Cookie Monster was better before he went to rehab...

No mystery box? (new window)

Sweet!

I hadn't seen all of those, some were before my time!

Nice!

Also, I had forgotten how funny Bert and Ernie were.

fuzzwell: Also, I had forgotten how funny Bert and Ernie were.

I can't stand Ernie. He is a selfish asshole douchebag fartface. I'm surprised Bert hasn't had him killed yet.

Kellner21: I can't stand Ernie. He is a selfish asshole douchebag fartface. I'm surprised Bert hasn't had him killed yet.

Where would Bert find another bottom on Sesame Street?

No "Jazzy Spies"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeqpgF9EkhA&feature=PlayList&p=2E2E479212DB1699&i ndex=0&playnext=1

This would definitely be in my top 10.

My favourite was when Snuffleupaguss went postal and took out Oscar and Big Bird with an Uzi.

Or did I imagine that?

the voices...the voices...

THIS is in my top 10. (new window)

/not a RR

Freak Flag Fly: img40.imageshack.us

This would definitely be in my top 10.

Seriously. How do you do the best of Sesame Street and leave off the Yip Yips?

The Count Censored (new window)

/when I'm alone, I fark myself

Where's "Squeal! of! fortune!"?

The Sesame Street version of Reservoir Dogs was mind-blowing.

No Dr. Livingston Burt and Ernie Skit?

By FAR my favourite.

I miss Forgetful Jones.... :(

but most of all I miss pre-Elmo Sesame Street

/death to Elmo

xanadian: THIS is in my top 10. (new window)

/not a RR


That was nice, but it was no Jonas Brothers.

Manamynah! (Sp?)

/ good call as well Freak Flag Fly
// wait! was that the Mupper Show?

COOKIES!
http://tinyurl.com/pw2nb7
(copy and paste)

Muppet Show with Alice Cooper.

Freak Flag Fly: This would definitely be in my top 10.

I love those guys, but people have told me that those things freaked them out.


This thing freaked me out. A skeleton in a spacesuit? Zoinks!

Only song to get stuck in my head for 10 years straight.

Telephone Rock (new window)

No death of Mr. Hooper?

Celia Cruz -Putdown that Duckie was awesome

linc654: Manamynah! (Sp?)

Yes, the Manamanas were on the (1st? 2nd?) episode of The Muppet Show, although they may have been brought over to SS as well.

Wait... Oscar isn't orange now?

/it's been a while...

This one (new window) always makes me smile. I think the little girl is Jim Henson's daughter.

Freak Flag Fly: This would definitely be in my top 10.

Yip yip yip yip uh-hoh

AgentKGB: I miss Forgetful Jones.... :(

but most of all I miss pre-Elmo Sesame Street

/death to Elmo

Seconded. I still hold a grudge against Elmo for deposing Big Bird as the king of Sesame Street, at least in my imagination. And on the topic of awesome Sesame Street moments, I love this guy singing Fat Cat Sat Hat
Link (new window)

We all live in a capital I.

I remember liking the dots when I was little. Just dots that would appear one by one with each note of a chromatic scale playing in the background. Sometimes there would be a long delay before last-dot appeared and that would make me happy. Or last dot would push through all the other dots instead of just appearing at the end.
I'm not sure it actually happened though, because nobody I know remembers the dots. I probably describe it poorly and that's frustrating. Because Dots were simply the best thing on Sesame Street. Ever.

/Dots

Burn_The_Plows: Kellner21: I can't stand Ernie. He is a selfish asshole douchebag fartface. I'm surprised Bert hasn't had him killed yet.

Where would Bert find another bottom on Sesame Street?

I think pretty much everyone knows Bert's catching.

Was Manamana the Muppet Show?

okami36: The Count Censored (new window)

/when I'm alone, I fark myself

That video always amuses me.

/The Count is awesome

Freak Flag Fly: This would definitely be in my top 10.

That's the ringer for my phone

Adventure (new window) w/En Vogue
New Way to Walk (new window) w/Destiny's Child

one two three four five
six seven eight nine ten
eleven twelve

/leaving satisfied

kwame: This one (awwww!) always makes me smile. I think the little girl is Jim Henson's daughter.

That is one of my daughter's absolute favorite segments. It's adorable...until the 6847374957839305686th time she asks for "more a-b-cookiemonster!"

/then it's just cute

IXI Jim IXI: Was Manamana the Muppet Show?

Yes.

GAT_00: How do you do the best of Sesame Street and leave off the Yip Yips?

Because it's a best of Sesame Street.

xanadian: THIS is in my top 10. (new window)

/not a RR

Mine too. I loved that when I was a kid.

Pointer Sisters Pinball Counting

Does anyone remember the sketch where Bert gets all pissed off at Ernie for eating cookies in the bed?

They used to sleep in the same bed!!

My favorite was Sam the Robot. I wonder why they got rid of him.

I CHALLENGE anyone to find a better moment than this!

Stevie Wonder plays "Superstition" live on Sesame Street - video (new window)

AWESOME version. turn it up!

lukelightning: My favorite was Sam the Robot. I wonder why they got rid of him.

His pedo-programming did him in.

AgentKGB: /death to Elmo



"I will have my revenge!"

Sesame Street Unnecessary Censorship (new window)

"Somebody Come And Play" - orang picks mom's butt and sniffs 0:11

What, no Cab Calloway? (new window)

Came here for Rubber Ducky....
Jaw on the floor that it's not there.

kwame: This one (new window) always makes me smile. I think the little girl is Jim Henson's daughter.


Not only did the video make me smile, but it also caused something to get into my eye...

Sleep tight.

A "B" or not a "B"?

For some reason, I always liked the Operatic Orange.

Operatic Orange

came here for the yip yips, see they're already covered

I also will add in

This bit scared the hell out of me as a kid (new window)

Loaf of Bread, Container of milk, and a stick of buttuh (new window)

We all sing in the same voice (new window)

Teeny Little Super Guy (new window)

the Twiddlebugs (new window)
and
Put Down the Duckie (new window)

IXI Jim IXI: Was Manamana the Muppet Show?

Yes, it's the very first skit on the pilot episode. (You can see the pilot episodes on the first season DVD set.)


My faves:

Halfway down the stairs... (new window)

Fever (new window)

Had this on 8-track (new window)

I find this (pops) much more amusing than I should.

/la-la-la-la LOL

7wolf: Wait... Oscar isn't orange now?

See, I never noticed the color change, because we didn't get a color TV until after I stopped watching Sesame Street. Even the poster I had (with the "old Gordon") was in black and white.

lady bug picnic and pinball 12 are the awesome. those others, meh.

List fails for not including the "O" song. (new window)
/it'll cost ya just a nickel...

I was kinda partial to the Kermit the Frog/ Streetcorner Pusher skits myself. Those, Guy Smiley, SuperGrover-(Especially in the Everyone Knows it's Windy skit), the Martians, and Ernie's hilarious hi jinks. Sure, I learned a bunch of stuff along the way.

Elmo was definitely when Sesame St. jumped the snuffalupagus.

Did they really have a monster with AIDS not too long ago? I'd love the hear the whitewashing they gave to the transmission vector.

Freak Flag Fly: This would definitely be in my top 10.

Yep...BURRRRINNNNGGG...should have been there.

FHLudlow: Does anyone remember the sketch where Bert gets all pissed off at Ernie for eating cookies in the bed?

Bull. I distinctly remember the last line in the skit, where Ernie says, "Why, I'm eating cookies in YOUR bed."

ma nah ma nah was Sesame Street

saw it original (I'm old)

Link (new window)

The Rita Moreno/ Animal "Fever" number will stick with me until I die. That's exactly when I knew that "Pigs in Space" was not going to ruin The Muppet Show.

jbrooks544: I CHALLENGE anyone to find a better moment than this!

