Maybe some people mentally confused with the terrifying "Killing of an Egg". Also, I'm guessing during the '80s CTW and PBS dropped any reference to the title "Crack Master". ;)
This is very tame compared to some of the very early Sesame Street segments going back to 1969 and the start of the 70s. Including ones that were not meant to be scary but turned out to be so because of the raw look of the sets, the characters, or even quality of the film itself. For example, the "repeating letter" malfunctioning TV set which Ernie pulls stuff starting with the letter "H" out of. The one I was familiar with was the one that looked like it was made in the late 70s. I discovered much earlier versions of that segment that would've scared the bejezzus out of me as a kid because of the rawness of the audio and video of the film, and B&E weren't quite perfected yet.
Probably why it was lost for so long. My theory is that Sesame Street themselves banned this short after airing it and realizing it's controversial nature the first person who sent it probably thought he or she would get in trouble copyright wise for giving it out so they said not to share it with anyone.
@@ELEcomments it aired before the term ''crack'' was truly slang for Cocaine.. it was seemingly banned/pulled after that was a thing .. so it only became controversial after the fact in terms of the wording this short contains... Though it still could have been controversial do to the characters race and implied state of the house the character lives at
@@klay5710 Um excuse me I didn't come from that video first that talked about this... I only seen it after I both seen this video and commented here... Besides its not like I had to have watched that video to be aware of fact the slang for Cocaine became crack or atleast confirmed as the official most widely used slang term only after this short aired and I did bring up a matter that wasn't directly stated in that video as well atleast if its the one I think you are referencing
I actually remember this quite fondly. Benny Hill's segment of appliances turning on their owners on the other hand... (young childhood was a strange time.)
the way Sesame Street portrayed poverty, like this song, always made me feel like our old house was ok. i believe it made a big difference in how i saw myself and how i took care of my personal spaces as i grew up.
I love Sesame Street and PBS for that reason, it's so important for youth to have positive ideas free and available to them and education wrapped up as entertainment. Possibly the most noble and morally good use of the arts (and tax money).
@@minecraftrotisseriechicken Too bad Sesame Street doesn't care about that anymore. All they care about is money from merchandise, dumb parodies, and focusing on their most annoying characters.
Fun fact: the voice of the narrator is Dorothy Moskowitz, the lead singer for the band the United States of America. She picked up the gig while working in the Bay area, and said it was one of the strangest gigs she's ever had
Hate to burst the bubble, but I did some research, it actually played at least 10 more times from its first airing, it was in circulation from 1975 to 1980.
"We'll see the cracks again someday" gave me chills. It's almost as if it knew that it would go lost for a while, but the kids who saw it in the 70s would see it again one day.
I think this is beautiful. Teaching kids who live in places with cracks in the walls that imagination can take you away from your situation temporarily.
Yeah. When I was a toddler-to-kid, I loved finding shapes in the peeling paint on my room's ceiling, and imagining scenarios between those creatures. Like seeing shapes in clouds. Sesame Street really did well at tapping into things kids can relate to and/or make use of for intellectual development. :3
This would've been creepy if her voice wasn't so beautiful. Considering it was improvised, she managed to make a surprisingly harmonious little tune to accompany the short.
LifeWorks, ndh enterprises,llc. Well, even though it can be about crack since this came out in the 70's, it did not talk about actually crack. When they said the Crack Monster "destroyed himself trying to be mean", it means by how mean spirited people are full of themselves, being selfish, jumping into conclusions, and hurting other people's by their negative words/thoughts/actions. It not only hurts the people around them, but can also hurt themselves of how they are seen and how they think, based on their bad/negative/toxic behaviors.
i think it’s really eerie that the part I remembered the most as a kid was “we’ll go and see the cracks again some day” and then I never saw it again until just now.. guess it wasn’t just a fever dream after all.. it’s also weird that it definitely wasn’t the 70’s when I saw it on television..
I think that's what kinda makes so so creepy she sounds so sweet but yet the art style and the stories clashed with the voice,I think it's similar to when you hear a child's lullaby in a horror movie.When the song is sung to a child it's sweet and innocent but when it's in the context of something like that one episode of courage (freaky fred I think?)where he's shaving courage as a lullaby plays in the background. So when a sweet voice is talking about how this girl is using her imagination it's cute but when it's over that somewhat chilling art style it gives off the same effect, while yeah that voice is super soothing and like what the gamist said it would be great to listen to them read a book,in fact I think if you just listened instead of watching it would actually be very calming. Which is why even though that voice is incredibly soothing and calming like you said,the video is chilling and somewhat creepy to the point of people having nightmares about it.
sydbarrett5 When we grow up, we see things from our childhood with different eyes. ^^ I also have that feeling, but lets say that I was easy to scare xD.
"he destroyed himself trying to be mean" and "we'll go and see the cracks again someday" are a type of quote that give me both such a dreadful yet comforting understanding feeling
I remember this being much scarier with far better animation, when I saw it as a 5 year old. I thought the face was more human-looking. Scared the crap outta me.
I don't see nothing creepy or scary about this It's actually very touching and beatiful. I believe it's a metaphor to poverty and growing up poor in the inner city and how a childs imagination can take them away to far magical places the Crack monster probably represents self hate and criminals who terrorize poor neighborhoods. Trust me I grew up poor in a working class Barrio or hood.
The background music wasn’t kind of creepy, and I can see how, combined with the somewhat frightening imagery of the “Crack Master”, it could be frightening to children.
When are people going to realize that 99.99% of the time, these recovered shorts are never going to be as scary as they were made out to be? They havent been seen in years, and all the testimonies come from people who witnessed them when they were children. Of course they're going to be scarier back then.
This *is* pretty spooky, though? It’s just vaguely… *wrong*? Someone else put it down to the artstyle and music, but I think that the narrator’s cadence is also creepy and… off, somehow.
The best part about the mystery of this short is that there's still many questions left unanswered. Who worked on this short? Why was it kept hidden for long? Who gave Jon Armond his copy, and why did he have to sign never to show it? Who was the anonymous person to send this clip? I know none of these will be answered likely, and I don't expect anyone to, but it just fascinates me that while this mystery has been solved, bits of it still linger in the unknown. Just something to keep in mind.
My personal theory is that it was an amateur project. The creator was probably embarrassed of it, and gave it to Armond. He probably made him sign not to show it because it was old and they didn't like it It was also probably hidden because again, first project, embarrassing. There's also the theory of it being too controversial with having a black girl in a house that's very unkept. Or the double meaning of crack. Or just the fact that it frightened too many kids. I know you didn't really expect an actual answer, but I was just giving you some ideas that might slightly satisfy your hunger for answers :) Also, sorry if anything is misspelled, I'm writing this on mobile and I can't check what I'm writing
People keep saying this short is terrifying, but I find it quite calming, the singers voice sounds like that one kindergarten teacher that actually cared about your well being.
