Sesame Street Flashback... whoa!

[Nature's Call]

I don't know why, but I cannot get this out of my head this morning:

one-two-three FOUR FIVE
six-seven-eight NINE TEN
ELEVEN, TWELVE....

[Ice Wolf]

It's the brainwashing. It's working.

[Amp]

I loved that segment when I was a kid.

[Zabali_Clawbane]

Check out the remix of that song that jayjay linked in post number 7 of this thread (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=322895).

[Zabali_Clawbane]

Heh, it could also be worse, it could be Mahna Mahna (http://www.devilducky.com/media/7452/) stuck in your head. ;) :D (Link has sound btw)

[Nature's Call]

Heh, it could also be worse, it could be Mahna Mahna (http://www.devilducky.com/media/7452/) stuck in your head. ;) :D (Link has sound btw)
You're evil!

If ever anyone says the word "phenomenon" I am required to reply "doo dooooo da doo doo"

[Nature's Call]

It's the brainwashing. It's working.
I think you're right. My high school math teacher did a stint as a kindergarten teacher. When he asked the class, "Can anyone count to ten" invariably the reply from a volunteer would be, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, niiiiiiine, tennnnnnnnn"

[Ice Wolf]

I think you're right. My high school math teacher did a stint as a kindergarten teacher. When he asked the class, "Can anyone count to ten" invariably the reply from a volunteer would be, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, niiiiiiine, tennnnnnnnn"Oh, dear. That, I remember! :)

[Snickers]

One, two, three,
Four, five, six,
Seven, eight, nine,
Ten, Eleven, Twelve,
The ladybug twelve at the ladybug picnic!

[Philster]

These are the people in your neighborhood.

Crap, we're friggin' doomed! :eek:

[NurseCarmen]

You're evil!

If ever anyone says the word "phenomenon" I am required to reply "doo dooooo da doo doo"There is a town outside of the Twin Cities named Menomonie. I have to say "doo doooo da doo doo" when I hear the name, and I suspect half of the Metro area does as well. If only the town's founding fathers had chosen an 'a' at the end instead of an 'ie'.

[Nutty Bunny]

My husband and I have fallen victim to the brainwashing, too. If one of us is going to the store and mentions "a loaf of bread", then the other person will then say, "a container of milk and a stick of butter".

Remember that one?

[Nature's Call]

My husband and I have fallen victim to the brainwashing, too. If one of us is going to the store and mentions "a loaf of bread", then the other person will then say, "a container of milk and a stick of butter".

Remember that one?

Oooh! Oooh! My brother and I aruge about this one. To my recollection"container of milk" didn't sound right. I always thought it was "jug of milk" and yet he swears it was "container" (or "containah" to be more precise).

You've confirmed his recollection and I lose. You too are evil.

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

Funny how the brain gets programmed. I suffer from that evil Sesame Street song on occasion.

My kids used to have one of those awful books that made various noises when you pushed one of the buttons. One button had a picture of a banana, and when you pushed it, this odd voice said "Banaaana, banaaana".

To this day, I can't hear the word banana without saying "banaaana, banaaana" in my head (and unfortunately, sometimes out loud).

[Voyager]

I don't know why, but I cannot get this out of my head this morning:

one-two-three FOUR FIVE
six-seven-eight NINE TEN

Ten tiny turtles on the telephone
talking to their grocery men.

[MissTake]

There is a town outside of the Twin Cities named Menomonie. I have to say "doo doooo da doo doo" when I hear the name, and I suspect half of the Metro area does as well.
Yup.

With regards to the OP - question for you: Do you also get the mental picture of the pinball machine?

[Nature's Call]

Phone. Phone. Yup yup yup yup!

[Nature's Call]

Do you also get the mental picture of the pinball machine?
Always.

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

I loved those guys! My mother always send they reminded her of me... I have no idea why. I'm don't have long yarny tentacles....

I guess my eyes are somewhat googly though...

[phungi]

who can forget the hit song:

Abkideffghee jeckle minoper stoovewitzes?

[Nature's Call]

Not all memories, though, are fond: Remember that thing the Count used to do to Bert when Bert pissed him off - that lightning bolt hand gesture thing, causing Bert to jiggle back and forth as one recently stunned with some occult magick would?

That used to freak the hell out of me!!

'nuff of that - phew...

... (singing) Doing the wamp wamp Pigeon!

