Sesame Street Saturdays: Conversations with Bert

Have you ever dreamed about talk shows hosted by Muppets? Have you ever wondered what Bert's favorite type of sock is? Or what his favorite nutritious beverage is? What about how he would interact with Saturday Night Live mainstay Andy Samberg? Well all of these questions and more are answered in the most recent, possibly most awesome, Sesame Street viral video released on YouTube on Thursday. Conversations With Bert features everyone's favorite paperclip collecting, pigeon loving, unibrowed yellow person as he interviews celebrities. Part 1 (implying more parts!) features Andy Samberg as a guest... but enough from me, just watch it for yourself because it's fantastic!



But that's not all! Our good friend, the extremely talented Stuart Reeves has created something magnificent. With his incredible digital art skills, Stuart has created a desktop wallpaper from the teaser poster for The Muppets that has the perfect dimensions, amazing coloring... and just absolutely everything. Check it out below, click on it to see it in all of its gorgeous glory, set it as your desktop background, and spread around like a video of a cat and a gorilla becoming friends!









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Muppets on Your iPhone: Bert's Bag

Bert's Bag
$3.99 on iTunes






Ryan Dosier - Hi there! I've got a brand new iPhone app to review for you. Care to take a look? Well, today I played the brand new iPhone app from IDEO Toy Labs and Sesame Street, "Bert's Bag" which stars, you guessed it, Bert (Professor Hastings declined the script) and a brown paper bag.

The game is very simple (which turns out is a good idea for games geared at preschoolers), because all you have to do is open Bert's bag, dump it out onto the table, and count the contents with him. There are numerous types of things to count, and all are very Bert-esque. When I played, I counted toy tops, Bert's international coin collection (which consisted of three coins), and keys.



And honestly, that's all there is to the game. I suppose there are tons of different things you could count with Bert, as each bag is different, but after three turns I was bored. In a way, I see this as perfect for Bert; a boring game with a bunch of weird items.

In the Sesame Street iPhone app hierarchy, "Bert's Bag" ranks somewhere below "Elmo's Monster Maker" and somewhere above "Rosita's Jump Count." The app is fun to count a long with and it's always fun to see Bert in new material. Eric Jacobson does a fantastic job here, as he makes Bert enthusiastic about some very lame thing.

So, overall, this app is fun for the novelty of having Bert and his excitement over a new bag. This app will be perfect for antsy preschoolers and every once in awhile I'm sure their parents will get a kick out of it too. Go, Bert!














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