In mexican Sesame Street "Plaza Sésamo", this short cartoon was aired in the 80's many times. The monkey says "buen día, buen día, buen día, qué alegre compañía" (good day, Im glad you came my way)... And the crack master says "soy la grieta mayor"... Thanks for this !!
As some mentioned this could have been a reverse transfer, originating as a Spanish language animation then being translated into English for US Sesame Street, the opposite of the usual pattern of English sketches being translated into Spanish for domestic and international broadcast.
I love the message here. It shows a poor girl who’s using her imagination to have fun. She uses the cracks in her dirty house to live in a world where there’s nothing but beauty. Though I don’t know what Crack Master represents
RGkong too much pattern recognition has seemed to feed into the darker abyss of humanity. If you look at issac newtons later years theres alot to understand from understanding it all far too well. The same goes for the rise of the nazis and fall of the nazis. Too much truth has never been a good thing for humanities health.
I think it's literal. Crack Master is that really serious crack that eventually leads to part of the wall falling away. That's the scariest crack because it hints at your wall coming apart. However, when the section of plaster does fall off, it gives the wall a bit of character and it's not so scary. Y'all gotta be poor to see this.
Sorry to bring back a dead comment. But Maybe its supposed to be about peoples outlook on life? The girl can't go outside because its raining and she's poor. And so she imagines the cracks on the walls as friends. They're all positive except the master, whose life crumbles away from his negativity. ..?
A most likely reason that they discontinued airing it on TV is because back then, the houses weren't in the best shape and were prone to probably falling ig, and not long after the term crack was used as a name for drugs, so I'm guessing they took it off to not get any backlash on their episode
I'm guessing it was a preemptive thing because there would've been more articles about the short in archives if there was any actual backlash about it. It's a fair assumption that there would've been some backlash though.
I showed this to my three-year-old son, and he seemed rather amused and entertained by the whole clip. Actually, he saw it a few times. Earlier today, I watched it without sound, and at the end, he said "Thanks for the ride!...We'll see cracks again!"...good memory!
theres such an eerie vibe to this video and i cant place my finger on it, something about the voice, the art style, the random singing and swelling in the music, and the crack master's face all blend into such a scary nostalgic feeling
This is all about pareidolia. It’s about your imagination. It’s so well written and so perfectly performed. The animation is nostalgic and true to the beautiful time/space.
Kyruchii Arts yeah at first i was like “this is scary??” and then I watched it again and it looks..... off?? maybe creepy, but thats not the right word i dont think... :/
Isaac Hartikainen did you see the blame it on Jorge video on this? It’s really in depth with the search. That also increases the feeling of watching something that you aren’t supposed to.
I was maybe 3 or 4 when this aired on Sesame Street. This haunted my dreams for years, I can still remember being terrified of what I called 'The Crack Monster.' It was the 1970's, there were maybe 8 channels on TV, kids weren't exposed to what they are now. I had a crack in my ceiling and I remember thinking it was him coming to get me. I'm a big horror fan now, still not sure exactly what scared me about this, maybe because they said he was in the corner at night and he tried to be mean, then the visualization of him melting. Anyway, that's my story.
I've been looking for this short for years! As a kid it freaked me the hell out! Especially the creepy way she says "At night behind the door, I think i've heard one more." As a kid the scariest part was the evil crack master crumbling. It looked like a SKULL! Totally freaked me to the moon and stayed with me all these years. I musta saw it when I was 6 or 7. 52 now..,and it's still got me buggin! 😮😮😮
The original purpose of Sesame Street was for it to be a show geared toward educating urban and inner-city children. The character using her imagination to give life to the cracks in her wall is a perfect example of what this show's initial intention was.
I understand why alot of people are unsettled, it definitely feels a bit off in a way, but I actually think it's quite pleasant to listen to and watch.
I can definitely see how this would be creepy to children. One of the doors in the hallway in my house had a crack on it and my earliest memory is being terrified of it because I thought it looked like an animal skeleton.
This is nowhere near as scary as I remember it. I been telling friends about how this scared me as a kid, for decades, & always wished I could show them. I'd be embarrassed to show them now.
lylajean100 Not electronic. This was 1975. Only the big guys from other countries like Kraftwerk had synths. This was all jazz. Flutes, Rhodes/harp, saxophone...
I fricking love this. It's oddly disturbing, calming, cute, and oddly psychedelic and the fact that it's been lost under such mysterious circumstances makes it even better
At first I saw crack master and said hey this isn’t that scary. It then started getting more angry and could see how this could be startling for a child. It kinda reminds me of an abusive parent. When she said it destroyed himself trying to be mean, that was like.. really deep. Maybe none of this was her imagination and she just has an abusive parent who accidentally killed themselves by taking too much drugs (maybe crack) and her only friends are imaginary. And the fact that her house is just.. cracks probably means that her parents were so abusive before they died that they left cracks in the walls. And maybe when she was staring at the cracks they brought back memories of her parents bc that’s why the cracks are there. Pretty tragic story, but that’s just a theory.
Commenting here because there was something specific I noticed about the short that no one else pointed out (that I saw.) The narrator Saying that the “crack master “ was behind the door makes me think that the wall was cracked by someone angrily or violently slamming the door. That’s why the girl finds him scary but not the other “crack creatures” . It’s possible that an abusive parent or someone unkind is responsible for it and that’s why it also calls itself “master” since parents have “ownership” of their kids as well as owning the house and by technicality the wall he is on ( I was told many times by my parents that they owned me until I was 18 and I also grew up super poor, so it’s definitely possible based on my experience alone). That being said I really like this short because of the girl’s optimism towards the end ( and the “he destroyed himself by being too mean” also fits in with the optimism of hoping to be done with an abusive Or neglectful parent’s bs, which is nice) I wasn’t even born yet when this animation was aired though, but I think it would have been nice to see and it could have helped me cope better and realize I wasn’t alone , so I’m happy that other people who were in similar situations got to see it.
This is an awesome analysis! I'm so sorry you went through that with your parents. Children are human beings and thus they cannot be property. No parent owns their child. Parents who think that way obviously have issues that they need to work out. Hopefully you are in a place where the crack master on the wall can't do you any real harm.
This used to scare the shit out of me as a kid. I can remember hiding under the furniture covering my ears with my eyes closed or having to leave the room until it was finished. I eventually forced myself to sit through it one time and felt completely unsettled for the rest of the day. 😨
Simply amazing. It's just such an experience, finally being able to see this near-mythical cartoon after such a long time. Quite a unique and, frankly, nightmarish short subject, particularly with the titular Crack Master, which even freaked me, a 20 year old adult, out a little bit. Thank you so very much for sharing this irreplaceable bit of animation and Sesame Street history for all to see. I certainly enjoyed it.