Stevie Wonder plays "Superstition" live on Sesame Street - video (new window)

AWESOME version. turn it up!

Excellent

Aw, man! I forgot this one! I love it.

A, B, C, D, Cookie Monster!

noo noo noo noo noo noo

/typewriter

I forgot how awesome of a kid John-John was. Check out this video of him counting to 20 with Herry Monster in 1974 & '89 (new window, skip to 5:14), and then read up on what he's doing now. (new window)

Dude ended up a pretty cool guy.

Johnny Cash on Sesame Street (new window)

I just stumpled on this one (new window).

Anyone remember a similar claymation sesame street skit, where it was all about a summer thunderstorm on a farm or something? I've never been able to find that one online.

kwame: This one (new window) always makes me smile. I think the little girl is Jim Henson's daughter.

Awwwww, that was cute.

sleep lack: one two three four five
six seven eight nine ten
eleven twelve

/leaving satisfied

Always one of my favorites. I'll probably have that song stuck in my head the rest of the day.

/one of the first-generation Sesame Street fans

Rapmaster2000: Freak Flag Fly: This would definitely be in my top 10.

I love those guys, but people have told me that those things freaked them out.


This thing freaked me out. A skeleton in a spacesuit? Zoinks!



"HEY! WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS?!"

La, La, La, La

/linoleum

JessicaRaven: Loaf of Bread, Container of milk, and a stick of buttuh

I remember thinking she was saying, "Lopa bread, potato & milk, and a stick of butter"

No it's not.

/Where da lopa bread at!

What? No clip of that red ball that goes on this awesome metal course and a girl goes "1, 2, 3!"?

mephisto6: I remember liking the dots when I was little. Just dots that would appear one by one with each note of a chromatic scale playing in the background. Sometimes there would be a long delay before last-dot appeared and that would make me happy. Or last dot would push through all the other dots instead of just appearing at the end.
I'm not sure it actually happened though, because nobody I know remembers the dots. I probably describe it poorly and that's frustrating. Because Dots were simply the best thing on Sesame Street. Ever.

/Dots

I remember the dots. Link (new window)

This was always my favorite. Pretty trippy...

Link (new window)

No Stevie Wonder singing Superstition? This list is lame.

leonel: What? No clip of that red ball that goes on this awesome metal course and a girl goes "1, 2, 3!"?

here ya go (new window)

nearly forgot that one myself

another one that tended to scare kids shiatless (new window)

and because he was mentioned earlier in thread

I alwasy thought this guy's name was Noonanoo (new window)

10 Random moments from Sesame Street is more like it.

Three of my favourites:

There's a bird on me (new window)
Love, love, LOVE being a pig (new window)
Sounds through the apartment (new window)

It's a real shame Sesame Street isn't what it used to be--it's gone from educational and fun to 'how not to kill each other' and over-the-top cutesy. Sign of the times, I suppose, but it was kick ass back in the day.

Or maybe I'm just old.

Nothing beats the time Bert and Ernie went all gangsta. (new window)

It takes a lot of little nuts to make a jar of peanut butter... (new window)

Another favorite, the Beetles playing Letter B.

Link (new window)

honk if you demand satisfaction: This was always my favorite. Pretty trippy...

Link (new window)

oh god I forgot about the yoyo master, the kid in the video was even like "WTF when did I take the brown acid?"

RUN DMC(ookie Monster) (new window) turns out the "cookies are a sometimes food" thing is older than we realize

Krymson Tyde: Sesame Street Unnecessary Censorship (new window)

now that is farking funny!

Cab Calloway appeared on Sesame Street... Did that make the list?

slypig: mephisto6: I remember liking the dots when I was little. Just dots that would appear one by one with each note of a chromatic scale playing in the background. Sometimes there would be a long delay before last-dot appeared and that would make me happy. Or last dot would push through all the other dots instead of just appearing at the end.
I'm not sure it actually happened though, because nobody I know remembers the dots. I probably describe it poorly and that's frustrating. Because Dots were simply the best thing on Sesame Street. Ever.

/Dots

I remember the dots. Link (new window)

Sweet! Thanks man...

mikey15: ma nah ma nah was Sesame Street

saw it original (I'm old)

Link (new window)

Terrific! Funny how kids still immediately love this one.

My personal faves (as an adult with access to Youtube) are:

lower case n
the pinball counting
the restaurant bit with the giant hamburger
Stevie Wonder's Superstition
C is for Cookie
the waiter on the stairs bits
Rebel L
Letter B
Telephone rock
Grover's Near.....Far sketch.

I have shown a few of them to my SO, who grew up without Sesame Street. She thinks I was warped as a kid. A lot of the sketches I loved are very trippy in retrospect.

xanadian: THIS is in my top 10. (new window)

/not a RR

this was even better

/dripping with funk

JessicaRaven: Loaf of Bread, Container of milk, and a stick of buttuh

That's what I enjoy about Fark. Occasionally running across something I haven't thought of in almost 40 years.

I'm not looking at clips from 88 comments, so forgive me if I'm repeating somebody...

List is incomplete without the Jim Henson dressed as a baker and falling down the stairs with a certain number of desserts.

damn nostalgic youtube dives, here's some more

The Coconut Counting Man (new window)

Take A Bweaf (new window)

Crown_of_Shoes: Funny how kids still immediately love [Manamana].

Funnier that it was originally a background song in a soft-core pr0n... Wikipedia (new window)

JessicaRaven: another one that tended to scare kids shiatless (new window)

Seriuosly? I farking loved the I-beam!

Pxtl: JessicaRaven: another one that tended to scare kids shiatless (new window)

Seriuosly? I farking loved the I-beam!

You and I are apparently of a strange breed. I thought it was sweet as hell too.

\also, as per your profile, Pxtl, STFU and GBTW

I'm surprised the Rubber Ducky Song wasn't on the list.


And just because it's funny... Danny Boy (new window)

Pxtl: JessicaRaven: another one that tended to scare kids shiatless (new window)

Seriuosly? I farking loved the I-beam!

so did I but evidently it terrified some kids

oh and I also loved the Crayon Factory (new window) (I always thought the orangish yellow crayons in that vid were made out of macaroni and cheese)

JessicaRaven: What? No clip of that red ball that goes on this awesome metal course and a girl goes "1, 2, 3!"?

here ya go (new window)

nearly forgot that one myself

i used to have that one on a VHS collection, along with the animated counting cowboys by the guy who narrated Pixar's Boundin'.

Porcellina: It's a real shame Sesame Street isn't what it used to be--it's gone from educational and fun to 'how not to kill each other' and over-the-top cutesy. Sign of the times, I suppose, but it was kick ass back in the day.

Or maybe I'm just old.

considering i'm 23 and feel the same way, i'd say it's not just you.

/your lawn
//getting off of it now

FHLudlow: Pointer Sisters Pinball Counting

Does anyone remember the sketch where Bert gets all pissed off at Ernie for eating cookies in the bed?

They used to sleep in the same bed!!

I remember that, it looked like this:

Anyone remember the trippy shapes moving around to an enya song? I swear it was Sesame street, but I can't find it anywhere, and my friends all look at me like I'm crazy when I mention it.

Cookie Monster visits the library is one of my favorites. Wait for the ad libs at the end...

The pinball song...awesome! Mahnahmahnah! Yup..yup!

Anyone remember the angry goat? I get mad! I get mad! I get mad! It ain't bad to get mad!

If i had children, it would be SS and Muppets all the way. Fark Dora and Barney!

buckeyebrain: I'm not looking at clips from 88 comments, so forgive me if I'm repeating somebody...

