I animated/produced this in 1989 for Sesame St. The music was influenced by David Byrne, as I recall. It was very hard to think of images for the concept of "every story has a beginning, middle and an end." They sent the music to me, and I took it from there, design and animation. Thanks for your comments.
These old sesame street clips with Sal's art really bring back memories...and they truly have deep meanings; especially this one and the one called "Above it All". They give me chills. The music is wonderful too. Today's stuff cannot compete. Thank God we're still able to watch these...
Time flies by so fast.when nostalgia hits, it hits really hard. I remember watching this and singing along while sitting on the living room floor, now I m watching the same clip with tears in my eyes as I remember my youth gone by.
Riding in the car last week I heard Louis Armstrong singing "Jeepers Creepers" and no idea why that brought tears to my eyes except music sometimes does that.
Hello , I love listening to all your songs featured in Sesame Street from the late 80s / early 90s , I was only a young child back then when I watched it on a regular basis and just hearing this catchy music now brings back many fond memories from those days , thank you very much for making them 😊
My wife cited this Sesame Street segment in her doctoral dissertation in rhetoric and composition back in '95. Luckily, I had been recording episodes for our child, so I pulled out the tape and transcribed the lyrics for her.
Well done, Sally. I have been known to answer the question, "do you know what he is doing now?" with "he runs a very successful frozen yoghurt stand". One day, someone will understand the reference and we'll be forever friends.
Oh, nostalgia...I remember me and my sister listening to this I-don't-know-how-many-years before, when we were little. I found the video in 7th grade. Thanks so much! 😀
jzapert I remember I first learned who David Byrne was on Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast. It still cracks me up to this day - "David! You're bringing me down, man!" I had to be around 6 at the time.
Been looking for this. All I remember was the smiling bed and the part where he sings, "here's where we get to the meat." Its a weird feeling of nostalgia but not quite; kind of like nostalgia-adjacent. Glad I found this and this nostalgia-adjacent feeling is finally resolved.
It's really interesting to hear how Sesame street reflects the popular musical styles of the decade in its songs. The waily affected voice, the synth melodies with angular sounding guitar riffs...so eighties. And all of those funky syncopated beats backing some of the animations from the seventies...truly awesome.
I love this cartoon SO MUCH!! It always made me laugh out loud, crazy seymour, the pteradactyl, the yogurt stand, the pajamas...absolute genius! I must have been 18 or so when I first saw it. The music is brilliant as well. This animation piece had been periodically cropping up in my head over the years and all I had to do was type "beginning middle end" in a youtube search box. Sally, thanks for sharing/creating this! :) You are truly one of the great masters of animation!
There are millions of us out there. This was an ENORMOUS part of my childhood, and I am so thankful to have grown up during the time that I did, and that I was able to experience this. It has had an influence on my artwork and writing. I'm sure you must be honored to have been the animator... (:
I remember seeing some of these shorts on Sesame Street I really like the art style in them it reminds me of rocko’s modern life and these shorts predate rocko
I remember watching this on Sesame Street as a kid. Music is definitely influenced and probably based off Talking Heads - And She Was. I Remember always wondering why Seymour had yellow eyes, and loving those purple elephants walking at the start. Great memories 🙂
This sounds exactly like a cross between Talking Heads "And She Way" and Thomas Dolby's (I don't think I spelled his last name right) "She Blinded Me With Science"!! This song would be a hit if either of these bands released this song as is. Great job on the piece!!!!
I remember one Friday in college, drinking beer and watching Sesame Street, and this popped on, and I was like: "Is David Byrne writing for Sesame Street now?"
GOSH !!! I think i saw this only once in... 1989... but I never forgot it !!! It obsessed me all these long years... until TH-cam was created !!! Long live the Net !!
Screenwriters and authors need to watch this video and learn from it. So many forget that stories have a structure, and for the love of god, let it end!
To save people time, I'll answer the question once more. This song was sung by Paul Jacobs. He is also playing most of the instruments heard on the song.
This and "Above it all" were so awesome. There are a few clips from the old Sesame St. that have stuck with me all these years. Those two are a few of them.
Unfortunately Sesame Street didn't save the original materials as far as I know. After the first few I made I kept all the film materials, was told they didn't want them.
