Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978) (Obscurus Lupa Presents) (FROM THE ARCHIVES)

[@colleen4ever]

R.I.P Caroll Spinney Your legacy will forever live on!

[@BradHominem]

Huge props to whomever was able to ice-skate on one leg in a Big Bird costume.

[@TimTE01]

Tonya Harding was truly gifted.

[@gracekim1998]

It’s impressive

[@Uncle-Jay]

OMG, that scene where Oscar is falling down all those stairs and through a wall had me cracking up.

[@Wolfmanluv]

Haha back when Sesame Street had guts to pull that off, nowadays this new generation of wimpy kids would be like "oh no!" They killed Oscar!

[@tmamone83]

RIP Bob McGrath. Hate to say I forgot all the ASL you taught me, but still, thanks for the memories.

[@Reioa]

I adore kids but I’m not gonna lie, I live for Allison dragging kids in her vids, 100% comedy gold every time 👌🏻✨

[@endlessnoise9173]

Cookie Monster goes insane with a typewriter, Big Bird freezes to death, creepy children saying nonsense...now we know where Kubrick got his ideas.

[@ProBreakers]

I remember this coming on PBS in the 80s at Christmas time.

[@TheDreamerExtreme]

"you can't escape from my love, Ernie. Ehehehehehehehe" dammit, your silly voices hit every funny bone in my body

[@bongchoof]

I love the way Grover says "What keys?"

[@bleakautomaton4808]

Santa keys

[@PDComicBookNetwork]

Even in the "imaginary friend" era, kids were always able to see Snuffy. It's just the adults who never saw him.

[@LamangoKaijura]

Snuffy's NEVER been imaginary. The adults just never saw him. He's real now.

[@princedonovaughn1182]

Otaking Mikohani No that was a legit thing confirmed by Carroll Spinney( the person who played Big Bird) Snuffy was never imaginary. Everytime he would leave, we the audience would see him leave, proving he was indeed a real person.The adults seeing him was for the reason you described but he always was real.

[@evilbob840]

Yeah, eventually the adults did get to see him and Big Bird was vindicated.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

@@princedonovaughn1182 Well, you guys are both right. Snuffy was never imaginary--the adults would always just miss him--but the makers of Sesame decided that (a) they'd taken the joke about as far as it could go and (b) it really WASN'T a good message to tell kids that they couldn't trust adults to believe them.

[@errickray5420]

THANK YOU

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@jenniferschillig3768 The fact that there were cases of kid abductions around the time, necessitating Snuffy's big reveal to finally reaffirm Big Bird's proof that his supposed imaginary friend is, indeed, real all along.

[@errickray5420]

Snuffy isn't imaginary, everyone just thought he was because everytime Big Bird tried to introduce him to the town Snuffy always had to leave at the last minute because of his mom or something...but eventually the town got to actually meet Snuffy and finally put Big Bird's aggravation to an end.

[@seanmatyas3938]

This is still my favourite Lupa video of all time :)

[@BigAmericanGirlFan]

Happy 45th Anniversary to this Special!

[@lauramaue]

Oh, the *nostalgia.* I never saw this special, but I had an illustrated book version that came with a cassette tape. Just by listening, I could feel the emotion when Bert asked to visit his paper clips, and even picture Cookie's face after the hilarious music sting. It's a real testament to how good the voice acting and comedic timing were.

[@gentlerat]

I had that cassette too!

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

I had this on VHS and then on DVD, and now I have it on streaming. I also still have the book

[@CaptainSpauld1ng]

"being negative 11 years old, and all that." Great line.

[@randalgraves6979]

I was -1 😐

[@DanielleBaum]

@@randalgraves6979 sammmmeeee thanks Allison fot making us feel old and shit! :P

[@gracekim1998]

I was negative a lot of numbers because I’m a late 90’s kid🤣

[@Tulpen23]

I was born in 1985 and remember watching this as a kid - a lot - they must have repeated it, and my parents video taped it.

[@MrBlue3rd]

It’s hard to make fun of this one. It’s classic Sesame Street in every possible way. I still watch it every year on Christmas Eve.