The lifeless art, the oddly awkward animation, the somber backround music, the womans voice having literally 0 emotion, it's all super unsetteling. I can understand why so many people remember it. Also the best character Crack Master, master of crack, dies a horrific death. Long live Crack Master.
i think her voice is really pretty and the girls art style is beautiful i love her hair and her eyes and i find it kind of soothing even the ending tune when she sings
As an old school SS fan, let me say that, yes, this is odd and kind of creepy: SO WHAT?!? The old school SS had many creepy skits, and for every young viewer there was that one skit that crossed the line (for me, it was Sammy the Snake). And yet, we still kept tuning in, day after day, because we loved the show. See, the old school SS writers knew that children are neither fragile nor stupid. They knew that slightly creepy skits could spurn our imagination in new directions and intrigue us to pay closer attention. They knew who their audience was and they respected us. Contrast that with the modern SS which caters more to the parents. It gives the kids sticky pablum like "Elmo's World" which makes the parents feel good. And yet, SS has lost its premier place in children' culture and slipped into ratings mediocrity. The reason is not hard to see, the writers no longer respect their true audience.
I'll give you a few more reasons. 1) Corporate influence over Sesame Workshop. Corporations love mascots. Ronald McDonald is a great example of this. When CTW, a small tight-knit family operating as a company, ran out of money and became "Sesame Workshop, Inc.", a corporation, soon of course the corporation felt it needed "a mascot" - because they ALL want mascots. An empty, lifeless red fluff operated by a pedophile (typical stuff if you research enough into corporations and their history) was chosen. 2) Too much Generation Jones influence over creative and financial decisions at said corporation. SW brass fights hard to keep Generation X-ers, who grew up on the fucking show in the first place and know it better than anybody, out of hiring and away from any staff position. Look closely and ask questions. You'll see it's true. Why is this? Why keep us out of a show that reflects our unique expertise? 3) Generation Jones controls EVERYTHING in America right now, from your current President, Joneser Barack Obama, to your "favorite director", Quentin Tarantino. Has America really gotten better under these cold-hearted robots' guidance and control? ... Well, has it?
+4a8p9x Do yourself a favor and do not...I repeat DO NOT...see the brand new season of Sesame Street on either HBO Family or PBS when they get it. Just...don't.
+Heather Ferreira I'll always ALWAYS think America is the GREATEST Country in the world!! But hopefully once OBama is kicked out of the White House FOR GOOD this November, we can definitely get better. Just as long as we don't vote for Hilary.
4a8p9x I agree. Although modern SS does touch on some pop cultural references like High School Musical (imo it was very funny), and they can also touch on stuff like autism, it's mostly just bullcrap, even when they're trying to do something serious. Old school sesame Street was much funnier, taught better lessons, and can do darker things, like do an animated skit featuring a crack monster.
The singing and talking mixes together in such a beautiful yet creepy way. For example the "thank you for the ride, the rain has stopped outside" part was especially true to this
OMG Can't believe i'm seeing this again after so long! All I had were vague images of it from when I was little. I remember hiding under my blanket afraid to look at the wall at night in case Crackmaster might appear.
I ran into the next room the first 2 times I saw it as a 5 year old. The third time it came on, I made myself sit & watch the whole thing. It never seemed to come on again after that, and I was very proud of myself for overcoming my first fear.
I asked my mom if she remembered this and she did! I was actually pretty amazed she would remember something that was (unknowingly to her) lost for so many years.
I love the people who find this *scary*. If you grew up in an inner city, poor and your walls had cracks in them (can't afford to paint OR it's a city owned rent stabilized apartment and the city won't paint) as a child you would use your imagination and see all sorts of things in cracks and make up stories to entertain yourself REMEMBER, SESAME STREET WAS A PROGRAM FOR POOR INNER-CITY KIDS. It started in 1968 and used to look like dirty city streets. It wasn't until license and merchandising and the 80s/90s that it looked clean, polished and catered to all kids.
Holy shit. I can’t believe I found this. Horrible nightmares staring at the wall in the dark as a kid. Probably five years old. Watching this now was cathartic. Thanks to whoever else shared scary memories as a child and brought this to light.
*I REMEMBER THIS!* I was about 7-8 years old. And I am not ashamed to admit that I ran screaming from the room when the Crack Monster showed up (on this video, at time index 1:05 or so). Then again, when I was a kid I would run screaming from the laundry room whenever Mom's Kenmore washer sounded its out-of-balance klaxon. That frocking thing was *LOUD*. Professor Moriarty hates sudden loud noises. :(
This is a beautiful animation and is loaded with a lot of content... To me, it seems as though the girl in the story doesn't live in a great household. That large crack had to have come from somewhere, and given it's size, it looks like it was caused from violence. Which is why the girl is so afraid of it. Oof. Heavy.
The is so mesmerizing, creative, psychedelic, and creepy all at the same time. The 'well go and see the cracks again someday' at the end and how this was lost for years is so ominous and strange. Absolutely beautiful.
I had a vhs recording of this when it did air. i had nightmares of it as a kid though. sleep paralysis, it wouldn't let me leave, and i was just kinda stuck in white limbo with this face. eventually shook myself awake.
its eerie, but beautiful. the womans voice is calming, the switch between signing and speaking making it almost hypnotic. the limited animation makes it charming, and adds to the beauty. the message was nice too, being mean can destroy you, and i can imagine that the short helped children in less fortunate situations, like having a home with cracks in the walls, to find positives in it, like being able to use their imagination to imagine what the cracks in the walls could be. such a wonderful short, a shame it was lost for so long due to the term "crack monkey" lol
Wow! Finally! I remember this vaguely and being scared at the crack monster at the end, I even jumped a bit just now! Although not as scary as I remembered but seeing it through a little kids eyes it looked way different back then. A huge thank you for uploading this! Now we all rest easy! :-D
Now THAT'S what I call deranged animation on the crack master! A few years ago I did a music video: "A Sesame Street Thriller," that featured scary clips from the show. If this were available back then, I DEFINITELY would've included it. Now I think I need to do an updated version soon! I will admit, this was quite a Christmas miracle!
It's so easy to come up with hidden meanings for this short. Does Crack master represent someone? An abusive parent maybe? The home is literally broken and she wants to leave but has nowhere to go but her imagination. The minor key singing, the erratic jazz in the background, it has this very unsettling and even sinister vibe that makes me suspect there's so much more to this short than it seems... The fact that the creator vanished into thin air only adds to its sense of mystery.
My friend's former neighbor was actually mesmerized by it, she liked it, even though the Crack Master kinda creeped her out. But her smart 3 year old self deduced he was actually a friendly creature, he was just scared because someone new came behind the attic door.
"He destroyed himself trying to be mean", nobody points out the biggest moral of this short, being mean or evil can even destroy yourself, nobody will like you and you're gonna keep good people and friends away from you...
@@calinfus80s He was unintentionally coming across as rude. Maybe if he had spoken more nicer, or the animals had spoken kindly to him, he'd be not scary at all. He looks kinda cute. (And he reminds me of Grid from DC for whatever reason.)
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Everyone was so scared of what this could've been. And then, they watched it. And it's beautiful. Like a butterfly reaching out to a shaky hand.
Maybe some people mentally confused with the terrifying "Killing of an Egg".