The music style sounds a lot like Talking Heads. This was definitely from the 80's; I'm going to say circa 1987. It ran for quite a few years on Sesame Street too.
Sally,I just wanted to say that your work on Sesame Street was always my favorite as a kid and has stuck with me all these years! I'm so glad they're on TH-cam now so I can relive them - thanks!
@psychgyul001 yes that cracks me up too that it makes no sense but it's all about how stories have, uh, beginning, middles and ends. It was tricky coming up with the dancing book, chicken and egg idea for chorus.
Beckoning Chasm , the thing is- trash cans used to be metal with flat tops. Now all trash cans have some kind of dome top. She's whacking the side of her head with the can lid because she can't believe what she just saw.
I animated/produced this in 1989 for Sesame St. The music was influenced by David Byrne, as I recall. It was very hard to think of images for the concept of "every story has a beginning, middle and an end." They sent the music to me, and I took it from there, design and animation. Thanks for your comments.
😯 Amazing! I absolutely loved it then and I love it now. ESPECIALLY THOSE CHICKS ❤️.
Awesome stuff, Sally
Brilliant
@@Sparkina Thanks and Happy New Year!
This song is a masterpiece to some of us!
I was getting too old for Sesame Street by 1989. 8-9 years old, but I stuck around for these great animations and songs!
Hey that's really nice.
I watched this as a boy. I am now pushing 40 and sharing it with my kids. They do not have kids entertainment like this anymore.
There was a great producer at Children's Television Workshop for many years.
These old sesame street clips with Sal's art really bring back memories...and they truly have deep meanings; especially this one and the one called "Above it All". They give me chills. The music is wonderful too. Today's stuff cannot compete. Thank God we're still able to watch these...
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Time flies by so fast.when nostalgia hits, it hits really hard. I remember watching this and singing along while sitting on the living room floor, now I m watching the same clip with tears in my eyes as I remember my youth gone by.
Riding in the car last week I heard Louis Armstrong singing "Jeepers Creepers" and no idea why that brought tears to my eyes except music sometimes does that.
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I guess maybe You were scared ,in the movie they said that he comes whenever that song plays.
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Hello , I love listening to all your songs featured in Sesame Street from the late 80s / early 90s , I was only a young child back then when I watched it on a regular basis and just hearing this catchy music now brings back many fond memories from those days , thank you very much for making them 😊
Oh you're so welcome. I sure wish they would still play them but it's a very different show these days.
One of my FAVORITE bits from Sesame Street growing up! Thank you, Sally!
The nostalgia here is more than I asked for and I am grateful.
My wife cited this Sesame Street segment in her doctoral dissertation in rhetoric and composition back in '95. Luckily, I had been recording episodes for our child, so I pulled out the tape and transcribed the lyrics for her.
I remember watching this on _Sesame Street_ as a child.
This just randomly popped in my head today, wow the nostalgia hit me hard.
The style of the song resembles Talking Heads, but it sounds like Danny Elfman imitating David Byrne.
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yep exactly it was groundbreaking
Paul Jacobs has quite a unique singing voice.
Or like Andy Partridge
Well done, Sally. I have been known to answer the question, "do you know what he is doing now?" with "he runs a very successful frozen yoghurt stand". One day, someone will understand the reference and we'll be forever friends.
Ha!
Oh, nostalgia...I remember me and my sister listening to this I-don't-know-how-many-years before, when we were little. I found the video in 7th grade. Thanks so much! 😀
I think about this song all the time. So glad it was easy to find here so I can applaud the animator directly 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Oh that's so nice!
This sounds like a song that The Talking Heads would have recorded! TOTALLY AWESOME!
Michael Williams Or maybe Devo.
+Michael Williams It was purposely done as a David Byrne imitation, I read somewhere
I was going to say that it reminds me of 'And She Was'!
jzapert I remember I first learned who David Byrne was on Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast. It still cracks me up to this day - "David! You're bringing me down, man!" I had to be around 6 at the time.
Reminds me of Prince
I just like the fact that Seymour is still in his pajamas throughout the whole story. Maybe it was Casual Friday. 😊
Haha good one!
