Sesame Street - An Ape escaped from a train..

[wrestlingwomanfan]

A Classic!!!!

[loveforlogos]

@mstatz

Well Sesame Workshop says it's from 1986.

[rockhopper10r]

I'm so glad to see this as an adult, because I never understood all the words as a child.

[soulsurvivor2001]

The "Great Estate" at the end is what killed me.

[alhroun]

PBS could make a boatload of money if they released the classics on DVD....

[plezurhounds]

Hip!!!

[patchouli78]

I was born in '78 tooo!! I distinctly remember it after he fell on the bale of hay and how the beat of the song got so cool after that :) thanks for sharing!!

[Smartboy8877]

@patchouli78

I am just going to offer this as a little piece of trivia that you and your family and/or friends can have some fun with! You and the poster who came right after you were born the same year that "The Bad News Bears Go to Japan" was released!

[mooky9669]

wow..I was born in '78 and remember watching this as a kid..thanks for this.

[gameshowluvr86]

What year is this one from? I was told 1977. :)

[mstatz]

It is considerably older than 1977. I remember seeing it as early as 1974.

[stevenscottoddballz]

Do you have the one with the letter "Q"? It had (electronic drums?), & multicolors around the "Q", with "QUICK", "QUACK" "QUIET" & one or 2 others. (GOSH! Now that I read it, it is hard to describe!) I hope you know the one I mean.

[ksol1460tv]

@mstatz I made an audio tape of this in I believe 1972 -- still had the last few lines memorized before finding it today.

[bunnyentertainment]

@mstatz

What a good old days!

I am 48yrs. old Japanese.

According to my old casette tapes,

This cartoon is included in "Sesame Street Episode 345 ( Letter A and Number 5 )" .

At that time, I was a boy at 10.

[superAJ71]

@bunnyentertainment

Wow, even Muppet.Wiki doesn't list Episode 0345. Do you have any recordings (video or audio) of that episode? There are still so, so many lost clips from this period.

[christimacc]

1972 thereabouts.

[nessamaine]

is the voice over the actor who played "david"? i LOVE this one...PREACH IT! xoxo

[Akira625]

This singing style's sounds like a mix of gospel and South African vocalizations.

[gameshowluvr86]

"...by a bale, a bale of haaaaaay..." My favorite part.

[SidJustice1]

Yeah, that's awesome! I love this. My favorite SS short!

[sarsman55]

Thats that barefoot, naked ass, jungle music right there maaan! LOL! That percussion rhythm at the beginning is off the chain for real!

[samuraix73]

At 35, I still love this skit. Rainfall in the shape of "a" XD

[eyesandmouth]

another moment in time

[Snoopy2299]

Can someone help me remember a Sesame Street cartoon (and if it's posted) it had a ringing cash register and 2 planes side by side at an airport and they sang E-I-E-I-O, something like a version of Old MacDonald, thanks.

[914andystrong]

i know !its called "sesame street young mc donald" just type it in

[Snoopy2299]

that's the one I was looking for, thank you very much for the response.

[culpit]

I liked all the ape's animal neighbors. He escaped just in time for his birthday.

[miausmama]

The rhythm is off just enough to be just right. So timeless - it's what made Sesame Street my absolute favorite source of fascination. I doubt the recent episodes of Sesame Street will have such an effect on our kids when they are 30.

[LauraLinger]

And yes, that was David who did the rap.

[bergerlimb99]

Ben Vereen.

[Tzaqueri]

This is so cool and brings back memories!!! Thanks for posting!!

PS: Does anyone have something called "At the Zoo"? How about the 2 Train?

[shjakes]

You cannot believe how much of a favorite this clip was for my brothers, childhood friends and I who are now all over 40! I am sending it out rat naow!! many thanks for posting it. Peace

[indigoskynet]

I'm so happy to have found this. Thank you for posting it.

And I think the "cleaned up after themselves" was just the lesson. But it was a fun and wacky way to include it, rather than hitting you over the head with it like some shows do now.

[vrikey]

mstatz, I AM LOOKING for...gnnnarsh...grips edge of computer desk...soooo frust-ra-ting...I AM LOO-KING...FOR...

(calms down)

I am looking for the classic SS cartoon "That's about the size of it"

AND IT'S NOT THERE!!

gnash...snarl...breathe...ahhh

HELP? PWEEZE??

[mstatz]

Check out my latest post! You'll be happy!

[JustMeandOnlyMe]

@vrikey I second your request for this one!

[vrikey]

I've been looking for this one - the ape that made his escape!