Also, I'm guessing during the '80s CTW and PBS dropped any reference to the title "Crack Master". ;)
i know its beautiful
“Like a butterfly reaching out a shaky hand…” 🥹
It absolutely is beautiful. This is the first time I've ever heard of it or seen it.
This is very tame compared to some of the very early Sesame Street segments going back to 1969 and the start of the 70s. Including ones that were not meant to be scary but turned out to be so because of the raw look of the sets, the characters, or even quality of the film itself.
For example, the "repeating letter" malfunctioning TV set which Ernie pulls stuff starting with the letter "H" out of. The one I was familiar with was the one that looked like it was made in the late 70s. I discovered much earlier versions of that segment that would've scared the bejezzus out of me as a kid because of the rawness of the audio and video of the film, and B&E weren't quite perfected yet.
“Let’s go make a new crack friend” did not age well
Probably why it was lost for so long. My theory is that Sesame Street themselves banned this short after airing it and realizing it's controversial nature the first person who sent it probably thought he or she would get in trouble copyright wise for giving it out so they said not to share it with anyone.
@@ELEcomments it aired before the term ''crack'' was truly slang for Cocaine.. it was seemingly banned/pulled after that was a thing .. so it only became controversial after the fact in terms of the wording this short contains... Though it still could have been controversial do to the characters race and implied state of the house the character lives at
Lloyd Landrum @david gold why do y’all come from another RUclips video stealing each and every word that he said acting like you’re smart
@@klay5710 Um excuse me I didn't come from that video first that talked about this... I only seen it after I both seen this video and commented here... Besides its not like I had to have watched that video to be aware of fact the slang for Cocaine became crack or atleast confirmed as the official most widely used slang term only after this short aired and I did bring up a matter that wasn't directly stated in that video as well atleast if its the one I think you are referencing
*_I AM CRACK MASTER_*
"we'll visit the cracks again someday"
*GOES MISSING FOR 2 DECADES*
More like 35 years.
HAHA
+Clorox Bleach Can I drink you? 😊
rofl
lol
Everyone acted like this “lost” piece of media was pure nightmare fuel but it’s actually kinda cute.
I actually remember this quite fondly. Benny Hill's segment of appliances turning on their owners on the other hand... (young childhood was a strange time.)
@@postotakulypse140 a strange time for us all, my dear friend.
I actually love it
@@postotakulypse140 Sounds like something that'd be on The Muppet Show.
Maybe to an adult but a six year old kid can easily get creeped out by it.
the way Sesame Street portrayed poverty, like this song, always made me feel like our old house was ok. i believe it made a big difference in how i saw myself and how i took care of my personal spaces as i grew up.
i was thinking the same thing watching this. sesame street was real
I love Sesame Street and PBS for that reason, it's so important for youth to have positive ideas free and available to them and education wrapped up as entertainment. Possibly the most noble and morally good use of the arts (and tax money).
@@minecraftrotisseriechicken Too bad Sesame Street doesn't care about that anymore. All they care about is money from merchandise, dumb parodies, and focusing on their most annoying characters.
Nice comment. I grew up poor but never felt poor watching Sesame Street. The show feels inclusive and comforting.
THIS 😭 I felt this so hard
Fun fact: the voice of the narrator is Dorothy Moskowitz, the lead singer for the band the United States of America. She picked up the gig while working in the Bay area, and said it was one of the strangest gigs she's ever had
And yet, one of the most impactful in the current era
@@xendra333huh?
The strange thing about this short film is that it seems to have connections with the cracks of the 1970s, where houses were like this.
Crack Monkey was my nickname in high school
This should not have made me laugh as much as it has
*high* school
@@hiboomer1191 *_high_*
Bro same
Goddamnit this cracked me up so badly
"We'll go and see the cracks again someday"
And then the short was never played again.
And never played Again
never got a second part
Considering animating a part 2
TSTpro Where it turns out it takes place in an alternative DC universe and the girl, named Vicky Stone, is this world's equivalent to Cyborg
Hate to burst the bubble, but I did some research, it actually played at least 10 more times from its first airing, it was in circulation from 1975 to 1980.
"He destroyed himself trying to be mean" Honestly this whole jumble, to me, is poetry at its finest. It causes so many unexplained emotions.
That's the crack kicking in.
it is a poem and its pretty good
My mans really just introduced himself and then *disintegrated*
Social situations really be like that sometimes.
You guys don’t?
introvert tingz
do you like how my face - *disingrates into chalk?* -
💀💀💀
"We'll visit again someday..."
That french voice from SpongeBob: ” *30 years later* "
40 years actually
"We'll see the cracks again someday" gave me chills. It's almost as if it knew that it would go lost for a while, but the kids who saw it in the 70s would see it again one day.
She meant Cyborg
I never thought about it like that
Sounds to me the were anticipating the crack epidemic.
The way she days good day good day is just so ominous
Guess you've just seen it again then.
I think this is beautiful. Teaching kids who live in places with cracks in the walls that imagination can take you away from your situation temporarily.
J F and that being mean or rude is destructive, even for the mean person
Yeah. When I was a toddler-to-kid, I loved finding shapes in the peeling paint on my room's ceiling, and imagining scenarios between those creatures. Like seeing shapes in clouds. Sesame Street really did well at tapping into things kids can relate to and/or make use of for intellectual development. :3
Yup. I believe those were the types of kids Sesame Street was intended for
J F doing crack can also do the same thing
Temporarily escape the situation of cracks in your walls?
This would've been creepy if her voice wasn't so beautiful. Considering it was improvised, she managed to make a surprisingly harmonious little tune to accompany the short.
This was improvised? I didn't know that, that somehow just adds another layer of mysticism.
Simon Woods yeah the lyrics were written but they told her to improvise the melody.
Check out her band called United States of America. One of the best albums of the late sixties psychedelic era
@@annaadams9706 who was she? i want to look her up lol
@Dakota Leavitt She's my momma.
"I am Crack Master"
*Dies*
"He was a jerk anyways."
😂😂😂
Is that a motherfucking brave little toaster reference
Frysco OH MY GOD IT IS
IS THAT A REFERENCE TO THE AIR CONDITIONER
@@DavidMcCarthy08 you answered my question on qoura
It's a nice short. It's even philosophical when the Crack Master, "destroyed himself trying to be mean."
FilmmakeroftheFuture that animal crack need to be destroyed in our community. I hate drugs said my niece amey. I just dont blame her.
LifeWorks, ndh enterprises,llc. Well, even though it can be about crack since this came out in the 70's, it did not talk about actually crack. When they said the Crack Monster "destroyed himself trying to be mean", it means by how mean spirited people are full of themselves, being selfish, jumping into conclusions, and hurting other people's by their negative words/thoughts/actions. It not only hurts the people around them, but can also hurt themselves of how they are seen and how they think, based on their bad/negative/toxic behaviors.
I think a lot of crack masters lead destructive lives. Yes it is very philosophical.
the one person who disliked was the crack master.
