View Full Version : Trip down Sesame Street Memory Lane


Janice Johnson
09-18-2003, 09:33 AM
What was the "red hot I"? I've read that it gave people nightmares. They said that in Sesame Street, they had an "I" that would run down a steel mill, have a black background and have a scary piano music playing.


Remember the old theme song?


Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet

Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street

Come and play
Everything's A-OK
Friendly neighbors there
That's where we meet

Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street

It's a magic carpet ride
Every door will open wide
To happy people like you--
Happy people like
What a beautiful

Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet

Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street...

How to get to Sesame Street

How to get to...


Now, they've changed it to a theme that many people don't like. Why did they do that?

What happened to Forgetful Jones?

The 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12?

Why did they "replace" Grover with Elmo, who is an annoying, annoying sounding furry creature?

Blair_Warner02
09-18-2003, 12:31 PM
What did they change the theme song to? I babysit a three-year-old and last time we watched Sesame Street the theme song was the same as it always was.

Grover has also been seen on a few ocasions, it's rare.

Janice Johnson
09-18-2003, 12:40 PM
Oh, you must have seen a rerun. I don't know what they changed the theme song to, but from what I've read, it sounds technotronic. There is no more Barkley chasing kids, kids running behind a tree and "disappearing", and people say that Sesame Street has gone really downhill since Jim Henson died.

Chocoholic
09-18-2003, 02:57 PM
Sesame Street really has taken a turn for the worse ever since Jim Henson died. It used to entertain and teach kids, not talk down to them. Plus, adults also could enjoy it. I cringe at what I see now. That is NOT Sesame Street! And Elmo is pure evil. He was the downfall of the show, IMHO.

Chad22
09-18-2003, 03:09 PM
Originally posted by Snoopy
Sesame Street really has taken a turn for the worse ever since Jim Henson died. It used to entertain and teach kids, not talk down to them. Plus, adults also could enjoy it. I cringe at what I see now. That is NOT Sesame Street! And Elmo is pure evil. He was the downfall of the show, IMHO.

Yeah I Cant stand Elmo, I Miss when Big Bird was the main character.

Grover ruled too. Is Kermit still On? He was the best :D

The Modfather
09-18-2003, 03:58 PM
Originally posted by Snoopy
Sesame Street really has taken a turn for the worse ever since Jim Henson died. It used to entertain and teach kids, not talk down to them. Plus, adults also could enjoy it. I cringe at what I see now. That is NOT Sesame Street! And Elmo is pure evil. He was the downfall of the show, IMHO.

I know! I use to watch it when I was a kid, but now the new one STINKS!:barf: Jim Henson was the Mastermind of it all.

Titania
09-18-2003, 05:46 PM
My favorite was Telly!! Last time I watched the show when I was babysitting, it seemed really different.

My favorite song was this one with Ernie...

Well, I'd like to visit the moon
On a rocket ship high in the air
Yes, I'd like to visit the moon
But I don't think I'd like to live there
Though I'd like to look down at the earth from above
I would miss all the places and people I love
So although I might like it for one afternoon
I don't want to live on the moon

I'd like to travel under the sea
I could meet all the fish everywhere
Yes, I'd travel under the sea
But I don't think I'd like to live there
I might stay for a day there if I had my wish
But there's not much to do when your friends are all fish
And an oyster and clam aren't real family
So I don't want to live in the sea

I'd like to visit the jungle, hear the lions roar
Go back in time and meet a dinosaur
There's so many strange places I'd like to be
But none of them permanently

So if I should visit the moon
Well, I'll dance on a moonbeam and then
I will make a wish on a star
And I'll wish I was home once again
Though I'd like to look down at the earth from above
I would miss all the places and people I love
So although I may go I'll be coming home soon
'Cause I don't want to live on the moon
No, I don't want to live on the moon

musicradio77
09-18-2003, 09:32 PM
I remember the 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12! Now it's gone but not forgotten. I remember this was from the 70's where they have a psychedelic pinball animation and the counting song. That song got really stuck in my head many times.

TJL
09-18-2003, 09:39 PM
That street started going downhill after Mr. Hooper died.

:(

Hollow
09-18-2003, 09:43 PM
I dont think i ever saw it. but i believe i saw some halloween special (or some scary episode or movie or something i think, it was so long ago i dont remember that good) and at the end it showed some weird... things... poking up from the ground or something. i cant really describe it but it scared me..

Titania
09-18-2003, 10:14 PM
Originally posted by TJL
That street started going downhill after Mr. Hooper died.

:(


that was so sad... :(

Ags2000
09-19-2003, 01:10 AM
Originally posted by TJL
That street started going downhill after Mr. Hooper died.

:(


I remember that episode when Mr. Hooper died. I was balling my eyes out. I can still see all the adults sitting around the table and Big Bird coming up to them with the pictures he had made. He had made one for Mr. Hooper too and he kept saying he would give it to him when he came back. Maria finally convinced him that Mr. Hooper wasn't caming back. :crying:


D
:dog:

Hollow
09-19-2003, 01:27 AM
Originally posted by Ags2000
I remember that episode when Mr. Hooper died. I was balling my eyes out. I can still see all the adults sitting around the table and Big Bird coming up to them with the pictures he had made. He had made one for Mr. Hooper too and he kept saying he would give it to him when he came back. Maria finally convinced him that Mr. Hooper wasn't caming back. :crying:


D
:dog:
i saw that on some show. it was sad.

MandieR1980
09-19-2003, 12:07 PM
yip yip yip yip uh huh uh huh LOL

neeeeeeeeeeear <music> faaaaaaaaaaar


Doin the <music> pigeon

Max Whittaker
09-20-2003, 10:46 PM
Does anybody know where I might be able to find the good old re-runs?

Janice Johnson
09-21-2003, 07:00 AM
On the Noggin channel.

quietblues
09-21-2003, 02:19 PM
i never watched that show. i was more of a eurika's castle kinda girl oh and we can't forget about barney!

Hollow
09-21-2003, 04:02 PM
Originally posted by quietblues
i never watched that show. i was more of a eurika's castle kinda girl oh and we can't forget about barney!
wasnt eurikas castle the show with that guy (i think he was a bat) and he always crashed into things when he was flying and said "i meant to do that"?

Max Whittaker
09-21-2003, 11:13 PM
Originally posted by ~°Sarah°~
wasnt eurikas castle the show with that guy (i think he was a bat) and he always crashed into things when he was flying and said "i meant to do that"?

That's the one. I hated that show!
Come to think of it... I hated just about all kiddie shows when I was a kid. I despised Barney! I even avoided Sesame Street! I guess I felt that they insulted my intelligence.

Recently, in my old age, I've come to enjoy sesame street, bear in the Big blue House, etc. Mind you, I never learn anything I didn't already know. I just like how cute they can be!

However, nothing you can say or do will every, EVER, EVER get me to watch Barney! That evil dinosaur should have been dead eons ago! If all dinosaurs were like him, I can see why the went extinct: They killed each other off with their horrid songs!

Anyway...
Sesame on Noggin? I'll check it out!