[Philster]

The Actual Lyrics To The Hit Song Are:


"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

[MissTake]

... (singing) Doing the wamp wamp Pigeon!

ahem
"Every time I feel alone
And slightly blue
That's when I begin to think
It's what I'd like to start to do

And though it may not be the kind of thing
That's quite your cup of tea
I recommend you pay attention
To the little dance you're gonna see

Doin' the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin' the (coo, coo) pigeon
Dancing a little smidgeon of
The kind of ballet
Sweeps me away

Doin' the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin' the (coo, coo) pigeon
People may smile but
I don't mind
They'll never understand
The kind of fun I find

Doin' the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin' the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin' the (coo, coo) pigeon everyday
People may smile, but
I don't mind!
They'll never understand
The kind of fun I find

Doin' the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin' the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin' the (coo, coo) pigeon everyday "

Thank you.

[MissTake]

However, this is my super duper all time favorite Sesame Street song:
"The Batty Bat"
"One, two, three, spread out the cape
One, two, three, twirl ‘round the floor
One, two, three, left foot you swing
One, two, three, then start to sing
One, two, three, loud as you please!
One, two, three, counting with ease!
One, two, three, doing the batty bat!
Bats: Batty, batty bat; batty bat; batty bat; batty bat!
Count: One, two, three, count!
Bats: Batty, batty bat; batty bat; batty bat; batty bat!
Count: One, two, three, count!
Bats: Batty, batty bat; batty bat; batty bat; batty bat!
Count: One, two, three, count!
Won’t you dance with me, doing the batty bat? "

[dangermom]

Yeah, I love all these bits.

Last night, I served pickled beets in sour cream (it was Russian night), and my husband started singing "beet beet sugar beet!" And whenever the kids ask for milk, we wind up with Miiiiiillk, milk, milk, la lah laaa la...

Yes, Sesame Street has pretty much taken over our brains.


[nonsensical story]One time I was with some friends at a dance performance thingy, and they started playing that piece that shows up in 2001 at the beginning, before the Blue Danube Waltz bit, you know what I mean, very majestic and loud, and my friend leans over to me and hisses, ELEVEN!! And I about died laughing...[/nonsensical story]

[Nature's Call]

Ha! That got me laughing out loud! I just picture it.

Daaaaaa! Da da Daaaaaa!
Da da dummmm da Daaaa
Da dump dada dump.
ELEVEN!

Priceless!

------
Twleve! Coconut Cream! Pies!
(random drum roll)

[Nature's Call]

(on re-read the last line "Da dump dada dump" should have been "Da dump dadump dump" Yeah. Much better now.)

[h.sapiens]

Oooh! Oooh! My brother and I aruge about this one. To my recollection"container of milk" didn't sound right. I always thought it was "jug of milk" and yet he swears it was "container" (or "containah" to be more precise).

You've confirmed his recollection and I lose. You too are evil.

It was definitely "container", because, when I was a kid, I thought it sounded like the kid was saying "a potato of milk".


By the way, Wanda the witch lived somewhere west of Washington…

[alice_in_wonderland]

I knew what the OP was about before I even moused over it.

I loved that bit at the end of SS.

[Tabby_Cat]

"They played jump rope but the jump rope broke
So they all sat around and told knock knock jokes,
The ladybugs... on a ladybug picnic!"

"Follow follow follow follow follow follow follow me
Who shall I follow follow follow, who shall I follow follow me
Through the redwood through the red wood through the redwood redwood trees
Through the redwood through the red wood through the redwood redwood trees!"




I hate yall.

My absolute favourite was the cover on Madonna's "Cereal Girl".

tweedle bug tweedle bug tweedle bug

[Tabby_Cat]

Which reminds me... Do any of you remember

"Now the chickens are a-comin in the window *buk buk buk*
Now the chickens are a-comin in the door *buk buk buk buk*"

"There are chickens in the trees, there are chickens in the trees.. won't you count them for me please? *buk buk buk buk buk buk buk*"


My friends think I'm crazy.

[Nature's Call]

My absolute favourite was the cover on Madonna's "Cereal Girl".
Or the cover by the Beetles (note spelling) of "Letter B"


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Let's go the the zoo.
The zoo?
The zoo. And we'll take [beat] the family car!

[Snickers]

who can forget the hit song:

Abkideffghee jeckle minoper stoovewitzes?

It's the most fantabulous word I've ever seen...

Hee! This is fun.

"One way. The sign said 'One Way'..."

"Me and my llama,
Me and my llama,
Goin' to the dentist today..."

"I'm a working dog, I'm a hard working dog."

My work here is done.

[anyrose]

there was a song whose entire lyrics were
"one, two, three, four, five"
and now *that* one is stuck in *my* head





thanks loads :D

[anyrose]

The Actual Lyrics To The Hit Song Are:


"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
"it's the most remarkable word I've ever seen!'

[anyrose]

It was definitely "container", because, when I was a kid, I thought it sounded like the kid was saying "a potato of milk".


By the way, Wanda the witch lived somewhere west of Washington…
Marvelous, Martha! (or was that Electic Company?)

