One two three four five, six seven eight nine ten, eleven twelve! You ask, you receive. And then some! I'm filling a request from earlier in the week for Oscar the Grouch and Johnny Cash performing "Nasty Dan" on Sesame Street. (Johnny Trash? Johnny Cash!) It's is another one of my favorites from that fabled The Stars Come Out On Sesame Street album. I'm also including some other songs near and dear to my heart here: Bert "Doin' The Pigeon" (this is a big favorite of my dad's, he does a great rendition of it) and Grover and Madeline Kahn's echo song.

And of course, I had to include some of the songs that were part of the little counting skits -- I still think of the old-timey, banjo-heavy "Ladybugs' Picnic" and The Pointer Sisters' jazzy, funky pinball jam when I hear the number 12 mentioned. Rounding things out, the ear-wormiest of the Sesame Street and Muppet Show songs -- "Mah Na Mah Na," written by Italian film score composer Piero Umiliani (for a soft core porn film, no less!) -- which was recently used in a Dr. Pepper commercial, of all things.

Johnny Cash and Oscar the Grouch -- Nasty Dan
Madeline Kahn and Grover -- Sing After Me
Bert -- Doin' the Pigeon

The Pointer Sisters -- Pinball Number Count
The Ladybugs' Picnic

Mah Na Mah Na (follow this link to a clip of the Muppet Show version.)

(Heck, if you've got lots of time to waste, here's a link to all the YouTube clips of Sesame Street moments.)