Classic Sesame Street - Bob Luis and the Train (Train Approaching!)

Taken from • Classic Sesame Street ... 18:20 - 20:40. Being that I used to ride the MBTA Commuter Rail train, I mixed in the "Train Approaching" message from the station platforms and mixed them into this just for the fun of it.

[@tomy.1846]

RIP Luis (Emilio), loved this skit! Scary, but the fun scary! :) Thanks for the laughs and cool kid show!

[@Nightmastercool97]

This scared me shitless when I was a little kid, I was so terrified and frightened a long time after I outgrew Sesame Street.

[@joshparker3757]

I am so with you. I regret I found it again!

[@CaptainFoufeu]

I was terrified of this too! I thought I was the only one! I would run into the kitchen and hide behind the wall while my mom muted the TV, and I wouldn't go back until she said it was over. I've been looking for this clip for a long, long time! I wasn't scared this time, thank goodness, but I can understand why I was. The fear of the clowns and noise, and the train coming straight at the screen is truly fear inducing, especially for a young child. I'm not afraid of trains, I actually like them, and worked as a passenger van driver for Renzenberger, which is a company that transports railroad workers around the train yard and to various sidings near roads where the trains stop to exchange crews. So I've been around a lot of trains and like them a lot. Strangely, I sometimes have reoccurring nightmares of walking through a train yard beside the tracks. All the tracks are very close together. I would be walking and minding my own business, when suddenly many trains come speeding through very fast and in different directions, nearly hitting me. I jump from track to track to dodge them. The noise is really loud, too. A lot of times, I'm able to climb up a pole to escape them. Sometimes the trains collide with one another causing huge, explosive crashes. As scary as the dream is, I sometimes enjoy them, because the trains are incredibly beautiful in design. Some are classics, others are modern or futuristic looking. None of them actually look like trains that really exist. They have very unique designs, shapes and colors. If it wasn't for the fact that they were going 100 mph in the yard, when the speed limit in a train yard is 10 - 15 mph or slower, the dreams wouldnt be so terrifying.

[@CaptainFoufeu]

@William W. Campbell-Shepherd IX I totally agree with you that a traumatic event causing fear can eventually cause an affinity for what had once traumatized someone. When I was 10, the October 1st, 1987 Whittier-Narrows earthquake struck my neighborhood (Whittier, California, 5.9Mw). I had Tremophobia for many years after that. Then I started studying about earthquakes and other natural disasters, and now I'm no longer afraid of earthquakes. One of my favorite movies is the drama miniseries "10.5" and "10.5 Apocalypse" about extremely powerful earthquakes that destroy America's west coast and Mississippi Valley. I have even been able to predict earthquakes within 24 hours ahead of their occurence, but usually only ones I can actually feel. I dont quite know how I'm able to do this, but I've done it successfully 18 times since the January 17, 1994, 6.7 Mw Northridge "Martin Luther King Jr Day Quake." On September 1st 2020, I predicted a quake would happen on September 17th. And then on September 17th, a 4.5 Mw quake did occur at 11:39 pm El Monte / San Gabriel.. It wasnt the size nor the location I predicted it would be thank goodness (7.4 Mw, Modjeska Canyon, 16 miles southwest of Riverside), but it happened on the day I knew it was going to happen, and it was big enough for me to feel, and that's what counts, at least in my opinion. So yes, it is very possible for someone to lose their fears of something and begin to have an interest in experiencing them.

[@CaptainFoufeu]

@William W. Campbell-Shepherd IX Thanks a lot, and I'm glad you liked the comment. I try my best to be factual and honest as best I can. You're lucky that you understand meteorology as that's a topic I have difficulty understanding. I find it interesting that you wanted to be a funeral director. I wouldnt be able to do that as it would most likely affect my PTSD from military combat. I would like to know more about your experiences, so please share anything you'd like to.

[@Kevin-tz2lv]

I thought I was the only one lol

[@nicholassterling8483]

RIP Bob and Luis. This is one of my all-time favorite Sesame Street segments. Nick :-)

[@allisonjohnson6399]

Both of these hilarious men are gone now :( We will miss you Bob McGrath, and of course Emilio Delgado earlier in the year. This will always live rent free in my head....and still gives me the jumpscares!

[@chrisestep9100]

I'm pushing 50 and I remember this like it was yesterday

[@chrismetafora6565]

45 and 7 months here. I agree with you.

[@georgemaster4225]

I used to get goosebumps watching this!