[jali]

The competion on PBS sent this message:

C'mon and zoom-zoom-zoom-a-zoom
C'mon and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom

C'mon give it a try
We're a gonna show you just why
we're a gonna teach you to fly/high
or
Everybody's doin' it
Everybody's movin' it
Everybody's havin' a ball - (yeah!)

C'mon and zoo-oom, c'mon and zoom-zoom...c'mon and zoo-oom, c'mon and zoom-zoom.

Returning PBS to Sesame Street

[anyrose]

The competion on PBS sent this message:

C'mon and zoom-zoom-zoom-a-zoom
C'mon and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom

C'mon give it a try
We're a gonna show you just why
we're a gonna teach you to fly/high
or
Everybody's doin' it
Everybody's movin' it
Everybody's havin' a ball - (yeah!)

C'mon and zoo-oom, c'mon and zoom-zoom...c'mon and zoo-oom, c'mon and zoom-zoom.

Returning PBS to Sesame Street
Yubbuo lubbiked Zuboom, tubboo?

[jali]

Yubbuo lubbiked Zuboom, tubboo?

Yubbes!, Yubbes!

I was in love with Joe (with the big hair)

[anyrose]

Yubbes!, Yubbes!

I was in love with Joe (with the big hair)
I wrote a few verses for "The Cat Came Back" - they even used one :D:D:D
(don't ask me to remember it, now, though)

[TheLoadedDog]

Whenever anybody mentions potato salad, I have to say "SURE THING, KING!"

[mamboman]

Three of these things
belong together...
Three of these things
are kinda the same...

mm

[Waenara]

I had a record when I was little called "The Count Counts".

.
.
.
.

One!


One bat!


Mwa ha ha ha!


Two!


Two bats!


Mwa ha ha ha!

[Don Draper]

Anyone remember...

Wanda the Witch wore a wig on a windy Wednesday in Walla Walla, Washington...

Or how about the "Monsterpiece Theater" (with your host Cookie Monster) production of "Me, Claudius" with an inchworm (instead of a serpent) making its' way across the fresco?

[max yasgur]

Ooooh, i remember the crocodile king with the seven sons. Something about seven rings or something and the croc king fell or something. Anyone remember the song that goes with this bit? Please?

This is what happens after years of smoking weed. :smack:

[Guinastasia]

Siiinnnng, sing a song,
Sing out loud, sing out strong
Sing of good things, not bad,
Sing of happy, not sad...

[Amaranta]

Anyone remember...

Wanda the Witch wore a wig on a windy Wednesday in Walla Walla, Washington...

Or how about the "Monsterpiece Theater" (with your host Cookie Monster) production of "Me, Claudius" with an inchworm (instead of a serpent) making its' way across the fresco?

Um, hello? That was Alistair Cookie hosting!

;)

[Dung Beetle]

Said the crocodile king to his seventh son,
"Son, you win the crown!
You didn't bring me diamonds or rubies
But you helped me up when I was down."

Sorry, max, that's all I've got at the moment.

How about the one with the little girls and the dollhouse:

"What's that
Soft pitter pat?
One, two!
Two kitty cats!"

[Antigen]

I got some buddies I can count on called the boogie woogie sheep... I dance myself to sleep (I'm in my jammies)... I dance myself to sleep (and thank you lambies)

I'm reading this book here, about a pioneer, who rode his horse all over the wild frontier... can read, can read... a book's something you can read, a book's really all you need, and you... can read.

I will never grow up.



Art Vandelay, the Monsterpiece Theater I remember best is "Upstairs, Downstairs" with our pal Grover.

[Amaranta]

Oh! And what about "NEAR............





......




.......




...far "? I loved that one.

[Guinastasia]

OOooh, I loved the Boogie Woogie Sheep!

What about?

10 Bears in the Bed
And the little one said
"I'm crowded! Roll over!"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
9 bears in the bed
And the little one said...

[jayjay]

"Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" is actually on my MP3 player...

Anyone remember "I love trash! Anything dirty or dingy or dusty! Anything ragged or rotten or rusty! Yes, I love trash!"

I've got two eyes, one! two!
They're both the same size, one! two!
I've got two ears, one! two!
They help me to hear, one! two!
I've got two ears, they help me hear!
I've got two eeeyes...and they're both the same size!

Muppet News Flash! Kermit THE Frog here...

I can't hear you, Bert! I have a banana in my ear!

Mr. Hooper reading his Yiddish newspaper.

"C is for cookie, dat good enough for me!
C is for cookie, dat good enough for me!
C is for cookie, dat good enough for me!
Oh! Cookie, cookie, cookie start with C!"

Mr. Bentley painting numbers all over the place.

"Fourth Street, Fifth Street, First Avenue.
No Right Turn, No Left Turn
What can you do?"

"I get maaaad! I get maaaad! I get maaaad! Everybody gets maaaaad!"

