{"id":1938,"date":"2006-07-28T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2006-07-28T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-28T16:23:00","slug":"quick-video-post-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/28\/quick-video-post-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Video Post of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today it was reported that most 10th graders in Washington state can not pass the Math state expectiations.<\/p>\n<p>I blame a severe lack of the good Sesame Street stuff. Oh sure, it still comes around in rotation (at least some of it)&#8230; but the good stuff&#8230; not as often.<\/p>\n<p>Some favourites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HOCExQ2lrO4\">1-20 indian man with 4 arms:<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WDCUlirsTdI\">The pinball machine we all wanted<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rOAthOufeIU\">My Martian Cutie (Number 9)<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eaJK_TLjvnU\">The Ladybug Picnic<\/a>.. and for those of you studying kaballah.. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_2aw-4IC05g\">IN HEBREW!<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k78kO8j5-Eo\">Trippy basic addition and subtraction to 5<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FvJyJI-9LqI\">The alligator king (7)<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0Pn5Uz5OP8I\">The animated rock tribe ritual of passage unto the realm of 12<\/a> actually kind of disturbing in reflection.\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b03N5JwfYkk\">Early scary computer counts to 4<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1wxHeWaXa_I\">Let&#8217;s sing a song of 10<\/a>\n<dd>These featured a clumsy baker taking a dive with X number of pastries. See if you can identify the baker. This was the only time you saw this mainstay of Sesame Street on screen.\n<\/dd>\n<dd>Personally, I wish I could find &#8220;<i>Let&#8217;s sing a song of 9<\/i>&#8221; because it is the first appearance of Rowlf the Dog.<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AAcoyvzEoq8\">The crazy number painter<\/a> played by &#8220;The Jefferson&#8217;s&#8221; neighbor Paul Benedict was a favourite, but the shorts were killed in the 80&#8217;s because it was perceived that they encouraged graffiti. In this episode he tries to paint a &#8220;7&#8221;. In this short he runs into a random female (the second person in the elevator)&#8230; Bonus points if you can recognize this actress before she was discovered.<br \/>\n\n<\/li>\n<li>And if you really want to understand me and <i>where I get it<\/i>&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H5EOQ3OVNFk\">hands count to 11<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/dd>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hopefully we can all count now.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I love these because they fire off synapses deep in my brain that have a warm nostalgic buzz to them.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and in case you really can&#8217;t figure it out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more The answers to my questions--><br \/>\nThe baker is the only time we see Jim Henson the man rather than running a muppet.<br \/>\nThe young unknown actress is Stockard Channing<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1938\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/28\/quick-video-post-of-the-day\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1938\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/28\/quick-video-post-of-the-day\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-1938\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/28\/quick-video-post-of-the-day\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/28\/quick-video-post-of-the-day\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today it was reported that most 10th graders in Washington state can not pass the Math state expectiations. 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