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Ripley and her Weird Face

Curriculum of the Day: Parts of the Body:  Face

Ripley is fast becoming the clown of the family. She naturally seems to go for the comedy, especially at the dinner table. Entertaining the masses is almost as important as eating every morsel of food we put in front of her. The biggest crowd pleaser to date is a move we call: The Face. She is the sole inventor of this facial expression, although we all do it now to goad her into repeating it again and again since it is so hysterical. It’s hard to describe, but it consists of her opening her mouth in a wide “O” while vibrating her head. When she first did it, we almost fell on the floor we were so surprised. Since then, everyone who has seen it has absolutely busted a gut. And so, we present to you, The Face:




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Like your family we have twins, boy/girl, that turned three last month. I saw your blog entry for January and it looks like we have something in common, potty training twins. Like one of your girls, my son WILL NOT pee in the potty but his sister was doing well until she caught on to "Bubbie" not trying. I was just letting things run their course but our local pre-schools/mommy day out programs require the children to be potty trained and this mommy needs a day out. Bribery isn't working. Have you had any success?

Sommer

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How often is the telly puppet renewed or replaced?

Katherine Sydney, Australia

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I read in 40 Years of Life on the Street about an incident involving Snuffy's puppet where a sombrero caused the wood frame to collapse on you and Bryant Young. Did they rebuild the puppet after that or did they just make a new one?

Edward

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I just wanted to say thanks for the blog. My daughter Kylie (who just turned two yesterday) loves to ask if we are going to see "the babies." Thank you so much to you and Marty for bringing the joy of Sesame Street into our lives every day.

Kendal and Kylie Montreal, Canada

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I've noticed that there are fewer Muppets and people in an episode now than there were twenty years ago. Does everyone show up on the set for filming days or only certain ones? Who decides who gets to play the Anything Muppets? There are some voices I hear more than others.

Glenda

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