Sesame Street - A girl visits the postage stamp factory

[ryguy28054]

Holy cow! 22¢ stamps that you had to lick? Talk about a blast from the past.

[ryguy28054]

Holy cow, 22¢ stamps. Talk about a blast from the past.



[mrericsully]

Thanks for posting this, I remember seeing it numerous times as a kid on Sesame Street and having those stamps at home. This clip has stuck with me more than any other from SS. I would love to see a comparison video with how it is done now.

[MenollytheBeagle]

Whoa! This is as old as me and yet I remember seeing it!

[pokemon5621]

kool

[joejumps4fun]

Any more old sesame street videos in Northern VA / DC?

[joejumps4fun]

Wow, little did I know when I saw this in the mid 80s as a child that this was not too far from where I lived at the time (Woodbridge, VA)

Debie Austin 7839 Godolphin Dr., Springfield, VA 22153

Nana Roberts 2908 Groveton St., Alexandria, VA 22306

Where I was when I saw this (probably 1987):

3372 Longbow Ct

Woodbridge, VA 22192

Wow...

[Garrettk41]

Neat. Though I believe Debi's last name is Rustin.

[Hadra568]

I had a magnet of this stamp

[bluquail]

I remember getting things with this one on them.

[panda374]

How can red, blue, and yellow make a brown dog? I tried it with paint I got a big mess.

[Garrettk41]

Well, the folks at the stamp factory are professionals. Also, they used ink, not paint.

[Bigben1984]

she was writing the letter to a person named "Nana" are we to assume it's her grandma or just a friend of hers named Nana because the letter is addressed as "Nana"

[Bigben1984]

I've been waiting for years for this one for years thanks alot this ones interesting cuz it's filmed in DC instead of NYC like most Sesame street sketches

[cosmowanda868]

I remember this video; I now find it cool that I was living in the area that Debi was living in at the time this was filmed! Had I paid closer attention to the envelope, I would've known that sooner!

[hadla]

FINALLY!!! thank you! i couldnt remember if i had seen this on sesame street or mr rogers and it was bothering the hell out of me when i couldnt find it anywhere!

[afriendofbean]

When I was very young seeing this skit, I used to think that it was okay to lick glue since the girl said from 1:02-1:06 that the papers have glue if you lick and it will stick. Then when I tried licking Elmer's Glue, it tasted very bad, and I thought to myself "how can that girl from this skit say that glue was okay to lick?"

[afriendofbean]

It's great to see this skit again, and it's also nice to get a look on how stamps are made since I enjoy sending things by postal mail.

[meganalo]

I was looking for this! For some reason I thought it was Mr. Roger's Neighboorhood. Those stamps are so cute!!!

[cannonmovietalesfan]

OMG! Thanks for posting this! It's been about almost 20 years since I last seen this. I remembered the ending when she mailed the letter.

[Garrettk41]

This kind of reminds me of those videos Mr. Rogers often showed about how people made things. He probably did one about stamps as well, but it couldn't take the place of this. A kid talking about this type of process really hits the spot.

[grecomic]

As a stamp collector, I can tell you this would have been filmed in 1986.

[jonnytbirdzback]

Thanks for the info!

[JMaxfield09]

Wow, it was only 23 years ago that stamps were only half the price they are today!

[Bigben1984]

well almost everything 23 years ago was half the price it is today back then the fare on NYC subway 75 cents now it's $2.25 back then the price for candy bar was like45 cents now it's about. 85 cents a hppy meal at McD's was 1.99 now it's about 3.99 Gasoline was about 1.09 a gallon now it's about 2.70 a gallon and the list is endless.