Conference moira::parenting_v3

    Hey Milton, me too.  Here's to our second childhood.
    
    
    Mike

    I remember the same skit with Smokey Robinson.  "You Really Got a
    Hold on Me" is one of the big hits that he had when he was with
    the Miracles in the 1960s.  
    
    James and I are big fans of "The Teeny Little Super Guy."  It
    isn't on often, but I always howl when it is.  Look for the one
    where "my buddy, R.W." wants a pet spoon.

    I agree that watching S.S. with your kid can be really nice. Yesterday,
    Dan was in the throes of being Two (or 2.5 to be accurate), if you know
    what I mean. He couldn't do anything without whining, objecting,
    feeling generally out of sorts. Finally he walked over to the TV and
    turned it on...S.S. was on. He watched the rest of the show with his Dad 
    to keep him company. By the end of the show his spirits were so much
    better. This is a kid who normally doesn't watch much TV - but I guess
    he knew what he needed.
    
    Lucy (a fan of Meryl Sheep)

    Now you have me singing my favorite S.S. songs:
    Have you seen the one with the dolled up pigs reading street signs,
    "I got a new way to walk -- walk walk--I got a new way to walk--walk
    walk." I've sung that one for entire mornings.
    
    Or a Muppet Z-Z Top band singing, "I got the Z-Z blues" .
    
    Or the one with some other famous singer, singing, "You've got to take
    the hand of someone you love, before you cross the street"
    
    I love my son watching that show. It's so neat to see him singing
    along, laughing out loud, shouting out the letters or numbers ahead of time.
    We took hin to see the Sesame Street Live show and he was totally
    enthralled. (So was I!)
  
    Sandy
    
    

My favorite is "Rebel L" (a send-up of Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell").

Sadly, we are now without Jim Henson.  Yet he lives on in our hearts (and on
videotape).

				Steve

    I like 'Monsterpiece Theatre' with host Alistair Cookie  :-)
    
    - K
    

    
    I'll never forget the morning JA was flinging cheerios and totally
    griefing me (as I was trying to get ready to leave for work).  JA
    couldn't have been much older than 6 months of age.
    
    Out of desperation, I turned the kitchen TV onto SS and turned
    around her highchair.  She was totally fascinated!!!  She was
    speechless, her eyes were glued to the TV and one by one she was
    feeding herself cheerios!
    
    Well, I was still late for work!  (You see, I was equally glued to
    SS!).
    
    Dottie
    
    PS:  I'll NEVER forget the look on JA's face when she was tearing
         around the rec room in her walker and Big-Bird came flashing
         in full-life-size over the widescreen TV ... she nearly had
         a heart attack!  She stopped dead in her tracks, her eyes got
         huge and instead of exhaling, she was slowly inhaling with this
         kind of screech coming out of her!  Then her walker did a wheelie
         at 40 mph!  (I nearly wet my pants from laughing!)
    

    "... if you wanna play the saxophone" - my favorite (Hoots and Ernie).
    
    And my second fave is .4's ("I got a new way to walk... walk walk")
    
    Did everyone read (in the "People" cover story) that Mrs. Henson's
    condolence card from Disney was a cel of Mickey Mouse with his arm
    around Kermit, both of them looking at a glorious sunset?  (*sniff*)
    
    Leslie and Alex

    re .2
    
    Kate! 
    
    We love the Teeny Super Little Guy too. We all sing the song, and
    when Jacob was born, that's what we always called him.
    
    Sesame street started when I was in elementry school. They use somne
    of the same stuff from way back then even. It's good because I already
    know the words to alot of the songs/skits and Aisha and Jake like
    it when Mommy can sing along.

re: .8

I was just about to reply my favorite was "You gotta put down the ducky if
you wanna play the saxophone" and then I read your reply!

I enjoy watching it, too. They usually have interesting celebraties on it.
When my son was home sick once last winter, we watched it a couple of times
and saw Jay Leno on one, and Candice Bergman on another.

