Sesame Street: "Pretty Great Performances"- Italian Song

[alexeidarling]

Is it just me, or do you not hear the cows mooing even though they're there? In any case, Richard Hunt sounds amazing, and this certainly must have been a fun day of filming for Ozowa and the puppeteers.

[pokemon5621]

sum of those animals i remember

[sailorscoutpet]

I wonder what that song is referred to. I do like to know.

[funkycatglasses01]

hahahaha! So cute!!!! I wonder how the conductor managed to NOT laugh during the piece!!!:D

[efil4own1]

Richard's "Placido Flamingo" voice was basically the voice he used for Wayne on "The Muppet Show", with a Spanish accent.

[MrMetalmanRock]

@efil4own1

I agree. He does sound like Wayne.

[CraigFoye80]

What's "Barnegie Hall"??

[Rhinogradentian]

@CraigFoye80 Spoof version of Carnegie Hall, a famous theatre.

[RevolverOcelot88]

thanks a bunch for putting up this video, it means a lot to me and my childhood

[pokemon5621]

remember is that them cows from opposite

[annastolichnaya]

Wow....such memories!!!! Thanks for posting

[kaisersweeta]

That's why I love Seiji Ozawa!!!

[ExplorerDS6789]

Seiji Ozawa is ordinarily a very serious conductor, so he was indeed a good sport to participate here.

[jjmbruns]

My uncle made this. Soo cool!

[Muppephile]

Notice that it seems that Placido is singing "Natalie" as opposed to "Napoli". Another case of appropriate censorship.

[ExplorerDS6789]

Richard Hunt truly could have been an opera singer.

[wjrfec41]

the chickens are my favorite part

[NaiTaiDai]

Since they used the Muppet Show's chickens, ducks, sheep, and frogs, was this after the final season?

[Pooleman96]

Guess so, "Sesame Street" sort of had a limited number of all-purpose animal puppets as far as I know in those days.

[Crassygyrinus]

It's slightly ironic that Ricahrd Hunt is singing this, as life was especially "gay" for him. Knowing that Jim Henson accepted all people, even gay people, makes me wish the world had more people like him.

[CD31088]

"Even" gay people?

[Crassygyrinus]

Dont have a go at me, I'm gay myself. I just think that he was accepting in a way few were back then.

[ExplorerDS6789]

Back then, 'gay' meant happy.

[Crassygyrinus]

Cats, Dogs, Duck, Seal, Sheep, Snake, Woodpecker, Cows, Bullfrogs, Geese, Chickens, Pigs, what, no Elephant?

[13rhythmically13]

Excelent performance!!!

[infinityx33]

my god. what happened to brilliant kids shows like this?

[tsjrlover]

I couldn't agree with you more. The stuff on tv today can't hold a candle to programs like this gem. And Im also finding though that even this show isn't as good as it used to be.

[abqwriter]

@tsjrlover I agree with you tsjrlover. Sesame Street is really degenerating towards being nothing more than Elmo Fest.

[tsjrlover]

@abqwriter Absolutely right!

[Ladyjakuma]

@abqwriter SO TRUEEEEE

[finnishminnow]

It was pretty nice when Seiji Ozawa shook Placido Flamingo's hand and by giving him a congratulatory pat on his beak after the song as of doing a great job and stuff, don't you think?

[choirfreak26]

"Barnegie Hall" YES!

I forgot about the chickens!

This brings back some great memories. Thanks for finding and posting it!

[5504berry]

Instead of all those stupid cartoons the kids are watching today, they should be watching stuff like this. Atleast they would learn to use their imaginations!

[Crassygyrinus]

I AGREE!

Now they have their stupid Dora the explora, and about a million other cheap cartoons made entirely on computers. I miss stuff that would inspire me to imagine, and be a better person.

[quizmaster85]

It was more than a "Pretty Great Performance" - it was fantastic!

[BuddyBoy600]

Awesome Song! I love it!

[rocketstevo]

Yeah, I love it too. Richard Hunt has a good voice as Placido Flamingo.

[MrsMerlinSantana26]

ROFL

[ExplorerDS6789]

They call the composer a very good sport, because ordinarily he is very serious about composing, and here he's agreed to conduct animal muppets.

[jmmuppetman]

Check Out 1:56 Doesn't that Look Familair

[ticaly]

thanks so much for this video...it brings back memories

[rocketstevo]

You're welcome. I'm glad I can help.