List is incomplete without the Jim Henson dressed as a baker and falling down the stairs with a certain number of desserts.

took some searching but here ya go

TEN BANANA CREAM PIES! (new window)

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,tweelve

Damn you subby, have that song in my head now.

stickmangrit: considering i'm 23 and feel the same way, i'd say it's not just you.

/your lawn
//getting off of it now

I love that the DVDs for the original seasons of Sesame Street come with "don't show these to your kids today" warnings. Clearly the Gen X-ers who grew up on those are so farked up they can't function, right?

/ok, going home with strangers who give you cookies when you're lost = probably bad idea
//cookies are an all the time food goddamnit

My favorite from Sesame Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg71djeZfos

naturalbornworldshaker: Anyone remember a similar claymation sesame street skit, where it was all about a summer thunderstorm on a farm or something? I've never been able to find that one online.

YES! I've finally found it! (new window)

One of my all time favorite childhood sesame street memories.

mikey15: ma nah ma nah was Sesame Street

saw it original (I'm old)

Link (new window)

I remember that! (I'm old, too, apparently.)

Excellent, and many thanks.

HKWolf: Anyone remember the angry goat? I get mad! I get mad! I get mad! It ain't bad to get mad!
!


Angry Goat (new window)

buckeyebrain: I'm not looking at clips from 88 comments, so forgive me if I'm repeating somebody...

List is incomplete without the Jim Henson dressed as a baker and falling down the stairs with a certain number of desserts.

Absolutely. Those were my absolute favorites as a kid, lo these many years ago.

Freak Flag Fly: This would definitely be in my top 10.

Yeah thats the number one moment, it was also the time when you realize the writers were on drugs.

How could I forget:

Dance myself to sleep (new window) Poor Bert!
Fishing lesson from Ernie (new window)
Neeeeaaaaar and faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar (new window)

What a about the baker that comes out of the kitchen anouncing "10 APPLE PIES!!!" and then proceeds to stumble down the stairs smashing all the pies?

JessicaRaven: buckeyebrain: I'm not looking at clips from 88 comments, so forgive me if I'm repeating somebody...

List is incomplete without the Jim Henson dressed as a baker and falling down the stairs with a certain number of desserts.

took some searching but here ya go

TEN BANANA CREAM PIES! (new window)

Ah that's it!!! CHEERS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kojxgL3nf0YLink (new window)

Sesame Street had more consistently funny skits, but my favorite from PBS was Tom Lehrer's "ly" song from the Electric Company. (new window)

hogans: Sesame Street had more consistently funny skits, but my favorite from PBS was Tom Lehrer's "ly" song from the Electric Company. (new window)

Electric Company and 3-2-1 Contact was how I ROLLED, baby!

JessicaRaven: HKWolf: Anyone remember the angry goat? I get mad! I get mad! I get mad! It ain't bad to get mad!
!


Angry Goat (new window)

YAY! Thanks! I'll be muttering that to myself all day now. That and the pinball song.

Robinqwerty:

I love that the DVDs for the original seasons of Sesame Street come with "don't show these to your kids today" warnings. Clearly the Gen X-ers who grew up on those are so farked up they can't function, right?

/ok, going home with strangers who give you cookies when you're lost = probably bad idea
//cookies are an all the time food goddamnit

i bought the first season set as a christmas present for my autistic baby brother(he'll be four this July). he wasn't diagnosed until he was about two, but this was the child who hated TV and baby food, and just wanted to climb shiat and eat whatever we were having. my mother tried Barney, The Wiggles, Veggie Tales, all the new-fangled crap, he didn't want anything to do with it. i sat him down in front of ManahManah on my laptop and he sat still, shut up, and tried to make it play again when it was done. he's now got Muppet Show season one, Fraggle Rock seasons 1&2, and Sesame Street Old School Vol. 1.

/i can die knowing i did something right

hogans: Sesame Street had more consistently funny skits, but my favorite from PBS was Tom Lehrer's "ly" song from the Electric Company. (new window)

as long as we're delving into other PBS kids shows, Electric Company rocked (the new one has its moments but it's just not the same)

but this one (new window) actually influenced me above all the others



/Z-E-E-E-E-E-EBTRO-YO-YO-YO-YO-YON

I watched the SS debut in the 70's with my youngest brother, and my daughter watched them in the 80's and 90's. I will have Rubber Ducky, and Honker DuckyDinger Jamboree running through my head for the rest of the day. TYVM

/off my lawn
//I will assault you with record albums and VHS tapes

IXI Jim IXI:

Electric Company and 3-2-1 Contact was how I ROLLED, baby!

whenever there's trouble we're there on the double, Mr Bloodhound isn't here

What about the ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ song sung by Big Bird? That was my favorite...here you go: Link (new window)

Porcellina: How could I forget:

Dance myself to sleep (new window) Poor Bert!
Fishing lesson from Ernie (new window)
Neeeeaaaaar and faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar (new window)

I love Grover. He's my all time favorite. I laughed my little kid butt off at Near and Far and this one too

Link (new window)

I had a cat I named Grover, because when he was a kitten he'd climb up on my bed, so I'd teach him about near....... and far..... by throwing him.

/do the pigeon

Elmo was the downfall of kids shows on PBS

They almost redeemed themselves with Bill Nye the science guy, then they started doing animation.

Sorry, not enya. Phillip Glass.

The death of Mr Hooper was one of the biggest things that show ever tackled.

List is a FAIL because it missed Mr Hooper.

Grover as a waiter serving a big hamburger (new window). My daughters loved this one, and I was able to do a nice Grover imitation so I'd re-enact this at various times just to amuse them.

No Monsterpiece Theater? (new window)

now mentioning 3-2-1 Contact brings up a couple memories from it


Cosmic Clock (new window) another of those that tended to scare the hell out of kids at the time

Arctic/Antarctic (new window) I STILL sing this one to myself whenever anyone mentions polar bears and penguins in the same sentence, "where can you find the wingless flyyyyyy?"

JessicaRaven: Pxtl: JessicaRaven: another one that tended to scare kids shiatless (new window)

Seriuosly? I farking loved the I-beam!

so did I but evidently it terrified some kids

oh and I also loved the Crayon Factory (new window) (I always thought the orangish yellow crayons in that vid were made out of macaroni and cheese)

I loved the crayon factory!! I'm so glad someone posted that...

I totally forgot about Lady Bugs' Picnic! Awesome indeed, thanks subby

rhiannon: JessicaRaven: Loaf of Bread, Container of milk, and a stick of buttuh

That's what I enjoy about Fark. Occasionally running across something I haven't thought of in almost 40 years.

I agree
Man I feel old today.

Thank you everyone for bringing back such great memories. I'm a first-time father of a 5-day-old son, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies!

Thanks a million!!!

/The a-b-c-cookie monster girl brings a tear to my eye, especially the very end.
//Remember it well when I was a wee lad...

The count is funnier when he's censored.

I didn't see:

Capital I

or

lowercase n

Much less anything about Mr Hooper dieing.

In loo of...: Thank you everyone for bringing back such great memories. I'm a first-time father of a 5-day-old son, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies!

Thanks a million!!!


here's a suggestion, download all these clips and burn them on DVD for him to watch when he gets older, that's what I'd do at least

better than Elmo and the Teletubbies and whatever else it is kids have today

ZannSu

See, I always hated Grover and his annoying little ass, so whenever they put him through hell, like Super Grover crashing into things, or this 'Near and Far', I evil giggled myself silly.

And Bill Nye! Science Rules! Thanks for reminding me, Jesus built my hybrid!

(also, I'm 27, stickmangrit, so my lawn is your lawn)

mander: I totally forgot about Lady Bugs' Picnic! Awesome indeed, thanks subby

You are welcome.

Jesus built my hybrid: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,tweelve

Damn you subby, have that song in my head now.

