What sketches scared you as a kid?

[LittleJerry92]

9. I found the beginning half kinda annoying, but the ending did scare me (even though I never saw it in the show).

The only thing that really annoyed me from the skit was Al listing off those J words that had nothing to do with the problem with her J. It felt kind of forced in there as an excuse to show multiple J words.

 

[CoolGuy1013]

That’s exactly what I found annoying too!

 

[LittleJerry92]

When I first saw Wet Paint on the Count it Higher DVD, it was love at first sight. The visuals were great, the song was catchy, and I found How Now Brown obsessing over wet paint at the end hilarious. What can I say, One man’s fear is another man’s pleasure.

That pretty much sounds like me with Danger’s No Stranger. I read some comments that some fans found the video to be too spooky and intense (understandably so), but everything about that video from the dark alleyway, night time setting, floating DANGER words and explosions fascinated me. (The only thing being slightly unnerving for me was the DANGER words changing to bright red, but I can see why it happened with how intense everything was getting).

 

[buzzfan120]

OK, confession time. I know this might sound kind of stupid, but please don't make fun of me because it's really not that funny. Anyway, here goes....

When I was little, I had the "Elmo in Grouchland Sing and Play" tape, but I HATED to watch it because I was TERRIFIED of the opera version of "C is for Cookie". My mom figured out very quickly that I didn't want to watch that tape anymore because of the "scary opera lady", so eventually we ended up getting rid of it.

 

[YellowYahooey]

Between this, Yuri the Yak, Y for Yawn, and the Yakkity Yak cartoon, the letter Y must’ve scarred many SST viewers for life (a shame too, since I love the letter Y and other SST segments about it.).

I agree, I may have been a bit scared of the letter Y, but only because of the "Y for Yawn" cartoon. I admit that the moment I saw a letter Y segment during my heyday of watching the show, I instantly changed the channel or devoted the remainder of that hour to other interests.

I also have to admit, I am glad "Y for Yawn" was never shown after 2000, and if I ever saw the show in the 2000s, I would have watched episodes with the letter Y no problem.

Strangely enough, I did download the "Y for Yawn" cartoon, but edited out the tired-sounding mention of Y at the end, replacing it with dead silence, or a recycling of Gary Owens' mention of Y at the beginning, using the magic of Adobe Premiere Pro.

 

[wiley207]

That pretty much sounds like me with Danger’s No Stranger. I read some comments that some fans found the video to be too spooky and intense (understandably so), but everything about that video from the dark alleyway, night time setting, floating DANGER words and explosions fascinated me. (The only thing being slightly unnerving for me was the DANGER words changing to bright red, but I can see why it happened with how intense everything was getting).

It was kind of intense, along with the kid falling with his piano (of course since he was a Muppet, he probably only got minor injuries), but it did teach me to recognize the word "DANGER" as a young kid, to the point where even at age four I could read and recognize "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE" signs on utility transformers and the like. Plus, looking back it's got such a great 80s wave sound. A shame it never had a clean album release...

 

[Sparkina]

The sketch about the two criminals stealing the "GOLDEN AN"
(Take the 'Golden AN' and put it in this tan van, Give it to stan, who'll give it to dan, that's the plan)
The part that scared me was when the police-man creeps up on them from the backround shadows - I'd always cover my eyes.

I loved that skit! It was a sendup of gangster movies and heist films. I did wonder, though, why they were wearing cowboy hats. When I was three, four, five, six, gangster hats and cowboy hats looked alike to me

 

[wiley207]

Here's another Sesame Street News jumpscare I remember seeing as a kid, in episode 3552:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2094564088680522093

It sure puts the "JUMP" in "jumpscare!" Reminds me of Bugs Bunny's 3D cartoon "Lumber Jack-Rabbit" that opens with the zooming WB shield overshooting its mark and nearly crashing into the screen before settling back into its usual position, also done in the 2003 "Looney Tunes" shorts and the opening to "The Looney Tunes Show" sitcom. At least the logo didn't appear out of the darkness like in episode 3012 or certain times Seasons 16-19 would rerun an old Sesame Street News sketch. Of course, the "Around the Corner" era was when the show began to get experimental with segment transitions instead of just relying on hard-cuts and crossfades.

 

[LittleJerry92]

Here's another Sesame Street News jumpscare I remember seeing as a kid, in episode 3552:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2094564088680522093

It sure puts the "JUMP" in "jumpscare!" Reminds me of Bugs Bunny's 3D cartoon "Lumber Jack-Rabbit" that opens with the zooming WB shield overshooting its mark and nearly crashing into the screen before settling back into its usual position, also done in the 2003 "Looney Tunes" shorts and the opening to "The Looney Tunes Show" sitcom. At least the logo didn't appear out of the darkness like in episode 3012 or certain times Seasons 16-19 would rerun an old Sesame Street News sketch. Of course, the "Around the Corner" era was when the show began to get experimental with segment transitions instead of just relying on hard-cuts and crossfades.

TBF transitions really started to become more common by the 80s decade in different forms, even in home videos especially. I find the ATC era just got more extremely experimental with the types of transitions they do, sometimes putting in sound effects which don’t always work but some can also be fascinating.

But actually, that sounds pretty similar to my experience of first seeing “D Duah Duah” in 1997 in episode 3611 at 4 years old. Seeing that fascinating D objects in the city cartoon, then suddenly being startled by this loud “HEEEEYYYYYYY!!!!!!” as the segments swipes down fast from the very top of the screen and closes in quickly with this wild-haired energetic Muppet (Bushman Bill). I don’t think the full episode is up anywhere unfortunately so I wouldn’t be able to show.

EDIT: Nevermind, someone ripped the HBO upload (go figure) and uploaded it themselves three years ago: 22:21 mark