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Sesame Street: 12 And Pinball Animation

Sesame Street · 4.2M views · 2008-07-30 · 1:05

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A one-minute Sesame Street animation of a counting pinball game focused on the number 12, set to Pointer Sisters music.

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HN mentions it as a fondly remembered classic of children's educational television.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2018–2026

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jeffwass · 2021-05 · Recommendation

I've always wondered how many classic Sesame Street sketches were made by artists and animators while tripping on psychadelics. All the sketches below are ones I've seen when I was little. The legendery Pinball Number Count, with music by the Pointer Sisters : [VIDEO] Totally tripped-out alphabet, and I mean totally tripped-out : [LINK] Multi-armed guru counting to twenty a few times including in Spanish : [LINK] Little kid gets lost in a weird neighborhood : [LINK]

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vunderba · 2026-05 · Reference

There have been a few attempts at this. I think the most well-known one is probably this one [1]. While we’re at it, I’d love to see a physical version of the seseame street pinbal table [2], though that one might be a bit more ambitious. :) [1] - [LINK] [2] - [VIDEO]

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TomMckenny · 2018-10 · Reference

I grew up on it too but a full generation earlier. Even now when some unlikely coincidence surfaces the number 12, sometimes this song[0] still pops into my head. [0] [VIDEO]

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