Island of Emotion (Classic Sesame Street)

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  • Опубліковано 13 жов 2006
  • Reggae music in this classic Sesame Street song about the Island of Emotion. I heard that some children found it too emotional to watch though it's really very sweet. Animated by me, Sally Cruikshank. I have a few pieces of production art for it at my Etsy shop, www.etsy.com/shop/funonmars under "animation art"
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  • @stephenlawrence9874
    @stephenlawrence9874 10 років тому +182

    "Island of Emotion" is one of over 300 songs and scores I composed for Sesame Street and it remains one of my favorites. Lyrics by Mark Saltzman. Sung by Tyrone Davis.

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  10 років тому +24

      Yay, hooray!

    • @JustLooking
      @JustLooking 7 років тому +1

      Did you write the lyrics too? I have an older comment about hypothetical locations/verses for two more emotions -- but how might they fit into the song?

    • @TheAnchorArmsChad
      @TheAnchorArmsChad 5 років тому

      Wow 😮

    • @jonathankamysek4338
      @jonathankamysek4338 5 років тому

      oh that is amazing :D I really love this one :D brings out the fun of a island and beach :D grew up around the old stuff of the show including this :D amazing work and choice indeed :)

    • @autumnasters
      @autumnasters 5 років тому

      You're a fn genius in the event that you didn't already know this

  • @meowpoint1403
    @meowpoint1403 6 років тому +53

    Happy Harbour: happiness.
    Weeping River: sadness.
    Love Lagoon: affection.
    Woods of Yow: surprise.

  • @cantpopdismolly
    @cantpopdismolly 2 роки тому +27

    I can’t believe I finally found this after so long 😭😭😭 I still remember all the words to this by heart. This little piece of my childhood is back!!!

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  2 роки тому +3

      Yay, welcome back!

    • @mdmjr2468
      @mdmjr2468 2 роки тому

      @@sallycruikshank you created this angel child music animation?

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  2 роки тому

      @@mdmjr2468 yes I did.

    • @sweetlife031
      @sweetlife031 Рік тому +1

      @@sallycruikshank -- You outdid yourself here lol

    • @michellegage4713
      @michellegage4713 Рік тому +1

      @@sallycruikshank Me Too It's my part my childhood too

  • @GlobalsoftPirka
    @GlobalsoftPirka 6 років тому +31

    This is so cute and sweet. I love how even sadness is portrayed as something that is okay, and how it’s okay to cry so you can feel better. And on a more superficial standpoint I’ve always loved the animation style of this short! Really cute characters!
    It’s so neat that in the age of UA-cam creators can straight up post their work. Thank you for sharing it with us. 😊

  • @Super_Mario128
    @Super_Mario128 6 років тому +7

    as a kid watching this I learned that it was okay to show emotion, it still resonates with me today as an adult who is bipolar.

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  6 років тому +1

      this is a wonderful thing to read, thank you.

  • @mysteria5705
    @mysteria5705 8 років тому +41

    If this island was real, I would not mind living there.

  • @brandonrobertson5181
    @brandonrobertson5181 4 місяці тому +1

    This brings back memories😊. Ah,to be a kid again😊.

  • @LucarioBlade
    @LucarioBlade 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you for our childhood, Sally.

  • @joshuarattan3624
    @joshuarattan3624 9 років тому +15

    From my chilhood days this song still plays in my head.

  • @Nanabobo
    @Nanabobo 17 років тому +4

    I remember this one! Yeah, that's awsome. I remember it was one of my favorite clips as a kid.

  • @grapebuy789
    @grapebuy789 2 роки тому +4

    This was one of my favorite Sesame Street songs. I loved the part of surprise where the gator leans on the tree and all the presents fell down. That cracks me up to this day.

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  2 роки тому +1

      That makes me happy!

    • @grapebuy789
      @grapebuy789 2 роки тому

      @@sallycruikshank Your other cartoons you made for Sesame Street brought so much joy to me then and now. I want to thank you for all those memories.

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  2 роки тому

      @@grapebuy789 Thanks so much. I didn't know at the time that they had any audience.

  • @SaiyanGamer95
    @SaiyanGamer95 Рік тому +2

    I remember being so mesmerized by this segment because it looked so unusual and bizarre. Of course, I didn't know how made it, nor did the question enter my mind, cause I was, like, 6 at the time. Lo and behold, I would learn many years later that it's just your style. In fact, I think many of your segments stuck out to me because they were so bizarre. And yes, I do consider that a good thing.

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  Рік тому

      Interesting, thanks. I never intended it to seem bizarre.

