"Sesame Street Theme" 1998-2001

[Batterybunny224]

Back when the show could show bathing suits and stuff when we didn't have creepy old guys...

[NoU59]

My left ear loved this video.

[allxtimexmcfly]

such a good show

[blizzaroxx]

All of my nostalgia...

[nellie2581]

The new theme is kind of ghetto. this one is like the oldest theme

[duderme]

@nellie2581 The new one is no where near ghetto. People need to understand that music which contains hip hop/jazz music is NOT GHETTO. As for people who say it sounds like rap, I listen to rap, and the new one is more on the lines of mainstream music. I see the new theme as a remix of the original, more upbeat, and it tries to sound like a pop song or something. I prefer this version, not only because it is reminiscent of the classic theme, but it's the latest one to sound similar to it.

[nellie2581]

@duderme  I didn't say that rap in general is ghetto, I say this version ghetto. It's my opinion. I love old school rap.

[monkeydloofie]

(For those who have heard it:) Can anyone else not listen to this video without remembering the Joshua Radin version and crying?

[XxMakeupGirlyxX]

SUNNY DAYS!

[comsidy]

thumbs up if you clicked this after cat on victorious started to sing this song.

[bnixisbest]

This is the sesame street i loved and remeber not that ghetto rap bullshit animation they have now.

[ToyStoryNBarneyFan]

I'm guessing that film was made in the 1980's

[Blitzion214]

I learned the whole alphabet with these guys..

But I get teary whenever I hear this, because there was an episode of Scrubs where Elmo was in it, and there was a sad version of the theme song at the end.

[HorseObsessed97]

@Blitzion214 I remember that one!!

[bbWerth]

I was born in 1998 so I'm glad that I sill had this intro when I was younger!

[WheelFan96]

This is back when Sesame Street was good.

[Ash14187]

and i loved it so much ^^;

[Ash14187]

:') ah when i was little this theme was in my heart and

[pawkeet714]

All these kids are probably dead already.

[LavaGirl24668]

@pawkeet714 some are still alive or really old

[jpgrfm88]

0:25 Is that Abbey Road?

[godzillaleas]

I bet 90% of this would never be aired now because someone would cry child porn or something.

[LomTang]

I never watched Sesame Street, but this theme is so catchy.

[ghostrida1212]

did they kick out oscar the grouch? or count the vampire? PLEASE TELL ME THEY DIDNT GET RID OF COOKIE MONSTER! *i read he turned into vegtable monster* is that true?

if they kicked out either

A.oscar the grouch

B.count the vampire

C.cookie monster

OR D. all of the above

then when i have kids they arn't going to have permission to watch this BECAUSE OSCAR THE GROUCH TAUGHT YOU TO BE NICE

COOKIE MONSTER NOT TO BEG FOR A COOKIE AND TO ASK POLITLY AND COUNT TO COUNT!

[asaikuwarriorzane]

@ghostrida1212 You can relax, because they kicked out no one. They didn't kick out Cookie Monster, Count, and I saw Oscar in a new episode yesterday!

[lydialovesyou99]

This was the opening I grew up with((:

[dethklok745]

Omg I am 4 again!!

[snoopatomicdog]

0:26 What's the point?! I'm dying of laughter over here!

[AnnieIsOriginal]

that bloody bird used to scare the hell out of me.. but I still loved it and this show :') <3

[Cars2Fan54]

My childhood is history now.....

[SuperDisneyfan14]

where is telly? i liked telly.

[msjennifer11212]

my baby sis <3's this song!!

[luckyslimester]

Memories :) *sniff sniff*

[mkw998]

theme song of my time :)

[TheTeachaSehGaza]

those were the days...couldn't miss it after school

[9babyeinstein]

oh! there is one yes it is almost like this but zoe said stop the film! and comes out and says hey they're ballerinas i'm a ballerina too! ok u can roll it!

[roverby1939]

I just recently watched The Muppet Family Christmas! That was so wonderful, all the muppets together, and Elmo didn't say boo! Ahh the way they were back in the good old days! RIP Jim some how I can not help but think the poor man is turning in his grave!

[GabMesIRT]

at begging , Haters gonna Hate walk :)

[EPICME890]

Wheres Snuffy?!

[Cedsoncole]

Ta me dat was da better version back n my day

[nisedayon]

this is the Sesame Street that I knew and loved. I miss Ernie, Bert, Big Bird and Snuff...

