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Willow (the_willow) wrote,
@ 2008-05-07 02:20:00

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little me

Sesame St + Youtube
I was looking for "Down and down, up up and down again"

And instead found PUT DOWN THE DUCKY!

To say I am pleased is a serious understatement. Especially since this version has footage I've never seen before.

I find myself pondering "Chickens In The Trees" (FOUND IT!) and also if they changed the Intro again. They did when my sibs were little. It took me a while to warm up to the new footage and musical arragement.

And I found Ladysmith Black Mambazo's Alphabet " Amazing Beautiful Creatures Dancing, Exiting Forest..."

Cecile! - Up Down Over and Under AND I Wanna Be Me AND Brushin' Down The Doggies. Up Down was my Fav. Though.

Darn!

30 60 Mins later and I still haven't found it.

I remember the colour Red, and it was kind of Operatic. And had a group of people all dressed up going 'Down and down and down, up up and down again' as they marched up and down an incline, likely stairs. I thought it was Monsterpiece Theater but after searching, it doesn't look that way.

I'll keep looking. But I post now.

ETA: This post is primarily for fickle who never watched Sesame St and for gem225 who's likely to enjoy it. I figure the rest of y'all are far too grown up.

ETA2: Just to show how old I am... (ahem) This is my Sesame Street. That's my iconic (with me very wee). Everything after that involved change.

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	fickle 2008-05-07 01:28 am UTC (link)
	starts clicking This is going to be so, so weird. (Reply to this)

	telesilla 2008-05-07 02:41 am UTC (link)
	Eeee! "Put Down the Duckie!!" I was actually a little old for Sesame Street, but my sister wasn't and so I had a nice excuse to watch it. And, since my ex had kids, I know that this version of the song with all the guest stars was done for a video that was a compilation of a lot of the show's music from the 80s. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	the_willow 2008-05-07 04:08 am UTC (link)
	hugs Glad to share the joy. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kita0610 2008-05-07 02:43 am UTC (link)
	OMGOMGOMG THAT'S MY SESAME ST. TOO!!!!!!! And when I was wee, I saw Susan and Gordon in person, at a mall! It was Kita's First Con! OMG PUT DOWN THE DUCKY! You have made me so happy, I can't EVEN. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	the_willow 2008-05-07 04:08 am UTC (link)
	I need to head to bed now but I'm glad I saw this before I went (not getting comments so lucky I refreshed). Glad to share the joy. And OMG you got to meet Susan and Gordon?! How cool is that! (Reply to this) (Parent)

pandorasblog
2008-05-07 08:14 am UTC (link)

I think they had some extra puppets when I watched it; the people I don't remember so well. I remember seeing it when I was very small; there was an episode or special called Follow That Bird! where Big Bird got kidnapped and that was very angsty. And I remember some of the animations, and Snuffy, and Bert and Ernie and Cookie Monster and Grover and Oscar and the Count... not sure if I remember Elmo from that time or if he was in it later. Also, when I was in primary school I used to see it if I was ever off sick, as it was shown around noon... We're getting a Northern Ireland version; I think it's going to be on pretty soon.

Also, did you ever watch Fraggle Rock? I found a very cheap DVD recently and it was a major nostalgia-fest. The really nice thing was the documentary with Jim Henson talking about their ideals for the show and what they hoped it would teach kids.

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	das_dingsi 2008-05-07 08:17 am UTC (link)
	OMG FRAGGLE ROCK! Dude. Will we all start listing childhood TV series now? I'd die from nostalgia. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	das_dingsi 2008-05-07 08:16 am UTC (link)
	That Sesame Street picture kicks some serious ass. With sunshine. (Reply to this)

	lurkerwithout 2008-05-07 09:20 am UTC (link)
	:kermit arms: Mr. Hooper! (Reply to this)

	gem225 2008-05-07 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	This is going to be so cool! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Willow dear! happy dance (Reply to this) (Thread)

	the_willow 2008-05-07 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	hugs I'm so glad it brought you joy! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)