Island of Emotion (Classic Sesame Street)

[jbkitty91990]

See how the breeze is blowing kisses <3

[orange2dope]

Too bad they don't make any hand drawn animations like this anymore, now its all computer animated crap.

[laughingsal]

@orange2dope thanks- artists are still trying to make sense of the ease of computer animation- better things will come.

[telegramsam]

@laughingsal Still prefer the old hand-drawn cel animation. Just compare recent output of Disney (computer animation) compared to Studio Ghibli (mostly hand-drawn). There's no contest in terms of skill & beauty...

[Marbles471]

@laughingsal

I love Pixar movies as much as the next guy, but a majority of computer animation just leaves me cold. And even the best of it can't duplicate the same kind of playful, organic glee that one finds in, for instance, you old pieces.

(This one was always one of my favorites. =)

[Marbles471]

@Marbles471

(Meant to say "your old pieces.")

[IceManNJD2]

sally cruikshank is fred's mother!!! OMG!

[FreakyLynx]

Wow, that art style reminds me the intro to a number of eighties movies (such as Madhouse).

[laughingsal]

@FreakyLynx dingdong you win the prize because I directed the Madhouse titles!

[TheDreReichDude]

@laughingsal Did you do the ones for Ruthless People too? They were both great, and I was first introduced to Chris Rea through his song Let's Dance, which played during the Madhouse titles! (which came out in 1990, and RP was released in 1986.)

[laughingsal]

@TheDreReichDude Yes, I did titles for Ruthless People and Madhouse too. Always liked song for Madhouse, "Let's Dance." Thanks

[dslgunner1977]

In what year was this aired? I don't remeber seeing this as a child, so I'm guessing it was after I had "outgrown" seseme street (though nobody ever really 'outgrows' Seseme Street! lol).

This is a very cute sketch, by the way! :)

[laughingsal]

@dslgunner1977 It was around 1994, thanks.

[MastersRaven]

It's been at least 10-15 years since I've heard this song and I can still sing it word for word LOL

[SaiyanLady]

Does anyone remember the singing turtle? There was a song that involved pairs of bird. I remember there were a pair of Purple pigeons named Polly and Pete and a pair of black birds named Judy and Jim. Can any one tell me the name of that song?

[ketchup143]

i wish this was a real place

[Lemonade908]

I remember this creeping me out as a kid for some reason, though I couldn't remember what it was actually about. Also, love isn't really an emotion....

[Kuroobi5]

Wow! Thanx 4 the upload. I can't believe you have this.... I grew up on this b4 sesame street got messed up xD thanx!

[Peenut2k7]

Is anger too strong for the island?

[laughingsal]

@Peenut2k7 funny- must not have made it past the Sesame St. committee- would have been fun to animate anger.

[jbkitty91990]

@Peenut2k7 i was wondering too why they didnt do anger glad i wasnt the only one! lol

[totallynothere]

It's really something that I can remember this song after probably 10 or more years. thank you Sally for ingraining such wonderful animation into young minds such as mine. as an animator now I really see the time and effort this must have taken and the artistry. really good to watch it once again.

[laughingsal]

@totallynothere good luck and much success with your animation, and thanks for your nice comment.

[FrostieDragon]

if this doesnt bring back memories then idk what does XD

[dukuman4]

When I was young I lived in New York City, Because sesame street is created after that city it was influenced by all of the culture that was there. The show really opened my eyes and I feel my generation to different cultures and love for all types of people.

[laughingsal]

@dukuman4 Such a lovely comment, that's what Ses St was all about at that time.

[chloika]

TRIPPY this is sooo FABULOUS, (:

[captmcswashbuckle]

3 people are stuck on the island of emotion

[tpirman1982]

Of all the areas of the Island of Emotion, I'd definitely spend most of my time in the Love Lagoon 'cause I bet that'd be a great place to have my dates with my fiancee.

Especially going for a swim in the ocean, build sandcastles on the sand, etc.

[tpirman1982]

This is one of the best cartoons ever, Sally! And my all-time favorite one of all!

