On my way to where the air is sweet.
Nov. 11th, 2008 09:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
constanceDamn it, I had a post planned for last night and everything. A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SESAME STREET post, with a top five list of my favorite moments:
1. Monsterpiece Theater's Waiting for Elmo - although most of Monsterpiece Theatre is awesome; I mean, Twin Beaks? The 400 Blows? AWESOME I SAY.
2. The Count's Batty Bat Song
3. Anything with Teeny Little Super Guy, the sheer weirdness of which captivates me.
4. Anything with Savion Glover. I mean, it says something that I even find him irresistible in the clip I'm linking to. (Although I liked Snuffy better when only Big Bird saw him.)
5. The Ladysmith Black Mombazo alphabet song
In making this list, I realized that most of these clips come from an era when I was long past their target demographic and didn't really have an excuse to, like, get up in the morning and watch, but what can I say? I was working nights in New Orleans, and would wake up just in time for the 11:00 encore showing while I ate breakfast/lunch. But that doesn't mean I don't love the stuff I remember from my childhood, the pinball counting song and OMG Bert and Ernie, and so much more. One of These Things Is Not Like the Others!
I thought about it and put it all together, and then forgot to post, missed my first NaBloPoMo post, missed the chance to say that even though Sesame Street and I are getting old, at least we're getting old together. I'm saying it now, though, because even though it's a day late, it's worth saying.
Americans on my friendslist, do you have any favorite Sesame Street moments?
1. Monsterpiece Theater's Waiting for Elmo - although most of Monsterpiece Theatre is awesome; I mean, Twin Beaks? The 400 Blows? AWESOME I SAY.
2. The Count's Batty Bat Song
3. Anything with Teeny Little Super Guy, the sheer weirdness of which captivates me.
4. Anything with Savion Glover. I mean, it says something that I even find him irresistible in the clip I'm linking to. (Although I liked Snuffy better when only Big Bird saw him.)
5. The Ladysmith Black Mombazo alphabet song
In making this list, I realized that most of these clips come from an era when I was long past their target demographic and didn't really have an excuse to, like, get up in the morning and watch, but what can I say? I was working nights in New Orleans, and would wake up just in time for the 11:00 encore showing while I ate breakfast/lunch. But that doesn't mean I don't love the stuff I remember from my childhood, the pinball counting song and OMG Bert and Ernie, and so much more. One of These Things Is Not Like the Others!
I thought about it and put it all together, and then forgot to post, missed my first NaBloPoMo post, missed the chance to say that even though Sesame Street and I are getting old, at least we're getting old together. I'm saying it now, though, because even though it's a day late, it's worth saying.
Americans on my friendslist, do you have any favorite Sesame Street moments?
