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 to myself.
I like “Slimey to the moon”.
With vocals by the Pointer Sisters.
I love that one…didn’t know until now that the Pointer Sisters sang it.
[Johnny Carson]I did not know that!
Leaving that un-closed so that the rest of the thread is in Johnny Carson’s voice.
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.
I have 3 that come to mind:
The *MANAMANA*song Still puts a smile on my face.
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) Just a very good song.
Sing(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”
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.
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!
“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” 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”, and the J Friends where they sing about Joe (Raposo), Jane (Henson), Jim (Henson), and Joan (Ganz Cooney). The list goes on.
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.
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.
The two that bring up the strongest memories are the previously-mentioned Sugar Beets and Me and My Llama. But I think my favorite is probably Manamanah (do do dodododo)
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
Apparently right from the first episode they had Carol Burnett, The Amazing Randi and Grace Slick.
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.
Ah, I do have trivia. Mah Na Mah Na started its life on the soundtrack of a Italian soft core movie.
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.
I Love Trash
I have it on my Ipod.
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.