[@BigK13372]

MrBlue3rd Have to agree. Can’t get enough of classic SS; especially when they aired those episodes/clips on Sprout.

[@MrBlue3rd]

BigK13372 My local PBS station aired this special every year on Christmas Eve all the way until the mid 90s, I found it on dvd and have continue watching it every year since.

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

It's way better than A SESAME STREET CHRISTMAS which was done at the time and was about everybody trying to convince Oscar that he's literally in a then modern retelling of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. This and ELMO SAVES CHRISTMAS are the best. Their other Christmas specials are either mediocre or just dumb

[@Wolfmanluv]

The scene with the shadowy figure coming towards Big Bird scared the crap out of me when I was a little kid

[@Krendall2]

A major indicator that a kid is going to grow up with a snarky, cynical sense of humor is how much they love Oscar the Grouch. Something great about anything pre-'90s Sesame Street is a lack of Elmo.

[@gracekim1998]

Oh I see. Elmo came after

[@Krendall2]

@@gracekim1998 I forget when he debuted exactly, but I believe it took awhile for him to become one of the main characters like he has.

[@colleen4ever]

@@Krendall2 Ya mean basically owning the entire show!

[@Cdr2002]

Kermit is dressed like the most festive Black Panther Party member you’ve ever seen

[@pizzathefox8809]

I really wish modern Sesame Street was still like this. Classic Sesame Street was awesome dude.

[@deeconstruction8163]

I used to have the vinyl record album of this special. The cover was Big Bird on the roof in the snow, about to freeze to death.

[@Wolfmanluv]

Wow that is a morbid image to put on a record album

[@BrianHill-n9x]

Me too

[@user36able]

Great, I hope there’s a thanksgiving special where Big Bird realises he’s eating his turkey friend

[@MegaHoro]

We would regularly watch this around Christmas and make fun of it too!

[@user-hansomelad42]

Big bird was one of my favorite characters from sesame street.

[@davebooshty299]

Santa goes down the Chimney with MAGIC. (:

[@nunyabizness9459]

Oh my god I've been wondering when someone in the review community would get around to this holiday special. I honestly didn't think anyone under 35 had any idea it existed at all even with the advent of the internet. This is amazing. Utter Christmas magic. Bless you for mocking this into oblivion. Even from the opening ice skating scene you had me near tears laughing my ass off.

[@LilyBannel]

Love this one. I miss old school Sesame Street because it wasn't just for kids. Sure there's still humor for adults now but it feels watered down. 70s Sesame Street implied Grover was a player with the girls. Oscar (implied) swore! Your review is wonderful too. Your joy is contagious.

[@Rendo86]

Having Oscar have the abilty to say" BITCH I LIVE IN FUCKING TRASH CAN!" is so life affirming

[@reddragon0624]

LilyBannel this just a different feeling when it comes to old SEASME STREET even though it’s still the same show basically

[@girlinthebasement8169]

Why shouldn’t Sesame Street be just for kids? There’s so much raunchy TV for adults. Let kids have some good, wholesome TV for themselves without sneaking adult humor in there.

[@BainesMkII]

I miss the old Sesame Street because the characters were actual individual characters. In modern Sesame Street, you either have shallow caricatures/characters and interchangeable roles. Modern Sesame Street could take a Bert & Ernie script and run it with Oscar & Slimy and no one would bat an eye, while for 70s Sesame Street the same task wouldn't even be conceivable without serious rewrites and maybe even some re-plotting.

[@ryandyer621]

When is that Grover thing implied?

[@Daniel-yy5tx]

My gay atheist heart is pretty divorced from the Mormon boy that watched this religiously every Christmas, but while I can laugh at all of Allison's jokes, "True Blue Miracle" remains a happy memory and one of the few Christmas songs with no baggage attached, LOOOL!

[@Mattteus]

the skating rink is up several flights of stairs and through various offices and businesses...

[@GraceDupre]

Man, I don't ever remember this one being THIS...seventies. Also it was my one and only childhood exposure to David, being an '89 baby! Tiny me was a bit confused.

