Sesame Street - Mad Painter # 11

[mtnbikr107]

@steelbeltsdrumming: laughed so hard i almost cracked a rib!

This is one of the most memorable classic Sesame Street clips I remember from my younger years; thanks for posting!

[steelbeltsdrumming]

Nice Milf booty in the red pants 0:21

[azucho98]

Paul Benedict was also Mr. Bentley on "The Jefferson's". RIP Paul. Thanks for making me laugh when I watched you on Sesame Street.

[afriendofbean]

At 1:17, I wonder if Mac was smiling because he was happy that he used the squidge very well for the first time or if he was smiling because that was his way of saying "that will teach him not to paint on things he's not supposed too" and/or "that will teach him after he painted a "2" on my sailboat, a "6" on the cake I baked, a "7" on my box, an "8" on my head, a "9" on where I just cleaned, and painting a "10" on my stool after getting my clothes messed up.

[Sessions500]

WOW, Stockard Channing?!

[Tjtkkr67]

I love this one! It helped me to not be afraid of going to the doctor anymore. It was a real phobia of mine! Thanks so much for posting this!

[Staszu13]

Mac, BTW, was played by a gent named Jerome Raphael. THAT'LL teach Paul to paint an 8 on Jerome's bald head! :-)

[afriendofbean]

If the nurse came back to the waiting room at 0:45, I wonder whether the painter would continue to finish painting his "11" since he already started painting getting paint on the window and got his first "1" painted at 0:45 or, I wonder if he would rush to sit back down to act normal like he did the first two times when the nurse was coming since he was shy and embarrassed in this skit for anyone to see him painting his "11."

[afriendofbean]

If the painter is very embarrassed for the nurse to see him painting his "11" on the window, wouldn't he feel embarrassed if the nurse saw the "11" on the window if the janitor didn't come by to wash it off since he was the only one in the waiting room where the nurse would probably know that it was him who painted the "11?"

[texasghost]

Stockard Channing once again in this episode as the nurse saying.."next". She was also in the episode where he is wanting to paint a 3 and she keeps taking away the bread he is painting the 3's on.

[afriendofbean]

She was also in the #4 painter skit wearing a rain jacket and a rain hat and carrying an umbrellia where she was wondering where the rain was. Also, she was in the #7 painter skit which took place at an elevator where she was a passenger in the elevator.

[BeatlesFetish09]

i liked how he painted those numbers but i use to find him creepy looking

[Pocockable]

This is my favourite Mad Painter sketch. What would happen if those sketches aired on Sesame Street today?

[MIKECNW]

@Pocockable Nothing.

[sydonabike]

even showin those calves off.

[sydonabike]

wow...that doctor chick's bonable!

[briansky10]

This is a great one!! Paul Benedict and Stockard Channing really worked well together in these skits. As I recall, it was this one, number 3 and number 4.

It's sad to know Paul is gone. But this character, as well as his kind hearted Mr. Bentley on THE JEFFERSONS will help keep his memory alive. He was a great man!!

[ArxVirtus]

Stockard Channing again! Awesome.

[halcaannen]

Stockard Channing (Rizzo) from Grease 1978 is the nurse.

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

RIZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[latex123456]

Ok, what's far fetched about this is that there's only one person waiting in the room and that they're not having to wait very long at all.

[colleen4ever]

@latex123456 Maybe there's more than one doctor? WE didn;t see the mother and child go out either

[67nairb]

The nurse is Stockard Channing before she was Rizzo in GREASE.

[afriendofbean]

If the painter didn't want his "11" to get removed, I wonder why from 1:07-1:15 he didn't stop the janitor from washing it off. Of course, I'm sure he was looking at the janitors cleaning stuff that whole time and was watching him what he was doing but, I don't know why he didn't stop him.

[MGHSHour2a]

there should have been one where he painrteds a 12 and one where he painted a 1

[afriendofbean]

The reason why there isn't a number 1 painter skit was because, Sesame Street didn't use the number 1 as the number of the day at this time.

Also, I guess the reason why there isn't a 12 painter skit was because, at the end of this skit, the nurse pulled the painter in the office (showing the audience that the painter has been caught and won't paint numbers anymore). Once the doctor checked him out, the doctor found a problem with him, and put him away in a hospital for crazy people.

[67nairb]

LOL. That's very funny.

[afriendofbean]

Yes, it does sound funny but, maybe it is true just to show the audience that, now that the painter has been caught and put away in a hospital for crazy people just for painting numbers in spots he's not supposed too, he's probably never set free to paint a "12" or any number anywhere. (Probably the doctor took away his paint can and paint brush too just so that he doesn't paint a number anywhere around the hospital).

