D is for drugs! LOL Gotta love the art from the 60s and 70s!
This the product of psychedelic's.
Barney is the product of CRACK!
I love the old Sesame Street, but I'm not a fan of the new one. I love the guy who plays Elmo, Kevin Clash, because he also did the voice of Baby Sinclair in Dinosaurs, but I hate Elmo!
Good segment, but some of the imagery is a little bit bizarre. In fact, it reminds me of the animated science fiction film "Fantastic Planet" (especially the dandelion and the daisies part).
@AHuebner2004able I'm still not sure :-( The name Blossom Dearie has been mentioned, but the more I listen to probably her most famous tune from back then (Schoolhouse Rock's hauntingly beautiful "Figure Eight" with the ice-skater), the less I'm convinced it's the same voice. Long-winded way of saying I really don't know for sure, sorry!
I thought all along it was David of Sesame Street who was the male singer here, coz it sure sounds like him. Thanks for clarifying. Though it would also be to our curiosity's satisfaction to know who the singers are.
@poeticbee Trust me, I'll let the whole darn world know if I ever find out! It's become my lifelong obsession (for the last 15 years, anyway, lol!). As for David, I lined this one up and "tested" is against NantoVision1's video, "Sesame Street - It Feels Good When You Sing a Song", just his part, and you can really hear the diff, especially on the lower notes. So, the search for the truth continues.
I used to dig it as a child. Later in teen years - afer we smoked -- something exotic -- We would watch this, and it would be -- OMG. :) No more drugs for me though. Clean almost 4 years now. :)
None of the early Sesame Street bits scared me; I watched between 1969 and 1985. And yes I did watch when I was a teen, not much of a choice when you have younger siblings in a one TV home.
Thanks for posting this....brings back so many wonderful memories to me....like the Sad Flower clip with Vivaldi It means so much to me....I can't thank you enough. Made me cry as I showed this to my daughters.
I recently found a lot of Sesame Street episodes from the 70s for my 3-year-old son. We were watching one today and this song came up and I had a strong emotional reaction inside -- I immediately remembered it, and when I watched it I am sure I was around his age (I am 31 now). Even though I can see that it's lovely now, when I was little it really upset me for some reason -- I found it very melancholy, and I didn't like the doll slipping back into darkness at the end.
Ok, so we all know a lot of LSD went into Classic Sesame Street skits, but can anyone deny that these are better than anything on TV for children today? I mean one of the great things about this video and almost all others from Classic Sesame Street I've seen is that they are just as great 30+ years later.
VERY psychadelic! Sought it out coz I adore old Sesame Street, but I always found it unsettling, rather like Lewis Carroll's original Alice in Wonderland...rather odd and potentailly drug-induced. Still a major classic. LOVE all the early SS!
As a song lyrics collector, it is EXTREMELY infuriating that I cannot produce these lyrics in my collection because there's no way of knowing the performing artists' names. GRRRR! This has been a research project for the past couple of years (off & on) and I'm no closer than I was before. I even contacted Sesame Workshop but without success. Very frustrating!
Amazing how a song I haven't heard (or seen images of) in thirty years can take me back so fast. I remember so many of the pictures as though I was four again! Thanks. :-)
The counselor on a deaf community Deafornot dot c om said that "People who may be defined as clinically deaf (unable to hear spoken language) may or may not be members of the Deaf community."
@unique74muzik So true. What a joy. I haven't seen/heard this since it first came out, being a young kid then. Sudden rush of fond memories. Thanks TinyDancer for sharing.
@Promses2Keep Dd Dd Dd Daddy dear oh daddy sweet do dandelions roar? Do Daisies have feet? May I have a drink of water and a dish of tadpoles? Daddy how deep is a doughnut hole? Dd Dd Dandelions roar and their daddy is deaf The daisies drank the water so the tadpoles left. Your eyes a droopy darling daughter and you're dizy in the head. The toads are eating dinner so it's time to go to bed. Little dolly go to bed.
I've just been reading all the comments about this song. I never found it "terrifying" just loved it. Looked forward to it all the time. The imagery was certainly out there - but it was so beautifully done I find it hard to see why anyone would find fault with it then or now. It was a BIT scary (dandelions with feet etc - well I found that more scary than the dandelions roaring!) but just so fascinating - and also they didn't pander to us kids - talk down to us - that was intoxicating to me
I always thought that song was called "Danny D" after my own name! Which is Danielle. So they weren't singing about me after all! LOL But I love that particular song every time it was shown. So good to see it again - I'm always telling people about the dandelions and the daisies with feet!
D is also for Demented, Disturbing, and Drugs. At age 3 or 4 I was just terrified by this skit! Even when the letter D was featured, I would sit in dread, waiting for this to come on. The psycopathic lion with dandelion leaves around it was the thing, and then i used to think it said "and your daddy is DEAD!" Yeah, I know, "DEAF". But still...
The dandelion disturbed the hell out of me the first time I saw it -- so much so I always averted my eyes at that part any time it was on again. So this is the first time I've seen it in years. What a difference 25+ years make.
