Sesame Street - 40 Dots

[wileyk209zback]

Man, that must have hurt Joe Raposo's throat by the end!

[LunaBella2006]

to fast for my 4 year old,

[WebVMan]

Man, I bet he couldn't even nail 50. FIF-AH-AH-COUGH-TE-AHH-------B­lech!

[Cats29]

this was the 80's version the 90's version was worse then this

[BeckyDR]

@Cats29 do you have the 90s version or know where I can see that one?

[jeopardy60611]

I grew up and stopped watching Sesame Street on TV before all this "40" stuff came out. I was a child of the '70s and the show never counted past 20.

[MGHSHour2a]

Hire Aerosmith's Steve Tyler For This Job

[retroman84]

this is the most funniest segment i have ever watched.

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

Dang that freaked me out when i was a kid

[choxie630]

THIRTY NIIIIIIIIIIIIIINEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EE!!!

lmao kinda scary lmao

[lmax62]

Sounds like Aerosmith's Dream On.

[tpirman1982]

Congratulations, Sesame Street! 40 years and still going strong!

[AnimationDiana]

That guy can really strike some high notes.

[MGHSHour2a]

Hire Aerosmith's Steve Tyler For This

[BeckyDR]

(re: my last comment) and hopefully they will bring this segment back, as well as other 40-related clips, for this season due to this.

[Maestrojosh87]

I hope they will do "The Lambaabaa" again!

[Maestrojosh87]

Guess how old Sesame Street will be starting on the 10th of November!

[BeckyDR]

Fffffffffffffoooooooooooooorrr­rrrrrrrrtttttttttttttyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D

[MegaCrowman]

I turned Forrrr-teeee eeeee! last year

[lovemeg5186]

This used to scare me. BUT It doesent any more because its exciting to count! I like how the music built up the excitement to a big ending at FOURTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! :)

[latex123456]

He sounded like he was in major pain. Perhaps counting dots wasn't his calling,

[7D9s1L2]

I happen to conduct this kind of music back in 2005. When he gets crazy at the end, I conducted that part really hard and crazy. It goes like this. When he sang "THIRTYNIIIIIINE... THIRTYNIIIIIINNNNE... (GASPS) ... FORTYYYYYYYYY-EEEE!", I lifted up and shake my hands so hard.

[michaelmoval]

LOL at 0:33 and 0:36

[Pooleman96]

I remember this from early childhood. That voice really creeped me out, this and the legendary 'Pinball' skit were the only bits from Sesame Street that prevented me from sleeping at night.

[MGHSHour2]

that looks like a job for Steve Tyler of Aerosmith

[akiratrooper]

IT'S OVER THIRTY NIIIIIIIIIIINE

[BeckyDR]

@akiratrooper or even better, "IT'S OVER THIRTY NIIIIIIIIIIINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND"

[dnm72863]

Scream it, Joe! "Thirty-niiiiiinne...Thirty-ni­iiiiinnnnnnnnne...Forrrr-teeee­eeeee!"

[MuzikJunkyAES]

I wonder if he killed his voice when he was done. RIP, Joe! Peace.

[MuzikJunkyAES]

Brilliant! Peace.

[BuddyBoy600]

LOL.

[atarian2049]

THIRTY NIIIIIIIINE!

[MiltownPunkette21]

LOL....now that I've seen this, I'm gonna add it to my faves. The guy sounds so psycho!!!! :-D

[jeopardy60611]

I think that Sesame Street made a decision in the 80s to expand their number lessons to go up to 40, because I didn't see this stuff since I was a preschooler in the early 70s when Sesame Street was a new show. They only went up to 20 back then.

[Toothy7896]

That is very funny. "39!!! 39!!! 39!!!" Is that you singing?

[BeckyDR]

no, that's Joe Raposo. but I made a video with my own versions of that sketch, and that is me singing :)

[flexiann1982]

These bothered me, not as fun as the other dots but then again, the other dots also made me feel weird lol

[am9224]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

[BeckyDR]

I think you mean "39 39999999 39999999999 40000000000000" ;)

[michaelmoval]

lol

[dorourke105]

Dang it I hit the comment button too soon, anyway. trente trois,trente quatre,trente cinq,trente six,trente sept, trente huit, trente neuf *GASP* trente neuuuuuuuuf *GASP* trente neuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuf *GASP* quaraaaaaaante!!

[dorourke105]

I wanna do one too in French however

une,duex,trois,quatre,cinq,six­,sept,huit,neuf,dix,onze,douze­,treize,quatorze,quinze,seize,

dix-sept,dix-huit,dix-neuf,vin­gt,

vingt et un,vingt duex,vingt trois,vingt quatre,vingt cinq,vingt six,vingt sept,vingt huit,vingt neuf,trente,trente et un,trente deux

[BeckyDR]

slt ça va?

