Classic Sesame Street - Up and Down Remote

[@Paraprax]

Thanks so much for uploading! One of the holy grails of old Sesame Street skits; had tried looking for it years ago without success!

[@CK2012]

I have not seen this in almost 30 years

[@jeprice08]

When the bridge blew up and the man's reaction to it, that is a prime example as to how one can abuse and misuse their power.

[@JonWilsonPhysics]

This skit terrified me as a child because of the bridge collapse.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

Wait, I wasn't the only one? 0_0

[@JohnyZman]

Me too! That and the carwash skit! Scared the hell out of me lol

[@andywinslow9638]

Something creeped me out as a kid but I like the skit. The little girl fixed it so I wasn't bothered too much by it

[@jmiller297]

THAT PART

[@animemangafan1987]

Me too when I see that disturbing scene that the man freaked out and run like hell 'til the little girl hits up to bring the bridge back to normal

[@JeffK1980]

This skit makes me laugh. This debut was from Episode #2614 (Season 20) which aired on May 11, 1989.

[@Nightmastercool97]

So this where the idea for the movie Click came from?

[@Mr20387]

I wanted this remote so bad as a kid 😩

[@animemangafan1987]

Then go make one yourself

[@Mr20387]

@animemangafan1987 I made a prototype used it September 11 2001 in New York Sadly it only halfway worked

[@BuddyBoy600alt]

Can the little girl rewind Baltimore Bridge?

[@animemangafan1987]

If we build a time machine

[@edwardwbalen]

I remember I used to have a toaster which resembled the one in this video. It was brown and chrome instead of pink.

[@craso101]

Thank goodness for the little girl who saved the day when she pushed the UP button to rebuild the bridge as if the man never knocked it down in the first place(what was he thinking).

[@animemangafan1987]

The man who was responsible doesn't want to get caught by the cops for destroying that bridge from his up and down remote

[@edwardwbalen]

I am curious as to where this remote is today, any of you have thoughts on this?

[@edwardwbalen]

This remote would come in very handy if elevators were remote controlled. The buttons on the remote mirror elevator up and down call buttons.

[@jerrywright4886]

Remember the part where the man pressed the "Down" button on the remote which caused the bridge to explode and crash into the river? That clip was actually stock footage of the Driving Park Avenue Bridge demolition in Rochester, NY. Did you know that the Driving Park Bridge was first built in 1890 and was demolished with controlled explosives on July 9, 1986? Here are two links and you'll see what I mean. 1. media.democratandchronicle.com/retrofitting-rochester/driving-park-bridge 2. www.rochestersubway.com/topics/2012/11/driving-park-bridge-and-lower-falls/

[@DakariKingMykan]

Incredible... and as kids we would never guess that because of our illusions of Television

[@Ian16545]

Just saw either story, and it was easy to see why: as convenient as the bridge was, it wasn't perfect-it had to be closed for repairs over and over again as the years went on.

[@mrnobody2018]

2:10 look at the water going up

[@drdrai7479]

Damn I grew up loving this clip and that bridge was demolished just a year before I was born.

[@gameshowguy2000]

I believe that footage was also used on the series premiere of VR Troopers (1994-96), "The Battle Begins, Part 1".

[@_space_cat_]

The ending of this skit made me laugh so hard as a kid. Better than Adam Sandler's movie.

[@MrCodes84]

This remote would have been handy on 9/11

[@FormulaPunRacer]

As well as those who take Viagra

[@tombradley37]

Now that guy DEFINITELY BUNRNED A BRIDGE

[@scotthayes4135]

He says "Down" and the bridge collapses.

[@levlylove]

Can destroy and restore an entire bridge. Can't perform a simple levitation on a person. That always bugged me as a kid.

[@DakariKingMykan]

Well he did make his legs and his arm move

[@DakariKingMykan]

@Gabe PL Exactly, the tape was being rewound, so everything went backwards. That's why the water was going upward

[@EricRyder2012]

RIP Jim Thurman!

[@animemangafan1987]

An Animaniacs segment episode did show Wakko using Papa Bear's garage remote control being broken but fixed to get it working again on everything is similar to this skit

[@michaeleusebio4342]

That little girl must be very smart

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Yes

[@animemangafan1987]

If the man should've hit up before the little girl showed up, then none of this won't happen to him before he ended up run like hell

[@BuddyBoy600alt]

All until he encounters the bridge, Which he destructed. Then, a little girls plays with it pushes up and the bridge rebuilds.

[@DakariKingMykan]

@Gabe PL (I know you already may know, but just for other people) Simple... they can't make the bridge go back up, it's literally been destroyed. so they just REWIND the footage. See... even the explosions are reserving

[@animemangafan1987]

​@DakariKingMykan even the waterfall goes back while rewinding the footage

[@raulquiroz775]

De niño quería tener ese control remoto Hahahahaha

[@mrnobody2018]

2:10 there shouldn't be water moving in a up and down footage played in reverse

[@animemangafan1987]

Well that was the actual footage on demolishing the bridge in Rochester, NY back in 1986

[@mrnobody2018]

2:10 water goes down not up

[@Rizzivisionary]

The dude just committed an act of terrorism

[@deanonessimo4052]

First seen in Episode 2614.

[@danielwalton9012]

& I Also Like! That Far/Near Remote! 2 make Things Draw Far away From You/Draw Nearer! to You!

[@Ian16545]

Jim may be doing the voice, but who's the man acting?

[@DakariKingMykan]

He kinda looks like Judge Reinhold, but I'm sure it's not him

[@CK2012]

Jim who?

[@Ian16545]

@@CK2012 Jim Thurman

[@mrnobody2018]

2:10 the water is not supposed to go down, it's spoiling the footage

[@bryanloveseighties]

Look at it this way. When the little girl pressed the up button, she made the water go up while making the destroyed bridge go back up. When the man made the bridge go down, he set the remote down and crept away thinking, "I gotta get outta here before the owner of that bridge blames me for destroying it."

[@animemangafan1987]

Actually they rewind the footage of demolishing the bridge in Rochester

[@ishmaeldowdy8804]

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