# Do you have a favorite Sesame Street song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839 "2017-02-26T17:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/21 "2017-02-26T21:59:29Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > So surreal. I still only ever count this way when reading a list of numbers. And if it’s exactly 12, I do the dooo-dewey-dewey-do-doo-dewey-dewey-do-dewey-do thing at the end. Also, if the topic of sugar beets comes up (surprisingly often), I never _don’t_ sing the [sugar beet song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuZNSGdg2ms) to myself. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/22 "2017-02-26T22:07:29Z")
I like “Slimey to the moon”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/F4cmRaHMLGM/maxresdefault.jpg "Sesame Street: Slimey to the Moon with Tony Bennett") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4cmRaHMLGM) ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/23 "2017-02-26T22:16:59Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Onetwothree FOUR FIVE sixseveneightnineten ELEVEN TWELVE! TWO!!! (Or which ever number is being featured).](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOaZbaPzdsk) > > So surreal. With vocals by the Pointer Sisters. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/24 "2017-02-26T22:27:08Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Onetwothree FOUR FIVE sixseveneightnineten ELEVEN TWELVE! TWO!!! (Or which ever number is being featured).](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOaZbaPzdsk) > > So surreal. I love that one…didn’t know until now that the Pointer Sisters sang it. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/25 "2017-02-26T22:30:20Z")
> [@neofishboy](#): > > With vocals by the Pointer Sisters. [Johnny Carson]I did not _know_ that! Leaving that un-closed so that the rest of the thread is in Johnny Carson’s voice. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/26 "2017-02-26T22:42:30Z")
ONE song??? Gotta be kidding. :mad: Ma-na-ma-na. Ladybugs Twelve, at the Ladybug Picnic. Duck! Rubber duck duck Rubber duck duck duck! (Not the same as “Rubber Ducky”, OR the equally great Saxaphone song!) Amazing beautiful creatures dancing enchanted forest glade. … (ABCDEFG… with Kermit and the wonderful Ladysmith Black Mazambo) You can spend all day wrapped up in Sesame Street song videos on YouTube. ALL DAY. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/27 "2017-02-26T22:44:25Z")
I have 3 that come to mind: The \*[MANAMANA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsjcb7w1Y-w)\*song Still puts a smile on my face. [The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqU9PqIhuIY) Just a very good song. [Sing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nI7IfwLoBI)(Sing, Sing a song) I used to sing this to my kids when they were little. Honorable Mention to “[It’s not easy being green](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51BQfPeSK8k)” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/28 "2017-02-26T22:47:44Z")
BTW: I’m 50, so I watched Sesame Street the day it went on and it one of my earliest memories. I was 3 when it started. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/29 "2017-02-26T22:49:40Z")
C is for cookie That’s good enough for me C is for cookie That’s good enough for me Oh Cookie Cookie Cookie starts with C! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/30 "2017-02-26T22:52:09Z")
“Lowercase N” has always been my favourite, but the list goes on forever, from popular classics like the “Two Little Girls And A Little Doll House”, to the obscure weird ones like “Rebel L” or “One Way”, and the cute silly Joe Raposo hits like “It Takes A Lot Of Little Nuts To Make A Jar Of [Peanut Butter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA2Ge_iIV9E)” and “Everybody Sleeps”. And there’s “I’m An Aardvark”, and “Oh Woe Is Me, There’s A Bird On Me”, and “[All By Myself](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjVw6KoumXE)”, and the [J Friends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKYMpRSvg2Y) where they sing about Joe (Raposo), Jane (Henson), Jim (Henson), and Joan (Ganz Cooney). The list goes on. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/31 "2017-02-26T22:58:33Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Sing makes me cry. I used to sing it to my kids when I changed their diapers. Wait, this is a Sesame Street song? I thought it was The Carpenters. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/32 "2017-02-26T23:00:05Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Wait, this is a Sesame Street song? I thought it was The Carpenters. Nope, it was Sesame Street first. I think it sums up everything Sesame Street was about too as a nice bonus. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/33 "2017-02-26T23:03:46Z")
Checking out Sing on YouTube lead me to What’s The Name of That Song which reminded me of One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other, which reminded me how lucky I was to have had Sesame Street as a toddler. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/34 "2017-02-26T23:05:18Z")
The two that bring up the strongest memories are the previously-mentioned Sugar Beets and [Me and My Llama](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgkYHhG18uc). But I think my favorite is probably Manamanah (do do dodododo) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/35 "2017-02-26T23:10:02Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Checking out Sing on YouTube lead me to What’s The Name of That Song which reminded me of One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other, which reminded me how lucky I was to have had Sesame Street as a toddler. Have you have looked at the unbelievable list of guest stars they’ve had over their run at this point? It is truly amazing. I mean this is probably only a partial list: [List of guest stars on Sesame Street - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_guest_stars_on_Sesame_Street) Apparently right from the first episode they had Carol Burnett, The Amazing Randi and Grace Slick. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/36 "2017-02-26T23:47:14Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > ONE song??? Gotta be kidding. :mad: > > Ma-na-ma-na. > Ladybugs Twelve, at the Ladybug Picnic. > Duck! Rubber duck duck Rubber duck duck duck! (Not the same as “Rubber Ducky”, OR the equally great Saxaphone song!) > Amazing beautiful creatures dancing enchanted forest glade. … (ABCDEFG… with Kermit and the wonderful Ladysmith Black Mazambo) > > You can spend all day wrapped up in Sesame Street song videos on YouTube. ALL DAY. Ma na ma na is classic, how could I forget! I think I associated it more with The Muppet Show, which was phenomenal, imo than I did Sesame Street. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/37 "2017-02-26T23:57:12Z")
Ah, I do have trivia. Mah Na Mah Na started its life on the soundtrack of a Italian soft core movie. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/38 "2017-02-27T00:08:11Z")
Also, while the first Muppet version was on Sesame Street, the more famous one (using the character Mahna Mahna and the Snowths, instead of Bip Bippidotta and a couple Anything Muppets) debuted 3 days later on the Ed Sullivan show. ---
**Author:** ![Clarisse\_McClellan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Clarisse\_McClellan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarisse_McClellan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/39 "2017-02-27T00:08:22Z")
I Love [Trash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxgWHzMvXOY) I have it on my Ipod. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/40 "2017-02-27T00:13:35Z")
My brother and I used to have a few Sesame Street albums that we played over and over again. My favorite was “Bert and Ernie Sing Along” which had a premise - Bert is taking a bath and Ernie invites the entire neighborhood into the bathroom for a sing along. Hilarity ensues! There’s a lot of great songs on there included “Sing” and “What’s the Name Of That Song?” But my favorite is “A Really Good Feeling” sung by Big Bird. It’s about loving people and how it makes you feel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839.md?page=3)