Music for Pinball Number Count was composed by Walt Kraemer and arranged by Ed Bogas. Performers included the Pointer Sisters on vocals and assorted San Francisco Bay Area jazz musicians, including George Marsh on drums, Mel Martin on saxophone and Andy Narell on steel drums.^([1])

The arrangements reflect musical idioms commonly found in 1970s urban culture, predominantly funk and jazz, though other styles including Caribbean music are also represented. The number-specific middle sections contain one of three different improvised instrumental solos over a basic progression, featuring steel drums (numbers 2, 4, 9 and 12) electric guitar (3, 8 and 11) and soprano saxophone (5, 6, 7 and 10).

Consistent with an abbreviated jazz structure, a prearranged head and turnaround / coda are played during the common starting and ending animation sequences. The vocals work in similar fashion with the featured numeral spoken, sung and shouted during the middle section and a return to the arranged counting at the end.

The song employs complex rhythms, changing time signatures frequently between 4/4, 3/4, 7/4. and 5/4, during the opening and closing segments, around a rhythmically straightforward 4/4 middle improvisation section.

A breakdown of this song by a musician:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMtGImlEmu0

Also, worth reading:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unmistakable-black-roots-sesame-street-180973490/

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cme74@reddit

You really, truly broke down this infamous Sesame Street song..and I love you for this.

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CatOfGrey@reddit

Yeah, I went down this rabbit hole several months ago. This text isn't mine - it's copied from the Wikipedia article - one item I missed: the singers were literally The Pointer Sisters.

I was born right at the time when Sesame Street was first released - it was a fundamental part of my childhood. As an adult, I realize how it influenced my education, including how I think about music today!

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PinkKashmir@reddit

I always thought this song was from the Electric Company. I got the melody right away though.

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calipithecus@reddit

We're gonna turn it ooonn, we're gonna bring you the poweeerr

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goodlordineedacoffee@reddit

Wasn’t it? Where was it from then?

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Berry-Holiday@reddit

Sesame Street

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goodlordineedacoffee@reddit

🤯

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NowIsThePerfectTime@reddit

For some reason, I like to sing it in German. Ein, zwei, drei, fier, funf, sechs, sieben, acht, neune, zehn, elf und zwulf

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thetotalslacker@reddit

This reference shows up all over the place, and I’ll never forget it slapping me upside the head unexpectedly in the 90s.

https://youtu.be/wQKof8bPD4s

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R3bauer@reddit

I just heard that in the pointer sisters voices.

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sirli00@reddit

What the F? I’m 52 years old and just learned today it was the pointer sisters! Whhattt???!!!

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sirli00@reddit

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo .. Seven!!

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Atomicslap@reddit

I couldn’t read the number without going into cadence with a song!!!

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CanadianArtGirl@reddit

Are we going to the lady bug picnic?

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Malyshka71@reddit

That's what I sang! One of my childhood faves

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CanadianArtGirl@reddit

Did we just become best friends?!?!

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Open_Independence_23@reddit

They played jump rope, but the rope it broke, so sat around telling knock-knock jokes...

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MoreVinegar@reddit

They sang verses 2-12 but never did verse 1.

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CrushTheRebellion@reddit

Sorry, I was just out buying a container of milk, a loaf of bread, and a stick of butter from the store. It was hard, but i remembered. What did I miss?

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Kokodhem@reddit

Pinball

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deadbeef4@reddit

The Pinball one was always my favorite.

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just_some_chic@reddit

Yes!!!

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RScottyL@reddit

LOL, I remember that one too:

Sesame Street: I Can Remember (Bread, Milk, Butter)

lol, bonus Family Guy version:

Peters Grocery List

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CeleryDramatic4678@reddit

Don’t forget the bacon! 🥓

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calaan@reddit

This is either a pinball machine or a Ladybug’s picnic.

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dajacketfanOG@reddit

All of you talking about ear worms and stuck in your head like it’s a bad thing. Am I the only one who counts like this every time?

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eeksie-peeksie@reddit

Doot doot doot doot doodoodoodoot

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wartgood@reddit

Do do do doooo

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IntelligentNovel1967@reddit

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh. 😝

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GladosPrime@reddit

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alwaysmanders@reddit

And the ladybugs played at the ladybug picnic

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SnooChocolates2923@reddit

The Pointers Sisters first 'Hit'.

(In my books, anyways)

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sickboy6_5@reddit

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this gets stuck in my head for HOURS!

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Hopeful-Extension755@reddit

Yeah but it’s tweeeelllvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeee

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ccandy73@reddit

and then another 12!

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GirlStiletto@reddit

I heard it in two different voices.

First, the Pointer Sisters Pinball.

Second, Ladybugs Picnic. (They talked about the high cost of furnture and rugs and of fire insurance, for Ladybugs...)

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MaleficentAstronomer@reddit

Well, they all jumped rope, but the rope it broke

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holidaycheese87@reddit

It’s gonna be stuck in my head the rest of today

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holidaycheese87@reddit

It’s gonna be stuck in my head the rest of today

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Lost-in-the-dark-@reddit

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I not only heard it, but replayed the video in my head…

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LostCanuck21@reddit

God damn you 😂

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IL_Lyph@reddit

I did but the end would be 11, twel el el el el twelve!!!🤣🤣

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_Feral_Child@reddit

Damn you I didn't need that ear worm

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a_youkai@reddit

This will help

https://youtu.be/TOR4XGlujPw?si=VyanbwCMJHTzY7qB

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sandbug05@reddit

I was fully expecting to be rick rolled.. Thank you :)

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a_youkai@reddit

There's not even a point in rickrolling GemX'ers. A lot of us were Rick Astley fans to begin with. I still know all his lyrics, lol

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sandbug05@reddit

True.. I've just learned not to trust youtube links anywhere, let alone on reddit lol

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a_youkai@reddit

100% fair

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Intelligent-Salt-362@reddit

I saw it and was immensely like “it is too evenly spaced.” It should be “123-4-5-678910-11-12”

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grey_canvas_@reddit

This ☝️

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B2Rocketfan77@reddit

Oh yeah!!!

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marshallkrich@reddit

1,2 Freddy's coming for you.....

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_namaste_kitten_@reddit

3,4 Shut & Lock Your Door

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ezlikesunmorning78@reddit

5, 6 Grab your Crucifix

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marshallkrich@reddit

7,8 Better stay up late.

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freebird_inthe_wind@reddit

Ladybugs...at the Ladybug Picnic!

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B2Rocketfan77@reddit

Oh yeah. That and the Pinball version.

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Ancient_-_Lecture@reddit

TWELVE!

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B2Rocketfan77@reddit

This one!!!!

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Ok-Razzmatazz-7593@reddit

That's what I heard too!

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B2Rocketfan77@reddit

Oh well yeah. The one with the Pinball theme! It’s as famous a set of numbers as 867-5309!!

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PromptExtreme4607@reddit

123 4 5 678 9 10 ELEVEN TWELVE

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Intelligent-Salt-362@reddit

You get me…

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Awesomesince1973@reddit

My brain is stuck on Ladybug Picnic and I cannot make this way make sense. I know I will smack myself as soon as someone says it, but I cannot change the song in my head.

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Wixenstyx@reddit

This is the way.

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Medusaink3@reddit

First thing that popped into my head when I read that.

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MissMignon@reddit

This is the jam song!

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realjimmyjuice000@reddit

This is the way

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Synisterintent@reddit

I hate to admit my brain instantly sang it....

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scrollingranger@reddit

onetwothree FOUR FIVE sixseveneight NINE TEN eleven TWE EE E E ELVE!

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Snuggly_Chopin@reddit

Your spelling is my favorite!

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Remarkable_Fig1838@reddit

The tempo it wrong it 12345, 678910, 11, 12

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Hazmat1267@reddit

Yes! I sang this in my head when I read the post.

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judgeejudger@reddit

🎶E lev en twel el el el el el ELVE!🎶

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Exotic-Travel-270@reddit

I sang it 🤣

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casiepierce@reddit

Ele-ven twe-eh-eh-eh-eh- eh-eh-elve!

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Atticus-XI@reddit

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gMp0SlkVU8w&si=bK57gUJSXz_r7CEB

12:55 for the bad-ass Tiny Desk version...

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No_Association9496@reddit

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djr650@reddit

I grew up outside of the USA, so didn't really have daily Seasame St. So my first thought is how we can all probably really quickly recite our 12 times multiplication tables.

We were the generation where calculators took hold towards the end of the time period. So mental mathematics has only been getting weaker since then IMHO.

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ezlikesunmorning78@reddit

When there started to be talk of “new math” my brain went into lockdown. What is in there is what I got and I don’t want anymore!

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Yerdonsh@reddit

I hear the pointer sisters. 12 is forever burned into my brain and this song has a calming effect on me.

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Outrageous_Drag6613@reddit

Sesame Street?

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Seerad76@reddit

Electric Company

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Outrageous_Drag6613@reddit

Ok

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_namaste_kitten_@reddit

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The_UX_Guy@reddit

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Yourlocalcorvid@reddit

DOO DOO DOO DOODOODOODOO

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-Hot-Toddy-@reddit

Haha! Couldn't have said it better myself!

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paintypainter@reddit

You take the golden 'an' and put it in the tan van.....that's the plan.

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eugenesnewdream@reddit

I just read the numbers as numbers until I saw what sub it was in, then I heard it Pointer Sisters style.

