Classic Sesame Street film - a girl prepares cookies for her great-grandmother

[@actownsend7288]

As a person who raised by two awesome funny loving grandmothers… this is wonderful!!! I miss both of mine.

[@actownsend7288]

@BeelySalasBlair-uy5wn Oh absolutely for Wendy!!!

[@pernelldh]

She sure is a heart of gold when she made cookies to present them to her great-grandmother and other senior citizens in a nursing home in that classic film.

[@marioiacolucci]

Love a cookie

[@pauljordan4452]

That was strange when I first saw this as a little boy as my grandparents didn't live locally.@carolinewoodward1016

[@zimkeli2491]

I had to look this up...it popped into my head while making cookies with my kids today, remembering how the great grandmother takes a bite of the cookie and puts it back on the plate!

[@troysundt8406]

Infection control nightmare…

[@drewski1535]

This is still my favorite skit love the old school classic sesame street

[@Eurodance90schick]

I live this clip and I really like how the kids interacted it was so nice, I find kids from the 80's were more compassionate and mature more so than today's generation and it was so nice how the little girl made the cookies for her great grandma.

[@marioiacolucci]

This was very nice

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

Yeah, 3 generations of the same family 2 of those generations living in the same home, and 1 living in a retirement residence down the street from where the other 2 live.

[@marioiacolucci]

@@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue oh cool

[@tenderpawsm473]

Stop the millennial bashing. They're the best generation.

[@jhlfsc]

AMAZING the long pause and the look on the great grandmother's face when she's told to share them with the other women!🤣

[@tenderpawsm473]

Maybe, she didn't want to share them.

[@jhlfsc]

@tenderpawsm473 Well apparently not, but her face was priceless!

[@kw693]

I was making chocolate chip cookies today, and I suddenly remembered this! Thanks, Sesame Street, for the beautiful memories!

[@pennypay1]

What could be more wholesome than playing a science game with a good friend, and then helping Grandma bake a surprise for one's great-grandmother? I was blessed to spend such afternoons with my grandparents. I baked with Oma and heard her funny or poignant stories about family, and then Opa and I read side by side in the den. We were the two bookworms in our family in the early 80's. It saddens me that social media is now a 'babysitter' and often a more direct influence. Little girls are growing up too fast.

[@thejoshsings9280]

Oh yes. I remember going to my grandparents’ houses in Michigan. You see, both my dad’s and my mom’s family are from there. I lost my grandmother on my mother’s side of the family in 2007 and my grandfather on my mom’s side the year after. My dad’s father passed away on November 14th,1980 as a result of smoking. So I didn’t get to know him that well.

[@raynabolich4841]

I looked this up to share with my kids who made cookies today. I have so much more appreciation now than I did as a little girl, for the variety of ages represented by the beautiful women featured.

[@EnlightnMe48]

I'm munching on a homemade chocolate chip cookie I made this morning and think about this clip all the time. 🙂

[@Ryanstuff]

Thanks for uploading. I remember seeing this so often as a kid that it was ingrained in my brain and came to mind today when I was helping make Chocolate Chip cookies 🤗

[@EnlightnMe48]

I always thought everyone was so sweet even when I saw this as a child. I hope Wendy continues this loving tradition with her children if she has any today.

[@kimahector9781]

Love love me my old episodes.

[@irisshalurhad7901]

I always thought Wendy’s grandmother was so pretty.

[@actown8170]

Agreed!!

[@stuffykong]

She kind of reminds me of Gloria Steinem

[@thejoshsings894]

@@stuffykong Yeah. I thought she was pretty too. And I thought Wendy asked her grandmother very good questions.

[@jhlfsc]

Oh these people had money for sure!

[@blabber9118]

iris shalurhad Wendy is beautiful, too. 😍

[@SMSTERN2]

What a lovable grandmother she has!

[@tenderpawsm473]

I wondered where Mama Llama was. I guess some folks live with their Grandmas.

