Sesame Street - How Crayons Are Made

[jessied81]

@theofficialshepherd Omg, me too! It bugged the crap outta me! Lol

[Eurodance90schick]

This is my favorite clip i had a bunch of crayola crayons when i was in preschool i also loved this clip because of the music, although the gross thing was when i was very little i used to bite off the top of the crayons and eat them i don't know why i did but i just did, i love 80's sesame street and now tv today sucks.

[1Trinique]

I remember when my life revolved around when Sesame Street came on

[GreenChiliCannabis]

i never knew it took that much work just for crayons..

[theofficialshepherd]

always imagined how much crayons broke each time the guy dumped them out! is it just me?

[gasontowin]

This is my wife and sister back in 1981

The producer lived around the corner out here in the Hamptons....

He knew them and it was filmed in her back yard .

[thornmallow1]

Wow I loved this one as a kid, Until my baby brother ate my crayons thinking that they were cheese or Carrot sticks.

[elsahflores]

I remember this video some people need to realize kids get on this too watch the language geez

[brettkennedy11]

@elsahflores Well this is Youtube, people can say what they want. If the parents don't like it they can take their kid to a kid-friendly site. Not our problem!

[cmonsterp]

This isn't from Sesame Street! It's from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. It's a film reel that the mailman brings to Mr. Roger.

[dejanatalis]

@cmonsterp Wrong, this is the Sesame Street version. All the Mister Rogers films had his or Mr. McFeely's voice narrating over them.

[DVDluvr123]

Do you have the other old Sesame Street clip called “How LSD is made”?

[cj222100]

used to get so excited as a kid when this came on,and still do. it's just cool watching crayons get made.

[Wh3nYour3Strang3]

Ever wonder how crayons are made? Let's take a look at this factory, but remember, this company does not under any circumstances start with "Cr" or end with "ayola".

[dadcantfuck]

all these nice old ladies are dead now

[CybertronianSCAR]

This song goes hard...

[Supermassively]

@GuessWhatWeCanDo They would back then, before our society was infected with its current mentality that hard work is bad and unenjoyable.

[TheSyrys1]

amazon will do the job too....

[nintfjr]

What's that music?

[TheSyrys1]

@nintfjr

Richard Harvey Water course and Exchange from the 70s KPM...can get it on itunes.

[nintfjr]

@TheSyrys1 I don't want to install iTunes that badly

[ebonygentleman79]

Back in the day, if you had a box of Crayola 64's with the sharpener on the back, EVERYONE wanted to be your friend. Not Prang, not RoseArt...CRAYYYYYY-OLA!!!

[311Rinse]

This just bright back childhood memories. I would always watch this on repeat. :)

[RedCrescentDemon]

Gotta love that musical arrangement.

[eightequalsequalsdee]

I was thinking about this video which I haven't seen since I saw it on Sesame Street as a kid. Typed in "crayons" to see if I could find it. First video.

[cesariojpn]

Supposedly, Made in China crayons has plastic in them, unlike American crayons which has wax.

[xxxxBunnyraptorxxxx]

The good old days.

[Satoshi9801]

Since when was Sesame Street on Nick Junior?!?!

[Supermassively]

@Satoshi9801 Before your time, little one.

[Satoshi9801]

@Supermassively Who ya callin' young? Also, I know that Noggin was the only other channel than PBS that aired Sesame Street. My guess is this might be the UK, Nick UK was involved in a lot of Henson stuff.

[ChickenLimbs]

Maybe if I stare at ordinary everyday objects, I too will have a montage in my head depicting it's production!

I always use to wish that she chose a colour other than orange. I hate orange

[cesariojpn]

@ChickenLimbs

Imagine doing that with illegal drugs. Images of some poor farmer pouring gasoline and other toxic chemicals onto coca leaves for cocaine....

[redskins1111]

I remember watching that as a kid and we saw it in school actually!

[UTUbELuVeR77]

Was this filmed in Pennsylvania?

[Satoshi9801]

@UTUbELuVeR77 Yes, that's where the Crayola factory is.

[DanR1245]

Now made in China...

[IAmNoRookie]

I LOVED THIS WHEN IT CAME OUT. Thank you so so much for putting it up!!!!!

[HealthSciBitty]

this just made me so happy..throwback

[kevlar8686]

This took place when people in America had jobs.

[adkitchen]

The second the song started, I had a huge flashback smile.

[DudeIAmAPsy]

thumbs up if being a pedophile brought you here

[payvibaby]

my visual memory was right. i remember every little detail about this video AND the cool early 80's song to go with it. WOW.............nostalgia

[Mk97709]

1:57

"And that....is how crayons are made."

