Sesame Street - W for Willamina!

[kawaiigurl3]

Haha, it's awks cuz my name is Willamina... I look nothing like that. hah

[DaveWollenberg]

Who did the voice of 'Willamina'?

[fahnke]

I also love the sound effect for the worm. As a child I would try to emulate the sound whenever I saw a worm on the ground. It's too bad worms don't naturally make that sound - the world would be more fun if they did.

[ruggedslim2424]

Classic Sesame Street

[sailorscoutpet]

Willamina loves the letter W

[choklitandmuzik]

I soooo remember this, thanks

[blackwaxjh]

Willamina needs a perm in the worst way, lol!!

[abombinreverse]

Bitch is a little stuck on herself...

[Darkshine42]

Willamina looks a lot like Geraldine! :-)

[likthikstik]

I named my daughter Willamina. I absolutely love her name. This video is priceless! Can't wait to show her when she gets older. You rock.

Thanks.

[Stuckinthemuck1]

Man, I wish I could go back to those times.

[brockAmecham]

haha my town is named willamina but its pronounced will-a-mine-a

[williedearest]

OMG UGLY BETTY!

[maggiethecat1974]

I named my cat after remembering this short...my hubby thought I was NUTS. I've scoured everyplace looking for this and was beginning to think I'd made it up! Thanks for posting!

[wschac1]

Norice they didn't say she is wide?  That would be mean.

[See918]

They didn't say she has whiskers either.

[123giraffe321]

my name is willamina n i was always told about this lol finally found it thnx

[Trund27]

I love the sound effect for the worm

[See918]

The sound for wide is hysterical.

[nirrad0791]

gosh, the voice sounds like earnest thomas (roger from what's happining)

[mstatz]

Yes, it does sound like him a bit but not exactly.

[d72jjpilc]

I remember this - especially the 'flashing-like' sound around the 0:35 mark. I was just wondering if this clip is about the same age as 'Marvelous Martha,' because the theme is the same (i.e. a girl who likes listening to words that begin with the same letter as her name).  Thanks in advance.

[feliciti26]

this is so kool my name is actually willemina but its spelled differently

[rdavi828]

When I was little, I always thought the sound effect of the Worm was the best.

[averyms]

It would make a cool Radiohead song.

[lolita7187]

named my cat after this bit!!!

[DEADHEROS81]

test

[akakatydid]

love this! Decades later, my aunt & i still say "w-w-w-williamina!" Thanks for sharing this classic!

[CherJovi]

too cute!I loved this TYVM

[babyfacedkayos]

this is borederline racist

a black girl "wading in the water"

[mstatz]

I don't get it! Is "wading" a black term?

[SellsTS]

@mstatz You've never used the term "wade" as in to wade in the water. Pretty common term in the English language.

[browneyedgirl618]

@mstatz

are you serious? you dont understand " wading".....

no.... it is not a black term.... ODL

wading is walking in water that is like not even ankle deep.... like if you were to go walk in a creek/branch/stream.....

wow

[ablestmage]

@browneyedgirl618 - he was asking why the phrase "wading in water" is borderline racist, in response to someone else saying it was.

[KLRwashere]

@mstatz No. "Wade in the Water" is an Black spirtual from the 19C, when America was in the throes of the practice of slavery. I appreciate that babyfacedkayos recognized that.  I also appreciate that you didn't.

[skuffedtimbz]

@mstatz YOUR A DUMB ASS

[sayitasiseeit]

It's not racist, it's words that begin with "w" that just happen to portray an "African American" girl "wading" in the "water". Are the words "walk" and "whistle" offensive to you too? Gawd! Relax, man!

[phobos2k2]

Omg I can't even begin to list the ways it annoys me that you are trying to find something remotely racist about this CARTOON clip from SESAME STREET. Wtf does wading in the water have to do with anything? Nothing, that's what. It's her playing in a puddle you moron.

[babyfacedkayos]

its some old negro spiritual thing... u would have to know to actually know.

[mightycowhero]

dude chill this is SESAME STREET not seinfeld.

[pulrivera70]

w for weird

[joelzenny]

W for why don't you go back to watching your WWE?

[MuzikJunkyAES]

Another adorable cartoon. Love that sound design! Peace.

[DianaDeLuna]

I like Welhelmina and the excellent W sound effects better than their "Marvelous Martha" counterparts. When I was small the "whiskers" part always made me laugh

[eratticgirl]

hahahaha! This cracks me up! I havent seen this in ages... did any one notice willamina's big booty!

[cosmowanda868]

WELL, I WITHOUT doubt remember this one; it all centers around "W for WILHELMINA".

[nameshi1984]

Willamina,you are very purty!

[midguardz]

That was Opra before she got her talk show.

[kevico2]

@midguardz "W for Winfrey"... lol

[electricalparade]

I used to think that she had just had an accident, and was wading in her own pee!

[berkmanfrick]

This one was one of the Sesame Street bits I always remember. W for Willamina. Ultra cool.

[DiAnno13]

Well I mean uh...

[DiAnno13]

You mean "uariants", don't you? I mean, don't w?

[DiAnno13]

Why is it called a Double-U when it's two V's stuck together?

[ISNorden]

The name probably dates from the time when U and V were considered variants of the same letter.

[DiAnno13]

Maybe when the two V's met, one said to the other, "Babe, I'm stuck on 'U'."

[mstatz]

I've lost count on your endless, innocent, corney but funny comments! Very clever! LOL

[Marbles471]

Oh, hang your head in SHAME! ;)

[mstatz]

I've always thought that too! Why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway? If you eat pasta, then eat antipasta...do you become hungry again?

[DiAnno13]

And how do you know when limburger cheese goes bad? Does it start to smell good?

[stevenrf69]

say what? where did th@ come from?

[Todeskaefer]

@mstatz And why is cargo delivered by ship, but shipments are delivered by car?

[elsongs]

@DiAnno13 In Ancient Rome, the letter "U" looked like a "V."

[Todeskaefer]

@DiAnno13 And why is it that goods delivered by ship are called cargo, but something delivered by car is called a shipment?

[Stephen10528]

@DiAnno13 I've often wondered the same thing. According to my sister it's because when people first started writing they wrote in cursive & in cursive a W looks like 2 U's stuck together.

[Lectronimo]

You go, Wilhelmina.

[mstatz]

Is that the correct spelling of her name? I wasn't sure. In my 38 and a half years alive, I've NEVER met a "Wilhelmina". If I can verify that as the correct spelling, I will change it.

[Lectronimo]

I think that's probably the German spelling. Don't change it on my account! I think it's fine as it is!

[spectre70]

Wilhelmina is one of several correct spellings. I happen to know a Wilhelmina quite well - and it's pronounced "willamina." (although that is the German spelling, and would be pronounced differently in German).

It was nice to see this clip, now I can share it with Wilhelmina. :)

[culpit]

Wilhelmina can also be spelled Billie for short.

[bsj71]

1 million thanks!!! I've been looking for this since I learned about YouTube.

5 stars.

[DiAnno13]

1 million thanks, but only five stars... I don't know; the math doesn't seem right.