In and Out Crowd

[@AmberCmagee]

I can't tell you how much this song meant to me, as a kid. My parents were hippyish and it made me feel like Sesame street understood me, and thought I was okay.

[@sallycruikshank]

Your comment made me very happy.

[@markmarktimelawrence7141]

THIS WAS MY FAVORITE ANIMATION!!!!! I WISHED I COULD DO THIS TOO!!!!!!

[@sallycruikshank]

Nice!

[@christopherwesterberg8555]

I Love this Song

[@TheHmm43]

I grew up with this! Such gorgeous animation (and music) Thank you Sally! Yours were my favorites.

[@sallycruikshank]

Hey that's so nice. Thank you!

[@rokon992]

Your cartoon shorts are why I kept watched Sesame Street in my younger years! This was my favorite one besides the beginning, middle, and end one. Thanks for reposting this and for your work on it!

[@sallycruikshank]

Rokon992 that is such a nice comment, thank you!

[@davebecker9742]

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[@kangaroofuno]

@@sallycruikshank My favorite childhood memories are this song,that dream-like head song and I'm curious...It sucks sesame street don't want you anymore.

[@jeremyg6534]

These vids from my childhood makes me sooo happy. Thank you

[@davebecker9742]

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[@roterfuchs8201]

This song has never left my mind, still play a variation of it on string instruments

[@lovemeg5186]

Not only was the song catchy. But the colors of all the characters are bright and fun! As for me I am a bit of both crowds. It all depends on my mood.

[@sallycruikshank]

I know what you mean.

[@Cephalopod51]

Even though this song is a parody of "The 'In' Crowd," which was sung by Cass Elliot with the Mamas and the Papas, I get a Talking Heads vibe from this song. Especially when the "Out Crowd" starts to sing. When I listened to my brother's copy of Speaking in Tongues, some of the beginning songs made me think of this. On another note, the way the Out Crowd spoke enthusiastically about doing heavy chores, being active, and having a grand picnic outside was what my parental units wanted me to be like. To think that the Out Crowd section of the cartoon was also a bit satirical: especially when the hill valley donkey/alligator blond was taking her money out of her wallet and throwing it and the wallet out. Your Sesame Cartoons are brilliant, Sally. (You may be interested to know that your cartoon style was listed as one of the inspirations for Superjail! on adult swim.)

[@davebecker9742]

Cephalopod51 is not an

[@LilPoopsie]

Late af but really? I love Superjail! but it took a while for the art style not to creep me out lol these SS animations were creepy to me as a kid too so I guess I should've noticed.

[@davebecker9742]

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[@beaglybeagle]

I remember this one clearly, I'm gonna say 1992? I must have been still catching glimpses of Sesame Street at 32 years of age and still loving it!! Remarkable groovy sensation!

[@sallycruikshank]

Amazing memory

[@PaleGirlOfTheNorth]

I remember this from when I was a kid! Awesome that it's up on youtube now :D

[@duetland]

just found this and i'm so obsessed... i love your work sally!! i'm an animator too and i really love how silly and colorful everything you make is :) i am really inspired and want to bring that sense of fun into what i do as well

[@sallycruikshank]

THAT'S GREAT! STAY INSPIRED AND GO FOR IT!

[@MsPandaRosa]

This is the song that should let us know that it's just as cool to be Out as to be In, and shows us how, too :-)

[@ShaiMyst]

i just loved the cool tones with this song and the animation was like wow. totally took in and out to a new level when i was little

[@Allcanadian79]

these are sweet i remember these

[@georgeisking]

One of my favorites; wish you still worked on the show.

[@reverendbluejeans1748]

These cats are sick man!!!

[@777hobo777]

Great stuff! I always loved this song. It's now on my MP3 player!

[@ReBootRevival]

I loved this bit as a child! :D

[@Cannabeknown]

Omg I thought this was some fever dream when I was a kid

[@sallycruikshank]

Ha, some of my animation is even more feverish!

[@tpirman1982]

Great work, Sally Cruikshank!

[@ChristianLakhan]

I hope they remake this in an upcoming season

[@antiquebeast]

copy this exactly. This cartoon was borderline scary to me, just trippy enough to keep me from getting freaked out. XD

[@austinreed7343]

I remember this one.

[@MarthaRoseQuartz]

Me, too.

[@TomNall]

Ramsey Lewis Trio, Bohemian Caverns, DC, I think '65 - THE definitive version. My older bro brought home the album, I was maybe 8 and have been groovin to this ever since. I still have it on vinyl. Glad I'm from Chi South Side, Morgan Park, Beverly. Ramsey's still on the radio here.

[@cannonmovietalesfan]

Your videos make me feel like a little kid again. I'd give all your videos more than 5 out of 5 stars, honestly.

[@sallycruikshank]

Interesting that you even picked up on the 60's look as a child. Thanks.

[@ZeoViolet]

I'm pretty sure that the "in crowd" would come outside, no matter what they say, if confronted by that woman throwing her money around so freely.

[@sallycruikshank]

HA! That's funny!

[@ZeoViolet]

Lol I'm also pretty sure that "We're the out-crowd, also known as litterbugs".