Keep up the good work.

[keydazy]

This was one of my favorite Sesame Street songs growing up. I loved the animation. I think it was because I hadn't seen anything like it before and it went so well with the bouncy rhythm. Thanks!

[ashantifan1224]

Whoever disliked this needs mental help. :(

[thenewageriseth]

Love thisssss xD Like I love "Above it All" and "In Crowd" and a few others. Good times.

[laughingsal]

@thenewageriseth tanks!

[Mssweetolive]

i wish i could get every song and video on a dvd and cherish it 4ever

[sweetness48]

Ahhhh...this was Sesame Street before the commercialism of Elmo took over. This took me back. Thank you for posting!

[doctorwhorox]

Wow I remember this!!!! mid-late 90s 'calypso' era SS... how old was I when I saw this? 3? 4? Wow, such memories...

[laughingsal]

Loved your comment, TheBaconlaser

[TheBaconlaser]

100% of us kids laughed, years later the Forest of Yow ate us alive.

[beckigreen]

I love it.

[laughingsal]

all these nice comments, yowser! I'm on the Island of Emotion myself!

[PandaMishima]

Love to have the soundtrack for this!

[yaoi4evandnevayuri]

Omg! I can't believe I found the person who made this, when I was a child this was one of my favorite songs that they always played, this and "It's hip to be a square" The animation is awesome and fits perfectly for it, I went from being happy to sad when I saw everyone else crying, and then I would turn out happy again, at the end when he touches the cloud and it rains on him I would always die laughing. This is a great animation, and it's one that inspired me to want to do animation myself!

[JBluv4ever824]

man i love this song!! :D

[covertvegan]

holy cow i barely rememeber this... some of the images are familiar... weird... so long ago!

[tearsofblood88]

i wonder what this cartoon would be like if u where blazed

[TomBreeze]

honestly i think i was one those kids that this was really emotional for, something about the music and animation would realllly tug at my emotions and i can still feel it to some extent today

[dangard88]

Cool number!

[dangard88]

Really cool song!

[dangard88]

This was SUCH a cool song! Very rare for the modern SS n umbers.

[racso562]

what were these animals names?

like what were they known as?

[ThroughTheFlutter]

i loved this when i was little.. im 18 now and i still sing this sometimes.. god ill never get enough of this!! ya 1991 for the old skwl sesame street

[nyjahfanatic]

i loved this song when i was a kid

[punkyrubberducky4]

How could anyone find this "too emotional" to watch?? This is just a happy song with happy animations to match. Thanks for posting it!

[aquateensown]

Classic.

[jdollface91]

i finally found it! haha, i loved these cartoons from sesame street <33 my fav. as a kid. thanks :)

[sweetsheepo]

definaqatly going to the ocean now

[Purpleluna666]

jajaja trippy ;)

[rainbowmuppet]

I totally remember this! now if only I could find the singing orange thing...

[jimmysgirl69]

ive been looking for that too....its Cecil the Orange...still havent found it either!

[BizzarreProductions]

Cecil isn't an orange. She's a ball.

Search "Sesame Street I'm Gonna Get To You." It's the first result.

[PandaMishima]

@BizzarreProductions

An orange can be a ball, but is not too practical in the long run, in particular when you tend to hit or bounce it a lot. Still, the shape is in the right ballpark.

[thenewageriseth]

Another one of my favorites! XD

[CorinthianAndi]

My emotion:Sad,because I'm missing the good old days of Seasame street(the great,classical one)now...sigh:( Thank God for Youtube,else I'll be very angry not to see these songs over.

[laughingsal]

Just cross fingers that CTW doesn't take them all down. There was a producer, Arlene Sherman, who was in charge of all these shorts, mine and others. She passed on this year, and hadn't been doing the shorts for a decade.

[OtherBrother09]

The red crab has teeth! Cool.

[OtherBrother09]

Perfect with Caribbean Amphibian.

[basketbchic]

I REMEMBER THIS!!!!! :) Thanks for the post!

