Sesame Street Earworms

Posted by Toni | on January 3, 2008

Sing with me: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-Twel-el-el-el-el-el-elve!
Doo do do do doo - do do do - do do do do do doda do…

Sometimes I still catch myself humming “The LadyBug’s Picnic”.

LadyBug PicnicThe tune from the classic Sesame Street clip is one of those earworms that I will probably suffer from (happily), for the rest of my life.

“The Ladybug’s Picnic” was written and animated by Bud Luckey, who later worked for PIXAR and created the character Woody in Toy Story.

Browsing around similar videos I found another one of my favorite clips. Not only is the tune catchy, but the animation is retro-riffic and mesmerizing; the Pinball Number Count.

Sesame Street PinballSing with me: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-Twel-el-el-el-el-el-elve!
Doo do do do doo - do do do - do do do do do doda do…

Pinball Number Count was originally produced in 1972 by Imagination, Inc and aired on Sesame Street in 1976. The music was composed by Walt Kraemer and arranged by Ed Bogas, with vocals provided by the Pointer Sisters.Pointer Sisters Pinball Number Count

I’m not the only one who ever got the Pinball Number Count tune stuck in my head. Their have been a variety of remixes and cover versions by the song:

It still makes an impression today: watch this baby busting a move while watching the classic.

My guess is that many of our readers can hum or sing along to both of these.

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2 Responses to “Sesame Street Earworms”

  1. AvatarJudy
    Jan 13th, 2008
    at 4:30 pm
    1

    Loved listing to the Lady Bug’s Picnic. It was fun listening to the Sesame Street tune again

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  2. AvatarStephie
    Feb 5th, 2008
    at 9:03 pm
    2

    OMG I use to love this and when I saw it again on family guy I couldn’t place where I had seen it before. Thank you so much for posting this … awesomeness!!!!!

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