We have two Sesame Street DVDs, and when I watched them for the first time, I wondered if my two most-remembered animated skits would be on them. One, “Number 9 Cutie” is on 123 Count With Me, and whenever that segment plays in the van, I hit the back button about 20 times, listening and singing along to it while my kids scream in frustration.
The other clip I’m seeking was about the letter “I” and featured little men with ladders, coming out of the letter and scrubbing it. The song that accompanied the animation was haunting, if I remember correctly. When it would come on when I was a kid I would watch with a mixture of fascination and dread. It creeped me out, and yet I couldn’t take my eyes off it.
Babble had a column on The 50 Best Sesame Street Moments and I eagerly clicked through them looking for my “I” song. It wasn’t there, though Ladybug Picnic, a forgotten favorite, was. Based on that column, I felt sure I would find it on You Tube. Nope.
Sigh. If anyone has a link to my lost Letter I skit, I would love to see it again!
Huh. That last plea sounds like one of those recipe requests people send in… “Great Aunt Florence used to make the best Bologna Pie! It had cabbage, onions and rutabaga piled on top of bologna and sandwiched between two pie crusts. If anyone has a recipe similar to this, I would love to make it for my family!”
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On that note, congress recently voted to cut its funding of CPB, which effects PBS, NPR and other publicly funded media. I’m livid and plan to write to my representatives and let them know it. If you value public media, please do the same.
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