Infact, in watching old sesame street content on youtube there is a common theme in the threads. Do you guys ever notice the comments "This part of the show used to freak me out" or "this music or visual queue used to scare me"
These segments were created by Denny Zeitlin a clinical professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. There is no doubt that there is hidden meaning and messages altering the thought proccess of children througout these segments. If you thought to yourself this is trippy and hypnotic you were more right than you thought.
an earlier version of this has 3 exemplified by the roods on Golgotha; strandg it was suppplanted by the Mephistophelian creature appearing towards the end of the segment
Who are the characters going by in the '69 Caddy? Alice, of Alice in Wonderland is one of them. The man in the top hat might have been seen on Monty Python's Flying Circus.
@hoopersghost I knew it! :) I watched this as a toddler...I'm 40 now. Seeing this and hearing this reminds me of when we lived at my grandmother's house when I was a toddler, and it is comforting.
Also three blind mice has a dark side: Attempts to read historical significance into the words[2] have led to the speculation that this musical round was written earlier and refers to Queen Mary I of England blinding and executing three Protestant bishops
Did you catch the juggler symbolism??? Do you know its history, certianly fitting for this theme ... Throughout the Middle Ages most histories were written by religious clerics who frowned upon the type of performers who juggled, called 'gleemen', accusing them of base morals or even practising witchcraft >>> dictionary definiton for juggeler: a person who deceives by trickery; trickster. In the middle ages the juggler was often thought he got his skills from the devil.
Because the number 1 never sponsored an episode until the mid-80s: the educators at CTW must've thought teaching kids to count just one thing was pointless.
@hoopersghost Perhaps you are right. The singing rhythms were off when counting only to one. The "baker" series of counting vids had a "1" clip, and it did feel odd counting just to one, without the "two-three" words following, then hearing the familiar synth sound taking us to the next object to count. With 1, as the number, however, they could use bigger objects. The baker at the end had one big wedding cake to drop. Imagine Grace Slick vocalizing the word "one".
@professortheremin: Good points all round. Teaching that 1 is an important number is possible; but counting a single item still feels odd, even in newer clips like the "one duck" cartoon (duck gets impatient because he's the only thing to count, but the kids expect more). As for a hypothetical Jazz #1 cartoon....did sports teams use those giant foam fingers in the late 1960s? A fan in the stands, holding up #1, would be the perfect opening character in my opinion!
She wasn't a character on the show; she was a famous rock/jazz singer who did several musical commercials in the 70s (besides working with Jefferson Starship). I don't know what Grace Slick looked like, but there may be a photo of her somewhere on the Net.
It surprises me that more churches didn't protest against Sesame Street after the third episode (when this cartoon first appeared) went on the air. Monsters and demons teaching kids to count--not to mention that Dracula knockoff getting episode 666 to himself (no kidding, the Count was a main character in that one)... :-)
Not necessarily--the total sponsor count used to vary, but the "2 letters/1 number" formula that most 1970s kids remember didn't become common until around Season 8 of Sesame Street. (When the show began, each episode used to have three letters and two numbers each; the producers cut *that* back pretty quickly!)
Hey anyone have the clip where Grace Slick did this is spanish? That was too funny!
charlestonchewy 3 weeks ago
...lemme guess, Bobby Beausoliel wrote this as well!!!
wabankik 2 months ago
Infact, in watching old sesame street content on youtube there is a common theme in the threads. Do you guys ever notice the comments "This part of the show used to freak me out" or "this music or visual queue used to scare me"
nbk4dv9 4 months ago
These segments were created by Denny Zeitlin a clinical professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. There is no doubt that there is hidden meaning and messages altering the thought proccess of children througout these segments. If you thought to yourself this is trippy and hypnotic you were more right than you thought.
nbk4dv9 4 months ago
@hoopersghost
Actually the first episode sponsored by 1 was Episode 86, from March 1970.
loveforlogos 7 months ago
why, for some reason, do I wanna see yellow submarine after this???
onenonlyprincess2 8 months ago
Threeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
psykdiva 8 months ago
an earlier version of this has 3 exemplified by the roods on Golgotha; strandg it was suppplanted by the Mephistophelian creature appearing towards the end of the segment
Dolorousness 9 months ago
Blowing up the devil was interesting.
srobinto 10 months ago
Oh, I remember this!!!!!!
TJCATLOVER 11 months ago
When does Danny Z. change to clavichord instead of piano?
JGCooney 1 year ago
Who are the characters going by in the '69 Caddy? Alice, of Alice in Wonderland is one of them. The man in the top hat might have been seen on Monty Python's Flying Circus.
