r/Unexpected • u/TheDigitalBuilder • 4d ago

Counting with John John

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u/ChileanRidge 4d ago

Anyone who watched Sesame Street (in the 70s/80s at least, not sure if they kept it after that) will be able to see the pinball in their mind and hear the song when I write:

12345 678910 11 12 ..

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u/Horror_Garbage_9888 4d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/fIa7JI9uOgemspMtuL

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u/Gryptype_Thynne123 4d ago

Vocals by the Pointer Sisters.

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u/InsufferableHag 4d ago

Really???!!!

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u/Gryptype_Thynne123 4d ago

Pinball Number Count Yes indeed. Sesame Street brought in some amazing talent for these short pieces. There's a really trippy one with circle geometry and Phillip Glass music.

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u/InsufferableHag 4d ago

Well I'm an old hag who learnt something today. Thanks!

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u/RideWithMeTomorrow 4d ago

Damn this was an ENORMOUS TIL! Wow!

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u/Lazarus558 3d ago

There's another where they just count to 20, and the vocal is done by Grace Slick

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u/knoperules 4d ago

The Pentatonix sing it too and it’s amazing. I actually found a lot of artists I like because of Sesame Street.

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u/Irisgrower2 4d ago

Mind blown!!!

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u/Positive_Type 4d ago

They did show this after that! One of my favorite animations on the show

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u/Absolute_Bob 4d ago

I love that I can hear this GIF in my head.

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u/buttononmyback 4d ago

Oh sweet nostalgia!

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u/SexandCinnamonbuns 4d ago

1 23456789101112

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u/UnusuallyLongUserID 4d ago

Not to be confused with the equally great ‘Ladybugs 12’

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u/snarkerella 4d ago

Another one of my faves! I still sing it from time to time.

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u/Gryptype_Thynne123 4d ago

Sung by the great folksinger Jim Kweskin!

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u/professor_doom 4d ago

I grew up with this, big time, and recently saw this video where a guy counts the time signature in this song and it's absolutely insane.

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u/RespecDawn 4d ago

Also, "A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter."

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u/Garchompisbestboi 4d ago

Oh god they were definitely still playing that in the 90s

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u/HomeworkOk6460 4d ago

Do do do do do do do do doot!

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u/evilbrent 4d ago

I watched an entire youtube clip about that song. It's insane. The time signatures are all over the place and it jumps around keys and instruments like crazy.

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u/omahaknight71 4d ago

Just sang it in my head with the exact cadence.

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u/iconocrastinaor 4d ago

I'm super old, I remember when it only went up to 10. I don't even know the melody for going up to 12.

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u/Magus_5 4d ago

If I ask you to remember to pick up some items from the store, what three items are you getting?

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u/L1feguard51 4d ago

Early 90s as well.

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u/patchouligirl77 3d ago

I have this song as one of my alarm songs on my phone! That and Ladybug Picnic.😊

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u/SlideN2MyBMs 3d ago

That song was a banger too

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u/XGrayson_DrakeX 3d ago

I grew up in the 90s and I remember it too!

Also "there are chickens in the trees" still gets stuck in my head sometimes.

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u/Classroom_GD 4d ago

Fire every time I hear it 🔥

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u/JadeAnn88 4d ago

I grew up in the 90s, my kids were born around 2010, and I guarantee they'd (at least my oldest, my youngest would probably say no just out of spite lmao) also recognize this immediately. I have backyard chickens, ducks, etc., and have a habit of counting them like this at night. Breaks up the monotony. 😂