[gogeta3366]

man...i was sick when i was 6 yrs old i was in my moms bed watching this so much i missed it and old episodes ... L:( i still like =d it though i never had cable i watched it all the way to 13 yrs old

[ArealSimpsonizer]

awww... old memories came alive <3

[diegosantiago1996]

the new theme sucks. And they cut out all the main characters and most of the episodes are about a new fairy named Abby and Elmo. What happened to the original characters?

[MarshalGrover]

@diegosantiago1996 They're still used; Grover's in practically every show now. Their lousy new format just diminishes how many characters they put in a show.

[diegosantiago1996]

@MarshalGrover but he's so changed. his Suuuuper Grover suit looks all fake and plastic. Plus a lot is animated now.

[Candy1015790]

@diegosantiago1996 actually I'm pretty sure Elmo is an original but thats not what I'm trying to prove I just wanted you to know that even if they show the new Abby character more than the original it's because they like her more than some of the others and because it's not about the older kids opinions since they don't watch it anymore they do what they can to please the new viewers

p.s. most of the times all the originals have a decent amount of time on the show :T just saying

[diegosantiago1996]

@Candy1015790 Elmo didn't come until the 80s. but you have a good point. Sometimes I just wish times never changed

[Candy1015790]

@diegosantiago1996 lol dont we all?

[redcurtain121297]

0:49 Explains why the use of this theme song stopped in 2001.

[alliekm57]

what does that 3940 number at the beginnign mean?

[asaikuwarriorzane]

@alliekm57 Believe it or not, thats the number of episodes the show has produced. This is the opening theme song for the 3940th episode.

[alliekm57]

@asaikuwarriorzane Ooh I see, cool!

[NaosLife]

Back when kids played outside for fun...

[davidrox71896]

@xAquamermaid. HAHAHAHAH ME TOO!!!!!!

[superpikachu11]

I clicked on this... from the Friends Theme lol.

[xAquaMermaid]

LMFAO I came here to watch this after Victorious!!!

[jriley1992]

FUCK VICTORIOUS.

[epb111]

How I long to go back to my childhood

[Shirley36]

"the blocks one from 2002"? Hmm, I haven't heard that one... Anyone have the link to that?

[wheatbix32]

Thanks BIG BIRD Without your help i wouldn't have passed college. YOU LEGEND!

[LamarThaDirtyWizard]

these are the 3 years i watched it :'D memories

[nbadude44]

I will make it my life's mission to watch every last episode of sesame street that was ever made!

[BubbleBeautyz]

.... Victorious brought me here (: .....

[SiggasFan24]

Man this brings back so many great memories. Damn I miss my childhood. I used to have a sesame street backpack when I was in Kindergarten.

[elizabethgilliesfan9]

victorious---------> Cat: what street are we on Beck: lets just say its not sesame street Cat: i love sesame street sunny day jade:NO

[Selena13611]

Sesame Street reminds me of Cammolot lol Someone else HAS 2 agree right??! >.>

[consintrovy]

It's more like how to get to Jarrettsville

[DaKoopaRulz]

0:24 The Beatles

[sraphael]

Happy, healthy children of all races and levels of physical ability getting along with one another.... We change so much from our childhood ways, and its a real shame. This intro is just...beautiful!

[mxzysptlik]

@sraphael Not all of us change...just most of us.

[VideogameKitty99]

this is the opening i saw as a toddler. =)

[tnimpala]

@VideogameKitty99 u and me both

[megumi089]

this is my jam

[Oriente331]

im in the video lol

[LovexxLoudxMusic]

 the never actully told me how to get to seasme street

[MovieGuru251]

43 people didn't know how to get to Sesame Street

[luvybabe]

omg! i miss this song so much! i was 7yrs.old when i first heard this song now im 31. i love sesame street forever! :)

[Mosias666]

They had a kid in a wheelchair playing with the rest of the kids. a) most kids are cunts these days that alienate the handicapped and b)no tv shows I know that are on nowadays have handicapped children in the theme song.

GOOD OLE DAYS!!!!!!!!!! Human nature was a lot less cruel back then. Why can't we go back to that??? (Oh right,, because it wont MAKE AS MUCH MONEY) FUCK!!!!! This world is sick, makes me not even want to bring children into it sometimes.

[Lovestoshop65]

I use to be scared of America because i thought America was Sesame Street :/ ahahah

[cfhscheer]

Have any of you heard the new one? My little brother was watch PBS a few minutes ago, and the one is absolutely horrible... This is a flashback for me!:)

-Forever and always, a 90s kid!

