Joe, I think what's more likely is that they were told there was no more work for them and that was that. They were probably told they'll keep using old segments with them in them for the new show, but they didn't need to come in and do any more "Street Story" filming. When the news broke, Sesame Workshop (who made the decision on their own with no input from HBO or PBS) changed their minds and will make an effort to include them going forward until they retire.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't have the link at my fingertips, but here's what appears to have > gone down. > > When Street went to only half-hour episodes, that limited the live-action > section to the first segment. So the idea of a story that winds through the > entire show is gone: it has to be wrapped up in that first segment.* That > meant much less time for the actors, and Workshop told the actors as such. > McCrath incorrectly interpreted it as being let go (though I don't believe > he's been on any segments so far this year), he opened his mouth, and now > we're here. > > * This is what I think the biggest flaw is with the 30-minute format: > there's no time for longer stories (think Mr Hooper's death, or their > version of Gift Of The Magi that *always* brings me to tears. That puts > more pressure on the Muppet-only segments (SuperGrover 2.0, Elmo The > Musical, etc). And it seems that the addiction to always having an Elmo > segment makes it worse. > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 7:37 PM Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> HBO/Sesame have reconsidered the move, Delgado told Fox News Latino >> <http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/07/29/sesame-street-evicting-three-its-most-beloved-long-time-residents/> >> (link), after the expected social-media backlash. >> >> B >> (A NY Daily News piece that tried to link to the above, f*cked it up >> bahdly) >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