Yet later that day, he destroyed himself for trying to be mean. :)
Joey Black rest in piss never miss
Just like the Gripes at the end of the Rocko's Modern Life episode "Unbalanced Load." "EAT STEEL, ROCKO!"
The last line sounds pretty ironic considering how seldom this sketch played again.
Dsneybuf Yeah and then it turns out this is an alternate DC universe and the girl's name is Victoria Stone
i think it’s really eerie that the part I remembered the most as a kid was “we’ll go and see the cracks again some day” and then I never saw it again until just now.. guess it wasn’t just a fever dream after all.. it’s also weird that it definitely wasn’t the 70’s when I saw it on television..
“We’ll visit the cracks again some day”
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more like
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My Roblox friends on my old account be like
There’s something about her saying “we’ll go and see the cracks again someday” as the music ends and she walks away gets me
EEERILY PROPHETIC. HOWEVER CRACK MASTER WAS ABLE TO ENSLAVE MILLIONS BEFORE HIS DEMISE. NOW WEVE GOT "OPIOD WHORES"
“Again someday” turned out to be 30 almost 40 years.
Mark Orendas crack master shall be executed for his war crimes
@@markorendas1790 LMAO!
Well We Did See The Cracks Again Someday
anyone else find the voice kinda soothing? its just so sweet sounding
I want them to read a nice book. It will be wholesome.
it’s dorothy moskowitz from the 60s band united states of america
Sound like lettuce fingers
I think that's what kinda makes so so creepy she sounds so sweet but yet the art style and the stories clashed with the voice,I think it's similar to when you hear a child's lullaby in a horror movie.When the song is sung to a child it's sweet and innocent but when it's in the context of something like that one episode of courage (freaky fred I think?)where he's shaving courage as a lullaby plays in the background. So when a sweet voice is talking about how this girl is using her imagination it's cute but when it's over that somewhat chilling art style it gives off the same effect, while yeah that voice is super soothing and like what the gamist said it would be great to listen to them read a book,in fact I think if you just listened instead of watching it would actually be very calming. Which is why even though that voice is incredibly soothing and calming like you said,the video is chilling and somewhat creepy to the point of people having nightmares about it.
@@zdsfhnbvhigf Whose only album can rarely be described as sweet or soothing. :)
It's really beautiful, I'm not sure why it's so horrifying.
I think, Crack Master's face and the dark music helped to give this clip some "bad" fame.
+Seychermanium As a kid, I was always more disturbed by the yo-yo master and the lost kid animated short.
sydbarrett5 The lost kid short disturbed me too.
It's strange because I ended up loving the cartoons that disturbed me as a kid because they stimulated my imagination.
sydbarrett5 When we grow up, we see things from our childhood with different eyes. ^^ I also have that feeling, but lets say that I was easy to scare xD.
"He destroyed himself trying to be mean" is an important message!
"he destroyed himself trying to be mean" and "we'll go and see the cracks again someday" are a type of quote that give me both such a dreadful yet comforting understanding feeling
Not nearly as scary as I thought it would be... but then again I can see why it would scare little kids...
I remember this being much scarier with far better animation, when I saw it as a 5 year old. I thought the face was more human-looking. Scared the crap outta me.
Probaly because of the loud music and uncanny animation.
1:09 it's because of the crack master
I doubt it was banned because it was scary. The early seasons of Sesame Street had quite a bit of... questionable content.
"But the wizard did not forget."
Oops wait wrong one.
🎶 _While laying in her bed, the clock overhead TOOK HER ON AN ADVENTURE._ 🎶
@@AgilityDZN and chastized her for losing her gloves and lying as she sewed stars in the sky
R/oopsididntmeanto
Not an edited comment. I’m calling bull.
Rebekah it's a joke. They didn't actually make a mistake
@RebekaLovesGaming Seems to me you just know nothing about lost media.
The random bits of singing and the instrumental seem like the scariest part of this.
I agree. The narrator says a normal sentence and all of a sudden sings a random part.
Nelson Siwady apparently the whole song was completely improvised by the singer
DONT INCUR WRATH OF THE CRACK MASTER!!!
I think it sounds pretty
Her voice is pretty and a bit odd because it had no rhythm, The jazzy music getting wild was probably what amplified the eerieness of the clip
This is honestly such a beautiful animated segment. “We’ll go see the cracks again someday” gave me chills.
Same omg
I don't see nothing creepy or scary about this It's actually very touching and beatiful. I believe it's a metaphor to poverty and growing up poor in the inner city and how a childs imagination can take them away to far magical places the Crack monster probably represents self hate and criminals who terrorize poor neighborhoods. Trust me I grew up poor in a working class Barrio or hood.
It seemed more like a lesson about karma and how being mean can tear your life apart, but when you are nice you can go on and meet great friends.
The background music wasn’t kind of creepy, and I can see how, combined with the somewhat frightening imagery of the “Crack Master”, it could be frightening to children.
@@austinkentner1771 Why not both?
@Coomer D :/
@Coomer D Crack was not knowm at this time.
When are people going to realize that 99.99% of the time, these recovered shorts are never going to be as scary as they were made out to be? They havent been seen in years, and all the testimonies come from people who witnessed them when they were children. Of course they're going to be scarier back then.
This *is* pretty spooky, though? It’s just vaguely… *wrong*? Someone else put it down to the artstyle and music, but I think that the narrator’s cadence is also creepy and… off, somehow.
This would scare a little kid tho definitely
Honestly i feel like the fear is not through the media itself, it's fear that it might be lost to time (Just me sayin)
@@itzfroggi22 That, and because we only have vague childhood memories of them that make these shorts, in our minds, scary
@@meepmoop2308 spooks
The best part about the mystery of this short is that there's still many questions left unanswered.
Who worked on this short?
Why was it kept hidden for long?
Who gave Jon Armond his copy, and why did he have to sign never to show it?
Who was the anonymous person to send this clip?
I know none of these will be answered likely, and I don't expect anyone to, but it just fascinates me that while this mystery has been solved, bits of it still linger in the unknown. Just something to keep in mind.
My personal theory is that it was an amateur project. The creator was probably embarrassed of it, and gave it to Armond. He probably made him sign not to show it because it was old and they didn't like it It was also probably hidden because again, first project, embarrassing. There's also the theory of it being too controversial with having a black girl in a house that's very unkept. Or the double meaning of crack. Or just the fact that it frightened too many kids.
I know you didn't really expect an actual answer, but I was just giving you some ideas that might slightly satisfy your hunger for answers :) Also, sorry if anything is misspelled, I'm writing this on mobile and I can't check what I'm writing
It was proably made by the same person who made the sesame street short "child hunting rabbit'
I've never heard of that one
what the fuck is bill of the bat
Why is it such a big mystery on who animated thAT
am i the only one who can't stop laughing when it says "I AM CRACK MASTER"
I AM ERROR.
So you cracked up?
lmfao can you not
Almy he took too much crack. Or the girl did.
