Catx2 Owned, Square Dancer, Leaper, Ballroom Dancer in training 
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: s1082919@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au (T Hankinson is GUMBY)
Subject: S.Street in Holland
Organization: Monash University College Gippsland, Churchill, 3842, Australia
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 06:07:52 GMT

  When I was quite I was taken to Holland with my Mum to see my Grandmama,
  and I can't remember watch sesame st in dutch. The real weird thing is that
  Big Bird was blue and most of the characters were differnet colours than
  what you'd expect. Now I am not sure whether this was some dutch ripp off
  but does anyone else had experience with techicoloured muppets.



 **************************************************************************
 *       Templar Hankinson      s1082919@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au           *
 *                                                                        *
 *       Walter : What's all that noise this ain't soul train             *
 *                   ( from the movie House Party )                       *
 **************************************************************************
From: basil@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Brian J. Stokes)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Rainbow connection lyrics
Date: 7 Oct 92 06:30:23 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

quick correction to the posted Muppet Movie lyrics:

Rainbow connection:

What's so amazing that keeps us star-gazing?
and what do we think we might see?
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^

Also, ENOUGH!  Nobody is scheduled to be terminated on Sesame Street. I talked
to Jon Stone (the producer, head writer) 2 weeks ago, this is all a sick
rumor.  The only deaths have occurred naturally (Hooper, David, and now
Richard Hunt *Don Music, the cow, Sully, Forgetful Jones, many others*)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: gschlesi@scott.skidmore.edu (gabriel schlesinger)
Subject: re: Grover/Gopher
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 01:33:14 GMT

I am more interrested to know why your psych prof. was talking about
Grover in the first place.  How does he fit in to modern psychology?
I do hope it's not one of those Paavlovian dog things.  "When Grover
is near we feed him, when he goes far we give him an electric shock
and you don't even want to know what we do when he goes through".
Sorry, I get like this sometimes.			-gabe
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: peters@daffy.cis.udel.edu (Shirley Peters)
Subject: Re: re :rainbows
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 00:32:30 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.213416.59483@cc.usu.edu> slb3y@cc.usu.edu (Punk Rocketeer) writes:
>In article <1992Oct7.002953.6455@scott.skidmore.edu>,
>gschlesi@scott.skidmore.edu (gabriel schlesinger) writes:
>> Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
>> That's part of what rainbows do.
>> Rainbows are memories
>> sweetly reminders
>> what is it you'd like to do.
>> All of us watching and wishing we'd find it.
>> I've noticed you watching too.
>> Someday we'll find it the Rainbow Connection
>> the lovers, the dreamers and... (goes into instrumental)
>
>     And at the end of the instrumental, Kermit begins singing, and is
>eventually joined by the other Muppets with
>
>Life's like a movie
>Write your own ending
>Keep believing keep pretending
>We've done just what we've set out to do
>Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers, and you
>
>That "you" goes on for a loooooong time, btw.
>-- 

and, of course, the final (and imortal) words on the soundtrack...

"De Flim is Okee-Dokee!"
	- the swedish chef

:-)
-- 
Shirley Peters                                       peters@dewey.udel.edu
U. of Delaware/A.I. duPont Institute                peters%udel.edu@udelvm
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                        I'd rather be sleeping!
From: mc7g+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Raymond Cote)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: Cookie Monster Album
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:19:12 GMT
Organization: Sophomore, Design, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I had that same album as a child, and although I believe that it is out
of print as such, Golden Books has put out a series of Sesame Street
audiocassettes available at most chain bookstores in the childrens'
section.  Although I don't know if "I Love Trash" is on any current
release, "C is for Cookie" and "The Ballad of Casey McPhee" (the Cookie
Monster/Casey Jones spoof) can be found on the tape, "Grover and Cookie
Monster: True Blue" from Golden Books for $5-$7.  There are about eight
or nine more Sesame Street tapes, which contain pretty much every song
of note with few exceptions.

Hope that helps.

--Michael Cote
From: hymowitz@whatever.cs.jhu.edu (Hymie!)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: that stupid poll
Date: 9 Oct 92 01:05:26 GMT
Reply-To: hymowitz@cs.jhu.edu (Hymie!)
Organization: Creative Sensualities dept, Jacquie's House of Underwear


i got this in the mail. naturally i had to follow her request.

