# Favorite Sesame Street bits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630 "2007-08-31T16:28:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [September 1, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/41 "2007-09-01T01:50:18Z")
[QUOTE=Shoshana] For whatever reason, possibly the pensive minor key, I have always been entranced by [“We All Live in a Capital ‘I.’”](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=365875669605485480&q=%22capital+i%22&total=36&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0) [“Rubbing it here, scrubbing it there.”] Could just be the narcissism I like. [/QUOTE] My favourite has always been [Lowercase N](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24enegT7T7s) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/42 "2007-09-01T02:14:04Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] My favourite has always been [Lowercase N](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24enegT7T7s) [/QUOTE] I’m not familiar with it except as legend. Same group, I think. I was just reading the comments on “Capital I” on uTube–they’re strangely coherent and untypically interesting. ETA: Wow, that lower case n song is a little homoerotic, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/43 "2007-09-01T02:26:05Z")
[QUOTE=Shoshana] I’m not familiar with it except as legend. Same group, I think. I was just reading the comments on “Capital I” on uTube–they’re strangely coherent and untypically interesting. ETA: Wow, that lower case n song is a little homoerotic, don’t you think? [/QUOTE] I agree, even though the singer claims the first lower case n is a female, I saw a penis outline in the n. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/44 "2007-09-01T02:37:25Z")
[QUOTE=McNew] Back before I had cable- maybe early 90’s- I was watching it before I went to work and there was a segment with Kermit the Frog singing a great version of the A-B-C’s. He was sort of roaming through a marshy swampland, and going “A-alligator; B-bayou; C-[something else]”, etc. For each letter he pointed out an animal or other thing that began with the letter, and the tune was a cool little ditty. Never saw it since but I remember thinking it was a much better version than the normal Alphabet Song jingle. [/QUOTE] This? ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uWHUF3EmYKs/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/uWHUF3EmYKs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque (ETA: No it isn’t. I found a site with the lyrics, but it’s not on Youtube. Sorry. [http://members.tripod.com/tiny\_dancer/sskermit.html](http://members.tripod.com/tiny_dancer/sskermit.html)) I could listen to Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing the phonebook. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/45 "2007-09-01T04:19:48Z")
Onetwothree FOUR five sixseveneight NINE ten – eleven twelve. -FrL- They don’t do this segment any more! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/46 "2007-09-01T04:21:30Z")
Here’s the [African Alphabet](http://youtube.com/watch?v=uWHUF3EmYKs) ---
**Author:** ![Raspberry\_NOT\_Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Raspberry\_NOT\_Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raspberry_NOT_Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/47 "2007-09-01T04:29:28Z")
I love the Ladybug’s Picnic “They talked about the high price of furniture and rugs And fire insurance for ladybugs…” Ahhh. And \*\*Antigen \*\* and **Miss Elizabeth** , I believe that the correct name is TEENY Little Superguy! Teeny Little Superguy, Pops right up before your eye, He’s no bigger than your thumb, “Snap your fingers, Here I come!” Don’t in the sky, don’t look in the sea, He’s inside of you and me! You can’t tell a hero by his size, “I’m just a Teeny Little Superguy.” Oh Yeah! Oh boy, my brain is just full of this shit. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/48 "2007-09-01T05:47:25Z")
Yee-haa! Cowboy X! He went around branding X’s on the good people of Sniddler’s Gulch, and when asked to stop by the Mayor, he agreed, changed his name to Cowboy O and went around branding O’s instead: but the townsfolk didn’t mind because “they really weren’t very bright.” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/49 "2007-09-01T06:26:15Z")
We had a Sesame Street tape for our kids whose highlight was 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 tiny turtles on the telephone talking to their grocery men In a special, the had a very long song, called You gotta put down the ducky if you want to play the saxophone" starring Ernie and a cast of thousands, including Danny de Vito, Paul Simon, and many more. Excellent stuff. It is on youtube, [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVtWXtSKJ9I=). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/50 "2007-09-01T07:59:05Z")
Neat factoid for you: “Onetwothreefourfive, sixseveneightnineten, eleventwelve” was sung by the Pointer Sisters. My personal favorite was always The Alligator King: Said the alligator king to his seventh son, “My son, you win the crown!” You didn’t give me diamonds or rubies but you helped me up when I was down. Take the crown, it’s yours my son, hope you don’t mind the dents. I got on sale at a discount store cost me all of seven cents. Seven! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/51 "2007-09-01T08:02:17Z")
