The Babble List: The 50 Best Sesame Street Moments
Video of the show's greatest hits!
by Gwynne Watkins
April 25, 2008
#20
Ladybug Picnic
"They talked about the high price of furniture and rugs, and fire insurance for ladybugs..."
#19
ABC-DEF-GHI
Big Bird is learning to read, but there's one word that stumps him: the alphabet.
#18
I Love Trash
They just don't make TV characters like Oscar anymore. Here's his signature song.
#17
The Yip-Yip Martians Find a Telephone
The Yip-Yip monsters proved that there are only two words you really need to know in the English language: Yip and Nope.
#16
The Yo-Yo Master and the Lost Kid
A trippy psychedelic animation worthy of "Yellow Submarine." And is that Isaac Hayes' voice?
#15
Super Grover and the Computer
We've gotten worse advice from the Dell Support Team than "Jump up and down and say 'wubba wubba.'"
#14
Sing, Sing a Song
The definitive Sesame Street sing-along song.
#13
Ernie's Bananaphone
If you're going to call an elephant, you need a banana.
#12
Subwaaaaaaay!
A glorious ode to urban life.
#11
Snuffleupagus is Real!
For more than ten years, Big Bird tried to convince the adults on Sesame Street that his "imaginary friend" was real, but Snuffy kept ducking out sight before they could see him. The recurring gag (parodied in this clip) got old, so in 1985, Snuffy met the whole cast — who then apologized to Big Bird. Sadly, that clip has been pulled from YouTube.
©2008 Gwynne Watkins and Nerve Media
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Babble editor Gwynne Watkins is a Brooklyn-based writer whose work has appeared both online and in print. She is a consulting editor at Nerve.com, as well as a playwright and a lyricist. Her most recent show, the children's musical Space Pirates, premiered in May. |
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