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  • You know, a while back I ran into an old friend of my sister's who told me she would be spending the Winter in Montana. Recalling this song, I actually told her that I had heard it wasn't a good idea. But of course, I didn't tell here specifically where I got that info from.

    Sure hope she's alright.

  • My little sister was so freaked out by this. It's so 80s. I love it!

  • BE POOR,

  • This video taught me not to stick forks in outlets, cause it was DANGEROUS.

    Thank you Sesame Street :)

  • dont mention sherman in savanna? y not?

  • when i first saw this song this made up my mind of how bad ass sesame street is.

  • This song rocks! Sesame Street had some really hot tracks! I think I appreciate them even more now :)

  • mentioning Sherman in Savannah is like mentioning Hitler in Germany. Bad juju! Sherman's motto was the only good Southerner was a dead one, he felt the same way about Native Americans and he didn't like black people much either. He was a evil guy, cruel, ruthless, and without mercy or a soul.

  • i remember this!!!

  • sesame street was da bomb in ours days, but nw its.....its......i cant find d perfect word 2express heh

  • I'm sorry, kentnelson84! I was trying to reply to your comment but I accidentally marked it as spam :-O

  • God, Sesame St was the TOPS when I was a kid!

  • But from the singer saying that you should always keep your eyes peeled, that's true, but you should exercise your other senses as well -- namely your senses of hearing, touch, and smell.

  • This is another one of my faves. Hot 80's beat! :D

  • Hey i love this song, Is it a parody? If so, What song is it suppose to be a parody of? I danced to this everytime before going to pre-school. I wish i could find this for mp3 pre-schoolers should see this clip. What year in the 80's is this from?

  • Lets see this on SS today, o wait we wont

  • Seriously, find me another show aimed at 4 yr olds that has smoke machines, falling pianos which people just look at, and the sound of bombs exploding

  • This video made me scared of basically everything when I was in preschool 0_o

  • lol me 2 ..lol

  • Probably same here. I remember being spooked by the skit itself anyway

  • hahahaha

  • sucks that SS doesnt have money and intelligence to do songs like this anymore. I mean for a kids song its kinda tight

  • true true

  • this is like a war zone, after the girl fell down with the piano, you got smoke grenades, tanks and other blast

  • lol i'm gettin old. i was watching the at 6, now i'm 26 watching this again, man how time flies.

  • of corse dangers in the air your in a dark alley at night

  • I don't know why, but this video reminds me of Dr. Van neuter singing "She Blinded me with science" for some reason.

  • Man i remember seeing this and Wet Paint all the time on SS when i was young

  • Dont' mention sherman in Montana? why not?

  • Don't spend the winter in Montana... that is the line! You'd freeze your butt off! :)

  • or mention sherman in savannah ...lol what's up with that....i need to buy the dvd's for when i hav kids helll no they not watching dora the explorer

  • Don't spend it in Massachusetts either. Go to Hawaii.

  • Not "Montana", Chowder. He said, "Savannah".

  • Awesome. This is my all time favorite Sesame Street song. I haven't heard it in over twenty years...back when I was in preschool. Thank you for this. BTW: the "don't mention Sherman in Savannah" line had me in tears. I never caught/understood that line as a child.

  • I don't get the Sherman/Savannah line, either. Wanna explain it to me?

  • Sherman was a general in the civil war in America and was responsible for burning Savannah, Georgia, as well as many other parts of the south.

  • lol and thx for d explanation i shud hav scrolled down :D

  • That's right. That's how the "Sherman tank" got its name, after Gen. William T. Sherman.

  • Wow, i DEFINITELY won't mention Sherman in Savannah!

  • Ken's right, Miltown. It's about the famous "March To The Sea" which ended the Civil War.

  • DANGER

  • wow, this song is half decent, for a safety lesson

  • Indeed, especially because that's what the word "Danger" is. It's a warning to be cautious about your surroundings, and whenever you see the sign, you better immediately back off. After all, it's okay to take risks, but make sure they're good ones, because when it comes to taking BAD and even DANGEROUS risks, there are no winners in the game, only losers.

  • This CRAP is awesome!

    I wish we could bring back the DARKNESS of the 80s.

  • I don't know if I'd call this classic as it appears to be a music video. Classic to me would be more 69-74 probably.

  • I think this song was based on Rick Springfield's "Don't talk to strangers"

  • "Don't mention Sherman in Savannah"

    hahaha what kid is gonna get this one? love it! too bad wet paint is remembered better than this!

