Classic Sesame Street film - shadow puppet man

[afriendofbean]

I know this sounds a little strange for me to say but, I wonder why there was a blue background in this hand shadow skit when on the other hand shadow skits, there was always a white background.

[lcj1986]

lol

[OofusTwillip]

The performer's name is Rau. He appeared at the Montreal "Just For Laughs" comedy festival in the early 1990s, and his performance is included in an episode of the syndicated "Just For Laughs" TV series (not the "Gags" one; the real one that shows the best of the festival). Someone has posted it on YouTube. Just search for "Just for Laughs shadow", and you'll find it.

[Nightmastercool97]

this used to scare me when i was a little kid.

[MeAndMyRC]

I loved these! I would stay up nights and make these shadow puppets (or try to) on my wall with the little bit of light in my room when my mom left the door half open! Fun times!

[quizmaster85]

And I think there was also one where you could see that guy's face for a second

[disneyrangerblue02]

Hey, he's really good at this.

[Figure2006]

well whats the orignal one like and if its longer then this one, mabye there is more time to wonder whats he making.

[quizmaster85]

The last bit may remind me a bit of Sammy Davis Jr.

[Marbles471]

Weird---this is a strange digitally altered version of this clip. Originally it just showed the shadow on the wall. For some reason, they decided to add this colored computer backdrop, which necessitated a cut. This might actually have made less clear to kids that the image was a shadow puppet being done by that strange man in the previous shot.

[jmvillasper]

yup, this is obviously edited. i wish an original can be found and posted here. i can still do the rabbit and bird and i want to see how he did the others like the horse and dog. he created the dog quite differently if i remember correctly.

[ISNorden]

Wow, this guy's an artist...I've never seen hand shadows like his in real life.

[Garrettk41]

Usually he made shadows of different animals, and we'd hear a kid's voice announcing which animal it was.

[gameshowguy2000]

Yep, those are what he was famous for.

[giantpanda371]

Who is the person making the shadow?

[Figure2006]

hopefully we can see the other one that offers lots of fun, the horse shadow, does that one have the same running time as this one.

[Figure2006]

wow thats amazing never thought that i could see the coolness behind it.

[raakone]

Always liked this one.

~Ra'akone

[Garrettk41]

I remember this guy. Let's have some more of his work up here.