Island of Emotion (Classic Sesame Street)
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2006
- Reggae music in this classic Sesame Street song about the Island of Emotion. I heard that some children found it too emotional to watch though it's really very sweet. Animated by me, Sally Cruikshank. I have a few pieces of production art for it at my Etsy shop, www.etsy.com/shop/funonmars under "animation art"
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"Island of Emotion" is one of over 300 songs and scores I composed for Sesame Street and it remains one of my favorites. Lyrics by Mark Saltzman. Sung by Tyrone Davis.
Yay, hooray!
Did you write the lyrics too? I have an older comment about hypothetical locations/verses for two more emotions -- but how might they fit into the song?
Wow 😮
oh that is amazing :D I really love this one :D brings out the fun of a island and beach :D grew up around the old stuff of the show including this :D amazing work and choice indeed :)
You're a fn genius in the event that you didn't already know this
Happy Harbour: happiness.
Weeping River: sadness.
Love Lagoon: affection.
Woods of Yow: surprise.
I can’t believe I finally found this after so long 😭😭😭 I still remember all the words to this by heart. This little piece of my childhood is back!!!
Yay, welcome back!
@@sallycruikshank you created this angel child music animation?
@@mdmjr2468 yes I did.
@@sallycruikshank -- You outdid yourself here lol
@@sallycruikshank Me Too It's my part my childhood too
This is so cute and sweet. I love how even sadness is portrayed as something that is okay, and how it’s okay to cry so you can feel better. And on a more superficial standpoint I’ve always loved the animation style of this short! Really cute characters!
It’s so neat that in the age of RUclips creators can straight up post their work. Thank you for sharing it with us. 😊
Thanks for your nice comment.
This was one of my favorite Sesame Street songs. I loved the part of surprise where the gator leans on the tree and all the presents fell down. That cracks me up to this day.
That makes me happy!
@@sallycruikshank Your other cartoons you made for Sesame Street brought so much joy to me then and now. I want to thank you for all those memories.
@@grapebuy789 Thanks so much. I didn't know at the time that they had any audience.
If this island was real, I would not mind living there.
Me toooooooooo
I third that feeling 👍💯
Yeah I would spend my days exploring the woods of yow!
as a kid watching this I learned that it was okay to show emotion, it still resonates with me today as an adult who is bipolar.
this is a wonderful thing to read, thank you.
Thank you for our childhood, Sally.
Sweet!
This is one of the best cartoons ever, Sally! And my all-time favorite one of all!
Keep up the good work.
In early years of Sesame St. they did some pieces with fear, such as "The Crack Monster" and another I can't remember. By the time I was animating for them, they were watching more closely. And I never wrote the lyrics, just came up with imagery and did the animation etc. Even weeping river was pushing it, I know it upset my preschool daughter at the time. Many adults have memories of "The Crack Monster", and not good memories! (about a crack in the wall transforming.)
+Sally Cruikshank So you wouldn't have known how those extra verses would have gone.
Who did the animation for the crack segment?
+ElectricShark No idea.
+ElectricShark But they did find it
aww, sorry for the nightmares Jamie-Anne! I did the other one you mention too.
This brings back memories😊. Ah,to be a kid again😊.
Aww now don't get emotional on me. ;)
From my chilhood days this song still plays in my head.
That's sweet.
yea feelings
The word is spelt childhood okay if it is you are correcting me.
This was brilliantly animated Ms. Cruikshank!
Thank you Marvin the Maniac!
@@sallycruikshank you're welcome Sally.
I love 90s music
I remember being so mesmerized by this segment because it looked so unusual and bizarre. Of course, I didn't know how made it, nor did the question enter my mind, cause I was, like, 6 at the time. Lo and behold, I would learn many years later that it's just your style. In fact, I think many of your segments stuck out to me because they were so bizarre. And yes, I do consider that a good thing.
Interesting, thanks. I never intended it to seem bizarre.
As a child I used to pretend and imagine going to these islands☺️
I bet you still have a vivid imagination.
Man this was my childhood. I was around a baby to about 4 years old listening to this.
I absolutely love this. Music is great, lyrics fantastic and animation spot on!
Wonderful!
Thanks, Susan, and see message above.
Oh my goodness! Your animations were my favorite on the whole show! Your art style has stuck with me for my entire life, and anytime something reminds of any of your pieces, I get all warm and fuzzy. Island of emotion was my very favorite, I'm so glad I ran into it again!
One of my favorite animation segments.