[redcurtain121297]

@cfhscheer It's not horrible. It's the same thing, just a different intro.

[brandonefron2064]

If Sesame Street becomes pulled from PBS in 2012, another new show replaces it.

[MrBeastzy]

I live on a street name seasame Drive.... I thought big bird was on my street... It is really a geutto place during holloween

[MrBeastzy]

43 people thought big bird was on da wrong street l_l

[redcurtain121297]

The only reason I didn't like the show is because I used to be jealous of all those kids!

[musicisinsideofme]

Was no one slightly concerned to see a giant bird leading a group of children away from a play park?

[MrsSimonSays]

@musicisinsideofme Not if it's freaking BIG BIRD! :D Big Bird is always good by me. In any case, I'm sure that this was all scripted and the kids were volunteers or actors or whatnot.

[Str8xUpSilly]

Happy Birthday Sesame Street . ^-^ November 10 , 1969 !

[TheMoose2010]

@Str8xUpSilly heh heh 69.

[deadoralivefan12]

@sugerbabev1978 You are awesome lol. :)

[lsexylicious12]

Omg i remember this aww so much memories

[sugerbabev1978]

best educational show ever..

[mp3memories]

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[Avatar230594]

I have a confession, I remember seeing the kids jumping, every time EVERY time, I ran in, jumped on my bed then ran back out.

[deadoralivefan12]

@Avatar230594 Don't worry. We've all had our childhood fears. :)

[Avatar230594]

@deadoralivefan12 Jumped on my bed, I was excited.

[deadoralivefan12]

@Avatar230594 Oh lol silly me.

[Avatar230594]

@deadoralivefan12 We all make mistakes, you're right.

[deadoralivefan12]

@Avatar230594  Thanks. :)

[deadoralivefan12]

@125sonicboom Wasn't TV so awesome back then? And now there's a lot of bad stuff on these days. :(

[TheCheesyShorts]

@deadoralivefan12 i think thats cause you just remember the good parts

[deadoralivefan12]

Lol I'm 14 and listening to this sone.

#ChildhoodMemories

[125sonicboom]

@deadoralivefan12 Im 15 lol

#ChildhoodMemories

[sugerbabev1978]

@deadoralivefan12 Ha, i'm 33 and i still love this :-)

[misssillymiranda2000]

i know someone who was in this!!!

[EpicBlazbluedude512]

this song suckz balls.Dx

[Jennyrom14]

im scared of big bird

[blueeyedlily1]

this show scared me! that bird just made me nervous

[TiiNYlOVE]

This was my intro.!

Best one >:D

[zenofan1]

..how DO you get to Sesame street? WHERE IS THIS WONDERFUL STREET!??! D:>

[vaughndeverteuil]

@zenofan1 you made me laugh, nice comment.

[zenofan1]

@vaughndeverteuil thank you ^^

[JaSmInBannana]

Big bird FAILS @ singing

[TherealRNO]

PBS Brilliance = Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, Reading Rainbow, Carmen Sandiego (with Lynne Thigpen as The Cheif), Lambchop (with Sheri Lewis [her daughter has taken over now]), etc.

[ball3rinabab3]

This show is so beautifully positive, I still can't believe they used this theme song in Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp! That's just not right. Sesame Street is all about PEACE, EDUCATION, RESPECT, TOLERANCE and DIVERSITY, so how dare their theme song get mixed up in that horrible place. Even the composer Joe Raposo was disgusted. I think the American Government owes Sesame Street and Joe Raposo a massive apology.

[TherealRNO]

@ball3rinabab3: Not to mention Ms. Clooney (creator) & Jim Henson (Muppet master), of course.

[ball3rinabab3]

@TherealRNO definitely!

[TherealRNO]

@ball3rinabab3: Unfortunately, the powers that be care little about whether or not they shat on a timeless legacy, honestly.

[ball3rinabab3]

yeah it's wrong how such a timeless show was brought into all that political mess.

[TherealRNO]

@ball3rinabab3: Exactly.

[mjb1124]

@ball3rinabab3 Although I agree with your sentiments, I should note that Joe Raposo passed away in 1990, so he didn't live to see the song used this way. I'm sure he was turning in his grave, though.

[dethklok745]

My favorite theme version ever!

THIS is back in the day!

[bigres23]

Thumbs up if Big Bird will always be the main character to you

[ashleytittle1322]

Lol I did

[TheRdisney020]

like if Victorious brought you here!

