Anyone remember Sesame Street Visits the Firehouse?
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21ccwj_sesame-street-visits-the-firehouse_shortfilms
It first was released on video in 1991 (taped in 1990), but I remember back in 1994 or 1995 PBS played it--either that or my mom rented the tape for us. I don't remember. I just remembered Big Bird freaking out over the smoke in Oscar's trash can (where he was cooking weird Grouch stuff) and when they rescued Mr. Monster from the apartment fire--and the lady who lived there saying "What about our house?" I feel like Elmo was playing on the ladder at some point. The lady also mentioned vacuuming. I remembered that too. I thought the fire started because of the vacuum. The Mr. Monster scene kind of scared me a little back then but I found it on Dailymotion. Haven't seen it in at least 20 years. Then of course in 2001 the members of the FDNY appeared on a special episode, right after 9/11. I'm actually glad they did that. A lot of the kids who lived in NYC might have been traumatized after that morning (just like Elmo and the grease fire) but they should know firefighters are our friends. I actually had the book of the firehouse episode but it was slightly different. In the book, Big Bird, Ernie and Grover are with Mr. Hooper when they see smoke coming out of a condemned building.
Like the proverbial cheese, I stand alone. Even while seated.