Sesame Street - fisherman & clam

[kaitiscarlett]

Now back into the sea you go til next year's clamfest in Quahog.

[shinnell1985]

Wow the bearded clam

[rang3r34]

A Clam from Jersey shore....

[bhabooshka]

clam: "right!"

fisherman: "in the mean time spaghetti with white clam sauce."

[idontgiveaflyingtoss]

hoow's it going there trout.

[afriendofbean]

It's amazing that it looks like that fisherman hasn't eaten either for a whole day or for many days since in the beginning of the skit, he looked a little chubby but when it showed him catching a fish at the end, he looked so thin.

[afriendofbean]

It's amazing how the fisherman looked a little fat in the beginning of this skit, then from 1:08-1:11, he looked very thin.

[chairdude1]

That was a cool one

[Samoaqueen]

that clam has teeth -_-

[kevico2]

I like how the clam does the "tick tuh" with his mouth to show an example...

[morpheus232001]

Great. Thanks to the poster

[pazzensutra]

Love it!! I forgot about this one! Thanks for posting.

[vlweb3d]

Another classic I remember watching as a kid in the 80's. Sesame Street taught you allot of stuff back then and it was worth coming home from school to watch it on evenings. What's up with Sesame Street now is anyone's guess.

[bozcoz]

My theory is that the clam is GOD and GOD just likes giving fishing tips.

[TheInvisibleSkyDaddy]

It's all about the Cheshire Clam.

[rat4cooler]

Nice lesson in simple logic, but I still wait for the talking clam before I'm willing to think.

[d72jjpilc]

Like the 'Man Who Hated Frogs' clip, this illustrates that something that superficially appears as a 'nuisance' actually helps you to achieve what you want to (or, in the case of the frog, keeps something even more bothersome away from you).

[Smartboy8877]

@d72jjpilc

I guess that what you could say about the the frog situation is that for there to be a frog is his stream was the lessor of two evils from the man's point of view.

[CanadaFamilyMan]

The guy's like, "I love you, fish! Thanx so much for returning!" And the fish's like, "Put me back, you meanie! Put me back!!!"

[Sharptooth100]

The fisherman that pulled out all the plants made me laugh.

[goback3spaces]

Great green message, simply expressed. Obviously a clam with attitude.

[tommycanyou]

OMG THIS IS JUST LIKE MY DEAR FRIEND MR CLAM BADMAN xxx

[gameshowguy2000]

I think I see why he took his frustration out on the plants in the first few seconds of the clip: The minute he caught that fish, it flew off the hook, and he doesn't know it.

[MuzikJunkyAES]

This always cracked me up back in the days! Peace.

[starwarsrebel2006]

Lol, I love it when the clam smiles and has human teeth.

[Ninsegalover]

Me, too.

[loveutoto]

I love this one! Does anyone remember a cartoon about Fisherman Jones teaching the words "on," "in," and "under"? At the end of the clip, a fish ate his boat!

[lfrage]

I love the clam!

[lizzykat2]

I remeber that one

[sublimemota]

No wonder everyone in their 20's-30's are all messed up. They grew up watching this stuff lol. Me included.

[bethpedone]

On the other hand, I'd prefer my kid watch this ecology stuff from the 70s rather than the crap they have on Sesame today. (e.g., Elmo: "fish-fish-fish, fish-fish-fish!" Gah.

[wattamack4]

I'm guessing the Hubleys animated this?

[lizzykat2]

lol the clam said Psst over here the clam lol

[lion371]

second? where is the first?

[SesameStrut]

DiAnno -- HAHAHAHA!...still, he kisses the fish...

[rjofthe4]

aww that was cute and good morals:)

[mstatz]

I always loved this one!

[DiAnno13]

The fisherman has a beard; the clam doesn't.

[nirrad0791]

@;14-:16, I die laughing!!! Great memories

[MIKECNW]

He's looks like a nut pulling out all those plants.

[boosterdragon]

Another of my favourites when I was in kindergarten

[ap2152002]

Instant classic,the way he clicks is my favorite part and yeah i did notice he caught a fish before he got into his tirade.

One of the best animations SS ever made.

[wattamack4]

Anybody notice that before he pulled out all the plants he managed to catch a fish?

[Chuckjagermeister]

Out of many of the SS anime's I think this is one of my most memorable.

[rcktmanil]

As soon as the clam clicked itself, I remembered this cartoon. Funny how memory works. :)

[teddytayl]

Beautiful artwork and a lovely message. I've loved this one forever.

[jbl1975]

I call this the food chain skit myself. BTW What became of that first fish before he caught the plant and got all angry? Nobody ever explained that one.

[hucklebun]

We can only hope that Sesame Street is still teaching ecology like this today! We need it more than ever! I'm going to have my 3-year-old watch this today!

[annken102]

Thank you for posting this ! It brought back alot of memories !

[squidfartz]

Amazing.

Whoever posted this... you did a good today.

[Mellyjc]

Oh, I was hoping this was the one with the girl reading a book and imitating the sea creatures on the beach!

[veevs]

I love how he clicks as if he's going to the next slide on the slide projector.

[Eaacker]

Any one have video of The Count?

[hanniballecturer]

that's the second smartest clam i've ever seen...

[thefoole]

What cracks me up is the clam's big toothy grin.  Thanks.

[kscarpetta]

Yay! This is great and always made perfect sense to me as a kid - ecology at it's finest!

[love2register]

you're welcome, to whoever enjoyed, my pleasure

[Brinah]

"that means, if i put back the plants, the fish will come back!"

"Right!" I love that part hee hee!

[sodapop81]

Hey, thanks for sharing this! I love how the clam has teeth. :D

[Brinah]

me too! i love how he clicks his teeth too!

[cjdunn]

LOL great to see this again. I love that little sfx when the clam goes into his speech. xD

[nofrills]

Thank you for posting this one. This is one of my favorite sesame street skits. Thank you again.

[MacLeaper]

Beautiful! I remember seeing this all the time as a kid! Sesame Street was pretty good on addressing ecology- probably even ahead of its time in some ways...

[Brinah]

i love this one!

'everybody knows that little fish eat plants....'

[pagesidehigh]

awesome!!!

[barringtonbelinda]

Nice catch !