You know what else has the hero in his pajamas the whole time? The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy! Great minds think alike…
I'm happy for seymour
His ending/beginning and his life of comfort
Been looking for this. All I remember was the smiling bed and the part where he sings, "here's where we get to the meat." Its a weird feeling of nostalgia but not quite; kind of like nostalgia-adjacent. Glad I found this and this nostalgia-adjacent feeling is finally resolved.
nostalgia-adjacent is an interesting concept.
Oh man, the nostalgia! This randomly popped into my head! 😊❤
It's really interesting to hear how Sesame street reflects the popular musical styles of the decade in its songs. The waily affected voice, the synth melodies with angular sounding guitar riffs...so eighties. And all of those funky syncopated beats backing some of the animations from the seventies...truly awesome.
Thank you, Sally Cruikshank!
Aww thanks Todd.
I love this cartoon SO MUCH!! It always made me laugh out loud, crazy seymour, the pteradactyl, the yogurt stand, the pajamas...absolute genius! I must have been 18 or so when I first saw it. The music is brilliant as well. This animation piece had been periodically cropping up in my head over the years and all I had to do was type "beginning middle end" in a youtube search box. Sally, thanks for sharing/creating this! :) You are truly one of the great masters of animation!
WOW, I remember that song in my good old elementary school days, and i was younger!
If only the producers of modern television had watched this as a kid.
I hear you.
omg this one too, did you animate my whole childhood?
Your name relates to my last name Cruikshank.
Love love LOVE the talking heads vibe going on here
I've been looking for this for years! ❤️
Glad you found it.
There are millions of us out there. This was an ENORMOUS part of my childhood, and I am so thankful to have grown up during the time that I did, and that I was able to experience this. It has had an influence on my artwork and writing. I'm sure you must be honored to have been the animator... (:
I loved this as a kid. It's nice to know that this video still gives me a craving for frozen yogurt. Thanks!
I remember seeing some of these shorts on Sesame Street
I really like the art style in them it reminds me of rocko’s modern life and these shorts predate rocko
I feel like Joe Murray has a similar animation style to Sally Cruikshank’s.
I remember watching this on Sesame Street as a kid. Music is definitely influenced and probably based off Talking Heads - And She Was. I Remember always
wondering why Seymour had yellow eyes, and loving those purple elephants walking at the start. Great memories 🙂
Great memory!
Thanks for all your nice comments. It's so amazing to me to realize so many children were affected (word?) by my work.
Yes!!! These were great, some of my favorites ☺️ the music and animation are perfect compliments!
@@heidij2839 Thanks Heidi J
I love everything you did! I'm 37 now and still think about these songs and cartoons. Thank you for work!
@@Jerkparking Thanks so much!
Old sesame street was the best! i miss this style of animation
I DO TOO! THANKS!
This sounds exactly like a cross between Talking Heads "And She Way" and Thomas Dolby's (I don't think I spelled his last name right) "She Blinded Me With Science"!! This song would be a hit if either of these bands released this song as is. Great job on the piece!!!!
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I miss this era of sesame street...
I remember one Friday in college, drinking beer and watching Sesame Street, and this popped on, and I was like: "Is David Byrne writing for Sesame Street now?"
Haha guess they were channeling him.
Easily my favorite out of all those segments.
So nostalgic to me.
GOSH !!! I think i saw this only once in... 1989... but I never forgot it !!! It obsessed me all these long years... until TH-cam was created !!! Long live the Net !!
Screenwriters and authors need to watch this video and learn from it. So many forget that stories have a structure, and for the love of god, let it end!
Love your comment, and I agree.
Just one of the many greats done by Sally Cruikshank.
I remember this
I just saw this on PBS Kids Sprout this sunday. BTW, I love this song! I always thought the signer is David Byrnes of The Talking Heads.
Sally Cruikshank, you're the best when it comes to animation! I salute ya' for your hard work!
I like the pterodactyl he's cool, I love the dinosaurs
To save people time, I'll answer the question once more. This song was sung by Paul Jacobs. He is also playing most of the instruments heard on the song.
The song sounds like a cross between The Talking Heads and David Bowie. Your animation is, of course, still very awesome and inspired.
lmao..i just sung this 3 minutes ago..
omg...so many beautiful memories!