[@rosietheriveter1]

Great grandma don't wanna share!!!

[@detectivefiction3701]

What strikes me most now about this segment is how sophisticated Wendy seems. Maybe it's the fact that she's from New York or maybe it's just how things were in the 1970's/1980's, but it seems to me that many of the kids in these old "Sesame Street" clips had a poise and independence that too many kids today lack.

[@pennypay1]

Both girls were well brought up. I lived with both parents from '71 to '79 in Flatbush, and we kids were taught to cherish time with our families. But if I'd been raised in uptown Manhattan (or by my paternal grandma, who was a widow and kind but strict) I would have likely had more poise, and taken the subway by myself at a reasonable age, etc. Kids are so sheltered now, and every minute of their day is typically micromanaged.

[@Eurodance90schick]

In the 80's it was a different time and a better time as a child to grow up I grew up back than and remember like it was yesterday even though I was a small child, the 2 girls were brought up well the way they should be and back then Parents and caregivers actually did their jobs in caring for children such as teaching them respect, manners, morals and compassion people parented their children properly they way parents should. I love how this clip show how nice the children are and how the grand daughter bakes the cookies and shares them with the people at the home I wish society was like how it used to be in the 80's this was a great decade to grow up in.

[@maggiesanford8324]

Not me. I have/had borderline personality disorder.

[@marioiacolucci]

@Uintabri I agree

[@alexmunch6118]

I think its a generation thing...For instance, this video is probably from the 70s or 80s and in those days, kids were much more mature and independent...The millennials are the first generation where the so called "adults" act childish...They are the immature generation that are in their 30s and even early 40s that refuse to leave home and are totally dependent on mommy and daddy to take care of them..Very sad....I think the 1970s and 1980s were much better times to live in than today

[@zymaymyn]

The board game in the beginning of the film is Trivia Adventure, which was released in 1983.

[@bradbradley1121]

Nice

[@marioiacolucci]

Think we used to have that one

[@davidroache8655]

@George Pahno Something about the clip makes it look like the late ‘70s instead.

[@718alterego]

@@davidroache8655 I agree, I was thinking this clip was either before I watched the show or that I had forgotten it. Some of these early clips are really well done. I don't remember this clip because I had already aged out of the show. I entered junior high in fall of '86. This particular clip just looks like the Sesame Street I watched in the late '70s.

[@georgepahno3111]

This clip first aired on May 1, 1986, in episode 2214, so this footage was likely filmed in 1984 or 1985. On what dates and at what locations (on Google Maps) was this footage filmed?

[@chrisamon80]

Wendy can't wait to see her great grandmother soon at the nursing home.

[@jennyflorio7844]

It was very kind of Wendy and her grandmother to make cookies for her great-grandmother and the other senior citizens in the nursing home.

[@samsticka]

Don't let Cookie Monster near those cookies. You know what he'll do if he sees them.

[@thejoshsings894]

Yeah. Eat them

[@marioiacolucci]

He is crazy

[@samsticka]

@@thejoshsings894 Yup. And he'll go "Om nom nom nom!" as he does.

[@thejoshsings9280]

@@samsticka Oh yes.

[@tenderpawsm473]

That would have been funnier if Cookie Monster came along at the end and devoured the cookies instead of the ladies. Ah! Nom, Nom, Nom, Nom, Nom! 😀

[@pauljordan4452]

I remember this sketch fondly. Looks like Wendy had a happy upbringing with her grandmother.

[@jjstraka1982]

God this brings back memories. Hard not to think of where Wendy might be now and what she's doing.

[@caj1119]

That grandmother is about as late 70s/early 80s New York City as one can get. Has that cool, confident upper east side look to her. Wonder what that apartment cost back then, and how much it cost to have the great-grandmother in a Manhattan nursing home.

[@davidroache8655]

I hope to be like her when I’m that age.

