6 and 7

[JhonathanFree]

Sorry, Grace's dubs completely make this series.

[JGCooney]

anyone have #7 as sheva from rechov sumsum?

[TheChiteach]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the number 7 in this series.

[spy4863]

I love how the giant numbefr 6 sucks up the guys in the dragon outfit! Reminds me of the Vaccum Monster in the movie "Yellow Submarine"!

[GREGMCKEE]

I would almost give my left nut to hear the music without Grace's overdubs...it would freakin' rock!

[raposofan]

I agree

[38yofrmut]

it's freaky the way the dragonfly's legs disappear, I 1st saw segment #7 spring '78 in original English version, due to limited tv watching while leaving overseas from '78-'84 & not watching SS that much during my teenage years for the remainder of the '80's I didnt see this segment again until ten years later summer '88 & it was the Spanish-dubbed version, I mostly saw segments 2 (the very 1st segment in pilot episode!), 4, 8, & 10 during my teens so #7 I thought was discont after the 70's

[blujazz3000]

This is a great day for me. I have had this song in my head since I first heard it in the deep seventies. The chord progression and sound treatment haunts and fascinates me. It sounds Indian/Middle Eastern and quite suspenseful. I love how unrestricted the female singer is as she improvises across the minor progression. The song is other-wordly to me. In my old age of 37 (lol) I've always suspected that the songwriter(s) were inspired by the minor piano droning in Hendrix's 'Crosstown Traffic'.

[sanguisbella]

I have loved this ever since I was a kid!! I found out that the singer is actually Grace Slick, which makes sense once you listen to it again.

I also was haunted by this for years! So glad it's up!

[jennifermaloley]

How did you find out that it was Grace Slick?

[lcozzarelli]

I don't know a lot about jazz, but this song has fascinated me since I first saw it as a toddler (I'm now 39!) I think it has a weird time signature (7/4?) and the rhythm chords and lead guitar improv I think is so ingeniously coooool---like something Zappa would do. I only recognized that it was Grace Slick's voice (Jefferson Airplane/Starship)as an adult.

What a trippy kid's show this was...they sometimes detoured over to Mescaline Street :)

[jennifermaloley]

Oh boy, you are not lying! Wow! It's fascinating to hear these things as a grown-up--and a musician! It's almost overwhelming to hear and see this one, as I probably have not seen it since I was pretty little! Just genius. Will there ever be anything like Sesame Street again? It gives me some idea of why I like the music that I like today, that's for sure (psychedelia for a lot of the part).

[wileycoyote64]

man these are just brillant!!

thanks raposofan :>

[mlord0423]

I couldn't help notice the leaders that preceed the shorts- did you obtain these from an original film print? or were they some DVD extra/outtakes. Just curious how you got the prints, if you did!

thanks for the great up!

[raposofan]

They're from the original Beta Master at Sesame Workshop. I used to have a mole who worked there ;)

[d72jjpilc]

I have two questions: 1. I remember all four number series - 'jazzy spies,' pinball, painter, and baker - when I watched Sesame Street in the 1970's. Do all four series go back to the program's beginning in 1969, or are some older than others? 2. Speaking of series, there also was a series (again, in the 1970's) featuring a gymnast in six different clips. Is this on YouTube yet, and if not, does anyone know where I can can get or find it? Thanks in advance on the above.

[ISNorden]

The Pinball clips first appeared in 1977; the Painter clips first appeared in the early 1970s, although I don't recall the exact year. Only the Jazz Numbers and Number Song clips (as the "baker" films are officially called) date back to Sesame Street's very beginning.

[d72jjpilc]

Thank you, ISNorden. However, what about the series with the gymnast from the 1970's? I seem to recall there being six different clips in which she demonstrated concepts like 'beginning/end' and 'over/under' by using various gym apparata.  Just curious, do you remember this, and if so, is it on YouTube? Thanks again.

[patrickballoonman]

There's another series you left out. The Ringmaster Series: 2 snakes, 3 felines, 4 lions, 5 fools (clowns), 6 monkeys, 7 seals, 8 penguins, 9 elephants, 10 bears, 11 purple pooches, 12 finches. Remember that?

[raposofan]

Heh heh... I do remember... but to me, that series could never touch this one, and I was never all that interested in it.  As somebody born in '68, I prefer this series.

[lcozzarelli]

I loooove these Jazz numbers!!! I was born in 1969 and these are some of my earliest memories! Thank you! Do you remember the cartoon of the girl who popped the balloon which scared her cat which broke some dishes which made her little sister cry "Aaa-haa-haaa! Mom-ee!" I loved that one, too!

[d72jjpilc]

Actually, the clip featuring the gymnast demonstrating 'between' has been on YouTube for over a year now. Hopefully the other five clips will be on YouTube sometime as well.

[DragonLord1975]

That's bringing old school back!