I haven't seen this clip in well over 25 years and yet as soon as I started watching it, I instantly remembered everything. Funny, the things that are embedded in one's mind that we can remember things from several years ago. Thanks for sharing!
What great music - sounds like it was inspired by Dave Brubeck's "Take Five," and it really gives a sense of the fun and adventure of riding a bus through different streets and neighborhoods. And this bus driver is a model for courtesy - saying "good morning" to everybody, congratulating his first customer, stopping for the running woman, telling the moneyless kid "Pay me tomorrow" (I wonder if he ever did?). And I miss those "fishbowl" buses - they had so much character, and their slanted windows gave them a sense of drama, direction, speed, streamlined elegance. I also miss those simpler times when bus fares were 25¢ (the fares in my town just went up to $2.10!). Thanks for posting this great memory.
DUDE!! I have to agree with you. There was just something magical about that day in time. Truly the last decade of innocence, the 1970's was a time when a child could really dream. And Crime was at a bare minimum. Comming home from school on a First Generation GM New Look 5301. Getting home in time to see THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and other great shows. CLASSIC!!!
YES!!! This is one of the very first things I looked for when TH-cam started up. I haven't seen it since the early 70's but it left a deep impression on my new brain back then. Especially the dark bus garage in the morning. Now if I can just find that R.I.F. commercial w/the boy running through the ghetto my life will be complete. Thanks!
Omg my soul has been sent up to the heavens 😩I can almost smell my home and feel the energy as a small girl watching this. I was a fool for Sesame Street and Mr Rogers. If I hear Mr Rogers or see him on anything , today, o will most likely tear up. I have a special place in my heart for Fred Rogers
2:40 Look at that. Seattle Transit System, the predecessor to the current King County Metro transit system. So this was in and around the Seattle area before the end of 1972.
Yes, it was definitely from 1970. I first remember watching this back when I was three and a few things stick in my mind about this one to make it a favourite: primarily the fantastic score in 5/4 time, the lady running to catch the bus and the shot of the bus turning the street with the Texaco station in the background! Plus the dialogue between the kids.
I lived in a small country town most of my childhood so besides the school bus & never really took busses unless we visited the city & then it was so fun.
I know Mike will hate me for posting on any of his videos these days, but this one's just charming, and I have to post this spoiler: the boy with the striped shirt was the wonderful young actor Peter Shea, who did the voice of Linus in A Charlie Brown Christmas. Shea's parents worried his lisp would prevent him from obtaining work; ironically that sweet, sentimental speaking defect wound up making him memorable to millions, and will keep him there for the rest of time. :)
Wow, this brings backs memories! If only bus drivers were that nice and conscientious nowadays. My other favorite Sesame Street was the two monsters trying to get a piece of fruit down from a tree. One could reach it but couldn't bend his arms to eat it so they both had to cooperate. The best Sesame Street was definately in the 1970's - very psychedelic montages and music. Thanks for posting this!
At the very beginning of the film, there is Seattle 1940 Twin Coach trolley coach pulled over to the curb. The trolley coach is behind the kid with the wagon. Look again !!
Now, I just finished watching episode 0953 on HBO Max, and it featured this very segment. Now, I know I used to watch this clip from time to time right here on youtube. So how come I have zero memories of the beginning and end with the kids and the pretend wagon bus?
I remember seeing this while in grade school. The video suddenly came to my remembrance since I plan to ride a bus tomorrow to avoid downtown parking issues. Who would have thought fifty years later one would have to wear a stupid face mask to use public transportation?
No a/c, no power steering, no GPS navigation, no satellite two way radios, no on board security cameras..... I couldn't even imagine what it was like being a driver back then.
@quirpco I think he has to test more than just the doors. I mean, make sure the stop signal that passengers use to request a stop to make sure the stop bell is audible. But on the T, they're electronic and we hear "Stop requested".