[@CaptainFoufeu]

I was terrified of this when I was a kid! From other comments, I'm surprised, BUT GLAD to see I'm not the only one. Whenever this came on, I would run into the kitchen and hide behind the wall while my mom muted the TV, and I wouldn't go back until she said it was over. I've been looking for this clip for a long, long time! There was no "Stay behind the yellow line" back in the early 1980s though. I wasn't scared this time, thank goodness, but I can understand why I was, having seen this again. The fear of the "clowns" (which I was also terrified of) and noise, and the train coming straight at the screen is truly fear inducing, especially for a young child. I'm surprised Sesame Street continued to air this, as they probably got lots of angry letters from parents saying it gave their kids nightmares. Plus there is no educational material in it. They could have gotten the same message across without having a train barrel through it. What were they thinking? "Let's make little kids think a train is coming straight at them!" Worst. Idea. Ever. I'm not afraid of trains, I actually like them, and worked as a passenger van driver for Renzenberger, which is a company that transports railroad workers around the train yard and to various sidings near roads where the trains stop to exchange crews. So I've been around a lot of trains and like them a lot. Strangely, I sometimes have reoccurring nightmares of walking through a train yard beside the tracks. All the tracks are very close together. I would be walking and minding my own business, when suddenly many trains come speeding through very fast and in different directions, nearly hitting me. I jump from track to track to dodge them. The noise is really loud, too. A lot of times, I'm able to climb up a pole to escape them. Sometimes the trains collide with one another causing huge, explosive crashes. As scary as the dream is, I sometimes enjoy them, because the trains are incredibly beautiful in design. Some are classics, others are modern or futuristic looking. None of them actually look like trains that really exist. They have very unique designs, shapes and colors. If it wasn't for the fact that they were going 100 mph in the yard, when the speed limit in a train yard is 10 - 15 mph or slower, the dreams wouldnt be so terrifying. One of the earliest motion pictures ever made and showed in theaters in the late 1800s had a train passing by. I saw this video elsewhere on KZbin. There was a panic in the theater because the people (grown adults, mind you) thought that the train was actually going to come through the screen and run people over inside the theater. However, that video did not have the train come straight for them. The train came forward, but since the camera was not on the tracks, it "disappeared" towards the left of the viewers. Thanks for reading, if you got this far. Just dont show this clip to your own children... "Hey little Billy, want to see what scared the heck out of me when I was little?" WORST. IDEA. EVER.

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

This comment was very nice to read.

[@whtxombi4955]

Your definitely not the only one. Scared me too. King of Eight scared me too.

[@waynemacfarland1546]

You're not alone. When I first saw this, I thought that train was going to crash right through the TV screen and run me over! Scared the s*** out of me when I was a kid! That offscreen voice yelling "Pigs In Space!" on the Muppet Show scared me, too!

[@starter47990]

Same! I was scared too!

[@brendastuckey3673]

I remember being afraid of this. I hid behind the chair when the train was coming lol

[@tpirman1982]

The point of the "Train approaching" announcement is that I was trying to make it seem less scary. I take the bus, subway and sometimes commuter rail, and I hear "train approaching" at any of the stations on the Providence line of the MBTA commuter rail. Such as at Hyde Park, Readville, Route 128, or Canton Junction station, just to name a few of the commuter rail stations on the Providence line, when the MBTA commuter rail, Amtrak or Acela approaches.

[@paulgiovannitti8243]

I am 50 and I remember this.

[@JoeShelbyGeek]

The Train Approaching bit was overdubbed later. It wasn't in there back in the 70s.

[@JohnBerkstresser]

I laugh about it now, but as a little kid, I always thought the train whistle was Luis screaming.

[@wesleylunkinsjr.9363]

Man. I really miss these two......

[@jayryia]

Scared me shitless as a kid when the train whistled and came towards the screen.

[@georgemaster9952]

Oh,do I remember this! I got goosebumps when it aired.

[@cdavidlake2]

Found this absolutely terrifying as a child!

[@kevin12567]

A train whizzing close by like that actually happened with a neighbor of mine while she was road trippin' with friends when she was young. They were tired and couldn't find a camp nearby, so they just pulled over and pitched a tent in a clear area. With everyone else asleep, a friend heard a strange noise, woke up everybody and told them to get out immediately. Since it was dark, they didn't notice they pitched their tent inches from railroad tracks! They ripped the tent out of the ground seconds before a train passed by...Needless to say, they were terrified just like Bob & Luis here! The neighbor shared this story with us yesterday during our first indoor gathering since the pandemic, all of us fully vaccinated.

