Wednesday, September 15, 2010

"What does this animal say?" "Baa."

While Slane continues to say that all animals speak sheep, there are signs that her thoughts on the matter are changing. We have a baby animal peek-a-boo book. In that book, the kitten says "Meow" and the penguin chicks go "Peep peep." (What do penguin chicks say, anyway?) Her bear cub growl is both cute and ferocious. But when you ask what the bear says without the book in hand, the bear says "Baa."

All of this reminds me of a very funny song from Sesame Street, "The Question Song." A girl muppet sings to Grover a question. The answer is supposed to begin with the letter Q, but Grover gets stuck on a bovine theme:



Girl (sung):
Now here is a question,
A question for you.
Remember, the answer
Will start with a "Q".
Just think of a duck,
Be it white, brown, or black.
What sound does it make?
Why, a duckie goes...

Grover (spoken):
Mooooooooooo!
At our house, the duckie goes "Baa!"

PS: Sesame Street now has a Tumblr, with video clips!

3 comments:

Renee said...

It's been so long since I saw that clip! I loved Grover when I was little, so this made my day.

When Bobby was a toddler we read him the book "Moo, Baa, La La La" so he knew what cows and sheep said, but insisted that pigs said "La, la, la."

Amy Worrel said...

The clip was great! I love Grover, too.

Q said...

I agree - great clip. I love how Grover and the other muppet are talking past each other.

Maybe the pigs say lalala when no one's around?