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Sesame Street: 12 And Pinball Animation

Sesame Street: 12 And Pinball Animation on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2018–2026.

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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.

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“The legendery Pinball Number Count, with music by the Pointer Sisters”
— jeffwass, May 2021, in “'Sesame Street': from radical experiment to beloved TV mainstay”

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jeffwassMay 2021Recommends

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 : ▶ this 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]

in “'Sesame Street': from radical experiment to beloved TV mainstay” · View on HN

vunderbaMay 2026Cites it

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] - ▶ this video

in “Space Cadet Pinball on Linux” · View on HN

TomMckennyOct 2018Cites it

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] ▶ this video

in “Caroll Spinney Leaves ‘Sesame Street’ After Nearly 50 Years” · View on HN

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Arts & entertainment (other)Education & learningsesame streetpinball number countpointer sistersanimationnostalgia