Sesame Street - 5 ladybugs & 5 lizards

[SnowbirdFlock]

I loved the spookiness in this! And I like the feeling of nature at the end, if you get what I mean

[d72jjpilc]

This clip sounds vaguely familiar. After the narrator says 'One and one are two,' the long 'drawn-out' number 'twooooooo...' rings a bell. Though, of course, the same is done with all five numbers. Like others have mentioned, the theme has 'spooky' overtones.

[zangazoo2007]

This is when Sesame Street ruled.  CTW went to far making today's SS for a much younger demographic.

[superAJ71]

I've always loved the backing musical track underscoring this. It was my first exposure (aside from my own experiments) to backward sound, before I heard the Beatles or Jimi Hendrix.

Hey, anyone familiar with an album from the 1950's called "Strange to Your Ears" by Jim Fassett? I think some elements of that record were used to create that audio track.

[ClarkieandStephen]

This was def creepy, still gives me a bit of goose bumps..

[RJDRJDOO]

Hello. I am a 36 year old male and i also saw this toon as a kid. It did spook me out at first but before long, i found myself wanting to star in the toon as that ladybug that the lizard tries to eat. To this day, I would like to see that happen. Anybody else there feel like i do? Or maybe you would like to be the lizard?

[barbamarge]

omg i'm so glad i'm not the only one who was freaked out by this! There's alot of trippy animation on classic SS but this was the one that effected me the most.

[thefirefighter2011]

@barbamarge

from early 1973

[fish2023]

Those were the ones I've Imagined, and it was Scary, when I was a little Baby, I've Imagined, Crocodiles, and Flies! and the 5 Flies were buzzing over me on Television, That means the 3rd Ladybug buzzed over me, when I was a Baby and when I get older, That 3rd Ladybug buzzed over me this time! VIDEO 1991 VIDEO 2001 VIDEO 2002

[paisleypower30]

I remeber this one, and yes it was werid :)

[raposofan]

Did Jeff Hale and Imagination animate this? When the lizard at the end smiles and licks his lips, I think I see hints of the bubble-gum eating alligator from Jazz Numbers 5...

It'd solve a real mystery for this SS fan if someone out there knows for sure.

[rscadence]

That's why us gen-xers are a little off..:)

[culpit]

This was a pretty freaky cartoon. I always used to hide when they zoomed into the alligator's eye and when the gator went after the final ladybug. The music made it creepy too. It makes me wonder who was the cartoonist who made this trippy film?

[wattamack4]

I can see why this spooked you.Were there any others that freaked you out a bit when you were a kid?

[gossame1]

I believe it was around '73. I remember this skit freaking me out when I was a little boy. I believe it was the voice of the narrator and the background whisper that did it for me when I was younger.

[mstatz]

Yeah, that pretty much sounds like the year I first saw this too. I started kindergarten September of 1973 and I used to watch Sesame Street when I got home.

[lake40]

this was from the 70's

[MIKECNW]

We know that.

[mstatz]

I was wrong about when Jim Henson died. It was May 1990, not July.

[mftheory]

Jesus Christ! IT IS THAT OLD?

I don't believe it! I would have never known!

I used to see this clip in trinidad in the 80s!

They actually stopped using it around the Time Jim died

[mftheory]

This is not the 70s. It is the 80s. right?

[diesfaustus]

Hi, mftheory. I'm sorry but mstatz is right. This dates back to the third season of Sesame Street ('71-'72), and it can be found on an episode from that season (#355 to be exact).

[mftheory]

This one is in the 80s. About the time Jim Henson died or a little before.

[mstatz]

I'm sorry but you're wrong. Jim Henson died in July of 1990. This cartoon was made sometime between 1970 and 1973. In fact, I recorded this in 1986 and I remember thinking then that this was one I remember watching when I used to come home from kindergarten in 1973-74.

[zhelder]

With all due respect, Mstatz, you're wrong too. Jim Henson died on May 16, 1990. The same day as Sammy Davis Jr. You still get mad props from me though. Thanks for all the great Sesame Street posts! BTW, this skit is definitely from the third season, but it seems very ahead of its time.

[mstatz]

I know I made a mistake. Read below what I wrote before your comment. I did remember he died the same day Sammy Davis Jr. died, though.