[@dancepiglover]

And Mr. Hooper

[@mastermarkus5307]

For god's sake, someone has to fix Cookie Monster's left eye!

[@Crazy56U]

Yay, now I can relive Cookie Monster making the children cry, Oscar eating shit, and Big Bird's depression!

[@Scatscar1985]

Thank goodness this was the pre-Elmo era.

[@HEAVYMETALmovie1981]

I love this Christmas special. I had it on recorded VHS 📼 and watched it many times as a kid and not got the DVD. Brings back find memories as a kid during the holidays 🎄

[@snukastyle]

I wasn't aware that was the third Gordon! I also was unaware he was still on the show after all these years! It must have been like 31 years since I saw him live.

[@rorylumley4727]

Santa has a magic snow globe to grow the chimney to be able to go through it.

[@Mattteus]

I think I remember seeing this rerun on PBS as a kid

[@MissGreenAgain]

4:17 That's nothing. The line was originally "Sure. I've been thrown out of better places than that.", but Jon Stone had it changed in post because he considered it too adult ;P

[@culwin]

Kermit IS the King of the Muppets. Kneel before him, peasant.

[@fenrir-art4742]

Then everything changed when Constantine Frog came.

[@Yamamanama]

No, that would be ANIMAL.

[@calebmayfield3326]

+Yamamanama I wonder what would happen if Kermit met Bugs Bunny.Also Kermit will always be the King of Hensonia which means all Henson shows

[@calebmayfield3326]

+FENRIR-ART Nope still the same

[@bleakautomaton4808]

Now explain Hanukkah to Big Bird, Kermit. For you know all the things.

[@jlprizm]

Your voices make life worth living. 😂

[@thejasonlundgren]

Grover was my favorite character on Sesame Street!

[@alienalibi2382]

I think Lupa and Oscar are my spirit animals x.x

[@Zomdra]

3:48 - 4:11 "He's dead. They killed him." One of the funniest OLP moments in my opinion. The whole 2011 run of Christmas episodes are some of my absolute favourites of the show.

[@avremirine8986]

6:01-6:28 is now my favorite Oscar scene.

[@batmous]

Man, all Oscar's cussing getting drowned out by the subway

[@maxwipson147]

I remember watching this when it first aired in 2011. I had never seen Christmas Eve on Sesame Street but I remember really enjoying the video. The next spring I met someone who would become my girlfriend a year later. The Christmas in between, we talked about our favorite Christmas movies and this was one of hers, so even though I was studying abroad at the time we found Christmas Eve on Sesame Street on KZbin and watched it roughly synchronized. Now we live together and we've watched it every year. Thank you for posting this as a rerun this year. It's still a great video and it brings up happy memories of watching a movie with someone really special.

[@Wolfmanluv]

This aired in 1978

[@maxwipson147]

@@Wolfmanluv I was referring to the video, not the special

[@Wolfmanluv]

@@maxwipson147 oh ok

[@Wannabe_Baby]

I'm starting to think Allison hates Christmas. It's hilarious, keep it up.

[@bunnychu15]

Sesame Street is the one children's show that I can honestly say is timeless because it's an educational show that knows how to entertain all ages but still keeps it kid-appropriate without dumbing it down for them. They knew how to have a show with multiple characters so everyone would have a character they liked (or related to) but not jumble up the plot as it was treated with care. I enjoy Cookie Monster's antics (though I do agree he has a problem,) but I've grown fonder of Oscar the Grouch as an adult because I can understand not being able to get into the Christmas spirit (especially when you miss someone you love who is no longer with you.) They do add new characters, but whenever they're introduced, they always fit right in because Sesame Street Workshop tries to keep the original spirit Jim Henson had. Again, I know this is an older review of yours, but thank you for taking me back to one of the few shows from my childhood that I can honestly say never went downhill or experienced a terrible reboot. One of the reasons I defend Avenue Q when overly religious people bash it for being too vulgar is that it takes things I didn't notice about the show as a kid and satirizes it in a way that makes me go "oh yeah, now I get it" so it gave me a trip down memory lane. If you need a break from reviewing a long round of terrible movies and want another trip down memory lane, if you can manage to find a rare DVD copy of it, "Don't Eat the Pictures" would be a good pick. It isn't a perfect film by any means, but this TV special they made for the Metropolitan Museum of Art has plenty of cute Oscar the Grouch and Grover moments. The downside is that (like many of the other TV specials) it only received a very limited DVD release so it's out of stock for the time being, but if you still have a method of watching VHS tapes, you might be able to find the original videotape at a place that specializes in nostalgia (ie Vintage Stock.) Because it's a Metropolitan Museum special and is educational, there's also a possibility they'd have it available to check out at your local library.

