Sesame Street - Mad Painter # 7

[monkeysoulpoet]

The dude suffers for his art, man.

[TheNostalgiaJunkie]

Sesame Street segments are somewhere deep in my subconscious. I'm trying to find the one with the pinwheel windmill. I started grinning hard when I saw these Mad Painter bits again.

[AroundTheWaymon]

WOW! I remember this!

[MITOGEN]

I used to think Dick Van Dyke was the mad painter.

[afriendofbean]

At 0:57, when the painter was looking at the audience and nodding, did that mean "yes, that's the 7 I painted" where he thought he painted on the football players shirt and thought the football player was constantly riding in the elevator since he kept wondering where his painted 7 was?

[sha11235]

@afriendofbean No, he realized that he didn't have to paint the 7 again because the guy already had a 7 on his uniform so he could put his 7 up against it, which was the whole point. The other two times he painted the 7 but the elevator door closed before he could do that.

[afriendofbean]

I found somewhere on the internet that he didn't know that the elevator opened and he didn't know he was painting on other passenger's belongings where he thought and was focusing on trying to paint on the elevator.

[Toracube]

Paul Benedict. Genius !!!!

[gnash555]

He looks like John Holmes the p)rn guy lol.

Gonna paint a....

[67nairb]

The Mad Painter is dressed like a French Impressionist Artist of the 19th Century-like Edgar Degas.

[oldies1976]

Quarterbacks usually wear #7.

[2nd2nun1]

Thank you Mstatz! I thought that was her cute face, lol. Appreciate it.

[2nd2nun1]

The woman on the elevator looks JUST like actress Stockard Channing (Rizzo from 'Grease'). Or are my eyes are just playing tricks with me?

[mstatz]

Yes, that is she!

[sha11235]

@2nd2nun1 Yeah, she was also the woman making the sandwich in the 3 sketch and the woman with the umbrella in the 4 sketch.

[tw69hands2]

@2nd2nun1:

That's Stockard Channing...

[MrJacMac1986]

@2nd2nun1 wasnt she the woman that played Marsha the waitress on Happy Days

[sallyjosie]

As for the football player if you look closely you can see the guy has a mustache. And the way he puts his arm around the guy is the way two buddies would or two guys clowning for the camera.

[afriendofbean]

Yes, I can see the football player with a small mustache.

Also, if you look close you can see that the football player is constantly moving his mouth but, I'm not sure why he keeps moving his mouth.  Unless he is chewing on chewing gum or, just finished eating something and is still chewing on it.

[sallyjosie]

The bald-headed guy who keeps showing up in those segments is Jerome Raphel and the woman who keeps showing up is none other then Stockard Channing. She's best known for playing Rizzo in the movie 'Grease' and is/was in the TV show 'The West Wing'.

[rolfziel]

b'vo 7!

[OldSkoolBoysRule]

: 40 to : 47 CLASSIC "whoops - where's my 7 ?"

[BriSchwa82]

Whooops. Wait a minute. Where's my 7?

[smjjohnson]

I love the look on the chicks face! Why does the football player put his arm around him??? o_0

[afriendofbean]

Maybe the football player put his arm around the painter because, since the painter put his "7" stencil over the football players "7" uniform shirt, he was probably thinking that the painter was wishing him good luck where he was off to a football game or, the football player must've thought that since the painter was being nice to him (because of the "7" on his uniform) the football player probably thought that the painter was one of his fans, so he put his arm around him to say "thank you."

[sha11235]

@smjjohnson To be friends. No, not in that way. It is like in the gorilla sketch with the 5.

[skatscan]

The Mad Painter meets Brett Farve!!

[bchbys]

Brett Farve is #4

[vagrelm]

lol this was the best one ever. Long Live the mad painter!!

[libertaebest]

RIP Paul Benedict - you brought a lot of joy to people everywhere.

<3!

[revacohen]

The Number Painter seems a little short on brains. Couldn't he see that he was painting on other people's property and not on the elevator?