  • @gablit-gt8kk
    @gablit-gt8kk 8 місяців тому +1

    I love 90s music

  • @celticband9987
    @celticband9987 2 роки тому +3

    This was brilliantly animated Ms. Cruikshank!

  • @blindsportslover
    @blindsportslover 2 роки тому +1

    One of my favorite animation segments.

  • @futurefangirl1063
    @futurefangirl1063 5 років тому +5

    Man this was my childhood. I was around a baby to about 4 years old listening to this.

  • @mayurihatake8913
    @mayurihatake8913 4 роки тому +16

    As a child I used to pretend and imagine going to these islands☺️

  • @susanjmaskin
    @susanjmaskin 10 років тому +5

    I absolutely love this. Music is great, lyrics fantastic and animation spot on!
    Wonderful!

  • @potatohive
    @potatohive 12 років тому +4

    Oh my goodness! Your animations were my favorite on the whole show! Your art style has stuck with me for my entire life, and anytime something reminds of any of your pieces, I get all warm and fuzzy. Island of emotion was my very favorite, I'm so glad I ran into it again!

  • @angelaparente4470
    @angelaparente4470 3 місяці тому +1

    The power of emotions

  • @christopherrice5402
    @christopherrice5402 9 років тому +5

    I remember this song vividly!! and this video as well!!

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  8 років тому +44

    In early years of Sesame St. they did some pieces with fear, such as "The Crack Monster" and another I can't remember. By the time I was animating for them, they were watching more closely. And I never wrote the lyrics, just came up with imagery and did the animation etc. Even weeping river was pushing it, I know it upset my preschool daughter at the time. Many adults have memories of "The Crack Monster", and not good memories! (about a crack in the wall transforming.)

    • @KBAFourthtime
      @KBAFourthtime 8 років тому +1

      +Sally Cruikshank So you wouldn't have known how those extra verses would have gone.

    • @ElectricShark
      @ElectricShark 8 років тому +2

      Who did the animation for the crack segment?

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  8 років тому

      +ElectricShark No idea.

    • @TsukiCondor
      @TsukiCondor 8 років тому +1

      +ElectricShark But they did find it

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  7 років тому +2

      aww, sorry for the nightmares Jamie-Anne! I did the other one you mention too.

  • @kookaman6095
    @kookaman6095 2 місяці тому +1

    Vibe Island from _Super Princess Peach_ is basically Nintendo’s Island of Emotion.

  • @danielsteele4712
    @danielsteele4712 3 місяці тому +1

    I still cherish hand drawn animation to this very day (not that I have anything against computer animation, though).

  • @tenishastairpraisegod7648
    @tenishastairpraisegod7648 Рік тому

    That classic sesame street clip brings me back to my childhood memories

  • @moatguy4471
    @moatguy4471 9 місяців тому +1

    I'm just glad Sally the island had nothing for fear, anger, jealousy, disgust and shy. Those emotions are not good! :(

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  9 місяців тому +1

      You're right about that! Although fear might have been fun!

  • @Thorbie
    @Thorbie 17 років тому +1

    OMG I was looking for this for years!!! I loved this clip. It's the only Sesame Street clip i've ever wanted to see again. After reading the comments I guess it did have an emotional effect on me when I watched it.

  • @punkyrubberducky4
    @punkyrubberducky4 14 років тому +1

    How could anyone find this "too emotional" to watch?? This is just a happy song with happy animations to match. Thanks for posting it!

  • @forrestdupre87
    @forrestdupre87 Місяць тому

    This would make a great Summer music video

  • @xenshia
    @xenshia 6 років тому +1

    This reminds me of my mood disorder, PMDD - one moment you're crying, the next you're okay ha ha.

  • @calvinlam7272
    @calvinlam7272 3 роки тому +5

    Just stay away from Anger Volcano, Disgust Mud Pit, & Fear Cave!

  • @nicole9volt
    @nicole9volt Рік тому

    No way! No way I’m bingeing your animations and came across a Sesame Street classic I actually forgot about! Sally.. when I go to heaven I hope it looks like this! 😂

  • @Mssweetolive
    @Mssweetolive 13 років тому +1

    i wish i could get every song and video on a dvd and cherish it 4ever

  • @KraZvEgGyBuRgEr
    @KraZvEgGyBuRgEr 17 років тому +2

    Aww, this was & is one of my favorite segments on Sesame Street ever. I would be all excited when it would go on when I was little :P

  • @jeanmcfarlane7394
    @jeanmcfarlane7394 6 років тому +1

    I loved this type of animation on sesame street. This one was my favorite out of the series of this type of animation.