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Dear_Mess_1617@reddit

Sesame street pinball game song. This pops on my head all the time especially when I start counting something, lol! As recent as last night🤣

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SenorPoopus@reddit

Thanks for the link! Lol

Yeah I still sing this song in my head on a regular basis

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Dear_Mess_1617@reddit

It’s crazy how it’s still stuck after so many decades lol

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yojpea@reddit

🤣🤣🤣 Yup!

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Floopydoodler@reddit

Lady bugs at the lady bug picnic

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tbodillia@reddit

I'm lost

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PreviousAd8450@reddit

Weird reply. You’re either not genX or you never watched TV while growing up.

https://youtu.be/Hcx44e2gnfI?feature=shared

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HenriettaCrump@reddit

I'm definitely GenX and don't remember the pinball one. I do remember Ladybug Picnic.

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Ok-Actuator8579@reddit

Can you hear the song? Most US kids probably can.

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042AF@reddit

Or - 123,456,789,10-11-12, and we all played games at the lady bug picnic.

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Shaxpere@reddit

This and the Pointer Sisters are awesome.

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TheWhiteWolf1970@reddit

The way this song gets stuck in your head is a real...

Phenomenon doo doo da doo doo

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EducationalRule1425@reddit

I was tutoring a 5th grader last week and one of her words was phenomenon. Almost busted out singing, but she's in that judgy, preteen phase where nothing an adult does is funny! 🥸

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D05wtt@reddit

I sang along.

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oddball_ocelot@reddit

...Ladybugs on a Ladybug picnic.

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Hemenucha@reddit

This is the one I sing to my grandson.

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FraGough@reddit

The numbers, Mason. What dothey mean?

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MTheadedRaccoon@reddit

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Onerustyrn@reddit

I heard the song in my head.

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PreviousAd8450@reddit

I can also still picture the animation that goes along with it.

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TX_Asylum@reddit

Doo, doodoodoodoo, doo, doodoo doo...

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Ok-Actuator8579@reddit

Yup!!

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elspotto@reddit

Punctuation is off.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

11, 12.

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AstridOnReddit@reddit

I’d probably say

123 4, 5. 678 9, 10. 11, 12.

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elspotto@reddit

The number 123 isn’t one to which we count. Not even with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

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Sinistermarmalade@reddit

This is the way

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Actual-Tap-134@reddit

Now multiply using the schoolhouse rock “little twelvetoes” song

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bigredroyaloak@reddit

Pointer sisters

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let-it-rain-sunshine@reddit

Pinball time

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Capable_Mermaid@reddit

I thought was gonna be a Feist post.

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Itsjustmethecollie@reddit

The Ladybug Picnic!

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DrySession9968@reddit

Do dodo do do dodo do do dodo dodo do dodo do....NUMBER!!!! my favourite childhood Pointer Sisters song!

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TollyVonTheDruth@reddit

I never knew The Pointer Sisters sang that.

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DrySession9968@reddit

I know right!?!!! I only found out a few months ago. Wild! I'm wondering if that's a contributing factor in us genxers digging those girl's music, like on a subconscious level! Haha. I mean even with out that they put out some great tunes. I still spin neutron dance from time to time.

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Odd_Geologist_9065@reddit

Yes I sang this when I saw it 😆

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LolaAucoin@reddit

That was the Pointer Sisters

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Stump303@reddit

Damn you

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T7147@reddit

There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza dear Liza, there’s a hole in the bucket dear Liza, a hole.

Well fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, well fix it dear Henry, fix it.

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Trimzonawhim@reddit

With what shall I fix it, dear Liza dear Liza? With what shall I fix it dear Liza, with what?

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marfalump@reddit

With a cork, with a cork, dear Henry dear Henry. With a cork, dear Henry a cork!

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T7147@reddit

In my day it was a stick 🤣

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Trimzonawhim@reddit

It was straw for me lol

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MsTyped@reddit

Same.

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TheBatmanWhoPuffs@reddit

Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do 12!

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tango421@reddit

I heard the preceding music as well

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marticcrn@reddit

Love this one.

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Bug_Calm@reddit

And they all played games at the ladybug picnic...

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EedSpiny@reddit

One two three four five

Senses working oover tiime

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Tasty_Marsupial8057@reddit

Tryin’ taste the difference ‘tween a lemon and a lime…

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stopthehamsterwheel2@reddit

And they all came to the ladybug picnic

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Inevitable-Wheel1676@reddit

Amazing that you can type out these numbers and I hear the song. That’s some serious conditioning right there.

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Whatever53143@reddit

Yup, it popped right into my head!

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handsomeape95@reddit

What was the point of this guy? I always felt bad for him.

https://i.redd.it/grux2emtypxg1.gif

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Open_Independence_23@reddit

That actor is none other than Jim Henson.

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handsomeape95@reddit

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tpauly0225@reddit

And they all played games at the ladybug 🐞 picnic!

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Wheatking@reddit

Ladybug picnic is still awesome.
Ladybug picnic

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tpauly0225@reddit

This is great and so fun to hear it again. Thanks! 😊

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Interesting-Army-704@reddit

For some reason we always sang it like this:

A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

And they all came down for the lady bug picnic

They had potato salad and lunch meat too

But all they really wanted was some poop,

And then old Nicolas came along, and now we’re singing this song…..ong

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Left-Star2240@reddit

And now it will be in my head all day.

Damnit now this will! 🤣

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Open_Independence_23@reddit

Mana manuh!

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keepitreel65@reddit

Ohhhhhhhhh Nooooooo! 😑 Lol

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draggar@reddit

123

45

678

9 10

^(11 12)

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BizzarduousTask@reddit

It’s on Spotify!!

https://open.spotify.com/track/3Xyg9xN6RMzpcM95KVO7t8?si=j8lRIoiNSeGLRNhNsPBpnA

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PoisonMind@reddit

/r/counting

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HeyPrettyLadyMaam@reddit

1.2.3. 4.5. 6.7.8. 9.10. 11. 12. Yeah i definitely heard that 😂😂

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DontListenImFullofBS@reddit

You gotta say it like this…

One two three FOUR FIVE

Six seven eight NINE ten

Eleven Twe-eee-eee-eee-EEE-EEE—EEElve.

TWELVE!!

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kgrs22lbug@reddit

Yes!!!

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keepitreel65@reddit

Yeeeeeeeeees! I still sing this song in my head today!! 😂

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groundhoggirl@reddit

There’s not that many commas It’s 1234, 5, 6789, 10, 11 12.

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Cool_Scallion_5046@reddit

👆This is correct.

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Invasive-farmer@reddit

Today's episode brought to you by the number 9.

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LylaDee@reddit

Right!? Not by some drug you should ask your doctor about. Oh wait! That's now.

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Invasive-farmer@reddit

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blusins@reddit

dododododo, oh what sorry have and ear worm now in my head and the image of a pinball machine...

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No-Lettuce-5783@reddit

I recently found out that it was sung by the Pointer Sisters. "Jump (for my love)" Pointer Sisters. I never knew that before.

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remybanjo@reddit

Miss Susie has a steamboat The steamboat had a bell…

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Iheartchocolate37@reddit

Miss Susie went to heaven , the steamboat went to…

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AlchemyAlice@reddit

HELLO OPERATOR, PLEASE GIVE ME NUMBER 9

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SadCheesecake2539@reddit

If you disconnect me, I'll kick you...

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remybanjo@reddit

Behind the elevator, there is a piece of glass

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Hey_MAGArena@reddit

Miss Susie fell upon it, and broke her little...

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Spoopy1971@reddit

Ask me no more questions I’ll tell you no more lies

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CannaBeeKatie@reddit

The boys are in the bathroom

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Boring-Community-100@reddit

Pulling down their...

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Iheartchocolate37@reddit

Flies are in the meadow, the bees are in the park…

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marfalump@reddit

Miss Susie went to heaven, The steamboat went to…

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remybanjo@reddit

Hello operator!

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Ribbitygirl@reddit

I sang it to a cop who breath tested me the other day. Fortunately he understood and laughed.

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a_youkai@reddit

Everyone who heard that correctly in their head needs to see this:

https://youtu.be/TOR4XGlujPw?si=VyanbwCMJHTzY7qB

You're welcome!

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KazziGirl@reddit

That video is a total trip! 🤣

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Formal_Ground6513@reddit

Thank you! This is so fun!

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redrich2000@reddit

Up there with the milk crisis banger

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Bowelsift3r@reddit

Tweeeeeh..ehhhhh....eeeeeeh...eeeeh..ehh.....ehhh...ehelve!!!

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tvaldez19@reddit

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Anarolf@reddit

Yes but do you remember the Capital I masterpiece? "In the middle of the desert, in the middle of the sky?"

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actual-trevor@reddit

That was 4 year old me's introduction to psychedelic rock.

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Boring-Community-100@reddit

Rubbing it here, scrubbing it there, polishing the I so high in the air.

I loved that one.

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Independent_Leg2825@reddit

You have to repeat the 11 12

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Pete_maravich@reddit

Still a banger to this day

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Sensitive-Elk7093@reddit

Ladybugs 🐞 12 at the Ladybug 🐞 Picnic!! 🧺

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Satori2025@reddit

They played jump rope but the rope it broke, so they sat around playing knock knock jokes. Ladybugs, ladybug picnic. 12!