  • holy crap that takes me WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY back

  • This was the coolest music video Sesame Street ever made!!! I am dancing to this as much as I did 15 years ago!!!

  • About the female muppet on the hanging piano at 1:48 , what do you think are the odds that she survived that fall? I would say it's a 30% chance that she lived.

  • In regards to the Muppet on the hanging piano at 1:48, what are the odds that she survived that fall? I would guess that she had a 33% chance of survival.

  • The female muppet on the hanging piano at 1:48, what are the odds that she survived that fall? I would give it a 33% chance that she didn't die from it.

  • i remember this maybe circa 1994. love it.

  • Me too!! This video always made me dance and laugh.

  • 0:45 sensual sound

  • I wonder if Wile E. Coyote was the one dropping the piano? And that little boy could've just been trying to save the Road Runner ;)

  • woooow this brings back memories. hahaha. I used to love this song when I was little. haha

  • yeah, been 17 years, but after seeing this numerous times as a child, i still like the song. but i could never figure out what the heck that thing was hanging back there (lol..)

  • This song pretty much made me scared of life when I was 4 0_o

  • I remeber this songs, after watching this over and over now, I would think of it as it was World War 3 just about to start, with smoke grenades, tanks, which starts after a girl droped down on a piano

  • I haven't seen this for 15 years at least. I forgot until today and found it.

  • I remember this song and I loved it when I was little still. How Now Brown And The Moo Wave rock I love this song and Wet Paint because they both make me want to dance. Wet Paint and this song Danger's No Stranger was scary. They where both scary when I was younger but they aren't scary no more. Do How Now Brown And The Moo Wave still perform this song and Wet Paint on Sesame Street? Because I would love this song and Wet Paint on my I pod and my phone. I give this song and vid 1000 stars.

  • It's difficult to tell in this video because of the reduced quality, but if you look very closely at the window to the upper left of the drummer, there's a muppet dancing behind a window shade. My sister and I always pointed this out and laughed at it.

  • I tried finding it but I can't notice it. Where in the video can I see it?

  • I think it's on the building behind the band, but from what I can tell it's actually the shadows of How Now Brown and the cows.

  • not the cows...the MOO WAVE!

  • The band is called "How Now Brown Cow and the Moo Wave."

  • They know how to rock like the 80s! Good melodies, good singing, and good advice.

  • Is it just me, or does the guitar riff sound like "Crazy on You" by Heart?

  • this isounds like the kind of music pink floyd would play

  • Sure, others may like "Danger" by Little Jerry and the Monotones better, but I grew up with this song back around 1991 or 1992.

  • I Think Dr.Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker Should Sing This Song Danger!!

  • wft is up with being scared to this and danger...i mean i was too, but i still don't know why i was scared.

  • i always loved the bridge at 1:43

  • Oh this takes me back... I think that this was a little lest scary to me than wet paint.

  • They did a really good job connecting scary things to the word "danger" for this one. Maybe TOO good of a job. ;)

  • This used to scare me when I was 5 but now I like it!

  • How Now Brown sure didn,t last very long.

  • When I was a kid, I had NO idea that Sesame Street used pop culture for their bits.  So neat to watch it again.

  • God, i remember this.

  • Every time I see a rock band use explosions in their stage show, I think of this song.

  • This was some scary information 15 years back (even scarier than "Wet Paint") but now I remember how much I loved watching it anyway.

  • Wow, I haven't seen this one since I was 5 years old...I'm now 26. I love this one!

  • Thanks for saving me trouble!

  • "don't mention Sherman in Savannah"--clever

  • which band r they meant 2 represent?

  • it's a mix of bon jovi and van halen

  • thnx u legend

  • which van halen song

  • I thought this was a mockery of Depeche Mode- listen to the chorus of 'Strange Love', and 'Dangerous'. I could be wrong, I am sure there's much more that influenced this song but ti reminds me of them most.

  • oh man sesame street was so awesome, i wish it was still as good as it used to be

  • this was a spooky one too. along with wet paint this song scared the hell out of me, but i always loved watching it. the quality of the song is great and the lyrics do such a good job of getting the message across to kids and it is also enjoyable looking on it as an adult. being a kid in the 80's was so great with stuff like this, square one and reading rainbow

  • I second that. I few years back I used to work at a PBS TV station and we had a TV in the front lobby that always had PBS on and I can tell you that kid's shows today are such a disappointment. Today's shows try to teach children ideas and concepts, but they are just not as inventive or creative as they used to be...or...they come off as really creepy and/or a really, really bad acid trip (i.e. Teletubbies and Boo Bah).

