The episode with Miles is probably the last time it was shown, as I never saw it again after that. I can tell this is a later airing, because at the end of the clip, when the kids give the girl a group hug, they all collapsed to the ground while laughing, and here it's given a slow-motion treatment.
Really makes you think of old childhood friends you've long since lost touch with, and wonder what they're doing now!
I remember this segment from the late 80's, I wanted a car like the one in the video. those were the days when my old Zenith 12" with the knobs seemed huge.
What is the name of the book that girl is reading at :40? I remember having that exact same book but I forget what it's called. I'd love to know what it was called.
Hmm, something about the third baby in the pictures at the begining...reminds me of Kevin Clash. (The eyes & the mouth in particular) I wonder if it could be a baby picture of his.
Yeah, same here. I too remember the seemingly old, old TV's that were actually dial operated. I grew up in the 80's though. Hence, those were my childhood years. I miss the 80's so much.
This bring me back 30 years to when I was 4 years old watching this in front of my family's RCA TV that had to be turnd on by pulling a knob and then pressing the button next to Channel 13. The 1970's really were a Golden Age, at least for me!
Yayyyyyy ! I hae been looking for this for a long time! Thank you for sharing it! I like the soothing music and words. I'm 38 now and still on a life long learning process.
there was another song by this same woman including the words 'you head is a garden that grows hair'--two of my favorite memories of my daughter's youngest years. anyone know where it can be found?
I always thought it was cute when the little girl was discouraged about not hitting the baseball and everyone crowded around and gave her a big hug. :)
This is a clip I've been seeking for quite awhile now. The song is apparently entitled "Things That I Already Know" (I always referred to it as the "Ooh ooh Whoa Whoa Whoa Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Song") That one kid with paint up his nose - LOL! He's getting more paint on himself than he is on the picture.
WOOOOOOW! I thought I'd never see this film again. When I saw it for the first time in hmmm... 20 years maybe, I shivered a little. I wonder who wrote the lyrics. BTW, SS really went downhill in the fall of '98 when they started airing "Elmo's World". Ugh! Anyway, I miss these live action films so much... Sigh...
I guess if a 4 year old can take a bus independently to a park too, the next thing I will hear is airplanes letting 4 year olds travel independently from one side of the United States to another. Or,
maybe we'll hear soon of 4 year olds being college professors. LOL
I had a thought poking at me about this video. First the kids are pushing buttons on elevators, what does this teach them to do - be a nuisance? LOL. Also, what parent in their right mind at least now would let a 4-5 year old take a bus all alone to a park in midtown Manhattan and play in a park ALONE?? I guess maybe in the 1970s and early 1980s, you didn't worry about children being abducted or meeting up with a pedophile. I guess the world was simpler back then - - Preston
@mstatz after the first year of its life, a cat becomes lactose intolerant (believe it or not). if you give a cat milk sometimes it will yak it back up and that's the reason for it.
Yes, cats, like all mammals do breast feed. However, the milk from a mother cat is different than milk from a cow. I have also heard that giving adult cats milk from a cow is not a good idea. However, I do not know what there is about cow's milk that cats are intolerent of. I am sure that you could look it up though.
MStatz, you RULE!!! Thank you sooo much! Like another viewer, I think I actually remember a segment with/ about flowers that sounded almost exactly like this. I used to run to the t.v. to listen to this song whenever it came on. I never thought I'd find this clip because I clearly remembered the melody ("oooh oooh woah woah hmmm hmmm") but not the words. YouTube rocks!
Thank you! I've been searching for this one for a while. She has such a great voice, and the song has a melancholy twinge with that "oooh oooh woah woah hmmm hmmm" that brings out a nostalgic feeling in me. YouTube is officially the best thing to come out of the web!
I agree, I love this song and the memories thatcome with it. I was born in 1968, so I was about 3 to 5 years old when I remember 1st seeing this. Very nostalgic!!
I never saw this as a li'l kid in the late 80s---I guess it was off the menu by then. This does look like it goes way back...probably one of their earliest. Funny how other films from the beginning DID stick around for decades, though.
Lovely little film--and ditto what you said about that slight melancholy twinge.
I actually recorded this in early 1986, so you must have just missed it. I recorded a bunch of old S.S. skits in the mid 80's to capture the memories I had 12 years earlier (early 70's) when I was in Kindergarten. I'm so glad I did because the show has completely changed now!
Yeah. It's funny that despite the approximately 15-year gap between when we would have been in the target audience age, our viewing experiences were very similar. Now? I would think anyone born after 1994 or so would have no memory of the "old" show.