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CaptGrumpy@reddit

They had 12 sacks so they had sack races.

And they fell on their backs and they fell on their faces.

Ladybugs 12, at the ladybugs picnic.

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MsTyped@reddit

Why do I seem to remember hating seeing the end of this with the 12 flashing????

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Rowaan@reddit

I sung it out loud 😂

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jeanako@reddit

Me too, and my husband joined in. 😂

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ShockEmAll@reddit

Sesame Street

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12LetterName@reddit

Pretty sure that's people doing acid that made this stuff. No complaints though.

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Funtasmcus@reddit

The Pointer Sisters did that!

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TheJivvi@reddit

One two three FOUR, FIVE, six seven eight NINE, TEN… eleven twelve.

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Beneficial-Serve-204@reddit

12 Coconut Cream Pies………..!

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aji23@reddit

HEY YOUUUU GUUUUUUYS!!

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aji23@reddit

Dooo do do dooo do doooo doo

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Magik160@reddit

My entire life I have added a peppy 13 to the end because I felt the 12 had too hard a stop. 1 2 3 4 5, 6 7 8 9 10, (tempo drop) 11 12, (peppy) 13!

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coldcavatini@reddit

Ten!

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Syfysamurai@reddit

I am liker #2002

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SmokedHamm@reddit

I sing this anytime I count!!!!

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SmokedHamm@reddit

I sing this anytime I count!!!!

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DrNeptune88@reddit

Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do !

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Username_888888@reddit

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo!

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lemmingstone@reddit

I actually counted the number of doos and can confirm that you are correct.

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justwannadance0909@reddit

I loved the Electric Company🫶🏻

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MoeBlacksBack@reddit

8675309

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PoofBam@reddit

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

11 12

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DianaSironi@reddit

This is how it should be presented 🎁

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aphasiative@reddit

Electric Company ftw

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Aleksandrovitch@reddit

BLIMP IN BACKGROUND

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scarlettohara1936@reddit

TwEeEeeEeeeelve!

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Calamity_C@reddit

Exactly

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farting_buffalo@reddit

TWELVE BANANA CREAM PIES

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pagit@reddit

I'll just add this here

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milaga@reddit

Tweee-ee-ehehhhhh-eh-elve!

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Thescubadave@reddit

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

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PumpikAnt58763@reddit

Are you lost?

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ZuZu_Petals_@reddit

My fave was the pinball machine! Psychedelic!

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ER_Support_Plant17@reddit

A loaf of bread, a container of milk and a stick of butter.

Also it wasn’t till I had kids that they sent like a 6 year old to the corner store ALONE to buy that shit

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farting_buffalo@reddit

Nowadays I wonder how she was able to buy just one stick of butter. Did they use to sell individual sticks?

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a_youkai@reddit

And this is why if you watch the DVD's of old Sesame Street, there's a parental guidance warning about it not being suitable for today's kids

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cybermage@reddit

Top of every shopping list to this day even if I immediately cross them out.

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reddaddiction@reddit

Holy shit. Memory unlocked.

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AdSpiritual2594@reddit

Still a vocal stem for me. One of my friends that didn’t watch pbs had no idea what I was saying.

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smcameron@reddit

onetwothreefour five sixseveneight nine ten eleven twelve.

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Melekai_17@reddit

Ladybugs…at the ladybugs’ picnic!

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GoldDustWoman85@reddit

This is the answer!

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cakevictim@reddit

Yep I was thinking of the pinball animation

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Tommytrist@reddit

Sixtyten

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Recordeal7@reddit

If there are any musicians on the sub, take a deep dive on the time signature breakdown of this song. It’s unbelievable.

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runs11trails@reddit

Just found it and watched. Amazing!

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Boring-Community-100@reddit

9, 9, 9, fantastic number nine, times any number you can find, it all comes back to nine...

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PuzzleheadedAbies678@reddit

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Boring-Community-100@reddit

Yes!

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Boring-Community-100@reddit

Try to remember everything you passed, but when you go back, make the first thing the last.

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DishOne8292@reddit

Now I have that stuck in my head. Dammit.

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AdEastern9303@reddit

Here, this will help…

Unskinny bop, Just blows me away, yeah Unskinny bop, bop, All night and day, yeah Unskinny bop, bop, bop, bop,She just loves to play, yeah Unskinny bop, nothin' more to say

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DishOne8292@reddit

Dick

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LoomLove@reddit

Why did you do me like this? 😆

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Weary-Translator-995@reddit

“Doo do do do doo, Doo do do do doo, Doo do do do doo….12!!!”

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pianoplayerforhire@reddit

I wish I could give 100 upvotes. Instead, I'll give...11. doo doot dooooo..... ELEVEN......doot doot dooooo!!!!

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MathematicianOk7508@reddit

This was the best. The other day when I saw an exit sign I heard “salida”

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PoofBam@reddit

Sometimes I'll just open and close a door repeatedly for a sec, "Abierto (slam) Cerrado ... Abierto (slam) Cerrado..."

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elladoherty@reddit

I sang along with The Pointer Sisters.

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Salt-Woodpecker-6280@reddit

Came here to say this!

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elladoherty@reddit

Back in the dim days of my early childhood, I vaguely remember my mother singing along with me. Good times.

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Tberd771@reddit

Loved Sesame Street, but The Electric Company was better to me. Made me feel older than I was.

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MSELACatHerder@reddit

Lmao..preciiiisely!! Much edgier! ;)

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Limp_Classroom_1038@reddit

Don't know what you're banging on about but how about ...

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Midnight Oil

What an amazing album that is!

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Krapmeister@reddit

Australians all let us rejoice

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DoctorEmilio_Lizardo@reddit

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BaronGreenback75@reddit

That’s what I got (:

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mamadgaf@reddit

I can’t decide if I have or love that I started singing it right away.

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blikesorchids@reddit

The Pointer Sisters!

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Ollyollyoxenfreed10@reddit

I found out tonight that the Pointer Sisters sang it!

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Square_Candle_4644@reddit

Do do do doo

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AuntZilla@reddit

Me! But I heard my dads voice singing it. I know the show, but his voice is the one that stuck!

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Far-Amount9808@reddit

one two three FOUR FIVE … six seven eight NINE TEN … ELEVEN TWELVE

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Helpful-Depth2202@reddit

This!!

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Greasystools@reddit

NINE…BANANA CREAM PIES!!!!

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QueenRotidder@reddit

this sketch gave me so much anxiety as a kid LOL

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Tim-no@reddit

Me too! I have a new issue to talk to my therapist about.

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Proffunkenstein@reddit

My parents told me I used to cry and lose my shit when that guy came on. 70s were weird.

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CaptMixTape@reddit

TWELVE!!

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intensive-porpoise@reddit

EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING!

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Teacherforlife21@reddit

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slain1134@reddit

This.

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SilkyOatmeal@reddit

Killer.

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ascii122@reddit

I got nothing but lived off grid.. we were shooting grouse with our wrist rockets ;)

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DAVEfromCANADAA@reddit

I only know how to count to 12 because of Sesame Street

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HedwigMalfoy@reddit

1 2 3... 4 5.. 678910... 11 12!

Nope. Don't know what you're talking about.

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badhoopty@reddit

you really gotta emphasize that 4 5.

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HedwigMalfoy@reddit

Valid point. Edited lol

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888MadHatter888@reddit

Thank you. I couldn't figure it out until I got to your comment. Then I heard it in my head, clear as a bell, while reading it✌️

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ZestySest@reddit

Maybe Unpopular Opinion, but old Sesame Street from the 70s should be required viewing for anyone under five years old.

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EonJaw@reddit

Better than phonics!

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onewomancaravan@reddit

I strongly agree.

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ZestySest@reddit

I'm watching it now on Tubi. So many formative memories.

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onewomancaravan@reddit

We had our daughter watch all those 70s episodes before she was 5. She loved them too. They had the best music in those days.

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ZestySest@reddit

Bet she knew how to read when she got to school

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Nick_Fotiu_Is_God@reddit

Pointer Sisters!

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dstlouis558@reddit

Eleven twelve dududu eleven twelve

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PollutionZero@reddit

That and...

3...2...1... Contact! Its the reason, it's the answer, .....

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badhoopty@reddit

the episode where for the last segment they showed the roadies setting up a kiss show...

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Bendr_@reddit

We’re the Bloodhound Gang

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sasha0404@reddit

That everyone..

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No_Consideration8764@reddit

🎶Doo doo do do do dooo. 🎶

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Tim-oBedlam@reddit

Man, we had the best children's TV in the late 1970s.

Sesame Street even got Philip Glass to compose for them: The Geometry of Circles

If I'd known about this when I was in college I would have enjoyed getting baked as hell and watching that

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badhoopty@reddit

dude... donald duck in mathmagic land.

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Leading-Fly-4597@reddit

This why my favourite # is 12. BIG fan of this as a kid. 🙌

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Independent_Tough_81@reddit

HEY YOU GUYS !

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RocksteadyLA@reddit

Rocky... Road?

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gridironsmom@reddit

I knew before opening this what the question was. 😂 So yes I absolutely sang it in my head while watching the pinball machine.

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PuzzleheadedFeed4547@reddit

Tweee, eehhh, eeeh elve

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EonJaw@reddit

Doo-doo-doot-doo-doo-da-doo-doodoodoodoot-doo-doo-doot-Dah! Doo-doot-doot-Dah!