What really hurts is that I can't remember half of what I did yesterday, but in my head this stuff sticks like it happened half an hour ago...

[jayjay]

Me again!

I found an incredible page for this stuff, The Sesame Street Lyrics Archive (http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_Dancer/sesame2.html). There are several pages of it, but the page I linked to is the first one alphabetically. It has The Alligator King in .avi and .mp3!

"Take the crown, it's yours, my son.
Hope you don't mind the dents.
I got it on sale at a discount store,
cost me all of seven cents."

[dbuzman]

I still have the LP/book set I got when I was young with some of those songs.

How about 3,6,9...12,15,18...21,24,27...thirrrrrrty. That probably wasn't sesame street but I still remember it.

Or the show this is from; just write _ _ _ _, box 350, Boston Mass, oh two one three four.

And then all the old things from abc like conjunction junction and "I'm only a bill and I'm sitting here on capitol hill"

[Caprese]

To me (who turned 13 the year Sesame Street began) it always sounded just like Grace Slick singing "one two three four five six seven eight NINE te-en.."

I always liked both Teeny Little Super Guy and I'm a dog I'm a working dog I'm a hard working dog.

But my absolute favorite was the adorable short film with the song We All Sing With The Same Voice (http://sesame-street-lyrics.wonderlyrics.com/We-All-Sing-With-The-Same-Voice.html)

[cabdude]

Am I the only one that remembers the lower case n song?

[saoirse]

"...and turtles with brains
[Turtles:] 'Six times seven is forty-two, and Mechanicsburg is a city in Pennsylvainia.'
T is for tickle...[Turtles:] 'eeeh-hee-hee hee!'"

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

I still have the LP/book set I got when I was young with some of those songs.

How about 3,6,9...12,15,18...21,24,27...thirrrrrrty. That probably wasn't sesame street but I still remember it.

Or the show this is from; just write _ _ _ _, box 350, Boston Mass, oh two one three four.

And then all the old things from abc like conjunction junction and "I'm only a bill and I'm sitting here on capitol hill"
That would be Zoom's address, I believe.

Oh god...

Come on and Zoom Zoom Zooma Zoom
Come on and Zooma Zooma Zoom...

[saoirse]

How about 3,6,9...12,15,18...21,24,27...thirrrrrrty. That probably wasn't sesame street but I still remember it

That would be Schoolhouse Rock as well. Specifically Multiplication Rock. Increasingly large football players running onto the field.

[Nature's Call]

Bert's TV is on the fritz... all it displays is a letter I with a repeating robotic voice "I......I.......I....."

Ernie gets behind the set trying to fix it. Bert getting impatient. Finally the set changes to the same setup but with the letter J.

Ernie: "Oh dear, Bert. Lemme try again."
Bert: "No. No, I like it" (sits down to watch)


This was often a seque into "We all live in a Capital I..."

[monstro]

"C" is for cookie...that's good enough for me!

One two three...
Four five six...
Seven eight nine....
Ten eleven twelve....
Ladybuuuugs
At the ladybug picnic!

I routinely think about Forgetful Jones, the poor cowboy who could never remember anything. Even as a little kid, I knew the guy had early-onset Alzheimer's and I thought it was wrong to make fun of him.

Remember the pie guy? He would be carrying a tray full of pies and then announce how many he had (TEN STRAWBERRY PIES!) and then something would happen that would make him tumble down the stairs.

"W...for Willamina!"

Whenever my mother would send me to the corner store, I'd mutter "a load of bread, a containa of milk, and a stick of butta" under my breath.

Do you remember this?

Tiny little super guy!
Pops right up before your eyes!
He's no bigger than your thumb!
Snap your fingers, here he comes!

Don't look in the sky.
Don't look in the sea.
He's inside of you and me.

You can't tell a hero by his side.
He's just a tiny little super guy.
Oh yeah!

And who could forget that classic song "Wet Paint".

[eleanorigby]

I am not getting the loaf of bread, stick of buttah reference at all, but I distinctly remember Tiny Lil Super Guy! Loved him.

Anyone else remember Morgan Freeman on Electric Company? And the way that there would be silhouettes with the one on the left saying "st" and the other one saying "ick"--and then they would say "stick" together?


I thought that was way cool. I was more an Electric Co girl than SS.

[monstro]

I am not getting the loaf of bread, stick of buttah reference at all, but I distinctly remember Tiny Lil Super Guy! Loved him.

Anyone else remember Morgan Freeman on Electric Company? And the way that there would be silhouettes with the one on the left saying "st" and the other one saying "ick"--and then they would say "stick" together?


I thought that was way cool. I was more an Electric Co girl than SS.

Yes, I remember Morgan Freeman on the EC. I remember one song he sang, when he was playing a detective, called "Who Dunnit?" In fact, I sing it to myself quite often.