I know, me too. But isn't it great?

/Subby

in loo of... Thank you everyone for bringing back such great memories. I'm a first-time father of a 5-day-old son, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies!

Thanks a million!!!

/The a-b-c-cookie monster girl brings a tear to my eye, especially the very end.
//Remember it well when I was a wee lad...

Congratulations and good luck, man. There's a whole internet (and DVD catalog) of good Sesame Street clips out there, and the new stuff isn't that bad either.

I can't stand Elmo either, but to me the ruin of sesame street started with Barkly the dog.

Thorndyke Barnhard: What a about the baker that comes out of the kitchen anouncing "10 APPLE PIES!!!" and then proceeds to stumble down the stairs smashing all the pies?

Dear god, I haven't thought about that in ages. Wasn't it a theme thing, where they had different skits and he'd announce some number of stuff and then go tumbling down the stairs?

And it's posts like this that are why I love Fark.

JessicaRaven: TEN BANANA CREAM PIES! (new window)

Annnd never mind, there it is! Awesome!

Well, it's a wreck, and it's a tangle! (pops)

I'm an aadrvark and I'm proud (pops)

d, d, d, d (pops)

shadowself: I can't stand Elmo either, but to me the ruin of sesame street started with Barkly the dog.

oh come on I loved Barkley, and at least they didnt devote 75% of their airtime to him

Gonna paint a 9 (pops)

I'd hit it.

zOMG! I haven't seen this in years, searched for it before and nada, but now there it is. the car wash (pops)

sleep lack: one two three four five
six seven eight nine ten
eleven twelve

/leaving satisfied

SO THIS!

Porcellina: How could I forget:


Fishing lesson from Ernie (new window)

I did that while fishing with my husband...He looked at me like I was nuts!
of course I had learned it 40 or so years earlier....
thanks for the memories...Gonna show my Grand daughter that fishing trick when she gets old enough!

The Golden An (new window) riiiiigghhht

do you want me to keep an i on your hat? (new window)

Lefty recites the alphabet (new window)

Invisible Ice Cream Cone (new window)

Same bed, eh? (pops)

WhyteRaven74: Gonna paint a 9 (pops)

ooohh I totally forgot about the mad painter

I was a Sesame Street addict from about 1973 to 1981 or so. My favorite character was always Oscar the Grouch, but I don't like seeing him orange in that 1969 version. The Oscar I always loved was a filthy green color.

Am I the only one who watched SS, Electric Company, Mr Rogers Hood (hated that show) and my all time oddity favorite ZOOM? School House Rocks videos should always be included in the education of children

Didn't SS start in the 60s not the 70s?

My favorite was always Lost Boy, with Isaac Hayes as the Yo-Yo Master.

bruegel: Am I the only one who watched SS, Electric Company, Mr Rogers Hood (hated that show) and my all time oddity favorite ZOOM? School House Rocks videos should always be included in the education of children

Didn't SS start in the 60s not the 70s?

for me, it was Sesame Street, Mr Rogers, Electric Company, 3-2-1 Contact, Secret City and Reading Rainbow (the local PBS channel is actually airing the old 80's Reading Rainbow eps at 2 am, which is awesome)

JessicaRaven: ooohh I totally forgot about the mad painter

The actor who played him was also played Mr. Bentley on the Jefferson's.

bruegel: Am I the only one who watched SS, Electric Company, Mr Rogers Hood

I watched that and Electric Company, and yes School House Rocks. I remember when Saturday morning cartoons on ABC were mandatory viewing. Remember the little animated segment of the kids getting off a school house and walking into a little school house?

WhyteRaven74: zOMG! I haven't seen this in years, searched for it before and nada, but now there it is. the car wash (pops)

Holy craps!!! I haven't seen that since, well, since I was a regular viewer of Sesame Street (I'm 36). And the music and the visuals all came right back to me! And I can't even remember things that I learned last week for my job. Thank you! :)

WhyteRaven74: off a school house bus

FTFM

So do they ever show the Count feeding?

goofoffgoose: I haven't seen that since, well, since I was a regular viewer of Sesame Street (I'm 36).

Same here, and I'm 34 getting close to 35. And yeah I remembered it all too. And you're welcome :)

JessicaRaven: WhyteRaven74: Gonna paint a 9 (pops)

ooohh I totally forgot about the mad painter

Don't know the guy's name, but he was also the English neighbor on the Jeffersons. I remember my dad telling me that in the late 1970's and I was like, "noooo way! that's impossible!"

bruegel: Am I the only one who watched SS, Electric Company, Mr Rogers Hood (hated that show) and my all time oddity favorite ZOOM? School House Rocks videos should always be included in the education of children

Didn't SS start in the 60s not the 70s?

Nope, you're not the only 45 owning person here. SS may have been in the late 60's. Schoolhouse Rock was cool. Do you remember "Conjunction Junction, What's your function?"

Put Down the Duckie (pops)

/with tons of celebrities joining in

AbbeySomeone: Do you remember "Conjunction Junction, What's your function?"

To hell with remembering, just watch it (pops) and remember again :)

goofoffgoose: Don't know the guy's name

Paul Benedict :)

AbbeySomeone: bruegel: Am I the only one who watched SS, Electric Company, Mr Rogers Hood (hated that show) and my all time oddity favorite ZOOM? School House Rocks videos should always be included in the education of children

Didn't SS start in the 60s not the 70s?

Nope, you're not the only 45 owning person here. SS may have been in the late 60's. Schoolhouse Rock was cool. Do you remember "Conjunction Junction, What's your function?"

My function is to skate a figure 8 or I could be playing pool with cats or hanging out with a bill all lonely on capital hill.

How about the marching band? (pops)

/people around my age and older will remember this

Ok, I'm fully prepared to be ridiculed/ignored/called a liar, but I'm used to it by now, because I've been saying this since I first saw it when I was a little kid, and I did see it several times:

There was a Sesame Street bit with Guy Smiley hosting a TV game show (I know there are many), and I don't know exactly which one it was, but all I do know is that when one of the muppets wins the big prize at the end, Guy Smiley does his usual freak-out, arms waving wildly, mouth opens so wide it's like a flip-top head, and he's screaming...BUT, and I swear on the life of my dog and the lives of my immediate family members, he says, "YOU'VE JUST WON A TRIP TO NEW PENIS, CALIFORNIA!!!"

Does anyone, ANYONE out there remember this?

WhyteRaven74:

I watched that and Electric Company, and yes School House Rocks. I remember when Saturday morning cartoons on ABC were mandatory viewing. Remember the little animated segment of the kids getting off a school house and walking into a little school house?

some of the educational and PSA stuff they aired during saturday morning cartoons rocked

Furries teach you about the wonderful computer breakthroughs of the 80s (new window)

and that's one to grow on (new window)

Captain O.G. Readmore (new window)

I'm not a chicken you're a turkey! (new window)

this song was actually damn catchy (new window)

I hanker fer a hunka cheese (new window)

Wile E Coyote's constitutional right to fail (new window)

bruegel: is to skate a figure 8

just as long as you have bows in your hair (pops)

What ever happened to Roosevelt Franklin?

10 Chocolate Layered CAAAAAAAAAAAKES! *crash*

WhyteRaven74: bruegel: is to skate a figure 8

just as long as you have bows in your hair (pops)

If I don't I can express myself with interjections like when I mad - drat

goofoffgoose: Does anyone, ANYONE out there remember this?

dear god, I'm trying to think of which one that might have been. I'm sure I've seen all the guy smiley game show bits and now I'm trying to place that one.

/saw your profile, sweet pickles book? Awesome!

