There isn't a day goes by when one of those old sesame street jingles or songs doesn't just pop into my head at random. I'm 50 now, so it really must have made an impact on me all those years ago!
When I first saw this Sesame Street clip in 1971 (Tasmania) I don't think I've seen the "Baker Series" since about 1973!! Your childhood is the best part of your life. We lived in the best and last generation of kids of this Earth (1970's) and I growing up in a beautiful part of the world back then....TASMANIA! What Wonderful TV Hits Memories (Tassie) (Queensland Australia)
I watched the Jim Henson Idea Man documentary this weekend, and its amazing how I'd forgotten about the falling pastry chef for decades, but I instantly recognized it when they showed one of these clips. And I now realize that's clearly Henson's voice.
LOL, I remember the one with the coconuts. Also, the lady who said, "Fi-eeve Feengers!" Many of these people were used in the other "Baker Counting Sequences". The girl whose toes were counted at the beginning of this one was the same one in the number two sequence with the butterflies. The "Five Fingers" lady were also in two of the ones currently available on this site. I loved these counting sequences!
The 10 wind up toys remind me of the old Duracell battery commercials where all of the toys run out of power except for the toy with the Duracell in it. Ironically, it was this concept that gave birth to the Energizer Bunny that rampaged all over TV commercials in the 1990's.
Oh my God...I can't stop smiling. I haven't seen this for 35 years. Yet, I've never forgotten it. Classic stuff. Wow, life was simpler at age 8 than it is today, that's for sure....
Oh my god its my favorite chef short. I can clearly remember sitting on the floor in front of the tv as a kid with my fingers crossed as they count the animated numbers at the opening hoping the 3 or the 6 or whatever didn't start streaming toward me before we got to the 10! So happy to see this!
OMG, I LOVE that ! I have n't seen that in YEARS! I used to love how they would put the numbers "on" whatever they were counting! That baker at the end is hysterical!
This segment always SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME when I was a kid, to the point that I would have to turn the TV off. The psychotic kids sing-shouting the numbers, the bizarre and scary electronic effects, the weird stop-animation, the staccato music modulating all the time, all capped off by the fucking baker falling down the stairs at the end. It's been 30 years since I've seen this, and all the nightmares are back. Thanks!
Thanks for posting this PiLfan. I loved these skits as a kid. Until I was about 12 I lived in a house where you had to go upstairs to get to the bedrooms and bathroom and I used to stand on the second or third step from the bottom of the stairs with my hands empty and would fall down like the the baker did.
OMG!! At first, I read "baker series", and I thought "baker series?" But when I saw the baker take the pratfall, I nearly lost my mind! It brought back a huge flood of memories. Thank you for posting!
OMG!! I just realized that the opening number sequence's audio was used in the beginning of Panic! at the Disco's song Vega Nights!! OMG FANGIRLING RIGHT NOW!!!
The quit showing these in the late 80s when I was 5 or 6, I'm glad to see them again. Lol, I think that Family Guy promped a lot of us to want to see these again.
Holy crap I haven't seen this in freaking forever! In fact our school books had the numbers in the same font. Funny how I can remember this but not shit that happen last week.
Well, this particular taping of it happens to be from a recent one where they brought it out of retirement for a little nostalgia trip, but in the old days, like a lot of Sesame Street clips, it showed up in literally hundreds of different episodes.
I read somewhere that they stopped doing this because we we're all falling down the stairs like this guy, who was a professional stuntman. I thought it was the funniest shit when I was a kid. I would eagerly wait for that guy to fall down!
I heard that the little blonde boy with the bells was Jim Henson's son. And omg, I want that little Ringo looking wind up toy [spacifically #8.. lol], damnit, I want it!!
I wanna to be that chef when I was younger..Wanting to fall down the stairs with 10 choclate cakes...My Mom must of thought I was nuts Its funny when you watch these as you graduley get older... thinking ´yeah we now how to count..now cut to the chef´.