>
>I wish I could post this to alt.tv.muppets...but my system doesn't
>allow it. I read it all the time, though, and I just got through
>with your response to that goofy survey that somehow got posted
>in there. I'm still wiping the tears from my eyes from laughing
>so hard. Right now everyone in the lab here at UW-Milwaukee
>thinks I'm totally nuts...but who cares? Thanks for a hysterical
>reply to a pitiful post. It really brightened my day.
>
>Take it easy!
>
>-Linda 
>lchavas@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

--hymie
hymowitz@cs.jhu.edu                                         hymie@jhuvms.bitnet
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
After the first soul returned from Heaven with the report on its appalling
dullness, few if any souls wanted to go there.  The truth was that sin,
particularly of carnal lust, was far more interesting than the perpetual
singing of hosannas.                                            --Piers Anthony
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: rebeccal@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Rebecca S. Lawrence)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: Please Help
Date: 8 Oct 92 20:00:45 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA

kingsley@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Kingsley Morse) writes:
> 
>               Please answer these 9 questions and return.
> 
> 1.) Do you think equal rights for men and women is generally a good idea?
> Yes                  [X] never know until you try
> Sometimes            [X] depeneds if God is male or Female
> No                   [X] for cats and dogs -cats tend to get the bad rap
> Haven't heard enough [ ]
> Other                [ ]
> 
> 2.) Are you pro choice?
> Yes                  [X] Sure - I like to choose what I wear!
> Sometimes            [X] Depeneds if I'm pregnant or not!
> No                   [X] I hate Pepsi!!
> Haven't heard enough [ ]
> Other                [ ]
> 
> 3.) Are you in favor of adoption?
> Yes                  [X] cats are always nice kids!
> Sometimes            [X] If the lab rat is cute enough
> No                   [X] who wants to wake up to crying kids at 2 am?
> Haven't heard enough [ ]
> Other                [ ]
> 
> 4.) Do you think men should be allowed to legally terminate their parental
> rights and responsibilities before fetal viability?
> Yes                  [X] but then it would be fatal for the fetal
> Sometimes            [X] depends on his pain threshold
> No                   [X] he had something to do with creating it, didn't he?
> Haven't heard enough [ ]
> Other                [ ]
> 
> 5.) What sex are you?
> Male               [X] depends on the time of the month
> Female             [X] By God's blessing 
> 
> 6.) How old are you?
> Under 18           [X] mentally and emotionally
> 19 to 65           [X] in actuallity
> Over 65            [X] physically
> 
> 7.) What religion are you?
> Protestant         [X] I protest everything!
> Catholic           [X] God-damn right i'm a catholic!
> Jewish             [X] I love them cool beanies!
> Other              [X] Lutheran - cause I believe in self-inflicted denial
> 
> 8.) What political party are you affiliated with?
> Democratic         [X] because i'm a smart-ass (get-it, donkey?)
> Republican         [X] because i like elephants
> Other              [X] TKE (tau kappa episilon)
> 
> 9.) How many years of education have you completed?
> Grade School       [X] i got a grade, i don't remember which one
> High School        [X] naw- i got high everyday!
> College            [X] I needed to perfect my taste in beer
> More               [X] made it past beer - went on to the hard stuff
-- 
-----
Becky Lawrence                |  I saw you two days ago, I saw you 
rebeccal@csugrad.cs.vt.edu    | yesterday, I saw you today, but I 
VPI & SU                      | must see you tomorrow as well....
From: snaakah@terapin.com (Joy Tilton)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: soundtrack Muppet Show
Date: 16 Oct 92 23:22:56 GMT
Organization: BBS

I use to have the particular album with that song on it.  I believe it was just
simply entitled The Muppet Show.  There was also another album with Muppet Show
hits called, "The Muppet Show 2."  Manna Manna is on the first album.
From: lchavas@CSD4.CSD.UWM.EDU (Linda Catherine Havas)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Cookie Monster Album
Date: 11 Oct 92 23:50:16 GMT

HI everyone! I finally have succeeded in getting my notes posted.
I've been reading alt.tv.muppets for a while, but up to now haven't
been able to talk back.

Now that I can, I have a question. In my reckless youth, I
had an album of songs from Sesame Street. It included 
"I Love Trash," "C Is For Cookie," and my favorite song,
the takeoff on the story of Casey Jones with Cookie Monster
as a train engineer, hauling a load of cookies through a 
blizzard. The album was yellow and had a picture of Cookie
Monster on the cover. 

Can anyone tell me the name of this compilation, and whether it's
still available? I'd love any information you can offer. Reply
either by post or e-mail; I'm not particular.

Thanks Loads!

Linda Havas         ---------------->   lchavas@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
From: andersod@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: wanted muppet pictures
Date: 10 Oct 92 22:37:19 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

I am collecting pictures.  So if you have any pictures of muppets of any
show, please send them to andersod@cnsvax.uwec.edu
   thanks
     Douglass Anderson
From: lchavas@CSD4.CSD.UWM.EDU (Linda Catherine Havas)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: TEst
Date: 11 Oct 92 22:00:07 GMT

Totally
Expecting
Something
Terrific
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: s334@brems.ii.uib.no (Rossy)
Subject: soundtrack Muppet Show
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 13:23:13 GMT

	Does anyone out there know where I can get a hold
	of the 'Manah-manah'-song that Animal (I think it
	was him - the drummer in the Muppet Band) sang
	during one of the TV-shows?  The song got quite
	popular, so I think it must be released on some
	record.