This film was obviously made in Seattle. I'm guessing in the late 1960's or early 1970's. Anybody besides me notice the vehicle at the beginning of the film? It's a Seattle Twin Coach trolley coach. The later GM Fishbowls seen in the film are also from the Seattle Transit System. Those Twin Coach trolley coaches have been replaced twice with new trolley coach fleets since this film was made. Seattle Metro is getting ready to buy another new trolley coach fleet now.
@mstatz Well, when I ride the buses on the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority), the busesa always tend to be late for passengers boarding or exiting the bus, or stopping for traffic lights. Sometimes traffic trouble such as accidents, etc. can slow down traffic and make buses slow down or stall the buses. Or even an annual bike race can stall buses. None of the bus operators on the T get fired from that kind of tardiness.
@sylvie606 Doesn't happen on the MBTA buses. Sometimes, even if you attempt to pay your fare and the MBTA buses' electronic farebox may experience a technical problem, and the driver lets your ride. Doesn't happen often, though. The fareboxes work 99.9% of the time. Sometimes the fareboxes may experience a technical problem and needs to be reset and when that happens, the driver lets us ride without a fare, so therefore, the passengers are not responsible for missed fares at the time.
I remember this video from when I was but a little yoot! And I remember thinking this was shot in Pittsburgh where I grew up and live, as the black building in the background I thot was the US Steel Building. Turns out it’s Seattle, and I just recently found out that building is the Safeco Plaza. Both cities skylines have changed considerably since.
Oh ABSOLUTELY! It is much more fun than driving a car. You wont believe the visibility you have of the road and all of the road hazards you will be able to spot a mile away. I drove for AC Transit here in Oakland California for 10 years. And I even drove a GM New Look Bus much like the T8H 5305 in this film clip. Only the bus I drove was an SDH 4501 From 1960
Houston METRO has an electronic fare system called Q-Card, works the same way as the MBTA system described. I remember this clip, haven't seen it in 30 years. Grew up in Oakland riding AC Transit in the 70's, 80's and early 90's. AC Transit Fishbowls were gone by 1990. Lived in several cities including Phoenix, Dallas, Atlanta and now Houston. Houston is a huge Orion Bus customer. They also have some New Flyers from the 2000-2001 period that are really showing their age.
I used to live in Boston and I take the T to work and back home. The fare hikes recently went up since July 1st (two months ago) and now the weekly charlie pass $21.00, monthly $80.00.
On the MBTA Buses, most of us pay our fares with a CharlieCard. It's a little plastic card like a credit card that we place on the scanner target and it electronically pays the fare when there's money stored on it.
Named after the legendary song character who didn't have a nickel to exit the Boston subway and supposedly is still riding today somewhere on the subway.
I drive trucks on walmart dedicated I sometimes wake up at 9:00 pm and have to drive 50 miles to Casa Grande AZ to get to the truck and deliver grocery to Walmart stores. I wander how far that the bus driver has to drive from his home to the bus yard?
I dunno, but, bus fares are paid in a more modern way. On the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (or MBTA), we pay our fares in multiple methods: Cash, CharlieCard, or CharlieTicket.
They actually did air it in 1986 because that is when I recorded this video! I also remember tape recording the music of this video on my cassete tape recorder when I was a kid and I did that in 1979.
GM New Look, A.K.A. "Fishbowl", without the rear mounted A.C. unit. On Those it would've hung off the back of the roof rather than replacing the rear window. There was also a similar-- almost identical-- bus manufactured by Flxble, that was a little smaller and had minor cosmetic differences. Not sure if it had a different engine or not, but on the GM it would've likely been a detroit diesel. I think they came in different options, but that seemed to be the standard.
What was SO cool, aside from the bus (yes, a GMC "New Look", but to me, a "Fishbowl") was the music had a similar feel to that of the Dave Brubeck classic "Take 5." Who would have thunk it I'd be learning about jazz music as well as about a bus I loved so much as a child, I actually drove that kind of bus 10 years ago to get my CDL. I've driven all kinds of buses since, and I would drive a "Fishbowl" (no power steering, etc) in a minute.
