The sincerest form of flattery

Of all the places for someone to parody the "opera-singing orange" clip from Sesame Street, I saw a religious-education clip in which God (appearing as a talking orange) teaches Todd, a young Jewish boy, the proper prayers over fruit at Rosh Hashanah. See for yourselves; the Sesame reference runs from time-markers 2:01 to 2:31...




If you haven't seen the original clip which inspired that moment, here it is. (NOTE: the orange has no official name and appeared only in this film. Don't confuse it with Cecille, the orange claymation ball who sang original songs on the show...)

NOT lost in translation!

I recently discovered this rare clip on YouTube, thanks to a user in Norway who uploads a lot of Sesame Street material. (The subtitles in this copy are my own, but still 100% accurate!) Judging by the style those numbers are written in, I'd suspect that Jim Henson was involved with animating this; even if I guessed wrongly, the cartoon is still funny 35+ years later. (Kids will be kids, in any country and language!)

Counting 1-10 and Back--Sort Of! (Norwegian/subtitled)

The word on the street is "irony"!

Bert gets the better of Ernie...

Ernie's R Collection

Cookie Monster never even mentions being hungry...

Cookie Monster and Genelle Count to 20

And I wonder what Russian grandparents from the Cold War years think when their grandkids watch this clip on Sesame Street?

Pinball Count #12 (Russian version!)