Classic Sesame Street - hip to be square

[AETutorials42]

TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU STUPID FUCKING BASTARD

[KingBurkey]

Hey Paul! Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh

[phantomfangurl]

It's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.

[razzkat]

I was watching American Psycho, and Hip to be Square by Huey Lewis and the News comes on in that one scene where he axes the guy. I was like, "Hm, I've heard this song before...WHERE?" And now I know. Freakin' Sesame Street. I heard it hear first.

Thanks for uploading and sharing the memories!!

[mryjn420090]

9 people are triangles

[AylatheRaichu]

New Sesame Street sucks compared to this.

[HLecterPHD]

I have to return some toys.

[PudgyBulge]

it's hip to be handling the Fisher Account, I'll that you that

[Retaxes11]

I just listened to the original, and...I actually like this better!

[BranDooms]

9 people aren't hip to be square.

[aquateensown]

Ah....memories.

[waarde2]

HEY BERT!

[AtomicUrgency]

I think today's version would be "hipster to be a triangle"

[MetalPatrick93]

In 87, the 4 sides released this. Fore!, their most accomplished album yet I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be a Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of Geometry, and the importance of shape segregation, it's also a personal statement about the band itself. HEY ELMO!!!

TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT GORDONS NOW, YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD!

YOU!

FUCKING

BASTARD!

[supaFLYcc]

Lol i just watched american psycho. This wasnt what i expected to find.

Bateman ftw!

[ilikeitlikethati]

does anyone kno the man's name who sings this? he has such a fun voice!

[TissueGhost]

My younger brother, who is watching this, tries to sing it saying "A dip a dip square" ^^

[burtonrules123]

please, people, STOP with the stupid quotes from americaan pshycho, that movie sucked so get over yourselves and stop ruining the song and sesame street please.

[Eye2EyeIIIV]

@burtonrules123

DITTO!

[mightyshockwave]

@burtonrules123

>American Psycho

>Sucked

You has no taste in films, opinion invalidated.

[burtonrules123]

@mightyshockwave actually YOUR the one who has no good taste in movies if you can seriously watch that dreck. terrible stupid movie and only liked by baleheads like yourself.

[LuigiMario98982]

I've heard this on Cartoon Network once, I swear

[BubblesShimmer195]

teaching kids to be themselves !!!! it alright to be different, its alright to be square

[Smartboy8877]

@BubblesShimmer195

Very well put!

[undisputedgreatest]

Yeah...but one side of a square is actually less than the others.  But, I won't tell you which side....

[Kuupoju]

Dont just stare at it, EAT it!

[DNAngelFan22]

the triangle seems like a hipster....

[Leatherbubba]

The 4 Sides are too black sounding for me.

[samboy1288]

nice homage to my boy huey lewis

[TXejas19]

nostalgia *smiling to myself*

[darkjediMIK]

What if this started playing when Bateman put "Fore!" in the CD player instead of "Hip to be Square"?

[marquita417]

I remember this from when I used to watch Sesame Street!

[bagsmohess]

9 People love Elmo....

[MrCatbert44]

Is that a raincoat?

Yes It is!

[r3b3ccann]

Huey Lewis & The News!!!

[Eye2EyeIIIV]

oh the memories...

[ravengurl92]

This was my favorite song as a kid

[tsubasapt]

Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now...

[trogdor147]

American Psycho

[catrina10]

i had this on vhs!!!! it was a special. i loved all of their clips!!!!!

[D489]

"Its Hip to be a Square" WOW! This was when Sesame street was fun to watch...now I dont know.. :(

[afronathan]

This is so nostalgic!

[missdefinitelymaybe]

8 people are not hip.

[pelicane136]

Didn't Huey Lewis And The News do a parody or cover of this song?

[haleyastronomer]

@pelicane136 They did the original song. This is a parody of that.

[slydawg221]

@pelicane136 actually i think its the other way around. i believe this is a parody of huey lewis' hit song "hip to be square".

[Smartboy8877]

@Rajonty

You are correct, I sqrare is a type of a rectangle.

[RogerPymp]

Did Archemides have principles...thats what I wanna know...he might of been a man totally without principles

[hardcoreharro]

8 people must be Pentagonal shaped people.

[Luciouski82]

i feel old cause i remember this!!

[seventeentimeslucky]

when i was little i always thought the circle was angry when he repeated the hip to be a sqaure chorus lol

[Leatherbubba]

8! 8 dislikes!  AH AH AH!

[birdiegrvs]

ohh i love this song!! its so hip 

[yaoi4evandnevayuri]

I like circles personally... ^___~

[Smartboy8877]

@yaoi4evandnevayuri

What do you like about circles?

[yaoi4evandnevayuri]

@Smartboy8877 there's a certain body part on a woman that are circular. xD and i've got a pair of em.

[Smartboy8877]

@yaoi4evandnevayuri

You are very amusing my friend!

[yaoi4evandnevayuri]

@Smartboy8877 It's what I dooooo! ^3^

[SirTorment]

Eight people don't have a reservation at Dorsias.

