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Part of the nostalgic quality of Boards of Canada's music come from their extensive sampling of 70's and 80's era children television programs. One commonly sampled program is the US program Sesame Street, created by the Children's Television Workshop.

Confirmed samples

• "Bye-bye-bye-bye" (Sunshine Recorder)
• "I feel proud" speech" (Whitewater)
• Reversed speech (Sixtyten)
• "Different Mes": A boy explains how has many different mes for all his different emotions.
  • MP3 sample: <flashmp3>Different-mes-orig.mp3|bg=0xF3EDCF|leftbg=0xF3EDCF|rightbg=0xF3EDCF|lefticon=0x41982F|righticon=0x41982F|righticonhover=0x41982F|slider=0xF3EDCF|track=0xF3EDCF|border=0xF3EDCF|rightbghover=0xFFCB1F|text=0x41982F|load=0xFFCB1F</flashmp3>

• "Yeah, that's right" (Aquarius)
• A drawing of a man is shown with a variety of different types of legs, which rotate like a slot machine. For each pair of legs, off-screen children voice their disapproval until the matching legs are finally shown.

• "Orange!" (Aquarius)
• "O for Orange" by Bruce Cayard (Episode 2483, aired May 11, 1998): A colorless man sucks the hue out of an orange.

• "I love you" (The Color of the Fire)
• The laugh at the end of the "I love you" sample is also in Niagara, Track 9 of Boc Maxima.

Unconfirmed samples

• "Alphaquest" theme (Roygbiv (Alphaquest mix)) - title music from a recurring segment, Alphaquest

External links

• Sesame Street article at Wikipedia
• Sesame Street article at MuppetWiki
• Official site hosted by PBS