Showing posts with label video clips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video clips. Show all posts
5/20/2012
Classic Sesame Street Cover: "Up Goes The Castle"
Normally, a guided meditation on breath control is something adults expect to hear on a New Age yoga CD...not an old Sesame Street album. Hearing this song, with its kid-friendly imagery and story, might change those people's minds though! I discovered this fan-made performance while uploading my own clips to YouTube...if anyone can tell me which album the original version was on, I'd appreciate that a lot. Thank you!
Robin Gibb Of The Bee Gees and Sesame Street Fever Has Died
I am saddened to say that today Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees has died. In the Sesame Street world he performed on the Sesame Street Fever LP. He will surely be missed. Here he is on Sesame Street Fever.
5/04/2012
Typewriter Guy
Here is 25 of the 26 Typewriter Guy Segments. I am missing O for Owl. If anyone has it please let me know. Thanks!!!! Enjoy!!!!!!
Miami Mice
A great parody Of Miami Vice. Enjoy!!!!! I am missing The Space Center. If anybody has it please let me know. Thanks!!!!
Alphabet Chat
Here is another funny Sesame Street segment. If Anybody has the episodes for H and L please let me know. Thanks. Enjoy!!!!
5/01/2012
2 Sesame Street Reggae Songs
Here are the 2 Classic Reggae Songs From Sesame Street I really Love The Playground Map Song. Thanks ISNorden for getting me a copy. Enjoy!!!!!
Don't Eat The Pictures
Here is the Title Song from the Classic Sesame Street Special. VERY funny. Enjoy!!!
We All Sing With The Same Voice
I have always loved this song. It is a great message. The kids are amazing. Enjoy!!!!
Who Am I?
This is one of my favorite Sesame Street inserts. I love the background music and the words are great. It is performed by Alana Reed Hall who used to play Olivia on the 80s Sesame Street. RIP Alana. Enjoy!!!!
1/05/2011
Do you feel Luckey, kids?
Ever since Sesame Street changed its format drastically over ten years ago, the producers have been more and more reluctant to include any classic clips in new episodes--rationalizing that children would see them as outdated. For some topics, I can understand that logic; take this clip as an example--
So many technological changes have happened since then, that a newer version of the same film has appeared on Sesame Street--
I see nothing wrong with remakes in situations like that. But Sesame Street occasionally goes too far in trying to update its own classic material. During the early 1970s, Bud Luckey animated a series of musical cartoons for the show--each one using a silly song and unusual characters to teach a number between 2 and 12. Ask the average parent or grandparent of some toddler who watches today's Sesame Street, and chances are good that they'll remember these ditties well enough to sing a few bars:
Now, take a look at these versions of the same song-cartoons. The "Ten Tiny Turtles" remake appeared in the Season 40 finale; the "Ladybugs' Picnic" remake appeared late in Season 41--
Granted, I'm glad to know that some people at Sesame Workshop don't want to see a classic die out. I also appreciate the way that these particular animators tried hard to adapt Bud Luckey's drawings to a 3-D version. But would it have killed the producers to dub in the original music for these remakes? The musical style itself isn't outdated, nor are any details in the lyrics.
Speaking of lyrical details, I winced when the "Ten Tiny Turtles" remake changed "black-eyed peas" to "yummy peas." Did the original sound too racist to somebody on the staff, either because of the vegetable's name or its status as soul food? Either way, I suspect Bud Luckey felt a little upset himself. Come on, Sesame Workshop...you've done a lot to promote tolerance and integration for 41 years, without worrying about what some family thinks of black-eyed peas! If a classic isn't "broken" from details a 21st-century toddler wouldn't understand, don't fix it.
So many technological changes have happened since then, that a newer version of the same film has appeared on Sesame Street--
I see nothing wrong with remakes in situations like that. But Sesame Street occasionally goes too far in trying to update its own classic material. During the early 1970s, Bud Luckey animated a series of musical cartoons for the show--each one using a silly song and unusual characters to teach a number between 2 and 12. Ask the average parent or grandparent of some toddler who watches today's Sesame Street, and chances are good that they'll remember these ditties well enough to sing a few bars:
Now, take a look at these versions of the same song-cartoons. The "Ten Tiny Turtles" remake appeared in the Season 40 finale; the "Ladybugs' Picnic" remake appeared late in Season 41--
Granted, I'm glad to know that some people at Sesame Workshop don't want to see a classic die out. I also appreciate the way that these particular animators tried hard to adapt Bud Luckey's drawings to a 3-D version. But would it have killed the producers to dub in the original music for these remakes? The musical style itself isn't outdated, nor are any details in the lyrics.
Speaking of lyrical details, I winced when the "Ten Tiny Turtles" remake changed "black-eyed peas" to "yummy peas." Did the original sound too racist to somebody on the staff, either because of the vegetable's name or its status as soul food? Either way, I suspect Bud Luckey felt a little upset himself. Come on, Sesame Workshop...you've done a lot to promote tolerance and integration for 41 years, without worrying about what some family thinks of black-eyed peas! If a classic isn't "broken" from details a 21st-century toddler wouldn't understand, don't fix it.
8/22/2010
Delta Faucets features Sesame Street Song In Their Commercial
They use the song "Hands" by Count von Count. Usually these commercials use regular pop songs. This song really fits well with the commercial. I am glad they chose it.
2/13/2010
History Repeats Itself
This morning, Sesame Workshop's official YouTube channel featured several clips with George Washington as a main character (in honor of Presidents' Day, I assume). This cartoon, based roughly on a famous painting of Washington, has him explain the difference between "all", "some", and "none" to his soldiers on a boat.
Back in the early 70s, though, Grover taught a similar lesson to a group of anonymous monsters; they kept tipping and sinking Grover's rowboat by sitting at the same end at the same time. Déjà vu all over again? I'd suspect that the cartoonist had the Muppet sketch in the back of his brain as he worked, at least.
12/21/2009
Olivia Sings "Nice People"
From the end of the same Hawaiian-trip episode, Olivia sings about human friendliness being universal. Gotta love her harmony with Bob and Buffy at the end...
Alaina Reed Hall: 1946-2009
Some old-school fans may have already learned that Alaina Reed Hall, the actress who played Olivia on Sesame Street, died on the 17th of December this year. A fellow fan on YouTube put together a short, but very watchable, playlist in her memory--enjoy yourselves!
5/16/2009
Another 4-gotten classic moment
Originally, Big Bird sang "I Just Adore Four" as part of a tribute show-within-a-show (Episode 734, from the mid-1970s). I distinctly remember watching this one as a girl; the Count's getting carried away with multilingual counting still sticks in my mind. If anyone out there got hold of a tape from some PBS station, I'd love to see the whole episode and refresh my memory...
May 16, 2009 - One Fan's Tribute to Jim Henson
On this date in 1990, Jim Henson--who created not only the Muppets, but also several classic films that aired on Sesame Street--died of pneumonia. Here's a fan-made tribute to Jim, including clips from his work over the years.
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