The Skin I'm In - Vintage Sesame Street

[rhmazyck812]

I love it! +

[noirnoticvibe]

Roosevelt Franklin was set up by the man... last seen in 73' he was racially profiled and lost his job on Sesame street... now he's been seen disrupting White Women receiving music awards and even stating the President hates muppets....

[Themaddprof]

Roosevelt Franklin, you rock. There needs to be a DVD of these skits with this song as a special feature.

[gughoful]

wtf o.O

LOL

[Stars12291]

LOLZ!

[ERIELACKU34CH]

this song is super hot

[MsHoly777]

aw.......bellbottoms.......eee­ewww yuckie

[ppossom]

I'm so glad you posted it. I had the 45 record to but I remember it being a more faster tempo. I have a lot of Roosevelt Franklin toys. Love him!

[parkercadie1]

He was a true star. So much more "real" than Elmo ever was. I miss him horribly. I guess if they brought him back, they wouldn't let him be the Roosevelt we love, which $%^& sucks ass.

[Pocockable]

@parkercadie1

Roosevelt was taken off the show because there was rumour that he was being stereotypical to the African-American population.

[denise6711]

hate it

[oclandestin]

@denise6711 ... Why? "hate" is a strong word...!

[johnboy779]

@denise6711 Why on earth would you "hate" this?

[mudball10]

orange oscar the grouch

[dancebabydance007]

awesome...

[Five0girl]

Whoa.. this was the first 45 I ever owned when I was four years old - 1972/73

[tranurse]

i was a little white girl living in the south back in the early/mid 70's. i loved roosevelt franklin.

[adavidemt]

Wow, haven't heard that song in over 30 years!!!! It was the first 45 that I ever owned, and I have not been able to find it.

[bonscott55]

liberate the muppets, RF was cloth, that was the skin he was in

[nessamaine]

LOVED Roosevelt Franklin! As a little white chick in Colorado, Sesame Street was just about my only exposure to other cultures! THANK GOODNESS FOR JIM HENSON AND CHILDREN'S TELEVISION WORKSHOP! xoxoxoxo

[yummieyummie123]

wow.... sesame street wasnt like this when i was a kid in the 90's.... this would have been soo cool. :)

[Swanofdreamers]

This was my song when I was a little.

[vanitystarr1]

Is'nt that Gordon, Holly Robinsons Dad?

[radioman66]

Yes good call. That is Holly's dad Matt Robinson the original Gordon. Matt sadly passed away a few years ago from Parkinson's. He was a Philadelphia native. To my generation the 1st viewers of the 69 70 time period he's our Gordon mutton chops and all.

[vanitystarr1]

Good to know. Yeah, he probably was the better Gordon, being the original and all.

[potaluca]

could you please post mobity mosely singing about the months of the year?

[oclandestin]

Sorry, I don't have that track. Maybe you'll find it on youtube.

[potaluca]

nope, no one's done it yet. I thought it was on that Roosevelt Franklin LP, but thanks anyway.

[royalearth]

yep- it's definitely on the record- i own the original and plan to make a digital copy soon. i grew up with it and want my children to too!

[potaluca]

Thanks a lot for the heads up, I look forward to it!

[trailertrashrnr]

sing on baby ray

[noahf67]

At least "Street" was allowed to present

such a positive characterization before it all got blown away by "sensitivity". In 1970 people told it like it was...and on this project the right minds were in charge.

[Joeri12]

What a joyful song ;p

[jillsome930]

I actually have the album "The Year of Roosevelt Franklin". It was my brothers album before it became mine. Doubt if it plays well anymore but what great memories. Thanks for posting.

[mythicky]

this great! good job!!!! Love the pics, wow.

[ahlin1812]

oclandestin, if you look at me funny, i'll look at funny too lol

loooove it , thanks

[oclandestin]

lol, it's a cute song isn't it? Glad you enjoyed it : )

[GingerGilligan]

Roosevelt's not black, he's like magenta.

[oclandestin]

lol. Very true.

[janetinkley]

I have the puppet of roosevelt franklin. He's the coolest ever!

[subsamadhi]

"we found out we were beautiful" thats funny black has always been beautiful as if it was a new occurence.

[oclandestin]

True, but in white-dominated American/western culture, the message had always been that white is beautiful, black isn't. The song was written only a few years after the civil rights movement. The media is still dominated by images of white beauty.

[subsamadhi]

yeh that is true. I am just trying to put it into perspective. I am white and I think black women are the most beautiful on the planet.

[MsTexas73]

oclandestin...live how you put it.

Also, I will never understand why they got rid of Roosevelt Franklin..he was SOOO koo...and we really didn't get another major "ethnic" Muppet till Rosita *a monster at that*

[oclandestin]

I agree. They should bring back Roosevelt : )

[Marbles471]

Well, they couldn't really bring him back now, because the character belongs to another era. The Funk Era, the pre-hiphop age. The way he talks and the "kind" of cool he represents would be totally alien to kids now.

[oclandestin]

That's true. They'd have to create an updated hip-hop version. Some of the Roosevelt Franklin sketches sounded alot like early rap though.

[Marbles471]

If old Roosevelt DID come back as an evolved-with the times li'l hiphop kid, they'd better leave his yellow striped shirt alone. XD

[oclandestin]

lol. Was that shirt ever in fashion? ; )

[dadogster]

I have this lp in my lp collection, originally it's called The Year Of Rosevelt Franklin and was first relesed under Columbia Records.

[oclandestin]

It says on wiki that Mr Hooper died of a heart attack in 1982. It also says he was blacklisted for years by the McCarthy witch-hunts for being a Communist. How paranoid is that. He was a great character.

[valorik]

I had this song on a record when I was in preschool during the late 70's. It was something I enjoyed and it brings back nice childhood memories.

[VickieBurns2]

Love this!! I love those of all colors... blue, orange, green, yellow... feathers, fur, fins, WE SRE ALL THE SAME!! yippee.

Thanks for the walk down memry lane, LOL.

[dedidelfino]

I think Mr. Hooper died from cancer. I loved the little bugs that lived in Ernies flower box, what were they called? And snuffleupigus.

[twistedbear99]

Tweedle bugs.  They were always so mixed up! :)

[RadAlly]

Twiddle bugs....they're all computer animated now:-(