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keltsbeard@reddit

Mah nomma nah!

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GimmeMyMoneyNow@reddit

I sing that often

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Low_Cardiologist2720@reddit

This had been brought to you by the letter X and number 75

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Anarolf@reddit

Cookie Monster then ceremoniously devours a cookie in the shape of 75

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Squigglylineinmyeyes@reddit

YESSSS 🙌🏻

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Revolutionary-Mood87@reddit

This has been playing in my head consistently for decades now.

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w1lnx@reddit

One of the more musically-interesting and memorable syncopated jams from back in the day.

Performed by the Pointer Sisters very early in their career.

Oh yeah, and then there's this.

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FuelProfessional7163@reddit

There’s absolutely no way the person who made that video was not on LSD.

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Anarolf@reddit

Agreed, and I thank them for it!

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SadCheesecake2539@reddit

Thank you!

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bentforkman@reddit

Pinball number count sung by the Pointer Sisters. I think in their capacity as singers of ad jingles as that’s where most of the talent for Sesame Street shorts came from.

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dachx4@reddit

Thank you for that. This one must have been after I aged up into Electric Company and Zoom. First time I've seen it. Regardless, the good old days and the best of times.

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toddclare3610@reddit

Ladybugs yes, but especially 12 pinball. Give this a watch it makes the song about 50x better with all the background: https://youtu.be/TMtGImlEmu0?si=RpXPzpzdVCj9wx7k

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Razrgrrl@reddit

12!

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Anarolf@reddit

"And the ladybugs danced, at the ladybug's picnic"

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SadCheesecake2539@reddit

Yep. I sang it.

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Key-Cantaloupe-9655@reddit

You are not alone. Only, my neighbors saw me. Having a sunporch, can cause embarrassment.

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Calm_Boysenberry_829@reddit

Is somebody playing pinball again?

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SinamonChallengerRT@reddit

They talked about the high price of furniture and rugs, and fire insurance for ladybugs, the ladybugs twelve, at the ladybug picnic.

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Open_Opinion4775@reddit

Yes.

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helloginger07@reddit

And they all sat down at the Ladybug picnic! 😍

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Nice_Cost_1375@reddit

Onetwothree, four five, sixseveneight, nine ten, eleven. Twelve.

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mfelzien@reddit

How about zoom. Any love?

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Tim-oBedlam@reddit

Boston Mass 0 - 2 - 1 -3 - 4, send it to Zoom!

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Icy_Reply_4163@reddit

Do dodo dodo do do do do dodo do do do do do do do. 12!

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QueenRotidder@reddit

🎶🎸🎶🎸🎶🎸🎶

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Steecie41@reddit

Wait...I heard something different. Am I not remembering correctly?? 🐞🧺

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Algorhythm74@reddit

It’s more like:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 - 11, 12 !!!

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QueenRotidder@reddit

that’s what I heard too!

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LooksBetterWithDrops@reddit

I totally didnt get it until you posted this correct version.

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CajunTisha@reddit

This one!

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i-am-your-god-now@reddit

No, no, no. It’s

1, 2, 3 — 4, 5 — 6, 7, 8 — 9, 10 — ELEVEN, TWELVE

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AJM_1987@reddit

Came here to say exactly this (though I would have used ellipses…)

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i-am-your-god-now@reddit

The em dashes felt a little punchier to me. 😂 (And ChatGPT can pry them out of my cold, dead hands.)

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cachemoney426@reddit

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Deltan875@reddit

💯!

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Twinklehead@reddit

Doot doo doo dooo

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aDingDangDoo_Doo@reddit

Damn Skippy!

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Daintysaurus@reddit

Twelelelellllelellllelve!

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Reasonable-Penalty43@reddit

Do do do do do do do…..

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cdtoad@reddit

BASTARD. NOW I'LL HAVE THIS IN MY HEAD FOR A WEEK

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1DietCokedUpChick@reddit

And the ladybugs danced at the ladybug picnic

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brokencappy@reddit

Well they had 12 sacks so so they ran sack races but they fell in their backs and they fell on their faces, the ladybugs 12 at the ladybug’s picnic.

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karmakimmie@reddit

And we all played games at the lady bug picnic 🎶

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pwolf1111@reddit

Yes! I thought I might have been the only one! Lol!

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St0nkyk0n9@reddit

i believe it goes 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 2 1 2

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pm_ur_duck_pics@reddit

Doo doo da doo doo

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Glittering-Ad-6266@reddit

I hear where I got my appreciation of all music genres 😳

https://youtu.be/HUL4T8WcFdA?feature=shared

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blondvet@reddit

867 5309

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Milky-Way-Occupant@reddit

Heard it! My favorite part is “11, 12”

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kevtay1969@reddit

Electric company had that tune, after Sesame Street.

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ExplodingFistBump@reddit

The song is actually bizarrely complex and has a fascinating history and construction!

See more: https://youtu.be/TMtGImlEmu0?si=2DmRwgQn6U2n4KyR

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MagnumCumLoudEh@reddit

Didn’t watch the video, but came to say this. It’s like counting a Tool song but funky. I think it was The Pointer Sisters?

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yermahm@reddit

Holy shit what a rabbit hole that was! His brain works in a way I do not understand. This whole thread has made me ask, at what age do you age out of Sesame Street? I was born in '69 and have never heard this song until now. I would have been 8 when this came out. I don't remember what I was watching then.

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ExplodingFistBump@reddit

Apparently it was first used on Season 8 of Sesame Street in 1977, and the song and animation was used regularly until 2002

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myhydrogendioxide@reddit

Haha like an ear worm. Many younger kids dont know the delight of that OG meme

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ChiefinLasVegas@reddit

Pinball

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RebelStrategist@reddit

Yet another song stuck in my head now

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Ok_Driver8646@reddit

🙋🏽‍♂️

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BlondeFlowers@reddit

A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter.

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fnordfnordfnordfnord@reddit

... ELEVEN TWELVE!

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Jason_TheMagnificent@reddit

Oh shit, you got me!

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Novagurl@reddit

I still will randomly sing this out loud during a stressful commute.

I don’t know what’s wrong with me.

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omfgwhatever@reddit

You're not alone. When I'm having a stressful day, and need to clear my head, I sing this at work. Sometimes out loud.

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n0mad12345@reddit

Are you at the ladybug’s picnic?

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Wahoo-Is-To-A-Fish@reddit

That would be different: ONE 2 3 FOUR 5 6 SEVEN 8 9 TEN 11 12 …

Pinball is 1 2 3 FOUR FIVE 6 7 EIGHT NINE 10 11 12. 😉

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Twisted_Spinster@reddit

Oh man, thanks for putting that in my head!

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chrissymae_i@reddit

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Agent_Cow314@reddit

I had no idea what that was about until this gif.

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evasandor@reddit

doo dooden deeedley dee doo da latta tadda doo!!! da dee daa dooo!!

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orthros@reddit

123 FOUR FIVE 678 NINE TEN eleven twelve

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crazyplantlady007@reddit

Sesame Street in the house!

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orthros@reddit

That song slapped - Sesame Street was fabulous esp for kids from the inner city like me

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bullfrogftw@reddit

Did anyone else find the "6,7" grouping at 36 secs in particularly & weirdly prophetic

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ophidianslick@reddit

I hate you. Take my upvote.

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Significant-Sign414@reddit

That, and Jenny I got your number.

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unkind-god-8113@reddit

nope. until I scrolled down and there were reminders. I was looking for missing numbers and stuff.

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SpikeDawgIII@reddit

Ladybug picnic or the pinball?

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Ok_Math_59@reddit

100% pinball from Electric Company

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bertos883@reddit

Pinball all day

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gpuyy@reddit

It’s

1-2-3-4——-5 6-7-8-9—-10

Eleven

twelve!

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Ihadsumthin4this@reddit

And they all went for a picnic... 🎶

Sadly, idr its source. Could it've been Sesame Street or maybe even The Electric Company?

Anyone?

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Not-So-Cunty@reddit

The Electric Company

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metallic_squink@reddit

And they all played games at the ladybug picnic

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AprilOneil11@reddit

Anyone remember Mr. Hooper? The grocery man, I had a fisher price figure of him, fit on my finger.

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hypopig242@reddit

Why doesn't Mr. Looper come around anymore...? 🥺

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AprilOneil11@reddit

I had to put on my readers to see that, probably because I stood to close to that T.V......

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raendrop@reddit

Same! I think it was one of the figurines that came with the Sesame Street dollhouse.

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BloodSoakedDoilies@reddit

I forget what 8 was for

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DiggleO@reddit

twe-el-el-el-elve

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AaronTheElite007@reddit

Doo doo dood daduuundaddoo daa da do dooo....

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RONBJJ@reddit

Do do do do do do do do do do do !

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MyRoseOfSharon@reddit

I was thinking multiplication tables. We learned multiplication up to twelve.

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Mistervimes65@reddit

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ChemicalCurrency4290@reddit

Twell el el elehehehlve

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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

I got to 8 and heard "Schlemiel, Schlimazel, Hasenpfeffer Incorporated."

I am behind my time.

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doompines@reddit

We're gonna do it!

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ckjohnson123@reddit

On your mark, get set, and go now…

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PopulationMe@reddit

…Ladybugs came To the ladybug picnic…

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TheEnigmatyc@reddit

I still sing this regularly. Can’t remember what I had for breakfast, but I’ll never forget the words of this song.