It's a strange feeling when something that was the same for your whole life suddenly gets plastic surgery on you.
Notice the kids on the elevator pressing every button? Now whoever gets on will have to to wait a long time before they get off. Gee just think how many kids who saw this film were inspired by this film to mess around with an elevator.
The lady singing DOES sound like Helen Reddy. My favorite song by her is "You And Me Against The World", which also features her daughter Traci in the bookends.
The picture of the crying little girl in front of the birthday cake at 0:09 always made me sad. :'(
Why is she so sad? It's her birthday! She should be having fun. :'(
Pikachuiscool 3 months ago
The episode with Miles is probably the last time it was shown, as I never saw it again after that. I can tell this is a later airing, because at the end of the clip, when the kids give the girl a group hug, they all collapsed to the ground while laughing, and here it's given a slow-motion treatment.
Really makes you think of old childhood friends you've long since lost touch with, and wonder what they're doing now!
ShadesBelow03 7 months ago
beautiful vid, takes me back to a time when everything was innocent and pure. Such a perfect time
goldenpebbles 1 year ago 4
@jm113825 Yes, me too. Isn't it pure and beautiful? Sesame Street had such a wonderful way with music and gentle images.
Trund27 1 year ago
This is sooo beautiful.
Trund27 1 year ago 2
@smartboy8877 this was in the early '70's--my daughter was born in early '72.
williamkittle 1 year ago
I remember this segment from the late 80's, I wanted a car like the one in the video. those were the days when my old Zenith 12" with the knobs seemed huge.
ybunnygurl 1 year ago 2
@ybunnygurl Those old TV's were amazing
Trund27 1 year ago
What city is that?
Pocockable 2 years ago
What is the name of the book that girl is reading at :40? I remember having that exact same book but I forget what it's called. I'd love to know what it was called.
gfclark3 2 years ago
Group hug! :D
70s80s 2 years ago
This one definitely brings back memories. Thanks for posting.
zacandtaylorrule 2 years ago
Hmm, something about the third baby in the pictures at the begining...reminds me of Kevin Clash. (The eyes & the mouth in particular) I wonder if it could be a baby picture of his.
Flower76 3 years ago
Yeah, same here. I too remember the seemingly old, old TV's that were actually dial operated. I grew up in the 80's though. Hence, those were my childhood years. I miss the 80's so much.
dogdoo4brains 3 years ago 2
This bring me back 30 years to when I was 4 years old watching this in front of my family's RCA TV that had to be turnd on by pulling a knob and then pressing the button next to Channel 13. The 1970's really were a Golden Age, at least for me!
gfclark3 3 years ago
Yayyyyyy ! I hae been looking for this for a long time! Thank you for sharing it! I like the soothing music and words. I'm 38 now and still on a life long learning process.
coolstufftt 3 years ago 2
there was another song by this same woman including the words 'you head is a garden that grows hair'--two of my favorite memories of my daughter's youngest years. anyone know where it can be found?
williamkittle 3 years ago
@williamkittle If you can believe it, Sesame Street just recently uploaded it to their YouTube channel.
NEUDude 1 year ago
@williamkittle
I never heard that one before. Do you know what year it came out?
Smartboy8877 1 year ago
I always thought it was cute when the little girl was discouraged about not hitting the baseball and everyone crowded around and gave her a big hug. :)
ulij20 3 years ago
This song makes me long for the the days of when I was a child when my mom was tying my shoe laces and taking me downtown.
mel4pat2000 4 years ago
i remember this. brings back memories thanks for posting.
tmsan74 4 years ago 2
Thanks for posting this. This was one of fav songs from SS and brings me back to my childhood.
GrayEyes123 4 years ago
This is a clip I've been seeking for quite awhile now. The song is apparently entitled "Things That I Already Know" (I always referred to it as the "Ooh ooh Whoa Whoa Whoa Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Song") That one kid with paint up his nose - LOL! He's getting more paint on himself than he is on the picture.
ulij20 4 years ago 2
WOOOOOOW! I thought I'd never see this film again. When I saw it for the first time in hmmm... 20 years maybe, I shivered a little. I wonder who wrote the lyrics. BTW, SS really went downhill in the fall of '98 when they started airing "Elmo's World". Ugh! Anyway, I miss these live action films so much... Sigh...
