{"id":15396,"date":"2016-11-10T06:38:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=15396"},"modified":"2018-11-10T11:21:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T19:21:26","slug":"today-is-sesame-street-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2016\/11\/10\/today-is-sesame-street-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is Sesame Street Day!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On this day in 1969, Children&#8217;s Television Workshop and Jim Henson debuted the great kids&#8217; tv show, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sesamestreet.org\/\">Sesame Street<\/a><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15411\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sesame-Street.jpg\" alt=\"sesame-street\" \/>\n<p><strong>Since it&#8217;s also Throwback Thursday, I&#8217;ve picked out some vintage segments to share from this classic children&#8217;s program, including the super-funky &#8220;Pinball Number Count&#8221;!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sesame Street Pinball Number Count (All Segments)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VOaZbaPzdsk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Did you know THE Pointer Sisters sang vocals on that one?! It&#8217;s true!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeff Hale, the man who animated &#8220;Pinball Number Count,&#8221; operated Imagination Inc., an animation studio in San Francisco. He was also behind <em>Sesame Street<\/em>&#8216;s &#8220;Typewriter&#8221; segments, like this one:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Classic Sesame Street animation - X for X-ray\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oAsxMNl4gUQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>AND the &#8220;Ringmaster&#8221; ones, like this:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Classic Sesame Street - Ringmaster #4\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s7kmFVuS8ps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Busy guy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember when Smokey Robinson wrestled with the letter &#8220;U&#8221; while he sang &#8220;U Really Got A Hold On Me&#8221;?? Watch it, it&#8217;s a hoot!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sesame Street: U Really Got A Hold On Me\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ws_vnXup7so?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nAnd when Little Richard performed &#8220;Rubber Duckie&#8221;?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sesame Street: Little Richard Sings Rubber Duckie\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tWCEG6lV0ek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>One time on <em>Sesame Street<\/em>, Bobby McFerrin beatboxed the entire &#8220;Alphabet song&#8221;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sesame Street: Bobby McFerrin Alphabet Song\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aIqM8eGydC0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nAnd how about THIS guy?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/hmkoZ1hxBgc<\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Birthday, <em>Sesame Street<\/em>!! 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