alright, this thread is WAY overdue in my opinion. we've all(at least in the states) seen it.
it's such a great learning tool for young minds (although i personally cannot stand elmo) that has stood the test of time. learning to count, read, speak spanish, and be entertained for an hour a day is a great thing for young people as opposed to some of the other crap that's out there (teletubbies anyone?)
anyway, recently i've been watching clips on youtube and reliving my childhood as well as discovering older gems that were around before my time.

i used to love this song...so peaceful and mellow


this is absolutely adorable (you have to watch it all the way through)


ladies and gentleman, the teeny little super guy:


guy smiley


and of course, one of the most well known children's songs


(yes, this post is slightly skewed towards cookie monster. i love me some cookie monster )

The musical chairs Survivor mock-up they have going is pretty good.

I doubt it's on Youtube, cos it's fairly new, and since this thread is mostly interested in skits that are 30 years old ya might as well move on.

It's amusing, though.

i saw that count one earlier today and i LOL'd

and mcparadigm you don't have to "move on"...i haven't seen the show in about a year or so. there was a guy i knew in college that would toke up and watch sesame street, i tried it a few times and..it was quite enjoyable
haven't watched for awhile though

I just mean it's not worth explaining, if you haven't seen it.

I only recently learned that Mah Na Mah Na wasn't originally a SS/Muppets song, rather it was written for a Swedish soft-core porn flick:








Anyway, I am an unabashed Sesame Street fan. If I had the channel (Noggin?) that airs old shows, I'd watch them all the time.

A couple of my faves:

mooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!



I might just play this at my wedding. If I ever have one.



Monsterpiece Theater with Alaistar Cookie- Chariots of Fur




A couple celebrity musical appearances



Those appear on the box set Songs From The Street: 35 Years of Music. If you're a fan of the music on SS, I can't recommend it enough. Hopefully they do another volume because there is so much more that they could use.


And watch out for the tears:

I'm Gonna Miss You Mr. Looper

Big Bird and Johnny Cash...

Philip Glass & Geometry Animation




Fuck, man, this thread has resulted in me wasting an hour looking for SS clips. *shakes fist*

aww

I watched this show all the time when I was a kid

As a kid whenever Ernie was took Bert's eyebrows off I thought it was the funniest thing ever.
A dozen years ago or so I got an actual size Kermit doll (for lack of a better word) for Christmas. One of my favorite things to this day.

i'm glad to see i'm not alone here

the sesame street "beetles"




i used to love this rap when i was a kid...although if i remember correctly the first few times i saw it the vegetables freaked me out

1234567891011...12!!!!

Lots and LOTS of WHO imagery in this one...

speaking of "twelve":

We're really buzzed 'cos the swell seson/frames have been invited onto Sesame Street to play this song Banana man...it's a song for kid..it's not avaialable on any of their records, it's just this throwaway thing, but it's happening now...

I think I love that man.

holy shit