“Well they had twelve sacks and they ran sack races, and fell on their backs and they fell on their faces. Ladybugs twelve, at the ladybugs picnic.” 😂

(Now I’ll be muttering it to myself for two weeks.)

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Skeptikell1@reddit

Ladybugs 12 at the ladybugs picnic

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cindylouthreads@reddit

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Cute_Doughnut_7739@reddit

Me!

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Civil_Inspector_5697@reddit

8675309

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8675309-jennie@reddit

Hey, hey now!

What did I do to you? 😝

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Commonscents2say@reddit

Knock it off, Jenny!

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Civil_Inspector_5697@reddit

But then who will you turn to??

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SuburbanHell@reddit

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girlpaint@reddit

Pinball

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FlightExtension8825@reddit

It's a numerical time machine

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krebstorm@reddit

I forgot what 8 was for.

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theewlk@reddit

9 for my lost god.

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aKIMIthing@reddit

Ten. Ten. Ten. Ten. For everything everything everything everything 💋

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Civil_Inspector_5697@reddit

8-lay them straight

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Aggravating-Alarm-16@reddit

You can just kiss off into the sun

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PolPotDomeScandal@reddit

…eh-eh-eh eh-eh-eh-ELVE! 😃

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JenLiv36@reddit

🙋‍♀️

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Haunt_Fox@reddit

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Dirty_Wookie1971@reddit

Please tell me what this pic is from, I know this pic but can not remember if it’s from a book from my childhood or what.

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Haunt_Fox@reddit

Also Sesame Street. That's the Alligator King, who has 7 sons.

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LilithWasAGinger@reddit

Core memory unlocked

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Dirty_Wookie1971@reddit

Thank you

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wish4111@reddit

It’s the Alligator King from Sesame Street! 🐊👑

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RedditSkippy@reddit

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newsflashjackass@reddit

https://v.redd.it/dq92keqvvjwf1

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Fudloe@reddit

That's the one! Still trippy!

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PC_L0AD_LETTER_WTF@reddit

Was I the only 5 year old who wondered how that ball didn't immediately fly off the ramp at that first turn?

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oldirishfart@reddit

https://youtu.be/JZshZp-cxKg

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DrSassyPants123@reddit

Me! 🙋🏽‍♀️ Then I went right into 867-5309(eieinn).

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Stuckin73@reddit

You got me.

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aKIMIthing@reddit

The Electric Company

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Acceptable-Arugula69@reddit

Electric Company!

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Skankhun369@reddit

Thulsa Doom in Conan the Destroyer

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smilehighsteve@reddit

Whenever there's trouble, we're there on the double....

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HondoGonzo@reddit

YES!!! The Bloodhound Gang! I really felt like I was the only person who remembered it!

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DMFD_x_Gamer@reddit

1, 2, Freddy's coming for you 3, 4, better lock your door 5, 6, grab your crucifix 7, 8, gonna stay up late 9, 10, never sleep again

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thatpunkyrat@reddit

My brain went 1738 but I doubt anyone in this sub will know lol

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Hyperocean@reddit

That and this useful Friend…

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Present_Type6881@reddit

Noo nee noo nee noo...

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rotatingleslie@reddit

I have this guy on a t-shirt. It says word to your mother 🤣

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PJFrye@reddit

“Nooodely noooddly hmmmm”

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onewomancaravan@reddit

I still love this guy so much.

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drumbo10@reddit

I’m just a bill on capital hill!

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Civil_Inspector_5697@reddit

Conjunction junction, what’s your function?

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BrewtalKittehh@reddit

Get on to the busss!

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xMyDixieWreckedx@reddit

1234 5678910 1112

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rancid_oil@reddit

Dooo do da doodoo da doo doo dadoodoodoo da doo DOO... SEVEN!

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captainbeautylover63@reddit

…Ladybugs came to the Ladybug Picnic.

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Primary_Bid_8980@reddit

Yes!!!

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captainbeautylover63@reddit

*They played jump rope

But the rope, it broke,

So they just sat around telling’ knock knock jokes

Ladybugs, twelve, at the Ladybug Picnic.*

TWELVE!

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meatwads_sweetie@reddit

Me

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Weird-Ninja8827@reddit

I absolutely sang that.

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Civil_Inspector_5697@reddit

Time to start all over again

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DiceyPisces@reddit

my 4yo lil grandson knows it. Lol

Rich oral history.

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LogEnvironmental5454@reddit

You rock!

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photo_wino@reddit

ALL. THE. TIME.

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activatedplatypus@reddit

...twe-e-e-e-elve

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Historical_Nail7271@reddit

Yes.

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yeskitty@reddit

1,2,3,4,5...6,7,8,9,10....11. 12.

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Beliliou74@reddit

😆 damn it, now it’s stuck in my head all day

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WeberStreetPatrol@reddit

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Ok_Push2550@reddit

1, 2, 3, FOUR FIVE, 6, 7, 8, NINE TEN, 11, 12...

Fixed it.

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Wild_Read9062@reddit

I’m thinking you need an ellipsis between TEN and 11. But that’s just my ears.

😛

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Surroundedbygoalies@reddit

It’s the only right answer

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Dont_call_me_shirlie@reddit

Thank you! This is what it sounds like in my head!!

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BronsonBot@reddit

This will now be stuck in my head for days.

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Ok-Limit-9726@reddit

Sung it after 2….

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a1welding2004@reddit

Omg ..you got me! The twelve was long and drawn out. Core memory unlocked.

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WallacktheBear@reddit

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travlynme2@reddit

Not just hear it I can see it!

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Carnivorous_Mower@reddit

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branigan_aurora@reddit

They played jump rope but the rope it broke, so they all sat around telling knock-knock jokes, the ladybugs 12, at the ladybugs picnic.

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EyeofNewtTongueofDog@reddit

Stop. Now it’s going to be in my head for days!

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djsmurphy@reddit

123 4 5 678 9 10 1112 or 123 456 789 101112

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starshipfocus@reddit

These are the only two ways. Pinball Machine and Ladybug's Picnic.

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Right_Hour_8438@reddit

The Pointer Sisters!

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baudtothebone@reddit

This song and The neutron dance!

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citispade@reddit

Automatic is timeless and a great dance floor song. Made the DJ play it at my 50th

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Right_Hour_8438@reddit

My favorite song by them.

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lu5ty@reddit

How about

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9... Ten.

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Aggressive-Bath-1906@reddit

Doo dodo dooo dodo dooo

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LylaDee@reddit

Da doo da do, dadoo dadoit do DO!

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HoosierLarry@reddit

🎶

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jandi_l@reddit

Or a ladybug picnic

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Zep2025@reddit

I sang this post.

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RadioSupply@reddit

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Affectionate-Cow3737@reddit

Can everyone else hear the song?

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DianaPrince2020@reddit

…ladybugs at the ladybugs picnic!

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Katiecake80@reddit

I see this video in my head.

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Cantech667@reddit

It’s an e-leven o’clock morning…

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revolutionoverdue@reddit

Twee-eeee-eeee-eeee-eeee-eeee-eee-ee-elve.

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harpejjist@reddit

I honestly didn’t think that was what you were referencing and I still heard it

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GenRN817@reddit

Remember when the baker fell down with all the cakes? I loved that part.

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LucyBear318@reddit

IFYKYK

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Ucity2820@reddit

I sing this song at least 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 8,9,10, 11,12 times a month!

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CrankyUrbanHermit@reddit

One two three FOUR five six seven eight NINE ten eleven tweeeeeeelve

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AntheaBrainhooke@reddit

That was the Pointer Sisters!

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HCraven1@reddit

I love the pinball machine, but I also love Jazzy Spies with Grace Slick. They only went to ten, though.

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doah@reddit

Lady bugs..at the lady bug picnic!

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RS_Annika_Kamil@reddit

Ladybug picnic.

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KeggyFulabier@reddit

Doo doo da dooda da doo doo da dooda doo doo

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ScarInternational161@reddit

Pillball machine and all

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rotatingleslie@reddit

The best is getting real stoned and listening to all of them in a row on the you tube. Ooooooooooohhhh wahhhh! Never gets old. Every number is a lil different. Total banger.

Also love the outro to the children's broadcast network. https://youtu.be/Plb8KlJunGQ?si=zHsoxb9r933Jishd

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SufficientStage7842@reddit

When I was a youngster I saw a band in Canberra doing a cover…fricken awesomeness!

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itsmebrian@reddit

For any of those who don't know, i.e. non-American Gen X folks, you can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZshZp-cxKg

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CeleryDramatic4678@reddit

Australian here and we had this in the 70s and 80s and loved this!!! Sesame Streeeeeet

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AntheaBrainhooke@reddit

Kiwi here, us too!

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thebaldfrenchman@reddit

Just sang this in Gloria Estefan's voice and realized it goes to 12....

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SeniorRaspberry4697@reddit

Damn it! I started singing by 5

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jmaccity80@reddit

Out loud?

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SeniorRaspberry4697@reddit

My dogs were staring at me like I was having a stroke

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jmaccity80@reddit

Always trust your dogs and see a doctor.

Life is such.

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ImaSource@reddit

Is there any other way, when you see this?

