Ben Stiller clip of, "People in Your Neighborhood"

[salemfan]

I remember from Season 32 a clip in which Telly and Ben Stiller sing, "People in Your Neighborhood". They sing about a mail carrier and a cable guy. Then Ben dresses as a giant cheese saying that a cheese is a person in your neighborhood. The mail carrier's verse is classic, so I know the lyrics to that, but does anybody know the lyrics to the cable guy's verse?

 

[D'Snowth]

I remember this skit! The cableman's verse was..."Oh a cable guy hooks up your TV/To play your favorite show or movie/If you're seeing nothin' but fuzz/He'll come to fix cuz..."

Y'know what I don't understand is the fact that Elmo had nothing to do with this bit, yet in a screenshot of this skit in People Magazine...there's Elmo sitting on Ben's costume! I don't get it! Oh yeah, I forgot! Elmo's a glory-hog!

 

[salemfan]

When Ben dresses as a cheese, his verse is:
A cheese is a really great fella
Whether you want ??? or mozzarella
I'm a really, really tasty dish
Try melting me on tuna fish
Because a cheese is a person in your neighborhood...

What other type of cheese was described besides mozzarella?

 

[D'Snowth]

According to my tape it's...

Oh a cheese is really great fellah,
you can call me Swiss, Brie, or Mozzearella!
I'm a really, really tasty dish,
try melting me on tuna fish.

 

[salemfan]

The mail carrier's verse is:
Oh, a mail carrier brings the mail
Through rain or snow or sleet or hail
She'll work and work the whole day through
To get your letters safe to you.
Because...(repeat chorus)

 

[jeffkjoe]

This skit can be found on the DVD "Sesame Street Karaoke"

It's towards the end of the program.

 

[MrsPepper]

Wait... "mail carrier"? When did THAT happen? Don't know about THIS version, but it was ALWAYS "Postman", NOT "Mail Carrier". The latter has too many syllables.

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Actually, I remember the mail carrier (aka postman) has been in nearly all versions of the song. I remember it was in the first version with Bob and the AMs. I also read that verse in an 80s Sesame Street book. I guess the cable guy and the cheese were just made up for the Telly/Ben Stiller version.

 

[ssetta]

I think there have been about 100 versions of this song. There was even a whole book in the 80s devoted to this song, called "The People In Your Neighborhood."

 

[BEAR]

Wait... "mail carrier"? When did THAT happen? Don't know about THIS version, but it was ALWAYS "Postman", NOT "Mail Carrier". The latter has too many syllables.

It must be a PC thing. "Postman" signifies that a man is doing the job. "Mail carriers" is not gender specific. Just like we are supposed to say "fire fighter" instead of fireman these days.