Grouches Wiki:Earliest Known Appearance

 G R O U C H E S   WIKI  ’ s goal is to be as accurate & complete as possible, us in g the information that ’ s currently available to us. On the  SESAME STREET  Episode Guide  p age s, we try to track the earliest appearance that we can find for each insert sketch.

There are over 4, 4 00 episode s of  SESAME STREET  , so assembling a complete episode guide is a long - term project. There fore, we note the " Earliest K now n Appearance " of each sketch , with the under stand in g that that information will change if we find an earlier appearance of the sketch.

It ’ s possible that for any given song or sketch, the E K A that we list may not be the segment ’ s actual first appearance -- & in fact , it could be off by some y ear s. All that we can list is the earliest that we ’ v e found so far -- over time, as we find information on more episode s , the E K A s get more accurate.

If you ’ re interested in making the E K A s more accurate on the  WIKI , t hen p lease help out by add in g more episode information ! If you have any old  SESAME STREET  t ape s, feel free to add p age s for the episode s that you have.

First Appearance
We also occasion ally use " First Appearance " in instance s when we are absolutely certain that a sketch first appeared in a particular episode. " First Appearance " is some time s us e d for insert s that appear in the first episode of a sea s on, or in case s where information in the C T W archive s  reveal s the first appearance of an insert. " First Appearance " should b e u s e d spar i n g l y. When in doubt, contributor s should us e " Earliest K now n Appearance ".

Template s

 * Contributor s can list the Earliest K now n Appearance on episode p age s by add in g the e k a template --  -- with the 4 number s be in g the episode number that you ’ d like to link to.
 * The companion to that template is
 * An article about an individual sketch can have an " Earliest K now n Appearance " box ; contributor s create this box b y add i n g  . The box should go under the sketch picture.
 * The companion t that template is the " First Appearance " box, which use s the  template.
 * The companion template for  Sesamstrasse  episode s ( the Ge r m an   co - product i on  ) is
 * The companion first template for  Sesamstrasse  episode s is

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