Thursday, July 11, 2024

Getting Schooled: Sesame Street's Number Painter (1972)

 One inventive way Sesame Street went about teaching its young audience about numbers was through a series of sketches which began airing in 1972.

The Number Painter, aka The Mad Painter, is an ordinary schlub who just like painting numbers here, there, & everywhere, but not to everyone's liking.

Paul Benedict, 3 years before landing the role of Harry Bentley on The Jeffersons, is the Painter.

Monsterpiece Theater compiled all 10 sketches. Stockard Channing appears in some of the skits.


Rating: A-.

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