I completely agree with the comment about Sesame Street going downhill after John Denver passed. The old school lyrics and ingenuity were top rate! Nothing since has compared. I bought all the old seasons from the 70's and 80's.
I love Old School Sesame Street. In my opinion after Jim Henson tragically died the show went straight down the toilet. No offense to anyone, but I think any episode of Sesame Street made after Jim's death is crappy.
Listen.. It was the sign of the times.. You did`nt have to take acid to produce such skits.. Just like you don`t have to use xtc or meth to convince cooky monster to switch on fruit.
Lol I don't see the fuss because we enjoyed it. No bad dreams at all. Now if we really wanna point out who may have been on LSD, one name of two men pop into mind. Sid N Marty Krofft. H.R.Pufnstuf? Lidsville? Sigmund N the Sea Monsters. Now that was creative acid at work. I watched it like clockwork. It was the times people. It was what it was and I enjoyed Sesame street immensely. Rest in peace Jim Henson. Have a good one all.
@humbleonewlp omg! I was just talking about this to my husband, he's younger and doesn't remember H.R. pufnstuf. That show creeped me out! It just seemed wrong, like you shouldn't watch it. I showed him a pic of the pufnstuf guy and he agreed. Very weird..
It is amazing I know every word of this song but don't know every word to the star spangled banner. Sesame Street was a comfort in those days. Roosevelt Franklin made me happy and that was the first rap to me.
Why would you EVER need to know the words to the Star Spangle Banner? You wont. You don't need to know that. But of course you need to know your abcs.
Those cartoon pictures of a dog dreaming of meat, a dandelion with a lion face, a dragon and a gopher family are really cute! One thing I love about Sesame Street is all the cute animals and animalistic muppets. CUTE! Super cute!=)
Yeah. For me, just got home from kindergarten in 1975. Time go eat my lunch (Campbell's chicken and stars) and sit in the living room and watch Sesame street.
I remember this gem! I really would like to see the sesame street segment with the shadows that dance with jazzy tunes filled with great snapping sound effects............GRR that's the best way that I can describe it, can anyone help me out?
I love this! I just watched the Old School Sesame Street DVD's and I was singing along with this segment. It's amazing that I still know the words after not having heard this song in over thirty years!
D....D.....D what a wonderful song. WHen I was tiny my 'name' for my dad was D because I'd learned that daddy starts with D. D.......... I miss him he died back in 95.......
Most of my Sesame Street memories have been posted on YouTube, save one.
One in particular I'm wondering if anyone remembers, it was really surreal. It had to do with brushing your teeth. It was stop motion animation. A creature is confronted by a toothbrush, who asks how can it sing when its teeth aren't clean. I only saw it once or twice in the early 80s but have never forgotten it. Does anyone remember the name of this segment?
That one was posted by tpirman1982 and is titled, "Classic Sesame Street - Bird and Toothbrush". Can't post the link here, so I'll send it in a separate message, enjoy!
I'd love it if someone could post "Slow", which was part of a bunch gymnast scenes. There was something like 4 or 5 altogether, and so far, "Between" is the only one posted.
Oh wow, this brings back memories! I can't believe I accidentally found this. I'm 37 now and remember singing this song with my little sister before Mom put us to bed for our afternoon nap. This is one of my most favourite S.S. songs of all time! Now I'm on a mission to find out whose beautiful & sultry voices sing this song.
Hi again. Okay, here's where my research took me. From what I can tell, I believe the woman's name is Marilyn Sokol. She performed "When The River Meets The Sea" with Jerry Nelson on the Favorite Songs From Jim Henson's Muppets album as Ma Otter. I have the cassette album and listened to both songs. It sound VERY close to being Marilyn but I can't be 100% sure and I don't have more concrete proof. I'm afraid I can't help you with the guy's voice [yet].
@totalrod2 I'm well aware of Joe Raposo's voice (and David's, to answer another suggestion), but this male singer is, alas, neither. The search for truth continues! :-)
This one was popular enough to be used on a few compilations, I grabbed it from the "Learning About Letters" DVD :-) That one, and "Learning About Numbers" were early faves in my house, we wore out two tapes before finding the DVDs!
The only thing more puzzling than her questions were the answers provided by her father!! Not only did he not answer them, he added things that werent relavent to her questions at all! A weird one!!
This was hard core psychadelic seventies...........it was like a dream..........I hope it was anyway..........I would be worried if someone had these thoughts conscious!
LOL You guys were scared by this!? Where did you sheltered folks live? I am sorry I am just LOL cause I thought it extraordinary.. We had it better far as imagination goes then than how it is now. Sure they have comps now but we had books and our minds and ty God Sesame Street. I enjoyed this piece and ty for bringing it back to me.
You guys were really sensitive kids....reading Alice in Wonderland and Wizard's Nephew would have made you appreciate and understand these abstract skits more.
I think this is the reason why Sesame Street today is only elmo and friends for kids and all the adults have stopped looking at the series because it rots the brain with its simplicity.
My father used to look at SS with us all the time in the 70s, 80s but there is no way i am sitting down to look at elmo's world!!!
Amazing how so many people believe you have to be high to come up with something imaginative. (Alice in Wonderland) Anyway, I remember as a kid, I thought the dad's answers to all the daughters questions at the end of the song were total cop-outs. lol. Typical way of answering your kids questions when you've had enough. lol.