My favorite was the time Ernie and Bert started a grindcore band:

Link (new window)

No Put Down the Ducky (pops like Yosh Schmenge on the clarinet)? Fail.

bruegel: If I don't I can express myself with interjections like when I mad - drat

interjection you say? (pops)

stickmangrit: Robinqwerty:

I love that the DVDs for the original seasons of Sesame Street come with "don't show these to your kids today" warnings. Clearly the Gen X-ers who grew up on those are so farked up they can't function, right?

/ok, going home with strangers who give you cookies when you're lost = probably bad idea
//cookies are an all the time food goddamnit

i bought the first season set as a christmas present for my autistic baby brother(he'll be four this July). he wasn't diagnosed until he was about two, but this was the child who hated TV and baby food, and just wanted to climb shiat and eat whatever we were having. my mother tried Barney, The Wiggles, Veggie Tales, all the new-fangled crap, he didn't want anything to do with it. i sat him down in front of ManahManah on my laptop and he sat still, shut up, and tried to make it play again when it was done. he's now got Muppet Show season one, Fraggle Rock seasons 1&2, and Sesame Street Old School Vol. 1.

/i can die knowing i did something right

I don't want to spoil this thread with a serious tangent, but...

your baby brother was diagnosed with autism at *2*??
It is extremely difficult to accurately diagnose a child younger than 3-4. I assume since its been years that it turned out to be true, but have your parents gotten a 2nd opinion about him?

If I were you I would also take him as far away as possible from the television.( I mean that figuratively... i.e limit his exposure ).

There have not been any concrete links to TV and causing autism ( though this has been proposed and studied ), but you're just adding fuel to the fire for an already diagnosed autistic child. Television can very quickly overstimulate an Autistic child ( well, the same goes for other children..it's no coincidence that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends zero TV until 2 years of age. ) Better to simply avoid it.

I'm glad he did well with the shows you showed him, but you'll be doing him far greater a favor in life reading to him, or taking him out for a walk in the woods, to a petting zoo, or to a water park.

AbbeySomeone: Nope, you're not the only 45 owning person here. SS may have been in the late 60's. Schoolhouse Rock was cool. Do you remember "Conjunction Junction, What's your function?"

Damn. I just unpacked my adjectives!

WhyteRaven74: AbbeySomeone: Do you remember "Conjunction Junction, What's your function?"

To hell with remembering, just watch it (pops) and remember again :)

Thank you! I haven't seen that in years. No, I did NOT bookmark it.

huntercr: your baby brother was diagnosed with autism at *2*??
It is extremely difficult to accurately diagnose a child younger than 3-4. I assume since its been years that it turned out to be true, but have your parents gotten a 2nd opinion about him?

My wife and I were recently discussing this. She said that detecting Autism in infants is done partially by watching where the infant's attention goes when interacting with their parent. Something about Autistic children focusing entirely on the mouth

Sesame Street went through a pretty low period in the few years after Jim Henson died. But they're starting to do MUCH better, even using Elmo in a constructive way.

/Tina Fey as a "bookaneer" was brilliant.

Hey, if this is the thread to ask about childhood memories, did anyone ever see a cartoon about a giant monster cake created by a Dr. Frankenstein-type who would knock on doors and then eat all the villagers?


/might have been a Canadian NFB production.
//might not.
///If you find me this, I will send you money.

buckeyebrain: I'm not looking at clips from 88 comments, so forgive me if I'm repeating somebody...

List is incomplete without the Jim Henson dressed as a baker and falling down the stairs with a certain number of desserts.

"8 Coconut Cream Pies" (or something) tumbletumbletumble... LOVED that as a kid.

AbbeySomeone: Thank you! I haven't seen that in years. No, I did NOT bookmark it.

hehehehe :D

rhiannon: That's what I enjoy about Fark. Occasionally running across something I haven't thought of in almost 40 years.

mama, mama, you remembered!

WhyteRaven74: dear god, I'm trying to think of which one that might have been. I'm sure I've seen all the guy smiley game show bits and now I'm trying to place that one.

/saw your profile, sweet pickles book? Awesome!

I swears! I remember being so shocked that I recognized the skit every time it came on afterwards, and waited for the end to hear if he really did say what I thought I'd heard him say before, and he did! But I've yet to find anyone else who remembers. Maybe I'm completely nuts.

And yes! Sweet Pickles ruled! I never did have that cool green bus, but I had several of the books, and damn if I didn't grow up to be just like that indolent, reprobate goose.

/I'm takin' it easy
//all the way to New Penis, California

Oh, and as an older sibling who dreamed of murdering my younger brother, I was always drawn to the "what would happen if I dropped this vase?" segment.

List is useless without The Story of Bert's Blanket and Sugar Beets. (You will have the last one in your head all day, and you will smile.)

I would buy the Sesame Street Old School videos in a second if they were full episodes, but as I understand it, they're just the full street scenes with a handful of the "commercials" added into the mix.

I'd love to have some of the older Mister Rogers episodes too, I know they retired the older episodes on a pretty regular basis.

Actually, I've read it's debatable how much Sesame Street really assisted children in learning anything. Most of the kids that really seemed to pick up the songs are the ones who would've been early learners anyway. The bigger impact was in exposing kids to things they might not have learned about for a very long time otherwise- all the farm and gardening shorts were aimed at inner city kids who might never make it outside their neighborhood until they were in school.

EchoMike: Rapmaster2000: Freak Flag Fly: This would definitely be in my top 10.

I love those guys, but people have told me that those things freaked them out.


This thing freaked me out. A skeleton in a spacesuit? Zoinks!



"HEY! WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS?!"

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

The Bad Astronomer: No Put Down the Ducky (pops like Yosh Schmenge on the clarinet)? Fail.

My daughter learned to work the vcr because she wanted to watch. this video so much. I love all these songs too.

Rapmaster2000: Freak Flag Fly: This would definitely be in my top 10.

I love those guys, but people have told me that those things freaked them out.


This thing freaked me out. A skeleton in a spacesuit? Zoinks!

Many nightmares for me, too. That skeleton thing was terrifying!

The muppets, not so much.

Here's Jim Henson's short film Time Piece (pops). Which was nominated for a best short film Oscar.

goofoffgoose: but I had several of the books,

I remember the books so well, and how they were illustrated and all. So so awesome.

And another segment from a series on counting on Sesame Street (pops)

Already seen mention of the Philip Glass geometry things and Capital I... those are my favs.

But no Sesame Street reminiscence is complete without Five Bears in the Bed^ and Plants need water, Man^

Twelve Rocks in the Desert (new window)

Very surreal.

JessicaRaven, I loved the Time for Timer shorts on Saturday mornings. "Look! A wagon wheel!"

Xixox: Plants need water, Man

Even stoners got love on Sesame Street.

Apparently Jim Henson did a TV movie that was a precursor to the movie "Cube", interesting stuff Link (new window)

Robinqwerty: stickmangrit: considering i'm 23 and feel the same way, i'd say it's not just you.

/your lawn
//getting off of it now

I love that the DVDs for the original seasons of Sesame Street come with "don't show these to your kids today" warnings. Clearly the Gen X-ers who grew up on those are so farked up they can't function, right?



I wasn't there just at the dawn. I was there at the farking first episode, when it was NET.

/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (weirdass interim sound) FTW!
//followed by falling-down-the-stairs caterer
///all pre-Elmo viewers, on my lawn

AbbeySomeone: bruegel: Am I the only one who watched SS, Electric Company, Mr Rogers Hood (hated that show) and my all time oddity favorite ZOOM? School House Rocks videos should always be included in the education of children

Didn't SS start in the 60s not the 70s?

Nope, you're not the only 45 owning person here. SS may have been in the late 60's. Schoolhouse Rock was cool. Do you remember "Conjunction Junction, What's your function?"

Thanks to Schoolhouse Rock, a generation got the Preamble *almost* right.

