Mon 21 Aug 2006
F, LIKE ME, you watched Sesame Street in the seventies, you should be quite familiar with a character whose propensity for trifles is even greater than that of Sherlock Holmes, and who too has a faithful sidekick called Watson. See the Muppet Wiki entry for Sherlock Hemlock:
Sherlock Hemlock, a Muppet spoof of Sherlock Holmes, first appeared on Sesame Street in Season 2 (1970), and was last seen in Season 23 (1991).
Sherlock is the self-appointed “World’s Greatest Detective.” He solves mysteries by concentrating on the little clues and overlooking the big ones. When he finds a clue, he shouts, “E-GAD!”
I’ve recently been watching some Sesame Street with my two-year-old, and wondering about this Muppet’s mysterious disappearance. Perhaps there was a Moriarty Muppet too?
Oh well… I guess a “Tickle Me Sherlock” toy wouldn’t have been a very hot Christmas toy.
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August 26th, 2006 at 6:14 pm
……Oh well… I guess a “Tickle Me Sherlock” toy wouldn’t have been a very hot Christmas toy….
Who knows? I was at a SH meeting once where a member proudly displayed his Sherlock Holmes ‘action figure’ to the gathering
I would display a “Tickle Me Sherlock” next to my stuffed Scooby-Doo in deerstalker and cape (but that was a gift, I swear…)
September 11th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
not exactly a “tickle me sherlock”, but i did have a sherlock hemlock puppet growing up…complete with deer stalker cap. what i don’t know is whether it was an actual sesame street toy, or something my mother cooked up.