I remembered this song today so I thought I'd check youtube to see if it was there and here it is! Thanks so much for posting! I remember watching this back in the early 70's as a little girl. I always thought the animation was weird and trippy, but as an adult I see how artistic it really is.
When the little girl graphic fades out I remember at the age of 4 thinking she splatted on the ground at the very end. I couldnt watch as a kid.... sheesh . How creepy was the Dandelion and daisies?
Dont forget to look up "Silent E" if you are looking for creepy things we watched as kids - the blood red sky did me in on Silent E. Didnt SOMEONE edit this stuff with little kids in mind or did everyone just take ludes and PCP??
D, D, D, D Daddy dear, oh daddy sweet Do dandelions roar, do daisies have feet? May I have a drink of water and a dish of tadpoles? Daddy how deep is a doughnut hole? D, D, D, D If dandelions roar then your daddy is deaf The daisies drank the water so the tadpoles left Your eyes are droopy darling daughter and you're dizzy in the head The toads are eating dinner so it's time to go to bed Little dolly go to bed
Some of the segment on Sesame St. were a direct product of the 70's and were somewhat strange, psychedelic and sometimes bizzare. I think that's what people mean when they say "scary". That being said, I think most people who grew up on Sesame St. found it very entertaining.
this is so much better than the shite they have now...I almost can't let my kids watch sesame street anymore, but then sometimes they still play these--once in a blue moon
ok i hope nobody thinks I'm crazy but i almost wanted to cry when i heard this...it made me think of my dad (who passed away) and how he always tried to answer my questions no matter how crazy they were ♥♥
Not crazy, hon, just human. We all have something that touches a nerve. I lost my own Dad just recently and wish I could ask him all those silly questions again. I must admit I sometimes get a bit teary during the "Fairy Alphabet" clip I have posted from the show. Just something so beautiful about it. Never be ashamed of your emotions, Amy, shows you have a heart.
If you're crazy than I am too (and a lot of others lol). A lot of SS clips affect me in an emotional way bringing back memories of my childhood and of people I haven't seen since childhood.
I soooo relate to what you guys are saying. Revisting these SS segments is so nostalgic of days gone by that can never be recaptured. It does make you a little teary.
I second, third, and fourth that, please! That's the groovy queen eating a peach in the land of steam, etc. cartoon known as "The E Song", for them that don't know.
I 5th 6th & 7th the call for the E Song. I know it's not on here but if anyone wants to see it the premier episode of SS is viewable online at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, the E song starts at about 39 minutes into the show.
This used to creep me out when I was little . It still kinda does. :-(
germyw 7 hours ago
This Song is from 1972 TinyDancer500 now Why is Little Dolly Tired at the End?
KatieCadet1 3 days ago
Sooo trippy..
voltaman33 6 days ago
D is for drugs! LOL Gotta love the art from the 60s and 70s!
This the product of psychedelic's.
Barney is the product of CRACK!
I love the old Sesame Street, but I'm not a fan of the new one. I love the guy who plays Elmo, Kevin Clash, because he also did the voice of Baby Sinclair in Dinosaurs, but I hate Elmo!
Boudiga 3 weeks ago
The girl sounds sorta like Fran Brill (Prairie) or Marilyn Sokol (Snow White)
JGCooney 1 month ago in playlist More videos from TinyDancer500
It's like Sesame Street met Sergeant Pepper.
WorldChallenge 2 months ago
@WorldChallenge Your right! LOL
ordykes1 2 weeks ago
that was psychadelic! especially the dandy-lion and the daisies with feet! what's up with that!
jaytotheell 2 months ago
Good segment, but some of the imagery is a little bit bizarre. In fact, it reminds me of the animated science fiction film "Fantastic Planet" (especially the dandelion and the daisies part).
timepoet77 2 months ago 2
Thanks for this! I kept remembering tiny bits of this song and could never quite place it. Started thinking I imagined the whole thing.
RubyCosmos 3 months ago
Still trippy 2 me!
Charla1606 4 months ago
This scared the crap out of me. I would freeze and not be able to move until it was over. SCARY!
DavesComment 4 months ago
Who are the singers in this song?
AHuebner2004able 4 months ago
@AHuebner2004able I'm still not sure :-( The name Blossom Dearie has been mentioned, but the more I listen to probably her most famous tune from back then (Schoolhouse Rock's hauntingly beautiful "Figure Eight" with the ice-skater), the less I'm convinced it's the same voice. Long-winded way of saying I really don't know for sure, sorry!
TinyDancer500 4 months ago
omg they mentioned smoking cigars!!! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!
steakdiaper 5 months ago 2
I thought all along it was David of Sesame Street who was the male singer here, coz it sure sounds like him. Thanks for clarifying. Though it would also be to our curiosity's satisfaction to know who the singers are.
poeticbee 7 months ago
@poeticbee Trust me, I'll let the whole darn world know if I ever find out! It's become my lifelong obsession (for the last 15 years, anyway, lol!). As for David, I lined this one up and "tested" is against NantoVision1's video, "Sesame Street - It Feels Good When You Sing a Song", just his part, and you can really hear the diff, especially on the lower notes. So, the search for the truth continues.
