# Children of the 70s . . . what do you remember from Sesame Street? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498 "2003-03-06T15:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/21 "2003-03-06T17:32:39Z")
Speaking of, anyone else heard “Sesame’s Treat” by Smart E’s? Great techno song using the original Sesame Street song as the background sample, starting off with The Count “5…6…7…8! A-ah-ah-ah-ah!” ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/22 "2003-03-06T17:40:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by irkenDoom \* > \*\* . . . and the old, funk’d out version of the ending theme song. \*\* HAAAAH! That used to be my favorite part! Hardly anyone I’ve talked to remembers that! ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/23 "2003-03-06T17:42:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by auntie em \* > \*\*OMG! I remember that! Actually, wasn’t it that ONE of them was too short to reach it, and the other one had arms that pointed perpetually skyward, so that he was unable to feed himself? So Skyward Arms gets the fruit, and then Shorty feeds it to him? > \*\* That’s it. I mostly remember the little, fluffy one jumping up and down making that “gnack!” noises until the tall one comes along. Another excellent surreal one were the Red and Blue googly-eyed aliens that were trying to communicate with a telephone. “Cow. Cow. Yup-yup-yup-yup-yup!.. Moooooo! … Moooooo!” No response from phone. “Nope-nope-nope-nope…” Phone rings. Aliens gets scared and hide behind their bottom lips. Before choosing to “communicate.” “Yup-yup-yup-yup-yup! Rrrrrriiiiing! Drrrrrriiiiiing!” And of course, who can forget: **"Heeeeeey, Froggy baaaaabyyyyyyyyyy!"** (Man, I love Grover. Hate that little Elmo.) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/24 "2003-03-06T17:46:46Z")
I remember James Taylor singing _Jelly Man Kelly_, a song he wrote for his daughter. And lots and lots of big stars did the show. I also remember a song—from a movie I think—about “You got to put down the duckie if you wanna play the saxophone.” Cameos with huge movie stars singing. Great stuff! I’m a little older than you guys—I was watching with my son. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/25 "2003-03-06T17:47:21Z")
Heh. **irkenDoom** , I can’t get the ending theme song outta my head now: \*Dunnunt-dah-nuuuhhhhhhh (ding dong dong ding) (browmpa browmpa) Dunnunt-dah-nuuuhhhhhhh (ding dong dong ding) (browmpa browmpa) –HIGHER PITCH NOW– Dunnunt-dah-nuuuhhhhhhh (browmpa browmpa browmpa browm rowma rowma rowm) . . .\* _Sniff_ Those were the days . . . I can’t stop dancing at my desk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/26 "2003-03-06T17:49:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dolores Claiborne \* > \*\*I remember James Taylor singing _Jelly Man Kelly_, a song he wrote for his daughter. And lots and lots of big stars did the show. > > I’m a little older than you guys—I was watching with my son. \*\* Hey, remember when Stevie Wonder was on and there was that little kid (girl?) hanging onto the railing of a fire escape in the background and whipping her head around? This is fun! And hey–my Nana still maintains that watching Sesame Street with me taught her where peanuts come from! ---
**Author:** ![irkenDoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@irkenDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irkenDoom)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/27 "2003-03-06T17:51:52Z")
Sorry. 😃 I get that song in my head _all the time!_ It ROCKS! I used it as the ending theme for my demo reel when I graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. But I lost the copy, and I’m trying to find it. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/28 "2003-03-06T17:51:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eats\_Crayons \* > \*\*And of course, who can forget: > **"Heeeeeey, Froggy baaaaabyyyyyyyyyy!"** > (Man, I love Grover. Hate that little Elmo.) \*\* Amen to that. Amen and amen again. “And I am very. . . [whips cape over shoulder] CUTE, too!” ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/29 "2003-03-06T17:53:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by irkenDoom \* > \*\*Sorry. 😃 I get that song in my head _all the time!_ It ROCKS! I used it as the ending theme for my demo reel when I graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. But I lost the copy, and I’m trying to find it. \*\* You are the coolest person EVVVAH! I’m not worthy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/30 "2003-03-06T17:56:09Z")
I remember this long bit about the Cookie Monster as the engineer on a train carrying cookies which gets caught in a blizzard, and Cookie Monster is agonizing about whether or not he can resist eating the cookies, until he finally eats the snow blocking the track instead. I also remember taking that skit way too seriously as a kid. The pinball song is burned into my neurons too. Curse my mental jukebox! ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/31 "2003-03-06T17:56:58Z")
