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Posted on: November 11, 2009 7:55 AM, by Chad Orzel
If you want to be a musician, there are some simple rules you must follow:
And now you know...
(The squeaky toy noises in the early part of this drive Emmy nuts...)
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Comments
I'm currently trying to learn to play the Sax, and now that I know what causes the squeaks, I'll totally be a better player :)
Posted by: Max | November 11, 2009 8:54 AM
Wow. It's now been twenty years since the Sesame Street twentieth anniversary special when that first aired. I feel so old.
Posted by: Brett | November 11, 2009 9:22 AM
Do you have any advice for getting rid of the squeaks when I play the violin? Problem is, I'm not holding a duck...
Posted by: Cherish | November 11, 2009 9:51 AM
Holy crap, that was a star studded video.
Posted by: Dennis | November 11, 2009 12:49 PM
This is my absolutely favorite routine. Thank you! How could _Time_ not have listed it among the top ten?
Posted by: mdiehl | November 11, 2009 2:55 PM
Celebrity is so fleeting.
How many of those stars (or athletes) can you name?
Posted by: CCPhysicist | November 11, 2009 3:01 PM
How many of those stars (or athletes) can you name?
The only athlete I could get right off was Carl Banks (#58 on the Giants). Google suggests that two of the other three are Sean Landeta and Mark Ingram. I guess Lawrence Taylor was too coked up for Sesame Street...
My favorite of the bunch is Jeremy Irons. Here's the full list.
Posted by: Chad Orzel | November 11, 2009 3:16 PM
Gee, thanks, really. So good to see so many of my favorites. But they look so young! What happened?
Most are still with us, but I really miss Madeleine Kahn and John Candy, and I guess Gilda was already gone from us when this was shot or she would have been there too.
Posted by: Gray Gaffer | November 11, 2009 3:52 PM