[@skeaneable]

R.I.P Bob & Luis

[@flatcapman]

this used to scare me as a kid but seeing it as an adult I find myself admiring the 3D effect they used plus I see far worse film wise these days. i.e THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2

[@kevinkelley3906]

This always scared the F out of me as a kid.

[@fr3dr02]

For years I thought this was a dream I had😮, thanks KZbin for confirming I'm not insane 😮

[@JasonA.Routhier-vw1wd]

RIP BOB MCGRATH AND EMILIO DELGADO FROM SESAME STREET AKA BOB & LUIS!!

[@Alapaloozalover2000]

RIP Bob & Luis😢

[@torpedoboy4]

This scared the H out of me when I was a child! Surreal and unnerving. Glad to see other people feel the same.

[@kimzarnowski9473]

Trenton Hancock oh my goodness yes!!! Freaked me out as a child!!

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[@cdavidlake2]

Trenton Hancock Yup. Terrifying. When I would get a high fever I'd imagine trains coming through the wall.

[@lindacarmona5615]

Classic Sesame Street - Bob Luis and the Train (Train Approaching!)

[@transportationproductions1794]

That looked realistic!

[@scottannett3466]

They must've add the Train Approaching for the kids watching this with their parents now I take it. I don't remember it when I was a kid.

[@tpirman1982]

No, I did that because of what I heard when I rode the MBTA Commuter Rail. This is a fan edit I did.

[@JL-sm6cg]

@@tpirman1982 someone in England should do "mind the gap".

[@richardinprocess2768]

I think this was in horror category... And it ITS.

[@waynemacfarland1546]

The part where the train came right at me, about to crash through my TV screen into my living room and run me over scared the heck out of me as a kid!

[@tpirman1982]

Me too. That's why I mixed in the "train approaching" announcement that I caught from one of the MBTA Commuter Rail stations. Just for the fun of it since I was a commuter passenger, but mostly I take the bus or subway on the MBTA. Fares are cheaper than the Commuter rail anyway.

[@waynemacfarland1546]

@@tpirman1982 And you did a fine good job of it, too! Made the skit more interesting!

[@waynemacfarland1546]

@@tpirman1982 This isn't the only skit that scared me as a kid. That offscreen voice yelling "Pigs In Space!" on the Muppet Show scared me, too!

[@marv685]

When I was 7 I played a game were we need to run away from it . I am 8 now

[@oldiesmusic76]

The original 70's skit never had that yellow line thing in there. No wonder there are so many thumbs down. Takes away from the originality.

[@markmarktimelawrence7141]

Now how did that train get through that picture?!?! Unbelievable!!!

[@JL-sm6cg]

Clearly a chromakey pic getting bigger and bigger to make it look that way.

[@misshoovers_9123]

This was the stuff of nightmares when I was a kid

[@jeopardy60611]

I'm cracking up over the "Train Approaching" announcement! I live in Chicago, IL, and we have 'L' trains for public transportation. There are only automated announcements on the trains for calling the stops, and a few stations will say something like "an outbound train from the Loop will be arriving shortly." There certainly weren't any automated announcements like that in the early 70s when this video was made.

[@tpirman1982]

I caught that train approaching announcement from one of the MBTA commuter rail stations.

[@jeopardy60611]

@@tpirman1982 since you added that stuff, it puts a different spin on the skit. It fascinates me because I originally saw it almost 50 years ago.

[@joelakers410]

Mind Mario and Luigi

[@starter47990]

Man I remember this!

[@waynemacfarland1546]

The part with the train made me want to do the "train dodge" just like Teddy did in "Stand By Me."

[@chrisestep9100]

Why in the hell would 3,000 people dislike this?

[@Nightmastercool97]

Does anybody have the video of a guy walking through a building, with a train, clock, train and telephone? It’s an animation

[@timobrien8809]

R.I.P. Emilio \ Louis. Remember this skit but don't remember the " Train approaching. Please remain behind the yellow line " part. Was it added in for this vid.

[@jerryterwase9027]

I'm releaved to know from the comments that I wasn't the only one scared of the train approaching moment.😁

[@corkscrewfoley]

I dunno how I didn't see this when I was a kid, this would've traumatised me too. Thankfully, I have the Viacom V of Doom to haunt me mercilessly.

