One two three…
Four five six…
Seven eight nine…
Ten eleven twelve…
Ladybuuuugs
At the ladybug picnic!
I routinely think about Forgetful Jones, the poor cowboy who could never remember anything. Even as a little kid, I knew the guy had early-onset Alzheimer’s and I thought it was wrong to make fun of him.
Remember the pie guy? He would be carrying a tray full of pies and then announce how many he had (TEN STRAWBERRY PIES!) and then something would happen that would make him tumble down the stairs.
“W…for Willamina!”
Whenever my mother would send me to the corner store, I’d mutter “a load of bread, a containa of milk, and a stick of butta” under my breath.
Do you remember this?
*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!*
And who could forget that classic song “Wet Paint”.
I am not getting the loaf of bread, stick of buttah reference at all, but I distinctly remember Tiny Lil Super Guy! Loved him.
Anyone else remember Morgan Freeman on Electric Company? And the way that there would be silhouettes with the one on the left saying “st” and the other one saying “ick”–and then they would say “stick” together?
I thought that was way cool. I was more an Electric Co girl than SS.
Yes, I remember Morgan Freeman on the EC. I remember one song he sang, when he was playing a detective, called “Who Dunnit?” In fact, I sing it to myself quite often.
Whoooo dunnit?
Whoooo dunnit?
Whoooo dunnit, was it yoooou?
We used to watch the EC after recess in my second grade class.
I loved Electric Company and Easy Reader, especially Jennifer of the Jungle. But of course, the best part of that show was Spider-Man.
Spider-Man
Where are you comin’ from Spider-Man
Nobody knows who you are…
Capital I was one of the best bits on SS. A few years ago we downloaded a bunch of SS songs, and sadly the only Capital I file was really bad. But I can listen to the Ladybugs’ Picnic anytime I want!
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what’s on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we’ve been told and some choose to believe it
I know they’re wrong, wait and see.
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers and me.
(I have the Sarah McLachlan version, but they have original with Kermit!!!)
*A long time ago,
In a far off place,
There lived a lower case n.
Standing on a hill,
and staring into space,
and it was know that she would cry now and then.
A lower case n,
standing on a hill.
The wind is very still,
for the lower case nnnnnnnnnnnn.
And then one day,
a rocket ship,
came screaming from the sky.
It landed on the hill,
and opened up a door,
and something started coming outside.
A lower case n!
Standing on the hill.
The wind is very still,
for the lower case nnnnnnnnnn.*
Even at the age of 4 I was struck by how poignant this short was. If there was a crying face smiley I would certainly use it here —>
Hahahaha! I’d forgotten all about that part. My personal favorite was Monsterpiece Theater with Cookie Monster as the host. “The Taming of the Shoe” and “The Old Man and the C” were classics.
Does anyone remember a song about breathing from Seasame Street?
*Hoo, breathe in,
Hoo, breath out.
Hoo, breathe in,
Hoo, breath out.
My husband does one of the best Kermit impressions I’ve ever heard. He can sing that whole song as Kermit. I figured that was a pretty good reason to marry him.
I looked for ages to find a decent mp3 of the Capital I song…
We all live in a capital I
In the middle of the desert
In the center of the sky
And all day long we polish on the I
To keep it clean and shiny
So it brightens up the sky
Rubbing it here
And scrubbing it there
Polishing the I
So high in the air
As we work we sing a lively tune
“It is great to be so happy on a busy afternoon.”
And when we’re through with the day’s only chore
We go into the I
And we close the door
Capital I, capital I, capital I, capital I
I never could find one of good quality, though.
The other one that haunts me was just an a capella choral piece played while colored circles rotated around the screen. I’ve never found out what that song was. I actually watched old reruns on Noggin for a month hoping to get it recorded.
When my roommate went to the Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago, she came back excited about the Jollyball. She described it as “a really big marble maze, like one two three FOUR FIVE six seven eight NINE TEN eleven twelve”. I knew exactly what she meant.
OH!! That was one of my all-time favorite bits ever! The circles got lines drawn across dividing them into changing geometric patterns, right? I remember that music very well. I just loved that bit, and can credit it with my interest in circley patterns…
Well, there’s one on the page I linked to last night, right here, 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.
The one that always made me sad was Kermit singing “It’s Not Easy Being Green”. Damn, poor Kermit.
What about “Christmas Eve on Sesame Street”? That’s my all time favorite Xmas special-it’s just not Xmas without it.
“Douglas fir is okay, but Scotch pine gives me heartburn!”