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LadyNorbert@reddit

Onetwothree FOUR FIVE sixseveneight NINE TEN ELEVEN TWEEEEEELVE

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Invasive-farmer@reddit

This is technically correct. And that is the best kind of correct.

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housevil@reddit

This is the proper transcription.

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CeleryDramatic4678@reddit

I’m 49 from Australia and my mum had to cut back how much I was watching Sesame Street because when I started talking, I had an American accent ☺️

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AntheaBrainhooke@reddit

I'm a Kiwi and had the same problem with my son and Blue's Clues! Specifically the word "pawprint," which he pronounced "pahprint" with an American accent, plus a few others.

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IranticBehaviour@reddit

Haha. Apparently during COVID, little kids in Canada and the US binged Peppa Pig so much it had them using British vocabulary/pronunciation (telly, mummy instead of mommy, Father Christmas, zeh-bra vice zee-bra, toe-mah-toe vice toe-may-toe, etc), and speaking with vaguely British accents (tho some experts think they were largely just affecting the accents).

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mprovost@reddit

When Sesame Street first came out in the 70s, my aunt in Massachusetts wouldn’t let my cousins watch it because she didn’t want them to learn to speak like New Yorkers.

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ZestySest@reddit

I moved to the south (USA) and my friends told me I sounded like a Speak-n-Spell. Now I know how I got my weird accent.

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WSMFPigeon@reddit

A loaf of bread, a gallon of milk, and a stick of buddah

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Carinyosa99@reddit

CONTAINER of milk.

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Snoo_12643@reddit

correct

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OldManThumbs@reddit

These are good but my favourite was the dodgy guy in the trench coat trying to sell numbers to Ernie.

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AntheaBrainhooke@reddit

Psssst! Hey, bud...

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GeorginaNada@reddit

123 4 5 678 9 10 11 12.

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MelLovesMathMemes@reddit

Twe e e e e e elve!

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Kristylane@reddit

Yep, I sang it.

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AntheaBrainhooke@reddit

We all did!

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Apart-Cream-4940@reddit

Electric company

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AntheaBrainhooke@reddit

Sesame Street

For me the Electric Company is "HEY YOU GU-UUUUUYS!"

and

"Immediately, immediately, immeeediaaaaate- L Y! G'bye!"

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ZenJenM@reddit

Lives rent free in my head.

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whistlepig4life@reddit

As it should!

Along with Conjunction Function and I’m just a Bill!

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Tough-Obligation-104@reddit

Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?

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Caseman307@reddit

I unpacked my adjectives

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Echo15charlie@reddit

The punctuation is wrong here.

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Arthur_Frane@reddit

We got bangers with our cartoons.

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OkMovie3616@reddit

Nothing like taking your llama for a stroll in New York City!

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Emperormike1st@reddit

The Ten... er... Twelve Crack Commandments.

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Nacho_Tools@reddit

Pinball game...do do doo doo

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Carinyosa99@reddit

I don't just hear it. I see it.

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SereniteeF@reddit

And now my brain has ricocheted into ‘interplanet Janet’ and I have a mashup going

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Marodder@reddit

She's a galaxy girl

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Butidigress817@reddit

The pinball machine for me!

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Kdub1971@reddit

I've got the ladybug's picnic in my head!!!

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Crafty_Calico@reddit

Ladybug picnic?

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Correct-Ingenuity538@reddit

"Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do DO. Do do do do!"

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Hashtagbarkeep@reddit

OnetwothreeFOURFIVE

sixseveneightNINETEN

ELEVEN TWELVE

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polipolimist@reddit

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Not_OP_butwhatevs@reddit

…Tweh eh eh eh ehlve

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lopix@reddit

Didn't Ralph Bakshi do the animation for it?

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Fudloe@reddit

Ladybugs twelve at the ladybug picnic.

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tomboy44@reddit

They had some sacks So they played sack races And they fell on their backs And they fell on their faces

The ladybug 12 At the ladybug picnic

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ZestySest@reddit

They talked about the high price of furniture and rugs, and fire insurance for ladybugs

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tomboy44@reddit

They played jump rope but the rope it broke so they all sat around telling knock knock jokes 🐞

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Fudloe@reddit

Or the cool pinball cartoon. Which I liked way more'n bugs.

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Ancient-Lie-1294@reddit

Ladybugs at the ladybug picnic?

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some_guy_in_arizona@reddit

I don't know about you, but I played games there

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BlacktankFrank77@reddit

“There are chickens in the trees, there are chickens in the trees…”

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actual-trevor@reddit

They played jump rope but the rope it broke, so they just sat around telling knock knock jokes, ladybugs twelve, at the ladybugs picnic!

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swolicannoli@reddit

The Nepalese guy that owns the bodega on my corner put up colored numbers above each drink cooler that look like school kids did it, 1-12. So I told him it makes me think of the Sesame Street cartoon and sang it to him 😆

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Clubsandiches@reddit

I sing this all the time. Out loud. Generally anytime anything to do with any of those numbers happens. It's fun.

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TCintheTown@reddit

Haha. Same.

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Foreign_Zucchini_130@reddit

Yep. Me too. I sing this as I watered my flowers so I don't move too quickly.

I had no idea that the Pointer Sisters first recorded this. That's a cool bit of trivia!

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notwyntonmarsalis@reddit

1, 2, 3, 4, 5,…6, 7, 8, 9, 10,……11, 12

There, fixed it for you.

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5usie@reddit

Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do!

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caught-n-candie@reddit

Phenomena!

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Cockalorum@reddit

Fun fact - the numbers song was originally recorded by the Pointer Sisters.

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regs311@reddit

MY FAVORITE FACT! 🙌

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brandrikr@reddit

I knew what that was before I even opened your post!

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Fine-Following-7949@reddit

But I heard both versions: Pinball, and Lady Bugs Picnic!

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StalyCelticStu@reddit

pinball for me

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No-Window-7657@reddit

This is the right answer!

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Caseman307@reddit

Earworm. Immediate earworm.

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tgrantt@reddit

Saw a deep dive video on that song, and how complex it is. It's either in 4/12 time,, or each bar alternates from 4/4 to 4/8. IIRC

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whistlepig4life@reddit

This comes up on my IG quite often. As soon as it does my wife and I jump right into booty shaking and singing.

No shame whatsoever.

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Gee-Kim@reddit

I also know this tune in Dutch. Was advised to watch “Sesamstraat” to help with learning Dutch when I lived in the Netherlands in the 90’s

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rayrayvirgo@reddit

💯

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Hefty_Debt_638@reddit

At the lady bug picnic party!!!!

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oldirishfart@reddit

https://youtu.be/vX9J7WcYtxI

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Hefty_Debt_638@reddit

And I’m instantly 5 again!!😍🤩 I guess I added the “party” part at some point😂

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missrachelifyounasty@reddit

I love that one!!!

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Neat_Ad_3268@reddit

Yesss!!!😁. Now I'm gonna be a bill on Capitol Hill!

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Seagrave63@reddit

Did they all gather around at the ladybug picnic?

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closereaching@reddit

They definitely did!

Ladybug Picnic

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RScottyL@reddit

Nope, lol...

pinball:

https://youtu.be/IC7l3V1nhWc?si=8hkye8-P_6PnwB4a

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Seagrave63@reddit

That’s a good one too.

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WorshipHim9713@reddit

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Nettwerk911@reddit

1 2 3 CONTACT

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Rex_Mundi@reddit

Ahem. *3,2,1 Contact

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Blerkm@reddit

Whenever there’s trouble, we’re there on the double, we’re the Bloodhound Gang…

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Acrobatic_Mango_8715@reddit

Took me a couple of runs, but got it the third time, ha ha ha.

How could you even type it in a way that makes sense?

1234,5-678-910,1112

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orelseidbecrying@reddit

0118 999 881 999 119 725 3

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CactusRaeGalaxy@reddit

🎶

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orelseidbecrying@reddit

One of the very first text messages I received (on my Nokia brick phone) was this string of numbers, from a co-worker who I'd been taking about this with. I had no idea what it was, though- I thought something was wrong with my phone. The next day she asked if I got her text and I was like "idk, this weird number thing happened though?" and then she sang the numbers and I was like "Ohhhhhhhhh!"

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Chillpickle17@reddit

Pointer Sisters. 👍

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sissydv23@reddit

Hahaha

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ladymacbeth999@reddit

Do do do do do do de do do de do de do de do do!

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um8medoit@reddit

Heeeeey yooooouu guuuuuyyyys!!!

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ivegotafastcar@reddit

I’m hearing The Pointer Sisters sing that…

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The_Great_19@reddit

It’s on Spotify! “Pinball Number Count” by The Pointer Sisters! You’re all welcome!

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Gudakesa@reddit

The Pointer Sisters? TIL

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RScottyL@reddit

and the remix:

https://youtu.be/atOdrWLR4g4?si=VhytsOlbQehyJ_On

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BetweenMachines@reddit

Did you know the Pointer Sisters sang that? And the time signature is crazy!

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edgarecayce@reddit

Came here to say it!

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ZestySest@reddit

I didn't know and thank you!

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Dirk_Benedict@reddit

Bay Area legends

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Cats-n-Chaos@reddit

Do do do do do dee do doop

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EarthenMama@reddit

And the ladybugs came... to the ladybug picnic :)

Remember this one: "Said the alligator to his 7 sons, I'm feeling mighty down..."

