A while back Family Guy did a cutaway to that classic Sesame Street bit “The Pinball Song”.
It affected 7d so deeply that he went on a search for them.
I promptly forgot about it.
Weeks later 7d brings me samples of commercials and other noise(some work. some don’t)that reinvigorated my interest. It was mainly “The Alligator King” song that brought a nostalgiac shine to my eyes. Don’t know why but I loved that song and animation as a kid. The Sesame Street Sounds Archives has a list of many others.
I’ll drop a few links of my TV childhood below:
The Pinball Song(remixed!)
Slightly off from the original but still on the side of good.
The Alligator King
Even though I can’t find the video to this classic, I have a clear as crystal picture rolling in my mind’s theatre.
ABC song Ray Charles flavored
That man made the ABC song all sorts of cool just now.
The Rhyming Song (lyrics)
“A fat cat sat on a hat, saw a rat on the mat, got a bat, had a chat with a gnat that he’d pat in a vat that was flat, oh yeah! ”
Bip Bipadotta
Here is a monster list of possibly working videos files, from the 80s, ranging from interviews with George Bush Sr about Iran-Contra to commercials for Transformers.
Pole Position opening theme video
I was silly over this toon. A brother and two sisters. A cute bio-engineered critter. Two cars. One a mustang. The other some experimental jazz and my favorite car. Both cars had portable AI computer interfaces. And the cars could hoover on a cushion of air and jet around on water in hydrofoil mode. In retrospect, I think it was one of America’s first steps into japanese animation. The other being Mighty Orbots.
GI Joe toy commercial
Who didn’t want to be Snake Eyes? He was a ninja soldier elite. I mean, damn. If that ain’t a formula for cool…what is?