I remember this about 45 years ago when riding the bus was 25 cents, and you could get a transfer for a dime. Now it's $2.25 and you can't get a tranfer.
It was an 1960s early 1970s Seattle bus. Because in 1975 when I remember riding the bus they were white, brown and yellow in color. I never seen a red metro bus as a kid.
@@IceManLikeGervin I remember a few of the red buses running as late as 1980, the really old ones that were about to be retired that they hadn't bothered repainting. Mostly buses that were "extras". They were usually slow, dirty and falling apart.
i am near seattle just north of it but the thing is the transit agency in snohomish county the main one is goin down hill. since 2 years went by or so they cut 35% of its service and are going to charge people through the roof this coming febuary. its gonna cost the commuter run people like $4.50 to 5.25 depending on if its a south county route or a north county route. i miss the old new look buses though. i wish they used em till they had to be welded back together or couldn't be welded again
Here's a bit of trivia from page 117 of the marvelous book Sesame Street Untrue: This film was eventually pulled from the show's stock of short films when parents complained that kids were raiding the family's liquor cabinet in episodes when it was shown. And no one seems to know why!
It was probably not even noticed! This was probably filmed in 1969 or 1970. Maybe 1971 at the latest. I recorded this in 1985. For 15 or 16 years, they aired this uncut film clip without a problem. Everybody is so quick to find any little thing that "offends" them and bitch about it. I watched "The Three Stooges" since before I can remember and I never poked my fingers in my brother's eyes.
" Pay me tomorrow" As someone else posted that would never happen today. And I can' remember the last time I saw a bus driver stop again to pick up a late person. Lastly I usually try to say "bye" to a driver when getting off a bus.
The kids must be regulars. By the same token, I don't think a bus driver is going to make a little kid get off the bus and leave him out in the streets on NY! It's best to just let it go.
What I like about Sesame Street is that they always showcased everyday people. The jobs nobody wanted to do have to be done by someone, and the reality is, everyone is not going to have an office job or head a mulit-billion-dollar corporation. I love that Sesame Street gave dignity to all the people who do these jobs nobody else would pay attention to.
tomovox- motown, jingles & more in COLOR Sesame Street was created to educate children from lower middle class and poorer backgrounds. So it featured stories these kids could relate to. These children were starting school but weren't as prepared as their classmates from wealthier backgrounds. Sesame Street helped to level the playing field for them. It was thanks to public funding and the Helena Rubenstein Foundation and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
hehe still want one of these GM Classic "Fishbowl" buses Did see on Ebay once a short 15-20 passenger one THAT I'd like BUT I get one I refuse to do the bus to camper conversion
Well, I think it's time to join the 21st century. At subway stations, there are fare vending machines where we can buy CharlieTickets or add money called "Stored Value" on our CharlieCards. I pay my fares with CharlieCard and I put a lot of money on mine so I'd have plenty of fare money stored on it electronically. Plus, when I get off one bus and transfer to another or the subway, or subway to bus, free transfer. Except from bus to subway, there's about a 40 cent transfer fee.
Uhh, not exactly. GMDD of Canada continued with the New Look until around 1982 when they rolled out the Classic. Meanwhile, GM Truck and Coach Division here in the US was working on the RTS and rolled out the first production RTS 01 for a select group of municipalities in 1977, the RTS 03 in 1979, 04 in 1981, and the 06 in 1985.
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Though I'm a Christian, I totally agree with everything you just said. Because when Christianity is practiced the way its truly meant to be, Love in the way you have just spoken of is truly achieved. And MAN!! IS THAT BEAUTIFUL!!
I wonder if the bus driver is still around today. It would be cool to hear a comment from him here. Im a part time transit bus driver and full time firefighter. I love being a firefighter but I still enjoy being a bus driver too.
Hey, we're the same age so we must have seen this for the first time around the same time. Do you remember a film skit back then about a guy walking around with everything backwards happening around him? In one scene, he was walking through an open field and a plane took off backwards behind him. He was obviously walking backwards when a plane was taking off and they reversed the film. It was a film that they decided to stop airing in the 80's, so I haven't seen it for over 30 years.
