Oh my god, I remember being mesmerized by the Sesame Street pinball number counting clip every single time it came on when I was a kid. I could be in our family room doing something else entirely, and as soon as I heard the chant-like number that starts the video, I’d drop everything, stare at the funky colors, and get into the music. Just listening to it brings back so much.

Some things I never knew: the song is officially titled “Pinball Number Count,” there were eleven versions of the video (two through twelve, with no version ever done for the number one), and the song was sung by none other than the Pointer Sisters. Awesome. (Via Matt.)

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heh, totally agree on the pinball song, it used to blow me away. Check out my post on the subject, which links here to yours :)

http://airthief.blogspot.com/2006/05/natural-born-trippers.html

• Posted by: lg on May 9, 2006, 11:39 PM
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