[nada643]

@TheRdisney020 cat reminded me of it lol

[laurenstyles95]

@nada643 she reminded me aswell lol

[elizabethgilliesfan9]

@nada643 lol cat: sunny day jade: no

[Selena13611]

@elizabethgilliesfan9 Was just thinkin of that ep.

[BluYoshi9001]

WHERE THE F--- DID MY CHILDHOOD GO?

[SamRock122121]

i remember i was like 3 and i loved big bird so we went to Sesame Place and i ran crying cause i was so scared of him ._.

[mangohead29]

Can anyone remember the version of, how to get Sesame Street, they used to play on the radio all the time back in the 90s? Is it on here anywhere?

[eatmywhisperingeye]

0:28 go boy!

[beautifulybrainsick]

:D OMG OMG OMG OMG childhood flashing through my eyes

[Jessicaisrealawesome]

This sums up my life as a kid

[Killedbyncf]

wtfs up with all the kids in the wheelchairs?

[StandUpAndScream01]

I miss being little D=

[beyonzero]

did i just watch porn on the sesame street channel 0_o?

[VocaloidFan96]

I remember this. Brings me back so many childhood memories with grandma. <3

[arcticfox6428]

@ARCTICCUISINE that's not the world trade center

[arcticfox6428]

@RawJobber Joke?

[arcticfox6428]

@iwortham6 those aren't the twin towers

[arcticfox6428]

@camlaufer94 no

[Natsumi2729]

This is an amazing show, very diverse in race and culture, and it always put a smile on my face throughout the years, even now, as a 17-year-old, when I occasionally watch it with my neighbor's children

[barrick725]

no one piss on this, it taught you your alphabets, numbers, and a reason not to get addicted to cookies

[smileyface31799]

Carrol Spinney (big bird) is from my hometown!!

[vancealastro]

I remember in 1969 my grade school teacher setting up the black/white TV for all of us to watch the first show together.......I remember Mr. Roper and his grocery store........I think the entire nation's elementary schools watched that first show all together.....truly a national event!!!!

[pokemonNOOB100]

1998 i was born then :)

[lilmamagc]

now if only all teenagers would act as sweet as we did then.

Sign the Pact, be a kid again.

[MissBaybz]

The most non-racist show EVER <3

[thefriqueisin]

@MissBaybz remember when Big Bird used the large box of crayola to represent the whole neighbourhood?

[mcpartridgeboy]

@MissBaybz no the most non racist show ever is rabbits, they are the true non racists, those and possibly house cats "! exclamation mark !" hello!" doubleyou doubleyou doubleyou dot ye maa on steds lad

[underlinedbluetext]

instant smiles.

[monique2w7]

THIS is the sesame street i remember!

[samdec2199]

@monique2w7 mem2 lol

[TheKrisAndVicShow]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS ONE!!! THIS IS ONE I WATCHED, AND ALSO, THIS IS BEFORE ELMO TOOK OVER!!

[lilmamagc]

Teenagers can play too. I'll never stop being a kid. NEVER

[lilmamagc]

I always wanted to play in that water at the end.

[14chrismak]

joshua radin's version of this song is so awesome

[sekahkiller]

lol white kids playing with blacks and asians. Aint life wonderful? The next generation will be delivered of racism anyway...

[Awesomechild96]

CHILDHOOD!!!!! IT BURNS!!!!!

[Poofenten3799]

nothing against the show, though... the newer version isn't as great as the older one

[Poofenten3799]

big bird has always creeped me the heck out.. and he still does...

[yoruichisempai]

omg in either spanish or french class ican't remember we watched a video with big bird we were all like "OMG WE HAVENT SEEN HIM IN FOREVR!!" that was the best school video that year

[camlaufer94]

At 0:50 are those the towers of the old World Trade Center?

[TheFergusB]

When they say sunny days its umm... NOT SUNNY!! ITS RAINING!! u lurs!

[RachelRaptor713]

I would do anything to see Big Bird :'(

[bellywipes]

this shit rocks my world innit

[mimihatsune313]

Sniff...snifff WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!! This show reminds me of my childhood..... WHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! :3

[rumblebeekee1936]

this makes me cry bcoz it reminds me of my childhood

[Bellz351]

@rumblebeekee1936 ikr mt!!!

[Illumisepoolist]

I remember this opening when i was 7

[declanappleseed]

I hope this show NEVER ENDS and the Puppeteers NEVER DIE.

[WaylonAKAWigglez]

This shit goes hard as fuck!

[kingpolaris]

omg i miss this show