Sesame Street - Jump Rope Contest

[Charla1606]

Was so envious of kids who could jump rope like that when I was little, especially at my schools. Could never get it down. Always liked to watch them though.

[barlytone01]

holy cow, that's crazy. i remember seeing this on tv, but i didn't understand the difficulty those kids were attempting. that's pretty cool now that i see it again.

[saiyamanGXT]

From 1:55 to 3:19, what is that music?

[gameshowluvr86]

@saiyamanGXT Not a clue, but man is it '80s-sounding!! :-)

[VocalMusicology]

Does anyone actually know who these girls were? I think it would be very interesting to see what they are doing with their lives now. It doesn't matter what activity you find as a child, as long as it's something you can do well and something for which you can be proud of. Anything like this which demands hard work, teaches you to trust yourself and inspires confidence will make all the difference.

[chrispleasantable]

Is that Lawrence Hilton Jacobs playing the coach?

[WhoGroupie1973]

awww, i get goosebumps watching this again! especially when their coach is cheering and so happy for their achievements! my childhood is brought back!

[AHuebner2004able]

the song at the end is Sand Castle from Killer Tracks.

[crocodiletroy]

does anyone know the name of the song that was used in a sesame street episode that was a film where a girl was drawing a picture of a friend so was a boy also drawing a picture of a friend.

[sideslide23]

Second place is good enough can't allways win.

[m3ntalcas3]

man i remember cheering on this group of girls for years thanks for the memories

[gameshowluvr86]

I think this was like... 1989?

[aeromaximon]

@gameshowluvr86 1989 eh? I was thinking sometime around 1990 or 1991. I know I was very young when this came out.

[gameshowluvr86]

OMG!!! My sweet childhood is back! :-D

[Pocockable]

That's right. If you make a mistake, just keep trying. That motto goes out to my dad, who would get mad at me for making mistakes when learning a new body exercise even if it was the first time, and say he'd slap the *BEEP* out of me.

[nickwalco]

you have old sesame street clips? do you have the one with the little girl from Africa getting ready for school?

[txag2011]

@nickwalco I'm looking for that one too!!

[americanidol434]

OMG. I REMEMBER THIS

[msmorewood]

So, who else wants to form a jump rope team? I'm 30 and out of shape, so I'll have to be a rope girl...

[DizzyedUpGirl]

At 4:06 "Thanks for making my failed dreams come true"

[ClassicSSFan80]

Any idiot can do this.

[sideslide23]

@ClassicSSFan80 Barrack Obama can do this trick in the double douch.

[Bigben1984]

The contest looks like it was at University of Maryland College Park.

[BuddyBoy600alt]

This is my favorite Jump Rope segment on Sesame Street.

[briankkman]

I'm touched to see how my work created such fond memories!

Besides directing this video -- the official name is "Double Dutch Jump Rope" -- I also photographed and produced it. Of course, the original broadcast looked a whole lot better!

Mike Grenadier did a brilliant job of editing and Tom Guarcello captured great location audio.

Other Sesame St. shorts I produced were "Operation Playground," "Nature Detectives," "Hug a Tree" and "Harlem Jr. Tennis." Remember these?

--Brian Kellman

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

ur gonna laugh, but the editor has an account on here.

[mgrenadier]

Jeez, I edited this piece. Directed by Brian Kellman

[shydmples]

OH, MY GOD!!! BEEN YEARS!!!!

[4rdn4x3l4]

THANK YOU!! This is what made jumping rope my kindergarten and 1st grade aspiration...

[Thumbelina83]

I always enjoyed this video when I was a kid. I used to LOVE to jump rope too. This kind of stuff would have been perfect for me!

[saugagirl83]

This took me WAY back!!!!!!

[dwn2earth]

Yesss! I so remember this episode, I was lookin for it for a looooooong time, so glad u posted this, Thank you! I especially remember this episode bcuz of the music, back in the early 90s, I used to think this beat was hott! Does anyone know who composed this music? Those girls are off the hook too.

[hamsterama]

I totally remember the music from this, and that "knee, kick" quote! Awesome! I loved this clip as a kid. After seeing this on TV, me and my sisters tried to do double-dutch with a couple cheap jump ropes we had in the house, but we were quite unsuccessful.

[BeatsonsGirl84]

Me too, hamsterama. We used to play it at recess and some girls were really good at it but I sucked! Oh well, great video and great memories! : )

[Grapes428]

I remember this, and the 80's music for it. How did you find this video?

[sisterjanet4]

one i've been searching for!

[ndingo]

thanx for posting i wanted see this again in years

[captaintakemeshoppin]

I remember this one too! What a classic!

[simon726]

I've remembered this one!!!

[MuzikJunkyAES]

Oh, snap! CLASSIC! Peace.

[TBIRA]

BRAVO

[hoopersghost]

Kids acting natural in the outside world: you don't see much of that on Sesame Street now. Four stars!

[cannonmovietalesfan]

OMG!!! Thank you!! And I love the music.

[BuddyBoy600]

I wasn't the only one who wanted it to be posted. Also Cannonmovietalesfan and ndingo wanted to see it too. BTW, The contest was sponcered by McDonald's.

[Smartboy8877]

@BuddyBoy600

I also noticed the McDonald's logo!

[BuddyBoy600]

Thanks for posting it.