Thanks mstatz - one of SS's weirder attempts imho, I just like the running rhythm in this short cartoon - like don't we ALL wish our lives had this sort of kooky pitch and tempo? Sure we do.

[ferris1964]

mstatz, you're a Sesame Street Guru! And many thanks to wattamak for pointing me in your direction. I've been searching for this clip for weeks. It shows how brilliant S. S. really was. Great music, clever lyrics, and a stiletto sharp sense of humour, all wrapped up in this one clip!(oh, and also, the King of 8 is another doozie!). Kudos mstatz !!

[mstatz]

Thanks for your compliment. Unfortunately, after 10 months of posting videos and getting thousands of youtube messages on my hotmail account, I'm pretty much burnt out. The Spammers posting tons of porn on my sites kept me pretty busy too!

[Brinah]

wow you are a busy dude!

[LauraLinger]

We can't thank you enough for posting these wonderful clips. I was born in 1970 and seeing these again is like watching my childhood all over again.

[raposofan]

I agree this was early rap. Black folks were "rappin'" to each other in this loose poetic style LONG before the idiot hip hopsters whored the artform out for corporate dollars and ruined its soul and heart. I personally loathe rap now just because of that. If you guys want more digital animations, let me know. I might put up a cafepress site too if anyone is interested enough.

[raposofan]

Political correctness has destroyed Sesame Street. One day I promise you, someone like Lorne Michaels is going to come along, not give a damn, and produce a new version of this kind of show and make us all happy again. I swear it's coming. Ranting Raposofan out.

[mstatz]

I'm sure you'll take care of that too. Saw your latest "letter cartoons". With the exception of them being "digital animations", they were SO much like the many S.S. witty short letter cartoons of the 70's. This was early rap...don't you agree? My older brothers and I used to laugh at this silly cartoon, especially at the end. "Cleaning up after themselves" doesn't fit...doesn't rhyme with anything...THAT"S WHAT MADE IT SO DAMN FUNNY!! Get the hint...loosers of today's Sesame Street!

[raposofan]

That is EXACTLY what made it that funny! Heaven help me to somehow plug into this delightful contempt for the boring and rational! More cartoons to come, M and company!

[mstatz]

Ahhh...I mean "losers"! Typo..."o" button was pushed in a bit too long. I guess I was too passionate when typing the last paragraph. I hate typos too.

[raposofan]

Today some thin blonde dingbat in the Gap behind a producer desk would say "I don't understand why they mentioned cleaning up after themselves. So, we'll strike that from the cartoon." In fact, cartoon wouldn't've been made. "Too many negative stereotypes," the blonde would say. I'm black, was born in 1968 and would insist I am not offended. The blonde would overrule me, magically more aware what is offensive to black people than I, and the cartoon'd be struck anyway. That's the problem.

[raposofan]

"And when they were through, they cleaned up *after* themselves." Folks, that pegs it: what is missing from Sesame Street today are two things -

1. Soul

2. A sense of random.

Here is why you'll never see anything like this on the show again: (next post)

[TomMinderson]

The first rap song from "Double Ess Tee", he he. I thot Monster Mash was the first rap. Crazy Man Crazy.

[RSG2006]

This reminds me of a S.S. clip I saw only once in the 1970s, but it cracked me up...It was a cartoon with a song about going to the zoo, sung by, I think, an a cappella group, to the tune of "12 Days Of Christmas." Mstatz, does this ring a bell? Might you have it?

[Llew30]

mstatz, YOU RULE YOUTUBE! Thank you. And aren't we all grateful that the apes cleaned up after themselves.

[mstatz]

Thanks! I was born in 1968, so I was between 3 and 7 years old when I first remember watching many of these Sesame Street segments I posted. The quality is not great because I collected them over 20 years ago (1985-1988). I was 17 and wanted to collect the skits I saw 12 to 14 years earlier. I'm an "Old School" S.S. fan and I can't stand the show today.

[kevin07979]

I was also born in 1968 and I agree with everything you said. The show is crap today compared to what it once was. It's great my young kids can see how great the show used to be.I love the clips you've posted

so far.Wish I would've thought to do that back then.

[simon726]

this video is "bathing ape" (In homage to the urban streetwear clothing company) of course!

[PiLfan]

Excellent!...this one has the original "happy birthday to you" soul-singing chorus at the end. The other version on youtube was the expurgated version where it was edited out for some obscure reason.

[ISNorden]

Thank the cyber-gods that someone had a clip of the real thing; let's hope that the guys who hold the copyright to "Happy Birthday" don't complain any tine soon, though.  (Yes, CTW would've had to pay royalties...) Five stars!