	If you think you know what I mean, please e-mail

    //////////      ///////    ///////    ///////  ///    ///     -     -     O
    //      ///   //     //  //         //          //////        -     -   //\/
   /////////     //     //   ///////    ///////      //       -     -      _/\
  //      //    //     //         //         //     //          -    -       /
////    ////    ///////   ////////   ////////     //// is s334@brems.ii.uib.no
From: bfbear@penn.Gwinnett.COM (Penn Collins)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Muppet Show on Tape- Where to get it!!!
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:54:45 GMT

I just recieved a terific catalogue in the mail....

Video SuperHeroes
c/o Andy Mangels
2167 SW Yamhill #6
Portland OR   97205 USA

this guy is a video collector/trader- write to him for a catalogue/info
(neat list of Videos!!!)

penn
From: lchavas@CSD4.CSD.UWM.EDU (Linda Catherine Havas)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Grover/Gopher
Date: 15 Oct 92 00:47:51 GMT

My psych prof called Grover "Gopher" today in class. All I could think
of was "The Love Boat." Couldn't you just picture Grover saying
"Yes sir" to Captain Stubing?

I was amused; hope you were too. :-)

Linda Havas ---------------> lchavas@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: dascoser@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (david serchay)
Subject: Re: GREEN
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:51:49 GMT

bruce-b@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Bruce Benson) writes:

> In article <1992Oct6.222019.10374@uoft02.utoledo.edu>,
> cscon115@uoft02.utoledo.edu (Don Wedding) wrote:
> > 
> > Does anyone have the words to "its not easy being green"?
> > 
> > If so could you post them.
> 
> It's not easy, bein' green
> Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
> When I think it would be nicer, being red or yellow or gold
> or something much more colorful like that.
> 
> It's not that easy, bein' green
> It seems you blend in with so many ordinary things
> and people tend to pass you over
> cause you're not sstanding out
> like flashy sparkles on the water, or stars in the sky.
> 
> But green's the color of Spring
> And Green can be cool, and Friendly, like....
> And green can be big, like an ocean
> Or important, like a mountain
> Or tall like a tree.
> 
> 
> When Green is all there is to be
> It could make you wonder why
> But why wonder, why, wonder?
> 
> I am green
> And it'll do fine.
> It's beautiful.
> And I think it's what I want to be.
> (And I think it's what I want to be.)
> 
> ---
> I keep this one around for a one page bit of text to fire at printers to
> see if they really aren't working like the students keep telling me (I have
> heaps of hard copies lying around as a result of believing the students :-)


You might be interested to know that Mandy Patenkin (sp) sings that in 
his "Dress Casual" show. He dedicates it to Jim Henson.

Dascoser
From: intruder@cats.ucsc.edu (Sheila Rani Gurtu)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.prisoner
Subject: Prisoner Ch4 Screening
Date: 10 Oct 1992 00:53:01 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


 > Did anyone notice an apparent cut in the most recent episode, "A, B
 > and C" screened by Channel 4. We see Number 6 talking to B and as
 > nothing interesting is happening Numbers 2 and 14 discuss trying to
 > put words in B's mouth. Suddenly the scene changes to number 6
 > waking up and discovering a second injection mark on his wrist,
 > leaving the scene with B unresolved. Has a scene been cut here? and
 > were the earlier episodes shown complete?
 
Yes, it's been cut, unless you just dozed off at the wrong moment.  The
warders use a microphone to put words into B's mouth to try and get 6 to
tell why he resigned, or whatever.  In the end, number 6 is convinced that
B is a fake; the implication is that he knew her well enough that he knew
the words coming out of her mouth could not be her own.

Newsgroups: alt.tv.prisoner
From: lchoqu%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Lee Choquette)
Subject: Re: voiceovers
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:06:17 MDT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
Distribution: alt

Apparently our station recognizes how annoyed some people are by voiceovers,
but still feels they have to do them.  I've noticed a couple of times they
wait until the end of the theme song, and then do a short voiceover while the
producer and distributer credits appear.
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
   . . . . Lee Choquette . . . . . . The nice thing about standards  . . . .
  . . . .lchoqu@cs.utah.edu . . . .  is there are so many to choose from. .
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Tannenbaum . . .
From: musjjh@lure.latrobe.edu.au
Newsgroups: alt.tv.prisoner
Subject: Re: >Avengers In-Joke?
Date: 11 Oct 92 04:37:31 GMT
Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University


Of course, for those of you who don't already know, there is the theory
floating around that "The Girl Who Was Death" was deliberately filmed
as a spoof of an Avengers episode, hence my original query as to whether
or not The Avengers spoofed The Prisoner in return.......


Be Seeing You,

XO4.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.prisoner