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The Muppet Show - Mahna Mahna (version three, 1976) Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 163 seconds Version one (Sesame Street, 1969) is here: http://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=AYJuKX 2j-Cw Version two (prime time, 1969) is here: http://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=dp3f5x zmbGc From 1976, the third and most well known version. This is a better copy with no subtitles, complete with Kermit's introduction. Related: mahna, mana, manamana, muppets |
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Visual Thinking #1 Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 168 seconds Kermit gets a lesson in visual thinking from Harry the Hipster. Related: henson, jim, muppets |
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Visual Thinking #2 Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 228 seconds A 1966 remake of "Visual Thinking", with Kermit taking the part of Harry the Hipster, and Grump replacing Kermit as the square. Related: henson, jerry, jim, juhl, muppets |
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Sesame Street - A loaf of bread... Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 72 seconds "A loaf of bread, a container of milk and a stick of butter". From 1972, the classic animated segment about memory, which has done a pretty good job of sticking in the memories of a generation of Sesame Street viewers. Produced by Jim Simon's Wantu Studios, the same company that made equally distinctive animation for The Electric Company and Vegetable Soup. Related: animation, bread, butter, classic, jim, milk, sesame, simon, street, studios, vintage, wantu |
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The Electric Company - The Menu Song Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 116 seconds Rita Moreno and Morgan Freeman perform an amusing and catchy little song written by Tom Lehrer and arranged by Joe Raposo. Related: classic, company, electric, freeman, joe, lehrer, moreno, morgan, raposo, rita, sesame, street, tom, vintage |
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Sesame Street - People in Your Neighborhood (1988) Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 334 seconds From the 1988 pledge drive special, which aired in prime time on PBS. Bob sings a celebrity version of the classic song by Jeff Moss. Related: barbara, bob, caroll, classic, martina, mcgrath, muppets, nader, navratilova, pbs, ralph, sesame, spinney, street, vintage, walters |
![Sesame Street - Elmo\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/Rpas0QjKY_A/2.jpg "Sesame Street - Elmo\") |
Sesame Street - Elmo's Song Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 196 seconds Uploaded by request. From 1991, the beginning of the end. Some of Big Bird and Snuffy's comments are quite amusing. Look, this new character actually makes *us* look smart by comparison! Related: caroll, clash, kevin, marty, muppets, robinson, sesame, spinney, street |
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Sesame Street - Near and Far with Grover Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 145 seconds For my 300th post on this channel, here's the classic skit from 1975 where Grover demonstrates the difference between near and far. This is one of those segments that people always seem to remember clearly, regardless of how many years ago they last saw it. Related: classic, frank, muppets, oz, sesame, street, vintage |
![Sesame Street - Doin\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/FoXX9bZrZXw/2.jpg "Sesame Street - Doin\") |
Sesame Street - Doin' the Pigeon (full version) Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 203 seconds The classic Joe Raposo song from 1973. "I love pigeons, and I love how they walk. And I've created a really COOL dance." Bert (Frank Oz) gets down with his bad self, and shows us some groovin' dance steps...who knew Bert even had legs? This is the full version, including the introduction where Bert shows his home movies of pigeons in Asbury Park. Related: classic, ctw, frank, joe, muppets, oz, pbs, raposo, sesame, street, vintage |
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Sesame Street - Would You Like to Buy an O Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 101 seconds From 1971. Lefty the Letter Salesman tries his latest shady pitch on Ernie, in this catchy song by Joe Raposo. Related: classic, frank, henson, jim, joe, muppets, oz, raposo, sesame, street, vintage |
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Sesame Street - ABCDEF...Cookie Monster! Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 57 seconds From 1972. Sesame Street had lots of cute segments with the Muppets interacting with real life kids, but this is one of my favorites. Kermit the Frog tries to sing the alphabet song with a girl named Joey, but she keeps teasing him by singing "Cookie Monster" instead of various letters. Related: and, awww, classic, henson, jim, kid, moments, muppet, muppets, sesame, street, vintage |
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Sesame Street - Good Morning Starshine Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 185 seconds From 1969. Bob stays up all night with a group of hippie Muppets, and right before sunrise they sing this song from the musical "Hair". Related: bob, classic, galt, gerome, groovy, hair, james, macdermot, mcgrath, muppets, rado, ragni, sesame, street, vintage |