[seshiomari]

I need to loosen up when I make my animations. I feel like they're too serious and I don't play enough with the story. These animations really spark wonder and imagination. Mine do too but they are more practical, while these are really suggestive and they make me think about stuff lol. I really liked The "Make me Psychic" animation too.

[laughingsal]

Thanks, seshiomari. Software like Flash makes it easier to get experimental and loose with animation, though it's not usually used that way.

[CorinthianAndi]

laughinsal...u made this?!like,really?then WOW!!!you're amazing,talented and well loved by me-THE BIGGEST SEASAME STREET FAN! No one loves S.S. or this short more than me.(maybe you?)anyways,thanks for the childhood memories!

[laughingsal]

I bet you can count really fast! ;) Tanks.

[Muppets4Life]

Still an all time favorite for me! Old Sesame Street Rules!!! ^_^

[laughingsal]

thank you.

[LeftSock06]

If you like this artwork, it's worth looking up Face Like A Frog. Same guy, but totally different feel. Think pink elephants from Dumbo.

[Brinah]

it would be nice to have such an island! I'd be there crying out my problems before I start my day!

[laughingsal]

funny thought. but can you imagine what a restaurant would be like on the Island of Emotion?

[Brinah]

lol, a lot of people from the destitute to the rich would be there on the island! :)

[WDWExplorer]

what kinds of animals are the main two? lol

[laughingsal]

those are hippogators.

[WDWExplorer]

lol cute ^_^

[chaojimbo]

XD My parents acciadently deleted a sesmae street recording with this a few months ago.

[laughingsal]

That's what parents do.

[mymelodyromance]

Omg. I still sing "In the island of emotion.." sometimes. Its creepy how that one song gets sooo addicting.

[laughingsal]

I hate when songs gets stuck in my mind. Hope you've never heard the WallyPark commercials!

[battybuddy]

Oh great... Now I got that song stuck in my head again. :D

[erinsharrison]

PRESENTS thats a good surprise

[brittkina]

Does anyone know where I can find the sesame street clip with the girl singing about the continents, it went like this: "Africa, Antartica, Asia, Austrailia,etc.

[zekeyspaceylizard]

oh god my childhood came rushing back.

[laughingsal]

who's Fred?

[cmtr1080]

whoa, weird thought: Is Sally related to Fred?

[spice9707]

OMG! I still find myself saying "Island of Emotion" on occasion! Scary!

[kungfuwookie]

sally cruikshank and keith haring animated my childhood.

[esiafdg009]

i cant tell you how many times i watched these clips as a toddler, this brings me so many memories back. thx

[MountainDewisKool]

to bad kids dont watch this tv show any more. i cant find it any more

[12audi31]

I love this song..But my favorite one was one that said "above it all..I love to fly.." or something like that..and one about dish and the spoon...LOL I miss that.

[ShaiMyst]

hey if u check my playlist for sesame street the animator for above it all is on youtube and she posted it up.

[narozzz]

Hey, nice work Sal! :D

[laughingsal]

actually my daughter couldn't look at the part where they're all crying- she was a preschooler at the time. This was always one of my favorites too.

[xmen002]

OMG i am in heaven right now these classics make you feel so childlike again. Thanks so much sally for creating these!

[TheRealGentleman]

Some children found it too emotional to watch???

[LittleGigiK]

You animated this? Wow! I remember this video and I loved it!

[nolliehart17]

i so remember this!! YAY!

[DaDrizzL31214]

ha ah i remember this too, Im 18 now i saw this when i was 5. where does the time go anyway?

[matthatter56]

This is when Seasme Street was good. Beofre it got all crappy And to who posted this video thanks so much. I used to have these taped on betamax but now i can see them again.

Now all I have to do is wait till Wal-Mart opens so I can get the calssic seasme street dvd.

[emithunderfan1]

@matthatter56

YO TAMBIEN LO TENGO GRABADO EN BETAMAX EN ESPAÑOL

[r0bbae]

who is singer of this song?

[laughingsal]

I'll hope someone else can answer.

