The Eleven Counting Cheer (Vintage Sesame Street)

[universalflowster]

11:11:11 on 11-11-11

Check out the solo @ 0:35 XD

[ShortyLongstrokin]

Happy 11-11-11!

[werewolfantipaladin]

heh, the spinning squares remind me of the old Barnaby Jones opening

[MWL4466]

YAAAAAAAAHH 11 ROCK'S!!!!!!!!!

[dorourke105]

Good video but,Fix the end

[benvolio15]

When I was a kid, I noticed almost immediately how close it sounds to the theme from the game show Blockbusters, which at the time was hosted by Bill Cullen.

[BEEJAY1973]

LMAO AS A KID I USED TO FEEL WEIRD WIT THIS. I FELT THE SAME WITH A TEX AVERY CARTOON NAMED SHHHHH! LOL IT JUST SEEMED SCARY.

[zangazoo2007]

Love the bass line and the drums!

[briansky10]

I have a hard time sitting still watching this segment. So alive and dynamic!!!

[LonelyVagabond]

This clip teaches kids both how to count to 11...and discover James Brown.

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

It goes to 11////.... it cant be played... dont even point - LOL

[jamusthebartender]

Close your eyes and picture any of the Ocean's Eleven cast running by. From ANY of the movies.

[wyecee]

1,2,3,4.....5,6,7........8,9,1­0,11!

[stephenhkovacs]

At 1:00, when they get to the number 9 in this clip, did you know these squares were used from the show "The Brady Bunch"? If not, keep watching the 11 clip and you'll know what I mean.

[presto35]

Imagine James Brown singing lead on this - that would really bring down the house!

[bobadork]

this one goes to 11

[briansky10]

This is excellent! So loaded with energy and good spirit. I can't hold still when I watch this. The drumming especially I think holds it together.

[redfox409]

What happened to SSthese days because of the way it was in the 70's and 80's is the reason i still look at it in my 30's still today and they just killed it.

[SidJustice1]

Nice bass line. SS was so hot back then!!

[dynasue77]

Very groovy song indeed. This one screams the early 1970's.

[OldSkoolBoysRule]

ELEVEN . . . ELEVEN ! ! !

[smjjohnson]

I used to love the sound of the drums and people laughing on this song.

[Akira625]

You know, maybe the 70's weren't so bad after all, as long as we had hip clips like this one to sing along to on Sesame Street.

[milofire]

11:11  PeacexXx!!!

[woodrailking]

No wonder I love funk music, I heard it when I was three years old.

[buzzlewie]

Good rythem to the music, love it.

[54spiritedwill54]

One of my earliest number-song memories

[MelodiousGarden]

I DO remember this one. GREAT memories of my childhood growing up in the 80's.

[Maskedmutant]

I used to hear this music in my dreams

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

The end loops - but its still a great clip - thanks for the memories

[beejaythedj]

call me crazy but as a kid I was frightend by the laughter. I did not understand it. LOL, it was similler to a tex avery cartoon where 2 people were laughing and buggig a guy elergic to noise

[Maskedmutant]

Oh yes, Tex's exercise in frustration - some people just won't listen to their doctors...

[LauraLinger]

This clip demonstrates in just about a minute's time why Seventies Kids rule the world.

[Maskedmutant]

Right on! We got the BEST Sesame Street - along w/The Electric Company!!!

[CelesteK]

@LauraLinger This clip demonstrates just why 70s Sesame Street rules the world. :)

[culpit]

I love the background singers whenever they cheered and laughed during the counting.

[MGHSHour2]

do you have a better version of the 11 cheer

[quirpco]

Okay, who thinks they should've had James Brown do this one? I do!! This version is great, but a James Brown version would've really kicked ass!

OOOOW! HIT ME!

[quirpco]

This used to make me dance as a child, if you call jumpimg up & down and waving your arms dancing! lol I almost still feel like dancing watching it now.

[srf1969]

I liked it when they counted all 11 squares in this video. What happened at the end of the video? It paused after 1:04 and the video is 1:07 long. This was one of my favorite Sesame Street videos.

[VideoJunkei]

For me the video loops a short bit before a freeze at 1:04, is does not finish?!

[Kevmike68]

Hey! Thanks for the awesome memory! This one makes ya wanna get up and dance!!!! I always loved the sound of the people cheering and laughing while the counting was going on!

[betobig]

god dam thats funky

[MeowMonkey]

I was at the Lexington, North Carolina barbeque festival once and one of the bands competing onstage played this.

[raposofan]

You are pulling my freaking leg -- No way!

[MeowMonkey]

No they really did. The crowd went nuts when they did an extended drum solo.

[ISNorden]

One of my earliest number-song memories; thanks for bringing it back. Five stars!