Sesame Street - 3 striped balls & polka dot ball

[PimpThe478]

This brings back such memories it makes me sad.

[dragondancer1814]

Having grown up as a "polka dot ball" in a "striped ball world," I can feel for the poor oddball (pun intended) in this clip! Another classic Sesame Street segment I have fond memories of!

[DragonLord1975]

Someone's gotta play a loop of this someday...

[MsPandaRosa]

@1958boomergirl

Hope you find some open-minded stripes!

[JuanMamaril]

5 Striped balls can't get over being racists :P

[TheIntruders]

This teaches us that you can still play with freckled people.

[Nightmastercool97]

this is one one of the first skits that i have seen on Seseme Street that taught me about acceptance and tolerance.

[SlimeTron5000]

THE ARP SYNTH RULES

[love2register]

@SlimeTron5000 no, Arps and Moogs both rule, they're just different. You can still play them together.

[MsPandaRosa]

@1958boomergirl

Well, do hope you find a Stripey or two willing to take a chance. That's what happened to my brother.

[vigerfa]

Aww.. this brings back some memories... I remember watching this on Sesame Street when I was so little... and I used to get upset when the striped balls didn't want to be friends with the polka dotted ball... and I thought the music was somewhat sad too.. and now after watching it again after all these years it still arouses the same emotions somewhat... thanks for uploading love2register..

[totalrandomcrap]

4 people have no balls. Striped or polka dotted!

[shine01120]

this was my favourite piece of Sesame animation when i was a kid. the music has stuck with me all these years!

[jfpinell]

The message here is clear: STOP THE HATRED!!! Darn it....WHYYYYYYYYYY don't they have segments like this on sesame Street anymore? it taught you so much more than all the darn elmo, elmo, elmo shhhhhhhugar!

[spanrish]

The music in this video is genius! Love it! The video is amazing! One can compare life to this...determination, uniqueness, racism (we may look different but we are all human). LOVE THE SESAME STREET CLASSICS! Thanks love2register & youtube!

[goonmoonsoon]

This is so clever!!!! "No, you can't play with us, you're polka-dotted, not striped." Man alive, people can be so ridiculous!

[MsPandaRosa]

@goonmoonsoon

Good thing rubber balls have more sense.

"Hey, I can play just as good as you!"

"Aw, guys, let him play, he doesn't seem so bad."

"Welllll, okay."

[MsPandaRosa]

@goonmoonsoon

true, but rubber balls can learn :)

[MsPandaRosa]

@goonmoonsoon

"Hey, I can play just as good as you!" (stripes conference, 'okay, let him try') and Polka Dot he shoots, he SCORES!

[MsPandaRosa]

@goonmoonsoon

you are so right. still, little rubber balls get the idea within a most reasonable amount of time.

[panda374]

What is the message we are supose to get here?

[Smartboy8877]

@panda374

I think that the purpose of this sketch is to teach us about the stupidity of prejudice and discrimination.

[jfpinell]

@panda374 Uhhhh....it's quite simple: "STOP THE HATRED!"

:)

[MsPandaRosa]

@panda374

The message is that Stripes and Polka Dots can both play together, well, if rubber balls.

That we human beings can do that.... oh ho, don't make me laugh ^_^

[sweetlife031]

@panda374

I think...that everyone and everything is different.

[sha8808]

this music takes me :)

[JuanMamaril]

I bet you the four people who disliked this video are racist bigots LOL!

[MsPandaRosa]

@JuanMamaril

Or at least they only liked playing with stripey balls.

[quirpco]

This tune makes me involuntarily sway back & forth and snap my fingers to the rhythm. :-D

[fullbag50]

Stripped Balls Can't Jump

[renwah55]

@fullbag50 HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! So true!! :]



[binturong1000]

@fullbag50 I bet it uses alot of computer animation to make them jump and play

[MsPandaRosa]

@fullbag50

Maybe, but they can learn.