[RiaElfietwo]

Wow. So many childhood memories.

This, along with "Above it All" and "Beginning Middle and End" were among my favorite Sesame Street shorts growing up. I just watched this again and the feeling I got was just so warm and lovely.

Love your work, Ms. Cruikshank!

[laughingsal]

Thanks for your nice comments!

[bennyraven]

I just saw this on Sesame Street just now! Good to see that they're still airing (at least one of) your segments!

[laughingsal]

That's nice to know. Thanks for telling me, Benny.

[KypDurron87]

Sweet Lord.

Simpler, simpler times.

So very much so, I feel almost DEPRESSED just thinking at how simple life was back then.

[pipkitten]

i love it

love

katie

[erinbroadley]

this scared the crap out of me when i was kid. i'm not sure why. i think i had night mare about the animals.

[Garrettk41]

I remember this one alright. It's catchy and memorable, and it has brilliant animation. I wonder who does the singing.

[LoveTHYconan]

i love this one! <3

[Nightmastercool97]

With another animation sketch that is never going to shown on Sesame Street. Can anybody upload a clip called Space Orchestra? Not many people remember that one.

[WorldChallenge]

That was excellent! Five stars! The animation looks famililar.

[poulet7]

i wounder who was the artist for this. he did a LOT of animations for sesame street.

[laughingsal]

It's funny, I never felt as if I did so many animations for Sesame Street, but I guess I did.

[Marbles471]

Definitely enough so that every time one of yours came on, the mental reaction would be "Oh, this guy again." ("Guy"...there goes the male default thing )

Of all the dozens (hundreds?) of animators who did things for this show over 35-odd years, I can only think of a few, like you and Bruce Cayard, who triggered immediate recognition like that.

[JonasClark]

Love it! Always did like the wacky artwork... So it wasYOU?? *grin* Thanks for creating one of the many clips I loved as a kid. I seem to remember others in your style too...

[laughingsal]

Thanks for your nice comment. There are others I did you can find on youtube through my channel.

[0917kathy]

Watched so many of your videos today with my kids. They like the old SS things I grew up with. My daughter loves the art-your wonderful style. Thanks for posting so many of my memories!

[laughingsal]

coolio- my daughter's 18 and never liked any of them-- except for the song, "Caribbean Amphibean."

[Marbles471]

Did she ever end up liking any of your other work? (Which I admit I'm not familiar with, except for "Quasi at the Quackadero")

[laughingsal]

Not disliking or liking, just no interest.

[jx346]

haha. YAAOW

[surprisedinnocence]

wow i remember this song! i loved it when i was little! thanks for posting this :D

[jx346]

love it

[KraZvEgGyBuRgEr]

Aww, this was & is one of my favorite segments on Sesame Street ever. I would be all excited when it would go on when I was little :P

[Plasticraiinbow]

eeeeee n_____n Thankyou. <3 My favorite Sesame Street clip.

[laughingsal]

how nice!

[cd845484144]

Oh my gosh! I haven't seen this clip in a long time. Not since I was a little girl. I love this clip. If you have the time, I hope you can see mine. My nickname is cd845484144. (Sorry about the fours). Please comment.

[spendyourwishes]

also, did you do "In with the in crowd"? It looked like your style

[laughingsal]

...(cont from below)

I traced off the paper drawings in "Island of Emotion" using a Tombo marker, (flexible tip), to be xeroxed. The Tombo marker gave a lively, hand drawn line. My early Ses. St. songs were xeroxed off a Niji stylist pen line, so the xeroxed line is less alive. Animating to an existing track is the greatest pleasure.

[spendyourwishes]

oh man. I've been going through your videos and it looks like you animated just about all of my favorite Sesame Street memories. You're incredible. Curious--what technology did you use to produce these? also, did they give you the music ahead of time?

[laughingsal]

Hi there spendyourwishes,

Thanks for your nice comments! My Sesame Street songs were all animated on paper except the last one or two, which were kind of feeble-- in computer--, in the earliest days of After Effects and Photoshop. CTW would send me a demo of a song, usually sung by the composer, and I'd send back a storyboard, then receive a final track and animate to that. (cont.)

