Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

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1. on October 30, 2013 at 12:32 pm cravesadventure

   I love Sesame Street as well as The Muppet Show:)

   
   
   • on October 31, 2013 at 5:37 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

     We’re huge Muppet fans as well, Renee! :)

     
     
2. on October 30, 2013 at 1:06 pm EllaDee

   Oh yes, straight to mind came the Mahna Mahna song which we would sing endlessly on the bus on the way home from school…

   aaaahhh, the good ol’ days :)

   
   
   • on October 31, 2013 at 5:38 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

     ED, that was WONDERFUL. I’d forgotten all about that version and only remembered the Muppet version with the cows. Thank you! :)

     
     
     • on October 31, 2013 at 5:43 am EllaDee

       It’s amazing how stuff from our childhoods sticks. I love the little guy who sings the mahna mahna part… :)

       
       
       • on October 31, 2013 at 10:31 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

         That was the late great Jim Henson himself. :)

         
         
3. on October 30, 2013 at 1:13 pm lizzygoodthings

   : )

   
   
   • on October 31, 2013 at 5:39 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

     Happy times, Lizzy.. :) xx

     
     
4. on October 30, 2013 at 1:30 pm heidiannie

   Yeah- I was a real Sesame Street fan. We watched and sang and laughed and learned. I really loved the Counts laughter and lightning and thunder.

   
   
   • on October 31, 2013 at 5:54 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

     Heidi, the Count was one of my favourites too. I love how Jerry Nelson developed the character!

     
     
5. on October 30, 2013 at 1:43 pm hotlyspiced

   Definitely Sesame Street was my Archie’s favourite show. Here’s the clip that he loved the most and he still googles this to this very day. And I can’t believe your son loves linguistics! That would give me head spins! xx

   
   
   • on October 31, 2013 at 5:56 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

     I hadn’t seen this version, thanks Charlie! We watched the original one where Ernie was singing this song in his bedroom, gazing out the window. This version is really beautiful, no wonder Archie loves it! :)

     
     
6. on October 30, 2013 at 2:11 pm Amanda (@lambsearshoney)

   I was talking to my husband about Sesame St just this weekend – spooky! I was reminiscing about the now departed Cab Calloway singing Minnie the Moocher on the show.

   
   
   • on October 31, 2013 at 5:53 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

     Oooh, that must have been an old one A, because I couldn’t find it on YouTube! :)

     
     
7. on October 30, 2013 at 2:53 pm Lisa the Gourmet Wog

   oh sesame street! the show I watch twice a day courtesy of my ‘channel 22 crazy’ daughter!! Love it :) I too was a big SS fan growing up, it’s lovely to watch it now and see how much the show has evolved yet stayed true to it’s origins. Great post!! xx

   
   
   • on October 31, 2013 at 5:51 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

     Lisa, it’s so different to what we grew up on, and yet still with the same underlying humour! :)

     
     
8. on October 30, 2013 at 4:09 pm My Kitchen Stories

   Yep yep yep total love this Celia. We always loved SS too
   

   
   
   • on October 31, 2013 at 5:51 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

     We still sing this one, T! :)

     
     
9. on October 30, 2013 at 4:40 pm Claire @ Claire K Creations

   Aww that’s so sweet Celia! I still sing the rubber ducky song…

   
   
   • on October 31, 2013 at 5:49 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

     Rubber Ducky, I’m awfully fond of yoouuuu…. xx :)

     
     
10. on October 30, 2013 at 4:53 pm Debra Kolkka

    I loved The Count. I can still recite some of his clips. I think my favourite is the salesman…Would you like to buy an O, nice and round and sweet, looks just like a donut, almost good enough to eat. It will cost you just a nickel, (sshh, a a nickel) so buy the O and take it home tonight.
    My son is 40 and I remember watching Sesame Street together as if it was yesterday. I think it was better back then before it became very politically correct.

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 5:48 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Remember that fabulous sketch where Ernie was hired by the Count to answer the phone? I LOVED that one! :)

      
      
11. on October 30, 2013 at 4:55 pm Debra Kolkka

    Oops! How could I forget Grover?? I loved Grover. I Grover, stand up straight and tall, I Grover, never flinch at all. I, incredible, I invincible……

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 5:46 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Hahahaha…remember Grover the waiter? I used to feel so sorry for the customer he was serving! :)

      
      
12. on October 30, 2013 at 4:58 pm Jan

    Oh that’s such good, gentle fun. I remember watching SS with my girls and loving them all. There was so much talent there and laughter and education were hand in hand. I have a clip on my computer of the Muppet show performance of ‘Jabberwocky’ which I often watch just for the pure, silly pleasure of it. However, as I only have my iPad at the moment I would have to do a lot of ‘loolbooklookbook’ to be able to cut and paste the link from YouTube! I’m with Small Man, I love language, it’s use and evolution. I’ve just bought Bill Bryson’s book Mother Tongue.

    Edit: Here you go, Jan! :) Celia x

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 5:46 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Jan, it had been years since I last saw the Jabberwocky Muppets clip – thanks for the reminder! It’s as bizarre now as it was then! :)

      
      
      • on October 31, 2013 at 9:46 am Jan

        Heehee, even when you know what it is, you don’t know what it is. Thank you Miss C.