Your the best
Hmm, kind of appropriate that the parody of a song about tripping on LSD is so tripped out.
This and "Above it all" were so awesome. There are a few clips from the old Sesame St. that have stuck with me all these years. Those two are a few of them.
I love this song!
Love this!
The first Sally Cruikshank video on Sesame Street.
Episode 2556 Season 20 (1989)
Unfortunately Sesame Street didn't save the original materials as far as I know. After the first few I made I kept all the film materials, was told they didn't want them.
I loved this clip, even as a kid. :) I always used to wonder why he was eating hamburger for breakfast? Lol
You don't know how long I was looking for this clip! I love it! Thanks a bunch!
A lot of words to remember for a little Nockyout!
Brilliant!!!!
YES! THANK YOU! One of my all time favorite songs on Sesame Street.:D
I feel like my earliest memory that jump started my consciousness was seeing this when I was 2 or 3.
That's so nice.
Wonderful video.
The music style sounds a lot like Talking Heads.
This was definitely from the 80's; I'm going to say circa 1987. It ran for quite a few years on Sesame Street too.
No, 1989
wow,i was looking for this song,like whoa.
That's really nice of you.
I figured out about this the other day. Sweet
The singer is Paul Jacobs. His wife is my dad's friend.
Thank you, Thomas. Amazing to me all the people who remember this.
makes me so happy to read this!
I remember this...it is good
Oh my god!!! I used to watch this all the time when I was little! Thank you so much for posting this!
nice!
Do you still do animations for any kind of projects?
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No I don't do animation anymore. I experimented with Flash for a long time but- not for me.
Sally Cruikshank
Awww...I would have loved to see more of your animations! :D
Sally Cruikshank Well you should. Cartoons could use your interesting style.
This was the best thing ever to grace sesame street,
so nice of you-
Sally,I just wanted to say that your work on Sesame Street was always my favorite as a kid and has stuck with me all these years! I'm so glad they're on TH-cam now so I can relive them - thanks!
Your animation style is so amazing. It kinda frightened me as a child, but I loved it too.
This cartoon is usually what pops into my head when I think of you and your animation!
This is the best song I've ever heard! Keep up the good work!
wow!
Oh my god, I think I remember this!
I love this... Music makes made me dance...lol
OMG this was my favorite video on S.S.
gr8 ending w/ the book closing
Jim Blashfield, who animated the music video for the original song, also did some shorts for Sesame Street as well!
It's from 1989. The digital tv thing will bite them in the back-- everyone will use computers to view tv.
89 i was 6
@laughingsal I thank you for this as well. I even have this on my music/video device.
ITS 2021 BOYSSS!!!!
TANKS!
I remember this song from when I was 6
Come on. Stuff like this is what kids should be watching instead of the crap out today. I still love this.
@psychgyul001 yes that cracks me up too that it makes no sense but it's all about how stories have, uh, beginning, middles and ends. It was tricky coming up with the dancing book, chicken and egg idea for chorus.
This tune catchy af :D
I don't think you realize how amazing you are @laughingsal PURE NOSTALGIA
This is as always wonderful stuff, but I have to ask... at @01:57 - Did the neighbor do what I think she did?
Beckoning Chasm , the thing is- trash cans used to be metal with flat tops. Now all trash cans have some kind of dome top. She's whacking the side of her head with the can lid because she can't believe what she just saw.
@@sallycruikshank Thank you! My outlook tends to be somewhat dark and I imagined something worse. Should have trusted your imagination!
I can't wait to share this with my PreK students.
Is it me or does Mrs. Bazini (Seymour’s neighbor) remind anyone of Bette Midler?
Watching this while I work out at the gym
Calling every Tom, Dick and Howard who’s into New Wave music in a big way!
*** WARNING ***
Do NOT delete this video
Sounds a little like the Talking Heads, a little like Oingo Boingo and a little like early XTC
Paul Jacobs, the guy from National Lampoon's LEMMINGS? Great.
Whoever sung it though has a great British accent. He did sing Pyjamas the way a British person says it even though Sesame Street is American.
Haha! "...He runs a very successful frozen yogurt stand"
After that I couldn't bear to see any more.