  • Seconded!

  • RANDOM BULLDOZER!!!

  • haha the poor boy and the piano!!

  • lol @ sherman in savannah

  • even since i was a kid i've always thought that "How Now Brown & the Moo Wave" was the awesomest band name ever.

  • The other cool thing about this clip is that in the 80s, SO MANY artists between 1983 and 1985 made videos on the streets with the night/darkness look, from Janet, MJ, Maurice White, Lionel Richie, Corey Hart, Jermaine Jackson, tons of bands, other groups, etc.

  • That's true. I can see a little bit that How Now Brown's hair reminds me of Peter Macnicol's hair from the movie "Dragonslayer" which was a movie in the 1980s.

  • What does this song parody? I'm DYING to know

  • Nothing as far as I know.

  • What ever happen to Sesame Street doing rock-n'-roll songs!?

  • The only thing I remember about this segment was the kid danglign with the piano.

  • Dude, this sketch scared the SHIT outta me as a child! lol Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought this was wrong hahahaha

  • This shit scared me to. But i really payed attention to everything when i was little.

  • I'm happy to see I'm not the only one who was scared out of my mind when I watched this as a child.

  • I love those cows.

  • The DARKNESS OF THE 80s was Beautiful.

  • Woah. It's 1989 and I'm sitting in my living room with my sister in my Dressing Pretty ballerina costume watching Sesame.

    Yeah. I was scared of this one as well. The red DANGER [of course, all in caps] and the guy hanging from the piano. I considered it one of my faves cuz it was scary but I loved the song [I've been singing it for about 19 years now.. wow.. I'm old!]. Classic ss at it's best. 5 stars! Huzzah!

  • My absolute favorite Sesame mtv skit.

    It is a timeless one.

  • i loved this song too, still do hehe..classic..loved sesame street but i dont get the singing cows though....those were the days eh?

  • This HAS to be one of my top ten favorite Sesame Street songs. The beat, the effects, the lyrics, MAN, they just don't make them like this anymore.

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  • OMFG! I rememeber this. I loved this when I was about 4 or 5.

  • Don't try to pet a porcupine.

  • Don't mention Sherman in Savannah? Hilarious!

  • OR... "spend the winter in Montana!" LOL LOL LOL!

  • This is great!! I wonder if anyone has the song ...stones on the street... they don't need to eat, they don't breathe, they don't grow, they don't learn, they don't know.. what it is what it means to be alive.

  • Search for Chrissy and The Alphabeats "You're Alive." Have fun!

  • I love that song.

  • Close but wrong, the song desertwoman is thinking of is a cartoon of two birds observing a stone and singing about various things that're alive unlike the stone.

  • This video reminds me of the Darkness that was the 80's.

    I miss it!

  • Reminds me of INXS; processed drumbeats and rock guitars (think "Devil Inside").

  • Why does this remind me of really, really old Ministry?

  • Don't spend the winter in Montana?!

    What the hell am I doing here?

  • i luv this jam, those muppets can dance

  • I love sesame street between Season 21 to season 26.

  • D a N g E r

  • i attribute SS for many of my finer qualities, growing up in an age when the tv was the moral ruler (not that that hasn't changed a lot!) New SS is so politically correct and homogenized in comparison

  • This reminds me of "Beat It" hahaha. I way remember this song when I was a kid. Anyone know if it's parodying any songs like "Born to Add"?

  • Sesame street..fun, educational..man i miss being a kid!!

  • This rocked when on Sesame Street. I was born in 1980, and I remember this segment really well.

    Sesame street of the 1969 thru 1992 was really cool. I remember Mr. Hooper who died in 1982, and I remember him well........and not repeats - I mean him for real.

    Good times, good times.

  • It's a shame that after Jim Henson died, Elmo took over and made the show completely crap.

    Death to Elmo!

  • So true..and then they came up with that other elmo like muppet...cloe? Rather unfortunate.

  • Oh God, I remember grooving to this song as a kid...

  • thanks it is relly cool

    love

    katie

  • The 80s was a DARK TIME, I wish it could come back!