[@jasonhooper4725]

Here I am 48 years old and watching this classic clip of Louis and Bob making a poster of a tunnel that eventually has a train come right to the TV screen. I watched this when I was like 4 or so and to this day love this clip. However why the hell would they revise it with a red blinking sign train approaching stay away from yellow line? That right there ruined the whole effect of the train coming to the TV screen blowing the whistle coming practicly to your living room putting a scare in you. The ones that revised it like that should put the original clip back on.

[@troyundroy1]

Wow - when did they add that? I can only imagine it’s still-traumatised parents 40 years later insisting the network not incur years of professional counselling costs to the next generation of children

[@jeopardy60611]

@@troyundroy1 I suspect the subway announcement was added by a KZbinr. Sesame Street would never have added something like that.

[@joelakers410]

Jamie foxx and tommy should do this skit on living color season 3, 4 or 5

[@theamericanshepherd4304]

Did they really have to have the person saying train coming stand behind yellow line? It was so much better without it. Besides I didn't see any yellow line.

[@StuartSimon]

The American Shepherd My guess is that they wanted to condition children to hear the noise and know to wait for the train. I guess it could have been done better by their conversation: “What’s that noise? I believe we created a real tunnel.” “Yes, and so we’ll stand well off the tracks before we move forward. Then we ought to destroy the tunnel as quickly as possible’

[@oldiesmusic76]

The yellow line announcement was NEVER in the original skit. Someone edited that in.

[@muppetfan33]

This really scared me as a child. It still does. The sound of the whistle hurt my ears!

[@MrJoshinJosh]

I actually thought that it was Luis screaming and sounding like a terrified woman.

[@gammaechofoundationproductions]

I'm glad I am not the only one who was scared by this as a child too! LOL!

[@neuf350z3]

This used to horrify me as a kid, too! I remember hiding under my parent's bed when this came on.

[@mdsaddamhusainmdsaddamhusa4322]

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[@bentleynewcomb6401]

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[@theorca5173]

Luis was sure in mortal terror. This almost scared me when I was little, but not quite.

[@tpirman1982]

So was Bob. But the point of when I added "Train approaching. Please remain behind yellow line", it's 'cause of my ridership with the MBTA. The first 2 or 3 years, I started with the MBTA Commuter Rail and when I'm at Ruggles, Forest Hills, Hyde Park, Readville, Route 128, or Canton Junction or any other station along the Providence/Wickford Junction line, that's what I hear when the train is approaching and that gave me the idea of this fan edit.

[@camgamgee7036]

this gave me nightmare as a child dreams of trains tearing through my bedroom :/

[@tpirman1982]

I know what you mean. The only reason I pasted "Train approaching. Please remain behind yellow line" is 'cause that's what I hear when I'm at an MBTA commuter rail station and there's a train approaching at the station.

[@mrmosty5167]

Absolute childhood trauma fuel

[@tpirman1982]

Huh! No kidding. This is exactly why I decided to have a little fun at the time the train approaching with that recording I pasted in that I recorded from the MBTA commuter rail station when the train I was going to get on was approaching.

[@nicolelovesshadowthehedgeh4763]

I bet that Bob and Luis are thinking to them selves Holly Shit when they see the Train Approaching

[@belindamolina6140]

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[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

o god oh no the train is heading towards the screen help oh no

[@bearcattony00]

The Viacom Train of Doom

[@jeopardy60611]

In the 21st Century, automated announcements are more common because they are easy to do with digital sampling, multiple announcements can be randomly triggered, and announcements can be changed remotely by transferring sound files. When this was made in the 70s, it could only have been done with a loop of tape. In Chicago, and I'm sure in other cities, trains and buses have automated stop announcements so you don't have to recognize a stop visually to know where to get off a train or bus.

[@tpirman1982]

That's true, but I did what I did just for fun,

[@jeopardy60611]

@@tpirman1982 You did what I would call a "poop video" where you add goofy sound effects to put a new spin on something that's been around for a long time.

[@Themannbbochannel]

The announcement audio is from amtrak

[@davidmoore9706]

this is sooo funny!!

[@sriharyati2941]

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[@LUVZEP77]

the terrifying train whistle is from Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother.

[@tpirman1982]

Do you have proof of that?

[@Nightmastercool97]

Ok what I don't get is why did they have to rip the picture up at the end; I mean it's only a puzzle that only has two pieces.

