Sakura Ruth

I've been trying to get Sakura as hooked on the Muppets' Alphabet Album as my siblings and I used to be. There's a great page on it at the Muppet Wiki: The Muppet Alphabet Album. (Of course there's a Muppet Wiki. Don't be silly.) After listening to the CD version that Grandma and Grandpa found for us, I was tickled to have my memory prodded with this trivia about the original vinyl pressing:

On non-record editions of this album, the following section of dialogue has been cut from the end of side 2, after Big Bird says, "What's the alphabet?" and everybody groans:

Bert: Well, don't just sit there. Turn the record over and let's start again.

Big Bird: Hey, if they turn the record over, won't we all fall off?

Then the closing music plays, on all versions.

It's good to see that many of these songs are available in video form on YouTube, too:

A very quick post to link to the website of Hamada Nursing Baby (浜田ナーシングベビー). This Koganei clinic is run by an 80-year-old woman with strong massaging hands and plenty of advice for new mothers wondering what to do with their infants. Megumi has been going there for some months, and has made a number of friends in the neighborhood with babies about the same age as Sakura. If you're in the area and have a tiny baby we highly recommend Hamada-san!