Here are some of our favorite Sesame Street clips from the 1970s. I remember being mesmerized by these songs and images when I was a kid. Watching these again as an adult, I'm surprised how disturbing and unsettling they are -- particularly the "Milk" short film with its gritty realism and haunting music. I also really like the third clip below, an animated short about what to do when you get lost. It's interesting how the kid basically trundles out into some sort of drugged-out psychedelic dreamscape, replete with a yo-yo-twirling pimp dressed like Little Lord Fauntleroy. You'll see what I mean. Anybody else remember these as vividly as I do? bg
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Oh, man. I'm having a progressive-middle-class-childhood-television flashback. These were buried in my subconscious and I had no idea I'd remember them so viscerally. Thanks for a surreal deja vu.
Yeah, Dan and I totally remembered it! Did NOT remember it as being so creepy. Dan also seems to remember a vivid dream he had, as a child, that this milk truck showed up at his own house.
Can I also tell you that all it takes to get that song stuck in your head for an entire day is to have someone send you an email that says "milk, milk"? - Kate
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