TinyDancer500 7 months ago 2
I'll have to favorite this because I know to many parents who would love it. Was it a Joe Raposo song.
MrManueleh 8 months ago
@MrManueleh Longtime fave of mine :-) But, not a Raposo goodie, this one's from Bud Luckey and Donald Hadley (see the info).
TinyDancer500 8 months ago
@TinyDancer500 Yeah that's why it's shitty.
BeetleGirl1977 3 months ago
It's amazing how many of the animations in Sesame Street are psychedelic and surreal.
GuanoLad 8 months ago
I used to dig it as a child. Later in teen years - afer we smoked -- something exotic -- We would watch this, and it would be -- OMG. :) No more drugs for me though. Clean almost 4 years now. :)
SockBoy65 9 months ago 2
D for dosage
gnomecommoner 9 months ago
@Cuteblondie1972
Well, I guess that if it got the job done than it was worth it in the end!
Smartboy8877 10 months ago
@Cuteblondie1972
Interesting way of seeing things.
Smartboy8877 10 months ago
@Cuteblondie1972
What makes you say this?
Smartboy8877 10 months ago
None of the early Sesame Street bits scared me; I watched between 1969 and 1985. And yes I did watch when I was a teen, not much of a choice when you have younger siblings in a one TV home.
robfergusonjr 11 months ago
Thanks for posting this....brings back so many wonderful memories to me....like the Sad Flower clip with Vivaldi It means so much to me....I can't thank you enough. Made me cry as I showed this to my daughters.
cindys1969 11 months ago
My God was it a magical time to be a kid in the 70's!
balderdashman 11 months ago
@balderdashman true that. i was on the cusp but i get it
torontonian1978 11 months ago
Obviously an ode to adults who make up nonesense answers to chidren who ask too many questions^^
Always loved this
lijana 1 year ago
I remember this video! Thanks for posting!
jfluter 1 year ago
This was kinda creepy to me when I was 4 years old...I'm 33 now..
derrtyblack8 1 year ago
I recently found a lot of Sesame Street episodes from the 70s for my 3-year-old son. We were watching one today and this song came up and I had a strong emotional reaction inside -- I immediately remembered it, and when I watched it I am sure I was around his age (I am 31 now). Even though I can see that it's lovely now, when I was little it really upset me for some reason -- I found it very melancholy, and I didn't like the doll slipping back into darkness at the end.
bronzepumpkin 1 year ago
Ok, so we all know a lot of LSD went into Classic Sesame Street skits, but can anyone deny that these are better than anything on TV for children today? I mean one of the great things about this video and almost all others from Classic Sesame Street I've seen is that they are just as great 30+ years later.
sklavinian 1 year ago 4
The flowers in the vase of water was disturbing to me as a child and the flowers had human feet
retroexplosion1 1 year ago
The '70's was a very hallucinogenic time to be a kid. I was 9 when this came out !
Mojomatrix 1 year ago
This thing used to give me the creeps when I was a kid. Now... it gives me the creeps.
BlueFlamingoVlogs 1 year ago
VERY psychadelic! Sought it out coz I adore old Sesame Street, but I always found it unsettling, rather like Lewis Carroll's original Alice in Wonderland...rather odd and potentailly drug-induced. Still a major classic. LOVE all the early SS!
kekekekatie 1 year ago 2
Wow. I'm reaching way back into childhood now. For some reason, I always thought this was a scary song and video. Dunno why.
Tenatu 1 year ago
As a song lyrics collector, it is EXTREMELY infuriating that I cannot produce these lyrics in my collection because there's no way of knowing the performing artists' names. GRRRR! This has been a research project for the past couple of years (off & on) and I'm no closer than I was before. I even contacted Sesame Workshop but without success. Very frustrating!
ThirdOfJune4444 1 year ago
Amazing how a song I haven't heard (or seen images of) in thirty years can take me back so fast. I remember so many of the pictures as though I was four again! Thanks. :-)
radioscillator 1 year ago
The counselor on a deaf community Deafornot dot c om said that "People who may be defined as clinically deaf (unable to hear spoken language) may or may not be members of the Deaf community."
deafornot2 1 year ago
man this is great..I feel bad for kids today who have to suffer through the Doodlebops
bloodsling 1 year ago
omg :)
sha8808 1 year ago
Memories...(cries)
Audi134 1 year ago
Tiny Dancer, once again Thank You!
MissHeather 1 year ago
It's the kind of stuff kids ask before they go to bed. To put off going to sleep as long as they can. She asked for a glass of water too... :)
benjaminandjocelyn 1 year ago
@benjaminandjocelyn
And the FCC wouldn't let you say stuff like "Go the F*** to Sleep" on TV back then, so that's why the father gave the nonsense answers he did.
A1l2l2e2n4 4 months ago
trying not cry (and im a pretty tough cat)....WOW...THANK YOU..very personal for me..you had to go there didnt you.. :)
unique74muzik 1 year ago 9
@unique74muzik You're welcome and I'm sorry! ;-) Classic Sesame Street, cheaper than a therapist and twice the fun.