What interesting is in the early days of SS the topic such as this would of been brought up on the set by one of the cast and then we'd see a film or sometimes the grown ups would say something like here's a film about so and so. This could of happened with this bus film.
I remember that one. One guy said "conk" a lot. I think that's what his name was. It was funny seeing the guy who couldn't bend his arms trying to eat the fruit.
And like I stated, if I was accidently running ahead of schedule I would stop because she would be at the stop on time. And obviously, if somebody was elderly or in a wheel chair, I would wait for them. If me doing my job makes me a jerk, I can deal with that. I've been called a lot worse. And my supervisors know.
With the scant hardware seen on this bus compare to what current mass transit buses nowadays have, crime must have been a lot less rampant then, oh how I long for times like 1969-1970!
@sylvie606 Yeah but it was like this a few years ago, specifically when we werent such a police State. Say prior to 911. Shit, those GMC New-look buses alone were sign of a prosoperus and simpler time.
Could you perhaps be a little bit more specific if you can? I didn't notice anything in the film that looked like a trolley coach and in the beginning, it's just the kid driving his wagon pretending it's a bus. SS debuted in 1969. Last week marked the aniversary of its debut.
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lol, good point with the three stooges. I never shot anybody after watching GI Joe. And I only been driving a bus for 3 years, not 10; that was a typo.
now if I did accidently passed somebody up, which I don't do often, I'll stop and let them ride for free. I wasn't paying attention and they should not have to run to the bus. You are right about that driver gmc, that was wrong. She should have just apologized about her mistake.
I know I had to fortify myself every day with a nice stiff drink just in case they were going to show the stop-motion film of the orange singing "Carmen."
I pick up over a hundred people a day, so 25 seconds times 100 people means I would be running over 41 minutes late by the end of my shift. If I had to wait for everybody who wasn't ready, I would never get anywhere on time.
My intention is to never run early. You seem to overlook the times when I stated I would wait if running early. A great bus driver would run close to 'ontime' as possible.
I haven't seen this clip in well over 25 years and yet as soon as I started watching it, I instantly remembered everything. Funny, the things that are embedded in one's mind that we can remember things from several years ago. Thanks for sharing!
What great music - sounds like it was inspired by Dave Brubeck's "Take Five," and it really gives a sense of the fun and adventure of riding a bus through different streets and neighborhoods. And this bus driver is a model for courtesy - saying "good morning" to everybody, congratulating his first customer, stopping for the running woman, telling the moneyless kid "Pay me tomorrow" (I wonder if he ever did?). And I miss those "fishbowl" buses - they had so much character, and their slanted windows gave them a sense of drama, direction, speed, streamlined elegance. I also miss those simpler times when bus fares were 25¢ (the fares in my town just went up to $2.10!). Thanks for posting this great memory.
DUDE!! I have to agree with you. There was just something magical about that day in time. Truly the last decade of innocence, the 1970's was a time when a child could really dream. And Crime was at a bare minimum. Comming home from school on a First Generation GM New Look 5301. Getting home in time to see THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and other great shows. CLASSIC!!!
YES!!! This is one of the very first things I looked for when TH-cam started up. I haven't seen it since the early 70's but it left a deep impression on my new brain back then. Especially the dark bus garage in the morning. Now if I can just find that R.I.F. commercial w/the boy running through the ghetto my life will be complete. Thanks!
Omg my soul has been sent up to the heavens 😩I can almost smell my home and feel the energy as a small girl watching this. I was a fool for Sesame Street and Mr Rogers. If I hear Mr Rogers or see him on anything , today, o will most likely tear up. I have a special place in my heart for Fred Rogers
2:40 Look at that. Seattle Transit System, the predecessor to the current King County Metro transit system. So this was in and around the Seattle area before the end of 1972.
Always loved the Jazzy score, plus the fact it was filmed in my best friend's back yard.