[@colleen4ever]

They never dumbed down Sesame Street? Clearly you haven;t seen it recently, have you?

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

I truly hope I never have an occasion to shout, "Cookie Monster, you fuck-up!!" in my life.

[@JBabyLeather]

Bert leaving his paper clips... so sad

[@McCammalot]

People nowadays forget that Santa is an *elf* in "''Twas the Night Before Christmas." ;)

[@the_1st_dalek159]

I vaguely remember bits and pieces of this from owning a vhs copy that’s probably either been lost to time or buried in my shed.

[@SpeedyEric1]

Classic Sesame Street, and classic Lupa.

[@spookyrosev6467]

Cookie Monster is my new dramatic chipmunk

[@JBabyLeather]

Aww I love Cookie Monster

[@WritInWater]

You should check his Twitter account. No, really.

[@randalgraves6979]

Grover was my boy. 😐

[@randomreviews4278]

11:27 I think this came out after people found they can see snufalugas

[@spookyrosev6467]

Well, Snuffy was imaginary...at the time. Then the McMartin preschool incident happened and they figured that having the adults not believing Big Bird might discourage abuse victims from telling the truth (which turned out to be false memory syndrome thanks to endlessly interrogating children , but whatever still encouraging for actual abuse victims)

[@agentleman4610]

SpookyRoseV Yeah the whole Satan/pedophile scare that came up during the 80s. Thank god I wasn't around for that bullshit.

[@princedonovaughn1182]

Snuffy wasn't imaginary the adults just never saw him so didn't believe Big Bird. Carroll Spinney has confirmed from the beginning Snuffy always WAS real. The adults finding out was because of that yes but Big Bird always was correct. This is why we see Snuffy leave Everytime Big Bird leaves the room.

[@iKadaj]

i never watched seseme street. my very first nightmare i can ever remember having, like when i first got old enough to have bad dreams, was about that trash can monster. scared the mortal crap out of me. cookie monster freaked me out too, lol. seseme street/muppets characters absolutely terrified me.

[@Wolfmanluv]

I loved this since I was 6 in 1978

[@ThePonderer]

Oooh my family and I still laugh over this one.

[@Shiirow]

he has got three broken bones... one two three broken bones. ah ha ha ha ha

[@LaDracul]

So why hasn't anyone done a Cookie Monster/Dramatic Ferret mashup?! As for the ice skating muppets, they were part of the Ice Follies (Before merging with Holiday on Ice, which tours overseas) in the '70s. (The music that plays when Bert is barrel jumping is fonky. :) )

[@brendakrieger7000]

🎄 Loving all the creative ideas from the kids 🎅 Oscar is always hilarious👕🗑

[@MatthewMiles-n7c]

Cookie Monster eats a Christmas Tree 😂

[@purplegoth8730]

Literally got this for my mom lol

[@artistwithouttalent]

The last time I clicked on a notification that fast, Doug DeMuro was reviewing an R34.

[@vashstarwind36]

That is so funny because right before I went on my lunch break here I was singing the Sesame Street song

[@NoahFineburgh]

10:30 "We aint found shit."

[@randomreviews4278]

8:46 rip Bob

[@vitormanuel9889]

Actually snuffy wasnt a imaginary friend at all only the adults in the street saw him like that in one episode in 1985 big bird made all the grown ups to see snuffy

[@BloodrealmX]

Poor Cookie Monster. He tries so hard, but he can never do anything right.