[love2register]

@MsPandaRosa LOL nice

[luengaga1978]

That same music was used before on the Letter People on a cartoon known as Billy's Big, Bright, Beautiful Balloon

[dangard88]

You gotta hand it to that spotted ball....he's pesristent & determined

[jhillst]

Does anyone know the name of the music in this clip? It was also used in a few episodes of "The Letter People."

[vlweb3d]

Another classic I remember watching as a kid in the 80's. Sesame Street taught you allot of stuff back then and it was worth coming home from school to watch it on evenings. What's up with Sesame Street now is anyone's guess.

[deefirst]

TEACHING US TO WORK TOGETHER!

[cmturvids]

comment on every utube video ever made: loves it!

[maxichic]

so damn trippy :)

[joejumps4fun]

I wonder where these balls are today?

[coyote374]

@joejumps4fun  The Sesamestreet Museum ;0)?

[PandaMishima]

@joejumps4fun

I think I saw them doing an act in the circus :)

[MsPandaRosa]

@joejumps4fun

Last saw them in a circus, working with a sideshow host, still all getting around...

[demonfan4life]

I just love how a minimoog can produce such happy go lucky music.

[jackwolf131]

This song sounds like i'm chatting with somebody on facebook, hehe

[MeowcatBissy]

that's what I'm doing now actually

[nitsua12345]

racists!!!

[randomcreatureface]

Oh man. I use to hum that song for hours when I was little!

[ANGRYEYEBROWS]

Every one of us is the polka-dot ball at some point in our lives. Most of us have been one of the striped balls as well.

[Irishstile]

Right now,to this day,I'm still that polka-dot ball,in witch,every time I see that,it makes me cry.I wish that I wasn't an outcast!

[JuanMamaril]

@redfox409: this clip explains that regardless of outward appearances we're all the same & must coexist ^_^

[redfox409]

All theese balls need are some voices? If they had them I wonder what they would be sayin. I love this clip but never got the point of it. The music is good too.

[GrayEyes123]

Some messages don't need words.

[PandaMishima]

@redfox409

I did try to write down what the balls might be saying some several hundred posts back. Basically I thought the Stripes weren't too sure about Polka Dot, but once he (she?) was willing to learn their game, they welcomed him(or her) right in :-)

[67nairb]

@PandaMishima Maybe it had nothing to do with prejudice just the the fact that three striped balls saw the polka dot ball as a new stranger in town and didn't know what to make of him.

[redfox409]

Love the music!

[lordnelson3]

Sitting here with my 3 year old who is thoroughly enjoying this clip. Humming along to this catchy tune of days gone by ........

[kldd96]

I havent seen this since I was a kid

[deanster57]

i love this video-tori

[LadyHawke78]

I LOVE the music in this clip... it's so happy. I totally remember this as a kid. Good message too.

[Kryer98]

No words necessary.

[demonfan4life]

Moogs made such groovy music back then.Very happy tune.

[tall32guy]

I always liked this as a kid. Now I just find it cute! :)

[futhanabuddah4444]

Oh the memories... =( sniff...time flies by quick.

[mabmb1987]

that music sound is from Crash! 1977. right!

[SHOCKEDKAT]

this song popped in my head today lol

time flies....

[LeftSock06]

Oh my gosh, the music of my childhood! I'm going to make a short video for my family of childhood moments, and guess what song I'll use? (This one!)

[demonfan4life]

I so agree with u! Retro Sesame St. rocks!

[RabidHappy]

I love the 70s music sound...so awesome. I love the old Sesame skits, so much fun watching them again 20+ yrs later!

[sanjouindacapo]

Delicious mooginess! Thank you for uploading this!

[mightycowhero]

good.

[oOovideojunkieoOo]

This brings back memories!! WOW!!!!!

[NESMonster]

if only racism were as easy to solve.

[jericho4004]

Amen to that.

[shockvoz123]

@NESMonster Perhaps it could be.

[robfergusonjr]

@NESMonster Oh gesh ... rolls eyes.