/We the people of these United States, in order to form a more perfect Union....

huntercr: I don't want to spoil this thread with a serious tangent, but...

your baby brother was diagnosed with autism at *2*??
It is extremely difficult to accurately diagnose a child younger than 3-4. I assume since its been years that it turned out to be true, but have your parents gotten a 2nd opinion about him?

If I were you I would also take him as far away as possible from the television.( I mean that figuratively... i.e limit his exposure ).

There have not been any concrete links to TV and causing autism ( though this has been proposed and studied ), but you're just adding fuel to the fire for an already diagnosed autistic child. Television can very quickly overstimulate an Autistic child ( well, the same goes for other children..it's no coincidence that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends zero TV until 2 years of age. ) Better to simply avoid it.

I'm glad he did well with the shows you showed him, but you'll be doing him far greater a favor in life reading to him, or taking him out for a walk in the woods, to a petting zoo, or to a water park.

he was probably closer to three now that i think about it. basically, the first indication of something being wrong was thanksgiving when he was 2&1/2. my parents moved away when he was about 2, and up until that point i was around him more than anyone(save possibly our mother). his father(my step) was constantly on the road, and i was always the one to wake up with him in the morning so mom could sleep, so he responded better to me than anyone else, but he was always shy around strangers, and to this day has yet to say his first word. then they moved and i didn't see them for about seven months. when i came home for Thanksgiving, he treated me like a complete stranger. a little while after, they diagnosed him and he's been in a special ed program at Auburn University for Autistic kids ever since.

i'm no longer living with them, so i don't exactly have a lot of control over what he sees and does, but i've tried to keep giving him the more sedate older stuff like Muppet shows to balance out the edited-especially-for-ADHD shiat that passes for children's entertainment these days.

I was playing "Sorry!" with my 6-year old daughter just a couple weeks ago and drew a 12 from the card stack and started moving my pawn around the board, saying out loud "1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9. 10-11-12" and then followed it up by singing "...and they all played games, at the ladybug picnic".

My daughter just looked at me with a confused smile on her face and my wife (who was in the kitchen at the time) just looked at me and said "WUT!?". Neither of them had ever heard ladybug picnic before. So, of course, I found it on youtube and my daughter just loved it. Now she wants me to play it on my guitar whenever I'm playing.

It was a great family moment.

/awwwww!

Anyone else remember the dog paddle song?
/"La-di-da-di-oh, La-di-da-di-oh, La-di-da-di-oh-day!"

I remember when Gordon had hair.

"Hey BUD! Ya wanna buy an O?" (we laugh at that now)
"And it only costs a nickel..."
"A NICKEL?!"
"Ssshhhhhh!!! Riiiiiiiiight."

"I've got an invisible ice cream cone."
.......(skit)
"It's an invisible nickel!"

Sesame street spinoff?



No, but really, I learned how to do my ABCs in sign language from Sesame Street... They're the best!

Grab a couple boxes of kleenex, Mr Hooper's not coming back (pops)

Rapmaster2000: Freak Flag Fly: This would definitely be in my top 10.

I love those guys, but people have told me that those things freaked them out.

This thing freaked me out. A skeleton in a spacesuit? Zoinks!

Thank you for bringing back traumatic childhood memories. I'll be curled up under my desk in the fetal position if anyone needs mee.

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I hated that "Me and My Llama" song.

/Had too much ham.

puddleonfire: "Hey BUD! Ya wanna buy an O?" (we laugh at that now)

And here's Richard Pryor, just a little high, doing the alphabet (pops)

Ok, This is perhaps the Jacobs Ladder of kids shows:




Does anyone want to join me inn the church basement where my support group for this show meets, and we weep while talking about, 'The Soup', 'The Soup'...

obscure?

This has to be the weirdest bookmark I ever did see.

Well, since some of my other favorite moments have already been shared by other people, I suppose I should share the skits that changed my life forever.

/Yeah, the little red bastard is in a couple. But he's pretty easy to ignore in them.

JessicaRaven:
Arctic/Antarctic (new window) I STILL sing this one to myself whenever anyone mentions polar bears and penguins in the same sentence, "where can you find the wingless flyyyyyy?"

Me too! It's great to find other PC people... Polar Correct.

Galileo's Daughter: Rapmaster2000: Freak Flag Fly: This would definitely be in my top 10.

I love those guys, but people have told me that those things freaked them out.

This thing freaked me out. A skeleton in a spacesuit? Zoinks!

Thank you for bringing back traumatic childhood memories. I'll be curled up under my desk in the fetal position if anyone needs mee.

Anyone else remember the never-ending marriage ceremony where the groom produced everything BUT the wedding ring?

/nightmare fuel

Lurkerbunny: /Yeah, the little red bastard is in a couple. But he's pretty easy to ignore in them.

It's funny seeing Robin Williams on Sesame Street, cause you see just how much he's a kid himself. You almost expect him to run up to the camera and go "I dressed myself today!", and we'd all go "Wearing that shirt? We'd never guess".

And how have we missed, the Trash Can Tango? (pops)

What about the TWIDDLEBUGS?!?!?!?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M36TyN2TXrY

Geefle, geefle, gonk (pops)

/believe this is one of the longest playing segments, from 71 until the mid/late 80s

jbrooks544: I CHALLENGE anyone to find a better moment than this!

Stevie Wonder plays "Superstition" live on Sesame Street - video (new window)

AWESOME version. turn it up!


Dude, I just watched that video earlier today. It kicks ass.

You have to watch the follow-up, too.

Stevie chilling with Grover (new window)

Sesame Street as influenced me to this day.

WhyteRaven74: Geefle, geefle, gonk (pops)

/believe this is one of the longest playing segments, from 71 until the mid/late 80s

I totally forgot about that one, I was disapointed to find out nectarines dont taste as good as they look in that skit

also

Here is your life Oak Tree! (new window)

JessicaRaven: Here is your life Oak Tree! (new window)

oh my god, I have not seen that in ages, and I remember it from beginning to end.

Sesame Street foods:

Cup_O_Jo: What about the TWIDDLEBUGS?!?!?!?

Nobody forgot about them, they're just late to the party because it takes them forever to get anywhere in THE FAMILY CAR.

Best Sesame Street reference ever (new window)

/give it a couple seconds

the stugots: Ok, This is perhaps the Jacobs Ladder of kids shows:
Does anyone want to join me inn the church basement where my support group for this show meets, and we weep while talking about, 'The Soup', 'The Soup'...
obscure?

--- Not obscure!
Come on along and join us...
Come on along and have some fuuuuHun!
......Vegetable Soup.

other kids show reference


lets see how many Farkers' ears perk up when I say


Hocus Pocus Ala Magokus!

The Why Not Guy: Oh, and as an older sibling who dreamed of murdering my younger brother, I was always drawn to the "what would happen if I dropped this vase?" segment.

wasn't that the brady bunch? "mom always said, don't play ball in the house!"

etherknot: Cup_O_Jo: What about the TWIDDLEBUGS?!?!?!?

Nobody forgot about them, they're just late to the party because it takes them forever to get anywhere in THE FAMILY CAR.

The FAMILY CAR! the fam i ly car. *giggles. 70's children.

JessicaRaven: other kids show reference


lets see how many Farkers' ears perk up when I say


Hocus Pocus Ala Magokus!

*shakes head..

The best line in ladybug picnic is in the last verse


They talked about the high cost of furniture and rugs
And fire insurance for lady bugs


That's clever.

JessicaRaven: other kids show reference


lets see how many Farkers' ears perk up when I say


Hocus Pocus Ala Magokus!

Contradictory to the opening credits, "Today's Special" is not for everyone.

/Disliked that show a lot.

