I have several posts rolling around inside my head that I never seem to have time to write. But I don't want to completely neglect my blog, so I'm throwing on some quick posts, like this one.
Our whole family loves OK Go (the band). Kent exercises to them in the morning and the kids dance around. (There's a future post coming about that.) Their music videos are what really set them apart, and Kent found this one yesterday. It jumped from 17,000 views yesterday to 1.7 million tonight. I love this video because it reminds me of some of my favorite, old Sesame Street segments. You know the ones where a ball is rolling along a track and counting "1, 2, 3"? This video is kind of like that, but with good music and more of a Mouse Trap (the game) feel to it. Very impressive, especially considering it was all done in one take.
At a deep-thinking gathering last Saturday, I turned the topic to my favorite Sesame Street segments, so I might as well add two of those here too. Enjoy the nostalgia!
As a kid, I LOVED maraschino cherries, so I was always so happy that this girl got one!
I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point. In the book, he discusses the "stickiness" of Sesame Street. I guess if I'm talking about my favorite segments 30 years later, they've really nailed down the stickiness of their product!
6 comments:
The clip with the orange was always one of my favorites, too.
Those are great! I remember playing with a rubber band when I was little pretending that it was a little mouth. I must have got the idea from that.
I loved that OK Go video! Good song, too. I haven't heard them before, I don't think.
Yay for Sesame Street. I got a 3 CD set of "Songs from the Street" from the library, and I was enjoying them today. I wish they would make a sesame street website that you could watch any episode. You know they'd get plenty of advertisers...
I loved The Tipping Point.
Mindy--You really should check out the other OK Go music videos on YouTube. Their treadmill one made them famous and is very entertaining. Each video is done in one take with no cuts.
I've seen the treadmill one, this one was just as cool! Awesome.
I wish Sesame street had kept their format. The way it is now is just not interesting. My kids never watch it (Elmo makes me crazy- why does he get half the show?)
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