It didn't actually change all that much right after Henson died, since so much old footage he'd been in was still reused as usual. Starting eight years later, though, in 1998, they started making a lot of changes, until they totally overhauled it in 2002. But before '98 it was still pretty much the old show.
Over 2 million hits!! because we want see that baker fall with all those cakes... haha I love it still. Vee, 51 yrs old. I saw the début if SS in 1969.😁
This video of the 10 film(posted by PiLfan)is neat, the way they briefly show the Asian girl at the end--she's the one who counted ten toes, of course. She also counted two butterflies, and six bats(that she called "flying things"). I wonder who played the "professor", in this one(who counted ten triangles)? He also counted six squares, and seven circles. And somehow his voice sounds different here, than in the 6 and 7 films.
Me too!! They even wheeled in a big black and white tv in my kindergarten class to watch sesame street sometimes. All of us 5 year olds were the 1st generation of school kids to have sesame street tested on us. :) What fond memories.
There isn't a day goes by when one of those old sesame street jingles or songs doesn't just pop into my head at random. I'm 50 now, so it really must have made an impact on me all those years ago!
When I first saw this Sesame Street clip in 1971 (Tasmania) I don't think I've seen the "Baker Series" since about 1973!! Your childhood is the best part of your life. We lived in the best and last generation of kids of this Earth (1970's) and I growing up in a beautiful part of the world back then....TASMANIA! What Wonderful TV Hits Memories (Tassie) (Queensland Australia)
I watched the Jim Henson Idea Man documentary this weekend, and its amazing how I'd forgotten about the falling pastry chef for decades, but I instantly recognized it when they showed one of these clips. And I now realize that's clearly Henson's voice.
OMG same here. Never knew the voice was Henson.
No no no no no, you great stupid pastry! Come on!
LOL, I remember the one with the coconuts. Also, the lady who said, "Fi-eeve Feengers!"
Many of these people were used in the other "Baker Counting Sequences". The girl whose toes were counted at the beginning of this one was the same one in the number two sequence with the butterflies. The "Five Fingers" lady were also in two of the ones currently available on this site.
I loved these counting sequences!
Her toes were quite nice!
The 10 wind up toys remind me of the old Duracell battery commercials where all of the toys run out of power except for the toy with the Duracell in it. Ironically, it was this concept that gave birth to the Energizer Bunny that rampaged all over TV commercials in the 1990's.
Oh my God...I can't stop smiling. I haven't seen this for 35 years. Yet, I've never forgotten it. Classic stuff. Wow, life was simpler at age 8 than it is today, that's for sure....
Oh my god its my favorite chef short. I can clearly remember sitting on the floor in front of the tv as a kid with my fingers crossed as they count the animated numbers at the opening hoping the 3 or the 6 or whatever didn't start streaming toward me before we got to the 10! So happy to see this!
This made me cry every time. ( back in the 70's)
YES!!!!!!
I like these "Baker" skits on the show!Falling down with the cake or pies at the end!!!!!
OMG, I LOVE that ! I have n't seen that in YEARS! I used to love how they would put the numbers "on" whatever they were counting! That baker at the end is hysterical!
ROTFLMAO! When will that baker EVER learn?! Classic comedy, brings back fond memories!
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OH Man, what a frickin' flashback, I can't believe we used to watch this, things have changed so much...
PANIC! AT THE DISCO AF
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OMFG the piepan falling down the stairs!!! You've resurfaced a memory at least 25 years old. In this hour, you are my god!
This segment always SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME when I was a kid, to the point that I would have to turn the TV off. The psychotic kids sing-shouting the numbers, the bizarre and scary electronic effects, the weird stop-animation, the staccato music modulating all the time, all capped off by the fucking baker falling down the stairs at the end.
It's been 30 years since I've seen this, and all the nightmares are back. Thanks!
Ohgawd I love this! The memories!!!!