My son (age 2) likes it alot, but once or twice a day he'll come running
toward me saying "Cookie Monster trying to get me!" and he seems a little
scared.  It's hard to believe anyone could be afraid of Sesame St. char-
acters.  (Sometimes it's Count who's trying to get him!, but usually it's
Cookie Monster.)  Sheesh!

� �ori

"Rubber Duck, duck!  Rubber duck, rubber duck, DUCK!"   is my fave,
although I really like the "I've got a new way to walk" also!

I put together part of a tape just on Sesame Street songs!  And yes,
I did get Candice singing, "C is for Cookie".  :-)

          Carol

		I remember  watching  SS  in  high  school with my little 
	sister (11 years difference) and wondering why a show targeted at 
	preschoolers  could  still    be  funny  and  entertaining  to  a 
	teen-ager.  Well know  that  my  daughter  (soon to be 2) is into 
	Sesame I've started to catch  on  to some of the more sutle humor 
	directed at the adults watching with  their  children.    I can't 
	remember any specifics off the top of  my head but I do recall on 
	a number of occasion thinking to my self  that's a funny line but 
	that a child would not catch the humor in that. 
		
		
		Considering  that  the  show  is  produced,  written  and 
	performed by adults it  only make sense that they have to keep it 
	interesting for themselves as well as the children.

	
						Dave
		

    Along the same line, "The Muppet Movie" is great for kids, but a BLAST
    for adults.

    THE MUPPET CAPER, concerning the theft of the "fabulous Baseball
    Diamond"... and
    
    THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN, in which Kermie gets amnesia (love the
    scene where he makes up a new name for himself), and in which he and 
    Piggy finally tie the knot... or do they?
    
    Leslie

    re. 12, 13
    
    Actually, one of the original goals of Sesame Street was to get
    parents to watch the show with their kids.  In this way, the parents
    could help support and reinforce what kids were learning.
      
    For this reason, the show's always included elements designed to 
    engage an adult's interest as well as a child's.
    
    Gene
    

 My favorite is the IN crowd and the Out crowd.  That song has been going 
 through my head all day!    

    My two and a half year old son is wary of a few things on Sesame St.
    First is Oscar's pet elephant.  My wife was watching with our son one
    day when the phone rang.  She went to get it and when she came back
    in Tyler was sitting shaking on the couch.  We've now learned to turn
    off the T.V. when the elephant is going to be on but sometimes we're
    a little late.
    
    re. the adult humor.
    
    I can't remember the specifics but Elmo and (I think) Big Bird were 
    playing at one of the kids house and they were pretending to go to the
    moon.  Well Elmo fell asleep when Gordon (now I remember) read the
    story that one of them had written.  The book was in the context of
    Good Night Moon.  As they were carrying Elmo out to go home, he raised
    his head off Gordon's shoulder and said "Good Night Moon."  I laughed
    and Tyler looked at me like I was crazy.  

If you'd like some lyrics......
    
    
    DO DE DUCK
    
There's a brand new dance and it's got a reggae beat.
You do it in the bath while you wash you hands and feet.
Get in the tub, hold your duckie in your lap.
Tap your toes while you scrub in the water from the tap.

And do de duck, rubber duck duck rubber duck rubber duck,
duck rubber duck duck rubber duck duck, 
rubber duck duck rubber duck
rubber duck duck rubber duck rubber duck duck.

Come on everybody try (do de rubber duck)
Don't be left high and dry (yeah do de rubber duck)
As you keep on getting wetter (do de rubber duck)
You'll be feelin' so much better (do de rubber duck)

You'll be left without a care (when you do de rubber duck)
And you can even wash your hair (while you do de rubber duck)
It will have a healthy sheen (if you do de rubber duck)
Yeah you'll be squeaky clean (when you do de rubber duck)

And do de duck, rubber duck duck rubber duck rubber duck,
duck rubber duck duck rubber duck duck,
rubber duck duck rubber duck
rubber duck duck rubber duck rubber duck duck.

