Difference between revisions of "Sesame Street" - bocpages

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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") - "Different Mes" animated sketch (same as "I feel proud" speech)
"Yeah, that's right" ("Aquarius") - Animated sketch
"Orange!" ("Aquarius")
"O for Orange" by Bruce Cayard (Episode 2483, aired May 11, 1998)

A colorless man sucks the hue out of an orange.
- Video: YouTube (1, 2)
"I feel proud" speech ("Whitewater" - "Different Mes" animated sketch (removed from YouTube)

Unconfirmed samples

"Alphaquest" theme ("Roygbiv (Alphaquest mix)") - title music from a recurring segment, "Alphaquest"
"I love you" ("The Color of the Fire")- believed to come from a sketch similiar to this one.

External links

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

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 * "Yeah, that's right" ("[[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]") - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXe-oDupplI Animated sketch]
 * "Orange!" ("[[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]")
-*:"O for Orange" by [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Bruce_Cayard Bruce Cayard] - A colorless man sucks the hue out of an orange.
+*;"O for Orange" by [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Bruce_Cayard Bruce Cayard] ([http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_2483 Episode 2483], aired May 11, 1998): A colorless man sucks the hue out of an orange.
-** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dgxNR4jZrU YouTube]
+** Video: YouTube ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dgxNR4jZrU 1], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAtrnbu8ts 2])
 * "I feel proud" speech ("[[Whitewater]]" - "Different Mes" animated sketch (removed from YouTube)