[mandydax]

I turned 36 and my friend sent me this link. :D 6^2

Lovely!

[richiebear32]

Do you like the 4 sides?

their early work was a bit new wave for my tastes...

[Lewa500]

@richiebear32 Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[Greenworldjamal]

HEY RECTANGLE!!! ...*arrgh* ..TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT BEING A SHAPE YOU BASTARD!!!!! YOU FUCKING ....STUPID...BASTARD!!!!

[Pinkberrythecat]

@Greenworldjamal

What the hell???

[UziFlame]

(to geometry teacher)

TRY GIVING KIDS A HARD TIME IN GEOMETRY CLASS NOW, YOU F**KING STUPID BA**ARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[glossyxokizzez]

aww i remember this when i was little! good times. what year was this?

[SirBearization]

Have a cookie, Paul.

[nerdgant]

this is so bad ass!! oh, I miss when I was five

[ShootBogans]

I wish I was 5 years old watching awesome shit like this again.

[nerdelicious5]

this was my favorite!

[danimegmail]

this song is as old as i am xD one of my all time favs from sesame street

[FoxyMamaRox]

This song is the reason I can't ignore shapes to this day. XD

[SirBearization]

in '17 The 4 Squares realeased this fore! there most accomplished and only album, I think there undisputed masterpiece, ''Its hip to be a Square'', a song SO catchy most people probably dont listen to the lyrics, but they should because its not just about Sesame Street its also a personal statement about the band itself. HEY ELMO!

[Raven9940]

@SirBearization Try getting a reservation at Grover's now you F@$#'ing Red #$^$&!!!

[zbradley1990]

@SirBearization Try getting a reservation at the furry arms now you fucking stupid BASTARD

[loqutor]

@SirBearization Try getting a reservation at Chuck E. Cheese's now, you stupid fucking bastard!

[Beaverrific]

My math teacher gave us this link. Her comment?

"Moral of the story: A person is hip if and only if they are a square."

We're learning conditional statements.

[ravengurl92]

My sister and I used to love this song! Thanks so much for posting!

[tealjeldino]

Goodness, how I loved this song as a kid! If Sesame Street was on and this song came on, forget about talking to me. I would not hear a thing anyone said! Gosh...

I confess, I like this version a little better than the Huey Lewis version, mostly because of the backup singers, and the lead vocalist matches the song better.

[Mary0373]

sesame street: Hip to be a square ©1989

[MsDani6527]

wooow this brings me way back

[PunkieDootDoot]

this song is still awesome!!!:D

[jesus316]

HEY MONSTER! AHHHHHHHHHHHH

TRY GETTING A COOKING NOW, YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD!

[SouthshoreVice]

HEY WAITER!

TRY GETTING ME A SANDWICH AT CHARLIE'S NOW YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD!

[Leatherbubba]

The 4 Sides are too black sounding for me.

[reeandleerog]

Loved this in the eighties when I used to have nothing better to do. Sure everyone will love it as much as I did! It brightens up your life...honest!

[almanacofsleep]

that square sounds like hes a bit to old to be playing in the sandbox.

[ShinAkuma2]

Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now!

[mosaic617]

it is never hip to be square

[TuningAnApple]

0:06 Looks like San Francisco xD

[ShootBogans]

THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME

IT'S HIP TO BE A CUNT

[4ta2r]

I wonder if when they do when of these song tie ins with sesame street that one guy at the end of the hall with all this 80s memorabilia in his cubicle comes barreling down into the conference room with his old huey lewis mix tapes screaming: THESE KIDS NEED TO HERE GOOD MUSIC

[XxAt0mIcKiTtYxX]

you have no clue how fxckinq happy you have made me .

i couldnt find this ANYWHERE !

[withakdamit]

awesome!!!

[JackyVengeance13]

im pretty sure theres an anti-racist message behind this.

[Charlenejl]

I remember this crap! I heard of this song b4 the original one.

[Charlenejl]

ETA when I say " this crap" I mean it as " this stuff" not " this garbage"

[BladesOfMunch]

I love how this is a parody of "Huey Lewis and the News". It's a good one too.

[DCmetrogreen]

Holy cow I actually remember this one.

[SamC5579]

@Greenworldjamal Made my day :D

[JezBol]

Ahhhh brings me back to the good days!

[emusik87]

THis was the best!

[MissBaybz]

OMG LOVE

this song was the best

[1nown]

Huey Lewis and the News... LOL

[CloverNoodle]

Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now you fucking stupid bastard! YOU! FUCKING! BASTARD!

[queenofcheese]

Haha, I still remember this and I think probably the last time I saw it was 14 years ago!

[bobheuman]

this is when sesame st was the best! it tries too hard now :(

[jtomally9681]

@bobheuman Actually it doesn't try at all now. My kids would now watch TV all because of what is on now.

[Patiencelim]

omg, i remember this when i was a kid! But this video make me love a circle instead!

[yamihoole]

AWESOME! I remember having this on one of my Sesame Street tapes and loving it!

[Iori400]

Hey Bert! why are copies of the style section all over the floor.. you have a dog, a chow maybe?