Oh! And “I’m an Aardvark”: I’m an aardvark, and I’m proud! I’m an aardvark, and I’m happy! I’m an aardvark, and if I try to be specific and a little scientific, I am really quite terrific! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/52 "2007-09-01T08:20:01Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] We had a Sesame Street tape for our kids whose highlight was 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 tiny turtles on the telephone talking to their grocery men [/QUOTE] This was always one of my favorites, too. [Ten Tiny Turtles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcy5Zl7Qaxo). I would have killed for one of these when I was a kid, and watching it again, I still might. [Red Ball Roller Coaster](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Qyz35DX_w). This might be my all time favorite. Favorites aren’t always the funny ones. [It’s Not Easy Being Green](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpiIWMWWVco) still gets me right here. And some others that I found whilst trying to find the first few. [Rubber Ducky](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiaKtHSAy7U) [Carmen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG-0_p_yefg) [Little Miss Muffet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRcPIyiQNjY) [C is for Cookie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOKWebosIeo) ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/53 "2007-09-01T08:49:53Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] Anyone remember Tiny Little Super Guy? [/QUOTE] I loved all the regulars like Bert and Ernie and Oscar etc. However, Teeny Little Super Guy was one of my favorite sequences on the show. I loved how they used household items as characters. First with my older son, then later with my younger son, they’d call out “Mom! It’s the Teeny Little Super Guy!” and we’d sit down together for another one of his little life lessons. _Don’t look in the sky Don’t look in the sea He’s inside of you and me…_ [Teeny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8j565lLvJU) Also loved the Working Dog film clip. _I’m a dog, I’m a working dog, I’m a hardworking dog._ And the crayon factory. Absolute _favorite_ bit: [We All Sing With The Same Voice (My Name Is You)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPae3XbOh9s) ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/54 "2007-09-01T14:56:59Z")
I only saw it once, but my favorite was when Susan Sarandon got stranded in the rain, with a newspaper over her head…and went to the Count’s castle to see if she could use the phone :dubious: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/55 "2007-09-01T15:37:12Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Charles Aznavour on the Muppet Show. There it is! Thanks, **GuanoLad**. I was always fascinated by the sequences where kids got to paint on glass – the camera was on one side with the kids on the other, so you could see both the kids’ faces and what they were painting. I wanted to paint on glass _so bad_ for many years. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/56 "2007-09-01T16:03:52Z")
I loved it when Ernie was trying to share a cookie with Bert. The split was always a little uneven and he ended up eating the whole cookie while trying to make it “equal.” ---
**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/57 "2007-09-01T16:21:23Z")
Anyone remember [Don Music](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=don+music+sesame+street)? He was the wild-haired pianist and composer who could never finish a tune, and would then fretfully bang his head against the keys in exasperation, shouting “Oh I’ll NEVER get it, NEVER!” I always loved this underrated character … as a pianist and composer myself, I sympathize with his frustrations. 😃 My other favorites were the Yip Yips, of course. [These guys](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwYFfhWzN9M) have inspired me to be a Yip Yip for Halloween someday. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/58 "2007-09-01T19:49:38Z")
One of the very earliest episodes was the shady guy trying to sell Ernie an 8. That was funny. There are so many more. But there was one episode with Judy Collins, playing a princess in a fairy tale. The muppet reading the story said something like “and the princess was very happy”. She interrupted and said, “Wait a minute! I’m not happy!”. “But it says right here in the story that you were very happy.” “Do you believe everything you read?” Heh. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/59 "2007-09-01T20:13:33Z")
The “Danger’s No Stranger” song, just for the line “don’t mention Sherman in Savannah” [Danger’s No Stranger](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y8O1TPHih8) ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630/60 "2007-09-01T21:40:34Z")
[Do de Rubber Duck](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsjbEWKK8AU&mode=related&search=) Bert and Ernie were such wonderful characters… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bits/417630.md?page=4)