Classic Sesame Street - If I Could Only Paddle Like a Doggy

[califgirl101]

oh wow! This retro clip brings bad alot of memories! Could somebody please post It's A Rainy Day? Thats another cute memorable clip that I love so much! Thank you my friend! :)

[alannaallen]

This is absolutely my favorite sesame street clip. :D

[Jennafu832]

Wow...20 years has been such a long time...and then again, it seems like just yesterday.

[JESmedley]

I haven't seen/heard this in so long! Thanks for posting; I totally remember this one as a kid.

[briansky10]

This is so cute. Sometimes it even brings tears to my eyes. Joe Raposo was (and always will be) the best childrens songwriter of all.

[Chibiicap]

i fondly remember this one ^^

[bobmartin3]

Those Other Best Friends Are Good Swimmers!

[bobmartin3]

Everybody Has Friendship!

[bobmartin3]

The Other Friends Join wanted In Too!

[KMAN6000]

I remember this so long ago

[MiltownPunkette21]

Joe Raposo is dearly missed :-(

[jodebnath3]

Great summertime clip

[gregoir]

Awesome! i love this!!! it's from Sesame st. & somewhere else, but it sound's like somethung Spike jones would do?!

[ChannelUmptyThree]

sing it boys!

arf arf ruff ruff bow wow wow howl!!

OLD SCHOOL!!

[LeftSock06]

This is so cute. What kid wouldn't want to paddle like a doggy?

[cannonballsax]

*giggles* This is such a CUTE song and film!

[thanhbites]

That is a total 70's hair cut that kid has.

[Ntouchwithchildhood]

Another one of my favorites! I love swimming clips on here, cause i loved to swim as a kid!

I'm glad I now know who sang all these songs.

[nostuh34]

Listen out for the GREAT INHALE after the "dogs" are finished with their verse at 1:00.ROFL!!!!

[thabooger]

nice i knew id find this on youtube.for some reason i was at work takin a piss and this song popped in my head.

[phoenix21x]

i learned how to do the doggy paddle to and it was fun. thats how u learn how to swimm for some of us

[Pikachuiscool]

It's thanks to this skit that I learned how to doggy paddle. :)

[thanhbites]

Why is that kid paddling ? Just stick to the dogs.

[thanhbites]

Man that dog is long gone.

[FREEASTHESTARS]

great song!

[zacandtaylorrule]

I love this video!  Even though I am more a cat person I love doggies too.

[JadaDiva412]

WOW!! I use to sing this song as a child every time I tried to doggy paddle, lol.

[TheCheshireofQuidget]

Joe Raposo is officially one of my favorite music artists now! I remember watching all those mini-musicals as a kid in the nineties and I didn't think to ask, "Isn't that the same man singing for most of those videos?" Now I know and shall treasure them!

[BonzoGal1980]

If the dear man hadn't passed over 10 years ago, Joe Raposo would die if he saw what an abomination Sesame Street has become.

[dawnieangel76]

I agree completely.

[Frightmind]

I so agree with you, Sesame Street has become just like every other children show on television, it's so repetitive now it hurts to watch, it's sad to see that kids are no longer being challenged and that sesame street has been continuously been dumbed down so much.

They should call it The Elmo Show.

[animegal2686]

Does the same people sing these songs or do different people sing these songs? It sounds different sometimes.

[SugarRose25]

I love this song! How cute

[EclecticStranger]

i love you for adding this video, this song/clip is what first taught me to swim as a child, and led me into an awesome school swimming career.

Thank you so much

[jesmarluk]

I love this. Anyone seen the Sesame Street one of "It's a Rainy Day" on YouTube anywhere?

[PinkChocolat07]

LOL! I use to swim like that kid.

[jrc99us]

Man I feel like I could tap dance to this.

[Frightmind]

wow, I've been searching for this video for ages. So many memories have been revived in my mind watching this.

[melissa3289]

aww i used to love this lol i love the dog swimmign when i was littlei thoughti t was so funny

[1upgamer]

Please, I seriously need Froggy goes a kickin.  That was my song when I was a kid. Used to sing 'la di da do oh la di da di oh la di da di o day!' while swimming. I cant find it anywhere.

[Pokygirl2001]

watch?v=-hkM1ngx11E Froggy goes a kickin :) for you 1upgamer

[Marbles471]

This is one of those things that stuck in my head very early on, and never left. I haven't seen this in over a decade, but to this day I think of it when I find myself in water up to my neck.

By the way...

Damn it all, but that was one hell of a beautiful day when they were filming this.

[welchm8]

Thank you sawing14s! I loved this song, and in retrospect that's some nice underwater photography too.

[elyseshearer]

has anyone found froggy-goes-a-kicking or water baby yet? i an DYING to hear them again

[DreamDancer82]

I have Froggu Goes a Kicking but I can't post it due to the fact I taped that one on Noggin, and I have absolutely no idea how to take the logo out (it'll get removed if I don't take the logo out).

[MadTheologian]

I have software that can remove the logo. I am more than happy to edit it out. Send me a PM and we'll take it from there.

[Ian16545]

I'll probably bet one of the barking parts was done by Frank Oz, no?

[ap2152002]

I liked this one as well from Joe and good music too. Thanks for putting this up.

[jaegemm]

I remember this very clearly despite not having seen this for many years. Thank you for loading it.

[DreamDancer82]

Joe Raposo did a lot of these swimming songs. There was "Water Baby" with seals, and my favorite, "Froggy Goes A-Kicking." I think he wrote it, but he definitely did not sing it.

Thanks for this. Love it! I remember it very well.

[Bellassett]

Aw, I love Froggy Goes A-Kicking.

I love this one, too. Thanks for posting, sawing14s!

[MadTheologian]

Thanks for posting this up! Now, that is quality Sesame Street.

I'd be thrilled to hear Froggy Goes A-Kicking on YouTube. I have not heard that song in over 15 years.

[Marbles471]

I can see parts of this were filmed on the same day as "Water Baby"---you can see that dad with his little son at the end.

[LittleRachael]

This is sooo cute! I remember I would hum this song when I was learning how to swim. :) To this day, I still swim using almost exclusively the doggie paddle!

[Lazybucket]

Me too!

[FizzyDrink]

Same here! I think it helped me get over my fear of the deep end of the pool.