Don't get soap in your eye (when you do de rubber duck)
Cause that'll make you cry (when you do de rubber duck)

Hey all you grouches sing (now do de rubber duck)
Really make the bathtub ring (do de rubber duck)

Take a least one bath a day (do de rubber duck)
And you'll moo those germs away (do de rubber duck)

And while you wash away your troubles (do de rubber duck)
Don't forget to count the bubbles...ONE TWO THREE FOUR!

Duck, rubber duck duck rubber duck rubber duck,
duck rubber duck duck rubber duck duck,
rubber duck duck rubber duck
rubber duck duck rubber duck rubber duck duck.

And do de duck, rubber duck duck rubber duck rubber duck,
duck rubber duck duck rubber duck duck,
rubber duck duck rubber duck
rubber duck duck rubber duck rubber duck duck.

MONSTER IN THE MIRROR


Saw a monster in the mirror when I woke up today.
A monster in my mirror, but I did not run away.
I did not shed a tear or hide beneath my bed.
The monster looked at me and this is what he said,

He said "Wabba wabba wabba wabba woo woo woo.
Wabba wabba wabba and a doodleedoo."
He sang "Wabba wabba wabba" and I sang it too.
Do not wabba me or I will wabba you.
(Do not wabba me or I will wabba you.)

Told the monster in the mirror "No I am not scared."
I smiled at him and thanked him for the song that we had shared.
The monster thanked me too, he smiled right back and then,
The monster in the mirror sang the song again.

He said "Wabba wabba wabba wabba woo woo woo.
Wabba wabba wabba and a doodleedoo."
He went "Wabba wabba wabba" and I sang along.
Yes wabba wabba wabba is a monster's song.

(He said "Wabba wabba wabba wabba woo woo woo.
Wabba wabba wabba and a doodleedoo."
He went "Wabba wabba wabba" and I sang along
Yes wabba wabba wabba is a monster's song.)

If your mirror has a monster in it do not shout.
This kind of situation does not call for freaking out.
And do nothing that you wouldn't like to see him do,
Cause that monster in the mirror, he just might be you,

Singing "Wabba wabba wabba wabba woo woo woo.
Wabba wabba wabba and a doodleedoo."
"Wabba wabba wabba" you can join in too.
Yes if you wabba me then I will wabba you.
(If you wabba me then I will wabba you.)
Going "Wabba wabba wabba" is the thing to do.
(Everytime you wabba us we'll wabba you.)

FURRY BLUE MOMMY


When day is ending and shadows grow long,
Who waits at home to sing me a song?
There's only one who makes me feel fine,
That furry blue mommy of mine.

When I am sick who makes sure I get well?
Who helps me learn to read and to spell?
Both me and daddy thinks she's divine,
That furry blue mommy of mine.

I see her face before me now, 
so beautiful and shy.
As furry as a polar bear,
And bluer than the sky.

Who cooks my dinner and washes my socks?
Cute as a bug and strong as an ox.
Special and sweet, she's my valentine,
That furry blue mommy,
Oh I love you mommy,
That furry blue mommy of mine.

THE FLY SONG

A fly flew on my toe,
A fly flew on my toe,
It flew on my toe and I wanted it to go

OH goodbye fly, fly listen to my song.
Goodbye fly, fly back where you belong.


A fly flew on my knee,
A fly flew on my knee,
It flew on my knee and that bothered me,
It flew on my toe and I wanted it to go

OH goodbye fly, fly listen to my song.
Goodbye fly, fly back where you belong.

A fly flew on my thigh,
A fly flew on my thigh,
It flew on my thigh, I wanted to cry,
It flew on my knee and that bothered me,
It flew on my toe and I wanted it to go

OH goodbye fly, fly listen to my song
Goodbye fly, fly back where you belong.