[garfocusalternate]

Why do I find it somewhat creepy that this came up as the first result when I searched for a dramatic reading of "Rainbow Factory"?

[grimTales1]

I love this classic clip from my youth. This was when Sesame Street was proper old school.

[MrNickWright]

They didn't show the part where they wrap them and call them Kraft Singles!

[TheLifeOfEpic]

tastes like cheese to me Double D

[1988tq]

They made 46,849 yellow-orange crayons that day

[maltodextrin1000]

I'd smile like that @1:17 if I made that many crayons!

[westport17782010]

I Remember This classic video.

when Sesame Street was...SESAME STREET.

Unlike Now.. with just Elmo and Crap.

[krupasex]

The music is by Richard Harvey. Its made up of "Exchange" and "Dragonfly Dance". You can listen to it on we7.com (not spam)

[grimTales1]

@krupasex I never knew what the music was called, thank you! Now I know what it is 25 years later.... :)

[tackymackey]

Apologies if this has already been answered, but the soundtrack to this sounds eerily like Rick Wakeman of Yes... is it??

[tackymackey]

Holy shit. I remember this skit clear as day... watched it almost 30 years ago, back when Sesame Street was the bomb.

[ashland1977]

awesome.

[stonecole23]

At the risk of viewing all 1200 comments....seeing as how a lot of these videos have been commented on by the kids (now grown ups) that were in the videos, have either of the girls in the video commented on this vid yet? Does anyone know?

[originalcynn]

@stonecole23 thats a very dam goood question!! they need to come forth!

[godcharon]

the Crayon factory

Where the old go to die...

[SenhorBundy]

13 people didn't have crayons as kids

[Supermassively]

@SenhorBundy Shut the fuck up.

[triciaeveringham]

I love this!  So many memories... Sesame Street is the most educational, sweet natured show on TV when it began in the 1960s, till now.

[Biago80]

I wish my orange crayons gave me that much knowledge. And check out how happy those people are to be working in a crayon factory!!! That must have been The Job to have!

[KenoshiAkai]

This music is so hypnotic. Brings back memories.

[Aeschlimann1]

I am instantly back to Sacramento 1983 eating my quesadilla watching Sesame Street

[RATAPWNZU]

none of the people in this video are alive. if they are, they don't have that job anymore.

[CupcakeObsession123]

I have the 96 pack! WITH THE CRAYON SHARPENER!

[luvmashiach18]

This is when paying into Social Security was still optional.

It's like Jethro Tull playing bouzouki.

[godhelpusall1]

@luvmashiach18 weird, i just commented on a jethro tull video about how some of their stuff reminds me of this short film.... WEIRRRRD

[Mk97709]

0:20

"How do they make crayons? Well, let's take a look, shall we?"

[bronzepumpkin]

That factory must smell amazing...Remember the smell of a fresh box of crayons?

[mathmannix]

wow, how exciting is must be for the 100-year-old workers in the orange crayon department! Seriously, though, I have had this song (and We All Sing In the Same Voice) stuck in my head for about thirty years now.

[mathmannix]

oh, I also like how you never actually see the word "CRAYOLA", except for upside down on the boxes near the end.

[darthfurious80]

Oh man, I remember this clip! totally classic sesame street.

[freakette55]

Makes me want to buy a bunch of kid pictures of various Giants players, and a box o crayons...October Orange forever....

;)

(or else I wouldn't be a "true Freakette"...) haha

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

I wonder if you folks would've liked this segment better if it had the rare instrumental Elton John song "The Man Who Never Died," which he wrote as a tribute to John Lennon (1940-80)?

[Supermassively]

@ClassicTVMan1981X No, that would have been stupid.

[ShadyDragonfly]

I love this song...

[bondiga10]

Ah American industry, no more.

[douro20]

These types of casting machines are no longer being used. When this was filmed, a rotary-type casting machine for wax crayons was being developed which, while having a slightly slower cycle time, produces more crayons in a single run than these old machines. They do, however, still have one of these older machines at the Crayola Experience in Easton, PA which is used to demonstrate the manufacturing process.

[eksophia]

Nothing like a brand new fresh box of crayons!

[crystal10273]

Thats alot of crayons

[chris84johnson]

Wow! I remember watching this when I was five years old.

[psychodelicrock12]

@chris84johnson Me too.

[trecoolsrebelrocker]

Haha the orange powder stuff reminds me of mac and cheese....

[maulerXX]

Somehow I doubt that any crayons are still made in the United States by elderly white people...

[crabtonic]

god how old r u ppl LOL

[chrismathguy]

I cannot help but think that this is done in China with lead now :(

[SamosIMP]

man........I remember

[oblongfan1]

i cant help but to think dave greenfield provided those keyboard synth sounds for this :D

[Supermassively]

@oblongfan1 He didn't.