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  6 років тому

      Thanks, Jean. These songs were a lot of fun for me to do.

  • @lakshwadeep
    @lakshwadeep 11 років тому +1

    Thank you Sally for making this animation. Sesame street always had good music and videos.

  • @RiseHickey
    @RiseHickey 3 роки тому +8

    Chorus:
    (Sung) On the Island o' Emotion, surrounded by the ocean, feelings are fillin' the air, c'mon, let me show ya what's there, look at the smiles at Happy Harbor; pelicans sing a giggly song, sailboats are skippin' on the water, seagulls are laughin' all night long, let's have a cry at Weepin' River, that's where to lose your misery; cry all your sadness in the river, wash all your troubles out to sea, on the Island o' Emotion, c'mon w/ me, down at the Love Lagoon, it's lovely, everyone strollin' hand in hand; see how the breeze's blowin' kisses, see how the waves all hug the sand, anyone fond o' big surprises visits the famous Woods o' Yow; behind every tree a new surprise's waitin' for ya, here comes one now, yow!, sadness & happiness, love & surprise, now we must finally say our goodbyes to the Island o' Emotion

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  17 років тому +2

    I love you guys! You cheer me up!

  • @chemicalcarlos
    @chemicalcarlos 17 років тому +2

    OMG, you did "Quasi at the Quackadero", one of my all-time fave animated bits! Too trippy! BTW, this delightful bit is well after my time -- I grew up with the "Jazzy Spies" and such. You do great work!

  • @ryant7865
    @ryant7865 2 роки тому

    This is one of coolest songs that I ever listen to.

  • @Joshwolfman
    @Joshwolfman Рік тому

    I remembered this song and this animation

  • @jayare5483
    @jayare5483 5 років тому

    Love it!!!

  • @user-fh8yh1wd5q
    @user-fh8yh1wd5q Місяць тому +1

    "Its Too Bad They Don't Make Educational Cartoon T.V Shows Like This Anymore Best Believe It's The Honest Truth."

  • @Formeldehyde
    @Formeldehyde 11 років тому

    Wow this takes me back!!

  • @jbkitty91990
    @jbkitty91990 12 років тому +2

    See how the breeze is blowing kisses

  • @TsukiCondor
    @TsukiCondor 8 років тому +1

    this is just such creative Miss. Cruikshank its just amazing what you can do with animation :-D

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  12 років тому +2

    @orange2dope thanks- artists are still trying to make sense of the ease of computer animation- better things will come.

  • @surprisedinnocence
    @surprisedinnocence 17 років тому +2

    wow i remember this song! i loved it when i was little! thanks for posting this :D

  • @leonel1982
    @leonel1982 2 роки тому +1

    Classic

  • @beckigreen
    @beckigreen 14 років тому

    I love it.

  • @dangard88
    @dangard88 14 років тому

    Really cool song!

  • @JoeKellogg-ko7vq
    @JoeKellogg-ko7vq 3 місяці тому

    Taken from Blue's Clues in that episode from season 5 called... "Body Language".

  • @pipkitten
    @pipkitten 17 років тому

    THANK YOU MISS SALLY

  • @chloika
    @chloika 13 років тому

    TRIPPY this is sooo FABULOUS, (:

  • @Kuroobi5
    @Kuroobi5 13 років тому

    Wow! Thanx 4 the upload. I can't believe you have this.... I grew up on this b4 sesame street got messed up xD thanx!

  • @moatguy
    @moatguy 17 років тому

    I used to see this one a lot!

  • @Marbles471
    @Marbles471 17 років тому +2

    Although "Above It All" seems to be the popular favorite out of your Sesame Street stuff, these are some of the most memorable 95 seconds of screen time EVER. (I can't believe it's only that long!)
    I want to go to The Woods of Yow!
    And I'd love to know who wrote this song. I duno about you, but I find the line "See how the breeze is blowing kisses" very evocative.

  • @FreakyLynx
    @FreakyLynx 12 років тому

    Wow, that art style reminds me the intro to a number of eighties movies (such as Madhouse).

  • @battybuddy
    @battybuddy 15 років тому

    Oh great... Now I got that song stuck in my head again. :D

  • @nyjahfanatic
    @nyjahfanatic 14 років тому

    i loved this song when i was a kid

  • @NecroticCadaver
    @NecroticCadaver 17 років тому

    oh Sally! i totally love this! also it is totally awesome to finally get to say COOL JOB on the Mannequin main title! rock on!
    (talk about 20 years past! it's never too late to say good job! )

  • @Brinah
    @Brinah 15 років тому

    it would be nice to have such an island! I'd be there crying out my problems before I start my day!