[@michaelvaladez3012]

When that cookie flew to the corner of the pan at 2:04 Lol 😂

[@LiftedJeepTJ98]

Grandmom doesn't look too happy about having to share her cookies with the rest of the old bags

[@weirdgirl7475]

LOL

[@Lakiesha33]

I don't blame her lol.

[@DisneyPro664]

Hey, that’s rude!! You shouldn’t insult the elders!! They’re just people.

[@marioiacolucci]

You are funny

[@DisneyPro664]

Mario Iacolucci 😠

[@actown8170]

This reminds me of why grandmothers rock!!!

[@MarcusArline-rk1td]

This clip reminds me of my late grandmother.

[@FilmLord72]

Making cookies on Sesame Street is bound to get you a certain uninvited guest 😂

[@FilmLord72]

😂😂😂😂

[@ericdunn7352]

Like Cookie Monster.

[@aekfuturewriter13]

I remember this clip! :-) thanks!

[@marioiacolucci]

me too we had the broad game too!

[@colleen4ever]

The other women in the nursing home seem to know Wendy, so she and her grandma must come there often.

[@rainyday887]

I remember watching this clip when I was 5 or 6 yrs old, and it reminded me of my grammie and great-grandma. I loved it then, it was so heart warming.

[@thomasfurey00]

It would be great if they revisited some of these people and done an up to date video

[@joeydurborow3695]

This is why you use cooking spray....so the cookies don't stick

[@EnlightnMe48]

Parchment paper works great, too.

[@MJAngelLove]

I miss my grandma Hazel and Grandma Wynelle wonderful ladies and great cooks

[@marioiacolucci]

Nice video cute

[@risyanaina3169]

I am Indonesian and 40 now and try to look this video and i never thought that i will found it 😢 i watched sesame street when i was kids my mom working whole day in our small groceries store i grow watching sesame street ❤

[@itsybitsytitsy6]

This bring me back to my childhood This was one of my favorite segments on Sesame Street along with the cat who’s owner was on the phone and wanted to eat so badly.

[@raynabolich4841]

Wow guess what clip I'm looking up next 😆

[@itsybitsytitsy6]

@@raynabolich4841 I hope you found it !

[@raynabolich4841]

@@itsybitsytitsy6 yes i did!

[@janicemahan4772]

I watched this with my kids in the 80s. Somehow it was memorable to me.

[@thejoshsings894]

I love this clip! Especially when Wendy and her grandmother make cookies for her great grandmother and her friends. I sing at Arden Court on Tuesdays and would love to make cookies for the residents

[@marioiacolucci]

I cried

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Her grandma is gorgeous!

[@Garrettk41]

Something I just noticed. Wendy's great grandmother takes a bite of one of the cookies- and doesn't finish it. She puts it right back in the basket.

[@disneygirl4130]

yes

[@afriendofbean]

+Garrettk41 I agree, that was not very good how she put the cookie back in the basket after biting into it. Hopefully none of the other women in the room picked up the same cookie the great grandmother bit into causing themselves to get germs.

[@lemaildoe]

That always drove me crazy when I was a kid. I thought that must be how adults are supposed to eat cookies.

[@zimkeli2491]

My mom used to laugh at that part! We always said she must've not liked it or broken a tooth on it.

[@Garrettk41]

Not likely. She did say there were absolutely delicious, after all. And there would have been a lot more of a reaction, had she broken a tooth. They really should have given the cookie back to her.

[@mikekelley2877]

I watched this as a kid; 1:03, I always believed the guy was asking if they wanted bacon with the chocolate chips instead of a bag; for years, while thinking of it, I couldn't figure out why on earth the guy would ask a question like that until I saw this video, I never understood....

[@craso101]

I'd love to meet this one young girl, who's now a grown lady, and exchange recipe ideas with her!

[@krystalharwood1807]

she's only an actress

[@tedharrispuppets]

What a good girl

[@marioiacolucci]

Ted Harris sweetie pie!

[@MarcusArline-rk1td]

Oh my goodness I remember this clip.

