When Head’s Ruled Children’s Television
So I guess this nostalgia kick continues. I searched through lots of old Electric Company (most Revolutionary theme song of children’s television ever: “We’re gonna turn it on! We’re gonna bring you the power!”) and Vegetable Soup (those Outerscope 1 puppets freaked me out then and still do! So much so I won’t even link to them, but can handle the pcp animation) shorts trying to decide what best illustrates this point. Almost went with the S Street ‘count to 20′ with the sitar, mutating yogi and giant machine cranking out number boxes, but then remembered and found this gem.
There really is some good advice given here that can be applied to finding lost keys, checkbooks, as well as lost selves. But one shudders to imagine any child conversing with a character dressed like this dandy, much less a chap who can vanish into his own yo yo, or sing songs about what might be behind your face. But when you think this tidbit was essentially made for a child who lived in a large urban area in the 70’s, these psychedelic characters are far less sinister than street reality was at the time.
Rick remembered this little gem after we both enjoyed the nostalgia of your posting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_9yd5juEBw
Great animation on both.
Yeah that one’s choice too. Funny how my false memory/youthful misunderstanding of the sketch was ‘loaf of bread, potato and milk, and a stick of butter’. I love that funky style animation, similar to the Vegetable Soup stuff. I’ve said it before and will again: the soul of hand crafted can’t be replaced by computer trickery. Curse you, Priests of the Temples of Syrinx!!!
But seriously, should anyone still wearing a bow in their hair be sent to the store alone…in ‘75 for Christ’s sake?!?