One of the reasons that I truly believe that YouTube is one of the greatest inventions of our generation is that I am able to watch old Sesame Street videos. Every time I hear this song, I have no choice but to imagine a giant letter U chasing Smokey Robinson. And, really, what is wrong with that? (Nothing. Nothing whatsoever.) M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel might sing this song on their new album, but I know that it really belongs to Smokey and the giant U.
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HAHAHAHA, that’s awesome. I’d never seen it.
This is THE defining version of the song as far as I am concerned.
Who am I to argue?
it’s def on M and Zooey’s album. i like this version better though!
Oh, I know they sing it. That’s why I have been thinking about it lately. I meant it like, “They sing it, but they don’t own it.” Because it’s all about Smokey and the U. hehe.
so how long must i wait for a sesame street version of “since U been gone?”
Charles! Bringing the funny! Awesome.
awesome! i think about that scene every time i hear that song. i think that’s my favorite sesame street moment EVER!
“being held by a letter, is unappealing!”