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oldladygamerishere@reddit

Whichever of you can cheer me up will surely get my crown

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MinuteAsleep@reddit

I was 52 yrs old when I learned that the pinball song was the Pointer Sisters. Still the funkiest, freakiest song and video ever.

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Proper_Machine6573@reddit

I used to be surprised to discover pop singers who had vocal credits on avant-garde, prog or jazz fusion records. Then I found out the Pointer Sisters did this song, Toni Tennille sang backup for Pink Floyd and Tina Turner did backing vocals with Frank Zappa.

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onewomancaravan@reddit

Song is lodged firmly in my head now.

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Sidehussle@reddit

Whenever I count! LOL 😆

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Ginger630@reddit

I absolutely sang that in my head

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ElegantGoose@reddit

12345, 6789 10, 11, 12

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Ornery_Salaryman@reddit

Electric Company

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zedgrrrl@reddit

Sesame Street

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Big-Sheepherder-6134@reddit

Electric Company is the one they are referring to. Sesame Street had the number song with Ladybugs picnic.

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anniemdi@reddit

Sesame Street had both Pinball and Ladybug Picnic.

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Vegaprime@reddit

This one

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Scary-Alternative-11@reddit

How very random.... I've been singing this to myself over the last several days, and I'm not even sure why! Lol!

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puppymama75@reddit

1 2 3 4 — 5 — 6 7 8 9 — 10 — 11 12. Doo doo de doo doo — doo doo — de doo doo doo de doo doot! Doo de doot!

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TheNotoriousSHAQ@reddit

Tweeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllve

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PretendJournalist234@reddit

Sesame Street

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LordByronsCup@reddit

Pointer Sisters

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i_toot_often@reddit

No, this is Patrick.

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LordByronsCup@reddit

Nah, it's Patrick's sister.

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DarkGod79@reddit

Yup, pinball machine and all

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Eve_N_Starr@reddit

One two three FOOUUR five six, SEV-en eight nine ten, eleven twe-ehlve! ;)

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wallflower75@reddit

I will now have that song in my head for the rest of today. 🤣

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Rickest_Rik@reddit

https://youtu.be/Hcx44e2gnfI?feature=shared

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yourvicehere@reddit

Immediately. The pinball game.

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otj667887654456655@reddit

123 45 678 910 11 12

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ArcadiaKing@reddit

That's the one I heard.

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MaterialDetective197@reddit

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Boom_Gate_Lady@reddit

Lady Bugs Picnic

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DisastrousEngineer63@reddit

I'm almost 56 and have Always counted this way. Always!

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Select_MCM-5345@reddit

I sang it!

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yecart55@reddit

And the lady bugs played at the lady bugs picnic 🎶

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ravenx99@reddit

Sadly, I grew up in a small town without PBS, so my exposure to Sesame Street was only when we visited grandparents. I still managed to set it ever time we were there, but then it was in black and white

So even seeing images posted, it's not ringing a bell.

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Responsible-Bee1194@reddit

Welp, that song is now stuck.

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SusannaG1@reddit

Better than what was stuck in there earlier today ("Let's Twist Again"). I'll take it, I guess.

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finethanksandyou@reddit

onetwothree FOUR five sixSEVeneightNINEten eleven twelve

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example-of-disaster@reddit

Fun fact; a band called Little Blue Crunchy Things has a song called Numbers and they end it with this, always makes me smile!

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fury45iii@reddit

Doo do do doo...

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LordByronsCup@reddit

Yeah, but have you ever enjoyed the breakcore version in 7/8?

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Thrustmaster537@reddit

There's two I recall... The cool number count with pinball rolling around doing its thing, then theres the lady bug one, that while it has more to it.

So it's either: Twe-e-elve!

or

... Lady bugs went, to the lady bug picnic

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EarthenMama@reddit

That one goes:

one-two-three-FOUR-five, six-seven-eight-NINE-ten, eleven-TWEh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-ELVE!

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Thrustmaster537@reddit

true. many more eh eh ehs before the elve

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IDunnoNuthinMr@reddit

I can't count like this...

1, 2 Freddie's coming for you....

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Manatee_luvah@reddit

3, 4 Better lock your 🚪 …

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Gn-xer75@reddit

Doo doo doo doo doo🎶

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LostBetsRed@reddit

SEVEN... PUMPKIN... PIES! Not the same thing, I know, but as long as we're taking a trip down that particular Memory Lane...

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LowDownDirtyMeme@reddit

Okay, don't forget to use a magnet to collect your jacks that rolled into the drain.

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bradyba@reddit

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Dry-Character-6331@reddit

Ah! Ah! Ah!

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Crafty_Pineapple_562@reddit

Its a porn riff…but for kids

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Early-Shelter-7476@reddit

Ladybugs, at the ladybug picnic! 🐞🧺😁

I swear this pops into my head virtually every time I hear someone count to 12.

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Appropriate-Ad2307@reddit

With emphasis on 4-5

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PowerCord64@reddit

Sorry. I've never heard that before. It sounds like I missed out on something important :-)

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ButterflyStock1791@reddit

Same, I'm an old GenX so maybe it came out after I stopped watching Sesame Street?

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Key-Low-3896@reddit

A funky pinball machine is what came to mind for me.

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Park_Ranger2048@reddit

That's the funky 12 song, some folks got the 12 ladybugs song in their head 😄

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Bubbly_Following7930@reddit

Don't remember what this is

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Nervous_Survey_7072@reddit

I’m afraid I’m not quite familiar with that one

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peacefinder@reddit

The Pointer Sisters did a counting song for Sesame Street, and knocked it out of the park, over the hills, and right off the continent

https://youtu.be/VOaZbaPzdsk

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Big-Sheepherder-6134@reddit

And the other was on Sesame Street - Ladybugs Picnic. I preferred the Pointer Sisters.

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purplemountaingal@reddit

I never knew it was the Pointer Sisters. Makes it even better.

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Homebody_Ninja42@reddit

I watched a great YT video once by a musicologist about how complex the rhythms and chords are. Happy to say I can still hear this groovy song in my head decades later!

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SaltyKnowledge9673@reddit

I hate you so very much.

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RedSparrow1971@reddit

This

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SnuggleMoose44@reddit

Sesame Street or Electric Company?

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Beatles1971@reddit

Electric Company. 1,2,3, four, five, 6, 7, 8, nine, ten--eleven-twelve.

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Big-Sheepherder-6134@reddit

That was one of two songs from our youth.

The other one is Ladybugs picnic from Sesame Street.

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ozmom09@reddit

They tried to jump rope but the rope it broke so they all sat around d telling knock knock jokes

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Park_Ranger2048@reddit

...and they talk about the high price of furniture and rugs, And fire insurance for ladybugs....

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just_some_chic@reddit

I counted hangers like this earlier today..... My son asked why I always sing to 12 then count at 13🤣

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trpclshrk@reddit

I just thought we added a couple new crack commandments. Every time I see 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9…it’s the ten crack commandments UHH

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donut-is-appalled@reddit

🎶Ladybugs came to the ladybug picnic🎶

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sweetladytequila@reddit

I was just sinking this!

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HValentines25@reddit

This is what I heard immediately!!

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sweetladytequila@reddit

I have used clips of this video ever since my son on the first day of school since my son started.

This May I am playing the whole video to announce his high school graduation. 🥹

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BlurryBigfoot74@reddit

Well they tried to jump rope but the rope had broke so they all sat around telling knock knock jokes at the lady bugs joke.

https://youtu.be/vX9J7WcYtxI

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Medium_Suggestion433@reddit

12!!!!!!!!

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Cthulwutang@reddit

do do do dodobdoo

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GhostFour@reddit

A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter.

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Any_Company9587@reddit

When I was really young I thought it was "a potato and milk"

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AnybodyCanyon@reddit

Didn’t even have to click on it. Read the title and heard the song immediately.

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BigBobFro@reddit

You win

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Krazy_Kat_Lady_2025@reddit

I heard: 123 45 678910 1112.

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Bloobeard2018@reddit

It's my ringtone

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Krazy_Kat_Lady_2025@reddit

Dammit I'm in! Find it on Zedge?

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Bloobeard2018@reddit

Iirc I just downloaded the MP3 somewhere random. Might even have stripped it from YouTube.

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ifollowmyownrules@reddit

12!!!!!!!

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Krazy_Kat_Lady_2025@reddit

That's fair. Now I need to listen again to hear the #12!

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Jehoshaphatso1@reddit

The Pointer Sisters sang that tune!

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Joenoob864@reddit

3,2,1 contact was a good show lol

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Princesslili252525@reddit

I loved 3,2,1 !!!

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HValentines25@reddit

It also reminds me of the alligator king with his 7 sons, and seven rings on his fingers and toes

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Antique_reader@reddit

😂😂😂😂😂 doo doot do do doo

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MingusPho@reddit

Eleven, twe-e-e-eh-eeelve!

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Bromodrosis@reddit

Do doot o do doo doot.

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Neither_Remote_4818@reddit

Yup

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AwardSalt4957@reddit

Ladybugs at, the ladybug picnic

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SKatieRo@reddit

And the ladybugs danced and the ladybugs sang and the ladybugs did all their ladybugs things. They talked about the high price of furniture and rugs and fire insurance for ladybugs. Ladybugs 12, at the ladybugs picnic.

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boulevardpaleale@reddit

I haven’t heard or thought about that song in 40+ years and yet, as soon as I read this, POOF! There it was!

