# Sesame Street Flashback... whoa! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725 "2005-12-02T14:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [December 4, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/81 "2005-12-04T07:20:51Z")
> [@Xixox](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Xixox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/13edae/32.png) [@Xixox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xixox)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/82 "2005-12-04T08:54:37Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > 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! > [@GuanoLad](#): > > 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 [EMAIL=tzar@chartermi.net]here? Then all I need is that choral piece from the spinning circles segment to get my sanity back. Thank you! ---
**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:** [December 4, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/83 "2005-12-04T11:45:14Z")
> [@Xixox](#): > > I’d love to have a listen, **GuanoLad** Sent. ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/84 "2005-12-04T14:04:24Z")
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…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/85 "2005-12-04T14:29:15Z")
[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. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/86 "2005-12-04T15:19:44Z")
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. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/87 "2005-12-04T16:32:53Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/88 "2005-12-04T16:46:06Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Nitpick: It was “Alistair Cookie” as the host 😉 [So I hear.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6858422&postcount=47) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/89 "2005-12-04T16:51:37Z")
> [@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…”_ 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”. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/90 "2005-12-04T16:52:04Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/91 "2005-12-04T16:56:42Z")
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!” ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/92 "2005-12-04T18:14:34Z")
> [@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…_ [The Hill Valley Preservation Society](http://www.hvps.org/) covers this song. You can download it for free from their website. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/93 "2005-12-04T19:48:05Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/94 "2005-12-04T22:48:29Z")
> [@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…”_ 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. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/95 "2005-12-04T22:51:53Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > 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. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/96 "2005-12-04T22:54:56Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_MuD\_PhuD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elmer\_MuD\_PhuD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_MuD_PhuD)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/97 "2005-12-04T23:27:31Z")
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 > [@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…”_ Yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup. Uh-huh, uh-huh, I agree. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/98 "2005-12-04T23:36:57Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > 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 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/99 "2005-12-04T23:58:01Z")
> [@TripingJimiThing](#): > > 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. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725/100 "2005-12-05T01:20:43Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > 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’!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-flashback-whoa/333725.md?page=6)