What sketches scared you as a kid?

This sketch didn't really scare me, but one of the characters in it was a little spooky to me. It was a Sesame Street News Flash in where Kermit interviews Humpty Dumpty, his character to me IMO was scary. Just that half doped up look on his face, and that mouth?!!

One of the films that was creepy was one where the camera is filming in like a small grove of trees, and through cut-scenes it shows the trees getting blossoms. I remember the music playing in it was very creepy indeed, with a piano, and I think some drums as well? Does anyone else remember this film?

One of the cartoons that I thought was a bit scary was the Fox and the Crow cartoon where this fox steals a block of cheese from the crow. The fox has the crow make this dreadful *ba-caw* noise to drop the cheese, that haunted me as a kid, also the whole scenery of the cartoon based during the winter twilight had a cold and lonely feel to it.

A couple of weeks back my girlfriend and I were watching her season 1 DVD collection of the Muppet Show, and the sketch of Hugga Wugga came on. It was creepy as a kid, and I'm 30 now and it still racks my nerves.

And in closing of skits that scared me as a child, I would like to add this in as well. Even though it's not from SS or the MS I would have to vote on the Chilly Down singers from Labyrinth, I love that movie but their characters still get to me this day. Removing their limbs, and their heads, plus the one that gouges out his eyes! What's not scary about that?!

Elmo is pretty scary too.. LOL!

Youtube should post the creepy "Apple tree on top of an Ogre's head video", Man that was creepy to me as a kid! I think I'll still the jitters looking at it.

Hmm...there was this guy wih sunglasses and orange hair and he sang a song about opposites...scared me to death! My dad still remembers that and I was about 3-4 at the time! (I'm 17 now.)

Are you talking about that guy Jim Henson played that was very loud?

I believe that's him...I just remember that whatever sketch the guy was in, I screamed and hid, haha. He's in the "Mahna Mahna" sketch...the one with the two pink things on YouTube. I'd post the URL, but I haven't gotten up to 10 posts yet.

Well, I know this Isn't sesame street, but that lady on the electric company who screamed "Hay you Guys" at the beginning of every show used to scare me. When ever the show was about to start, I would run away out of the room and hide under my bed and cover my ears.

Also known as Bipboppadota (spelling?) on Sesame Street.

I remember that cartoon. That was pretty creepy too, the music didn't help either.

Genrally speaking as one of the gen-x'ers growing up out of the 70's and through the 80's watching the show I would have to say any trippy/psychadellic/odd based cartoon or creepy films such as the "I" film that were made in the 70's and ran through most of the 80's were scary.

I guess it was a way to get kids straightend into line back then to grow up to be respectable adults we are today.. or maybe I am just imagining that? LOL

Bus Stop Animation

Another Sesame Street cartoon that I thought was pretty scary was the b&w animation one about a bus stop. I remember the music was very different then in some of the cartoons, and the guy who provided the VO for the cartoon was pretty creep to me.
It sounded almost like he was in a zombified state, just very creepy. Youtube has that cartoon, I watched it seceral times before and it still gets under my skin.

This was my entry over a year ago when I first saw this thread. This sketch was the one that scared me the worst as kid. It's one that rarely ever gets talked about. And if it ever appears on youtube or on a classic SS dvd I bet I will mute the sound until the red muppet has raced up the screen and says, "A"! Glad I'm not the only adult like that, as Chris Von Count mentioned in the last post that a bus stop clip still gets under his skin.

Well, after all, if we're reliving a little of our childhood through these classic clips it oughta include the fear emotions too. Heh heh.

I hated that music too. The cartoon looked like the Monty python show type of animation. I once read a suggestion at imdb.com that they should issue a Sesame Street Scariest Skits DVD, which I think is a very cool idea. This clip will definitely be in there.

Interesting you mention how it resembles the MP animation since it to debuted in 1969 though wasn't available in the US till the mid 70s.

I don't think I remember that skit you are talking about Ziffel? Unless you can refresh my memory

That's quite an idea. What other clips would you think be on it?

Well, probably the following clips could be on it with Vincent Twice-Vincent Twice being the host, I'm not sure of the actual titles but:

* Frazzle (with the modified Chrissy from the alphabeats singing about Frazzle's emotions)
* The Frog and the Ox cartoon.
* Count hypnotizes Ernie and Bert.
* (Very vague to my memory but) The skit with a girl near cracks on a wall and she imagines the cracks turning into a monster.
* Anything with Beautiful Day Monster, especially the one where he has 4 eyes. (This was on youtube but its no longer there)
* The close up of Richard Pryor reciting the alphabet in his own distinct style. Somehow that gave me the creeps as a kid.

They're many more but my memory fails me from time to time.

I love that song about Frazzle emotions.

Oops! Here's the Beautiful Day Monster clip I was writing about: &search=sesame%20street%20

Yeah I seen that on YouTube before. That would scare the heck out of any kid.. the music towards the end was creepy too.

But you had to enjoy that look on Bert's face when he saw the picture of Ernie's monster buddy. PRICELESS!