Don't Wake Your Mom! (Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop)

[@TheBuzzard42]

I was an odd child. I overthought EVERYTHING when I was little, and I do mean everything. And although I used to watch and love this, it was also my first experience with having an existential crisis. 0:51 is the spot that did it to me. I freaked out thinking one's soul could take leave of it's body while they slept, and worried that mine might forget to come back once it was finished doing what it wanted. Imagine my surprise years later when I studied Japanese folklore and mythology and found they'd shared a similar concept, called a "Ikiryō", a living ghost, that can leave the body during sleep to deal with the person's unfinished business... typically, in a less-than-pleasant sense.

[@alexanderzinnurov9495]

*Shari:* ♪ No...throwing _a fit or_ stamping _your feet for_ something _to eat..._ ♪ *Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse:* ...like this! ♪ _We want foo-ood; we want foo-ood; we are hungry; we want food..._ ♪ *Shari:* ♪ _And the tap dance you love to do...and that's a big no-no, too..._ ♪ 4:21 I love the part with Shari tap dancing.

[@TesIaNews2024]

I am fully invested in this video for an unknown reason. I’m 31 years old. What am I doing. 😂 Must be the magic of Shari Lewis ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@TheAllieKat2003]

I'm 32 and enjoying this.

[@analoguearchives815]

Katy Petree I grew up with it personally. It’s my all-time favorite thing Shari Lewis ever did, but again that’s the nostalgia talking. I’m in my 20s and I have 4 VHS copies and counting.

[@AllenJones-w3p]

Shari could dance!!!!

[@alexanderzinnurov9495]

Actually, I timed myself in counting "1 locomotive, 2 locomotives, 3 locomotives...". Counting to "44 locomotives" took me a minute.