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Sesame Street - We Are All Earthlings Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 147 seconds From 1990, a sweet song about unity and ecology by Jeff Moss and Sara Compton. Related: 1980s, 80s, brill, clash, classic, compton, ctw, fran, jeff, jerry, kevin, moss, muppets, nelson, pbs, sara, sesame, street, vintage |
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The Electric Company - Jelly Belly Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 183 seconds Uploaded by request. The debut of groovy DJ Mel Mounds (Morgan Freeman), introducing a song by the first lineup of the Short Circus: Julie (June Angela), Iris (Irene Cara), Kathy (Melanie Henderson), Zachary (Douglas Grant) and Buddy (Stephen Gustafson). Even in the fad-driven world of the 1970s this dance never really caught on, but Carmela (Rita Moreno) seems to dig it. Related: 1970s, 70s, circus, classic, company, ctw, electric, freeman, funky, groovy, moreno, morgan, pbs, rita, sesame, short, street, vintage |
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Sesame Street - Sing Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 193 seconds For my 200th post on this new channel, here's a true classic that many consider to be Joe Raposo's signature song. This version is from 1971, and features Bob (Bob McGrath), Luis (Emilio Delgado), Susan (Loretta Long) and some neighborhood kids. Related: bob, classic, delgado, emilio, joe, long, loretta, mcgrath, raposo, sesame, street, vintage |
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Sesame Street - Friend Watching Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 207 seconds From the 1984-85 season, uploaded by request. Bert's reading is disrupted by Ernie, who has figured out that binoculars aren't just for bird watching. Related: classic, frank, henson, jim, muppets, oz, sesame, street, vintage |
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Sesame Street - People In Your Neighborhood Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 138 seconds Bob (Bob McGrath) sings the famous song by Jeff Moss, and introduces teachers (Frank Oz & Jerry Nelson) and a newsdealer (Jim Henson). By this point (1971) the people in your neighborhood would arrive already assembled, unlike the earliest episodes where Bob would have to build them out of generic "Anything People". Related: 1970s, 70s, bob, classic, ctw, frank, henson, jerry, jim, mcgrath, muppets, nelson, oz, pbs, sesame, street, vintage |
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Sesame Street - Mahna Mahna (version one, 1969) Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 199 seconds Version Two (1969 prime time) is here: http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=dp3f5xzmb Gc Version Three (1976 Muppet Show) is here: http://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=M7XOFf jiL-U From Nov 27 1969, the very first version of this classic song, as performed by two Anything Muppet girls and an early version of Bip Bipadotta. Related: mah, mahna, mana, manamana, muppets, na |
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Sesame Street - Breakfast Time Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 264 seconds From 1977, one of my all-time favorite songs by Jeff Moss. Ernie has invited Cookie Monster over for breakfast, but the two of them have very different ideas about what to eat. For years I couldn't remember all of the words to this song, but I'd find myself singing Ernie's first line when pouring a bowl of cereal. Related: classic, frank, henson, jim, muppets, oz, sesame, street, vintage |
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Sesame Street - African Alphabet Song Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 112 seconds From 1987. Kermit the Frog and Ladysmith Black Mambazo perform an amazing song by Joe Raposo. There aren't that many things in life that can lift my mood as quickly as this song. Related: black, classic, henson, jim, joe, ladysmith, mambazo, muppets, raposo, sesame, street, vintage |
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Sesame Street - The Great Cookie Thief Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 259 seconds Uploaded by request, a classic western sketch from 1971, that also appeared as a Sesame Street storybook a few years later. For years this has been one of my all-time favorite Sesame Street sketches, and it's another one of the very first clips I posted back in 2006. Related: 1970s, 70s, classic, ctw, frank, henson, jerry, jim, muppets, nelson, oz, pbs, sesame, street, vintage |
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Sesame Street - Flashlight, Umbrella, Bowling Ball Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 221 seconds From the objects Ernie is carrying, Bert is able to deduce that Ernie is planning to take a bath in his tubby. But why could Ernie possibly need a flashlight, an umbrella and Bert's bowling ball? From 1970. Related: classic, frank, henson, jerry, jim, muppets, nelson, oz, sesame, street, vintage |
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The Jim Henson Hour - Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker Posted by: NantoVision
Video duration: 110 seconds From July 16, 1989, the "Health and Fitness" show. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker show off the latest invention from Muppet Labs, the Exercise-O-Matic Boots. Related: dave, goelz, henson, hour, hunt, jim, muppets, richard |