[@crunchberrychaos]

Wow, when I saw this, Wendy seemed so old to 4/5 year old me! But seeing this again as an adult, I am noticing just how young SHE was!

[@pauljordan4452]

I was little when I saw this and was surprised Wendy lived with her grandma when mine were both overseas.

[@wickster2121]

yes me too!

[@Marbles471]

Just like those girls in the "Shimmy shimmy coco pop" film. I used to think they were so BIG. Now I see how little they were. 😆

[@Amar7605]

When I watched this as a boy, I wondered what happened to Wendy’s mom & dad. Years later, my son asked the same question.

[@tenderpawsm473]

It would have been funnier if there was a plot twist and Cookie Monster showed up and devoured the cookies. 😂

[@Thattgirl6789]

What the ending should've been

[@krystalharwood4731]

her granny loks like barbara bush

[@mkite715]

Holy crap...totally forgot about this one!!

[@avidviewer67]

Watch out for the intrusive boom microphone at the top of the picture in the nursing home at 2:13, when Wendy's grandmother says "Do you like them?"

[@blabber9118]

My mom and sister just made cookies yesterday. They're delicious.

[@Ian16545]

What's the game Wendy and her friend were playing at the start again?

[@Ian16545]

Oh, wait, never mind-there it is at 0:22: Pressman's _Trivia Adventure._

[@marioiacolucci]

@@Ian16545 we used to have that

[@weirdgirl7475]

Wendy's grandmother looked stunning at her age. Not sure how old she was but it's quite obvious she took care of herself

[@pauljordan4452]

Perhaps in her 70s.

[@frankpatraziebe5515]

​@@pauljordan4452I doubt it. Women in the late 70s and early 80s didn't look quite that young at that age. I'd say late 50s but good looking still.

[@pauljordan4452]

​@@frankpatraziebe5515That would mean she was a grandmother at 50.

[@conniecanas1422]

She looked old for 50.

[@stevekov6740]

@@conniecanas1422 by today's standards yes old looking for being 50 but if she was late 50s today she'd look her age. In the 70s and 80s though she looked like women did when they were 45 or so.

[@rezievil4ever]

My first taste of ASMR

[@melissasalasblair5273]

Thanks soooo much!!

[@jackwolf7966]

They have such a nice family

[@dominiquepilon9315]

The great grand mother remind me of my grand mother (paternal ) I should go visit her she gonna be 93 yrs young

[@rockabillylaker]

Accents are awesome. "would ya like a bag fa dat?"

[@jeopardy60611]

I don't remember this because I stopped watching Sesame Street on TV in 1983, so it must have come out later.

[@maureenavena33]

I always wondered what kind of card game her and her grandma are playing at the end

[@SynthPizza12]

+maureenavena33 it looks like spit

[@timothymclorin]

Sesame Street film - a girl prepares cookies for her great-grandmother season 11 1979 1980

[@georgepahno3111]

This clip first aired on May 1, 1986, in episode 2214. Trivia Adventure, the board game Wendy and her sister were playing at the beginning of this clip, was released in 1983. So this footage was likely filmed in 1984 or 1985. On what dates and at what locations (on Google Maps) was this footage filmed?

[@bradbradley1121]

i used to do this with my grandma a lot

[@marioiacolucci]

that's nice

[@ChrisC11291980]

I think I remember seeing this in 1983 or 84.

[@sarahbgln]

It first aired in May 1986

[@ChrisC11291980]

@@sarahbgln I stand corrected

[@marioiacolucci]

Wendy is so cute

[@georgepahno3111]

Is Wendy on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)? If so, would you please give me the link(s) to her social media page(s)?

[@marioiacolucci]

@@georgepahno3111 sorry I don't know

[@Garrettk41]

I wondered if this one would ever be back.