[dorourke105]

Thanks for the comment.BTW I'm not that fluent in french.I can say little things like hello,how are you,my name is, goodbye, letters,numbers,maybe a few other things.Putting them all together is the problem.

[BeckyDR]

that's how I am with a lot of the languages I speak (English is my native language, then I speak fluent Spanish, proficient French and Russian, and a little of various other languages)

[BeckyDR]

btw I'm an aspie as well (looked at your profile)

[BeckyDR]

אחת שתיים שלוש ארבע חמש שש שבע שמונה תשע עשר אחתעשרה שתייםעשרה שלושעשרה ארבעעשרה חמשעשרה ששעשרה שבעעשרה שמונהעשרה תשעעשרה עשרים עשריםואחת עשריםושתיים עשריםושלוש עשריםוארבע עשריםוחמש עשריםושש עשריםושבע עשריםושמונה עשריםותשע שלושים שלושיםואחת שלושיםושתיים שלושיםושלוש שלושיםוארבע שלושיםוחמש שלושיםושש שלושיםושבע שלושיםושמונה שלושיםותשעעעעע שלושיםותשעעעעעע שלווווושיייייםותשעעעעעעעעעעע אאאאאארררררררבעעעעעעעיייייייים­!!!!!!!!! (Hebrew letters)

[BeckyDR]

achad shtaim shalosh arba hamesh shesh sheva shmone tesha eser achadesre shtaimesre shloshesre arbaesre hameshesre sheshesre shevaesre shmoneesre teshaesre esrim esrimvachad esrimvshtaim esrimvshalosh esrimvarba esrimvhamesh esrimvshesh esrimvsheva esrimvshmone esrimvtesha shloshim shloshimvachad shloshimvshtaim shloshimvshalosh shloshimvarba shloshimvhamesh shloshimvshesh shloshimvsheva shloshimvshmone shloshimvteshaaa shloshimvteshaaaaa shloshimvteshaaaaaaaa arbaiiiiiiiiim!!!!!!!!!! (Hebrew)

[mscp22]

This is even scarier like the zizzy zoomers.

[mscp22]

It sure is scary what with the darkness the dots are red but keep changing when more of them appear and the end up in yellow.

[mscp22]

There's a segment where there are 40 pigs.

[PandaMishima]

I remember that one, didn't seem to have a point beyond the counting. The pig's faces were cute, but tended to blur together after a while.

What would be fun would be putting the "screaming forty" voice with the piggy faces.

[mscp22]

One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twentyone Twentytwo Twentythree Twentyfour Twentyfive Twentysix Twentyseven Twentyeight Twentynine Thirty Thirtyone Thirtytwo Thirtythree Thirtyfour Thirtyfive Thirtysix Thirtyseven Thirtyeight Thirtyninnnnnnnnneeeeee! Thirtynniiiiiinnnnne! Thirtynnnnnniiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnn­ee! Fortyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!­!!!!!!!

[BeckyDR]

Y ahora en español!

uno dos tres cuatro cinco seis siete ocho nueve diez once doce trece catorce quince dieciséis diecisiete dieciocho diecinueve veinte veintiuno veinteydos veinteytres veinteycuatro veinteycinco veinteyseis veinteysiete veinteyocho veinteynueve treinta treintayuno treintaydos treintaytres treintaycuatro treintaycinco treintayseis treintaysiete treintayocho treintaynueveeeee! treintaynueeeeveeeeee! treintaynueeeeeeveeeeeeee!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!! cuarentaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!­!!!!!

[BotmanR]

Thanks for posting this. Due to this video, I've now remembered, and pinpointed the source of a string of recurring nightmares that I experienced as a small child. Glad I could find some closure about that.

[mscp22]

There's another 40 segment it's 40 lemmings jumping off a cliff with a cappella singers.

[Babe5677]

oh yeah I remember that 40 lemmings jumping of a cliff with cappella singers I remember that so well. mscp22 if you or if anyone elise has the 40 Lemmings jumping of a cliff with cappella singers segment and the 40 pigs segment please upload them onto youtube. I wonder what the 40 dots segment would sound like if someone sped it up slowed it down and backwards mode that might sound funny and interesting. I am so ingrossed in Sesame Street and I don't know why I am 20 and I still like SS.

[bookmark1]

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COMES NEXT

[Babe5677]

WOW this scared me when I was a little girl I remember the 40 dots segment. I was singing this at college today and all my mates where joining in and we all sang it in front of the crofters staff that's the cafe name at my college and we scared them with our high screaming pitches of 39 and 40 it was so funny. I love the 40 dots segment it's the best fun ever. I used to be scared of that when I was a kid but it doesn't scare me anymore and I love singing the 40 dots song where ever I go.