Yes, it was definitely from 1970. I first remember watching this back when I was three and a few things stick in my mind about this one to make it a favourite: primarily the fantastic score in 5/4 time, the lady running to catch the bus and the shot of the bus turning the street with the Texaco station in the background! Plus the dialogue between the kids.
'Pay me tomorrow' How many bus drivers do you think say that today? Good to see this again!
This sketch might have contributed to my childhood fixation on buses.
I lived in a small country town most of my childhood so besides the school bus & never really took busses unless we visited the city & then it was so fun.
I know Mike will hate me for posting on any of his videos these days, but this one's just charming, and I have to post this spoiler: the boy with the striped shirt was the wonderful young actor Peter Shea, who did the voice of Linus in A Charlie Brown Christmas. Shea's parents worried his lisp would prevent him from obtaining work; ironically that sweet, sentimental speaking defect wound up making him memorable to millions, and will keep him there for the rest of time. :)
Wow, this brings backs memories! If only bus drivers were that nice and conscientious nowadays. My other favorite Sesame Street was the two monsters trying to get a piece of fruit down from a tree. One could reach it but couldn't bend his arms to eat it so they both had to cooperate. The best Sesame Street was definately in the 1970's - very psychedelic montages and music. Thanks for posting this!
This looks to be 1971 Seattle, as this is before Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle started Transit Operations in January 1973. What a find!
Namely the King County Metropolitan Transit Department (or King County Metro), which began on New Year’s Day 1973
At the very beginning of the film, there is Seattle 1940 Twin Coach trolley coach pulled over to the curb. The trolley coach is behind the kid with the wagon. Look again !!
I sure like those classic buses. :)
Hard to believe these kids are near 60 years old now
This was a great memory! I rode a bus like that in Boston!
Q. What is the difference between a bus driver and a bad cold?
A. One knows the stops, the other stops the nose.
Now, I just finished watching episode 0953 on HBO Max, and it featured this very segment. Now, I know I used to watch this clip from time to time right here on youtube. So how come I have zero memories of the beginning and end with the kids and the pretend wagon bus?
I remember seeing this while in grade school. The video suddenly came to my remembrance since I plan to ride a bus tomorrow to avoid downtown parking issues. Who would have thought fifty years later one would have to wear a stupid face mask to use public transportation?
No a/c, no power steering, no GPS navigation, no satellite two way radios, no on board security cameras..... I couldn't even imagine what it was like being a driver back then.
Didi you know that the bus featured is a GM T8H 5305? It was one of 70 buses delivered in November 1968.
@quirpco I think he has to test more than just the doors. I mean, make sure the stop signal that passengers use to request a stop to make sure the stop bell is audible. But on the T, they're electronic and we hear "Stop requested".
Thanks so much. I haven't seen it for literally 30 years. 1976 or 1977 was the last time I saw it. I can still remember it though!
This film was obviously made in Seattle. I'm guessing in the late 1960's or early 1970's. Anybody besides me notice the vehicle at the beginning of the film? It's a Seattle Twin Coach trolley coach. The later GM Fishbowls seen in the film are also from the Seattle Transit System. Those Twin Coach trolley coaches have been replaced twice with new trolley coach fleets since this film was made. Seattle Metro is getting ready to buy another new trolley coach fleet now.
@mstatz Well, when I ride the buses on the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority), the busesa always tend to be late for passengers boarding or exiting the bus, or stopping for traffic lights. Sometimes traffic trouble such as accidents, etc. can slow down traffic and make buses slow down or stall the buses.
Or even an annual bike race can stall buses. None of the bus operators on the T get fired from that kind of tardiness.
When I ride the buses on the T (MBTA), buses tend to wind up behind schedule a little bit up to 10 minutes, depending on traffic conditions.
@sylvie606 Doesn't happen on the MBTA buses.
Sometimes, even if you attempt to pay your fare and the MBTA buses' electronic farebox may experience a technical problem, and the driver lets your ride. Doesn't happen often, though. The fareboxes work 99.9% of the time. Sometimes the fareboxes may experience a technical problem and needs to be reset and when that happens, the driver lets us ride without a fare, so therefore, the passengers are not responsible for missed fares at the time.