Whoooo dunnit?
Whoooo dunnit?
Whoooo dunnit, was it yoooou?

We used to watch the EC after recess in my second grade class.

[Moirai]

Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader! I remember the first time I saw him in a film, I damn near jumped up in the theater and yelled "Electric Company!"

:D

And remembering "Ladybugs Picnic" "3,6,9" and the other Schoolhouse Rock stuff, I have decided to break out my DVD of all the episodes for my kids.

Those shorts rocked. I know the Preamble to the United States Constitution by heart because of that show! Still! And I'm 38!

[Nature's Call]

I was more an Electric Co girl than SS.
Die hard SS here, but I can't play Monopoly, land on a certain utility without singing, "The Electric Companeeeeeeee"

[dangermom]

I loved Electric Company and Easy Reader, especially Jennifer of the Jungle. But of course, the best part of that show was Spider-Man.

Spider-Man
Where are you comin' from Spider-Man
Nobody knows who you are....

Capital I was one of the best bits on SS. A few years ago we downloaded a bunch of SS songs, and sadly the only Capital I file was really bad. But I can listen to the Ladybugs' Picnic anytime I want!

[Rufus Xavier]

My daughter remembered this one:

"Don't worry if it's not good enough for anyone else to hear,
Just sing, sing a song
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la..."

A snippet of my favorite:

"I'm an aardvark - fierce and fee
I'm an aardvark - standing bravely

I'm an aardvark,
And I'm tough and smart and strong
And always right,
And that's the way I'll always be ...

Until I meet another aardvark
Who's bigger than me! "

[Guinastasia]

Oh, what a kickass site!

Ooooh, my personal favorite:

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

(I have the Sarah McLachlan version, but they have original with Kermit!!!)

[Rysto]

One of these things is not like the other,
One of these things just doesn't belong...

[Guinastasia]

"French Toast-this is your life!"

Remember Guy Smiley?

[cabdude]

Clearly I am;

A long time ago,
In a far off place,
There lived a lower case n.
Standing on a hill,
and staring into space,
and it was know that she would cry now and then.

A lower case n,
standing on a hill.
The wind is very still,
for the lower case nnnnnnnnnnnn.

And then one day,
a rocket ship,
came screaming from the sky.
It landed on the hill,
and opened up a door,
and something started coming outside.

A lower case n!
Standing on the hill.
The wind is very still,
for the lower case nnnnnnnnnn.

Even at the age of 4 I was struck by how poignant this short was. If there was a crying face smiley I would certainly use it here --->

[HazelNutCoffee]

"French Toast-this is your life!"


Hahahaha! I'd forgotten all about that part. My personal favorite was Monsterpiece Theater with Cookie Monster as the host. "The Taming of the Shoe" and "The Old Man and the C" were classics.

Does anyone remember a song about breathing from Seasame Street?

Hoo, breathe in,
Hoo, breath out.
Hoo, breathe in,
Hoo, breath out.

I'm alive
Yes I'm alive
I'm ali-ay-ay-ay-ive
I'm aliiiiiiiiiiiiive

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

Nitpick: It was "Alistair Cookie" as the host ;)

[dangermom]

(I have the Sarah McLachlan version, but they have original with Kermit!!!)My husband does one of the best Kermit impressions I've ever heard. He can sing that whole song as Kermit. I figured that was a pretty good reason to marry him. :)

[Xixox]

I looked for ages to find a decent mp3 of the Capital I song...

We all live in a capital I
In the middle of the desert
In the center of the sky
And all day long we polish on the I
To keep it clean and shiny
So it brightens up the sky
Rubbing it here
And scrubbing it there
Polishing the I
So high in the air

As we work we sing a lively tune
"It is great to be so happy on a busy afternoon."
And when we're through with the day's only chore
We go into the I
And we close the door

Capital I, capital I, capital I, capital I


I never could find one of good quality, though. :(

The other one that haunts me was just an a capella choral piece played while colored circles rotated around the screen. I've never found out what that song was. I actually watched old reruns on Noggin for a month hoping to get it recorded.

[Kyla]

"Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" is actually on my MP3 player...

Anyone remember "I love trash! Anything dirty or dingy or dusty! Anything ragged or rotten or rusty! Yes, I love trash!"


And I have the mp3 of that on my computer!

When my roommate went to the Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago, she came back excited about the Jollyball (http://www.morgan-art.ch/sculp7.htm). She described it as "a really big marble maze, like one two three FOUR FIVE six seven eight NINE TEN eleven twelve". I knew exactly what she meant.

(I want a Jollyball.)