[@planescaped]

My mother insists I used to watch Sesame Street. I have no recollection. All those blackout drunk toddler nights...

[@Jennithebaker]

Can we just talk about the devastation that was mr. Hoopers death? I can't see him without thinking of Big Bird.

[@shwahgamer]

They handled that in a very respectful and realistic way. I appreciate the hell out them for being honest with the audience.

[@joeywomer]

the pic at the beginning of Big Bird crying is creeping me out.r

[@citizencalmar]

Some people have movies or TV specials they watch every Christmas. I have KZbin videos reviewing Christmas specials, like this one. :D RIP Caroll Spinney.

[@colleen4ever]

RIP Bob McGrath.

[@grapeshot]

Big Bird and his best Jack Nicholson impression.

[@Z-INC.BYZARIA]

6:32 now that i think about it, oscar did cussed in a kids show, what an upgrade for him

[@kieranstark7213]

“FUCKFACE” 🤣

[@JICheshired]

This intro gave me such a good laugh.

[@FaeQueenCory]

There are only two types of people. People who love Grover, and people who love Cookie Monster.

[@colleen4ever]

I personally was always Team Cookie Monster!

[@PaceBreaker]

WTF Sesame Street?! I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe for a moment at the part where Oscar goes flying,

[@joelepes9354]

Watched this special alot

[@phreakazoith2237]

Santa Claus smeared with butter and roasted to perfection in a chimney with some reindeer sausage . YUMMY! Sing the carols of the Old Ones!

[@JamesOhGoodie]

1:00 Fuck cynicism! I love this movie!

[@mitkitty]

Aw man i love this review. Also i love Oscars song a lot

[@davidpaul1970]

This is my favorite video. Yours. Not that Christmas crap.

[@mathieuleader8601]

my grandfather's families photos came in a cigar box

[@UltimateOmegaRed]

Big Bird finally gets his explanation with help from Willy Dynamite himself!

[@gracekim1998]

Oh I get the negative 11 years old part🤣 I too didn’t exist back then, it’s actually a miracle I even know what Sesame Street is. Oooo this will be fun😊 18.8.22

[@Safer7Sephiroth]

Lupa looks so tired of big birds shit on that title card.

[@nolanhewitt2563]

I only saw the one when elmo wishes christmas was every-day

[@MrBlue3rd]

It's worth checking out, its on dvd.

[@gracekim1998]

What the fuck happened to Cookie Monster?!😨 The eyes though

[@mathieuleader8601]

GREAT CONTINUITY

[@c.w.r.794]

Whizbang fun!”

[@inlovewithmatthew4485]

He was cNOT swearing!! He was just heaping a bunch of condescending stuff upon ther poor bird. Everyone knows they're AGAINST such language on that program that they don't even present it under wraps! I'LL BET MY RIVAL'S LIFE ON IT

[@sacrificiallambchop3333]

Big bird is 6 by the way.

[@colleen4ever]

8:57- Why are they buying presents for each other on CHRISTMAS EVE?! And believe me, if you thought THEY were gay, you'd have a field day with how Big Bird reacts when Snuffy is away at his grandmother's in 'Elmo Saves Christmas'. Especially when he sings 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' to Snuffy's picture. It'll make ya wonder who really ARE the gay ones!

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

This and ELMO SAVES CHRISTMAS are the best SESAME STREET CHRISTMAS specials. Every other Christmas Special they've done is either mediocre or just plain dumb. One of the worst is A SESAME STREET CHRISTMAS CAROL where Oscar gets visited by Three Christmas Spirits, the first one is a Grouch ghost which totally undercuts the message they're trying to send. The Second is a cheerfully annoying anthropomorphic Christmas Tree, and the last one is a floating robot, and it's segment about what the future's gonna be like has nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the special. Also it was a rehash of A SESAME STREET CHRISTMAS which was done at the same time as CHRISTMAS EVE ON SESAME STREET and has The Adults with some Celebrity Guests trying to convince Oscar he's in a then Modern retelling of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. It's kinda lame

[@hellbreaker666]

has The Count always had wings

[@vitormanuel9889]

He has a cape