Chorus:
(Sung) On the Island o' Emotion, surrounded by the ocean, feelings are fillin' the air, c'mon, let me show ya what's there, look at the smiles at Happy Harbor; pelicans sing a giggly song, sailboats are skippin' on the water, seagulls are laughin' all night long, let's have a cry at Weepin' River, that's where to lose your misery; cry all your sadness in the river, wash all your troubles out to sea, on the Island o' Emotion, c'mon w/ me, down at the Love Lagoon, it's lovely, everyone strollin' hand in hand; see how the breeze's blowin' kisses, see how the waves all hug the sand, anyone fond o' big surprises visits the famous Woods o' Yow; behind every tree a new surprise's waitin' for ya, here comes one now, yow!, sadness & happiness, love & surprise, now we must finally say our goodbyes to the Island o' Emotion
I remember this song vividly!! and this video as well!!
The power of emotions
yep.
I still cherish hand drawn animation to this very day (not that I have anything against computer animation, though).
That classic sesame street clip brings me back to my childhood memories
No way! No way I’m bingeing your animations and came across a Sesame Street classic I actually forgot about! Sally.. when I go to heaven I hope it looks like this! 😂
OMG I was looking for this for years!!! I loved this clip. It's the only Sesame Street clip i've ever wanted to see again. After reading the comments I guess it did have an emotional effect on me when I watched it.
This would make a great Summer music video
Love it!!!
I'm just glad Sally the island had nothing for fear, anger, jealousy, disgust and shy. Those emotions are not good! :(
You're right about that! Although fear might have been fun!
How could anyone find this "too emotional" to watch?? This is just a happy song with happy animations to match. Thanks for posting it!
Prolly the weeping river.
This reminds me of my mood disorder, PMDD - one moment you're crying, the next you're okay ha ha.
Aww, this was & is one of my favorite segments on Sesame Street ever. I would be all excited when it would go on when I was little :P
I love you guys! You cheer me up!
Vibe Island from _Super Princess Peach_ is basically Nintendo’s Island of Emotion.
I loved this type of animation on sesame street. This one was my favorite out of the series of this type of animation.
Thanks, Jean. These songs were a lot of fun for me to do.
Wow this takes me back!!
Thank you Sally for making this animation. Sesame street always had good music and videos.
i wish i could get every song and video on a dvd and cherish it 4ever
I remembered this song and this animation
This is one of coolest songs that I ever listen to.
wow, thank you! Happy New Year!
@@sallycruikshank you too
Just stay away from Anger Volcano, Disgust Mud Pit, & Fear Cave!
Ha! Those are good ones!
But make sure to vist the Proud Meadow. :D
OMG, you did "Quasi at the Quackadero", one of my all-time fave animated bits! Too trippy! BTW, this delightful bit is well after my time -- I grew up with the "Jazzy Spies" and such. You do great work!
@orange2dope thanks- artists are still trying to make sense of the ease of computer animation- better things will come.
I love it.
TRIPPY this is sooo FABULOUS, (:
this is just such creative Miss. Cruikshank its just amazing what you can do with animation :-D
+Tsiki Condor THANKS!!
See how the breeze is blowing kisses
Wow, that art style reminds me the intro to a number of eighties movies (such as Madhouse).
"Its Too Bad They Don't Make Educational Cartoon T.V Shows Like This Anymore Best Believe It's The Honest Truth."
me too
Wow! Thanx 4 the upload. I can't believe you have this.... I grew up on this b4 sesame street got messed up xD thanx!
I used to see this one a lot!
oh Sally! i totally love this! also it is totally awesome to finally get to say COOL JOB on the Mannequin main title! rock on!
(talk about 20 years past! it's never too late to say good job! )
wow i remember this song! i loved it when i was little! thanks for posting this :D
Really cool song!
Oh great... Now I got that song stuck in my head again. :D
Classic
Thanks
Classic.
THANK YOU MISS SALLY
God I miss when Sesame Street was actually good. As were other 90s cartoons.
i love it
love
katie
i loved this song when i was a kid
0:03 0:22 Favorite Charaters
0:58 this part reminds me of a mother happily seeing her Offspring
Hey, nice work Sal! :D
it would be nice to have such an island! I'd be there crying out my problems before I start my day!
Taken from Blue's Clues in that episode from season 5 called... "Body Language".
Although "Above It All" seems to be the popular favorite out of your Sesame Street stuff, these are some of the most memorable 95 seconds of screen time EVER. (I can't believe it's only that long!)
I want to go to The Woods of Yow!