Thanks for posting this PiLfan. I loved these skits as a kid. Until I was about 12 I lived in a house where you had to go upstairs to get to the bedrooms and bathroom and I used to stand on the second or third step from the bottom of the stairs with my hands empty and would fall down like the the baker did.
OMG!! At first, I read "baker series", and I thought "baker series?" But when I saw the baker take the pratfall, I nearly lost my mind! It brought back a huge flood of memories. Thank you for posting!
OMG!! I just realized that the opening number sequence's audio was used in the beginning of Panic! at the Disco's song Vega Nights!! OMG FANGIRLING RIGHT NOW!!!
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Funny looking professor. Nice toys. Funny chef/baker.
Agreed on those cakes. It pained me to see that guy drop all that food on the ground. I always did have a sweet tooth.
That's when Sesame Street ROCKED.
I remember this.
I remember that theme vaguely. And I also remember the baker, too. Poor guy.
LOL - the baker at the end -
I remember ''ONE WEDDING CAKE'' and guess where his face ended up ! thanks for posting these, great memories
ohhh those were the days
I always waited for him to take that spill every time!!!
TPT stands for Twin Cities Public Television, which operates the KTCA and KTCI stations in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The quit showing these in the late 80s when I was 5 or 6, I'm glad to see them again. Lol, I think that Family Guy promped a lot of us to want to see these again.
Wow - I remember the intro song with the wacky synth noises. That's going back...I pretty much saw it when it first aired... :)
And that's our song of ten!
Featuring Ringo as one of the toys ! FLASHBACK dammit JIM !
Fun fact:This is the old version from Sesame Street. It only held numbers up to 10 while the new 2019 version, he doesn’t fall. Instead, he makes it.
Is this the difference? Wow… I didn’t knew that happened.
That's the most clumsiest baker Ive ever seen in my entire life.I thought that I was clumsy...lol
Holy crap I haven't seen this in freaking forever! In fact our school books had the numbers in the same font. Funny how I can remember this but not shit that happen last week.
please, i beg you, anyone who has them, the world demands more baker segments, get 'em up
At least I know Brendon Urie watched Sesame Street
Hmmm.....bowling pins seemed to fall by themselves :) I have to say this sketch is one of the earliest ones I can remember. Thanks for posting.
Man, I used to live for these SS "commercials".
love sesame street.. while my school was forced to segregate by income and race.. sesame street was diverse. That helped my views when I got older!
That falling baker always trips down the stairs
My Grandfather had one of the 10 wind up toys it was the one on the far left the bartender it was cool
@Bonnie2427 Oh wow!!! Thank you so much! I'm going to search in a moment for the doll skit..it was one of my favorites too!
I totally agree with 'lisvender.' Poor Baker Dude... I always felt sorry for him too.
The Chef at the end has always killed me laughing...for 40 years LMAO!!!!!!!!!! :-D
Well, this particular taping of it happens to be from a recent one where they brought it out of retirement for a little nostalgia trip, but in the old days, like a lot of Sesame Street clips, it showed up in literally hundreds of different episodes.
“Ten Flying Duck Toys” 💀💀💀
My brother and I used to imitate the baker falling down at the end....
Our favorite cluttz!!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved all those baker sketches, especially how he'd fall and his baking would go splatch all over the place. Who says slapstick comedy is dead?
Ah, so that's why the "10" doesn't boing at us at the end of the bells segment!!
1:25 How did bro drop my Oreo cake💀💀💀
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I recall the "9 song" version..the puppet that does the "9 lights" part...its Rolf from the Muppet Show..
Baker:That’s it! I’m getting a bakery in the groin floor
my god I feel old after watching that,and a little depressed!!
I read somewhere that they stopped doing this because we we're all falling down the stairs like this guy, who was a professional stuntman. I thought it was the funniest shit when I was a kid. I would eagerly wait for that guy to fall down!