[CatalinaSafari73]

This was(and is) one of my favorite segements.I could always relate to this as a kid. I always felt like the polka dot ball at school during recess. Even as an adult, I'm still the polka dot ball and damn proud of it too!:)

[meandmy2phans]

I too was a polka dot kid. Now that I'm an adult, I'm proud of it too!

[thezaylady]

@CatalinaSafari73 polka dots unite!

[dragondancer1814]

@CatalinaSafari73 You're not alone! I spent most of my childhood as the spotted ball in a stripey world too. It used to bug me how the "stripes" ignored us "spots" until high school when I finally had a whole bunch of "spots" to hang out with. Now I don't mind being an "oddball" (pun intended) one bit. The world is more fun that way.

[godtoldmeto]

im surprised they let him in their group after he was freaking out and floating and twitching. i bet they asked polka dot if he was going to behave himself and he said yes, so they let him join.

[MeowcatBissy]

He wasn't freaking out and twitching!  He probably just had too much hyper...ness...lol.

[PandaMishima]

He probably said it politely too. The stripes only needed a little convincing, looks like.

[Tanyableu]

A nice, subtle way to show everyone should belong. Is there anything like this these days?

[bigrene2]

Nice vid! Cool music also!

[BeneathTheNoise]

*sniff sniff*.. it was growing up on stuff like this that made us better people.

[mattyp3400]

there are so many good sesame bits

[Dnrothx]

...and from then on I dropped acid trying to recreate the effect of watching this as a kid. Boy. Sometimes I miss my brain.

[davidpar2]

would love to use the first :15 of this as a ringtone...perchance anyone know where it could be downloaded?

[vonbontee]

Great vintage Moog soundz!

[Deanmo23]

This is from 1976.

[tall32guy]

i figured it was 77-79 somewhere around there.

[tall32guy]

Where did you find that out? I am curious, so I can look it up myself. :)

[ActorDi]

Ahhh... how I long to live in a world where polka dots and stripes can live together in peace and harmony. :) Blast from the past for a 36-year-old. I love Sesame Street!

[krspkrmtodd]

there is MUCH to learn from balls!

STOP THE HATRED!!!

[Dudelebo326]

Sesame Street in the 70's and 80's were the best because they had videos like this.

[pataphysician66]

Very clever!

[mktarrant]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! i love this one!

[ulij20]

I seem to remember a segment that was similar to this one, only it involved shapes. Each shape had its own music, and as I recall, the triangle had the weirdest one. Anyone here remember that one?

[JGCooney]

I remember that one (triangle vs. square).

I think it was from the early 70s or 1969.

[davidpar2]

ha! i remember that.  was one of my favorites. soundtrack has to be the epitome of "funky" music...

[mkduyba]

this was when Sesame Street was AWESOME!!!

[Nightmastercool97]

That was because it was on in the 80's and anything on back then was just the shit.

[trinisweetie87]

lol, overcome their patterism, i love it! i miss sesame street :(

[werewolfantipaladin]

Amazing stop motion animation on this clip. Love the trippy Moog as well. Too bad Sesame Street doesn't show quality stuff like this anymore. Guess in interferes with Elmo

[shydmples]

My daughter's fave

[nikima99]

Still hum this song sometimes. I remember loving this song- pretty sure, that I didnt get the message of discrimination at that time

[davidpar2]

i think it was meant to be more of a sub-conscious message

[JiveTaxi]

Sure, they'll play outside with Polka-Dot, but will they invite him over for dinner??

[PandaMishima]

If they're having spaghetti and meatballs, sure! "Bet I can bounce my meatball higher than yours!"

[mrwrister]

Why did my eyes well up after watching this? I'm 36 for God sakes!!

[nikima99]

Me too! my eyes got a little teary from the memory. It made me smile like a crazy person at my desk at work. Good thing no one walked by at that time.