I remember this video from when I was but a little yoot! And I remember thinking this was shot in Pittsburgh where I grew up and live, as the black building in the background I thot was the US Steel Building. Turns out it’s Seattle, and I just recently found out that building is the Safeco Plaza. Both cities skylines have changed considerably since.
Oh ABSOLUTELY! It is much more fun than driving a car. You wont believe the visibility you have of the road and all of the road hazards you will be able to spot a mile away. I drove for AC Transit here in Oakland California for 10 years. And I even drove a GM New Look Bus much like the T8H 5305 in this film clip. Only the bus I drove was an SDH 4501 From 1960
Yep. That ad is for "Gilbey's Vodka".
I don't think that company is still in business.
Houston METRO has an electronic fare system called Q-Card, works the same way as the MBTA system described.
I remember this clip, haven't seen it in 30 years. Grew up in Oakland riding AC Transit in the 70's, 80's and early 90's. AC Transit Fishbowls were gone by 1990. Lived in several cities including Phoenix, Dallas, Atlanta and now Houston. Houston is a huge Orion Bus customer. They also have some New Flyers from the 2000-2001 period that are really showing their age.
I used to live in Boston and I take the T to work and back home. The fare hikes recently went up since July 1st (two months ago) and now the weekly charlie pass $21.00, monthly $80.00.
On the MBTA Buses, most of us pay our fares with a CharlieCard.
It's a little plastic card like a credit card that we place on the scanner target and it electronically pays the fare when there's money stored on it.
Named after the legendary song character who didn't have a nickel to exit the Boston subway and supposedly is still riding today somewhere on the subway.
I just noticed below the windshield, it says "Seattle Transit System"
One of those buses used in Seattle still survives and is in working condition.
I drive trucks on walmart dedicated I sometimes wake up at 9:00 pm and have to drive 50 miles to Casa Grande AZ to get to the truck and deliver grocery to Walmart stores. I wander how far that the bus driver has to drive from his home to the bus yard?
I dunno, but, bus fares are paid in a more modern way.
On the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (or MBTA), we pay our fares in multiple methods: Cash, CharlieCard, or CharlieTicket.
They actually did air it in 1986 because that is when I recorded this video! I also remember tape recording the music of this video on my cassete tape recorder when I was a kid and I did that in 1979.
Those GM fishbowls were baadassed! :)
Great upload!!
GM New Look, A.K.A. "Fishbowl", without the rear mounted A.C. unit. On Those it would've hung off the back of the roof rather than replacing the rear window.
There was also a similar-- almost identical-- bus manufactured by Flxble, that was a little smaller and had minor cosmetic differences. Not sure if it had a different engine or not, but on the GM it would've likely been a detroit diesel. I think they came in different options, but that seemed to be the standard.
@busdriverohio Well, my advice for all passengers is be out for the bus at least 5 minutes (or more) before the expected time of the bus' arrival.
What was SO cool, aside from the bus (yes, a GMC "New Look", but to me, a "Fishbowl") was the music had a similar feel to that of the Dave Brubeck classic "Take 5." Who would have thunk it I'd be learning about jazz music as well as about a bus I loved so much as a child, I actually drove that kind of bus 10 years ago to get my CDL. I've driven all kinds of buses since, and I would drive a "Fishbowl" (no power steering, etc) in a minute.
I remember this about 45 years ago when riding the bus was 25 cents, and you could get a transfer for a dime. Now it's $2.25 and you can't get a tranfer.
In Los Angeles,it's $1.75 to ride on Metro one way.
Wow, most of Sesame Street was filmed or taped in New York....this bus said "Seattle Transit" on it! Cool! 👍👍
It was an 1960s early 1970s Seattle bus. Because in 1975 when I remember riding the bus they were white, brown and yellow in color. I never seen a red metro bus as a kid.
