That's about the size of it

[PiLfan]

this was probably one of my all time favorite ditties from classic ss....the animated short was memorable too.


anyone have or know where i can get a mp3 of the song? i've tried kazaa file-sharing programs and the like but haven't gotten many good bits for my ss catalog.

thx

 

[JaniceFerSure]

Oh everything comes in its own special size
I guess it can be measured by where you put your eyes
It looks big when you're close
And it looks smaller back a bit
That's about the size of it.

Oh the big becomes the little
When you see it back a bit
The huge becomes the dinky
Which is just the opposite
Of the larger that gets smaller
It never seems to fit
That's about the size of it.

That's about the size
It's where you put your eyes
That's about the size of it.

 

[MuppetDude]

It's actually a bit longer than that. I'll try and remember what else was with it:

Oh everything comes in its own special size.
I guess it can be measured by where you put your eyes.
It looks big when you're close,
It looks smaller back a bit;
That's about the size of it.

That's about the size, where you put your eyes,
That's about the size of it.

Oh the big becomes the little
When you see it back a bit.
The huge becomes the dinky
Which is just the opposite
Of the larger that gets smaller,
It never seems to fit
That's about the size of it.

That's about the size, where you put your eyes,
That's about the size of it.

Oh, the big becomes the little,
That's the way it seems to go.
The huge makes up a larger thing
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It's great to know that though we're small,
There's always room to grow,
And that's about the size of it.

That's about the size, where you put your eyes,
That's about the size of it.

It was made by the same people that did the "Donnie Bud" cartoon series: Don Hadley and Bud Luckey. One of my most favorite clips.

 

[ssetta]

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It's something good to know
It's NICE to know that though we're small there's always room to grow
And that's about the size of it.

 

[ceecee]

I love that song too, but I can't remember the animation.

 

[SesameMike]

Didn't they air that song/animation on the same episode when they announce that Mr. Hooper passed away? In fact, I thought they played that close to, if not right before, the scene where Big Bird passes out the drawings.

Of course, it's possible that when this episode was run on Noggin, they edited out that sequence to make room for the interstitials and such.

 

[MuppetDude]

According to Mikealan (who's seen the full version), it did air in #1839, but it was edited out for Noggin.

And thanks for the clarification, SSetta.