All the cool kids are posting their favorite Sesame Street clips on their blogs, so of course I'm going to jump off the bridge, too. Eric's and Meema's clips are very charming, to be sure, but I will always feel that Sesame Street reached the pinnacle of its Art here:
The Wonders of Sesame Street are international: I've never actually watched it in French, but 5, rue Sésame looks cute. And a Palestinian friend told me years ago that the show exists in Arabic, where the episodes are sponsored by letters such as alif and daal.
Me love it!
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OK, here's the thing. I was in my second year of nursing school when Sesame Street premiered. It's simply not part of my DNA.
But I loved The Muppet Show, and I still love this bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wMHcpMmV9g
Wow . . . Sesame Street hasn't always existed?!
Packing up the computer to head off to Africa now. I'll try to blog and comment to you from there, but one never knows how the internet connection will be. Plus, there's some mean people who apparently think I need to work while I'm there. And they're not even French!
My personal favorite is still Orange Sings Carmen, which I was shocked to realize in reading the comments on YouTube actually scared a fair number of kids. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG-0_p_yefg
I've watched a lot of Sesame Street in the past year, and I have to say, they still have it.
What fun -- you've got me looking up old Saturday morning shows now. It turns out the plots and acting and special effects were pretty lame, but we didn't know any better. The BEST parts were all the catchy, 70's vibe theme songs.
Of course, we all remember (and can sing from memory) the theme of the Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island. But do you remember the Sid and Marty Krofft introductions? Try these, then youtube them to check yourself!
The Bugaloos (We're here and there and everywhere!)
Land of the Lost (Marshall, Will, and Holly...)
HR Pufnstuf
The Electric Company (We're gonna turn you on!)
Have fun!
Speaking of Electric Company, Morgan Freeman was Easy Reader. Watching those clips is a hoot.
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