TinyDancer500 1 year ago 13
@TinyDancer500 so true..thanks a mil! :)
unique74muzik 1 year ago
@TinyDancer500 all I can say is thank you for helping me remember the better part of my childhood
kurtace244 1 year ago
@TinyDancer500
"Cheaper than a therapist and twice the fun" Very interesting way of seeing things my friend!
Smartboy8877 1 year ago
@TinyDancer500 - you hit the nail on the head.
Muppephile 1 year ago
@TinyDancer500 haha so true. the memories come rushing back with this
torontonian1978 11 months ago
@unique74muzik So true. What a joy. I haven't seen/heard this since it first came out, being a young kid then. Sudden rush of fond memories. Thanks TinyDancer for sharing.
TrueCourse 1 year ago 2
my jam!!! THANK YOU!!
unique74muzik 1 year ago
You can tell this was done in the 70s....the little girl here is having an Acid trip with ducks with ears, gophers, and freaked out dragons.
I am sure the animators took a few hits while doing this animation....
Still...it brings back fond memories of 40+ years ago....
ThoughtTraveler 1 year ago
Joe Raposo was a legend of SS.
ironhide2006 1 year ago
The guy sounds like David from the show
amcfan100 1 year ago
OMG I remember this one and I am 40yrs old. THANK YOU for letting me be a child again.
MrsMika 1 year ago
Can I have some that shit the writer smoked when he wrote this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
henkjuliet 1 year ago
You had me singing along to the lyrics you wrote when I noticed it's "Do dogs dream dreams" not "Do dogs have dreams".
Isitshiyagalombili 1 year ago
@Isitshiyagalombili Oops! Can't believe that slipped past me, sincere apologies! All fixed.
TinyDancer500 1 year ago
d d d d daddy dear O daddy dear? "Do dogs dreams? Do ducks have ears?
Do dragons dance? why do gophers dig holes?
Do gophers dress up in their dirty clothes?"
D d D d....
"Dogs dream of meat and their dreams are delicious!
Ducks do have ears but they DON'T do the dishes,
Gophers dig holes to hide their candy bars,
Dragons don't dance and they don't smoke cigars!"
Promses2Keep 1 year ago
CelesteK 1 month ago
Sorry - daisies with feet - not dandelions -still love it now - one of the most beautiful bits of my childhood rediscovered! Taa Tiny Dancer!
MsDaniwoo 1 year ago
I've just been reading all the comments about this song. I never found it "terrifying" just loved it. Looked forward to it all the time. The imagery was certainly out there - but it was so beautifully done I find it hard to see why anyone would find fault with it then or now. It was a BIT scary (dandelions with feet etc - well I found that more scary than the dandelions roaring!) but just so fascinating - and also they didn't pander to us kids - talk down to us - that was intoxicating to me
MsDaniwoo 1 year ago
I always thought that song was called "Danny D" after my own name! Which is Danielle. So they weren't singing about me after all! LOL But I love that particular song every time it was shown. So good to see it again - I'm always telling people about the dandelions and the daisies with feet!
MsDaniwoo 1 year ago
D is also for Demented, Disturbing, and Drugs. At age 3 or 4 I was just terrified by this skit! Even when the letter D was featured, I would sit in dread, waiting for this to come on. The psycopathic lion with dandelion leaves around it was the thing, and then i used to think it said "and your daddy is DEAD!" Yeah, I know, "DEAF". But still...
Even after all these years, it is a bit creepy.
StevenShields29 1 year ago
Haven't seen this one in a while.
Trippy.
WorldChallenge 1 year ago
that dolly must be singing it
pokemon5621 1 year ago
This was the most fascinatingly terrifying thing I remember from my childhood. Thank you for posting it. I loved it.
SlicKitty73 1 year ago 3
@SlicKitty73 If I had posted first, I would have written exactly that.
margaretm210 1 year ago
@SlicKitty73 This was THE PIECE that got me interested in surrealism as a child.I think that makes me weird to be like that from under age ten.
andrewfrancis74 1 year ago
The dandelion disturbed the hell out of me the first time I saw it -- so much so I always averted my eyes at that part any time it was on again. So this is the first time I've seen it in years. What a difference 25+ years make.
CHEFGUY445 1 year ago 2
I loved this when I was a child, wasn't scary at all to me. Jim Henson was genius!
mseriouxadeyemi 1 year ago
I completely agree with the comment about Sesame Street going downhill after John Denver passed. The old school lyrics and ingenuity were top rate! Nothing since has compared. I bought all the old seasons from the 70's and 80's.
anemkiikwa 1 year ago
I love Old School Sesame Street. In my opinion after Jim Henson tragically died the show went straight down the toilet. No offense to anyone, but I think any episode of Sesame Street made after Jim's death is crappy.
astridkitty1212 1 year ago
Dragons don't dance and they don't smoke cigars
Sounds like a bad trip but hey it was the 60s and 70s showed it too. The ending was a bit chilling for a 4 yr old.