  • man this is bad ASS!!! i love this song and video. very dark and creepy for kids. the red danger sign is very scary for little kids. best line "dont mention sherman in savannah" im sure parents were howling laughing when they heard that. of course kids didnt know what it meant until years later. awesome! thanks for uploading this. wish there was a way to download the song id love to have it on my ipod!

  • When I was young, I never found this song scary. I loved it. Great music.

  • i love it

  • For those who asked: During the American Civil War, General Sherman and his Union troops marched from Atlanta to Savannah, capturing both cities and destroying pretty much everything in between.

  • Don't Spend the winter in Montana? Why? And what about those that live there? Don't mention sherman in savanna? why? Why is that danger?

  • I actually find the Wet Paint music vid more scary than this.

  • Definitely.

  • I definitely loved this song when I was a kid. I just listened to it and I find it cool. I think it's a bit dark creepy with the explosions. This song should have been on the billboard 100. It's so cool!

  • "Don't mention Sherman in Savannah"

    LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO­LOLOLOLOLOLOL

  • I don't get it.

  • Most may like "Danger" by Little Jerry best, but I grew up with this song. I guess I'm more of a Chris Cerf fan (Little Chrissy and How Now Brown mainly)

  • Who is this? Really. It sounds familliar

  • And that's not a girl drummer it's a new wave haircut on a dude (ala flock of seagulls) :)-

  • The muppet wiki says it's a girl... it would make sense though, seeing as How Now Brown and his band plays mostly New Wave music.

  • If you slow this down the musics pretty hauntening.

  • those vehicles are only two-dimensional props. But yes, they scared me as a kid. The explosions and the danger word coming at you didn't help.

  • The same vehicles from the Don't Walk song

  • i love that bulldozer at the end, it creeped me out as a kid but now i think its kool

  • Doesn't the music video kind of remind you of the music video for Michael Jackson's "Beat It"?

  • I've always love this song When I was younger

    My sister used to watch this when she little

    I would sit on her lap

  • "Don't mention Sherman in Savannah!" LMAO

  • This rules beyond all words.....

  • At least Kenny from South Park wasn't in this video lol.

  • Point mark 1:15: Kids, taxi cabs in NYC are "danger"

  • I remember crying because the guy fell with the piano...I thought they killed him!

  • Well, he was sitting on top of the piano, so who knows? Maybe he got lucky.

  • Yeah, I always hated the scene where the guy is hanging from the piano. Talk about disturbing!

  • OMG "Don't spend your winters in Montana (and the Sherman line). This is one of my absolute favorite Sesame clips of all time. I used to love it when this clip came on. Considering I haven't seen this in probably close to 20 years and I have had this song stuck in my head off and on since then says something! The floating danger sign didn't scare me but the explosions at the end scared me half to death. This is definitely a dark piece for being a Sesame Street clip.

  • Yes...I remember this one! A bit dark for sesame street...but still a classic.

  • I think this was in 1983 or 1984! When I was a little boy, I thought the muppet said "read that Danger Sand" - I was like WTF!? Now I know he really said "read that Danger Sign" - British accent threw me off and there was no closed caption back then!

  • I heared hat wet paint was out in 1984, so I think this was out in 1983

  • Both songs came out the same year,1984.

  • Hey Azone, thank goodness you responded to this clip..help me out my fellow 80s brother...LOL..what song (i'm sure it's either a new wave or pop song) did this "Danger No Stranger" clip parody after? Me and my nephew are banging our heads trying to figure it out, as it sounds like a bit of Corey Hart's "Sunglasses At Night" and some song by Duran Duran, but I'm not sure.

  • my guess would be when you were a little kid you considered this an actual song by a pop artist. now that you're nostalgically looking back on it you think it reminds you of a different song, but i'm pretty sure this is original along with wet paint. the beetles parodied the beatles songs like "let it be" - letter b

  • DARK for Sesame Street?? SS during the 70's & 80's was always out there. (the writers must of been on some good #$@!) Most of the old clips would never fly this day and age.

  • The 1980s was the dark era, IMO, as well as the early 1990s

  • Thats why it was the best.

    We need tobring it back!

  • I loved this as a kid, but the red "Danger" signs used to scare the CRAP out of me... Not really sure as to why, LOL!

  • lol, "don't mention Sherman in Savannah."

  • I always thought this was one of the coolest videos. They need to get rid of this "Elmo's World" s#!t and replace it with such videos as this. I do no