[67nairb]

I see.

[latex123456]

@afriendofbean But an eleven is just 2 '1's put together.

[jimmyboy7817]

I wonder what the doctor would have done with him? Probably try to cure him of his obsession of painting numbers in innapropriate places.

[afriendofbean]

Maybe the doctor did that which could be the reason why the painter is not seen anymore to paint anymore numbers between 12-20 or, once the doctor did a full body check up on him and saw a problem with him , the doctor probably put him away in a hospital for crazy people just for painting numbers on spots in public places he's not supposed too. Plus, before he was taken to the hospital, the doctor probably took away his paint can and paint brush, so now he can't paint numbers between 12-20.

[d72jjpilc]

The Mad painter moving his head in circles even after the cleaning man is finished using his cloth really cracks me up! This clip and the ones with 3 (picnic), 4 (umbrella), and 7 (elevator) are the ones in this series which feature Stockard Channing. All in the series, however, are great memories!

[bumsmith]

I wish my Dr's office worked that fast. Sometimes wait for 30 min or more.

[deltalady72]

isn't that mr. bentley and rizzo?

[Billyjk72]

YES!!!

Paul Benedict and Stockard Channing.

[CraigFoye80]

YIKES!! 8-D

[Bigben1984]

Next!  Yike!

[nuckinfutzerik]

I love the crazed look in his eyes during these clips!

[LarcenTyler]

My 11!

Eleven!

[tau74]

i remember this. i love this mad painter clips!

[JGCooney]

Did Joe play piano for these films?

[raposofan]

I've had it insisted to me that the fellow who composed the music for "Milk Crisis" (milk, mee-yulk, milk) played and composed the Mad Painter cues. However, to me they sound *identically* like Joe Raposo, and Nick Raposo said that his father wrote and played this. We may never know for sure, but I tend to believe Nick Raposo. The Mad Painter cues simply sound like Joe.

[koalasarah]

Cute! I remember both of them being on Sesame Street when I was a child.

[stegaflaps]

......and she wasnt that young here...........she was 35 when she did grease.......so she must have been about 29 here.

[chadpettigrew]

He used to play Mr. Bentley on "The Jeffersons".

[gshow1970]

looks like stockard channing from grease

[loumichaels]

I wonder if Benedict was supposed to hold the magazine upside down or if they discovered he had done it after filming. Either way, it worked!

[jhillst]

Does ANYONE have Mad Painter #2 (the sailboat)? That one seems to have escaped the trading circuit...

[classicphile]

"Does ANYONE have Mad Painter #2 (the sailboat)? That one seems to have escaped the trading circuit... "

Number 2 can be found on the Sesame Street website at sesamestreet (dot) org. Just go to the video section and do a search for "painter".

[DiAnno13]

He had an appointment at 11.

[derekfan7695]

Ha Ha. Very funny.

[mstatz]

NO!!! Not YOU again! LOL For the 11th time, quit being a wise guy!

[DiAnno13]

That was the 12TH time.

[playsbass1969]

@DiAnno13 bently

[anjil4871]

I think the nurse is Erin Moran from "Happy Days." :)

[britlitgal]

The doctor is "Rizzo" from the Grease movie :)

[smoothie6ft3]

Stockard Channing

[cne08]

The Mad Painter skits are cool.

[OldSkoolBoysRule]

My 11 . . . 11 !

[Sekkingstad]

Wow. I wish the doctors were that effective. (Thats one hot doctor by the way)

[smoothie6ft3]

Stockard Channing before she was famous!

[smoothie6ft3]

The Mad Painter/Mr Bentley(Paul Benedict) has made it to the heavens as of December 1,2008. He now custom paints numbers on the wings of each new arrival and refers to jesus as "Mr. J" :0)

[BruDiggity]

OMG! I never would've remembered this is you wouldn't have posted. Like finding an old toy you forgot about.

Wasn't this gentleman "Bentley" on the Jeffersons?

[afriendofbean]

Yes, this painter (played by Paul Benedict) was Harry Bentley on "The Jeffersons." He was a great character but unfortunately, he passed away.

[cmulwee001]

That nurse looks like it might be a young Stockard Channing. Is it? That was definately

her in The Mad Painter#3 sketch.

[afriendofbean]

Yes, the nurse is played by Stockard Channing. Also that's right, she was in the Mad Painter #3 skit. She was also in the #4 and #7 Mad Painter skits.

[OldSkoolBoysRule]

My mom actually had a copy of that SEVENTEEN magazine that he is holding upside - down in this clip . I am crushed to hear of his passing . He's in a better place now . You can bet on that .