HELLO ROCKO
Her sing song voice really gives this an ethereal quality to it
No wonder people where fascinated and captivated by it for years
People keep saying this short is terrifying, but I find it quite calming, the singers voice sounds like that one kindergarten teacher that actually cared about your well being.
I'll be honest, I am fascinated with this short. It's mystery and strange nature is just beautiful, and I listen to it at least once a day.
Me too..
In mexican Sesame Street "Plaza Sésamo", this short cartoon was aired in the 80's many times. The monkey says "buen día, buen día, buen día, qué alegre compañía" (good day, Im glad you came my way)... And the crack master says "soy la grieta mayor"... Thanks for this !!
As some mentioned this could have been a reverse transfer, originating as a Spanish language animation then being translated into English for US Sesame Street, the opposite of the usual pattern of English sketches being translated into Spanish for domestic and international broadcast.
I also remember watching this in México as a girl. Wooow.
...okay, this was nowhere near as bad as I thought. I doubt I would have been scared of this as a child. :/
Some kids are pussies
Kids have a lot of imagination. It's easy to see how this could be scary
@@FoxAzureOfficial fuck off kids be scared of things that is scary they put on kids show
Yeah, this isn't nearly as traumatizing as the Yak who charged the TV screen or the 20 foot rabbit chasing kids.
Same
I love the message here. It shows a poor girl who’s using her imagination to have fun. She uses the cracks in her dirty house to live in a world where there’s nothing but beauty. Though I don’t know what Crack Master represents
RGkong too much pattern recognition has seemed to feed into the darker abyss of humanity. If you look at issac newtons later years theres alot to understand from understanding it all far too well. The same goes for the rise of the nazis and fall of the nazis. Too much truth has never been a good thing for humanities health.
Crack master easily represents the negative figure in your life that can come about and ruin your sense of wonder. A bully, an abusive parent.
I think it's literal. Crack Master is that really serious crack that eventually leads to part of the wall falling away. That's the scariest crack because it hints at your wall coming apart. However, when the section of plaster does fall off, it gives the wall a bit of character and it's not so scary.
Y'all gotta be poor to see this.
Sorry to bring back a dead comment. But Maybe its supposed to be about peoples outlook on life?
The girl can't go outside because its raining and she's poor. And so she imagines the cracks on the walls as friends.
They're all positive except the master, whose life crumbles away from his negativity. ..?
Killing off Evil with your imagination.
A most likely reason that they discontinued airing it on TV is because back then, the houses weren't in the best shape and were prone to probably falling ig, and not long after the term crack was used as a name for drugs, so I'm guessing they took it off to not get any backlash on their episode
I'm guessing it was a preemptive thing because there would've been more articles about the short in archives if there was any actual backlash about it. It's a fair assumption that there would've been some backlash though.
Seriously, it's practically a miracle that this was found
Yea we’re getting spoiled!
We’re finding lost cartoons left and right. I wonder how long our streak will last....
Or should you say...Cracktically?
@@Heavygusto *audience boos* get him off the stage!
You call it miracle, people who spent countless evening hours on forums making it happen call it "hard work".
@@ridley1230 *Takes a bow*.
I showed this to my three-year-old son, and he seemed rather amused and entertained by the whole clip. Actually, he saw it a few times. Earlier today, I watched it without sound, and at the end, he said "Thanks for the ride!...We'll see cracks again!"...good memory!
It's crazy that this son is now 8. Old comments are a bit strange to me. Like photos of someone's thoughts forever shared with the world.
Shades Below yep pretty wholesome 👍
Oozywolf trueee
Oozywolf they’re still active I think they uploaded a video 3 months ago
Oozywolf ikr same maybe 5 years from now I'll look back on commenting on this
"creative thinking" indeed
This paved the way for Rocko's Modern Life; Rocko has a similar imagination to the girl's.
Yea, it’s called being high
theres such an eerie vibe to this video and i cant place my finger on it, something about the voice, the art style, the random singing and swelling in the music, and the crack master's face all blend into such a scary nostalgic feeling
This is all about pareidolia. It’s about your imagination. It’s so well written and so perfectly performed. The animation is nostalgic and true to the beautiful time/space.
"We'll go and see the cracks someday"
And we sure did
Not gonna lie I would probably be terrified of this when I was younger. The music and the characters are just a little off to me
Kyruchii Arts yeah at first i was like “this is scary??” and then I watched it again and it looks..... off?? maybe creepy, but thats not the right word i dont think... :/
Stacy Peterson i’d describe it as abnormal, ya know? something just seems not right
It could just be the lost media end of it. When something is lost and then found, it gets a bit weirder.
Mango Potato yeah you’re right it seems like i shouldn’t be watching it
Isaac Hartikainen did you see the blame it on Jorge video on this? It’s really in depth with the search. That also increases the feeling of watching something that you aren’t supposed to.
I was maybe 3 or 4 when this aired on Sesame Street. This haunted my dreams for years, I can still remember being terrified of what I called 'The Crack Monster.' It was the 1970's, there were maybe 8 channels on TV, kids weren't exposed to what they are now. I had a crack in my ceiling and I remember thinking it was him coming to get me. I'm a big horror fan now, still not sure exactly what scared me about this, maybe because they said he was in the corner at night and he tried to be mean, then the visualization of him melting. Anyway, that's my story.
Very interesting thanks
I've been looking for this short for years! As a kid it freaked me the hell out! Especially the creepy way she says "At night behind the door, I think i've heard one more." As a kid the scariest part was the evil crack master crumbling. It looked like a SKULL! Totally freaked me to the moon and stayed with me all these years. I musta saw it when I was 6 or 7. 52 now..,and it's still got me buggin! 😮😮😮
The original purpose of Sesame Street was for it to be a show geared toward educating urban and inner-city children. The character using her imagination to give life to the cracks in her wall is a perfect example of what this show's initial intention was.
I understand why alot of people are unsettled, it definitely feels a bit off in a way, but I actually think it's quite pleasant to listen to and watch.
I can definitely see how this would be creepy to children. One of the doors in the hallway in my house had a crack on it and my earliest memory is being terrified of it because I thought it looked like an animal skeleton.
Wow, that Crack Monster is kind of scary! I thought it'd be something overhyped but I can see why it frightened so many children.
This is nowhere near as scary as I remember it. I been telling friends about how this scared me as a kid, for decades, & always wished I could show them. I'd be embarrassed to show them now.
UnclaimedTreasure It's cute not scary
Really?
Well...the kids that were freaked out by this were total wusses. Hell, this wouldn't scare a week-old baby.
@@j_shelby_damnwird some kids are scared of things that scare them on tv and some weren't
Something about the combination of the electronic/jazzy background music and the constant switches between talking and singing makes this really cool.
lylajean100 Not electronic. This was 1975. Only the big guys from other countries like Kraftwerk had synths. This was all jazz. Flutes, Rhodes/harp, saxophone...
