ok i’m upping the ante – if you’re the first person to put that pitch video from sesame street on youtube and send me the link, i’ll send you a free set of postcards from hearts and laserbeams! you could also win if you find the video pre-existing on youtube and just tell me where it’s at. here’s the scene you’re looking for…

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text comes up on the screen, saying how some tv execs are creating a revolutionary new show for kids. fades to a board room scene, with muppets sitting all around it dressed in suits. the one at the head of the table says something to the effect of “how about we call it the itty bitty kiddy show?” another muppet pipes up “it’s all about learning letters and numbers and all that, how about we call it the nitty gritty itty bitty kiddy show?”

text comes up on the screen saying “they just couldn’t agree on what to call it”

it goes back to the boardroom, obviously hours later – a pile of papers on the table, some crumbled up, all the muppet execs look haggard from being in this meeting all day. one of em slumped at the table straightens up and says, very tiredly, “hey. these kids that are watching the show… they can’t read or say their numbers or anything, right?” the other muppets agree. he continues, very slowly and deliberately, “why don’t we call it ‘HEY, STOOPID’.” kermit pipes up, “you really think they’ll put that on the air?”

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aaaaaaand scene!!! if you can find that on the internets and share with the rest of us, or put it on youtube yourself, be the first one to do it and i’ll send you a free set of postcards! because i die every time i even think about it.