Were You a Kid During the 70's or 80s? Here are Some Classic Sesame Street Clips

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[Pyro7480]

It's amazing that I remembered these after not seeing them in 15+ years. Do any of you remember these?

Sesame Street - the yo-yo master & lost kid

Sesame Street - F is for Flea Circus

Sesame Street - Typewriter Guy - C

Sesame Street - How Crayons Are Made

Classic Sesame Street - U Really Got a Hold On Me

Yip yips meet the telephone

Sesame Street Hungry Cat Cartoon

[Pyro7480]

Share your memories.

[Alter Kaker]

Taxpayer funded Marxist indoctrination. No thanks.

[Pyro7480]

Learning my numbers and letters in an entertaining way is hardly Marxist indoctrination. It may have gotten that way later, but not when I was a little kid.

[SIDENET]

I remember tons of Sesame Street, etc from the 70s. I grew up in a very liberal household in CA. PBS and Public Radio were constantly on in my house.

That's probably why I grew up to be a raging conservative. My parents overdosed me on that stuff and I rebelled.

[Lil'freeper]

I always liked the clip of the flower blooming to Vivaldi's Spring.

[Pyro7480]

Thanks for the first positive comment. :-)

[bmwcyle]

Yips, yips tuning the AM radio to the beat signal is still my favorite.

[Pyro7480]

How could I forget this classic!? Sesame Street Pinball Cartoon

[SIDENET]

Thanks for the first positive comment. :-)

Sorry, Pyro. I didn't mean to run down your post.

I guess I was just always more of an "Electric Company" kid. Didn't something called "Zoom" follow that? Maybe it was Mr. Rogers.

[gate2wire]

Conjunction junction what's your function?

About the only thing I remember.

[Pyro7480]

Don't worry about it. I would guess it was more of the public radio that made you rebel anyway. ;-) I vaguely remember the Electric Company. I also remember 3-2-1 Contact.

[Lil'freeper]

N/P. I loved the yips, one of these things is not like the other, Would you like to buy an O?, Bert & Ernie going fishing (Heeeeere fishy fishy fishy...), Ernie babysitting the plate of cookies, Rubber Duckie, G-Grover/G-George song, slimey the worm, Kermit the frog reporting live....

Of course, this was 25+ years ago when Mr. Hooper was still kicking and Mr. Snuffalupagus was still 'imaginary'.

Marxist indoctrination? I turned out just fine and have lots of fond childhood memories.

[Dont Mention the War]

Ironically, Sesame Street is one of the first things that awoke my inner conservative. When you're a little kid, differences don't matter for much; you'll play with anyone and hang out with anyone. But I pretty quickly got confused by the way Sesame Street always forces everyone into capital-G "Groups" and then hammers home the point that "we're all the same anyway." When you're four years old, that crap doesn't compute; I know we're all the same, so why are you telling me that I have to both pigeonhole these people based on their "differences" and ignore the differences at the same time?

It took a while for me to grow up enough to figure out just what was wrong with that argument, but I never forgot how weird it was to me when I first experienced it.

Also, Elmo sucks. Thank God they didn't come up with that thing until after I'd grown out of my Sesame Street phase.

[Lil'freeper]

*loved* 3-2-1 contact. I loved the Bloodhound Gang.

[JerseyJohn61]

I was just two months shy of being an 8 year old when
SS first debut in October of '69. Probably about two plus
years past the target age that PBS had intended.

Still I and my friends watched plenty of it in the early
days. Guess it made us feel a bit superior knowing that we
had been counting for years and could even recite the
Alphabet backward(can't do either today).

Loved Burt & Ernie, Big Bird, Grover and Cookie Monster.
Even remember most of the early human cast, though most of
their names escapes:

The fellow from the Mitch Miller Choir singing "Good
Morning Star shine".

The main character/host. An Afro-Am male who kinda led
you through the neighborhood.

Also, his lady friend who seemed to have a way of making
order out of chaos. Like keeping Oscar the Grouch from
getting out of hand. Oscar was a nasty little muppet
who live in a garbage can and was alway looking for ways
to screw over other muppets and people.

Give me a few minutes and i'll come up with more....JJ61

[ZGuy]

My top memory - The "O" song

[ncdrumr]

These are awesome. I used to love the Pinball cartoon. Does anyone remember Zoom?

[Pyro7480]

I remember that!!

[1L]

Never watched SS. Bored with Captain Kang. Cartoons were where it was at for me!

[MotleyGirl70]

Share your memories.