# Share your Sesame Street Memories **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130 "2003-02-10T16:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/21 "2003-02-10T22:46:25Z")
Our kids loved the record (vinyl, in those balmy old days) of BERT AND ERNIE’S SINGALONG… it was a wonderful episode. Alas, they haven’t released it on CD, I guess because it has the late Mr Hooper on it. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/22 "2003-02-10T23:04:31Z")
Easilyyyyyyy Ma Na Ma Na. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/23 "2003-02-10T23:09:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CuriousCanuck \* > \*\*Welcome! I am so glad I brought someone in for their first post in a thread I started! _beaming with pride_ > > Of course no one can forget the Rubber Duckie song! \*\* And speaking of the Rubber Duckie song, one of the shows last week featured Little Richard doing it. That’s another thing I like about Sesame Street. There’s enough grown-up appeal that makes the show, if not enjoyable, at least tolerable. I’ve seen segments with Ray Romano, Kofi Annan, Ray Charles, the Dixie Chicks, REM, and a bunch of others. It’s nice to see some recognizable faces amongst the Muppets. Robin ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/24 "2003-02-10T23:10:22Z")
Kofi Annan? cool! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/25 "2003-02-10T23:15:27Z")
I always loved the guy who would go around painting numbers on things. ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/26 "2003-02-10T23:31:00Z")
My Sesame Street claim to fame: I had my nose broken by the guy who played the back end of Barkley the Dog. He wasn’t actually dressed as Barkley the Dog at the time, but really, how many people have been the victim of a violent beating inflicted by half a muppet? ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/27 "2003-02-10T23:37:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jacquilynne \* > \*\*how many people have been the victim of a violent beating inflicted by half a muppet? \*\* Now THAT is a great sig line 😃 ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/28 "2003-02-11T01:27:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I also loved the one about the Aligator king and his seven sons. They all gave him gifts…what was it? Something about ruby rings and he broke all his teeth? Wow, can someone elaborate on this, because I totally remember it. I always felt bad for him because he broke his teeth. ---
**Author:** ![sulamith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@sulamith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sulamith)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/29 "2003-02-11T02:24:50Z")
hey, shy guy! I realized that I actually have that Sesame Street Unpaved book that was mentioned in the thread earlier. No Ten Tiny Turtles, thanks Max, but I couldn’t access your link, it said it was temporarily unavailable, BUT here’s the one about the Alligator King: Said the Alligator King to his 7 sons “I’m feelin’ mighty down, Whichever of you can cheer me up will get to wear my crown.” The first son brought 7 oyster pearls from the bottom of the deep blue sea The second son gave him 7 statues of girls with clocks where their bellies should be The third son gave him 7 rubies from the Sheikdom Downtherebeneath The king thought the rubies were cherries and he broke off 7 of his teeth The fourth son tried to cheer him up with 7 lemon drops The king said, “I’m sorry son, since that ruby episode I just haven’t got the chops.” The fifth son brought the king perfume in 7 fancy silver jars The king took a whiff and he broke out in spots 'cause it smelled like cheap cigars The sixth son gave him 7 diamond rings to wear upon his toes The king snagged his foot on the royal red rug and rumpled up his nose The seventh son of the Alligator King was a thoughtful little whelp He said, “Dad, to appears to me that you could use a little help.” Said the Alligator king to his seventh son "My son, you win the crown, You didn’t bring me diamonds or rubies, but you helped me up when I was down. Take the crown, it’s yours my son, I hope you don’t mind the dents. I got it on sale at a discount store, It cost me all of 7 cents." 7! How could I forget I had this book? Later, guys! I’ll be in my favorite chair curled up with this bad boy for the rest of the evening! ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/30 "2003-02-11T02:27:36Z")
Hey,\*\* sulamith\*\*? Does that book list the SINGER of that song? Because I have always loved his voice (he did several of the songs), and I have no idea who he might be. ---
**Author:** ![sulamith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@sulamith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sulamith)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/31 "2003-02-11T02:32:31Z")
After just a quick scan, sorry, it doesn’t. Does anybody know? That guy did have a rockin’ voice. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/32 "2003-02-11T02:40:42Z")
My favorite memory is when, in the 1970 season, Oscar changed colors (he was orange during the first season). I was a bit old to be watching the show, but I was just as perplexed as my younger siblings who couldn’t understand what happened. My old man spent a half hour screwing around with the color adjustment on our television before he concluded that Oscar was in fact supposed to be green now. But other than that, I’ve always loved the martian. Yep-yep-yep-yep yep-uh huh, uh huh!😛 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/33 "2003-02-11T02:55:57Z")