  • @AllieThePrettyGator
    @AllieThePrettyGator Рік тому

    0:03 0:22 Favorite Charaters
    0:58 this part reminds me of a mother happily seeing her Offspring

  • @pipkitten
    @pipkitten 16 років тому

    i love it
    love
    katie

  • @forrestdupre87
    @forrestdupre87 2 роки тому

    This song deserves an SMV

  • @glenngriffon8032
    @glenngriffon8032 4 роки тому

    Your animations and art have always touched me. I remember many of your animations affecting me as a child, the crying segment in this always made me sad, but in a way I liked that back then and still do.
    To this day I adore and cherish your art style and as I told a friend of mine "I can honestly say that I have loved her art since I was an infant."
    It's so unique and eye catching, like nothing else you see. It grabs your attention and your animations really have fun with whats possible in an unlimited medium. You have a knack for keeping certain rules intact, such as anatomy, even while you break every single other rule in the book.
    By that I mean, your characters are free to stretch and bend and flex, to move in ways that are so dynamic and plastic but at the same time the viewer is never confused about the person doing these things. The eye continues to understand where everything is on this person's anatomy even if they disproportionate at times.
    You know how to play with your medium and it shows. Everything is loose and smooth and fluid. Your characters give off a sense that they know how to kick back, relax and have a good time.
    From a fan who is approaching the big 4-0 in a few years I want to say thank you Sally. Thank you for making me sad. Making me happy. Making me terrified. And also for making me feel emotions that are a soup of so many different other feelings down in the center of my soul so mixed and varied and complex that I fear I can never put a name to it, and which swells within me, when i look upon your work, with such force that I can barely contain it.
    Thank you for being part of my childhood. For _making_ part of my childhood and in turn making part of me.
    From the bottom of my heart and the wellspring of my soul, Sally Cruikshank, thank you.

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  4 роки тому +1

      Glenn, I think this is the nicest comment about my work that I've ever received. Thank you! Sally

    • @glenngriffon8032
      @glenngriffon8032 4 роки тому

      @@sallycruikshank
      You are wholeheartedly welcome ma'am. ❤️

  • @KrystalMethod11
    @KrystalMethod11 11 років тому +2

    God I miss when Sesame Street was actually good. As were other 90s cartoons.

  • @narozzz
    @narozzz 16 років тому

    Hey, nice work Sal! :D

  • @JoeKellogg-ko7vq
    @JoeKellogg-ko7vq 3 місяці тому

    Animation movements like this acting like Rugrats. And the feeling is... Hilarious!😂😅😂😅

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  12 років тому +1

    @dslgunner1977 It was around 1994, thanks.

  • @Random_VHS_TV
    @Random_VHS_TV 15 років тому

    Classic.

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  17 років тому

    Thanks for your nice comment. There are others I did you can find on youtube through my channel.

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  17 років тому

    Hi there spendyourwishes,
    Thanks for your nice comments! My Sesame Street songs were all animated on paper except the last one or two, which were kind of feeble-- in computer--, in the earliest days of After Effects and Photoshop. CTW would send me a demo of a song, usually sung by the composer, and I'd send back a storyboard, then receive a final track and animate to that. (cont.)

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  15 років тому

    Just cross fingers that CTW doesn't take them all down. There was a producer, Arlene Sherman, who was in charge of all these shorts, mine and others. She passed on this year, and hadn't been doing the shorts for a decade.

  • @theproudflip
    @theproudflip 17 років тому

    This is one of the Sesame Street clips I like most as a grown-up. c",)

  • @EphemeralProductions
    @EphemeralProductions 17 років тому

    Haha! That's cute! :-) I really like it.

  • @gablit-gt8kk
    @gablit-gt8kk 7 місяців тому

    Emotion of behavior

  • @user-vv1ik9cu7e
    @user-vv1ik9cu7e Рік тому

    かっこいい

  • @clementarbrun8942
    @clementarbrun8942 8 років тому +3

    Island of Emotion...Where the Wild Things Are ?

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  12 років тому

    @TheDreReichDude Yes, I did titles for Ruthless People and Madhouse too. Always liked song for Madhouse, "Let's Dance." Thanks

  • @Dexter649
    @Dexter649 2 місяці тому

    This reminds me of a song by Genesis.

  • @rfeggett69
    @rfeggett69 2 роки тому +1

    2021 this is my life lol😭😁😍😳😂😎😞

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  2 роки тому +1

      haha I get it!

