Sesame Street - Archers who steal ants' apples

[jeopardy60611]

I saw this clip when I was 3 years old. When he said "A is for ant again," I thought he was saying "Aff-a-gell," and while riding my bike on a sidewalk a few years later, the sound of the wheels going over the cracks reminded me of the sound of the ant running, and I called the area where I was riding the "aff-a-gell." When I was a kid, I used to make up words for things, and only recently did I figure out where those words came from.

[d72jjpilc]

@jeopardy60611 I'm a lot like you in that respect!

[iamthesun62]

"What a DRAG" ! Wow, that still makes me laugh!

[wlbaz]

Groovy! (I've been looking for this)

[CanadaFamilyMan]

If that brown kid truly has "a bus to catch", why is he just sitting there so lazily?

[patrickballoonman]

Bob Arbogast sure makes a good story teller, doesn't he?

[d72jjpilc]

@patrickballoonman Not only that, but 'A' is for 'Arbogast' as well!

[d72jjpilc]

This was created in the mold of 'Joe and the Junebug' (or 'Joe' was created in the mold of this!) The two kids here are the same as in the 'Junebug' sketch, and likewise this story has a moral at the end. Last but not least, the music that accompanies the kid saying 'Toe doesn't begin with 'A'' is the same as that used in some of the 'botched rocket countdown' cartoons!

[sortashaman]

Also one for the letter "D" which ended w/ my personal favorite moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime."

[sortashaman]

I just watched this again, and noticed the similarity of the ending music as well; same animator? Also the letter "D" cartoon of this series previously mentioned is shown to have first aired pre-season 1 on "Test Episode 1", according to "Muppet Wiki"...

[Doolsey]

Justifying embellishing the truth. Good lesson, CTW.

[TheBlueFlamingo]

That's what made Sesame Street so cool. They didn't over think every cartoon and fret about the bad lessons they might accidentally teach.

[wotmeworry333]

what a drag to all who just dont remember this.

i get it!!!!! your parents love to watch it!!!!

[culpit]

What did that witch say at the end? I couldn't understand it.

[ISNorden]

She said "Good thinking, child" (replying to the boy who protested that the word "toe" didn't begin with A). The weird thing is that when I saw this one as a girl, I thought the witch had said "You stinking child" (because she was upset at his ruining the lesson).

[prowlus]

Oliver Queen must really be getting desperate XD