[tall32guy]

Because it is cute and reminds us of our "kiddie" days when we were innocent and happy-go-lucky (hopefully!) :)

[Akira625]

Yes! I never forgot the music to this! Maybe it was my exposure to Sesame Street that turned me into an electronic music junkie.

I could swear I've heard this music used somewhere else, maybe my memories of the 70's are a bit scrambled, it WAS the 70's! :)

[MelodiousGarden]

OMG! I am so lost for words! I haven't seen this one since in the mid 80's when I was a kid! I LOVE it even though the music is so weird.

[happycat2010]

I am with Itrombly65 .I loved this and I loved the music

[splotchwork5000]

if i was still a small tike and i saw these balls in a toystore (the stripped) i would probally bust out in tears and be feared by them. LOL!

[love2register]

I wouldn't blame them a bit.

[katuni08]

That must have been tough keeping those balls from rolling away... so to speak! Don't say it!!!! This is a FAMILY website! LOL

[paisleypower30]

OMGosh I have to show this one to my kids! I'd forgotten it!

[adalb137]

I remember wanting to find balls like these to buy in the toy store...love this clip.

[kevin12567]

Ah yes...I remembered that tune note-for-note! Indeed it was done on an analog synth like the Moog. For those wondering how the "swelling" effect was created, it is done by playing a bass note through the synth's low pass filter set to start low and go up in frequency as the note plays. The filter has a setting called resonance that when set high emphasizes the swelling effect.

[adalb137]

Cool info! Love the swelling sound.

[bbenge2003]

This freaked my right the heck out...like one of those things you didn't know you remembered.

[ltrombly65]

I have such happy memories of Sesame Street. This is one of them.

[royalmonaco]

this would be a cool ringtone

[blacksheepgirl]

I remember watchin this when i was little. Poor little spotted ball, but then one wants to be it's friend. :) Sesame street is cool.

~BSG

[SecularSean]

It's brilliant. An antiracial statement using bouncy balls. As a kid, I always wondered how they made them levitate in that one part. And this song has remained perfectly intact in my brain for eons.

[katuni08]

That was nice of that one striped ball!

[aartie]

Whoa... 30+ years later I knew what the music was going to sound like even before pressing Play.

[destroyahdes]

I'm so glad you put this up. I remember this clearly from my childhood. One of my favorite Sesame Street Segments. I loved the music.

[JOTONY77]

Theres another ball segmant like this. Anyone have the ball segmant that has to go through the brick wall by the circular shaped cut out?  I think the music is identical. I remember the ball hits the wall and gets a bruise lol

[PandaMishima]

I always felt a bit sorry for the poor ball when it got hurt. Fortunately it bounced back just fine.

[stevethepocket]

I remember that one too. I'm sure it will wind up on here sooner or later.

[sleestack]

acid music before acid music

[MimiW333]

Wow, I forgot about this one. This is great!

[kloefdog]

Another Great Classic!!!! Thanx love2register

[holiday07]

cool!

hey can anyone help me out, im looking for a SS Classic animated clip about a little boy who invited his friends over for a party at his house while his parents were out. they made a big mess so he got reprimanded when his mom got home, but the scene ended with the mom kissing the kid. hope you can help me where to find it.

[love2register]

again, check my other vids

[PandaMishima]

Would it be Bumble Ardy had a party? He invited nine swine, who promptly start to trash the place, until Mama Ardy comes home early and orders them all out. It was drawn in the style of Maurice Sendak, if that's any help.

[qiput]

there was another skit with crayons and the same message.. i think they made a rainbow at the end, anyone remember ?

[splotchwork5000]

(prier upon entry 4 months ago and for furthur refrence) if you have read my comment under my splotchwork5000 user name, yes it STILL works it's magic.

[PandaMishima]

In regard to the little dialog, I can't help but wonder what the balls were saying; I'm strange I guess. The music is fun!

[PandaMishima]

Polka Dot Ball: Hey, can I play?

First Striped Ball: I don't think so, you don't know our games.