I fricking love this. It's oddly disturbing, calming, cute, and oddly psychedelic and the fact that it's been lost under such mysterious circumstances makes it even better
Perfect description of it.
I'm wondering whether it's ASMR. Was it even possible to capture that effect, however inadvertently, using the recording technology of the time?
People claimed that this was haunting to them, but honestly this felt so calming and nostalgic and nice
Nobody:
This Animation: C R A C K M O N K E Y
T H E C R A C K M A S T E R
That's what I call annoying little children
how is this nightmarish? the crack master was like "I'M EVIL FEAR ME!!!" then dies lmao
CRACK MONKEY
All the drug references.
A character dies and no-one cares. That's pretty horrifying
i can see how this could be stuck in someones head for 30 years. this is my fifth time watching it after i found it 10 minutes ago
Woah, Crack Master legit just *Game Ended* himself trying to look scary.
Never thought I'd see something like that in a Sesame Street short.
“Let’s make a new crack friend” me finding a new dealer
At first I saw crack master and said hey this isn’t that scary. It then started getting more angry and could see how this could be startling for a child. It kinda reminds me of an abusive parent. When she said it destroyed himself trying to be mean, that was like.. really deep. Maybe none of this was her imagination and she just has an abusive parent who accidentally killed themselves by taking too much drugs (maybe crack) and her only friends are imaginary. And the fact that her house is just.. cracks probably means that her parents were so abusive before they died that they left cracks in the walls. And maybe when she was staring at the cracks they brought back memories of her parents bc that’s why the cracks are there. Pretty tragic story, but that’s just a theory.
Waldorf: Weird. Where did they suppose they named it "Cracks"?
Statler: A family name. It's named after a metaphor.
rocko
Commenting here because there was something specific I noticed about the short that no one else pointed out (that I saw.)
The narrator Saying that the “crack master “ was behind the door makes me think that the wall was cracked by someone angrily or violently slamming the door. That’s why the girl finds him scary but not the other “crack creatures” . It’s possible that an abusive parent or someone unkind is responsible for it and that’s why it also calls itself “master” since parents have “ownership” of their kids as well as owning the house and by technicality the wall he is on ( I was told many times by my parents that they owned me until I was 18 and I also grew up super poor, so it’s definitely possible based on my experience alone).
That being said I really like this short because of the girl’s optimism towards the end ( and the “he destroyed himself by being too mean” also fits in with the optimism of hoping to be done with an abusive Or neglectful parent’s bs, which is nice)
I wasn’t even born yet when this animation was aired though, but I think it would have been nice to see and it could have helped me cope better and realize I wasn’t alone , so I’m happy that other people who were in similar situations got to see it.
This is an awesome analysis! I'm so sorry you went through that with your parents. Children are human beings and thus they cannot be property. No parent owns their child. Parents who think that way obviously have issues that they need to work out. Hopefully you are in a place where the crack master on the wall can't do you any real harm.
An inordinately long tumblr post on 2021-12-19 brought me here.
Merry Christmas.
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This used to scare the shit out of me as a kid. I can remember hiding under the furniture covering my ears with my eyes closed or having to leave the room until it was finished. I eventually forced myself to sit through it one time and felt completely unsettled for the rest of the day. 😨
OMG me too!! I did the same thing! I ran out of the room when his face was falling off with that eerie music!
Simply amazing. It's just such an experience, finally being able to see this near-mythical cartoon after such a long time. Quite a unique and, frankly, nightmarish short subject, particularly with the titular Crack Master, which even freaked me, a 20 year old adult, out a little bit. Thank you so very much for sharing this irreplaceable bit of animation and Sesame Street history for all to see. I certainly enjoyed it.
This and Bill the Bat are my two favorite Sesame cartoons for that reason.
The crack master isn't scary. Its about cracks in a wall. How deep and philosophical.
@@Nitrodino7875 it's almost like different people with different minds and life experiences don't always find the same things creepy. who knew?
“he destroyed himself trying to be mean” That was so philosophical, lol
When she said we will go and see the cracks someday I felt somthing just knowing that day would never happen..
I think it's not creepy, but the background music is very unusual in a haunting manner. It's like haunted jazz.
"Haunted jazz" 😂😂😂
The lifeless art, the oddly awkward animation, the somber backround music, the womans voice having literally 0 emotion, it's all super unsetteling. I can understand why so many people remember it. Also the best character Crack Master, master of crack, dies a horrific death. Long live Crack Master.
See I'm glad I'm wasn't the only one who caught all of this.
Crack Master killed himself because he tried too hard to be big when his skin was thin and weak.
i think her voice is really pretty and the girls art style is beautiful i love her hair and her eyes and i find it kind of soothing even the ending tune when she sings
Zero emotion? I feel like she is actually impressively well articulated and her singing makes me feel cozy. Maybe I'm the weird one
animation isn't awkward at all wtf
As an old school SS fan, let me say that, yes, this is odd and kind of creepy: SO WHAT?!? The old school SS had many creepy skits, and for every young viewer there was that one skit that crossed the line (for me, it was Sammy the Snake). And yet, we still kept tuning in, day after day, because we loved the show.
See, the old school SS writers knew that children are neither fragile nor stupid. They knew that slightly creepy skits could spurn our imagination in new directions and intrigue us to pay closer attention. They knew who their audience was and they respected us.
Contrast that with the modern SS which caters more to the parents. It gives the kids sticky pablum like "Elmo's World" which makes the parents feel good. And yet, SS has lost its premier place in children' culture and slipped into ratings mediocrity. The reason is not hard to see, the writers no longer respect their true audience.
I'll give you a few more reasons.
1) Corporate influence over Sesame Workshop. Corporations love mascots. Ronald McDonald is a great example of this. When CTW, a small tight-knit family operating as a company, ran out of money and became "Sesame Workshop, Inc.", a corporation, soon of course the corporation felt it needed "a mascot" - because they ALL want mascots. An empty, lifeless red fluff operated by a pedophile (typical stuff if you research enough into corporations and their history) was chosen.
2) Too much Generation Jones influence over creative and financial decisions at said corporation. SW brass fights hard to keep Generation X-ers, who grew up on the fucking show in the first place and know it better than anybody, out of hiring and away from any staff position. Look closely and ask questions. You'll see it's true. Why is this? Why keep us out of a show that reflects our unique expertise?
3) Generation Jones controls EVERYTHING in America right now, from your current President, Joneser Barack Obama, to your "favorite director", Quentin Tarantino.
Has America really gotten better under these cold-hearted robots' guidance and control?
... Well, has it?
+4a8p9x Do yourself a favor and do not...I repeat DO NOT...see the brand new season of Sesame Street on either HBO Family or PBS when they get it. Just...don't.
+Heather Ferreira I'll always ALWAYS think America is the GREATEST Country in the world!! But hopefully once OBama is kicked out of the White House FOR GOOD this November, we can definitely get better. Just as long as we don't vote for Hilary.
