• Strandysmommy
    • 9 years 2 months ago
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    		 Ha yea, "Wet Paint" by How Now Brown Cow and the Moo Revolution. And the Kermit song was "On my pond" where he's getting pissed because people are littering. I remember another one he did called "Disco Frog" where there was this white dancing cartoon frog in a LEISURE SUIT dancing around.

    It's really sad when you realize some of those songs had a real catchy beat to them. "Capital I" and "Danger, it's no stranger", and yes, "Wet Paint".
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    • eightiesgirl86
      • 9 years 2 months ago
      • Posts: 153
      		 [quote="Mark McCormick&q"Who are the people in your neighbourhood. They're the people that you meet, when you're walking down the street. They're the people that you meet each day"

      I remember that little baby that used to sing disco ... "I'm a baby, gaa gaa goo goo waa waa waa waa" :lol:

      and who could forget: "One of these things is not like the other, one of these things is kind of the same. But one of these things is doing it's own thing, not it's time to play our game, it's time to play our game" :lol:

      and of course, the 1978 album "Sesame Street Fever" :lol:



      Now this is what I'm talkin' bout!
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      • jerbojones
        • 9 years 2 months ago
        • Posts: 5
        		 Mr. Hooper and how they all thought that mr. snuffleupagus was fake and they all called big bird a liar.
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        • Strandysmommy
          • 9 years 2 months ago
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          		 Oh gosh one thing sprang to mind here, tell me I wasn't hallucinating in me youth. There was two segments, both animated: one was a navy blue background and had some colored circles being connected with black lines, the other was white and had circles intertwining to make overlapping patterns and the music sounded alarmingly like Phillip Glass. A choir singing something unintelligble and an organ. Good gosh that gives me chills.
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          • MattNash
            • 9 years 2 months ago
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            		 I don't know if anyone mentioned this yet, I only had enough patience to read through page three but what about Guy Smiley, the game show host.
            Oh, and also the piano playing muppet who would always try to write a song, not get it right, get frustrated, and start banging his head on the piano.
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            • System
              • 9 years 2 months ago
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              		 Does anyone remember the books that came out in the early 80s...I don't think they called them encyclopedias, but there were a number of books, one would be ABC and 1, then DE and 2, etc.

              I could be wrong but they were possibly sold at a grocery store, and each month a new book would be availble.

              The books had recipes, games, stories and stuff like that.

              I saw one of these books in a thrift store last year and instantly remembered the whole series.
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              • System
                • 9 years 2 months ago
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                		 I miss the guy in the cup, don't remember his name but I loved the songs he sang.... pretty much all Sesame Street songs were great... I'm trying to keep tapes of the old Sesame Street, cause I want my kids to watch them.. I'd much rather them see that then the Dora the Explorer crap u see today, those shows treat kids like complete idiots.
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                • pikachulover
                  • 9 years 2 months ago
                  • Posts: 2932
                  Philthy42 wrote:
                  Does anyone remember the books that came out in the early 80s...I don't think they called them encyclopedias, but there were a number of books, one would be ABC and 1, then DE and 2, etc.

                  I could be wrong but they were possibly sold at a grocery store, and each month a new book would be availble.

                  The books had recipes, games, stories and stuff like that.

                  I saw one of these books in a thrift store last year and instantly remembered the whole series.


                  I still have mine, but they are dictionaries.
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                  • DieYuppieScum
                    • 9 years 2 months ago
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                    		 I remember that other then Oscar my favorite character is one that is no longer on sesamie street. an enourmous orange and white Shaggy dog named Barkley.... I loved that Dog. He looked like he could eat a damn Mastiff he was so big
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                    • TimCurryChick85
                      • 9 years 2 months ago
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                      		 The guy in the cup is Teeny Little Super Guy. He was my childhood hero!
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                      • System
                        • 9 years 2 months ago
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                        		 OMG I have to reply to this thread. Reading through some of the replies made me remember things I'd forgotten. A few things I do remember are:

                        Ernie had insomnia and couldn't sleep. He'd try counting sheep and after a while it showed him supposedly a few hours later. They made his eyes look droopy with big black bags under them. OMG that scared the crap out of my sister and I when we were younger because he just looked SO CREEPY!!