PD Ball: Aw c'mon, I do too! (hopping around)

Second S Ball: That's too fast!

Third S Ball: Slow down!

All of them: Like this, see? (hopping more slowly)

PD Ball: Like this? (still jumping quickly)

First S Ball: Gotta hold still in this game. Try again.

PD Ball: Like this? (hops carefully)

First S Ball: Hey, you're pretty good! C'mon, let's play!

[kll510]

Is this done with stop motion animation? Just curious

[33chiliken]

That would be COOL to have this as a ring tone.

[bubblebear83]

I like the music they were playing.

[snopbox]

Wow!!! You wonder where those little random tunes that pop up in your head every now and then come from....well there's my answer!....It's usually always traced to a childhood memory. Wow. I used to love this one. And the tune!!!

[KraZvEgGyBuRgEr]

That happens to me. Some random tune from some Sesame Street segment or some other show I haven't watched in years pops into my head out of nowhere.

[raposofan]

I was the polka-dot ball as a kid and still am. The difference today as an adult is I embrace my polka-dottiness instead of wish to be a striped ball like all the others! But being polka-dotted is not only a minority experience (I'm black and Jewish). I bet a lot of white kids out there felt like the polka-dot ball during childhood too. :(

I hug all of you. Let's start the polka dot empire.

[hellmutt]

man I grew up on this stuff! no wonder i dig on aphex twin so much!

[quirpco]

This music should be a ring tone!

[33chiliken]

That would be COOL to have this as a ring tone.

[unkonquerable6]

now I bet there were a lot of people that didnt get the message from these ball, they just loved the music!lol I was always eating smacks when this one came on!!!

[kobraf150]

I loved the music and all of the balls. I didn't notice the big difference back when I was 5 that this was a skit against racism. It should be still shown today, good music and a great message.

[cljustice]

I love the music on this!

[DragonLord1975]

The music's too enchanting to not listen to. It's addicting!

[DiAnno13]

One of them currently appears in an advert for ING.

[bosphorus4444]

hatırladım lan ben bunu müziği bile aklımdaymış vay a.k

[kll510]

What a cool little skit this is. It's amazing that through just the actions of the balls that you understand what's going on and there are no words to tell you what's happening and yet you get it. The music is cool too. Very happy and cute as someone else said. That's the thing I liked about Sesame Street is that it never talked down to kids and treated them like they don't know anything.

[lovemeg5186]

This is adorable. The music is catchy happy and cute!

[tall32guy]

Indeed it is! Great words for it!! :)

[splotchwork5000]

the music is so catchy and i don't know why but the tune by itself makes me think of Paul Teutul Jr. from American Chopper...i just don't know why.

[toonguy06]

that is a keyboard used in that music right? if so, what kind of keyboard.. electric piano???

[carpeteria]

That's predominiately an analog synthesizer like a Moog or an Arp. Very common for 60's/70's skits from Sesame or other kids shows.

[toonguy06]

i remebered it as a kid. i like those balls they are cool and so round! on here i mainly just like the music. so i just listen to the music mostly

[mftheory]

Late 70s ,... . yes,... . and played to the time a little after Jim Henson died, to the mid 90s. Then during the Elmo period it stopped.

[mftheory]

More more Sesame Stret is f(cking cool!

[PinkChocolat07]

I actually think the synthesizer music is rather cool.

And watching this skit, I almost cried for the polka-dot ball...and this is coming from a 30-year-old woman!

[klabkebash]

Ouch... that song triggerd a long stored memory in my brain over 20 something years back. Amazing

[briansgirl107]

as a kid i thought the music was saying weird when it does that noise

[gigatronicdeth]

poor polka dot ball he must be gay lol

[solmonhut]

i feel for the polka dotted

[Chuckjagermeister]

It seems like a moog synth or something very similar was used on alot of these shorts.

[mstatz]

I remember this one and have it on my tape.  I posted it but deleted it the next day after I saw this one, which is a lot better quality then mine.