Link (new window)
You're ali-yi-yi-yi-yive that's no jive! *breathe in* *breathe out*

I'm glad the moon is not...a cookie!
Link (new window)

and when animal gave weezer key assistance Link (new window)

fat cat sat hat (new window)

I really hate all you guys here...

Somehow my room has become very 'dusty'.

When I would get home from kindergarten, it was Sesame Street, then Electric Company, then Zoom.

I didn't like Zoom, but the only other 'choices' I had were the Watergate hearings or the Mel Jass movie / Perry Mason.

Something I will randomly say is 'Left turn, right turn, fifth avenue'...

Sorry for the mindless rambling, I suddenly want some cookies. That are good enough for me!

JessicaRaven: Put Down the Duckie (new window)

THANK YOU FOR THIS! Major flashback to childhood here. Great to see it again, and also great to note all the celebrities that I recognize now; I had no idea who the hell these guys were 15 years ago.

This caused me to look up "Cookie as Casey McPhee." Kind of scary direction for Sesame Street, at least when I was a kid.

goofoffgoose: Ok, I'm fully prepared to be ridiculed/ignored/called a liar, but I'm used to it by now, because I've been saying this since I first saw it when I was a little kid, and I did see it several times:

There was a Sesame Street bit with Guy Smiley hosting a TV game show (I know there are many), and I don't know exactly which one it was, but all I do know is that when one of the muppets wins the big prize at the end, Guy Smiley does his usual freak-out, arms waving wildly, mouth opens so wide it's like a flip-top head, and he's screaming...BUT, and I swear on the life of my dog and the lives of my immediate family members, he says, "YOU'VE JUST WON A TRIP TO NEW PENIS, CALIFORNIA!!!"

Does anyone, ANYONE out there remember this?

Milpitas, California.

The same city was referenced in a skit where Bert was talking to himself about the weather before being interrupted by Ernie on an audio cassette I owned as a child.

Link (new window)

For some reason this one always gave me chills

My favorite ever was Ray Charles on Sesame Street. The street was rocking that day. Link (new window)

The list definitely fails for not including the matryoshka (new window)

The unholy sounds they make are the best...

I'd like to think that, somewhere, those little aliens guys are reading this, and they turn to each other and say, "COMMM--PYOOOT--OARRRR...computer...computercomputercomputer yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip..."

How to make a steel drum (pops)

How saxophone is formed (pops)

Dire: The unholy sounds they make are the best...

I always loved that bit.

WhyteRaven74: Grab a couple boxes of kleenex, Mr Hooper's not coming back (pops)

Dear God, how could I have forgotten this?

This was something other kids' shows simply didn't tackle, in this or any other generation. Trying to explain to a child about death is one of the most difficult things to do.

Also, seeing it again, I was struck by a thought. This was not just some way to explain the absence of a main character, they were really saying goodbye to a friend.

/stupid allergies

Loreweaver: they were really saying goodbye to a friend

Yeah they were. And you're right no other kids show has ever touched the subject.

xanadian: THIS is in my top 10. (new window)

/not a RR

Good lord yes. Thank you for linking that.

WhyteRaven74: Grab a couple boxes of kleenex, Mr Hooper's not coming back (pops)

For this Farker born the same year as Sesame Street, that clip was tough to watch, but thanks.

I remember watching the 20th anniversary special in a dorm lounge in '89, and it included a very touching tribute to Mr. Hooper. By the end of it several of the females were openly weepy and several of the guys wandered out of the room making excuses they needed to go study, etc.

Stevie's Superstition is completely off the charts. I think the headbanging kid speaks for all of us. No lipsynch, probably done in very few takes, as they likely had to get back on the bus to get to another show back in those days.

I wonder how that track was recorded? If multitrack (I'd assume so, even back then), I wonder if it could be remastered and released--I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

Big Bird says: "This, happy children, is what you call layin' it the fark on down and jammin' like a motherfarker. Take it, Stevie."

It's a dim memory now, but as I recall in the early 70s there was a short that was shown between skits of the caterer falling down the stairs with the cakes that was on a much larger staircase, and IIRC, was in slow-mo. Am I wrong?

/the dust-farting commences July 16

WhyteRaven74: Grab a couple boxes of kleenex, Mr Hooper's not coming back (pops)

That was just brilliant.

Where, I ask, WHERE is the love for Grace Slick (new window)?

/unjustly underrated
//musical mayhem
///psychedelic playfulness
////this comment brought to you by the letters u, m, p and the number 10

This is awesome because I was just going through some videos on youtube with a good friend memorial day weekend, we were looking for a few specific ones, some of them have been mentioned or shared here, and it's great to see the ones that had faded a little from memory. One of my favorite book purchases ever was sesame street unpaved that covered a range of characters and the age groups they were supposed to relate to or represent. They explained why they ousted Snuffy when they did, which to me would have been relieving regardless of the reason. I was always heartbroken thinking "this would be the time they would catch snuffy and not think big bird was a liar!"

It was one of my favorite shows, and still is pretty much the best kids show ever, imo.
They did it right, their thought processes behind the stuff. Some of it was a little weird, sure, but clearly it stuck with you. I doubt shows in the last 10 years have achieved the same.

mander: I totally forgot about Lady Bugs' Picnic! Awesome indeed, thanks subby

Agree. This song gets in my head once in a while. Completely forgot where it came from. Thanks Subby!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFhqghww9sM

W Lovers - always seemed brilliant to me.

Noony Noony Noony Noony Noon...

What about the one where Bert's TV set got possessed by the letter "H"? And later in the episode the "H" had left, and the set had been taken over by the letter "I"?

For reasons that probably only make sense to a three-year-old, that one scared the unholy living christ out of me. Anyone remember this one? Probably helps if you're over 30.

Do the rubber duck (new window)

As I got older I wondered if they really meant to say rubber duck or something else based on the fact that there were no female muppets in the video.

Just changing the second U to an I would have put this in the top ten but being remembered isn't bad

Lesbian_Platypus: Milpitas, California.

The same city was referenced in a skit where Bert was talking to himself about the weather before being interrupted by Ernie on an audio cassette I owned as a child.

Oh...my...god. You do not know the closure you have provided me. Although as I grew up, my sense of confusion over hearing Guy Smiley scream, "NEW PENIS, CALIFORNIA!!!" turned into amusement at the thought of someone having a giggle behind the scenes, at least now I know for sure. I swear though, with all the noise of the game show, and the frenzied way he screamed it, it truly did sound like New Penis, California.

At this point in my life, I just figured I'd never be able to convince anyone of what I'd heard. I've carried this burden for decades!

/will always be NEW PENIS, CALIFORNIA!!! in my heart

Sorry, Stevie Wonder doing "Superstition" on Sesame Street is the awesomest thing ever.

Check out the kid in the red shirt rocking out in the background.

goofoffgoose: /will always be NEW PENIS, CALIFORNIA!!! in my heart

As long as it's only in your heart, and nowhere else.

"Grover, voiced by Frank Oz who later played a cop in the Eddie Murphy/Dan Akroyd flick Trading Places"

What? That is the best they could do?
Frank Oz who Is Yoda
Frank Oz who directed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Little Shop of Horrors

Hell you could have just gone with Frank Oz who is also Fozzy Bear and Miss Piggy?

But no, they emphasise perhaps the lowest point of his career?

The death of Mr Hooper was one of the biggest things that show ever tackled. List is a FAIL because it missed Mr Hooper.

Agreed on both points. This was about "awesome moments", and this was the biggest in 40 years of the show. No political correctness farking shiat (oh no! a different color muppet is unhappy!) or made-up crisis (elmo stubs a toe!).

The death of a beloved friend was explained to children as simply as it could be -- which is to say, it's not simple at all. Adults acting like adults, children acting like children, and nobody with answers. Bad things happen. It's how you deal with it that makes you what you are.