A fly flew on my chest,
A fly flew on my chest,
It flew on my chest and it wasn't the best,
It flew on my thigh, I wanted to cry,
It flew on my knee and that bothered me,
It flew on my toe and I wanted it to go

OH goodbye fly, fly listen to my song
Goodbye fly, fly back where you belong.

A fly flew on my nose,
A fly flew on my nose,
It flew on my nose and that's bad I suppose,
It flew on my chest and it wasn't the best,
It flew on my thigh, I wanted to cry,
It flew on my knee and that bothered me,
It flew on my toe and I wanted it to go

OH goodbye fly, fly listen to my song
Goodbye fly, fly back where you belong.

A fly flew in my hair,
A fly flew in my hair,
It flew in my hair, I didn't want it there,
It flew on my nose and that's bad I suppose,
It flew on my chest and it wasn't the best,
It flew on my thigh, I wanted to cry,
It flew on my knee and that bothered me,
It flew on my toe and I wanted it to go

OH goodbye fly, fly listen to my song
Goodbye fly, fly back where you belong.

Goodbye fly, fly back where you belong.

    I must admit, we haven't been watching as much SS this past week as
    usual, due in part to the gorgeous weather and part to the "NO TV" week
    at my older son's school.  And I don't know about my kids, but I sure
    miss the show!
    
    Thanks to whoever put all these words in -- the Wubba Wubba song is my
    favorite.  I think I briefly heard the Do A Duck Reggae one morning, but it
    was lost in the sound of the shower :-(  Don't think I've heard the
    other two yet.
    
    Just goes to show who really watches this show...............
    
    /sandy

    Is anyone beside me aware that SS is on both Saturday and Sunday
    mornings?  We usually watch TV, the three of us until 8 or 8:30 at
    least one of the mornings, just some quiet family cuddle time.  There's
    lots of room in a king size waterbed, but not a heck of a lot when
    you've got three bodies, and two felines!
    
    Let's see how's that go "Rubber duckie I love you......"
    
    Lyn

    >SS is on both Saturday and Sunday mornings
    
    yep, as well as weekday mornings and afternoons. ;->
    
    Hamp

    This is my first reply to notes, but I just have to keep this note
    going because I LOVE SS. Out here on the West Coast we get 3 hours of
    SS on Saturday and 2 hours on Sunday.  And my favorite song is "Cereal
    Girl"  It's to Madonna's Material Girl and I think it is hysterical. 
    Oddly enough, my 2 year old has turned against SS and says "No watch
    Sesame Street today" when I turn it on.  But I still try everyday (so I
    can have a much needed laugh!!)
    

    re.25
    Have you seen "Rebel L" yet?  It's a take off on Billy Idol's "Rebel
    Yell" with a puppet dressed in leather and chains, blonde spiked hair
    and all!  
    

    Then there's "Z BLUES" sung by muppets that look like ZZ Top!
    
    Hamp

    I have to admit, I am amazed at how much _I_ am enjoying the SS gang!
    My son, Daniel, 8 months old and I have been watching every morning
    since he was about 6 months old. 

    I agree that there _is_ adult humor tucked in some of the scripts. My
    husband hasn't gotten used to SS yet. He usually changes the channel
    first chance he gets. Wait until he realizes that it is SS that keeps
    Daniel quiet so Daddy can sleep later :-)

    Norma

    I have always loved Sesame Street.  My first nephew had a talking
    Cookie Monster that I played with so much, he bought me one the
    following Christmas.  I often think I had a child so I would have an
    excuse to watch now.  Love Monsterpiece Theatre with Alistar Cookie. 
    It's great.  
    
    Michelle

    this may have been mentioned before but the adult humor on Sesame
    Street is deliberate.  One of the program goals from the outset was to
    get parents to watch with their kids and to get parents to reinforce
    the concepts and ideas introduced on the programs.  Hence the adult humor 
    and the use of actors, etc. who would be known to parents.
    