[oblongfan1]

@Supermassively I know he didnt

[oblongfan1]

this was the days when kids tv was really for kids and not for retards. it was REAL entertainment. what do we have these days? dora the explorer?!! and who knows what other crap

[1982Moonbird]

@oblongfan1 Can you say retarded? Saaaaay reeeeetaaarrrded!! ( stupid ass monkey jumps up and down: "Say retarded Say Retarded!!!) I have actually pulled the dummy tit from my six year old twins brains and have been showing them old Sesame Street and The Letter People old Don Bluth cartoons to do my part to not raise a nation full of dummies!!

[islandgrl08]

Omg!!! I so remember watching this all the time! Im 31 now and its still awesome. Wish kids today had stuff like this

[ClazyForClaleigh26]

Wow! This brings back SO many memories! Thanks a lot for posting, hon!

[zenshadow26055]

lol i still remember watching this

[FreemanJS91]

Man... I remember this... 

[videonut33]

Crayola Rules!!!!!

LOL

[MaireMacha]

i remember watching this ep when i was a kiddie and thinking this was amazzzzzzing! lol

[jwace]

one of my favs back in the day....this and the saxophone getting made

[hollister927]

This was seriously my FAV Sesame St. clip especially when all the crayons of different colors got put in the one machine and into boxes :) Thanks for posting!

[bondiga10]

there was an episode of "Bizzare foods" with Andrew Zimmer on the travel channel, showing a bunch of insects ready to be eaten. The musi they played for 20 or so seconds was the music played here. I knew I heard it from somewhere and looked this up. moment I heard it I laughed and thought "wow, talk about growing up in the 80's forever etched into your mind"

[anokigryphon]

@bondiga10

Yeah it was the San Francisco one that he went to. I was racking my brain trying to figure out where I heard that and it dawned on me that it was Sesame Street! Then today it dawned on me again that it was from the "How Crayons are Made." clip!

[Supermassively]

@bondiga10 Holy crap, someone needs to upload that clip.

[MagicalMysteryWhore]

this shit has stayed with me for years!

[Bulldog22031]

I am sure these workers smile ALL the time while they are working...lol

[Supermassively]

@Bulldog22031 Back then, they did.

[audgiepoo1805]

who likes this Sesame Street clip not only because of nostalgia, but also because of the music? I know I do! :)

[ngb802]

I miss old school school tv

[feekie]

A fresh box of crayons was just about the best thing ever when I was a kid! 

[werewolfantipaladin]

ahhhh classic Sesame Street, no red lunatic running around screaming, no "messages" hitting you over the head. Just good music and entertaining, educational shorts. Still like how they try to hide the crayons are Crayolas. Who do they think they were fooling? I mean who else makes crayons?

[leianog]

Ah good ol' aussie Nick Jr

[fuzzbuttnmutt]

These people today are either out of work or dead.....man i miss the 80s

[67tr876]

@fuzzbuttnmutt And they all looked to be over 70 years old working there.

[cricketii]

Holy cow! Nobody fighting about race or religion! Amazinggggg.

[terramar111]

Why can't today's programming be like this? This is actually educational.

[Katarine08]

Oh my gosh, this scared the living daylights out of me when I was a kid! lolol

[dinosaursarerawraful]

i want a new box of crayons now...

[mightypotato]

The song in this video fucking owns.

[BraveNewGirl07]

This is from "Mr Rodgers Neighborhood"!!! I remember watching it when I was little and I always wished they'd replay this short....

[ShortyLongstrokin]

The woman at 1:17 orgasmed at the sight of the crayons being wrapped.

[MsAlilala]

I remember as a kid thinking the orange liquid looked like cheese!

[Pinkypink5411997]

@MsAlilala me too!!! lol!

[FortheHorde1546]

I love how the updated video of this is workers in China making the crayons... Suddenly Bobby Lee pops up smiling... Camera man:"NO! You Don't Just Come In Smiling!! We need to show America how good China is at serious manufacturing!".... Bobby: :( "But sometimes I doo"

[singinglawnchair]

Am I the only one that thinks this would be an awesome job to have?

[torontonian1978]

@singinglawnchair i remember i used to watch this in awe. best job ever.

[Matthew1981]

Wow back when kids actually used crayons! Amazing.

[sternedwards]

I never realized how much these early 70's Sesame Street film clips have been so ingrained into my memory. Born in 1967 and with two younger brothers, Sesame Street ran religiously in my home throughout the early and mid 70's (along with Gumby / David and Goliath, Ultra Man / Little Rascles / Mister Rogers / Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse / Speed Racer).