The education of children about death in this way was completely unprecedented in television. List fail.

Good to see "The Ladybugs' Picnic" mentioned in the list.

Not many realize that was written, performed, and animated by a guy named Bud Luckey. Bud went on to join Pixar in 1992, where he became a character designer for just about all of Pixar's feature films. He wrote, designed, directed and voiced Pixar's short film "Boundin'", and has illustrated over 100 books for children.
He was also the voice of NSA Agent Dicker in "The Incredibles" and "Jack-Jack Attack".

About "Boundin'", he said, "I taught kids numbers using animation, and now those kids are teaching me to animate, using numbers."

Amazing guy. If I ever meet him I'm buying him a beer.

Link

No one has mentioned Disco Grover?!?

This. Link (new window)

/loved Sesame Street and The Electric Co.
//Square One's MATHNET was also cool. CTW ruled!!!

Link (new window) And this

ADHD Librarian: "Grover, voiced by Frank Oz who later played a cop in the Eddie Murphy/Dan Akroyd flick Trading Places"

What? That is the best they could do?
Frank Oz who Is Yoda
Frank Oz who directed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Little Shop of Horrors

Hell you could have just gone with Frank Oz who is also Fozzy Bear and Miss Piggy?

But no, they emphasise perhaps the lowest point of his career?

goofoffgoose: Lesbian_Platypus: Milpitas, California.

The same city was referenced in a skit where Bert was talking to himself about the weather before being interrupted by Ernie on an audio cassette I owned as a child.

Oh...my...god. You do not know the closure you have provided me. Although as I grew up, my sense of confusion over hearing Guy Smiley scream, "NEW PENIS, CALIFORNIA!!!" turned into amusement at the thought of someone having a giggle behind the scenes, at least now I know for sure. I swear though, with all the noise of the game show, and the frenzied way he screamed it, it truly did sound like New Penis, California.

At this point in my life, I just figured I'd never be able to convince anyone of what I'd heard. I've carried this burden for decades!

/will always be NEW PENIS, CALIFORNIA!!! in my heart

Again, it goes to show that nothing is obscure on Fark. :)

elev8meL8r: What about the one where Bert's TV set got possessed by the letter "H"? And later in the episode the "H" had left, and the set had been taken over by the letter "I"?

For reasons that probably only make sense to a three-year-old, that one scared the unholy living christ out of me. Anyone remember this one? Probably helps if you're over 30.

mmMMmm...H...mmMMmm...H...mmMMmm...H...


/ hides under bed, wetting oneself
// can't sleep, 'H' will get me...

The one skit I can't find is the muppet teaching different shapes by drawing them in the air, and the hippie muppet turning the triangle into a guitar, drawing a square around the guy's head.

Anybody remember that one?

Does anyone remember the terrifying Kingdom of the Cracks, where some little girl couldn't go outside, so she imagined designs in the cracks in the wall, and invented a whole kingdom. A really big and angry looking crack started yelling at her and made such a terrible face its plaster cracked right off the wall. She then said she was going to visit the Kingdom of the Cracks again someday.

This was probably around 1974 or so. I don't think today's Elmo-brainwashed snowflakes would handle that scene very well.

Thosw: The one skit I can't find is the muppet teaching different shapes by drawing them in the air, and the hippie muppet turning the triangle into a guitar, drawing a square around the guy's head.

Anybody remember that one?

O heck ya, I was still too young to get whose noses were getting tweaked, but I still found it really funny. I wouldn't mind seeing that clip again, too.

Thosw: The one skit I can't find is the muppet teaching different shapes by drawing them in the air, and the hippie muppet turning the triangle into a guitar, drawing a square around the guy's head.

Anybody remember that one?

Update: Found it!! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFbzkyOxsao

It's not easy, being green.

snoproblem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFbzkyOxsao

Awesome!

PlNG: Anyone else remember the dog paddle song?
/"La-di-da-di-oh, La-di-da-di-oh, La-di-da-di-oh-day!"

Yes...and here you go! (new window)

Certainly You Jest: For this Farker born the same year as Sesame Street, that clip was tough to watch, but thanks.

I remember when it first aired. I was beyond Sesame Street age, but I watched it all the same. Still one of the most awesome things I've ever seen on TV.

hitmanric: i224.photobucket.com

You sick twisted fark, that's hilarious! :)

crimsin23: That was just brilliant.

Indeed it was

Tartha De Tear: It's not easy, being green.

and another version (pops)

And since we're talking Frank Oz too, here he is at the Jim Henson memorial service (pops)

I'm a Carribean amphibian (pops)

/not the original but still good

As a child of the 80s I clearly remember SS before Elmo. This is when Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, and Snufflpugus were the bomb.

I loved Schoolhouse Rock which I have passed on to the generation via the teachers I know.

Ah the 80s....smurfs, duck tales, she-ra/he-man, and the gummy bears...good times

New Age Redneck: This. Link (new window)

/loved Sesame Street and The Electric Co.
//Square One's MATHNET was also cool. CTW ruled!!!

and beware the nasty Mr Glitch, he will eat you if you are wrong!

WhyteRaven74: I'm a Carribean amphibian (pops)

/not the original but still good

I loved this song!

This is another of my favorites: Cookie Monster - What is Friend? (new window) This is not the version I was looking for, there's another version that I keep seeing on "Play With Me Sesame" (yay for 2-year-olds!), but it'll do.

A great piece of wisdom in this song: "Maybe friend somebody you give up last cookie for."

Burden_In_My_Hand: "Maybe friend somebody you give up last cookie for."

I love Cookie Monster's wisdom. That and his fine grammatical skills ;)

Might have missed these ones if they were posted already, but classics all the same.

Cowboy X

Capitol I

I can't seem to find the John Lennon singing, "All we are saying, is give peas a chance..."

I'm certain it's out there...

I'm a little late to this party, but I remember a lot of these skits.... WOW.

Anybody ever see the one where a creepy neon face counts numbers? That literally TERRIFIED me when I was a kid. I couldn't even watch it with my parents in teh room without getting scared.

WTF were they thinking some times?

FOUND IT!!!! GODDAMN, it still creeps me out. Rubber band count (new window)

AND, I screwed up. Here: Link (new window)

And don't forget Kermit the Gorf Tshirt: Here ya go (new window)

In case anyone missed it above, the single greatest moment on Sesame Street, and saddest on TV.

Link (new window)

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12...

one of my favorite memories on the show.

snuffy was always a "wait, there he is..." moment

then there was BARKLEY! i always wanted a 5 foot tall orange and white dog!

DAMN THE GENTRIFICATION OF SESAME STREET!

not to forget the "YEP YEPs"

/are the classics on DVD/BLURAY?

/obligatory?
//Hot like Connie D'Amico

/Hot to the touch

lazymojo: AND, I screwed up. Here: Link (new window)

Wow...that is creepy. I must have blocked that out from my childhood memories.

lamenta3: Wow...that is creepy. I must have blocked that out from my childhood memories.

I remember hiding in my bedroom until it was over.

This has been an incredible thread. 'Goin in the favorites!

/thanks, all.

I always loved the one where Big Bird thought the alphabet was one huge word. Also, anything with Snuffy. And the movie where they went to China! Holy crap, huge memory rush.

/Still have that plush Snuffy...

the stugots: Ok, This is perhaps the Jacobs Ladder of kids shows:

Does anyone want to join me inn the church basement where my support group for this show meets, and we weep while talking about, 'The Soup', 'The Soup'...

obscure?

I just remember the black kid with Nigel, the boa constrictor. Also the kids flying their homemade spaceship which got ripped off in the movie, Explorers.

One of my favorites. E e See me (pops)

I always wondered if the queen ever saw her easter egg again.