        
        
13. on October 30, 2013 at 5:22 pm ChgoJohn

    A great post, Celia, and the comments to accompany it are fantastic, so many classic clips. Although I’m dating myself, I’m part of the Lost Generation, too young for the original Micky Mouse Club and too old for Sesame Street. Yes, life was sooo hard.

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 5:45 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      So you grew up with Fess Parker as Daniel Boone and the Jetsons? :)

      
      
      • on October 31, 2013 at 9:10 am ChgoJohn

        Yep … even had a faux coon-skin cap. :)

        
        
        • on October 31, 2013 at 10:32 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

          Must admit, I was a huge Daniel Boone fan myself. It came out here a few years after the States. What a hero!

          
          
14. on October 30, 2013 at 6:13 pm nancy@jamjnr

    I don’t think I ever watched an episode. Now I feel a little left out looking at everyone else’s comments!

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 5:44 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Don’t feel left out! There are tons of clips on YouTube! :)

      
      
15. on October 30, 2013 at 7:11 pm Sean

    More of a Muppets guy myself and to that end the critics in the stall, the sweedish chef and beaker were the faves !
    Sean

    
    
    • on October 30, 2013 at 7:48 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Statler and Waldorf on the balcony!! We’re HUGE Muppet fans too! :)

      
      
16. on October 30, 2013 at 7:29 pm Tandy | Lavender and Lime

    We never got Sesame Street here when I was growing up so I have never seen one episode :)

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 5:44 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      It’s interesting how different all our childhood experiences were! I don’t know of a single child here who hasn’t seen Sesame Street! :)

      
      
17. on October 30, 2013 at 7:37 pm theintolerantchef

    I watched Sesame Street, then watched it with MiddleC and littlej. The show has always been such a favourite but we definitely love Grover best! Linguistics is fascinating but it would sure give me a headache too :) xox

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 5:42 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Grover! SuperGrover! Remember all those scenes where he was the waiter in the restaurant? :)

      
      
18. on October 30, 2013 at 7:58 pm Jas@AbsolutelyJas

    1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 – 11, 12. :D

    I also loved the Yep Yep martians.

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 5:41 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Jas! I spent all yesterday evening singing.. “1 2 3 4 5…6 7 8 9 10…11 12″… :D

      
      
      • on October 31, 2013 at 6:49 pm Jas@AbsolutelyJas

        Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do doop. Seven! Such a funky little tune :)

        
        
19. on October 30, 2013 at 9:19 pm Norma Chang

    Thanks for the trip down memory lane, used to sit with my kids to watch SS.

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 5:40 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Norma, I used to sit with the kids and watch as well – we had so much fun with it! :)

      
      
20. on October 30, 2013 at 10:24 pm Spoon Feast

    The Cookie Monster! And the Count. When we lived in Japan, the Japanese businessmen would listen to SS to learn to speak better English. It was a great show!

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 5:39 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Pamela, that’s too funny! What a great way for them to learn English AND American humour at the same time! :)

      
      
21. on October 31, 2013 at 10:03 am cityhippyfarmgirl

    look at all those lovely comments from people you’ve prompted :-)

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 10:33 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Brydie, do you watch it with the little Monkeys now? :) It’s been such a fun thread – so many I’d forgotten! :)

      
      
22. on October 31, 2013 at 3:04 pm Maureen | Orgasmic Chef

    I’ve always been a fan of “Being Green” :)

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 3:54 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Maureen, the Kermit or the Oscar version? :)

      
      
23. on October 31, 2013 at 3:58 pm marilynscottwaters

    Cookie Monster all the way! <3

    
    
    • on October 31, 2013 at 3:59 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Hahaha! C is for Cookie, and that’s good enough for me! xx

      
      
24. on October 31, 2013 at 10:19 pm Melanie

    My favorite SS character is definitely Cookie Monster, but I didn’t get to see hardly any shows as a kid because we had an old, crappy tv and it couldn’t pick up the channel that carried the show and parents wouldn’t pay for cable. I think I was a little more in love w/ the Muppets. Kermit is my fav, and I love to sing Rainbow Connection w/ him. Fozzie and Beaker are also right up there with Kermit as favorite characters.
    I’d insert a clip of K singing Rainbow Connection from YTube, but I don’t know how.

    Edit: Here you go, Mel. :)

    
    
    • on November 1, 2013 at 4:34 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      We’re HUGE Muppet fans Mel, probably even more so than Sesame Street ones. I’ve just finished reading Jim Henson’s new biography – it’s fabulous. xx

      
      
      • on November 1, 2013 at 10:10 pm Melanie

        Thank you Celia! I’ll have to look for that book. I didn’t know he had one. I had the Rainbow Connection running thru my head all day yesterday from listening to it on YouTube. Kinda nice. I couldn’t find my sheet music for the song though:(

        
        
25. on November 1, 2013 at 12:20 pm Joanne T Ferguson (@mickeydownunder)

    G’day Celia! Being New York born and bred, I have almost every Sesame Street song inside my head, true! lol
    Love Mahna Mahna song, and I can STILL sing word for word “Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood” lol
    
    Cheers! Joanne

    
    
    • on November 1, 2013 at 4:11 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Jo, I’d forgotten this one, but we LOVED it. Good old Bob.. :)

      
      

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