dogdoo4brains 4 years ago
I guess if a 4 year old can take a bus independently to a park too, the next thing I will hear is airplanes letting 4 year olds travel independently from one side of the United States to another. Or,
maybe we'll hear soon of 4 year olds being college professors. LOL
geowhizkid26 4 years ago
I had a thought poking at me about this video. First the kids are pushing buttons on elevators, what does this teach them to do - be a nuisance? LOL. Also, what parent in their right mind at least now would let a 4-5 year old take a bus all alone to a park in midtown Manhattan and play in a park ALONE?? I guess maybe in the 1970s and early 1980s, you didn't worry about children being abducted or meeting up with a pedophile. I guess the world was simpler back then - - Preston
geowhizkid26 4 years ago
Nobody should poor milk for a cat. because it's not good for a cat.
ghostchantxx 4 years ago
Where did you hear that? How can milk be bad for cats? Don't kittens breast feed from the mother cat?
mstatz 4 years ago
@mstatz after the first year of its life, a cat becomes lactose intolerant (believe it or not). if you give a cat milk sometimes it will yak it back up and that's the reason for it.
treadley 1 year ago
@mstatz
Yes, cats, like all mammals do breast feed. However, the milk from a mother cat is different than milk from a cow. I have also heard that giving adult cats milk from a cow is not a good idea. However, I do not know what there is about cow's milk that cats are intolerent of. I am sure that you could look it up though.
Smartboy8877 1 year ago 2
its not? y not?
stevenrf69 2 months ago
this clip was seen in one of the episodes of Miles's adoption.
ghostchantxx 4 years ago
How do you remember that? Do you have that episode recorded?
mstatz 4 years ago
Yet another classic. The fact that Sesame Street had so many wonderful moments blows my mind, and I thank you for putting up so many of them.
astr4004 4 years ago 3
You're welcome! I only wish I had recorded many more.
mstatz 4 years ago
This has to be Helen Reddy singing!
rockintetster 5 years ago
Looks like the bus lets them off at Central Park West...not someplace too many people would let their little kids go on their own. :>
RSG2006 5 years ago
Did that one boy have paint up his nose or was it just a really big green booger? Haha
Llew30 5 years ago
MStatz, you RULE!!! Thank you sooo much! Like another viewer, I think I actually remember a segment with/ about flowers that sounded almost exactly like this. I used to run to the t.v. to listen to this song whenever it came on. I never thought I'd find this clip because I clearly remembered the melody ("oooh oooh woah woah hmmm hmmm") but not the words. YouTube rocks!
JanaGen87 5 years ago
Whoa! I haven't seen this one in years!
tpirman1982 5 years ago
My goodness Mstatz! are you trying to induce the waterworks on me? lol
Brinah 5 years ago
Thank you! I've been searching for this one for a while. She has such a great voice, and the song has a melancholy twinge with that "oooh oooh woah woah hmmm hmmm" that brings out a nostalgic feeling in me. YouTube is officially the best thing to come out of the web!
g00nther 5 years ago
I agree, I love this song and the memories thatcome with it. I was born in 1968, so I was about 3 to 5 years old when I remember 1st seeing this. Very nostalgic!!
mstatz 5 years ago
I never saw this as a li'l kid in the late 80s---I guess it was off the menu by then. This does look like it goes way back...probably one of their earliest. Funny how other films from the beginning DID stick around for decades, though.
Lovely little film--and ditto what you said about that slight melancholy twinge.
Marbles471 5 years ago
I actually recorded this in early 1986, so you must have just missed it. I recorded a bunch of old S.S. skits in the mid 80's to capture the memories I had 12 years earlier (early 70's) when I was in Kindergarten. I'm so glad I did because the show has completely changed now!
mstatz 5 years ago
Yeah. It's funny that despite the approximately 15-year gap between when we would have been in the target audience age, our viewing experiences were very similar. Now? I would think anyone born after 1994 or so would have no memory of the "old" show.
It's a strange feeling when something that was the same for your whole life suddenly gets plastic surgery on you.
Marbles471 4 years ago
Changes started to happen the year Jim Henson died (1990). I wonder if that was coincidence or not!
mstatz 4 years ago
I sure most of the changes had nothing to do with Henson's passing.
We gotta remember he didn't actually create the show.
MIKECNW 4 years ago
Anyone know who was singing this? Also anyone have the flower film the same lady sung on?
MIKECNW 5 years ago
Notice the kids on the elevator pressing every button? Now whoever gets on will have to to wait a long time before they get off. Gee just think how many kids who saw this film were inspired by this film to mess around with an elevator.
MIKECNW 5 years ago
It sure sounds a lot like Helen Reddy (I am woman)
rockintetster 5 years ago
The lady singing DOES sound like Helen Reddy. My favorite song by her is "You And Me Against The World", which also features her daughter Traci in the bookends.
geowhizkid26 4 years ago
I remember this, with the wonderful chorus! Thanks!!
VeRTiGo9191 5 years ago