Jackpot. [http://www.jvsplace.co.uk/tv/Sesame\_Street\_end.wav](http://www.jvsplace.co.uk/tv/Sesame_Street_end.wav) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/32 "2003-03-06T17:57:09Z")
Rubber Ducky, you’re the one You make bath time lots of fun Rubber Ducky, I’m awfully fond of you… Ernie was the bomb! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/33 "2003-03-06T17:58:48Z")
Guy Smiley. Roosevelt Franklin. Professor Herbert Birdsfoot. Those last two were only on for the first couple of seasons, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/34 "2003-03-06T18:02:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Orbifold \* > \*\*I remember this long bit about the Cookie Monster as the engineer on a train carrying cookies which gets caught in a blizzard, and Cookie Monster is agonizing about whether or not he can resist eating the cookies, until he finally eats the snow blocking the track instead. I also remember taking that skit way too seriously as a kid. > \*\* “_Through, through, though! He got that train through! He ate up all the snow around… ‘It mighty tasty too!’_” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/35 "2003-03-06T18:08:55Z")
“You take the Golden **AN** …and you put it in the T **AN** V **AN** …take it to D **AN** …who’ll take it to FR **AN**.” “Do you know what a square is?” “I know WHO a square is!” Alphabet Chat. Remember the theme song? Voice 1: “A B C D E” Voice 2: “C D E F G” Harmony: “H I J K L M NNNN, O P”… All of Prairie Dawn’s plays. Harvey Kneeslapper. “Hey, want me to keep an eye on your hat?” “What?” “I said, want me to keep an EYE on your HAT?” “Certainly!” (Harvey crushes the hat with a big letter I and busts out laughing) Painting on the glass. The Twiddlebugs, who lived in a small milk carton in Ernie’s windowbox. Remember when they got a new picture for their wall (actually, a postage stamp) and tried to hang it up? Kids losing a jack down a storm drain, so they tie a magnet to a string… Man, I have so many memories. Any way to get all this great stuff on tape or DVD? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/36 "2003-03-06T18:13:46Z")
I THOUGHT once I got DirecTV and Noggin that I would finally be able to watch Electric Company and old Sesame Streets again. Sadly I’ve yet to see them show EC any longer, and all the Sesame Streets are the new crap will all the computer animation that won’t hold this old fart’s attention. Stevie Wonder singing “1-2-3 Sesame Street” always freaked me out with that voice modulator he used. ---
**Author:** ![irkenDoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@irkenDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irkenDoom)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/37 "2003-03-06T18:14:09Z")
Aw, man, the file I downloaded cuts out after 12 seconds. Does it work for you? I WILL find this song again! ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/38 "2003-03-06T18:18:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by irkenDoom \* > \*\*Aw, man, the file I downloaded cuts out after 12 seconds. Does it work for you? I WILL find this song again! \*\* Yeah, mine cuts out, too, but let me know if you find a longer version, because maybe I could play it as the last song at my wedding reception! 😃 **Max Carnage** , a friend of mine said that they show old SS’s in, like, the WEE wee hours of the night. Of course, if you’re not up breastfeeding at that time, you might never catch them. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/39 "2003-03-06T18:19:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Ashtar \* > \*\*Rubber Ducky, you’re the one > You make bath time lots of fun > Rubber Ducky, I’m awfully fond of you… > > Ernie was the bomb! \*\* Not long ago, there was a segment of Little Richard doing this song. It was pretty cool. I’ve also seen REM, the Dixie Chicks, and (I think) Kiri Te Kanawa on. **IrkenDoom** , check your e-mail. Robin ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498/40 "2003-03-06T18:22:56Z")
Sesame Street: One of These Things (Is Not Like The Others) words and music by Joe Raposo and Jon Stone One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn’t belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others By the time I finish my song? Did you guess which thing was not like the others? Did you guess which thing just doesn’t belong? If you guessed this one is not like the others, Then you’re absolutely…right! Another version: Three of these things belong together Three of these things are kind of the same Can you guess which one of these doesn’t belong here? Now it’s time to play our game (time to play our game). Bonus Version Three of these kids belong together Three of these kids are kind of the same But one of these kids is doing his (her) own thing Now it’s time to play our game It’s time to play our game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-the-70s-what-do-you-remember-from-sesame-street/159498.md?page=3)