LiteracyLabyrinth 1 year ago
Comments are lame, it is a kid show, The guy sounds like David from the show
amcfan100 1 year ago
Who are the singers?
jtomally9681 1 year ago
This is a pretty song
wickedfeylady 1 year ago
I get so fed up about people talking of LSD ..
Listen.. It was the sign of the times.. You did`nt have to take acid to produce such skits.. Just like you don`t have to use xtc or meth to convince cooky monster to switch on fruit.
Geeezz...
warminator 1 year ago
Lol I don't see the fuss because we enjoyed it. No bad dreams at all. Now if we really wanna point out who may have been on LSD, one name of two men pop into mind. Sid N Marty Krofft. H.R.Pufnstuf? Lidsville? Sigmund N the Sea Monsters. Now that was creative acid at work. I watched it like clockwork. It was the times people. It was what it was and I enjoyed Sesame street immensely. Rest in peace Jim Henson. Have a good one all.
humbleonewlp 1 year ago 11
@humbleonewlp omg! I was just talking about this to my husband, he's younger and doesn't remember H.R. pufnstuf. That show creeped me out! It just seemed wrong, like you shouldn't watch it. I showed him a pic of the pufnstuf guy and he agreed. Very weird..
snowbee001 1 year ago 2
I saw this when i was about 6 or 7 and loved it! Didn't think it was scary, just funny.
cometcrasher 1 year ago 3
A psychotic looking lion with fangs and petals around it's head. Beautiful image for pre-schoolers.
LonelyVagabond 1 year ago 3
HA HA you guys, never scared me as a kid,just liked the sing, I never thought monsters where under my bed etc.
amcfan100 1 year ago
Man, TV was messed up when I was a kid... haha
frankrfroesejr 1 year ago
LSD?
blibjorb 1 year ago
I remember this as if this was yesterday, but there's a lot of bizarre imagery in this for 5 or 6 year old kids
LonelyVagabond 2 years ago
0:12 GOATSE
XxGuardianKnightxX 2 years ago
It is amazing I know every word of this song but don't know every word to the star spangled banner. Sesame Street was a comfort in those days. Roosevelt Franklin made me happy and that was the first rap to me.
humbleonewlp 2 years ago
@humbleonewlp
Why would you EVER need to know the words to the Star Spangle Banner? You wont. You don't need to know that. But of course you need to know your abcs.
Berlitz777 2 years ago
Those cartoon pictures of a dog dreaming of meat, a dandelion with a lion face, a dragon and a gopher family are really cute! One thing I love about Sesame Street is all the cute animals and animalistic muppets. CUTE! Super cute!=)
astridkitty1212 2 years ago
man this is a classic....I missed it
zorpoxthedestroyer 2 years ago 2
Unreal. Time to get up from my nap & go to PM Kindergarten, 1974. 70's Music & TV will never be matched.
jbolio888 2 years ago
Yeah. For me, just got home from kindergarten in 1975. Time go eat my lunch (Campbell's chicken and stars) and sit in the living room and watch Sesame street.
ottieandeddie 2 years ago
Im 45 and i remember this like it was yesterday. What memories.
farodyoung 2 years ago 2
One of my favorites of all time. Still remember and love this after 35+ years. Thank you for sharing!
floresarts 2 years ago 2
I remember this gem! I really would like to see the sesame street segment with the shadows that dance with jazzy tunes filled with great snapping sound effects............GRR that's the best way that I can describe it, can anyone help me out?
keevi84 2 years ago
this has to be my favorite sesame street moment I've waited over twenty years to see this agian
khtyson1 2 years ago 3
I love this! I just watched the Old School Sesame Street DVD's and I was singing along with this segment. It's amazing that I still know the words after not having heard this song in over thirty years!
bloofan06 2 years ago 2
D....D.....D what a wonderful song. WHen I was tiny my 'name' for my dad was D because I'd learned that daddy starts with D. D.......... I miss him he died back in 95.......
LowercaseN 2 years ago 22
That's cute, and bittersweet. Sorry for your loss.
Promses2Keep 2 years ago
@LowercaseN So sorry to hear that...at least you two were close, and no one can ask for more than that.
Promses2Keep 1 year ago
@LowercaseN
Mine died back in 2005. I know how sad those experiences can be!
Smartboy8877 10 months ago
Most of my Sesame Street memories have been posted on YouTube, save one.
One in particular I'm wondering if anyone remembers, it was really surreal. It had to do with brushing your teeth. It was stop motion animation. A creature is confronted by a toothbrush, who asks how can it sing when its teeth aren't clean. I only saw it once or twice in the early 80s but have never forgotten it. Does anyone remember the name of this segment?
Barogas 2 years ago
That one was posted by tpirman1982 and is titled, "Classic Sesame Street - Bird and Toothbrush". Can't post the link here, so I'll send it in a separate message, enjoy!
TinyDancer500 2 years ago
I'd love it if someone could post "Slow", which was part of a bunch gymnast scenes. There was something like 4 or 5 altogether, and so far, "Between" is the only one posted.
