I have no idea why, but I have been singing songs from Sesame Street all day. Not any of the new stuff but the old school songs. I had the Lady Bug Picnic running through my head all day.
One two three
Four five six
Seven eight nine
Ten eleven twelve
Ladybugs
Came to the ladybugs' picnic
One two three
Four five six
Seven eight nine
Ten eleven twelve
And they all played games
At the ladybugs' picnic
They had twelve sacks so they ran sack races
And they fell on their backs and they fell on their faces
The ladybugs 12
At the ladybugs' picnic
They played jump rope but the rope it broke
So they just sat around telling knock-knock jokes
The ladybugs 12
At the ladybugs' picnic
One two three
Four five six
Seven eight nine
Ten eleven twelve
And they chatted away
At the ladybugs' picnic
They talked about the high price of furniture and rugs
And fire insurance for ladybugs
The ladybugs 12
At the ladybugs' picnic
I used to watch that show twice a day. Once at Noon...I was cranky if I missed it and once in the evening before supper. I remember fighting with Uncle Randy when he lived with us because he wanted to watch Happy Days, I think he loved the Fonz, but I wanted to watch my repeat of the noon Sesame Street. Mom got pissed at both of us.
Anyway, I was making a to do list and I caught myself saying: "A loaf of bread, a container of milk and a stick of butter, I remember, I remember!" When I wrote down Windex...which ofcourse starts with a W...I said, "W...W...W....Willamina!" It was crazy. If I could have said "Allah Peanut Butter Sandwich!" and made it stop I would have. I just couldn't. Isn't it strange how things like that get stuck in your head....and years, YEARS after you watched a show it pops up out of nowhere and you are stuck with it for hours. Here is one that was really annoying me:
Can't you see, there's a bird on me
Oh can't you see, there's a bird on me
I can't tell if there's 1 or 2 or 10 or 3
Don't want to complain or raise a fuss
But them birds up there think I'm a motorbus
Oh gee, there's a bird on me
Oh don't ya see, there's a bird on me
They sit there talking to each other not to me
Now how do I find a way to explain
That I'm not a boat or a railway train?
Little birdie fly away and don't ya come back no other day
Shoo!
Oh can't you see, there's a bird on me
Oh woe is me, there's a bird on me
I'm so durn sick of every feathered friend, oh gee!
Stop your chirping and quack quack quack
Come on birdie get off my back!
Do you remember that song? Wasn't there a water buffalo in that segment? Then there was the Alligator King song which I have been struggling with the lyrics to. I think I got it...
One two three four five six seven!
Said the Alligator King to his seven sons,
"I'm feelin' mighty down.
Whichever of you can cheer me up
Will get to wear my crown."
His first son brought seven oyster pearls
From the bottom of the China Sea.
The second gave him seven statues of girls
With clocks where their stomachs should be.
The third son gave him seven rubies
From the sheikdom Down There Beneath.
The King thought the rubies were cherries,
And he broke off seven of his teeth.
The fourth son tried to cheer him up
With seven lemon drops.
The King said, "I'm sorry son,
Since that ruby episode, I just haven't got the chops."
The fifth son brought the King perfume
In seven fancy silver jars;
The King took a whiff, and he broke out in spots
'Cause it smelled like cheap cigars.
The sixth son gave him seven diamond rings
To wear upon his toes.
The King snagged his foot on the royal red rug
And crumpled up his nose.
The seventh son of the Alligator King
Was a thoughtful little whelp.
He said, "Daddy, appears to me
That you could use a little help."
Said the Alligator King to his seventh son,
"My son, you win the crown.
You didn't bring me diamonds or rubies, but
You helped me up when I was down.
Take the crown; it's yours, my son.
I hope you don't mind the dents.
I got it on sale at a discount store-
Cost me all of seven cents!"
Seven!
I can still see the animation to it. It makes me so happy, it makes me want to burst out in song or laugh like Ernie! Who could forget Grover, not super Grover, but just plain old Grover doing the Near, Far, Near, Far bit. He wore himself out running back and forth and passed out. I loved Grovers little skinny neck and big old melon head. Remember when Mr Hooper passed away? It was the only time Big Bird actually said his name correctly, instead of saying Mr. Pooper. Man, did I cry over that.
I was always annoyed that the gang never got to see Mr. Snuffy and I felt sad for poor Big Bird because I knew he was telling the truth, Snuffy wasn't imaginary, damn it! Then there was Bert and his love for Pigeons, pop bottle tops and Ernie. I must have loved Bert, after all I drew a life sized portrait of him on my mothers freshly wallpapered wall. Whew, were my parents peeved...and in red crayon, none the less. In my defense, it was one of the best drawings I had done in my short life.
