Not all memories, though, are fond: Remember that thing the Count used to do to Bert when Bert pissed him off - that lightning bolt hand gesture thing, causing Bert to jiggle back and forth as one recently stunned with some occult magick would?
That used to freak the hell out of me!!
'nuff of that - phew…
… (singing) Doing the wamp wamp Pigeon!
The Actual Lyrics To The Hit Song Are:
“abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz”
ahem
"Every time I feel alone
And slightly blue
That’s when I begin to think
It’s what I’d like to start to do
And though it may not be the kind of thing
That’s quite your cup of tea
I recommend you pay attention
To the little dance you’re gonna see
Doin’ the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin’ the (coo, coo) pigeon
Dancing a little smidgeon of
The kind of ballet
Sweeps me away
Doin’ the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin’ the (coo, coo) pigeon
People may smile but
I don’t mind
They’ll never understand
The kind of fun I find
Doin’ the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin’ the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin’ the (coo, coo) pigeon everyday
People may smile, but
I don’t mind!
They’ll never understand
The kind of fun I find
Doin’ the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin’ the (coo, coo) pigeon
Doin’ the (coo, coo) pigeon everyday "
Thank you.
However, this is my super duper all time favorite Sesame Street song:
“The Batty Bat”
"One, two, three, spread out the cape
One, two, three, twirl ‘round the floor
One, two, three, left foot you swing
One, two, three, then start to sing
One, two, three, loud as you please!
One, two, three, counting with ease!
One, two, three, doing the batty bat!
Bats: Batty, batty bat; batty bat; batty bat; batty bat!
Count: One, two, three, count!
Bats: Batty, batty bat; batty bat; batty bat; batty bat!
Count: One, two, three, count!
Bats: Batty, batty bat; batty bat; batty bat; batty bat!
Count: One, two, three, count!
Won’t you dance with me, doing the batty bat? "
Yeah, I love all these bits.
Last night, I served pickled beets in sour cream (it was Russian night), and my husband started singing “beet beet sugar beet!” And whenever the kids ask for milk, we wind up with Miiiiiillk, milk, milk, la lah laaa la…
Yes, Sesame Street has pretty much taken over our brains.
[nonsensical story]One time I was with some friends at a dance performance thingy, and they started playing that piece that shows up in 2001 at the beginning, before the Blue Danube Waltz bit, you know what I mean, very majestic and loud, and my friend leans over to me and hisses, ELEVEN!! And I about died laughing…[/nonsensical story]
Ha! That got me laughing out loud! I just picture it.
Daaaaaa! Da da Daaaaaa!
Da da dummmm da Daaaa
Da dump dada dump.
ELEVEN!
Priceless!
Twleve! Coconut Cream! Pies!
(random drum roll)
(on re-read the last line “Da dump dada dump” should have been “Da dump dadump dump” Yeah. Much better now.)
It was definitely “container”, because, when I was a kid, I thought it sounded like the kid was saying “a potato of milk”.
By the way, Wanda the witch lived somewhere west of Washington…
I knew what the OP was about before I even moused over it.
I loved that bit at the end of SS.
*“They played jump rope but the jump rope broke
So they all sat around and told knock knock jokes,
The ladybugs… on a ladybug picnic!”
“Follow follow follow follow follow follow follow me
Who shall I follow follow follow, who shall I follow follow me
Through the redwood through the red wood through the redwood redwood trees
Through the redwood through the red wood through the redwood redwood trees!”
*
I hate yall.
My absolute favourite was the cover on Madonna’s “Cereal Girl”.
tweedle bug tweedle bug tweedle bug
Which reminds me… Do any of you remember
“Now the chickens are a-comin in the window buk buk buk
Now the chickens are a-comin in the door buk buk buk buk”
“There are chickens in the trees, there are chickens in the trees… won’t you count them for me please? buk buk buk buk buk buk buk”
My friends think I’m crazy.
Let’s go the the zoo.
The zoo?
The zoo. And we’ll take [beat] the family car!
It’s the most fantabulous word I’ve ever seen…
Hee! This is fun.
“One way. The sign said ‘One Way’…”
“Me and my llama,
Me and my llama,
Goin’ to the dentist today…”
“I’m a working dog, I’m a hard working dog.”
My work here is done.
there was a song whose entire lyrics were
“one, two, three, four, five”
and now that one is stuck in my head
thanks loads 
"it’s the most remarkable word I’ve ever seen!’
Marvelous, Martha! (or was that Electic Company?)
The competion on PBS sent this message:
C’mon and zoom-zoom-zoom-a-zoom
C’mon and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom
C’mon give it a try
We’re a gonna show you just why
we’re a gonna teach you to fly/high
or
Everybody’s doin’ it
Everybody’s movin’ it
Everybody’s havin’ a ball - (yeah!)
C’mon and zoo-oom, c’mon and zoom-zoom…c’mon and zoo-oom, c’mon and zoom-zoom.
Returning PBS to Sesame Street
Yubbuo lubbiked Zuboom, tubboo?
Yubbes!, Yubbes!
I was in love with Joe (with the big hair)
I wrote a few verses for “The Cat Came Back” - they even used one :D:D:D
(don’t ask me to remember it, now, though)