LonelyVagabond 1 year ago
@Barogas I do. I just looked it up. It's called "Bird and Toothbrush". Look for that title on You-Tube, Thanks
jackwolf131 1 year ago
Oh wow, this brings back memories! I can't believe I accidentally found this. I'm 37 now and remember singing this song with my little sister before Mom put us to bed for our afternoon nap. This is one of my most favourite S.S. songs of all time! Now I'm on a mission to find out whose beautiful & sultry voices sing this song.
ThirdOfJune4444 2 years ago 6
When you complete your mission and find out the singer's name, give me a shout, will ya? Been looking for 13 years now! :-)
TinyDancer500 2 years ago
I most definitely will. It's the least I can do because you posted this wonderful video. Pleasant childhood memories came rushing back.
ThirdOfJune4444 2 years ago
Hi again. Okay, here's where my research took me. From what I can tell, I believe the woman's name is Marilyn Sokol. She performed "When The River Meets The Sea" with Jerry Nelson on the Favorite Songs From Jim Henson's Muppets album as Ma Otter. I have the cassette album and listened to both songs. It sound VERY close to being Marilyn but I can't be 100% sure and I don't have more concrete proof. I'm afraid I can't help you with the guy's voice [yet].
ThirdOfJune4444 2 years ago 3
Still Great work that you could even find all that... Kudos my friend!!!
dreaminofme07 2 years ago 2
@ThirdOfJune4444 Don't know who the female singer is, but the guy singing is Joe Raposo
totalrod2 1 year ago
@totalrod2 I'm well aware of Joe Raposo's voice (and David's, to answer another suggestion), but this male singer is, alas, neither. The search for truth continues! :-)
TinyDancer500 1 year ago
This kinda scared me when I was little.
JFMstudio 2 years ago 3
ddddd, precioso, :))
desid222 2 years ago
me and my sister thought they were saying "and your daddy is dead"!! hahahaha!!
ILoveZandra 2 years ago
Jesus...I havent seen that in YEARS!! and I am 41.
Thanks so much for posting..it brought back so many memories I forgot about..
That was all us kids had back then..SStreet.
No internet or cable or DVDs..
I will be singing this song for the next couple days now..lol
Thanks again
snowdog2112yyz 2 years ago 3
This is from All Star Alphabet
GwynfrynWilliams 2 years ago
This one was popular enough to be used on a few compilations, I grabbed it from the "Learning About Letters" DVD :-) That one, and "Learning About Numbers" were early faves in my house, we wore out two tapes before finding the DVDs!
TinyDancer500 2 years ago 2
This is one of the most sublime & haunting tunes SS ever released, right up there with the 'madrigal alphabet'.
dangard88 2 years ago 13
@dangard88
always hated the dollar falling part (at the end) of the clip. the rest was great.
ironhide2006 1 year ago
@ironhide2006 That part always got me a little to, because somehow it's almost like the dolly is....dying.
dangard88 1 year ago
Goodness! I haven't seen this clip in years! Thank goodness for the power of YouTube to bring back childhood memories!
tpirman1982 2 years ago 3
The only thing more puzzling than her questions were the answers provided by her father!! Not only did he not answer them, he added things that werent relavent to her questions at all! A weird one!!
stegaflaps 2 years ago 3
It's not unusual for children to ask nonsensical questions, and for their parents to give equally nonsensical answers.
A1l2l2e2n4 2 years ago
This was hard core psychadelic seventies...........it was like a dream..........I hope it was anyway..........I would be worried if someone had these thoughts conscious!
stegaflaps 2 years ago
LOL You guys were scared by this!? Where did you sheltered folks live? I am sorry I am just LOL cause I thought it extraordinary.. We had it better far as imagination goes then than how it is now. Sure they have comps now but we had books and our minds and ty God Sesame Street. I enjoyed this piece and ty for bringing it back to me.
humbleonewlp 2 years ago 2
You guys were really sensitive kids....reading Alice in Wonderland and Wizard's Nephew would have made you appreciate and understand these abstract skits more.
I think this is the reason why Sesame Street today is only elmo and friends for kids and all the adults have stopped looking at the series because it rots the brain with its simplicity.
My father used to look at SS with us all the time in the 70s, 80s but there is no way i am sitting down to look at elmo's world!!!
lijana 2 years ago 2
i remember this one! their are references to drugs and madness.... children's programs are so... chushy.
Planetlooneybin3 2 years ago
Amazing how so many people believe you have to be high to come up with something imaginative. (Alice in Wonderland) Anyway, I remember as a kid, I thought the dad's answers to all the daughters questions at the end of the song were total cop-outs. lol. Typical way of answering your kids questions when you've had enough. lol.
NATED0Go33 2 years ago 6
I remembered this song today so I thought I'd check youtube to see if it was there and here it is! Thanks so much for posting! I remember watching this back in the early 70's as a little girl. I always thought the animation was weird and trippy, but as an adult I see how artistic it really is.
351528 2 years ago 2
It's funny for me to see this with music, because I've only seen this as an accapella number.
setheurovision94 2 years ago
Wow,...how I wanted a doll like that one!
BoooringSidney 2 years ago 2
that was really disturbing :|
ElektricBlue89 2 years ago
Think of how disturbing it was back in the seventies! O_o
MelanieLouM 2 years ago 2
Back in the '70s, I didn't really think it was all that disturbing.
