Since we here at TLD owe our literacy to Sesame Street, I thought we should honor the show's 40th birthday. On this week's Fresh Air, they played a compilation of interviews Terri Gross has done with various writers, actors, and musicians from Sesame Street (including Frank Oz). The entire episode is worth a listen, but her interview with Chris Surf triggered the most visceral memories. He was the musician behind the Beatle parodies Letter B and Hey Food, among others. In the interview he explains that to avoid copyright laws they tried to suggest the words and the tune, without completely copying it (something that finally explained to me why the tune is not quite right to Letter B... not that its been bothering me for 25+ years or anything). But Rebel L has got to be own of my favorites, hands down. SESAME STREET ROCKS. Enjoy.
Rebel L:
Cookie Monster steals the show in this one:
And because of this song, I thought the Beatles really were singing Letter B, not Let Her Be (and for much longer than I care to admit):
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