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Awesomesince1973@reddit

That's what I heard.

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eclectic-up-north@reddit

https://youtu.be/TMtGImlEmu0?si=o4jcz8ymzzvCCHjk

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Important-Chemist371@reddit

OMG! This is so freaking cool! Gen X former band geek here and I’m sharing the link w/my 2011-ish former babd geek adult child who is much more into music theory than I. Thank you for posting 💜

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Knowledge_VIG@reddit

Yes! I remember!

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nevacatchme@reddit

The electric company! I think…… https://youtu.be/MNghp9tPXjo. How bout this throwback

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Ok_Industry3016@reddit

Hell yeah and Great Space Coaster.

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nevacatchme@reddit

Nothing beats the news like Gary Gnews lol

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SKatieRo@reddit

I play Sesame Street Pinball 12 and Ladybug Picnic every week in my classroom. If yiu want another banger from more recent days check out "numbers help me count " by Mark D Pencil.

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Robyn1077@reddit

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Fitz_2112b@reddit

My wife launches into this song every time one of sons starts with the "6-7" nonsense. Shuts that down real fast 😁

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User013579@reddit

I heard the animation with the pin ball

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. Doooo doooooododoododoododododooddo

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HistoryGirl23@reddit

Yes! Was it on Sesame Street or Connection?

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SKatieRo@reddit

Sesame street.

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SnooCamera@reddit

Yes, but 1,2,3,4,5.....6,7,8,9,20....11..12.

Family Guy - Pinball Number Count scene (1080p)

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BeforeAnAfterThought@reddit

Ladybug picnic 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🧺

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eventhorizon3140@reddit

The sophistication of that little piece of music is brilliantly hidden by how groovy it is. Gotta love those Pointer Sisters...

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Itchywasabi@reddit

How about this, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8...8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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Awesomesince1973@reddit

I think there is probably something psychological about which song we hear when we see the numbers. The ladybug picnic is mine. We should do a poll and delve into this 😂😂😂

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tkkana@reddit

Ladybug picnic!!!

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Biblio-Kate@reddit

I thought of the pinball sequence first, but lady bugs at a lady bug picnic was my second choice.

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WhiskeyDeltaBravo1@reddit

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cheyannepavan@reddit

I hear it in my heat nearly every day!

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saramole@reddit

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MinusGovernment@reddit

I play that song occasionally at work still. My favorite Sesame Street song.

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rckblykitn14@reddit

Mine is the peanut butter song.

🎶 "It takes a lotta little nuts to make a jar of peanut butter..."🎶

Sing it every time I make myself a pb sammich (with Teddie of course).

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MinusGovernment@reddit

A good choice as well

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jwfowler2@reddit

Absolute jam

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Naive-One6184@reddit

Me 🙋🏻‍♀️🙌🏻

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SuspectLarge@reddit

This was my my Mom's signal that it was my nap time.

All of my memories of this song are of my tiny little fists clinging onto the rails of the bannister as she dragged my unruly ass upstairs while my older sister got to stay up and watch PBS.

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mizzlefa@reddit

What about “ and the ladybugs came , to the ladybug picnic”

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Delilah_insideout@reddit

That's what I heard, mixed with the pinball animation version.

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KaitB2020@reddit

Anytime I’ve ever needed to count to 12 I sing that damn song.

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Cold-Inside-6828@reddit

12 lady bugs at the lady bug picnic

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Working_Farmer9723@reddit

Ladybugs were at the ladybug picnic b

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cfo6@reddit

That's a different rhythm -

123 456 789 101112

Ladybugs came to the ladybugs picnic

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Working_Farmer9723@reddit

I see. Above is 12345, 678910, 11 12.

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kungfuringo@reddit

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NeedanewhobbyKK@reddit

And they all played games, at the ladybug’s picnic.

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murdermeMickey@reddit

Well they played jump rope but the rope it broke so they all sat around and told knock knock jokes. The ladybug 12 at the ladybug picnic.

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NicolePSU@reddit

Ha ha ha ha

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Lalamedic@reddit

Yay Pointer Sisters!!

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Axj1@reddit

Yep.

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strumthebuilding@reddit

six seven

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Cinji513@reddit

I didn't at first. Now I can't unhear the music.

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TankHendricks@reddit

Man, good times. High on Flintstone vitamins and Cookie Crisp!

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Ben-solo-11@reddit

Twe-eh-eheh-eh-eheh elve!

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this_kitty68@reddit

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Dependent_Fun7273@reddit

Doodoodooodooodooododo

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just_mark@reddit

not when you write it like that

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LemonPartyW0rldTour@reddit

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

11 12!

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One-girl-circus@reddit

I saw the pinball as soon as you wrote it this way.

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Queen_Dare_Bear@reddit

Twe-heaheahea-lve!

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sundayfunday78@reddit

1 2 3 4! 5!

6 7 8 9! 10!

11! 12!

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eyeroll611@reddit

I took one, one, one cause you left me

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Soundtracklover72@reddit

Sang it immediately in my head

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spidermans_mom@reddit

I heard it!!!

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Slugggo@reddit

onetwothreeFOURfive

sixSEVeneightNINEten

ELEVEN TWELVE

/pinball intensifies

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Soundtracklover72@reddit

This is the way

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ClutchCargo59@reddit

Invisible Sun by The Police

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DiamondContent2011@reddit

That was just ONE jam!! The End Credits theme was even better!!!!

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starspangledxunzi@reddit

My introduction to the Pointer Sisters.

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TaleFormal6362@reddit

Not mine, but what a great introduction!

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Adjustingithink@reddit

6.5

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CombatRedRover@reddit

Creedmoor?

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Adjustingithink@reddit

Lol

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PocketFullOfPie@reddit

DAMMIT!

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Ok_Industry3016@reddit

Now I can't unhear it damnit.

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Possible-Ad-3056@reddit

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo - 7!

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AnnasBananahammock@reddit

I sang this the other day. My daughter thanked me for infecting her with an ear worm that will plague her for the rest of the day.

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skatoulaki@reddit

Hehe, I "sing" that ALL THE TIME!

12345

6789 10

11 12!

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skwigi@reddit

One two three four five, six seven eight nine ten, eleven, twe-e-e-e-e-elve!

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248Spacebucks@reddit

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pinklewickers@reddit

I could see the pinball as I sang along.

Twe-eh-eh-eh-ehe-ehheh...TWELVE!

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Mr-First-Middle-Last@reddit

Correct answer. End thread.

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CHILLAS317@reddit

People know that the Pointer Sisters did the pinball theme song, but how how many know that the Ladybug Picnic was written by Bud Luckey, who went on to work for Pixar, did the short called Boundin', and voiced Rick Dicker in The Incredibles?

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AriadneThread@reddit

Yay! This brings irrational joy.

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Routine_Guitar_5519@reddit

The Electric Company!

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trickertreater@reddit

Sesame Street 🙂

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Routine_Guitar_5519@reddit

Interesting how memories work (or not). 🤷‍♂️ Thank you.

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PC_L0AD_LETTER_WTF@reddit

Doo do do do do do, doo do do do do do doot doot do do doot TWELVE!

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nite_skye_@reddit

That’s what started going off in my head too!

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No-Ambition7750@reddit

Your cadence is off.

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trukkd@reddit

My counter only goes up to 10.

....It's the 10 Crack commandments.....

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jasmine24601@reddit

Does anyone remember 12345678910, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. There was a spanish version too.

Also, I'll be over here staring at my orange crayon.

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PracticalApartment99@reddit

Do you mean: 1-2-3, 4, 5, 6-7, 8-9-10, 11-12?

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LadyKona@reddit

YES

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EnricoMatassaEsq@reddit

Yes! And rub some funk on it!

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thiswasyouridea@reddit

That was the pinball one. The ladybug one was 1 ,2 ,3! 4,5,6! 7,8,9! 10,11, 12!

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Independent_Ad_5664@reddit

People don’t get it bc you didn’t write 12’,’,’,’,’,!!!

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LadyKona@reddit

IMMEDIATE. Along with my smile

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DoookieMaxx@reddit

1, 2, 3 fourrrrr 5

6, 7, 8 niiiiine 10

ELEVEN TWELVE!!!

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the_d0nkey@reddit

This is it:

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leylaley76@reddit

I thought it was a reference to 1,2,3,4 come on baby say you love me.. 5,6,7 timesss 🎵😂

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whatsupgrizzlyadams@reddit

Lady bugs, at the lady bug picnic!

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JodiB914@reddit

Hahaa and I was thinking of the other one 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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amsurette@reddit

You didn't hold your twellllllvve.

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pumpkinsam@reddit

Sorry, I only made it up to eight before going in another direction.

https://i.redd.it/bjayxctodlxg1.gif

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IDunno7419@reddit

One two three FOUR five, six seven eight NINE ten, eleven twelve.

Thanks 😐

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Sumchap@reddit

Nailed it

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joeythemouse@reddit

Eleven, TWE e e e e e ELVE.

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Successful_Article_9@reddit

THIS part!

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Nightgasm@reddit

I have no idea what this is in reference to. My wife would probably get it though. She often asks "where were you" in reference to my childhood when I don't know references like this.

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Dogrel@reddit

1970s era Sesame Street had a pinball animation segment that taught the counting of basic numbers. The groove was really funky and catchy, and of the era.

Here’s a compilation

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