Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

TV Movie
19831983
1h

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

244

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Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)

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As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the night, educational hilarity ensues as Big... Read allAs the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the night, educational hilarity ensues as Big Bird and Snuffy team up to help a ghost of a small Egyptian boy solve a mysterious riddle... Read allAs the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the night, educational hilarity ensues as Big Bird and Snuffy team up to help a ghost of a small Egyptian boy solve a mysterious riddle. The rest of Sesame Street's residents search for Big Bird.

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

244

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jon Stone
Writer
- Tony Geiss
Stars
- Caroll Spinney(voice)
- Martin P. Robinson(voice)
- Frank Oz(voice)

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

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Paul Dooley in Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)

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Trivia
Prince Sahu tells Big Bird that he is 4306 (and a half) years old, which would mean he was born in 2322 BCE during the Sixth Dynasty. The Sixth Dynasty is often referred to as the last dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

Goofs
At the beginning of the film Big Bird tells Gordon that he is supposed to meet Snuffy in the American Wing, but Big Bird finds his friend waiting for him in the Egyptian Wing.

Quotes
Prince Sahu: I'm Prince Sahure of Egypt, son of the God Userkaf, king of kings, lord of the two lands, conqueror of the East and West, and fabulous fisherman.
Big Bird: Uh, you don't have a nickname, do you?

Crazy credits
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is credited as a special guest star.

Connections
Spun-off from Sesame Street (1969)

Soundtracks
Don't Eat the Pictures
Music by Chris Cerf
Lyrics by Tony Geiss
Performed by Frank Oz and Chorus

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10/10

A Wonderfully Weird Sesame Street Movie

I very highly recommend this Sesame Street film for you and your children to watch. It is supposed to guide viewers through the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, but it is done through the memorable characters of Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie, and Big Bird. Kids can also get to learn a little bit (albeit filtered through the lenses of Jim Henson productions) about Egyptian mythology. Older viewers(those between the ages of eighteen and about thirty) will thoroughly enjoy this as a piece of nostalgia and camp, especially as relived through memorable characters of their childhood. One can't help but to laugh at the weird juxtaposition between Big Bird and the ominous Egyptian god of the dead, Osiris. Cookie Monster's song, which helps him remembers not to eat pictures of fruit and other food products, is hilarious and the most memorable part of the film.

Viewers of all ages will love this movie, so sayeth Osiris.

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