No Ernie!

Is that a raincoat?

YES IT IS!!

[AustriaDictator]

HEY PAUL!!! ARRRRGHHHH

[CyanFunk]

Up next: 'The Power of Rhombuses', 'The Heart of Dodecagons', 'I Want a New Triangle', and other top hits by Huey Squarewis and the Polygons...

[HyperFoxIII]

dancing pixels

[thornbird7556]

lol I loved this when i was a kid!

[jtomally9681]

@thornbird7556 I still do and I am 28. I have this song in MP3. My little brother likes it too.

[RostadeBiffen]

who sings this?

[niox20]

Sounds so CATCHY!!!

[joshuaorro]

Bert deticated this song to his paper clips

[Firebirrd85]

Hey BIG BIRD!!! ARRGGHHHH

[NOVI1016]

american physo song classic lol

[hadla]

i want this on my ipod! :(

[Clowning8]

It is hip to be Square!

[GruntKilla420]

HEY ELMO!

[reioku]

Hahaha I used to break out in dance and start singing this in elementary school at random.

[iwillnotforgive1989]

Oh my gosh. i had a dream about this video the other night. I totally forgot about it til then. LOVE IT!

[MADMISERABLEMIKE]

yr?

[scholion]

In the 1940s and -50s children, admittedly, learned the basics of geometry and arithmetrics etc in a much more rapid manner than later generations have managed to.

On the other hand our soundtrack is superiour..

[eHtuL]

squares are ok... but diamonds are better... :)

[abacusscott]

rectangle is just the loser of the group clearly

[BladesOfMunch]

In other words, rectangle is the awkward "Ross Geller" of the group lol (Refering to Friends).

[sha8808]

@abacusscott

how so

[Smartboy8877]

@abacusscott

Why is the rectangle the loser of the group?

[iluvtekno]

lol! this is flawless entertainment

[BKXE]

Oh my god I remembered this song yesterday I just knew someone would be awesome enough to upload it. Wow this brings me back. Sesame street was really something in the early 90's. Now where's Super Grover?? XD

[adhfan75]

Parody/inspired by Huey Lewis and the News' song "Too Hip To Be Square" lol!

[sarimavired]

HEY PAUL! *zack!*

[T3rminX]

Oh god, I remember this :D

Nostalgiafest :D

[appletart205]

love it

[runner4life1984]

OMG!!!! I'm 25 and remember loving this song as a boy!!!!

[Swoo92]

is that a raincoat!?

[niox20]

@Swoo92

YES! It is!

[TroyCutie679]

i watched this at 5am on the just past saturday morning. It was awesome.

[IFapToGayPorn]

HEY PAUL!

[tblissert]

thanks for making my day!

[dylon562]

Jesus Christ, I remember watching this on tv. Seems so much older than it actually is

[rednut27]

me too! awesome!!

[firequeen1112]

i agree,those days were amazing

[perfectsword]

God this is what the golden age of Sesame Street really was, absolutely amazing A+++

[KatonNeko]

I remember this song too!!!!!

[00nickart00]

i was in Florida in June and heard a youth orchestra played this song with this arrangement it was so cool

seseme street HARD I LOVE IT its really not the same anymore

[Lizy1028]

this is my favorite! Sesame Street just isnt the same anymore...these were the days!

[colgatecrew]

So, where's Patrick?

[thrillamantilla]

hahaha I like how angry someone got to that comment that they gave you a thumbs down. As if to say:

"NO this is for Sesame Street nostalgia ONLY!!!!"

personally I thought it was pretty clever.

[rednut27]

haha you're hilarious :D

[PandaWhing]

BEST THING EVER!

haha. I was singing this in the store and got some strange looks

[KRSONMar]

For years when I was young,I refused to believe this was not the original version,lol.

[acsdx]

In '87 The 4 Sides released this, Four, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "It's Hip to be a Square", a song SO catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of being a square, it's also a personal statement about the band. Hey Paul!

I think I did it, o my brothers!

[JoshRA]

@acsdx epic win!

[BazookaChipmunk]

@acsdx I love you

[acsdx]

@BazookaChipmunk word?

[Chizpurfle52595]

Is it wrong that I like this better than the original Huey Lewis and the News version?

Especially since I can't get American Psycho out of my mind.

[SeasideDetective2]

Not at all! In fact, this is actually so similar as to be basically a rip-off of the original. SESAME STREET was so much better when it only tried to suggest other songs in its parodies (such as its wonderful "Kids Just Love to Brush").

[gtdannemiller]

This version is better! :D

[blaqice88]

@Chizpurfle52595 I like this one, too. You won't get arrested for good taste.

[AleexNKayeee]

hip hip so hip to be a square!

hip hip so nips to be a square!

[openrose]

The red square's singing voice is Paul Jacobs. A guy who wrote most of the sesame street songs along with his wife Sarah Durkee (just google their names).

[Iori400]

HEY PAUL! ARRRGGGH!!!

(runs with an axe)

[missparadepp]

I ADORE this! memories! lol! The current Sesame Street has nothing on these oldies =) BRILLIANT!