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yeah the logo from the Screen Gems "S" used to scare me too. So did the man with the hammer at the end of Dragnet and Adam 12 episodes.
We lived in scary logo times.
And that's the song of 10.
They need the next following clips
11 Cinnamon Rolls
12 Ice Cream Cones
13 Packets of Pop Tarts
14 Apple Pies
15 Loops of Chocolate
@ndingo lol! good one!
LUCKY!! I WANT 11 TOES!
I wonder why sesame street doesn't make bare feet segments anymore!
Those actors like this little girl 0:34 and Gabi had such extravagant feet!
10 BANANA CREAM PIES *insert catfight*
If anyone's interested the voice of the baker is actually Jim Henson's voice
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first time I've ever heard that one.
The 10 bells replaced 10 little Indians into about the fourth season due to sensitivity on race. I was sad but now I understand.
@jfkx007 absolutely. I share your sentiment 100%.
YESYESYESYESYES!!!!
The 10 chocolate cakes are among the best "spills" the baker has taken!
To quote my old friend Maurice: "Now he has to take a shower!!!!!" LMAO!!!
I got into big trouble too. Although I kept saying TEN CHOCOLATE LARRY CAKES!
Id hate to see Mr. clumsy Baker if they went up to 20..."20 WEDDING CAAAKES!" :-D
That cant be good for your back every time, man!
I heard that the little blonde boy with the bells was Jim Henson's son.
And omg, I want that little Ringo looking wind up toy [spacifically #8.. lol], damnit, I want it!!
@jeopardy60611 Funny, when I was watching "Sesame Street" myself, I thought he said "10 Rhino Toys!
i finally got the family guy reference "TENNN BANANA CREAMMM PIEEEEEES"
I always felt sorry for the baker guy at the end. Here he was trying always to carry the cakes and then falling down.
I wanna to be that chef when I was younger..Wanting to fall down the stairs with 10 choclate cakes...My Mom must of thought I was nuts
Its funny when you watch these as you graduley get older... thinking ´yeah we now how to count..now cut to the chef´.
This would be totally trippy if this were in HD
It didn't actually change all that much right after Henson died, since so much old footage he'd been in was still reused as usual. Starting eight years later, though, in 1998, they started making a lot of changes, until they totally overhauled it in 2002. But before '98 it was still pretty much the old show.
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you the man, Jim Henson!!!
ROFLMAO!
nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! the cake
I wonder how old these kids are. Mid 40's....50's now maybe.
Yes, that WAS Jim Henson...can you imagine having to film falling 10 times for 10 separate numbers?! Poor guy. :P
It's all the baker :-0
I still would like to know how those sound efx were made
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I still sing the countdown tune to this day.
Couldn't get away with the falling down the stairs with cake routine anymore. Health and safety!
Over 2 million hits!! because we want see that baker fall with all those cakes... haha I love it still. Vee, 51 yrs old. I saw the début if SS in 1969.😁
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Funny the baker at the end looks like such a kid when you see him now, he always looked so grown up when we were kids!
This video of the 10 film(posted by PiLfan)is neat, the way they briefly show the Asian girl at the end--she's the one who counted ten toes, of course. She also counted two butterflies, and six bats(that she called "flying things"). I wonder who played the "professor", in this one(who counted ten triangles)? He also counted six squares, and seven circles. And somehow his voice sounds different here, than in the 6 and 7 films.
Priceless toes that little girl has
Me too!! They even wheeled in a big black and white tv in my kindergarten class to watch sesame street sometimes. All of us 5 year olds were the 1st generation of school kids to have sesame street tested on us. :) What fond memories.
Feel like going back in time.....i enjoyed every segment of sesame street.....taught me about co-operation
The Street We Live On is what I watched many years ago.
I found a french and arabic versions
The kids sound like they're shouting/singing - having a blast! Love it!
Regardless...what a sweetheart she was
.i wish i had such an adorable child
Thanks for letting know how old i really am! This is so great,so many memories of the 70's.