[@michaelboldireff7983]

I remember that board game I-Q 2000 is my favourite game

[@dominiquepilon5764]

My granny live in a nursing home too she has dementia she’s almost 96 yrs old

[@DakariKingMykan]

I haven't seen this skit in so long, and yet I feel sad... reminds me of my Nana (Died long ago)

[@RealTime88]

Mine too. Can't stop crying!!

[@DakariKingMykan]

Alex Townsend *Sighs* There's nothing we can say or do to change or feel better.

[@RealTime88]

But it's nice to see things like this and say "wow, our grandmothers are awesome!!"

[@DakariKingMykan]

God bless em

[@marioiacolucci]

Ah I'm sorry to hear that

[@f9mike]

what year was this? how old is Wendy now? Where is Wendy now?

[@darleneyerena4552]

The girl said "see you on monday"

[@heatherblake3989]

1982

[@krystalharwood1759]

thw lady @ 2:56 remind me of my great grandma

[@kommershulklassics9470]

That disgusting woman took a bite of a cookie and put it back in the basket before passing them around. This grandma is amazing with her rusty pan and kaftan. Life goals.

[@analogidc1394]

I don't remember seeing this one before. Must have been the early seventies.

[@Pdasilva0324]

First episode this aired was May 1986 and last was Dec. 1991, toward the very end of "classic" Sesame Street.

[@analogidc1394]

@@Pdasilva0324 Thanks

[@Thattgirl6789]

This clip looks very modern. Filmed with an 80s camera lol.

[@katiecadet1641]

What about a Sesame Street Segment of a Jamaican Drum Class?

[@shannonm75]

I don't remember this segment. Weird because I watched in the late 70s to early 80s.

[@rockabillylaker]

1:47 Use parchment paper or, they will stick to the pan!!" 2:00 "ah, crap"

[@TwoTailedSponge]

🥰

[@seanadams3551]

Was that slapjack they were playing before bed?

[@stevedogan]

The only thing wrong with this is all those people stuck in that nursing home. Kids belong taking care of their parents at that age. Society has gone so far downhill in the last 3 or 4 generations.....! 100 years ago you'd NEVER think of this kind of thing! I've heard all the stories about people can't anymore because they're struggling even with both parents working supporting their kids, and a dozen other arguments. HELLO! People years ago had much less & and often 10 or 12 kids in a family -and they got by just fine. Of course, they didn't "have to" worry about 2 car payments, a $200,000 house payment, "needing" cable TV, I-things, X-things, 5 TV's, and what not else under the sun to "be happy". Up until about the 1950's it was common to have 2 or 3 generations at home. What the heck has happened to our value system in this Country?? It's time people start relearning where their REAL wealth lies....and it ain't your wallet size!

[@twerk4jesus108]

Some people don't like being a burden to their children, and others have no children. A hundred years ago it was not uncommon to see elderly people freezing on the streets. Thank God society today has evolved to the point where they have somewhere to go and be taken care of!

[@stevedogan]

Right, but not my point. Society has gone so far down hill and slipped into a "ME! ME! ME!" frame of mind, people don't think twice about this anymore. Back then, if people seen someone on the street they'd invite them in for a meal. What are the chances you'd see THAT nowadays? People would be paranoid of being robbed or what have you. I just wonder what'id happen in this Country if there'd be another Depression as bad or worse than the 1930's and people would, be forced to, HEAVEN FORBID T-R-U-S-T each other. Sad to say the absolute least.

[@pauljordan4452]

A young lady from university is one of eleven kids, who were home schooled until age 16. They all had chores to do. I joke that their mother is the old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children she didn't know what to do!

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

3 generations of the same family. I wonder where Wendy's parents were?

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

@Steve Kovaleski It was a more simple time than it is now.

[@EnlightnMe48]

What game were they playing at the beginning?

[@danielkelly2210]

It's called I.Q. 2000.

[@krystalharwood2356]

her friend's mom looks like the lady from the kids create a playground video

[@chefjasonperu]

It would be a pure shame if Wendy grew up to be a ruthless criminal lawyer

[@raea3588]

They don't show children doing these sorts of things on tv anymore.