@@IceManLikeGervin I remember a few of the red buses running as late as 1980, the really old ones that were about to be retired that they hadn't bothered repainting. Mostly buses that were "extras". They were usually slow, dirty and falling apart.
Fireman he's ready to go was mostly in Trenton NJ
Back in the day when Seattle WAS a nice city @@IceManLikeGervin
i am near seattle just north of it but the thing is the transit agency in snohomish county the main one is goin down hill. since 2 years went by or so they cut 35% of its service and are going to charge people through the roof this coming febuary. its gonna cost the commuter run people like $4.50 to 5.25 depending on if its a south county route or a north county route. i miss the old new look buses though. i wish they used em till they had to be welded back together or couldn't be welded again
I ride MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) buses.
@quirpco I've thought about this, and wonder why they didn't show him doing anything else like run the motor and check the head lights?
Here's a bit of trivia from page 117 of the marvelous book Sesame Street Untrue: This film was eventually pulled from the show's stock of short films when parents complained that kids were raiding the family's liquor cabinet in episodes when it was shown. And no one seems to know why!
This reminds me does anyone have that film about trains? a man sings " The sound on the train, You can hear the rolling wheels on the train."
I can't believe I saw an ad for Gibley's Vodka on a classic Sesame Street clip! :D!!!
I saw it too!
GM "Fishbowls"
What's that, the model of the bus the driver was driving?
It was probably not even noticed! This was probably filmed in 1969 or 1970. Maybe 1971 at the latest. I recorded this in 1985. For 15 or 16 years, they aired this uncut film clip without a problem. Everybody is so quick to find any little thing that "offends" them and bitch about it. I watched "The Three Stooges" since before I can remember and I never poked my fingers in my brother's eyes.
" Pay me tomorrow" As someone else posted that would never happen today. And I can' remember the last time I saw a bus driver stop again to pick up a late person. Lastly I usually try to say "bye" to a driver when getting off a bus.
The kids must be regulars. By the same token, I don't think a bus driver is going to make a little kid get off the bus and leave him out in the streets on NY! It's best to just let it go.
For many years, I thought he said `Maybe tomorrow'. Not so far fetched in those days.
What I like about Sesame Street is that they always showcased everyday people. The jobs nobody wanted to do have to be done by someone, and the reality is, everyone is not going to have an office job or head a mulit-billion-dollar corporation. I love that Sesame Street gave dignity to all the people who do these jobs nobody else would pay attention to.
tomovox- motown, jingles & more in COLOR Sesame Street was created to educate children from lower middle class and poorer backgrounds. So it featured stories these kids could relate to. These children were starting school but weren't as prepared as their classmates from wealthier backgrounds. Sesame Street helped to level the playing field for them. It was thanks to public funding and the Helena Rubenstein Foundation and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
hehe still want one of these GM Classic "Fishbowl" buses Did see on Ebay once a short 15-20 passenger one THAT I'd like BUT I get one I refuse to do the bus to camper conversion
Well, I think it's time to join the 21st century. At subway stations, there are fare vending machines where we can buy CharlieTickets or add money called "Stored Value" on our CharlieCards.
I pay my fares with CharlieCard and I put a lot of money on mine so I'd have plenty of fare money stored on it electronically. Plus, when I get off one bus and transfer to another or the subway, or subway to bus, free transfer. Except from bus to subway, there's about a 40 cent transfer fee.
Uhh, not exactly. GMDD of Canada continued with the New Look until around 1982 when they rolled out the Classic. Meanwhile, GM Truck and Coach Division here in the US was working on the RTS and rolled out the first production RTS 01 for a select group of municipalities in 1977, the RTS 03 in 1979, 04 in 1981, and the 06 in 1985.
Funny how the driver told that boy without money to pay him the next day.
FYI: I wish they'd air this one again.
@busdriverohio Where does it say anything about running behind schedule?
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Though I'm a Christian, I totally agree with everything you just said. Because when Christianity is practiced the way its truly meant to be, Love in the way you have just spoken of is truly achieved. And MAN!! IS THAT BEAUTIFUL!!
