Sesame Street: The Twiddlebug's Smoke Detector

[Theboxofme]

wait dosen't Ernie live in the basement apartment because at 0:01 that dosen't look like the outside of his home

[RiceNPixieDust]

lmao this glue is not that yummy hah!

[wileyk209zback]

ROFLMAO at 1:14, Tommy Twiddlebug thinking the smoke alarm is a radio, testing it and saying "Listen to that groovy sound!"

If they made this segment in the 1990s or 2000s, they probably would've used a more modern smoke detector sound effect, or maybe even one of those modern fire alarm signals that sound like smoke detectors (like the SpectrAlert by System Sensor.)

[Furball2k]

Ah I see Sesame Street is teaching a lesson about the residents you will find in Section 8 Housing.

[phillies4100]

Haha Earnie poured water on the house

[tool26]

Ernie's laugh couldn't be more on target, before pouring water on the twittlebugs house.

[yacket]

i'd forgotten the twiddlebugs!! thanks for the clip!

[hyperbaricchicken101]

I know that's a First Alert smoke detector but does it have the squealer horn like we just heard?

[sha8808]

ernie is such a perv

[FutureCSI404]

How did they get the first alert SA120 down to that scale??

[ladyraze]

Which was the one where she said, "I know! I know! We'll use the DOOR!"

Dude, he poured water right on their house! LMAO.

[danniedanniedannie6]

what episode is that from?

[NLind]

I like that smoke alarm! It's a First Alert SA120, with the sound of an older electromechanical smoke alarm dubbed in.

[JME1973]

@NLind I remember seeing this around 1987 when I was 14. It is not one of the classic Sesame Street skits but I agree with NLind how they have the sound of an old electromechincal smoke alarm dubbed in. That is something I could never figure out. It is nice to see this after all these years.

[andrewcolinwilson]

Her name is Tina, not Tessa!

[culpit]

I like how the Twiddlebugs eat things like one bean or one raisin for dinners because of their small size. I wonder if there are times they have one pea or one peanut, or even one french fry at the dinner table?

[uraniumdeath]

I love Sesame Street, but those high-pitches voices are really quite annoying.

I actually find the idea of Ernie pouring petrol all over their milk-carton house and lighting it quite humourous, expressly to see if the smoke detector REALLY works.

I do like Ernie's laugh though. With Bert's laugh...wow. Hilarious! :D

[lovemeg5186]

LOL Yeah yeah yeah! Soooo cute

[Garrettk41]

Has anyone got the clip with the Twiddlebugs cutting down flowers?

[tpirman1982]

The smoke detectors we have in our house says "FIRE" if the code-3 signal for fire beeps and "CARBON MONOXIDE" if it beeps fast. But I wish some with speakers like that had the same feature as voice-evacuation fire alarm speakers that say "Attention! Attention! There has been a fire reported in the building. All occupants, please leave the building by the nearest exit. Do not use the elevators."

[wileyk209zback]

@tpirman1982 Yeah. Voice-evacuation fire alarms aren't as loud. I remember being at South Shore Mall in Braintree, MA when they were going off once, and it wasn't that bad

[tpirman1982]

@wileyk209zback Hmm. Next time I go to South Shore Mall, I'll have to look around and see what kind of speakers they are.

[wileyk209zback]

@tpirman1982 They're all Simplex speaker/strobes. Many of them are the vertical 4903 type, as well as TrueAlert speaker/strobes. It's some kind of networked Simplex 4120 system (when I heard it go off, it just did Slow Whoop over and over).

[tpirman1982]

It's a shame Sesame Street teaches about fire safety on rare occasions.

[ErnieandBert1]

"It's Fireman Ernie to the rescue!"

[MarshalGrover]

It's a good thing they have Ernie to help them all the time, otherwise they'd burned to death a long time ago

[mightyfilm]

Where there's smoke, they pinch... ah, I don't have the heart to say it. Thanks for posting these rarities for us fans.

[jr52990]

I miss the actual puppet twiddle bugs.

[CR100692]

@jr52990

True but the Twiddle Bugs are awesome either way.

[Gwenlj]

aw shweet I remember them LOL yay! =D

[mwermuthland]

I never knew about this until today (or maybe I did and forgot about it). I wonder who performed the superintendant... I feel he talks a bit like some Jerry Nelson characters.

[Garrettk41]

According to the Wiki, it's Kevin Clash. And now that I've read it, I do hear a bit of Elmo in his voice.

[disneynut06]

@Garrettk41 Good point.

At first, I thought it was Pam Arciero, since the Superintendent sounded a bit like Grungetta Grouch to me.

[Garrettk41]

Now here's one I don't remember. But I like it. Their voices are higher than usual here, especially Timmy's. And note how Thomas calls his daughter Tessa rather than Tina this time.

[ErnieandBert1]

I wonder who's doing Mr. Superintendent.

[antsamthompson9]

This is very amusing.

[Quesal]

I don't remember ever seeing this back in my days of watching pre Henson death Street scenes.