Just as interesting as the clips are the comments. So many of the comments had me laughing in agreement.

Charles

[Incognito1986]

Wow. Look at all these stereotypical 1970s old people. I bet they all got Brooklyn accents.

[1958boomergirl]

I feel sorry for anyone working in such a factory. Those machines must be awfully, awfully noisy! :(

[TheBoondoggler]

Track really goes hard left prog 1:05-1:20 ala King Crimson

[lovesitso]

AMAZING!!!

[studntdrivr]

CRAYONS WERE NOT THAT FUCKING EASY TO PUT BACK IN THE BOX

[trazadone]

i wanna eat those orange crayons SO bad.

[sweetlingKat]

@trazadone so glad im not the only one who thinks that

[left4dead419]

@trazadone dude are you crazy

[frinkmhey]

@KitsuneDarkStalker

I listened to again, and well, no, It ain't a stretch.

[martinblank83]

id leave some burnt sienna tracks on their panties

[VanillaIcedLatte]

i remember this one from when i was a kid.

[primeorganist88]

its fuuny... there isnt one yound person in the whole damn factory

[drenaud9]

@primeorganist88 or Chinese.

[noofa88]

What is the name of this song?

[maicull]

oh the memories watching this...

[barrynolette]

Like this comment if you got here from Reddit.

[ViperSRTnACR]

Classic piece!

[Clamanath]

13 people got so distracted with how good this film is that they accidentally voted dislike

[cthorste]

sadly, those factory workers all have crayon lung now

[lv999iam]

The song actually fits? Wth?

[StellarSwarmMusic]

I found a website crediting the music to Richard Harvey. Do a Google search for "Richard Harvey Nifty Digits" and the iTunes link to his album is the first result. The song at the beginning/end is called "Water Course" and the fast middle part is called "Exchange".

[cammander162]

pedophiles hard at work PPL!! leave them be! jk jk! but they are a bit to happy?!

[txag2011]

I've probably said this before but I swear at 0:33 it always looked like Mac N Cheese to me!

[PioneerGrrrl]

@txag2011 I've always thought the same thing too!

[bonniethomasdogluver]

I wonder if that music plays at the factory. Those people look so happy! :D

[OlympicPlatinum]

It's sickening to see children targeted by this kind of insipid product placement.

I always knew Children's Television Workshop was in the pocket of big crayon.

[tuckerch]

@OlympicPlatinum Did I somehow miss the word "Crayola"?

[ShadyDragonfly]

I love the song!

[MattTheSaiyan]

I F***ing LOVE the look of film stock from that era. The editing, groovy audio, and fun subject matter just make this even better.

[Marbles471]

@MattTheSaiyan

OH yeah. As a kid in the early 90s who was developing an awareness of just how freaking long this show had already been around, I learned how to tell old segments from more recent ones, and one of the easiest ways to spot a segment as being from the 70s was that low-grade film used in so many of the early ones. (It added an extra layer of surreal when they'd run something VERY old and VERY grainy, and then cut right from that into a modern Street scene shot on clear video.)

[PingPong85]

I wish I was this happy at my factory.

[drumrave]

So wait, there were manufacturing jobs in the USA?

[Supermassively]

@drumrave Yes, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, things were still MADE in this country.

[guysmiley00]

@drumrave Yes, and now they're all done by highly-skilled Chinese babies.

[JHoward21]

@drumrave No. they're being outsourced to foreign countries...

[jmkeller]

These workers have been fertilizer for 30 years! I miss the old clips.

[NeverDoubt1]

Aw I used to love this bit! The oldest bits are the best, Heaven forbid Sesame Street actually teach something useful nowadays. ;)

[crazytlccool]

how do they make so many colors without them getting on each other

[xxxlxt]

What is this music!? I must have it

[mrDryMartin]

Music by Richard Harvey...KPM 1251 on i-tunes.....exchange and water course.....

[xxxlxt]

@mrDryMartin Thank you

[TheKr1minal]

holy fuck sticks i remember this shit

[Jztrotter]

Talk about old school, lol. I remember watching this... ah the memories...

[omglolerz]

his job is now taken by a robot.

[JeepRuby101]

How the times have changed. Now in days, the 90 year olds are 13 year old Chinese boys and girls who will never really understand the concept of playing with crayons, let alone be able to afford them.....

[hbk42581]

Someone needs to put the background song on iTunes. They'd make a million.

[yyun1983]

OMG I remember this episode too!!! shiiiiiet

[silentshaker]

SUPER NOSTALGIC.

[Philly6Blunts9]

Crayons are obsolete!!