[dangermom]

The other one that haunts me was just an a capella choral piece played while colored circles rotated around the screen. I've never found out what that song was. I actually watched old reruns on Noggin for a month hoping to get it recorded.
OH!! That was one of my all-time favorite bits ever! The circles got lines drawn across dividing them into changing geometric patterns, right? I remember that music very well. I just loved that bit, and can credit it with my interest in circley patterns...

[Xixox]

OH!! That was one of my all-time favorite bits ever! The circles got lines drawn across dividing them into changing geometric patterns, right? I remember that music very well. I just loved that bit, and can credit it with my interest in circley patterns...

Yep, that's the one! I credit it with my interest in Philip Glass's music :D

[jayjay]

I looked for ages to find a decent mp3 of the Capital I song...

I never could find one of good quality, though. :(


Well, there's one on the page I linked to last night, right here (http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_Dancer/capital1.mp3), but it's not GREAT quality. It may be better than what you've managed to find so far, though, so I'm bringing it to your attention. :)

[Guinastasia]

The one that always made me sad was Kermit singing "It's Not Easy Being Green". Damn, poor Kermit.

What about "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street"? That's my all time favorite Xmas special-it's just not Xmas without it.
"Douglas fir is okay, but Scotch pine gives me heartburn!"

[GuanoLad]

I looked for ages to find a decent mp3 of the Capital I song...

I never could find one of good quality, though. :(
I have one that's pretty clear, better than the one on TinyDancer's site. If you want it, I can email it to you.

[Xixox]

Well, there's one on the page I linked to last night, right here (http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_Dancer/capital1.mp3), but it's not GREAT quality. It may be better than what you've managed to find so far, though, so I'm bringing it to your attention. :)
Thank you jayjay, but that's actually the only one I was able to find. It's good, but hard to jam to in the car ;) I do appreciate you mentioning it, though!


I have one that's pretty clear, better than the one on TinyDancer's site. If you want it, I can email it to you.
I'd love to have a listen, GuanoLad - can you please send it to me here (tzar@chartermi.net)?

Then all I need is that choral piece from the spinning circles segment to get my sanity back.

Thank you!

[GuanoLad]

I'd love to have a listen, GuanoLad
Sent.

[Cerri]

For those participating in the "jug vs. container of milk" controversy, I'm almost completely 100% (well, ok, 99.999999%) positive that it was in fact, a carton of milk.

"Loaf of bread, carton of milk. stick of buttah...loaf of bread, carton of milk, stick of buttah..."

[Caprese]

[QUOTE=monstro]"



Tiny little super guy!
Pops right up before your eyes!
He's no bigger than your thumb!
Snap your fingers, here he comes!

Don't look in the sky.
Don't look in the sea.
He's inside of you and me.

You can't tell a hero by his side.
He's just a tiny little super guy.
Oh yeah!

QUOTE]
heh
On post #55, I mention him as one of my faves.
But I think it went more like this:

Teeny little super guy
Pops right up before your eyes
Snap your fingers here he comes

[and then the TLSG says something that rhymes but is unintelligible]

Don't look at the sky
Don't look at the sea
He's inside of you and me.

You can't tell a hero by his size
He's just a teeny little super guy.
ohh, yeah. [sung by TLSG]

Inventive as they were, Teeny Little Super Guy didn't have nearly the special effects that a lot of today's kid shows do. But those kitchen countertop short films were awfully appealing in their simplicity.

[Greywolf73]

Ooh, Ooh! How about:

"There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's a HOLE in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole!

Well, FIX it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Well, FIX it, dear Henry, the hole!"

and

The Typewriter guy who'd roll out and type out a word on himself: "Noonie, noonie, noonie..."

or

The short about the guy who makes the 3-legged stool out a a tree trunk for his daughter? I loved that one.

Yeah, Seasame Street owned my soul when I was a kid. :D

[davmilasav]

So when are they going to put these out on DVD? I want to see the old SS that I grew up with, the SS where nobody saw Snuffy and Elmo wasn't even a gleam in Jim Henson's eyes.

[Amaranta]

Nitpick: It was "Alistair Cookie" as the host ;)
So I hear. (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6858422&postcount=47)

;)

[monstro]

For those participating in the "jug vs. container of milk" controversy, I'm almost completely 100% (well, ok, 99.999999%) positive that it was in fact, a carton of milk.

"Loaf of bread, carton of milk. stick of buttah...loaf of bread, carton of milk, stick of buttah..."

I just googled "loaf of bread, container of milk, and a stick of butter" and got 144,000 hits.

When I google "loaf of bread, carton of milk, and a stick of butter", I only get 39,700 hits.

I think the "containers" win out.

You're right, Caprese. It was "teeny", not "tiny".

[ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies]

All of my favorite songs have already been named, but I clearly remember some of my favorite "segments" for lack of a better word involved (I believe) just footage of making and playing steel drums, and then another that followed eggs through some sort of mass production system, from hen to box.