[smjjohnson]

LOL at 1:02!

[loveforeignaccents]

Whoa... what is wrong with my memory? I used to love this guy and forgot all about him, until I saw this. Makes me wonder how much more I need refreshing on.

[NarcMan316]

I only wish my doctor could see her patients that fast.

[afriendofbean]

Yes that's true. It would be great if my doctor could see patients that fast too. Unless, maybe there was more than one doctor which is why the patients were called in very fast. The nurse was nice to let the other patients walk into the office themselves but, I'm not sure why she had to pull and push the painter inside. Perhaps the painter was checked out by the doctor and was put away in a hospital for crazy people since he paints numbers on things he's not supposed too.

[wildheartmuse]

The Mad Painter is played by Paul Benedict, a wonderful, sweet and dear friend. Paul died this week, it is so hard to believe, it feels like I have lost my funny bone.

[mstatz]

What a surprise to hear that. That's too bad. His memories will last forever as long as we're able to keep these "Mad Painter" posts up! I'm sure he's making God laugh now! RIP Paul Benedict!

[Akira625]

Paul Benedict belongs to the ages now. RIP, and thank you for the pleasant Sesame Street memories.

[snuffereet]

I love Mac's face when he sees the 11 on the door before he washes it off. Turns to the camera and basically says "Oh geez.. not AGAIN!". Mac was a workaholic in most of these skits! A baker, A janitor, street cleaner... did he sleep?

[afriendofbean]

Yes, I love seeing Mac's face too when he turned to the camera. Also, Mac was also a sailboat harbor owner in the #2 painter skit, and he was a swimming pool owner in the #8 painter skit. Maybe he's playing as a different character/person in all the painter skits because in the #10 painter skit, Mac looked like he didn't know the painter because as the painter was looking closely at a stool that he painted a "10" on, Mac then looked at the stool very confused what the painter was looking at.

[CreativeCreshmative]

Hey, check it out...it's Stockard Channing. 

The mad painter has a wicked bowler hat. :)

[rjr72399]

These mad painter skits always scared me as a child, especially this one.

[zacandtaylorrule]

The guy who played the painter was Paul Benedict who played Bentley on the jeffersons.

[toiletduck23]

He very good at drawing numbers, the original Banksy, innit....

[songizlife]

OK People don't get suspiciouse when theres a weird guy caryin some paint like a purse paintin stuff!!

[spartan36022]

lol i figured out he was bently on the jeffersons when i was like 7 or somthing, back in the 80's. you know the bartender on the jeffersons was luigi on the super mario super show from the early 90's as well

[grecomic]

"Dr. Channing, the compulsive painter is here to see you!"

[Akira625]

Stockard Channing was really cute back in the 70's.

[smoothie6ft3]

Only recently(the 90s ) did I realize that as a kid I was watching Stockard Channing in the mad painter episodes.Ive been hooke on the lady since I was a kid.Ill never be free of her charms or those killer legs :)

[thezaylady]

"Yikes!"

lol

[afriendofbean]

Yes, I also thought it was funny when he said "Yikes" but, I wasn't sure if he said "Yikes" because he was being pulled in or, because he got caught for always painting numbers in spots he wasn't supposed too. However, I thought it looked a little unprofessional for the nurse to be pulling him in, even if he was a patient waiting to be called in. I'm sure the nurse knows that he can walk inside himself, and if she was going to pull him in, I wonder why she didn't pull the other patients in.

[chaiguy420]

Is he the drummer, Mick Fleetwood??? :)

[jgn2112]

no, but i'd bet good money he's one of the cast members of the jeffersons

[chaiguy420]

Thats great...Its been driving me nuts for years...Thanks!

[jgn2112]

and the nurse that keeps coming out saying "next" is stockard channing, aka rizzo from the movie grease.

[bryanao]

His name is Paul Benedict. He played Harry Bentley, the Jeffersons next door neighbor.

[bryanao]

HIs name is Paul Benedict. He played Harry Bentley, the Jeffersons next door neighbor.

[bryanao]

HIs name is Paul Benedict. He played Harry Bentley, the Jeffersons next door neighbor.

[Kapricorn1]

Mr Bentley gets collered by Rizzo, Lol, seen the number 2 skit but am not allowed by You Tube to post it up BOO!

[mstatz]

Why not?

[songizlife]

really want 2 see that again is there a way u could send it 2 me

[songizlife]

i really wanna see that one iz there a way u could send it 2 me please

[Pocockable]

@Kapricorn1

The 2 skit is now available on YouTube.

[RunzWithScissorz]

I can't believe I watched ALL of these :) I actually REMEMBER this one...