[laughingsal]

I love you guys! You cheer me up!

[chemicalcarlos]

OMG, you did "Quasi at the Quackadero", one of my all-time fave animated bits! Too trippy! BTW, this delightful bit is well after my time -- I grew up with the "Jazzy Spies" and such. You do great work!

[Thorbie]

OMG I was looking for this for years!!! I loved this clip. It's the only Sesame Street clip i've ever wanted to see again. After reading the comments I guess it did have an emotional effect on me when I watched it.

[FayloFraggle]

Ahhh this is one of my favourites from my SS days! (who says I'm still not living in them, haha)

None of my friends can remember it though!! I'll have to show them that it's not my wild imagination running.

Thanks for posting this, and making this animation! It's one of my staple kid songs!

[S14DGENER8]

i love this!

[Marbles471]

Although "Above It All" seems to be the popular favorite out of your Sesame Street stuff, these are some of the most memorable 95 seconds of screen time EVER. (I can't believe it's only that long!)

I want to go to The Woods of Yow!

And I'd love to know who wrote this song. I duno about you, but I find the line "See how the breeze is blowing kisses" very evocative.

[laughingsal]

Hi Marbles, I am embarrassed that I can't remember the name of the composer, as we worked together on the song, and another piece, and he was very talented and fun. Well, we don't all have our marbles anymore I guess. Thanks for your lovely comments. Sally

[laughingsal]

When I read about the emotional responses of small children to all these cartoons long ago, it makes me take a deep breath.

I never really thought about the reponsibility of it all at the time, especially since my own daughter was so uninterested in the final product. And the vast quantities of research that CTW did to make sure they were taking the right approach seemed silly then.

Hope no one is too warped because of me!

[Devconn]

Im Really sorry, I Love your cartoons now. I think the music scared me more. I hope your not upset with me

[PandaMishima]

@laughingsal

Warped only in the right way.

[Devconn]

This is one of my favorites of the Sesame Street Cartoons. I wasn't alive when this first aired and yet I remember seeing it many times on different episodes, They allway replayed certian cartoons and video's on the show. The Crab and thing after the crab scared me when i was young

[wattamack4]

That was a lobster that came after the crab,which I don't know why was green but it's just a cartoon so it doesn't really matter.

[Nanabobo]

I remember this one! Yeah, that's awsome. I remember it was one of my favorite clips as a kid.

[pipkitten]

THANK YOU MISS SALLY

[toddkin]

this is the first time i have seen this and yes it is somewhat disturbing. almost like the psychdelic cartoons of the early 70's

[Marbles471]

But it's HAPPY disturbing! (Unlike, say, Hannibal.)

[tall32guy]

Haha! That's cute! :-) I really like it.

[laughingsal]

you guys are so nice! Thanks!

[theproudflip]

This is one of the Sesame Street clips I like most as a grown-up. c",)

[NecroticCadaver]

oh Sally! i totally love this! also it is totally awesome to finally get to say COOL JOB on the Mannequin main title! rock on!

(talk about 20 years past! it's never too late to say good job! )

[rjolliffe]

That's cool!

[moatguy]

I used to see this one a lot!

[Beautifulpoet12]

:) awwwwwww I remember this one too!!! I love all of her animation!

[ISNorden]

Cool song, one of your best in my opinion. (The "huggy" animation during the verse about love still makes me say "AWWWW!" whenever that clip airs on TV.) Four stars!

[laughingsal]

I think it was 1995, but not sure. Before I started with computers.

[thekingof8]

When did you animate this?

[superdavey79]

very awesome! thank you for this video, Miss/Mrs. Cruikshank, I remember it fondly. You're a legend, thank you for all the memories!

[AnnitheDiva]

Awww... thanks for this, Sally! I loved this one when I was small. :)

[tpirman1982]

Doesn't seem classic as the 70s cartoons, but still good stuff!