This isn’t actually my memory, because I don’t remember it at all. But my mom tells me that they had the woman who played the Wicked Witch of the West on one time, and she talked about acting, and getting into a roll, and how she really a very nice woman who only pretends to be the Wicked Witch. As she was talking about it, she gradually put on her Witch make-up. Meanwhile, I’m watching wide-eyed and slowly pulling into a ball as she became more and more witchy. Finally, when the make up was done, she put on the hat, turned to the camera and did her, “Hello, my little pretties!” line. My mom says I shrieked, jumped three feet straight up, and raced out of the room. To this day, I have never seen _The Wizard of Oz_. I wonder if there’s a connection? ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/34 "2003-02-11T02:58:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*Our kids loved the record (vinyl, in those balmy old days) of BERT AND ERNIE’S SINGALONG… it was a wonderful episode. > > Alas, they haven’t released it on CD, I guess because it has the late Mr Hooper on it. Sigh. \*\* We had that record! (Actually, it’s probably still at my parents’ house.) It was the best. Bert is blithely taking a bath and singing to himself when suddenly he is interrupted by Ernie bringing a piano into the bathroom. Why is Ernie bringing a piano into the bathroom? Because he is planning on hosting a sing-along, and “Everyone sounds better singing in the bathroom!” Also, “What’s a sing-along without a piano?” (“It’s me, that’s what it is, alone!” grumps Bert.) You get to imagine the entire Sesame Street cast crowding into Bert and Ernie’s bathroom and singing old favorites like “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”. Meanwhile, poor Bert is shivering in the bathtub. Every once in a while, he plaintively cries, “Will somebody hand me a towel?!” Of course, it’s so crowded that no one can get to the towels. If there were a CD of that, I’d buy it in a second. I’d love to listen to it again. Yeah, I’m sure that Mr. Hooper was on there. I think that he even sings–although I’m not 100% sure about that. We also had the very 1970’s “Sesame Street Fever!” and its sequel “Sesame Disco”, but “Bert and Ernie’s Sing-Along” was definitely my favorite. My daughter told me last week that she doesn’t like Little Richard’s version of “Rubber Duckie”–Ernie’s is much better. 🙂 The Kofi Annan sketch was really cool, though. There were so many in-jokes for adults watching the show that went over my little head for years–the “Beatles” singing “Letter B”, for example. It’s hard to remember them now, but growing up, I’d often have moments where I’d think “Aha! That’s what they were parodying!” “Monsterpiece Theatre” with “Alastair Cookie”, for example. I don’t remember the witch, but I remember the clown who puts on his make-up. Suddenly, they reverse the film, and all the makeup goes back into the tube! I was amazed by that. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/35 "2003-02-11T03:20:27Z")
Did Grover really leave? He was always my favorite character ☹ I always liked the “This is Your Life” segments. Or whatever they were called. Sesame Street taught me to count to ten in Spanish, a useful skill. The rubber ducky song is a favorite, of course. And also Kermit’s _It’s Not Easy Being Green_ song. And the 1-12 pinball songs. I also remember the segments they would have with real world stuff, like the ocean or sand sculptures or what have you. And I liked the segments with the silent guy. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/36 "2003-02-11T03:27:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*This isn’t actually my memory, because I don’t remember it at all. But my mom tells me that they had the woman who played the Wicked Witch of the West on one time, and she talked about acting, and getting into a roll, and how she really a very nice woman who only pretends to be the Wicked Witch. As she was talking about it, she gradually put on her Witch make-up. Meanwhile, I’m watching wide-eyed and slowly pulling into a ball as she became more and more witchy. Finally, when the make up was done, she put on the hat, turned to the camera and did her, “Hello, my little pretties!” line. My mom says I shrieked, jumped three feet straight up, and raced out of the room. > > To this day, I have never seen _The Wizard of Oz_. I wonder if there’s a connection? \*\* This did not happen on Sesame Street. It happened on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, and I remember it vividly. My reaction was quite similar to yours. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/37 "2003-02-11T03:36:44Z")
David was played by Northern Calloway. He apparently left the show after having some sort of Psychological breakdown. Try this google groups link for more info. [http://groups.google.com/groups?q="Northern+Calloway"&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=31ttss%245hg%40narnia.ccs.neu.edu&rnum=2](http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22Northern+Calloway%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=31ttss%245hg%40narnia.ccs.neu.edu&rnum=2) -Myron ---
**Author:** ![snac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@snac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snac)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/38 "2003-02-11T03:49:55Z")
Monsterpiece Theater, Letter B, and Captain Vegetable (“It is I, Captain Vegetable! With my carrots…and my celery!”). I didn’t see it as a kid; this comes from when the snackids were little, in the late eighties/early nineties. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/39 "2003-02-11T04:20:49Z")
Oooh! I love this thread. I always liked the old (70’s) video segment that shows the father of a little girl carving a three-legged stool out of wood for her. It shows him cutting down the tree, sawing and then carving the wood. That was my all-time favorite. I also liked the cartoon bit about the little boy whose mother sent him to the grocery store for a “loaf a bread, quart of milk and something, something [I can’t remember]” And the Grover/Irritated Waiter in the restaurant bit. ---
**Author:** ![sulamith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@sulamith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sulamith)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130/40 "2003-02-11T04:32:18Z")
Hey greywolf, it was: a loaf of bread, a quart of milk, and a stick of butter. Funny, the kid in the bit forgets it, too. Yes, I put the book down and came back to SDMB. The book is funny, but you guys are more fun! Anyhoo, I am having a memory jog: Was it Sesame Street that had the piece about wasting water? It went: Don’t be a wasteroo! You’ll be wasting waaaaaater! You’re a wasteroo! It was this funky animated girl at the sink turining off the water. I don’t think I dreamed it, hee hee! Also, I loved the opera thing with the orange, or was it a grapefruit? Anybody else recall that? The fruit sang a piece from Carmen, with a big rubber band for a mouth and plastic flowers for long eyelashes! So funny! La mew, La meeeww! LA MEWWWWWWW! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-sesame-street-memories/154130.md?page=3)