[PinballStewie]

Did "The Simpsons" debut about the same time this skit was made? Because Jeff Moss sounds like Homer Simpson in this skit.

[jonnytbirdzback]

That's not Jeff Moss, that's Joe Raposo.

[PinballStewie]

Well, whoever he is, he sounds like Homer Simpson. Was Joe Raposo a "Simpsons" fan at the time it came out?

[jonnytbirdzback]

He died in February of 1989. Before the Simpsons hit the air. But I doubt that he'd watch the Tracey Ullman show.

[Babe5677]

WOW I used to be scared of that when I was a kid but I am not scared anymore. I have watched it about 5 times now and I have overcome my fear and I am not scared if it anymore. Who did this segement was it Joe Raposo or Jeff Moss? Everytime he screamed 39 I used to scream and cry and when he screamed 40 I was still screaming and crying. My Grandad and Nanna had tp pick me up and give me hugs and kisses. Then I watched the rest of Sesame Street with a nice biscuit and a drink of milk or water.

[governorgilf]

I don't remember this version, but I know it would have scared the crap out of me as a kid. Watching it now reminds me of a bad acid trip...lol.

[Babe5677]

WOW that is really scary. I used to be scared of that. I still am scared of it and I don't know why. It scared me because the mans voice got higher and higher and started screaming 39 a few times then he screamed 40. As soon as the man screamed 39 a few times it kept making me jump and making me cry so my grandad and nanna had to pick me up and give me loads of hugs and as soon as the man screamed 40 I kept crying and screaming and when it was over I stoped crying and watched the rest of SS.

[Cats29]

Your not alone but this is the version i am unfamiler with I can understand about the screaming of 40 I felt the same way i felt so unconfrtable i almsot cried

[ZGongMan]

hoe many times has been on tv

[BeckyDR]

it used to be on tv a lot in the 90s, but it's not on at all anymore

[1337vashfan]

The bane of my existence!

[BeckyDR]

aw, come on, it wasn't THAT bad :-P (well at least to me it wasn't ;))

[gutchman84]

finally!

[Maestrojosh87]

You got that right!

[ZGongMan]

this used to scare me when i was a boy

[simon726]

one word to sum this up: creepy.

[dogdoo4brains]

Thirty-ni-i-ine... *Gasp* Thirty-ni-i-ine... *Gasp* Thirty-ni-i-i-ine! *Deep gasp* Fortyyyyyyyyyyy!

Yep... That too freaked me out when I was a kid.

[gutchman84]

actually, that's the funny part in my opinion

[BeckyDR]

by the way does anybody have this clip in other languages?

[Katzi]

LOL!!!Never saw this one before!All I saw was the 30 dots ones.

[BeckyDR]

hahahahahahahaha YES!!!!!! I have been looking for this skit for so long...it was definitely one of my favorite skits as a child. I especially remember singing it to myself on the school bus...when I got to the end, I would yell 39-39-39-40 so loud that the bus driver would nearly have a heart attack ;). Thanks for posting this!

[ISNorden]

I only saw this once on TV, but that one time was enough to scare the heck out of me; that "thirty-NIIIIIIINE..." sounds downright evil!

[BeckyDR]

you weren't the only one scared by it (but of course I loved it :))

[glowworm2]

Me too-I only saw it once-but it scared the crap out of me because the man's voice got higher and higher and started screaming "39!"

[BeckyDR]

you wouldn't have liked being on my school bus then, since I loved it and liked singing it on the school bus ;)

[bi0boy]

THANKS SO MUCH for posting this! I don't remember the voice starting so low, but I definitely remember the "Thirty-NIIINE...FORTAAAAAY!!!­" but I thought the ending was more manic. It never scared me, but it was annoying, although not NEARLY as annoying and loquacious as Grover's "Near and Far" sketch.

[PandaMishima]

Sounds like he did this all in one breath, at least until he got to 39. No wonder he gets so hysterical!

[ZGongMan]

who is the man singing

[Maestrojosh87]

Jeff Moss.

[jonnytbirdzback]

No, it's actually Joe Raposo.

[Maestrojosh87]

Sorry about that.

[PinballStewie]

Being a musician, I now find this more interesting than I did as a kid. Like most kids who watched this one, I was freaked out by it!! What Jeff Moss is doing here is going from a low F to a high F in perfect order, both vocally and musically. His yelling at "39" seemed like it scared the dots enough to shake lol!! And at "40", it seemed like the dots exploded (it appears as though they were made of light)!

[glowworm2]

Glad to know I wasn't the only kid freaked out by it.

[glowworm2]

This seriously use to scare the crap out of me when I was little due to the man's voice going up so high and freaking out!

[aman1016]

LOL, easy, Joe, you're gonna hurt yourself!