[afriendofbean]

Maybe the painter wasn't paying attention what color the elevator was, and his mind was probably thinking and focusing on painting a "7" instead of looking to see what he's painting on.

[sha11235]

@revacohen Yeah, why not just paint it on the door? I think he felt it had to be on something in the elevator.

[cwegers]

Stockard again... ya old chipmunk

[MondoBeno]

That was funny. In fact this was the only "number painter" skit that didn't give me the creeps.

[songizlife]

deos anyone have #5!!!!

 please

[ulij20]

I seem to remember a skit where the painter goes into a room and starts panicking when he sees a gorilla. It's not the #5 segment, though, since that takes place at the zoo.

[sha11235]

@ulij20 No, that has to do with an investigator looking for a 20. It wasn't the mad painter.

[songizlife]

u post some good clips. 4 my mom this is a blast from the past!!

[tracie1964]

thank you mstatz, my nephew and I have enjoyed your site.

[smoothie6ft3]

Hey Mstatz or anyone out there know where I can see the skit Stockard Channing did involving a gorilla and a banana?It has the music to "The Sting" playing in the background and I believe that either she or the gorilla keeps having to give out bananas.

[afriendofbean]

I think there probably wasn't a Mad Painter skit with Stockard Channing and a gorilla and a banana. However, the Mad Painter #5 skit involved the painter at a zoo inside the gorillas cage (this skit was taken off YouTube because I think the person who posted it removed it). Also, the Mad Painter #10 skit had another character on the skit eating a banana.

[ulij20]

I remember that one. I never liked it, since I always thought the way the lady belched at the end was kind of gross. That one depicted the word "yes". The "no" one was funny, though, because it ended up with the lady dragging off the gorilla, who had been terrorizing her at the beginning of the film. The gorilla kept crying out, "No! No! No!"

[smoothie6ft3]

Im glad someone else besides me remembers this skit. I wonder if its been posted here.

[laurenmargaux]

that lady's face is awesome!

[zacandtaylorrule]

I know Stockard Channing but what is the name of the actor who played the painter. I know he was Bentley on the Jeffersons.

[afriendofbean]

The name of the painter is played by Paul Benedict.

[MIKECNW]

What so strange is how they added the sound to the elevator door closing with is wierd since it's a silent flim with music playing in the background.

Wonder what was behind that?

[DragonLord1975]

Jets colors! Definitely in New York!

[chakatwhisper]

i completely forgot about the painter guy - i love this skit , just the looks on ppls faces when he paints numbers on them, and the mr rodgers like music- thanks for posting

[Kapricorn1]

Love the look on the lady's face after he painted the 7 on the bag its like "what have you done you freak?" Lol, thanks 4 the vid brings back memories.

[valorik]

Does anyone remember the number 2 skit? What was that like?

[afriendofbean]

The Number 2 painter skit took place at a boat harbor where the painter painted a number 2 on a sailboat that belonged to Mac (the bald man) who was angry in this skit, and even got angry at the painter for painting a 2 on his boat. So the painter jumped in a different rowboat, and quickly rowed away in the rowboat.

[valorik]

Thanks. I was wondering.

[DragonLord1975]

The Jets colors. I recognize that.

[lfrage]

Try to find number 6.

[afriendofbean]

Yes, the number 6 painter skit was my favorite one. I hope someone has it to post it up on YouTube.

[lfrage]

What was the number 6 painter skit like. I completely forgot.

[afriendofbean]

The Number 6 skit was in a bakery where the baker set a cake on the kitchen counter and stepped out for a second, and the painter came out from under the counter, and used icing to draw a "6" on the cake. When the baker returned, he saw what the painter did to the cake, so the baker cut a slice of the cake and handed it to the painter. Then the baker picked up the rest of the cake and smacked it in the painter's face, and the painter had cream and a backwards number 6 icing on his face.

[lfrage]

I remember now! Thanks!

[lfrage]

7 is my favorite number!