I expound on the effect that the pinball counting song had on me in this (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=167685) previous thread about Sesame Street.

The counting to 12 song with the shiney rolling marble that got to roll through all of the cool stuff is by far my strongest Sesame Street memory.

When I was a kid there was an artist in the area who made kinetic sculptures (http://koolkinetics.com/kinetic_stuff/index.htm) and I would drag my parents to the galleries and shops that sold his/her work because they were just like the Sesame Street marble song and I loved them so.

I also loved to play MouseTrap and pinball because they reminded me of the Sesame Street marble song.

[ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies]

I've also gotten into the habit of singing (quite loudly) to my cat, Dexter (aka Pookie):

"P is for Pookie! That's good enough for me!"

[psychonaut]

I don't know why, but I cannot get this out of my head this morning:

one-two-three FOUR FIVE
six-seven-eight NINE TEN
ELEVEN, TWELVE....
The Hill Valley Preservation Society (http://www.hvps.org/) covers this song. You can download it for free from their website.

[Enola Straight]

C is for cookie, dat good enough for me
C is for cookie, dat good enough for me
C is for cookie, dat good enough for me, hey
cookie-cookie-cookie start with C!

[Nature's Call]

For those participating in the "jug vs. container of milk" controversy, I'm almost completely 100% (well, ok, 99.999999%) positive that it was in fact, a carton of milk.

"Loaf of bread, carton of milk. stick of buttah...loaf of bread, carton of milk, stick of buttah..."

Now, that makes more sense to me. When arguing with my brother I proffered "jug" not because that's what I recalled, just that "containah" didn't jive.

[Nature's Call]

I just googled "loaf of bread, container of milk, and a stick of butter" and got 144,000 hits.

When I google "loaf of bread, carton of milk, and a stick of butter", I only get 39,700 hits.

I think the "containers" win out.

You're right, Caprese. It was "teeny", not "tiny".

Well, that confirms that esp. if you consider that
monstro is right = 65,000
monstro is wrong=37,100

If you wrap quotes around each of the above, "monstro is right" gets 12 hits, whereas "monstro is wrong" gets none.

[jayjay]

Well, that confirms that esp. if you consider that
monstro is right = 65,000
monstro is wrong=37,100

If you wrap quotes around each of the above, "monstro is right" gets 12 hits, whereas "monstro is wrong" gets none.

Heh! I remember it as "container" as well, though...and yes, I still have that run through my head when I get a verbal grocery list from someone.

[Elmer MuD/PhuD]

Does anyone remember the skit where there's this short muppet trying to jump up and get an apple off a tree, but he can't reach it. Then this tall muppet comes and picks one off. The small guy looks kind of sad, and keeps jumping. But then you realize that the tall guy can't bend his arms, so even though he can reach the apples, he can't eat them. They both struggle for a few seconds, and then they come up with the brilliant idea that tall guy will pick apples for them both and short guy will help tall guy eat them. Everyone learns a valuable lesson about teamwork and sharing.

Oh and
For those participating in the "jug vs. container of milk" controversy, I'm almost completely 100% (well, ok, 99.999999%) positive that it was in fact, a carton of milk.

"Loaf of bread, carton of milk. stick of buttah...loaf of bread, carton of milk, stick of buttah..."

Yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup. Uh-huh, uh-huh, I agree.

[monstro]

Well, that confirms that esp. if you consider that
monstro is right = 65,000
monstro is wrong=37,100

If you wrap quotes around each of the above, "monstro is right" gets 12 hits, whereas "monstro is wrong" gets none.

You just made me pee on myself!

not really, but almost

[Dung Beetle]

Does anyone remember the skit where there's this short muppet trying to jump up and get an apple off a tree, but he can't reach it. Then this tall muppet comes and picks one off. The small guy looks kind of sad, and keeps jumping. But then you realize that the tall guy can't bend his arms, so even though he can reach the apples, he can't eat them. They both struggle for a few seconds, and then they come up with the brilliant idea that tall guy will pick apples for them both and short guy will help tall guy eat them. Everyone learns a valuable lesson about teamwork and sharing.

Could they have been...nectarines? I'm getting a nectarine vibe off that one.

[jayjay]

Could they have been...nectarines? I'm getting a nectarine vibe off that one.

I'm thinking that, too. I think they were Geefles and Gonks. One type had very, very short arms, and the other had long arms but he couldn't bend them. At the end, one of them marvels at this new sharing thing they've invented and says, "Let's call it...'cooperation'". The other one says, "No, let's call it 'Shirley'!"

