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Sesame Street Oscar the Grouch

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Oscar has a green body, no nose, and lives in a garbage can. His favourite thing in life is trash; evidence for this is the song “I Love Trash”. Oscar can also become mobile with the help of his friend Bruno, the trashman, who carries Oscar around in his can.

He despises all things nice and sweet and loves collecting junk, standing in line, arguing, rainy days, and anchovy milk shakes. One thing Oscar does not like is children playing in front of his garbage can.

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Sesame Street Grover

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Grover is a friendly, gregarious and very likeable, blue monster. He is multi-talented, taking on many different roles and professions throughout the series. His childlike exuberance has been making children laugh (and occasionally cringe) for more than three decades.

Grover describes himself as a “cute, furry, adorable monster.” He usually does not use contractions when speaking, which gives him a distinctive speaking pattern. Grover is a well educated monster and is eloquent and knowledgeable.

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Sesame Street Ernie

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Ernie, the outgoing foil to the more serious and responsible Bert, is great at explaining things, but can sometimes be a bit too smart for his own good.

He is well known for his fondness for baths with his Rubber duck and for having trouble trying to learn to play the saxophone because he would not “put down the duckie.” The Rubber Ducky song is well known throughout the world.

Ernie talks himself into some tight corners, and often falls prey to his own jokes, yet his free-spirited approach to his successes and failures makes him one of Sesame Street’s most enduring and likeable characters.

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Cookie Monster

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Continuing further with our biographies of the main Sesame Street characters, today we find out more about Cookie Monster.

This cute blue fury character is most known for his voracious appetite and his famous eating sound “Om nom nom nom” referred to as ‘Cookie monster noise’. He can (and often does) eat anything and everything, but his favourite food above everything else is cookies - hence his name.

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Sesame Street Bert

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Bert is the long-suffering sidekick of Ernie. He is more mature, analytical, and considers himself the voice of reason in their relationship. Though seemingly older and wiser, Bert can be rather eccentric and though intelligent, he is also grumpy, boring and easily frustrated.

He enjoys activities such as paper clip and bottle cap collecting, cooking oatmeal and watching pigeons. He also plays the tuba, and loves Bernice, his pet pigeon. Bert is not always a willing participant in Ernie’s adventures as he knows he will end up with the short end of the stick. In the end, however, Bert always forgives Ernie, forever remaining his “old buddy.”

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Sesame Street Mr Snuffleupagus

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Aloysius Snuffleupagus (a.k.a. Mr Snufflepagus or Snuffy) resembles a brown woolly mammoth, without tusks or (visible) ears. He is four years old and loves to play with his best friend Big Bird.

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Sesame Street Big Bird

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Continuing our short biographies of Sesame Street characters, we’re introducing Big Bird – a personal favourite.

Big Bird - sometimes referred to as bird by his friends, is an 8′2″ tall 6-year-old yellow bird. Children understand and identify with Big Bird’s excitement over new things as well as his disappointment when things don’t work out or when he makes mistakes. They also see his willingness to try again, to correct his mistakes and just by being persistent, find solutions to problems.

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New Sesame Street Elmo

Monday, October 15th, 2007

When our range of new Sesame Street soft toys arrived last week, I have to admit that although I found the soft toys fun and colourful, I didn’t know much about the Sesame Street Muppets.

Tickled by curiosity, I have done my research and got to know this friendly bunch a little better. Let’s start with Elmo - a long-standing Sesame Street favourite.

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New Halloween Balloons

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Put some fun into your Halloween celebrations with our new Halloween balloons. They make a perfect trick or treat accessory and a great addition to any party decorations too.

Large Elmo Pumpkin balloon - for a fun filled Halloween night, this huge 60cm (24″) SuperShape Halloween balloon shows Sesame Street Elmo peeping from behind a large pumpkin with a huge grin on his face. Only 20.99.

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New Teddy Bear and Chocolates Boxes

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

We’ve recently taken delivery of smaller red stripy boxes to send teddy bears and chocolate gifts, so now all our gifts - even the larger balloons and balloons bouquet are sent in red stripy boxes made exclusively for us.

We often get calls and emails asking how the gifts are wrapped, so the arrival of the new boxes was a perfect excuse for some new pictures. We attach a gift tag with your personal message to your balloon, teddy bear or chocolates and carefully wrap it in a red stripy box generously lined with red tissue paper.

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