[afriendofbean]

The Number 6 painter skit is posted up on YouTube. On the website google, just type in Mad Painter #6 and you will find the Number 6 painter skit.

[SidJustice1]

Stockard Channing could have been doubled by Cindy Williams on this sketch.

[soilsminor]

Holy smoke!! Remember back to when there used to be ashtrays at the entrance to the elevator. As a courtesy, I suppose (cough).

[mstatz]

I remember that VERY well! Times sure have changed, haven't they?

[bassistguy]

@soilsminor I miss the old days when it was OK to show an ashtray in a kids show :).

[brhodes0]

This, along with number 4 are my favourite painter clips. Let's hope the youtoob police don't take them off.

[Devaishwarya]

the woman's expression ALWAYS had me on the floor rolling with laghter...looking at this now...it still does...lol

[brendarox2006]

Well, before he was 'that crazy Englishman', as GJ called him, he was a hipper rendition of Doodles Weaver.

[angelgirl7473]

LOL uh huh 7

[StoogeAtHeart]

I wonder if there was also supposed to be one where the painter keeps painting numbers on people who get on an escalator... great clip!

[KPCarter2000]

there was no escalator clip of the painter in any of them//

[BHoz77]

When I saw the football player at the end, this one made me think of the skit that spoofed the Coke commercial from the 70s where Gordon is a football player and hands some kid a towel with the number 7 on it and the kid goes "WOW! Thanks, Big Blurry!" or something like that. Anyone have that one?

[KPCarter2000]

That was a parody of Mean Joe Green...

[3KNOCKS]

I STILL REMEMBER THIS ONE AND I LIKE IT

[plyg]

the chef is jim henson.

[MIKECNW]

No it wasn't. it was the guy who played the street cleaner in the 9 film and some of the others.

[patrickballoonman]

And if you want MORE trivia, the bald-headed man seen here playing the janitor along with Benedict and Channing is former New York stage actor Jerome Raphael.

[Crotchrot]

After watching a few of these, I just realized he is also in all of these...at least all of the ones I have seen. The woman looked familiar, but that could just be from seeing this when I was a kid.

[delusions101]

The woman is Stockard Channing.  She played Rizzo in the movie Grease :)

[tellshiar]

Yes, that actor is Paul Benedict who was best known as Mr. Bentley on the Jeffersons. I always wanted George to say, "Bentley, go home and paint a number!" and then slam the door. Seriously, this and the chef who was always dropping his food (Cakes) were my favorite live action skits.

[streetcarjay]

Tell me if I'm wrong, but I think the Painter is Paul Benedict. Mr. Bentley on The Jeffersons!!

[KPCarter2000]

You are NOT wrong..it is indeed him

[sign543]

Did you notice that the lady in the elevator is Stockard Channing from Grease? In Grease she played Betty Rizzo.

[MGHSHour2]

put more of these skits up

[m4rcu5m]

Wow! I remember these! Isn't that Mr. Bentley from The Jeffersons with a beard???

[mstatz]

Yes it is! The actor's name is Paul Benedict and he went on to play Mr. Bentley. George Jefferson used to always walk on his back to fix his back problem.

[Insurancemaster]

@mstatz Here's another little-known fact. Remember the other Jefferson neighbors Tom and Helen Willis? Helen is Roxie Roker in real life...also the mother of musician Lenny Kravitz.

[DiAnno13]

For some reason, Philadelphia Eagles QB Ron Jaworski always reminded me of this.

[loumichaels]

One of the best painter sketches! He plays it so well, you honestly believe he doesn't know he's outside an elevator and that's why his 7's keep disappearing.

[mstatz]

He is very funny! My 7 year old nephew and 5 year old niece were laughing like crazy when I showed them these painter skits. I used to crack up too when I was their age and watching these skits. It's a shame these aren't shown anymore. The man really does seem mentally unstable! LOL.

[loveutoto]

"Now, wait a minute! Where's my 7?"