A1l2l2e2n4 2 years ago 2
dang -- they dont make kids shows like these anymore!!!
jdugena 2 years ago 3
lol as a kid i used to think they were singing my name danny dear.
cbrun67176 2 years ago
When the little girl graphic fades out I remember at the age of 4 thinking she splatted on the ground at the very end. I couldnt watch as a kid.... sheesh . How creepy was the Dandelion and daisies?
Dont forget to look up "Silent E" if you are looking for creepy things we watched as kids - the blood red sky did me in on Silent E. Didnt SOMEONE edit this stuff with little kids in mind or did everyone just take ludes and PCP??
thanks for posting though
polishoak275 2 years ago 2
Takes me back to my childhood. Boston in the early 1970's. WOW!
ladylisa6689 2 years ago 3
thanx for the words , its a quick song!!
gshow1970 2 years ago
cootmaster 2 years ago 2
daddy dear, oh daddy dear
Do dogs have dreams, do ducks have ears?
Do dragons dance, why do gophers dig holes?
Do gophers dress up
in their dirty clothes?
D, D, D, D
Dogs dream of meat and their dreams are delicious
Ducks do have ears but they don't do the dishes
Gophers dig holes to hide their candy bars
Dragons don't dance and they don't smoke cigars
cootmaster 2 years ago
i got tears too lol
cootmaster 2 years ago
Great memories of my childhood.During the 70's in New Jersey!!!
farodyoung 2 years ago
My dad used to sing this everytime this came on Sesame Street.
April 12th is not only Easter.................it is also seven years since he passed away.
Daddy dear, oh Daddy sweet - why did you have to go? Because God called him, that's why.
KAMIKAZR 2 years ago 3
Sweet! Brings tears to my eyes. I was singin' it just last night.
jackmanslightpepper 2 years ago 2
once i heard the song the memories hit, but it was something about those tadpoles that brought it all back to me
Musicizmiilyfe 2 years ago
ill have what ever they are having.
Tenn0rockit 2 years ago 2
oooohhhh how wonderful this is. I totally forgot about thisone. That lady had such a pretty soothing voice. Thanks for posting.
lavvy2585 2 years ago 3
strong emotions from this one. It is comforting to know that silly little things like this have been hanging out in my brain all these years.
gandhi328 2 years ago 4
Definately! LOL
CatNaptz 2 years ago
I must be a strange person but nothing scared me on Sesame Street and I'm amazed at the things some people find scary.
gomiwomi 2 years ago 2
Some of the segment on Sesame St. were a direct product of the 70's and were somewhat strange, psychedelic and sometimes bizzare. I think that's what people mean when they say "scary". That being said, I think most people who grew up on Sesame St. found it very entertaining.
kevseb66 2 years ago 6
It's amazing how this stuff stays in your memory even after 30plus years.
kevseb66 2 years ago
I know what you mean. I am 32 now.
derekfan7695 2 years ago
its funny how you never forget certain things
mattyp3400 2 years ago 3
this is so much better than the shite they have now...I almost can't let my kids watch sesame street anymore, but then sometimes they still play these--once in a blue moon
KarenEngelhardt 3 years ago
ok i hope nobody thinks I'm crazy but i almost wanted to cry when i heard this...it made me think of my dad (who passed away) and how he always tried to answer my questions no matter how crazy they were ♥♥
amy027 3 years ago 12
Not crazy, hon, just human. We all have something that touches a nerve. I lost my own Dad just recently and wish I could ask him all those silly questions again. I must admit I sometimes get a bit teary during the "Fairy Alphabet" clip I have posted from the show. Just something so beautiful about it. Never be ashamed of your emotions, Amy, shows you have a heart.
TinyDancer500 3 years ago
If you're crazy than I am too (and a lot of others lol). A lot of SS clips affect me in an emotional way bringing back memories of my childhood and of people I haven't seen since childhood.
GrayEyes123 3 years ago 4
I soooo relate to what you guys are saying. Revisting these SS segments is so nostalgic of days gone by that can never be recaptured. It does make you a little teary.
kevseb66 2 years ago 4
@amy027 i feel the exact same way. I watch this when I want to make myself cry. I lost my dad too and this was a song we sang together.
gumba666 1 year ago
Slightly creepy- but very 70's.
MOPSgal 3 years ago 3
She sounds so sweet when she asks for a drink of water, but I think what she needs is a hefty dose of nyquil (or gin).
rat4cooler 3 years ago
Please, please let someone put up the "E" song from ep. 1. Pleese. E.
SesameStrut 3 years ago 2
I second, third, and fourth that, please! That's the groovy queen eating a peach in the land of steam, etc. cartoon known as "The E Song", for them that don't know.
TinyDancer500 3 years ago
I just love it it might be the prettiest thing The Street ever made. I get misty just thinking about it.
Oh, and thanks, Tiny Dancer, for putting up that beautiful Sesame Street alphabet. So lovely.
SesameStrut 3 years ago 5
I 5th 6th & 7th the call for the E Song. I know it's not on here but if anyone wants to see it the premier episode of SS is viewable online at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, the E song starts at about 39 minutes into the show.
GrayEyes123 3 years ago