                        The song called Daddy Dear (I always thought it was called Daddy D like they were saying the letter D but recent searches have proven me wrong and it's called Daddy Dear.) I want to find that on mp3 so I can hear it. I would be SOOOOO grateful to anyone who could find it for me. I've searched and searched and can only find the typed lyrics. No actual lyrics to listen to. My Dad and I were so close when I was little (we still are) and that song always made me think of him when it came on. Here are the lyrics to it:

                        D, d, d, d
                        Daddy dear, oh daddy dear
                        Do dogs have dreams, do ducks have ears?
                        Do dragons dance, why do gophers dig holes?
                        Do gophers dress up in their dirty clothes?

                        D, d, d, d
                        Dogs dream of meat and their dreams are delicious
                        Ducks do have ears but they don't do the dishes
                        Gophers dig holes to hide their candy bars
                        Dragons don't dance and they don't smoke cigars

                        D, d, d, d
                        Daddy dear, oh daddy sweet
                        Do dandylions roar, do daisies have feet?
                        May I have a drink of water and a dish of tadpoles?
                        Daddy how deep is a doughnut hole?

                        D, d, d, d
                        If dandylions roar then your daddy is deaf
                        The daisies drank the water so the tadpoles left
                        Your eyes are droopy darling daughter and you're dizzy in the head
                        The toads are eating dinner so it's time to go to bed.

                        Little dolly go to bed.

                        I remember a segment where they teach about fire and calling for help. This kid is walking along and sees smoke coming out of someone's house. I can't remember how it all goes but it's something like: Walking along with nothing to do when suddenly you see some smoke coming through a door (doo doo doo doo), there's more. What would you do if it happened to you? Tell your mother or your father or tell anyone who can call (doo doo doo doo) to the firehall. Then it shows them coming and putting out the fire and at the end it sings A fireman's job isn't very much fun. When the fire bell rings they gotta get up and run .........(I can't remember the rest).

                        I had forgotten how no one ever saw Snuffy in the early episodes of sesame street and I was so happy when they finally did see him for the first time and believed Big Bird that he wasn't make believe.

                        I remember Mr. Hooper and how Big Bird would always get mixed up and call him Mr. Looper. Then Mr. Hooper would correct him and say "Hooper! Hooper!" then Big Bird would say "oh sorry Mr. Hooper Hooper." lol.

                        There's so much I remember it would take forever to type it all up. I have Christmas Eve on Sesame Street and it's an awesome show. It's from 1977 so it's all the original cast and everyone looks so YOUNG!

                        I'll check back to see if anyone can come up with an mp3 of Daddy Dear. I really would love to hear it play after all these years.


                        ~Karen
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                        • jetfire426
                          • 9 years 2 months ago
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                          		 i remember the most was the pinball thing... you know 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10, 11, 12... i alwasy thought that was cool...
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                          • System
                            • 9 years 2 months ago
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                            		 who could forget 'I love trash" by our favorite grouch. :) Or "Near..... far". I was raised on this, and The Electric Company with Morgan Freeman... I remember The Blue Beetle from Electric Company... "I would, If I could/But I can't, so I won't" what a hero! LOL... And IMHO, there was absolutely no homosexual innuendo between Bert and Ernie. I never saw it as such growing up. And even now, it's not weird to see two guys sharing an apartment... Of course, that's just my take on the whole thing.
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                            • Strandysmommy
                              • 9 years 2 months ago
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                              		 If Bert and Ernie are gay then so are Oscar and Felix. They were totally the Odd Couple, that show was on right around the same time as SS. I'm still going nuts trying to figure out how to find MP3's of those Philip Glass music bits with the animted circles.

                              I totally remember Ernie's insomnia, that also spooked me. I remember when Cookie monster had a nightmare about Cookies tormenting him. I loved the little tune they were chanting...I don't remember anything except "yum yum yum". Think it was already mentioned but ya remember "A loafa bread, a contanah of milk, and a sticka buttah". So sad it's become the "Elmo Fruitcake Hour."
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                              • Cyber Bishop
                                • 9 years 2 months ago
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                                		 I remember when Mr. Hooper died..
                                That was pretty sad.
                                Ker click... Choom..
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                                • Barth
                                  • 9 years 2 months ago
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                                  		 I remember one bit with a chef..He would be carrying cakes or pies...He would say "10 chocolate cakes"..And then he'd fall down the stairs and drop all of the cakes..

