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#10

My Name is You
It's "I'd Like to Teach the World To Sing" without the cheesy corporate overtones. And did you catch the part about having two dads?

#9

Mr. Hooper Isn't Coming Back
Possibly the most heartbreaking five minutes of television ever aired.

#8

Kermit and Joey sing the Alphabet Song
Kids on Sesame Street always seemed like real kids, not over-coached child actors. Here's the giggly little girl who can't stop saying "Cookie Monster."

#7

U Really Got a Hold on Me
In which Smokey Robinson is sexually harassed by a letter U.

#6

Richard Pryor's Alphabet
No one's ever done the ABCs with more attitude. He actually makes U and Z sound like dirty words.

#5

An Orange Sings Carmen
Jim Henson had a genius for turning everyday objects into characters. Here's Exhibit A.

#4

Bert and Ernie Go Fishing
"Heeeeeere, fishy fishy fishy!"

#3

Pinball Number Count
The vocals are by the Pointer Sisters, the animation is by Jeff Hale's Imagination, Inc. — and you can sing it in your sleep. In fact, you probably do.

#2

C is for Cookie
Forget "A Cookie is a Sometime Food." Cookie starts with C, and that's good enough for us.

#1

Rubber Ducky
The song reached #16 on the Billboard charts in 1970, and has since been recorded in French, Spanish, Dutch, and German. (There's a techno remix of the German version.) This is the inanimate-object love song heard 'round the world, and if you had to define Sesame Street with a single clip, this might well be the one.


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About the Author

author bio Babble editor Gwynne Watkins is a Brooklyn-based writer whose work has appeared both online and in print. She is a consulting editor at Nerve.com, as well as a playwright and a lyricist. Her most recent show, the children's musical Space Pirates, premiered in May.

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