[@GabrielWilsonCollins]

I live a couple of miles away from the site of the Toll House where chocolate chip cookies where invented. For a more authentic chocolate chip cookie, they should have used Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chips instead of Hershey’s.

[@franko6677]

Anyone know when this was filmed? I used to see it all the time in the late '80s.

[@franko6677]

@George Pahno I’m just now seeing this. Thanks for the info!

[@georgepahno3111]

This clip first aired on May 1, 1986, in episode 2214, so this footage was likely filmed in 1984 or 1985. On what dates and at what locations (on Google Maps) was this footage filmed?

[@kayolkadavis6843]

Llama 🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙

[@marioiacolucci]

Yeah I know this one ah Grandma!

[@timobrien8809]

So is the old lady in the nursing home her great grandma or a family friend ?

[@pauljordan4452]

Wendy's great grandmother - as per the narration.

[@Eurodance90schick]

oh yes I remember this clip I've always loved this one as a pre-schooler, the last time I saw this I was 7 and now I'm 31. Ah back in the day when parents were so kind and loving towards their children. Seeing this clip always made me want cookies and still does even now. I wish everyone acted a lot nicer towards each other. What year was this clip done?

[@marioiacolucci]

me too I remember sesame street how could you forget I remember most of the episodes

[@FHfan731]

I think I remember from another source this sketch being from 1983.

[@shiningkingghidora]

that table looks like it's from Star Trek

[@kayolkadavis6843]

Baker 🤚🤚

[@kayolkadavis6843]

Lemon 🍋💛🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋

[@curtlevesque5968]

Whatever happened to Wendy's parents?

[@Pdasilva0324]

This was made almost 40 years ago so Wendy herself is well into her 40s maybe close to 50 now.

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

They were probably at work so her grandmother was watching Wendy until they got home, I bet.

[@pennypay1]

That's what my grandparents did. After my parents divorced, my mom moved us to their state so that she and I could be near them and my uncle. For the first couple of years, we lived in the other half of their duplex. I was 'sensible' and could be trusted alone at home, especially with them right next door, but I visited nearly every school day afternoon till my mom got home from work. I was their only grandchild for years, and that bond was very special to us.

[@justingandara9289]

Doesn't she have parents?

[@sweetlife031]

Maybe her parents are deceased...

[@justingandara9289]

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE AWAY AT A BUSINESS CONFERENCE

[@twerk4jesus108]

It doesn't tell us in the skit where the girl's parents are... but lots of people grew up with their grandparents and were better off because of it. Myself included.

[@justingandara9289]

MAYBE BUT STILL

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

Wendy's great-grandmother and her grandmother are probably gone by now?

[@alexmunch6118]

This skit was filmed almost 40 years ago and you can see how old the great-grandmother was back then. So the great-grandmother is certainly gone, no questions asked. The grandmother might be gone too but who knows. its possible she may be alive today. If so, shes AT LEAST the great-grandmothers age today. No younger than her early 90s

[@erikcohen3368]

Where is Wendy’s Parents?

[@25FADIII]

Where are the girl's parents? I'm also wondering if the girl's grandma is still living since she looks like she's in her late 40's or early 50's back in the late 1970's, this would perhaps make the girl's mother look probably like a high school student in her 20's or 30's, hence the grandma looking younger than her actual age.

[@conniecanas1422]

Late 40s? Lol at least 58

[@25FADIII]

@@conniecanas1422 Women at 58 today look younger than that girl's Grandma back then.

[@danielkelly2210]

That game they are playing at the beginning didn't come out until 1984, so I don't think this sketch is older than that.

[@25FADIII]

@danielkelly2210 That game is called Trivia Adventure, I thought that game came out in 1985, and my Late Paternal Grandma & Grandpa, and my Late Paternal Aunt and her surviving family member had copies of Trivia Adventure.