Tag: Sesame Street
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Billie Eilish is Happier Than Ever On Sesame Street
One of my tunes of 2021 is ‘Happier Than Ever’ by Billie Eilish and never realised she did this excellent version of Happier That Ever on Sesame Street with the Count. YES! She looks pleased as punch to be there – who wouldn’t? Not everyone gets a Sesame Street version of your song, that’s how…
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Acid Sesame
Sesame Street was always a little surreal and psychedelic early on, but did Sesame Street have a tripped out LSD for kids episode in 1969? Reason I ask is I’ve just found in the first series they covered The Beatles ‘Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds’ which despite the band’s protestations is definitely lysergic. According…
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The Count Sings Gogol Bordello
An amazingly accurate edit of The Count from Sesame Street singing ‘Start Wearing Purple’ from Gogol Bordello. Works perfectly, and I know as someone who has created a few of these how much work goes into it! And Happy 50th Sesame Street – and RIP Caroll Spinney who was the puppeteer and voice for Big…
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Happy Birthday Sesame Street!
50 years ago today a kid’s program debuted in the United States which was to change the lives of millions of children worldwide – Sesame Street. A mix of muppets and modern educational psychology, the idea was to reach urban kids and those who weren’t getting good early schooling with basic lessons to give them…