Sesame Street - Mad Painter # 9

I'm sure people will be happy to see this one again. That idiot is at it again, this time with the number nine. lol! For a full 2-11 list of these Mad Painter segments, go to: http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Mad_Painter

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Sesame
• Street
• 70's
• film
• street
• number
• painter
• paint
• nine
• Paul
• Benedict

[raposofan]

Farewell Mr. Benedict, we loved you :(

[mstatz]

Can you picture anyone better at painting numbers than Paul? I can't! RIP

[ccampasano1]

This video was filed in Lower Manhattan on South William Street, Beaver Street and Hanover Sq. At 0:07 you can see Delmonico's on the left and you are looking down Beaver Street toward Broad Street. When the streetcleaner is coming down the street, it is driving on William Street coming from Wall Street toward Delmonico's, which now would be the wrong way. I lived on S. William street about a year ago and as soon as the video started i knew where it was. Cool to see the area almost 40 yr ago

[madami72]

I'am 39 years old I remember this when I was 3 years old!! Thanks for the great memories as a kid!

[afriendofbean]

@defiant289 Yes, he was also great in the movie "The Addams Family." In answer to your question about acromegaly, acromegaly is a certain type of disease in growth hormone where parts of the body become big in the face where Paul Benedicts nose and jaw became big which is seen on "The Jeffersons." If you compare him here on Sesame Street, while seeing a picture of him from "The Jeffersons" on the internet, you will see he looks a little different because of developing acromegaly.

[defiant289]

@afriendofbean i loved him in anything i saw him in, can i ask what is  acromegaly?

[afriendofbean]

@defiant289 Yes, Paul Benedicts name on "The Jeffersons" was Harry Bentley. The other difference is that, as soon as he stopped doing these Mad Painter skits, he developed acromegaly which is seen on his face on "The Jeffersons."

[thesilencer1969]

I remember this from when I was a kid!! What a Happy Memory! Thanks for posting this!!

[defiant289]

is that mr bently?

[loveutoto]

"You ruined my nine!"

"Well, you ruined our street!"

[johnnyboy8593]

Ahhh, must an artist always suffer for their greatest works? All he wanted to do was paint a number, and then suddenly his works gets washed away. Yes, to be an artist and get your works known is a stuggle within it's own. Yet we get pleasure in bringing life to our works. So goes the artist's life.

[DragonLord1975]

@ccampasano1 I don't live in NYC, but I do know about Sesame Street's taping in some areas, like what you mentioned AND the Hotel Empire, which those big letters are still around today.