    
    Gene
    

    Kind of off the track here for a minute...  does anyone know where
    I can find a stuffed "Oscar"?  He is my daughter's new favorite
    character on Sesame Street (it used to be Ernie) and I know she'd
    love a stuffed Oscar to cuddle.  Weird, huh?  Well, she is *my*
    kid, after all.  I've called Toys R Us, KayBee, Early Child Learning
    Center, and a couple others and nobody has ever seen one.  My
    husband insists that they exist.  Can anybody give me any info?
    
    - Kathryn
    
    P.S.  Kristen:  If anybody responds after Friday, could you let
          me know next time we talk?
    

Kathryn,

Do you have Service Merchandise up there?  I got Kati Big Bird and Oscar,
and plan to get Cookie Monstor too.  I got the baby ones - they are wearing
diaper and bonnet, and are ADORABLE (she sleeps with them every night).  If
you don't have SR up there, I'll get you one here and send it to Ally - she
might think it's more special coming in the mail anyways!

Kristen

    Teaching Toys on Rt 110 in Westford, MA has them, or did last time I
    was there.
    
    Susan

    Kathryn,
    
    When I was looking for Ernie, I found Big Bird, Cookie Monster
    and I'm pretty sure it was Oscar, at Kmart.
    
    You might want to give them a try!
    
    Good luck!
    Linda

    I got Ryan a small, stuffed Oscar last year at Kaybee toys.....
    

    Wow!  Look at all these replies and in such a short time!
    We do have a Service Merchandise up here, Kristen, and I didn't
    even think to go there and look.  Terry checked the catalogue
    that we have at home and didn't see one, but then there's a lot
    of toys that they sell right off the shelf in the showroom that
    they don't neccessarily show in the book.  I'll check it out
    and if I can't find one, I'll let you know.  Thanks so much for
    the offer...  A baby Oscar sounds so cute!  I wonder what his
    voice would sound like if he could talk :-)
    
    Lynn,
    
    When I called KayBee, the woman I spoke with said she "may have
    had them in the past" but that they didn't carry them now to her
    knowledge.  Well, maybe they were just all out and will get them
    later.  Maybe it's a new "Oscar Craze" and all toddlers must have
    them.  Shades of Cabbage Patch here?
    
    Linda,
    
    Thanks.  I'll check K-Mart too.  And the place in Westford (I'm
    sorry, I've forgotten who put in that reply) too as that sounds
    like a neat store and I'm in that area a lot.
    
    So thanks again everybody.  I'm sure Ally will have her beloved
    Oscar soon.  I'm certainly glad I asked this question here.
    
    - Kathryn
    

    Don't quote me on this, but I'm almost positive I saw "Oscar" at
    Raschel's on Route 9 east in Westboro, Ma. 

    I know they have big bird, Burt and Ernie, etc.

    
    
    	RE: -1
    
    	Raschel's did have a few of Oscar the last time I was
    	there (about a month ago probably) but he was sitting
    	in a submarine or some sort of silver thing anyway. (8
    
    	/Kim

    The silver thing was probably his trash can!
    
    Linda

    
    	Nope... I know it wasn't his trash can.  It looks to be
    	as though he was sitting in a submarine type thing.
    	(I could see something resembling a port hole (?) window)
    
    	tigg~~~~

    I saw Bert, Ernie and almost all the characters in the stuffed toy
    aisle at Toys R Us in Auburn last Saturday.  Hope this isn't too late!
    
    On a related topic, there's a new recording out of SS songs, sung by
    Bob Mc Grath of SS, has anyone seen it in the Central MA area?  I tried
    Strawberries at White City about a month ago and they didn't even have
    it on their new release list.  I think I'd prefer a cassette, if not a
    CD will do.
    
    Lyn

    My son just loves game show host "Guy Smiley".  For some reason this is
    his favorite character.  He likes Ernie, Big Bird & Elmo, but Guy
    Smiley draws the most excitement from him.  Has anyone ever seen a Guy
    Smiley doll or puppet?  
    