[MelCthefirst]

Whenever I'm at my parents home I always feel that Grover should be there - they have a big dog and a little dog and my dog is medium sized. This is big, this is medium, this is small..........do you get it? No? Oh.....This is. etc.
Also used to walk around our streets singing: the McCabes are some people in the neighbourhood etc, the lesbians are some people in the neighbourhood etc and anyone else whom we knew as we walked around.
Not to mention that one of the newsreaders on TV3 looks like the Maori version of the Count - I keep expecting him to count one, mwa ha ha ha. Oh, and I'm not even American!

[anyrose]

Oh, what a kickass site!

Ooooh, my personal favorite:

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

(I have the Sarah McLachlan version, but they have original with Kermit!!!)

it my have been used on SS (altho I cannot recall) but it is originally from the Muppet Movie along with Miss Piggy's love song I used to croon to my then BF

[CanvasShoes]

You're evil!

If ever anyone says the word "phenomenon" I am required to reply "doo dooooo da doo doo"
Funny how we remember things. I always thought the reply to Mahna Mahna (which I also thought was something like Minomina), was "ba do Ba doopy".

[Triskadecamus]

I remember Kirmit doing a duet of "It's not easy being Green." with Ray Charles. I gotta tell you, it was Grammy worthy.

Ray seems to have had a good handle on being green, ya know?

Tris

[Guinastasia]

The segments I remember-a little girl skipping along, carrying her cat under her arm, who howls because she wants down. Then the little girl imagines if her cat were big and she were tiny, she wouldn't want to be carried. So she puts Kitty down, who skips happily along side her.

Oh, and when they showed how crayons were made, or the bottles at the recycling plant.

[Nature's Call]

Or the time Bob caught Cookie Monster dipping peanuts into a stick of butter.

Bob: WTF?*
CM: Me like peanut butter
Bob: No, no, Cookie Monster. Watch this clip with me on how peanut butter is made...

[clip]

Bob: See?
CM: Oh. Thank you, Bob. PEANUT BUTTER!!!!!, [proceeds to dump the entire contents of the bowl of peanuts and stick of butter into gullet]

Bob: [look of minor exasperation}

[cue trombome]: Wamp wamp wamp waahhhhhhhmp


-----
* slight paraphrase

[UntouchedTakeaway]

That song is permanently engraved on my brain. Too late :)

VCNJ~

[Max Torque]

Well, everything comes in its own special size,
I guess it can be measured by where you put your eyes.
It's so big when you're close, it looks smaller back a bit,
That's about the size of it.

Oh, the big becomes the little when you see it back a bit,
The huge becomes the dinky, which is just the opposite.
Of the larger that gets smaller, it never seems to quit,
That's about the size of it.

That the big becomes the little, that's the way it seems to go,
That they make up a larger thing is something good to know.
It's nice to know that though we're small, there's always room to grow,
And that's about the size of it.

That's about the size, where you put your eyes, that's about the size of it.

[MelCthefirst]

ooooooooooooo I just remembered something we always do, when anyone says "would you like to buy......." "Would you like to buy a bottle of air?" "A BOTTLE OF AIR?" "SHHHHHHHH" "a bottle of air?"

[Kyla]

I think the Sesame Street bit I was most intrigued with was the Me and My Llama girl. Remember that? It's about a girl who takes her llama to the vet, and there's this song about Me and My Llama. The bit that interested me the most was that she seemed to live in a city! Now, I too lived in a city, and my parents were always using that as the reason I couldn't have a horse or a cow or whatever, but how come that girl got a llama?

Seemed unfair.

Also: remember the making of the orange crayon? SO COOL.

[Guinastasia]

I liked Big Bird Goes to China, where they were trying to solve a treasure map or something. Damn, I'll have to see if I can't rent that.

A few months ago, Follow That Bird was on, and to my secret shame, I sat down and watched it. And to my even bigger shame, I cried.

[jayjay]

Family Guy just had a scene with Stewie in a transparent pinball ball that was otherwise identical to the "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12!" thing. I heard it from the computer and just about broke a leg trying to get to the living room to see it before it ended.

[Elmer MuD/PhuD]

Family Guy just had a scene with Stewie in a transparent pinball ball that was otherwise identical to the "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12!" thing. I heard it from the computer and just about broke a leg trying to get to the living room to see it before it ended.
Best Family Guy flash back ever. Serously. I finally remembered 1234 FIVE 6789TEN11 TWELVE.

[Daithi Lacha]

How about "The King of Eight?"

Wait!
Good news is coming from the Queen
A new baby has been seen
And she's alive and doing fine --
Gadzooks! That's Princess Number Nine!
dah dah da-da-da-da dah!

[Nature's Call]

While doing Christmas shopping we were all getting a bit tired. For me, the first thing to go when I'm tired is my ability to speak. So I tried to say something and started to stumble over my words. My brother gives me a mock slap across the face.

My response [robotic-voice]Thank yooou![/rv]