Sesame Street - Disco Toothbrush

[jhillst]

Sesame Street had been showing disco sketches (as well as numerous other sketches from the 60s/70s) all the way into the late 80s. I guess they figured 5 & 6-year-olds don't have a sense of what's "modern" vs. "dated."

[cstoczyn]

PEACE, MAN!!!!!!

[cstoczyn]

GNARLY!!!!!

[cstoczyn]

Where Are The Other Dancing Monsters When You Need Them?

[cstoczyn]

This Is From The Late 70's!

[cstoczyn]

Groovy!!!!

[mreev]

That song is hot...That bass is funky

[cstoczyn]

@mreev HIP!

[mreev]

@cstoczyn Yes, yes

[cstoczyn]

@mreev RIP Disco

[jpeavler1975]

I hate disco, myself. Anyone know who played the lead singer?

[cstoczyn]

@jpeavler1975 Not Me

[jacksite2007]

Innocent smoothies sent me here

[wolfiewifie]

This was in the Innocent Smoothies newsletter, prepare for a loooot more views in a very short space of time :)

[NadrianATRS]

I wish my toothbrush did this number for me in the morning

[crlaw75]

I love the old Sesame Street clips like this.

[PrinceDirt]

That was amazing.....Thanks for the Post

[noreaga12326]

sesame street used to really jam back in the day. now its boring and plain. who the hell wants to watch half hr with ELMOS WORLD. thats no fun. i know its their 40th anniversary but it got so boring they may as well take off the air. its not fun to watch no more like it used to.

[milofire]

Looks like the same mirrorball/discoball pillara from "Honk Around The Clock" and "Rock Me(I'm A Baby).  Btw- That monster is just too hairy, the human hair wig thingy is just too much, lol!

[milofire]

*pillar

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This Is One Of My Favorate Songs , I Got Interested In This Song When I Was 12 Years Old , This Is One Of The Best Soul R&b Songs , Love Scott Orvik

[mjk2831]

I was born in 1978 and was watching sesame street in the 80's and didn't remember this one at first but now I faintly remember it. Thanks for sharing

[Flower76]

I didn't remember this until I saw the floating teeth...those used to freak me out!

[BuddyBoy600alt]

@Flower76 The floating teeth also appeared on the "Brush Brush Boogie" song. I remember when one of the floating teeth went "You use the brush to clean your teeth" and the other one went "The top ones and the ones beneth".

[cstoczyn]

@BuddyBoy600alt Actually, This Set Of Teeth Is From The Employment Agency Sketch!

[avonee1976]

Lord have mercy, I haven't seen this in almost thirty years! I remember this like it was yesterday. Thank you!

[Figure2006]

this sounds like the pointer sisters that sang this song just as a guess?

[kwvtads]

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[stevenrf69]

disco was over by 83. it dide 4 yrs erlier

[cstoczyn]

@kwvtads Thanks

[d72jjpilc]

I think I might remember this one vaguely, if this came out between 1975 and 1981 (my main Sesame Street

'viewing days.') The two 'disco-related' Sesame Street clips I remember most, though, are

'In/Out' and 'Disco D,' and these are already on YouTube (and have been for a while).

 Thanks for posting!

[Jbrangwynne53]

Well, since it's a disco, I'm guessing this Sesame segment first appeared in the tenth season (1978-79)

[KingSlifer]

I guess teeth finally found a job workin' at the disco.

[Dantecat0618]

WOW! I never knew that this was made before.Great Song too! Thanks for posting.

[MarshalGrover]

..Just when you though you've seen nearly all of them.

[Deanmo23]

By the way, what are the sponsors for this episode?

[Figure2006]

I never seen this one before, but i love the music, and i think i saw this when i was young cause it was to tell kids to brush thier teeth. but thanks for the memories

[mightyfilm]

Now this is a RARE one. I thought I remembered every Disco segment from this period... but this one is new to me.

[Deanmo23]

What sketches are shown in this Sesame Street episode besides this clip?

[kwvtads]

This is from the episode where Forgetful Jones forgets the name of the show he's on (that's *really* bad!) Anyway, to answer your question, there's an Ernie sketch where there's a mailman trying to deliver a letter to Mr. Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, and another one where Ernie bugs Bert, who is trying to go to sleep, and some others, but apparently Disco Toothbrush is the rarest one.

[MuppetDude]

Please post the mailman sketch! That's another rare one.

[Deanmo23]

Would you mind posting the one where Ernie bugs Bert, who is trying to sleep?

[jonnytbirdzback]

I'd definitely like to see that too.

[cstoczyn]

@kwvtads MMM HMM

[cstoczyn]

@Deanmo23 IDK