[@dhylec]

Hehe, this was great. Great animation and great jazzy music. I grew up to be a jazz fan and remember watching this when I was little. laughingsal, if you're the animator, great job. I'm definitely part of the in crowd. Out crowd's too loud. And check out the blonde girl tossing green bills out of her purse when the song says "can't pay us to stay indoors".. is she tossing money away? Crazy out crowd indeed...

[@davebecker9742]

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[@sallycruikshank]

that's amazing!

[@zeemedia-c4g]

Who has the original audio master for this song? Just out of curiosity.

[@sallycruikshank]

No idea. Sesame Street was very uninterested in archiving materials. :(

[@ElectricShark]

One of my favorite songs from Sesame Street as a child. I was like a kid version of Freud though because I read so much into it. To me, the In-Crowd represented everything I wanted to be apart of. Accepted, loved, cool, fashionable. Plus, they had this groovy 60's look to 'em! In a way, It reflected my desire to be part of the "in" crowd as a child. I was always a bit of an outsider.

[@sallycruikshank]

you have an amazing memory!

[@oXoXmarionetteXoXo]

I remember this song o.o

[@betseydufour6118]

hi was moss involved with this? Curious

[@sallycruikshank]

Moss?

[@9eryankeeflight38]

Wow ur the animator? so cool I always thought that this and the other songs that used this animation really stood out

[@sallycruikshank]

Thanks 9ER YANKEE FLIGHT.

[@MarthaRoseQuartz]

This one was a bit more darker and moodier compared to the other zany, colorful shorts in the Sesame Street roster at the time I watched the show (1995-1998; I watched it sporadically.) The dark and moody tone is subtler than that one "AT" cartoon, though.

[@davebecker9742]

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[@forrestseebeck4308]

Computer I need a new

[@huskcharmer]

This may sound crazy, but this is (20 some odd years later) my favorite animated sequence...and it left enough of an impression, that I doodle the characters in notebooks when bored in class/meetings/whatever.

[@forrestseebeck4308]

thank you so much and will be so proud of you all

[@thenewageriseth]

I remember this too XD So jazzy XD Like jazz fusion or similar.

[@marklawrence4264]

AT FIRST I WAS AFRAID OF THIS....BUT NOW I UNDERSTAND!!!

[@sallycruikshank]

Haven't heard that before!

[@brittm1650]

You can never be a part of the out crowd. That would mean you're in the out crowd, which would mean you're out of the out crowd.

[@ThePatch202]

Me and my mom really loved this song

[@sallycruikshank]

fun to read, dhylec!

[@sallycruikshank]

That's nice. thank you.

[@sallycruikshank]

Wow, you're quite on top of this! I don't have a copy of Part of the Whole, but I've got a link to it from my youtube page.

[@thykingdomcomethywillbedon9359]

Good one britt

[@sallycruikshank]

A great big German Shepherd.

[@masercot]

Sesame Street used to be a great reservoir of independent animation...

[@sallycruikshank]

You're right. There was a wonderful producer named Arlene Sherman who deserves the credit for bringing in independent animation and letting artists do wild things. Probably led to big enrollment in animation classes 18 years later!

[@masercot]

@@sallycruikshank Wow! A response from the great animator, herself. As a child of the seventies and a great lover of the old Betty Boops, I fell in love with your style when I saw Quasi at the Quackadero. I don't get a chance much to express admiration to artists I like. It feels good to tell you that. Thank you.

[@sallycruikshank]

Thanks. I wish I still worked on it too!

[@jx346]

i remember this

[@coreyfrederick2182]

Real ness

[@sallycruikshank]

Yes, it's called "Above It All" and I've posted it.

[@sallycruikshank]

and now you never will! (evil laugh)

[@Sirenhound]

Pull it out! That's what the out crowd is all about. XD

[@sallycruikshank]

First 3 were above it all, beginning middle and end, and probably this one, all 1989. Then I have a harder time putting them in order.

[@urdwekstlinkgbye]

do you have ABOVE and BELOW?

[@sallycruikshank]

@PaleGirlOfTheNorth cute screen name!

[@ElectricShark]

It was totally mod! Especially at 0:22!

[@AlbertMondback]

We're too hip to go outside.

[@caroldefender4144]

I'm more of an "inside' person.

[@davebecker9742]

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[@katiecranstonspadafora2512]

Oh yes

[@bemak78]

I'm with the in crowds.

[@sallycruikshank]

I'm sure it is.

[@deanonessimo4052]

First seen in Episode 2612.

[@peabody66]

What do you mean indoor voices?

[@peabody66]

Me too.

[@peabody66]

The out crowd sings louder than the in crowd.

[@SelfMadeBum]

They're using their outside voices lol.

[@sallycruikshank]

my dog.

[@jx346]

whos singing?

[@woofer0doofer]

So is that indeed a bong that goes in the fridge?

[@ZeoViolet]

That's a toy duck, not a bong. XD

[@sallycruikshank]

sorry, I don't know. maybe someone else will.

[@sallycruikshank]

wow, I never knew about that. Too bad Sesame St. never paid residuals!

[@ryanb9304]

😂🤣

[@SuperAced]

3 this

[@hpalpha7323]

sans.

[@sallycruikshank]

not.

[@sallycruikshank]

too bad they never paid residuals!

[@katiecranstonspadafora2512]

Oh yes