BR01097 1 year ago
This is far superior to the Pinball Count, and I do believe it came before the Pinball Count!
brooke050870 1 year ago
@brooke050870: It did; appropriately enough, the clip for #3 first aired on the third episode of Sesame Street (November 13, 1969).
hoopersghost 1 year ago
@hoopersghost I knew it! :) I watched this as a toddler...I'm 40 now. Seeing this and hearing this reminds me of when we lived at my grandmother's house when I was a toddler, and it is comforting.
brooke050870 1 year ago
Also three blind mice has a dark side: Attempts to read historical significance into the words[2] have led to the speculation that this musical round was written earlier and refers to Queen Mary I of England blinding and executing three Protestant bishops
robfergusonjr 1 year ago
Did you catch the juggler symbolism??? Do you know its history, certianly fitting for this theme ... Throughout the Middle Ages most histories were written by religious clerics who frowned upon the type of performers who juggled, called 'gleemen', accusing them of base morals or even practising witchcraft >>> dictionary definiton for juggeler: a person who deceives by trickery; trickster. In the middle ages the juggler was often thought he got his skills from the devil.
robfergusonjr 1 year ago
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robfergusonjr 1 year ago
Satan with the pitchfork.
TonyChase 1 year ago
The part with the thing that resembles Satan is just awesome.
Dekobee 1 year ago
I don't get why they did all the numbers except 1.
Dekobee 1 year ago
Nothing says loving like Satan on Seseme Street.... It's devilicious! (Chuckle!)
All jokes aside, those early animated Jazz Spies series were trippy & cool, hell
what even blows my mind, is for the fact that Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane sung them! How beautiful is that? Only once in a lifetime.
mcjayc100 1 year ago
This is why Gen Xers are obsessed with our childhood :D
pchapman905 1 year ago
I think it's odd that only racer number seven is smiling and the rest aren't.
pazzensutra 1 year ago
Yep, there's those 3 blind mice you mentioned!
CanadaFamilyMan 2 years ago
never realized there is no no.1, wonder why?
gibby100 2 years ago
Because the number 1 never sponsored an episode until the mid-80s: the educators at CTW must've thought teaching kids to count just one thing was pointless.
hoopersghost 2 years ago
@hoopersghost
well look for Sesame Street - Song of One (Baker #1) That only does ONE hehe & thats a old one too lol
microbusss 1 year ago
@hoopersghost Perhaps you are right. The singing rhythms were off when counting only to one. The "baker" series of counting vids had a "1" clip, and it did feel odd counting just to one, without the "two-three" words following, then hearing the familiar synth sound taking us to the next object to count. With 1, as the number, however, they could use bigger objects. The baker at the end had one big wedding cake to drop. Imagine Grace Slick vocalizing the word "one".
professortheremin 4 months ago
@professortheremin: Good points all round. Teaching that 1 is an important number is possible; but counting a single item still feels odd, even in newer clips like the "one duck" cartoon (duck gets impatient because he's the only thing to count, but the kids expect more). As for a hypothetical Jazz #1 cartoon....did sports teams use those giant foam fingers in the late 1960s? A fan in the stands, holding up #1, would be the perfect opening character in my opinion!
hoopersghost 4 months ago
No wonder we all started doing drugs in "HIGH" school...
jimn35 2 years ago
Yes but what did the narrator to theese look like who was she?
chowder707 3 years ago
She wasn't a character on the show; she was a famous rock/jazz singer who did several musical commercials in the 70s (besides working with Jefferson Starship). I don't know what Grace Slick looked like, but there may be a photo of her somewhere on the Net.
hoopersghost 3 years ago
Who narrated theese?
chowder707 3 years ago
Grace Slick, as the description says.
hoopersghost 3 years ago
For some odd reason this Jazzy Spies #3 is creepy. Maybe it's the monsters, I dunno. LOL!
twistedbabydoll 3 years ago
It's more frightening than anything else. Between the Ghidrah wannabe at the beginning and the devil at the end, these are disturbing images.
sisterhavana24 3 years ago
LMAO @ Ghidrah wannabe
twistedbabydoll 2 years ago
Glad you liked my comment.
Tubernaut 2 years ago
I agree.
jimn35 2 years ago
It surprises me that more churches didn't protest against Sesame Street after the third episode (when this cartoon first appeared) went on the air. Monsters and demons teaching kids to count--not to mention that Dracula knockoff getting episode 666 to himself (no kidding, the Count was a main character in that one)... :-)
hoopersghost 2 years ago
OMG i was watching satan on sesame street!
ellisiln 2 years ago
I probably learned to count from watching this video. It's like they played it every episode.
I wanted another number to be counted out but alas. That's why I liked the pinball machine count to 12 more.
Thankyou for posting.
updownleftrightinout 3 years ago
Every episode would be sponsored by a number and two letters
jimn35 2 years ago
Not necessarily--the total sponsor count used to vary, but the "2 letters/1 number" formula that most 1970s kids remember didn't become common until around Season 8 of Sesame Street. (When the show began, each episode used to have three letters and two numbers each; the producers cut *that* back pretty quickly!)
hoopersghost 2 years ago
A blast from the past!
What happened to my memory? It somehow forget about a lot of these great clips over the years.
Thanks for posting!
loveforeignaccents 3 years ago
Beautifully far out!
NameNotaNumber 3 years ago 2