I wonder if the bus driver is still around today. It would be cool to hear a comment from him here. Im a part time transit bus driver and full time firefighter. I love being a firefighter but I still enjoy being a bus driver too.
I had a dream once that I got on a Chicago city bus and my father was driving it. I may have had that dream because of this video.
Hey, we're the same age so we must have seen this for the first time around the same time. Do you remember a film skit back then about a guy walking around with everything backwards happening around him? In one scene, he was walking through an open field and a plane took off backwards behind him. He was obviously walking backwards when a plane was taking off and they reversed the film. It was a film that they decided to stop airing in the 80's, so I haven't seen it for over 30 years.
If it's that green vehichle then yes I see it. Didn't realize it was that.
This makes this film even more interesting.
What interesting is in the early days of SS the topic such as this would of been brought up on the set by one of the cast and then we'd see a film or sometimes the grown ups would say something like here's a film about so and so.
This could of happened with this bus film.
I remember that one. One guy said "conk" a lot. I think that's what his name was. It was funny seeing the guy who couldn't bend his arms trying to eat the fruit.
Where I live it's $5.00 for a day pass, $45.00 for 30 tickets, and $65.00 for a monthly pass!!
Cool music in the background
That little girl...is that Dawn Lyn? AKA Dodie Douglas from the show My Three Sons? It does look like her a bit.
And like I stated, if I was accidently running ahead of schedule I would stop because she would be at the stop on time. And obviously, if somebody was elderly or in a wheel chair, I would wait for them. If me doing my job makes me a jerk, I can deal with that. I've been called a lot worse. And my supervisors know.
I wonder if there were any other similar films such as a train engineer? including subway trains or even airplane pilots?
How much money does does that average out to per hour?
Finally! Someone gets it! =)
That's a good point! If you stopped for late people all day long, EVERYONE on the bus would be late.
With the scant hardware seen on this bus compare to what current mass transit buses nowadays have, crime must have been a lot less rampant then, oh how I long for times like 1969-1970!
back when bus drivers weren't union mongering heavies that were more concerned about their coffee break.
@sylvie606 Yeah but it was like this a few years ago, specifically when we werent such a police State. Say prior to 911. Shit, those GMC New-look buses alone were sign of a prosoperus and simpler time.
Thanks for that! :)
Could you perhaps be a little bit more specific if you can? I didn't notice anything in the film that looked like a trolley coach and in the beginning, it's just the kid driving his wagon pretending it's a bus.
SS debuted in 1969. Last week marked the aniversary of its debut.
I would love to see this made today in Philly with our SEPTA drivers.
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25¢ bus fare? I wish! Today, in the NYC Metro area it $2.75!
Why does the bus have mirrors? To see people running for the bus. Great clip!
Apparently there's an advertisement on the side of the bus for vodka. But still I don't believe that!
Groovy background music
24 bucks to ride for the whole month!!! Cheaper than Drving.
lol, good point with the three stooges. I never shot anybody after watching GI Joe. And I only been driving a bus for 3 years, not 10; that was a typo.
Does anyone else notice, that upon the driver checking his coach, there's a Flxible fishbowl before it?
now if I did accidently passed somebody up, which I don't do often, I'll stop and let them ride for free. I wasn't paying attention and they should not have to run to the bus. You are right about that driver gmc, that was wrong. She should have just apologized about her mistake.
I know I had to fortify myself every day with a nice stiff drink just in case they were going to show the stop-motion film of the orange singing "Carmen."
Now J.P. Patches isn't even J.P. Patches anymore.
I pick up over a hundred people a day, so 25 seconds times 100 people means I would be running over 41 minutes late by the end of my shift. If I had to wait for everybody who wasn't ready, I would never get anywhere on time.
That's good you can still use actual cash in some places. I'm dating myself a bit here, but I really miss tokens!
My intention is to never run early. You seem to overlook the times when I stated I would wait if running early. A great bus driver would run close to 'ontime' as possible.
Remember when you could drop a single coin into the fare box?
Here comes the bus!!!