We had a book that showed what the inside of Oscars garbage can looked like, all the different rooms and all the crazy things he had in there....bowling alleys, elephants, old used roller skates, you name it...it was just magical. I wondered if Smiley, his pet worm, liked it down there or if he was afraid he would get lost in all that junk.
Remember those stupid Aliens that tried to figure out what the phone was? "Yep...yep...yep, yep, yep, yep!" or Which of these things just doesn't belong?" You had to pick before the song was done, that was a fun one. Any way, you can tell that I was a real Sesame Street Junkie, can't you. I didn't always watch it, sometimes I watched Mr Rogers neighborhood (Speedy Delivery, hell...I just wanted to ride the trolley to the land of make believe so I could pet Meow-Meow Kitty), or Romper Room( She never said my name when she looked into that stupid magic mirror), or Capitan Kangaroo (As an adult, I met him and got his autograph) or re-runs of the old black and white Mickey Mouse Club (basically, I liked to watch "Annette", I wonder why) lol. I'll save the rest for another day unless I decide to blab on about Saturday Morning cartoons instead.
12 comments:
Oh no! I sing the ladybug picnic song to my kids on the trampoline. They love it.
I used to love when the Count would come out of his castle and count everything in sight then laugh while lightning flashed behind him.
I loved Sesame Street. That was way back before the big Elmo craze.
Oh, I forgot to tell you, I still have all my original Sesame Street books. Mom brought them over to me a few months ago.
I personally believe that Elmo was to Sesame Street like Scrappy Doo was to Scooby Doo. I can't help it, I'm hardcore, old school Sesame Street. I'm a little green with envy over that those books by the way. I liked the count too, oh and Guy Smiley was a muppet hunk. I would now like to end this with the pinball song...1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10! Only you have to sing it like they do on the show wile the pin ball is rolling all over.
I also loved Sesame Street - the pre-Elmo days. Now Elmo has his own show. But most of the original human cast is still there. Oh, yes, and everyone can see Snuffy. But the song I always get stuck in my head is the theme song from the "Smurfs."
Man, Annette, I didn't realize you remembered all the words to those little song ditties from S. S.
They use to drive me up the wall, but I guess they must have stuck in your head. I did like the Ladybug Picnic one, though. Another one I liked that you girls use to sing, but I don't know if it came from S.S. was something about 10 of something, I think bears, sleeping in bed "and they all rolled over and one bear said" I can't remember it, but I always thought it was cute! I always liked Oscar and his song of "I Like Trash" something about the way he moved his eyebrows when he sang it..
Mom, wasn't it the song about monkeys bouncing on the bed? One fell off and bumped his head. Mama called the doctor and the doctor said, no more monkeys jumping on the bead. Oh now wait, you liked the bears where the little one said, Roll over, I'm crowded, so the all rolled over and one fell out...ect,ect. I liked that one too. Admit it, you like the "Song that never ends the best....lol, shall I start singing it?
Tami, I can't think of the theme song for the smurfs right now. It's driving me crazy. I know I know it. Dang it! I'll wake up at 3 AM hummming it and it will haunt me for days.
When Zwarte comes and plays they do sing the Ladybug Picnic song and it is hilarious to see everyone get so exited and sing a long. It is actually one of my favorite things about going to see this band play. I loved the song Kermit sang, It anit easy bing green. I liked Seseme Street, my my favorites was the Electric Company, David and Goliath, and the Muppet Show, and H.R. Puffnstuff. I loved Animal.
Oh, the smurf song goes. "Lala lalalala lalalalala." I remember it because this guy in highschool that had a huge mowhawk would walk though the halls singing it.
Oh, I was forced to watch a tape of Elmo at the in-laws house tonight. It was about ears and feet. I think I fell asleep about half way through. I like the old school Sesame Street, too.
Electric Company was cool, too. It had spiderman.
I used to watch the electric company too...Morgan Freeman was the bomb. I must admit though, on Sundays when you were strapped for any good cartoons or kids programming....except for The Magic World of Disney at 6PM....we were forced to watch Davey and Goliath. I absolutely loved that silly dog.
Davey and Goliath? I hated that show. You would be watching and like a piece of clay would fall off the dog.
It was the only thing on on Sunday's though except Hee Haw.
Kip that wasn't clay that fell off....lol, did you notice that it came from the back area of the dog? Yeah, he wasn't properly trained.
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