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Well,it may have only been a puzzle,but no sooner did they have it in place than it turned into a real tunnel.

[@Rlotpir1972]

Set the speed to 0.25 and they (Bob and Luis) will be at normal speed.

[@JRStephens5005]

Robert Lopresti it's funny in fast motion.

[@SuperFlanders123]

I love the look of impending doom on Bob's face @ 1:18,,, Lol...

[@uvgunkhuusugarmaa8699]

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[@ul7185]

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[@Rlotpir1972]

Sesame Street took a page from "Looney Tunes". Bob and Luis bet Oscar was running the No. 52.

[@MrJoshinJosh]

It's possible.

[@MrJoshinJosh]

Thank you buddy boy.

[@MrJoshinJosh]

Thank You again Buddy Boy.

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[@Themannbbochannel]

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[@averagethomasfan3339]

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[@JRStephens5005]

They look funny in fast motion.

[@Rlotpir1972]

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[@therealhotshot70]

When did they add "train approaching!"?

[@tpirman1982]

I did that for fun. 'Cause in the first 2 years of my ridership on the MBTA, I started with the commuter rail.

[@trooperjon2003]

before i dont know which is luis and i thought they were twins because they were look alike and i know one of them is bob and luis but i was so confused who is luis because they were look a like heheehe and i tought it was real train that passed through the rail train hehehehe

[@ginnybrech6727]

That is so cool! I saw this when I watched Sesame Street as a little kid in the 70s, and I totally cracked up when I heard the "train approaching" announcement. I ride the "L" in Chicago, IL, and we don't have announcements like that.

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

It reminds me of the Metra.

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[@pythonfan1]

There was no "train approaching" announcement in the original broadcast.

[@leonardchonowski6664]

Just flip it over at 0:22, and you have it matching the picture.

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[@lilimaxwelllol]

That's just scary for little kids

[@georgef551]

Now I see where the dislikes occurred.... "Train Approaching..." thing ruined it.

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[@DaryckReese300]

It Would Have Been Weird, If It Were An Upside Down Train Tunnel

[@tanyachernikova2878]

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[@nicolelovesshadowthehedgeh4763]

Luis From Sesame Street needs a hair cut!

[@pythonfan1]

This didn't scare me at all when I was little, because I knew the train was made from cardboard.

[@flatcapman]

kids got scared because of the 3D effect Not everyone played chicken with the cars or real life trains on a railway track like you obviously did as a kid

[@sharonbeckerle8735]

I remember this so well and loved it ! Rip bob and Luis you guys were wonderful together! Btw I was never scared of this but the image of that tunnel stuck with me for years and couldn’t place it till now

[@flatcapman]

@@sharonbeckerle8735 I was scared of it as a kid but as an adult I admire how they did it and considering I watch far worse Horror wise this is more charming then scary but a niffy 3D effect with the train. I found the SOME NONE one more creepy how the singer walks at the camera then flops onto the lens

[@MorganNye]

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[@ericbernstein8721]

I would have to turn off the TV when this segment aired.

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[@budbundy5021]

2 pieces and these 2 dopes can't figure it out

[@MrJoshinJosh]

Kinda reminds you of Buddy and Jim, doesn't it?

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Josh-Now that you mention it,yes,they are like Buddy and Jim here! Or Wally and Ralph,for that matter,also from the early days,who were also just like B&J,in terms of acting stupid,over the easiest solutions to things.

[@MrJoshinJosh]

I started watching Sesame Street during Season 5. I also remember Hal Miller playing the second Gordon and him having hair as well.

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[@kristineapodaca3173]

This TERRIFIED me as a little kid. I don't remember the voice saying to stay behind the yellow line; did they add that later? I was in the really early crop of Sesame Street watchers. It always seems like both Bob and Luis were going to get sucked under the train, to me.

[@tpirman1982]

No, I added the "Train approaching! Please remain behind the yellow line!" alert myself. I recorded the message from one of the loudspeakers at Canton Junction commuter rail station when a train was approaching over the horizon.

[@JRStephens5005]

Even as kid, I never was scared of this. It was fake. DUH.

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[@ophthodoc]

What’s with the ‘train approaching’ BS?

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[@melanieenglert931]

Can we take away the stupid ass "train approaching" crap please? Everyone watching this came here to relive their childhood, not ruin it.

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[@robertanderson2898]

The "Train approaching" announcement ruins the entire clip. Thumbs down.

[@cutepotato4840]

PS bad as fuck