Classic Sesame Street - Shoe Repair

[iwantoldschool]

Shoe repair shops like this still exist here in New York City. In fact, quite a lot of what you see in classic Sesame Street, including this Illinois clip, still exists in New York. That's why I moved back here: nostalgia every waking moment every day of the year!

[TnseWlms]

And if you see your shoe repairman setting up a new anvil, ask him, "How long did your last last last?"

[Smartboy8877]

I feel pretty confident that I posted a comment here a short while ago. However it does not seem to be here now! One thing that I forgot to check is whether this is a "Comment Pending Approval" page. I am now posting this comment to find out.

[jenzeppelin]

back when shoes were made to last and people repaired them because they were worth repairing. not like the cheap stuff passed off as footwear these days. people just replace things now. the world we live in is expensive because of our own doing. back then, a pair of shoes lasted until they didn't fit anymore, so they had to be well made and shoes were treated with care, respected.

[familygal10]

This man was a relative of mine, he was my grandfather's 1st cousin. His name was Mario Ferrazzi. His shop was in Morgan Park, IL. We used to go visit him and his wife every saturday and we would watch him repair shoes and have lunch or dinner with them on occasion.

[Eurodance90schick]

gotta love the music!

[Smartboy8877]

A left-handed shoe maker! Boy do we live in a progressive world!

[jtomally9681]

I forgot about so many clips. I hope I can find them all.

[cyberspektor7]

Holy crap!!! I had completely forgotten about this clip! Such good memories. I wanted to be a shoe cobbler so bad as a kid after I saw this.

[Heropsychodream]

As a guy who studies shoe repair... I can say that this is exactly the process they would do to repair that shoe. Just a great segment!

[iluvpepi]

I had a pair of shoes like those when I was little :) !

[khalilasbro]

for some reason..the music reminds me of mario 2.

[prlad85]

Wow, I remember this from when I was little.

Very nice job! Thanks for posting! Keep up the great work! A++++++++

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[castlezania]

That was one amazed Asian girl!

[coyote374]

Nails in a shoe?

[DanaAbel30]

That's how cobblers are able to secure the heels.

[Colby9817]

lmfao whatever dude. this is lame!

[Smartboy8877]

@Colby9817

What is lame about this routine?

[familygal10]

@Smartboy8877 nothing is lame about this routine that is a dying art. Nowadays you buy a pair of shoes and throw them away when they wear out. Unless of course you get good Italian made shoes then you have them repaired.

[thezaylady]

That was made in the day when shoes were meant to last long enough to make repairs to them worthwhile!

I remember my dad used to repair his own shoes with little shoe nails.

[DanaAbel30]

The man is called a "cobbler".

[workensmart]

The old days. the world will never be like this again. :(

[Maisy5]

No....... The world sure has changed...... Watching clips like this from classic Sesame Street reminds me of the simpler days....... How I long for them now......

[djspock]

Yes, we should go back to calling black people niggers, having cars that go 10 miles to the gallon, throwing our plastics, glass, and metal in the garbage, etc.

Oh and who needs youtube cause its the good old days and there is a honky-tonk piano playing in the background wherever you go in your rose-coloured glasses.

[Maisy5]

Simpler days - meaning childhood.

Please.  Get a grip. Holy cow.

[signrichiesign]

Lighten up Mr. DJ :) A child being able to go out into her own neighborhood to run an errand safely isn't such a bad thing. We had problems then, we have them now. Enjoy the good.

[djspock]

sign:

I think you lost the context of my reply. I was challenging the cliche "the good old days" when in fact New York was one of the most dangerous places to live when this footage was shot.

I am not a product of this environment, but I can realize that things were a lot worse back then, than they are tougher environment for them to grow up in...even now.

Maisy5:

I am a child of the 90's. I did not really have a simple childhood growing up with the internet. and my electronic surroundings.

[familygal10]

@djspock This was shot back in the 70's in Morgan Park, Illinois not New York and it was safe to be out running around in this neighborhood. The most dangerous thing about this place was the fact that the train tracks were literally out the front door of this shop.

[MIKECNW]

@familygal10 Do you mean this Chicago neighborhood of Morgan Park.

[Garrettk41]

Look at the girl about eighteen seconds in. She's amazed.

[signrichiesign]

I love that astonished little face. She must have been thinking, "He's destroying my shoe!" LOL!!

[PinkyTuscadero2]

I used to know the girl in this clip. We went to school together (5th and 6th grade) in Hawaii. I always thought it was cool that I knew someone who was on Sesame Street. Tonight on a whim I searched for this clip and found it right away...........very cool!

[CrazyAlvis]

How things change. "Shoe Repair'! Imagine that! In the day before we threw stuff out and bought cheap new Chinese made ones.

Better to fill the landfills with disposable plastic goods, eh? All in the name of progress.

[HYHYBT]

Thanks for posting this. Grandaddy had a shoe shop until 1984 or so and it's almost like seeing him at work again.

[itsmebmill14]

Shouldnt it be the other way around? Shouldnt the 8 year old asain girl be making the shoes?? Shouldnt she be making these things in bulk, for wal-mart?

[ginaandsavionfan39]

Thanks

[giantpanda371]

oh really

[foreverzero0]

I always liked the ones that showed how crayons and how peanut butter is made.

[wishingstar22]

I loved these 'real life' segments.

[lion371]

There was no walmart back then when this was made.

[SenhorBundy]

Actually there was, Walmart started life in 1962, 7 years before Sesame Street hit screens.

[MIKECNW]

@SenhorBundy Yeah and it's not like you didn't have large chain stores then either.

[Llew30]

Why didn't the girl just go to Wal-mart for a new pair?