                                  And that song "Who are the people in your neighborhood..In your neighborhood..."

                                  I just saw a show on TV..It was a biography on Sesame Street..It showed a bunch of the old stuff
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                                  • tonewinwy
                                    • 9 years 2 months ago
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                                    wrote:
                                    I remember one bit with a chef..He would be carrying cakes or pies...He would say "10 chocolate cakes"..And then he'd fall down the stairs and drop all of the cakes..




                                    I remember that as well.
                                    It's OK, next time I'll make you listen. I wish that it were in the power of all children to say that to their parents and to know that indeed they would be heard as we were in those wonderful days on Waltons Mountain.Narrator The Waltons (From the Runawa
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                                    • darthbogan2
                                      • 9 years 2 months ago
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                                      		 i remember when mr.hooper died and they had to tell big bird about death. and he had made that portrait as a gift for mr.hooper. so he hung it up behind his nest instead. also i remember this cartoon where a guy would have to cross a bridge and this old man wouldnt let him cross until he did something involving numbers( i dont remember exactly). also a type writer cartoon that did something with spelling and when he rolled around he'd go "new na-new na-new" or something. im 29 and i remember alot of stuff from that show back then, but alot is just images in my head. oh, and that guy who would want to buy stuff and only make sounds with his mouth and never get exactly what he wants. i would watch it today if i could get all the old episodes. it is completely unwatchable today and has been ever since they spanished it all up. they changed the intro music to a latin beat, made everyone bilingual.(not counting david or maria). and where is barkly that big friggin red dog? and why did they have to make it all multicultural??
                                      who cares?!? its an american show and the best episodes where when everyone was proud to embrace american culture only. puppets didnt have aids and the show was actually educational. now its all fluff to make the liberals happy. kids who watch it now have their heads filled with garbage about embracing different people. screw that.
                                      remember when there was that scene with these kids in a pool and all of em had down syndrome? this isnt a joke, it really was on sesame street. they were diving for this white looking chip in the water that a teacher threw in so they could learn to swim? you'd never get away with that now. it would be insensitive to show it.
                                      then jim henson dies and it all goes to hell. the voice changes were not even close to the original. and now they're not allowed to use kermit anymore, they lost the rights to his puppet!!! how the hell did that happen? but the old episodes when i was growing up were good. and im glad young kids will never have sesame street like i did. im selfish like that.
                                      My birthday is august 20 1976
                                      I live in New York City.
                                      I'm married
                                      thats all you need to know about me
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                                      • Rhio2k
                                        • 9 years 2 months ago
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                                        Afficial wrote:
                                        True wrote:
                                        African Alphabet Song and that one Sad Kermit Song (where he sings about where he was from, some pond song) are my favorite. I remember almost crying as a kid when Kermit song that song about his home. Anyone remember the name of that song?


                                        I think it was "Down by the pond"


                                        Nah, it was "On My Pond".

                                        Wait a minute, who said you
                                        Could dump your garbage here
                                        On my pond (on my pond)
                                        On my pond (on my pond)
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                                        • Rhio2k
                                          • 9 years 2 months ago
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                                          darthbogan2 wrote:
                                          why did they have to make it all multicultural??
                                          who cares?!? its an american show and the best episodes where when everyone was proud to embrace american culture only. puppets didnt have aids and the show was actually educational. now its all fluff to make the liberals happy. kids who watch it now have their heads filled with garbage about embracing different people. screw that.


                                          Well, all the latin americans had kids, PLUS all the illegal mexicans and cubans had kids (traditional, non-american hispanics have VERY high reproductive rates, coming from places where the women exist only to please the men and all that), and I guess Plaza Sesamo wasn't enough for them, so our lemonade got pissed in, due to there being so many hispanics, that CTW decided that they wanted to represent them, so regular american kids wouldn't be so weirded-out when they saw hispanics...and then they decided to make the show's target age around 3 years old insted of 10 and up, and we have the literal shit you see today.
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