Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
I'm craving the beach, but not if this weird chick's there! From 1980, delicious stop-motion animation from The Brothers Quay of a trip to the beach with a girl and her magical picture book whose pages come to life. I avoided this one when I was younger, I must admit. She really creeped me out. I think it was the tongue-flicking action with the clam that was the final "Nope!" for me (1:20). Now, it's kind of charming. Delighted to see it so clearly (look at those waves! The hair on buddy's chest!) and now I can really appreciate it. Memories of much groovier summers. First aired in Season 11 (Ep 1434), The Brothers Quay also did the marvy "Rain Dance" (linked below) with the "raindrops splashing the noses" of the farmer's kids. Love it.
NOTE: I've highlighted some of their other work below, but please be aware these are nothing like their "Sesame Street" work. If you like weird and sometimes really creepy and scary puppets, then you'll love them. I love weird.
VIDEO (Rain Dance): bit.ly/3dqBdPz
PLAYLIST: bit.ly/Sesame_Street_Cartoons_1, bit.ly/Sesame_Street_Cartoons_2
BONUS VIDEO ("Street of Crocodiles" clip, 1986): bit.ly/3hGpD69
BONUS VIDEO (Evening w/The Brothers Quay, Academy of Motion Pictures): bit.ly/3fCkXw6
Shameless Amazon Plugs! (Does not include their SS work and NOT for kids)
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers (DVD) amzn.to/2NeXFQL
The Quay Brothers: Collected Short Films (Streaming on Shudder, free trial) amzn.to/312Jdnk
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Quay
muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_1434 (First)
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I'm craving the beach, but not if this weird chick's there! From 1980, delicious stop-motion animation from The Brothers Quay of a trip to the beach with a girl and her magical picture book whose pages come to life. I avoided this one when I was younger, I must admit. She really creeped me out. I think it was the tongue-flicking action with the clam that was the final "Nope!" for me (1:20). Now, it's kind of charming. Delighted to see it so clearly (look at those waves! The hair on buddy's chest!) and now I can really appreciate it. Memories of much groovier summers. First aired in Season 11 (Ep 1434), The Brothers Quay also did the marvy "Rain Dance" (linked below) with the "raindrops splashing the noses" of the farmer's kids. Love it.
NOTE: I've highlighted some of their other work below, but please be aware these are nothing like their "Sesame Street" work. If you like weird and sometimes really creepy and scary puppets, then you'll love them. I love weird.
VIDEO (Rain Dance): bit.ly/3dqBdPz
PLAYLIST: bit.ly/Sesame_Street_Cartoons_1, bit.ly/Sesame_Street_Cartoons_2
BONUS VIDEO ("Street of Crocodiles" clip, 1986): bit.ly/3hGpD69
BONUS VIDEO (Evening w/The Brothers Quay, Academy of Motion Pictures): bit.ly/3fCkXw6
Shameless Amazon Plugs! (Does not include their SS work and NOT for kids)
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers (DVD) amzn.to/2NeXFQL
The Quay Brothers: Collected Short Films (Streaming on Shudder, free trial) amzn.to/312Jdnk
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Quay
muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_1434 (First)
Twitter: twitter.com/TinyDancer500
Instagram: instagram.com/tinyd500
Web: bit.ly/Sesame_Street_Lyrics_Archive
YouTube: youtube.com/user/TinyDancer500
Facebook: facebook.com/TheSesameStreetLyricsArchive