    • @rfeggett69
      @rfeggett69 2 роки тому

      @@sallycruikshank lol I always enjoyed this style of animation. Bring it back❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  2 роки тому +1

      @@rfeggett69 Love your screen name!

    • @rfeggett69
      @rfeggett69 2 роки тому

      @@sallycruikshank thank you❤❤❤❤❤😎😎😎😎

  • @benjaminrogers2073
    @benjaminrogers2073 2 роки тому

    Can somebody please upload a Sesame Street Cartoon Segment called Emotions: Cartoon vs. Artist where different emotions are drawn on a face, until the character grabs the pencil which made on Episode 3531 of Season 28?

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  15 років тому

    Thanks, seshiomari. Software like Flash makes it easier to get experimental and loose with animation, though it's not usually used that way.

  • @melissa-annesimon3386
    @melissa-annesimon3386 Рік тому

    What know bout Dem thing 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  17 років тому +1

    When I read about the emotional responses of small children to all these cartoons long ago, it makes me take a deep breath.
    I never really thought about the reponsibility of it all at the time, especially since my own daughter was so uninterested in the final product. And the vast quantities of research that CTW did to make sure they were taking the right approach seemed silly then.
    Hope no one is too warped because of me!

    • @TherealRNOwwfpooh
      @TherealRNOwwfpooh 6 років тому

      But warping/weirdness is good. Muppet master Jim Henson himself knew that, considering that all of his Muppet creations are themselves weirdos (some literally, like The Great Gonzo). As Fozzie's mother Emily said, "They may be weirdos Fozzie." "Yeah?" "But, they're nice weirdos."

  • @seshiomari
    @seshiomari 15 років тому

    I need to loosen up when I make my animations. I feel like they're too serious and I don't play enough with the story. These animations really spark wonder and imagination. Mine do too but they are more practical, while these are really suggestive and they make me think about stuff lol. I really liked The "Make me Psychic" animation too.

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  17 років тому

    It's funny, I never felt as if I did so many animations for Sesame Street, but I guess I did.

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  13 років тому

    @totallynothere good luck and much success with your animation, and thanks for your nice comment.

  • @kungfuwookie
    @kungfuwookie 16 років тому

    sally cruikshank and keith haring animated my childhood.

  • @myadeanna
    @myadeanna 7 років тому

    I was born in 2001, but I always loved this one.

  • @Marbles471
    @Marbles471 17 років тому

    Definitely enough so that every time one of yours came on, the mental reaction would be "Oh, this guy again." ("Guy"...there goes the male default thing )
    Of all the dozens (hundreds?) of animators who did things for this show over 35-odd years, I can only think of a few, like you and Bruce Cayard, who triggered immediate recognition like that.

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  14 років тому

    Loved your comment, TheBaconlaser

  • @brittkina
    @brittkina 15 років тому

    Does anyone know where I can find the sesame street clip with the girl singing about the continents, it went like this: "Africa, Antartica, Asia, Austrailia,etc.

  • @sallycruikshank
    @sallycruikshank  17 років тому

    Hi Marbles, I am embarrassed that I can't remember the name of the composer, as we worked together on the song, and another piece, and he was very talented and fun. Well, we don't all have our marbles anymore I guess. Thanks for your lovely comments. Sally

  • @jbkitty91990
    @jbkitty91990 13 років тому

    @Peenut2k7 i was wondering too why they didnt do anger glad i wasnt the only one! lol

  • @diamndz1021
    @diamndz1021 Рік тому

    is there an instrumental version? I really love the music for the Weeping River

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  Рік тому +1

      No, not anymore. Sesame St. didn't do a very good job archiving materials.

    • @sallycruikshank
      @sallycruikshank  Рік тому

      @Spamton and Shiver Fan Est 2003 you tell me!

  • @KaizokuShojo
    @KaizokuShojo 11 років тому +3

    You're the one that animated all these bits? Gosh, I always wondered who it was. I kept seeing these bits with similar styles growing up, and I thought, "Wow, what a great gig, getting to animate stuff for Sesame Street."
    I love this one in particular, which is funny because I don't like emotionalism. XD

  • @syxodude91
    @syxodude91 10 років тому

    ah the 90's.

  • @CorinthianAndi
    @CorinthianAndi 15 років тому

    laughinsal...u made this?!like,really?then WOW!!!you're amazing,talented and well loved by me-THE BIGGEST SEASAME STREET FAN! No one loves S.S. or this short more than me.(maybe you?)anyways,thanks for the childhood memories!