Classic Sesame Street animation - rhyming song

[pagesidehigh]

my brother and i still sing this!

[ClarkieandStephen]

PMSL!!!! I totally remember this from way back, I used to laugh when Fred said..DUH!!! Where do you dig this stuff up?? I thought I'd never see this one again!!! Thanx!!! 5+Stars!!!!

[trespatines99]

This cracked me up when I saw this when I was little. Especially when he goes duhhh and he gets fired.

[PanJr]

ROFL This is classic!

[muppetfan33]

I don't remember whether or not I saw this as a child. I liked the part where the emcee said "He gets fired!" I don't know why, but the emcee makes me think of Ben Vareen.

[muppetfan33]

I don't really recall seeing this as a child, but maybe I did.

[elmuan]

Did he say, "And every night when I get High"?

[PandaMishima]

Maybe that would explain why Fred can't remember anything....

[fukimotoz]

"TIRED" not "high"

[ozku18]

Yes he did... No wonder hes kinda slow :D

[zangazoo2007]

@elmuan yup.

[SoloMan730]

Great to see this again...hilarious!!

[d72jjpilc]

Nice memory - I don't know if it was stagefright or simply poor preparation time that did Fred in! Anyway, good thing to know when you put on a hat, get hungry, or get tired!

[CanadaFamilyMan]

My sister & I tried to do our own tape-recorded version of this, but we cracked up laughing, & failed miserably. Kind of like Fred!

[PandaMishima]

@CanadaFamilyMan

wish you'd been able to post it as a video XD!

[PandaMishima]

@CanadaFamilyMan

Wish you could have recorded it! Be fun to hear!

[raposofan]

In my opinion this might be the funniest cartoon CTW ever commissioned. The music where the band trailing off trying to find a start place again when he forgets "bread" is genius. I cry tears laughing at it every single time.

The Hubleys rocked.

[revacohen]

I am a classically trained singer. I know from experience that forgetting the words to a song does not look good. I would love to know how this guy made it.

[PandaMishima]

He's a cartoon. That means he can do anything we boring real people can't do. Don't you ever wish real life could be like that?

[mythicky]

The Hubleys did so many cartoons for the CTW.

[TonyDuMont]

I suppose this clip isn't shown today because we can see the announcer smoking a cigar.

[ripmowt]

watch his mouth open wide to say fred jus try its weird

[YodaBannon]

American Idol sure would have ditched him!

[LUVZEP77]

Another long lost gem. My mom still sings this sometimes lol

[jonnytbirdzback]

My name is Fed.

They call me Fred.

If I forget the words I will be..... duh!

DEAD!

[jonnytbirdzback]

This is so catchy!

[Akira625]

I could have sworn this was from Electric Company instead of Sesame Street.

[revacohen]

That's what I thought. I was also almost certain it was from Electric Company.

[PandaMishima]

I think it is Electric Company, Sesame Street is just better known. The two shows had a bit of crossover as well.

[Eddie62070]

@Akira625 same here!!...I wasn't certain until finding it here

[hoopersghost]

"His name is Fred,

they call him Fred,

I swear, that song is hard to get out of my--duhhh..." ;-)

Five stars!

[whammer0411]

Tee hee! Another fun song I can play over and over for my wife and bug the crap out of her.

[IJustWatchEm71]

His name is Fred,

They call him Fred,

And thanks for bringing this here clip back from the...

...duuuhhhhhh....

[RuffRuffman371]

Who does the voices?

[brightbite]

Holy crap, you have this one!!! I knew all the words to this one when I was a baby! Man, this takes me back!

[PandaMishima]

This has been teasing the back of my mind for a year, glad to see it at last. Fred's one of those good-looking singers who is also not the brightest crayon in the box.

"When I get tired...."--"...he gets fired!"

[valorik]

Another great childhood memory. Thank you ever so much for posting!

[maziebunny]

yay!! I loved this one for so very long. when I was small, I had to stay in the hospital, and it kept my spirits up.

[jaydude28]

my mom used to sing this song to me all the time growing up, now i can show her where she got it from.

[NantoVision]

People ask me for this clip on a fairly regular basis, but oddly enough I had no idea what segment they were referring to until just now.

Great to see this one again after all these years. That closing gag is laugh out loud funny; it's unexpected but fits the rhyme scheme and makes sense, and it's timed perfectly. Classic!

[culpit]

I suddenly remember this funny cartoon once again from my youth. That announcer was pretty frustrated with Fred's easy going cluelessness.

[SnowedIn]

This was one of my favorite songs from back when I watched. Thank you thank you thank you!

[sharig97]

I have been looking for this forever! Thanks for posting it.

[muppetfan33]

I don't remember whether or not I saw this as a child. I liked the part where the emcee says "He gets fired!" I don't know why, but the emcee reminds me of Ben Vareen in a way.