[luno44]

That's a really fast doctor to be going through patients that quick.

[afriendofbean]

I agree the doctor was probably very fast or, there was probably more than one doctor which is why the patients were called in that fast. Also, I wonder if there was also a back door in the office that the patients were exiting after their check up because this skit doesn't show the patients walking out the door they entered into the office.

[bobzimmerfan]

And they wonder why kids go taggin...sheesh.

[valorik]

You wouldn't happen to have painter segments 2 & 6 would you? I'd love to see those.

[mstatz]

I remember seeing 2 about 25 to 30 years ago but not while I was recording my segments in the mid 80's. I wasn't able to record 5 or 6 either.

[jaydude28]

oh number painter 6 is now posted somewhere dont remeber who but search it and it should come up.

[afriendofbean]

Yes, the number 6 painter skit is posted on YouTube. On the google website, just type in Mad Painter #6 and the number 6 painter skit is the first one to click on, on the top of the list.

[lfrage]

I remember that painter painting the numbers 1 to 11. I've been wondering, is there number 12?

[jadekoolkat]

I like how he holds the magazine upside-down pretending to read it while trying not to get caught.

[afriendofbean]

I liked it too but, I wonder why he was trying to not get caught because on the other number painter skits, it looked like he didn't care if anyone saw him painting a number somewhere and sometimes he would show the number he painted to someone on the skit. Also in this skit, it looked like he didn't care that the janitor saw the "11" he painted on the window before the janitor washed the "11" off.

[SJMJR]

hey its mr bentley from the jeffersons

[pokinsmot]

graffiti is good kids!

[tpirman1982]

YIKES! :)

[HOHNancy]

I remember this one. :) Since this was the last segment of the Number Painter, the doctor probably had him committed and that's why you don't see anymore of him after Number 11. :)

[afriendofbean]

Yes that's true. Also, maybe all the past Number Painter skits were making kids put graffiti anywhere in the world, so Sesame Workshop decided to make a last Number Painter 11 skit where the Painter gets caught to show that the Painter won't be able to paint numbers anymore and to show that they won't be doing anymore Number Painter skits. People were probably complaining to PBS that their children were putting graffiti around the world and are getting in trouble for it.

[afriendofbean]

I agree. Probably as soon as the nurse pulled the painter into the office, the doctor did a check-up on him and found out that there was something wrong with the painter in the head since he paints numbers on people and things he's not supposed too. So probably the doctor took away his paint can and his paint brush and then the doctor put him in a hospital for crazy people where he's not set free. Since he's never free, he's not able to get hold of a paint can or paint brush to paint a 12.

[hiphats]

Funny what would have happened had a number 12 film been made. The Mad Painter, in a straitjacket somehow got loose, stole a can of paint and brush, and intended to paint a "12" near, say, a wall (indicating what address it is), then someone...maybe Mac, caught him and as the Mad Painter was led away, he screamed, "12"...hmmm. but alas, the Mad Painter did get his.

[mstatz]

I thought of something a couple of days ago. This last "Mad Painter" segment is the only one that has another character's voice dubbed in other than, of course, the painter.

[toolfrenzy]

WOW, that nurse that comes out in the beginning is Stockard Channing, (aka Rizzo from Grease) As a kid I had seen this segment a thousand times and never realized it.

[loumichaels]

Are you sure this isn't Paul Benedict's voice? I don't notice a difference in the voices from the other painter sketches. But if it is, I wonder why they felt it necessary to use another voice.

[mstatz]

It IS Benedicts' voice! What I meant was that the woman that says "next" was the only time that you heard another voice other than the painter. In all the other painter segments, Benedict's voice was the ONLY voice that was heard.

[tonyc10011]

even as a kid, I was impressed by this guy's penmanship

[Paulywint]

Oh yes, he did a great job painting the numbers

[MGHSHour2]

That Blue Dress The Little Girl Has On Is Like The One Emmy Wears.

[JFD62780]

LOL, his prop 11 was Helvetica, yet he painted it Arial! XD

[wattamack4]

I hope someone has 5,I love that Gorilla.

[ISNorden]

I've got it in one of my Unpaved episodes, I think; it'd need the logo replaced first, though.

[mstatz]

I would appreciate that too!

[afriendofbean]

The Number 5 Painter skit was posted up on YouTube but now, I think it has been removed either because the person who probably posted it decided to remove it. Or, maybe since that skit took place at a zoo in a gorilla's cage, the Number 5 Painter skit was probably encouraging young kids to go near a gorilla.

[mstatz]

I think the guy who posted number 5 got suspended about 7 or 8 months ago. That's why it disappeared.