Talk:Mr. Johnson (Sesame Street)

message: In the article Anything Muppet Fat Blue is listed as a type of Anything Muppet, and Mr. Johnson is listed as an example of the type. The article Mr. Johnson refers to some non-Muppet person, so I created Mr. Johnson (Muppet) as a redirect to this page.--Larrybob 13:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mr. Johnson and Anything Muppets

message: I've removed and summarized many of the specific examples of the character's skits, as they appeared to be extraneous. As the skits are so similar to each other, a summary seemed appropriate. There was already such a summary, so I expanded it and added some material. I also commented out several images, as they appeared to be largely similar to one another. I played with the format a bit as well, to break up what was otherwise a solid string of photos. Please have a look and correct any errors I made. Thanks, UltraExactZZ  Claims ~ Evidence  15:28, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: January 2008

message: Presuming that the Sesame Street wiki is GDFL (of which I am not certain), then I wpild presume that it would be ok to copy anything/everything from there to here, presuming that the sources are tagged/noted appropriately? - jc37 03:29, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I can answer this. Muppet Wiki is indeed GDFL (GNU specifically), but after various Wikia revamps, the statement is no longer as obvious or easy to find. Here's the relevant page: [GNU Free Documentation License]. So copying is fine. However, some advice on sourcing, which has caused problems in the past. Like I said, we've actually improved vastly on sourcing, but the page as it stands includes internal links as sources (i.e. to specific sketches which members took screengrabs of and documented in a table, either of the full episode or of themed sketches). Most of that can now also be verified on the Sesame video site or probably falls under "good faith" (specific source episodes are noted, which in at least one case is still in rotation on the cable channel Sprout, so it would be tricky but possible for someone to check the episode themselves). Anyway, as long as adjustment and source clarification is made (instead of links just copied and pasted indiscriminately), it shouldn't be an issue ("eka" The associated talk page has some useful info too (especially the fact that the generic Fat Blue pattern, with a moustache and sometimes similarly garbed, was played by Jim Henson at times, and fans have assumed it's the same as "Mr. Johnson"/Grover's customer). Working on some other projects right now (and more importantly, suffering tooth pain which requires rest), so I probably won't be doing much of the copying myself, but if any help or verification is needed, I'd be happy to assist. -- Aleal (talk) 22:33, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GDFL question 

message: Mr. Johnson (Sesame Street) was referred to as "Mr. Smith" in The Sesame Street Dictionary. I wonder if Mr. Johnson has a first name when he was referred to as "Mr. Smith" in The Sesame Street Dictionary? You know, maybe something like, "Mr. Max Will Smith", as in "Mr. Maxwell Smith", like a combination of people like Max Smith (who served as a second tenor to the Mellomen from 1948 to 1966) and Will Smith (who was the fresh prince of bel-air and also provided the voice of Oscar in the 2004 DreamWorks animated film, Shark Tale). SonyWonderFan (talk) 04:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  I wonder if Mr. Johnson (Sesame Street) referred to as "Mr. Smith" has a first name?