    There was a great store I went to check in the Pheasant Lane Mall here
    in Nashua but they have gone out of business.  I remember that they had
    all kinds of SS and Cartoon characters.  
    
    Any pointers to local stores would be appreciated.  
    
    Thanks,
    Donna

    Figured this notesfile would be as good a place to ask this as any...
    
    On Sesame Street, there's this two-headed purple monster with
    Viking-style horns on both heads.  The two halves of this monster
    constantly talk to each other in gibberish.
    
    Does this monster have a name (besides "Two-Headed Monster")?
    
    
    Thanks,
    Paul 

no.  I don't think so.

I love those guys!! ;->

Hamp

    Does anyone know who plays the Spelling Fairy?  I think her character's
    name is Glenda or Glinda or something.  I caught part of a show
    [actually I heard the show, my kids watch it at 3.30 while I veg-out
    with the morning paper] where she was putting word signs on everything.
    I think she's great!  of course, ALL of the characters are -- and the
    two-headed monster is just super!
    
    thanks.
    
    Sandy

    >     <<< Note 84.45 by ASABET::HABER "kudos to working mothers" >>>
    >                   -< who plays the Spelling Fairy? >-
    >
     I think it's Andrea Martin. She was on SCTV and has been in
    some movies. I like her too!
    

    
    
    The monster's name is HONKER....   If it's the same one I am thinking
    of...
    
    
    John
    

    I think Honker is a different one.
    
    Chris D.

re -1

You're right.

Hamp

    This morning I saw a great "Monsterpiece Theater".  Cookie went to
    "Twin Beaks".  While I'm not in any way a Twin Peaks fan, 
    
    	Darn good story. Darn good Cherry pie........ 
    
    marianne

    My son has been singing a song lately that he says he learned from
    the Cookie Monster  All he knows is the first two lines, and he 
    sings them over and over and over.  Can someone translate the following
    toddlerese, and maybe provide some more words ??
    
    C is for Cookie
    Surely not for me
    (repeat ad infinitum :-))

<                           -< Cookie Monster song? >-

    C is for Cookie
    That's good enough for me!
    C is for Cookie
    That's good enough for me!
    C is for Cookie
    That's good enough for me!
    Oooh, Cookie, cookie, cookie 
    Start with C.
    Cookie, cookie, cookie 
    Start with C.
    Cookie, cookie, cookie 
    Start with C!


You should have heard and seen Candice Bergman sing it!!!!  :-)

       Carol

    C is for Cookie
    That's good enough for me
    C is for Cookie
    That's good enough for me 
    C is for Cookie
    That's good enough for me
    OH Cookie Cookie Cookie Starts with C
    
    then there's a talking verse about how a cookie with a bite taken out
    looks like a C, and the moon sometimes looks like a C.  I'll try to
    remember the rest tomorrow.
    
    marianne

    re .51:
    Hahahaha!  My son David just became addicted to that song a couple of
    weeks ago.  I couldn't figure out the tune from listening to him, so
    we bought one of the (audio) tapes that has the song on it.  And I
    discovered that he was singing the tune just like Cookie Monster!
    That monster has not much sense of pitch ...

						cheryl

    Double Hahahaha!  I guess Marc already knows most of the words!!  

    Does anybody have a problem with kids imitating Cookie Monster's eating
    habits?  My 2-year old always wants to shove food into his mouth and
    gobble it down, just like Cookie Monster does with cookies.  I'm really
    having a hard time convincing him to take small bites and chew his
    food.  He's such a difficult eater I hate having to reprimand him when
    he eats, but he alwys chokes if I leave him alone.  Asking him to slow
    down doesn't work, neither does cutting his food into small pieces...he
    just shoves a handful in!
    Sarah

    Most definitely!  We play tiger while eating dinner, as Nathan growls
    and snarls--with -1, a light comes on and now I know we have Cookie at
    the table with us!  Luckily, Nathan has never been a choker, 'cus he
    eats a full mouthful at a time, and snarls at the same time!
    
    So much fun...
    Adrienne