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13Aug

vintage Sesame Street audio

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago - 7 comments

One the best things about YouTube is its ability to instantly provide you with remnants of youth.

Of course, I’m referring to those old PBS television shows that were burned into your brain as a child during your formative years.

Sesame street, 3-2-1 Contact!, The Electric Company — these were the shows I grew up watching, and for the last two decades or so, haven’t given much thought to. Until now.

Lately I’ve been scouring YouTube looking for the most classic, memorable audio tracks from these shows. I made a few mp3s of some of my favorites:

  • How Crayons are Made - awesome soundtrack, probably responsible for my love of instrumental music.
  • Eleven Twelve - Pinball game set to a funky jazz soundtrack.
  • Milk Crisis - I always found this one kinda creepy and weird, with the cries of “Milk, Milk!“. But on further listen, there’s something really experimental and cool about it.

What are some of your favorites?

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7 Comments

  1. Comment by Erik Mallinson — August 13, 2007 @ 5:40 pm

    One that comes to mind - Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings theme song:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvssomC2zVs

  2. Comment by Erik Mallinson — August 13, 2007 @ 8:40 pm

    Also the Meh Na Meh Na song,

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah_N%C3%A0_Mah_N%C3%A0

  3. Comment by Marcelo — August 14, 2007 @ 12:46 am

    I used YouTube just a few weeks ago to try to help a German understand why almost all of our (American) friends (around our age) can automatically blurt out “a container of milk” in response to “a loaf of bread”. I was amazed to find it. By now, I really shouldn’t be surprised.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFy2jHSIOKA

  4. Comment by Marcelo — August 14, 2007 @ 12:54 am

    WoW! That “milk” one is amazing.

  5. Comment by mike — January 16, 2008 @ 5:41 pm

    how did you get the audio for “how crayons are made”?
    i would love to find it myself.
    thank you for your time.
    :)

  6. Comment by Jarrod — January 16, 2008 @ 11:57 pm

    @Mike

    I actually made that mp3 from video footage. Recorded off Youtube, if I recall…

  7. Comment by Melanie — May 13, 2008 @ 8:28 pm

    Hi,
    I got to this site cause I’m desperate to find some instrumental music featured on Sesame Street prior to 1978 or so. The video clip is just close up footage of raindrops falling on green leaves. I think it was piano or acoustic guitar (really pretty and soothing). Can anyone help?

    Thanks, I know that’s not much to go from!
    Melanie

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