word up

To mark the occasion of Sesame Street's 40th birthday, my friend Phil posted this video to his Facebook wall:



I must say, I was quite impressed with how well edited that video was. Whoever put it together did a great job of syncing up the Muppet mouth movements with the words of the song.


It reminded me of one of my other favorite kids-show-gone-wrong YouTube videos, Barney bein' Tupac:



There are also some less masterful but still amusing videos in that same genre, like the Teletubbies walkin' it out...



...Bert and Ernie on a boat...



...and, of course, "If You Were Gay" from Avenue Q synced up with the inspiration for Rod and Nicky: