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Sesame Street: 12 And Pinball Animation

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1 HN user recommended this music video1 month2018–2026 score 1
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN mentions it as a fondly remembered classic of children's educational television.

A one-minute Sesame Street animation of a counting pinball game focused on the number 12, set to Pointer Sisters music.

“The legendery Pinball Number Count, with music by the Pointer Sisters” (HN, 2021)

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@jeffwass May 2021 Recommends
on HN thread 'Sesame Street': from radical experiment to beloved TV mainstay
I've always wondered how many classic Sesame Street sketches were made by artists and animators while tripping on psychadelics. All the sketches below are ones I've seen when I was little. The legendery Pinball Number Count, with music by the Pointer Sisters : [this video] Totally tripped-out alphabet, and I mean totally tripped-out : [link] Multi-armed guru counting to twenty a few times including in Spanish : [link] Little kid gets lost in a weird neighborhood : [link]
Classic Pinball Number Count with Pointer Sisters music

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@vunderba May 2026 Cites it
on HN thread Space Cadet Pinball on Linux
There have been a few attempts at this. I think the most well-known one is probably this one [1]. While we’re at it, I’d love to see a physical version of the seseame street pinbal table [2], though that one might be a bit more ambitious. :) [1] - [link] [2] - [this video]

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