I agree! One more reason: Sesame Street was said to be an "experimental show"
4a8p9x I agree. Although modern SS does touch on some pop cultural references like High School Musical (imo it was very funny), and they can also touch on stuff like autism, it's mostly just bullcrap, even when they're trying to do something serious. Old school sesame Street was much funnier, taught better lessons, and can do darker things, like do an animated skit featuring a crack monster.
The singing and talking mixes together in such a beautiful yet creepy way. For example the "thank you for the ride, the rain has stopped outside" part was especially true to this
exactly
1:18 easiest boss fight I’ve seen. You don’t even have to do anything.
I lol'd
SCREAMING😂🤣😂🤣😂
OMG Can't believe i'm seeing this again after so long! All I had were vague images of it from when I was little. I remember hiding under my blanket afraid to look at the wall at night in case Crackmaster might appear.
yep this was very disturbing to me and i had the SAME exact thoughts growing up aand i'm almost 40.
I ran into the next room the first 2 times I saw it as a 5 year old. The third time it came on, I made myself sit & watch the whole thing. It never seemed to come on again after that, and I was very proud of myself for overcoming my first fear.
today on masters of crack
I asked my mom if she remembered this and she did! I was actually pretty amazed she would remember something that was (unknowingly to her) lost for so many years.
I love the people who find this *scary*. If you grew up in an inner city, poor and your walls had cracks in them (can't afford to paint OR it's a city owned rent stabilized apartment and the city won't paint) as a child you would use your imagination and see all sorts of things in cracks and make up stories to entertain yourself REMEMBER, SESAME STREET WAS A PROGRAM FOR POOR INNER-CITY KIDS. It started in 1968 and used to look like dirty city streets. It wasn't until license and merchandising and the 80s/90s that it looked clean, polished and catered to all kids.
Holy shit. I can’t believe I found this.
Horrible nightmares staring at the wall in the dark as a kid. Probably five years old. Watching this now was cathartic. Thanks to whoever else shared scary memories as a child and brought this to light.
*I REMEMBER THIS!* I was about 7-8 years old. And I am not ashamed to admit that I ran screaming from the room when the Crack Monster showed up (on this video, at time index 1:05 or so).
Then again, when I was a kid I would run screaming from the laundry room whenever Mom's Kenmore washer sounded its out-of-balance klaxon. That frocking thing was *LOUD*. Professor Moriarty hates sudden loud noises. :(
Hey, while you're here, do you remember Cyborg of The New Teen Titans? Sorry, always have to bring that up to Gen X'ers.
This is a beautiful animation and is loaded with a lot of content... To me, it seems as though the girl in the story doesn't live in a great household. That large crack had to have come from somewhere, and given it's size, it looks like it was caused from violence. Which is why the girl is so afraid of it. Oof. Heavy.
The is so mesmerizing, creative, psychedelic, and creepy all at the same time. The 'well go and see the cracks again someday' at the end and how this was lost for years is so ominous and strange. Absolutely beautiful.
>Appears out of nowhere.
>Makes himself look big and scary.
>Literally dies.
>Refuses to elaborate.
I'll call him the Chad master.
Fun fact : lmw-tan (the mascot of the lost media wiki) is based on the protagonist of this
everyone mentioned the crack master and he had a 5 second appearance saying "I'm the crack master", and fucking dies
Top 10 shortest boss battles
I AM CRACK MASTER-*dies*
I had a vhs recording of this when it did air. i had nightmares of it as a kid though. sleep paralysis, it wouldn't let me leave, and i was just kinda stuck in white limbo with this face. eventually shook myself awake.
YOU HAD A VHS RECORDING?? BROOOO YOU COULDA UPLOADED IT AND IT WOULDVE NEVER BEEN LOST
Whoaaaaaa
I highly doubt you had a VHS recording of this considering how little households had VCRs in the 1970s
And then Link came along.
Wow you comment on this like wow
Hello there, I forgot why I made this comment.
Maybe it's because Link blows up cracked walls with bombs.
@@YowLife y.. You reply there is a god
@@YowLife do you have any big projects on RUclips
@@jason4270 Yes I do, have a look at my channel.
its eerie, but beautiful. the womans voice is calming, the switch between signing and speaking making it almost hypnotic. the limited animation makes it charming, and adds to the beauty. the message was nice too, being mean can destroy you, and i can imagine that the short helped children in less fortunate situations, like having a home with cracks in the walls, to find positives in it, like being able to use their imagination to imagine what the cracks in the walls could be.
such a wonderful short, a shame it was lost for so long due to the term "crack monkey" lol
that's not why it was lost for decades
Wow! Finally! I remember this vaguely and being scared at the crack monster at the end, I even jumped a bit just now! Although not as scary as I remembered but seeing it through a little kids eyes it looked way different back then. A huge thank you for uploading this! Now we all rest easy! :-D
Now THAT'S what I call deranged animation on the crack master!
A few years ago I did a music video: "A Sesame Street Thriller," that featured scary clips from the show. If this were available back then, I DEFINITELY would've included it. Now I think I need to do an updated version soon!
I will admit, this was quite a Christmas miracle!
Dedicated to Amelia Pond and The Doctor.
Lou STOP.
Dedicated to Cyborg.
@Ava Corbett cuz ya know the girl looks like 80s Cyborg except her tight afro is bigger than his
@Lou okay, boomer.
Nice!
"I AM CRACK MASTER"
*dies immediately*
It's so easy to come up with hidden meanings for this short. Does Crack master represent someone? An abusive parent maybe? The home is literally broken and she wants to leave but has nowhere to go but her imagination. The minor key singing, the erratic jazz in the background, it has this very unsettling and even sinister vibe that makes me suspect there's so much more to this short than it seems... The fact that the creator vanished into thin air only adds to its sense of mystery.
it's near the 5th anniversary of this getting found, and it still amazes me that this was found after so long
“Camel, thank you for the ride” is such a musical line, I love it a lot...
i really like this and dont understand how it scared people as a kid. i love it!
HMMMM I DONT BUY IT.
the music is the most unsettling thing about it tbh
Homeless people in LA be like:
*I AM CRACK MASTER*
SHUT UP 🤣🤣🤣
agizzy23 No u shut up
._.XD
Crack dealers*
🤣🤣🤣🤣
My dad told me a story about this short, said it terrified him. So me and my sister decided to watch it, holy heaven, this thing is creepy
My friend's former neighbor was actually mesmerized by it, she liked it, even though the Crack Master kinda creeped her out. But her smart 3 year old self deduced he was actually a friendly creature, he was just scared because someone new came behind the attic door.
hijhiysonikku kids really are innocent aren’t they? Cute story!
"He destroyed himself trying to be mean", nobody points out the biggest moral of this short, being mean or evil can even destroy yourself, nobody will like you and you're gonna keep good people and friends away from you...
@@calinfus80s He was unintentionally coming across as rude. Maybe if he had spoken more nicer, or the animals had spoken kindly to him, he'd be not scary at all. He looks kinda cute. (And he reminds me of Grid from DC for whatever reason.)