And I'd love to know who wrote this song. I duno about you, but I find the line "See how the breeze is blowing kisses" very evocative.
Your animations and art have always touched me. I remember many of your animations affecting me as a child, the crying segment in this always made me sad, but in a way I liked that back then and still do.
To this day I adore and cherish your art style and as I told a friend of mine "I can honestly say that I have loved her art since I was an infant."
It's so unique and eye catching, like nothing else you see. It grabs your attention and your animations really have fun with whats possible in an unlimited medium. You have a knack for keeping certain rules intact, such as anatomy, even while you break every single other rule in the book.
By that I mean, your characters are free to stretch and bend and flex, to move in ways that are so dynamic and plastic but at the same time the viewer is never confused about the person doing these things. The eye continues to understand where everything is on this person's anatomy even if they disproportionate at times.
You know how to play with your medium and it shows. Everything is loose and smooth and fluid. Your characters give off a sense that they know how to kick back, relax and have a good time.
From a fan who is approaching the big 4-0 in a few years I want to say thank you Sally. Thank you for making me sad. Making me happy. Making me terrified. And also for making me feel emotions that are a soup of so many different other feelings down in the center of my soul so mixed and varied and complex that I fear I can never put a name to it, and which swells within me, when i look upon your work, with such force that I can barely contain it.
Thank you for being part of my childhood. For _making_ part of my childhood and in turn making part of me.
From the bottom of my heart and the wellspring of my soul, Sally Cruikshank, thank you.
Glenn, I think this is the nicest comment about my work that I've ever received. Thank you! Sally
@@sallycruikshank
You are wholeheartedly welcome ma'am. ❤️
Animation movements like this acting like Rugrats. And the feeling is... Hilarious!😂😅😂😅
@TheDreReichDude Yes, I did titles for Ruthless People and Madhouse too. Always liked song for Madhouse, "Let's Dance." Thanks
This is one of the Sesame Street clips I like most as a grown-up. c",)
Thanks for your nice comment. There are others I did you can find on youtube through my channel.
Haha! That's cute! :-) I really like it.
This song deserves an SMV
2021 this is my life lol😭😁😍😳😂😎😞
haha I get it!
@@sallycruikshank lol I always enjoyed this style of animation. Bring it back❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@rfeggett69 Love your screen name!
@@sallycruikshank thank you❤❤❤❤❤😎😎😎😎
What know bout Dem thing 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
Hi there spendyourwishes,
Thanks for your nice comments! My Sesame Street songs were all animated on paper except the last one or two, which were kind of feeble-- in computer--, in the earliest days of After Effects and Photoshop. CTW would send me a demo of a song, usually sung by the composer, and I'd send back a storyboard, then receive a final track and animate to that. (cont.)
かっこいい
Just cross fingers that CTW doesn't take them all down. There was a producer, Arlene Sherman, who was in charge of all these shorts, mine and others. She passed on this year, and hadn't been doing the shorts for a decade.
This reminds me of a song by Genesis.
@dslgunner1977 It was around 1994, thanks.
Emotion of behavior
Thanks, seshiomari. Software like Flash makes it easier to get experimental and loose with animation, though it's not usually used that way.
When I read about the emotional responses of small children to all these cartoons long ago, it makes me take a deep breath.
I never really thought about the reponsibility of it all at the time, especially since my own daughter was so uninterested in the final product. And the vast quantities of research that CTW did to make sure they were taking the right approach seemed silly then.
Hope no one is too warped because of me!
But warping/weirdness is good. Muppet master Jim Henson himself knew that, considering that all of his Muppet creations are themselves weirdos (some literally, like The Great Gonzo). As Fozzie's mother Emily said, "They may be weirdos Fozzie." "Yeah?" "But, they're nice weirdos."
I need to loosen up when I make my animations. I feel like they're too serious and I don't play enough with the story. These animations really spark wonder and imagination. Mine do too but they are more practical, while these are really suggestive and they make me think about stuff lol. I really liked The "Make me Psychic" animation too.
Definitely enough so that every time one of yours came on, the mental reaction would be "Oh, this guy again." ("Guy"...there goes the male default thing )
Of all the dozens (hundreds?) of animators who did things for this show over 35-odd years, I can only think of a few, like you and Bruce Cayard, who triggered immediate recognition like that.
Island of Emotion...Where the Wild Things Are ?
I was born in 2001, but I always loved this one.
That's so neat. Enjoy life, teenager! ;)
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Can somebody please upload a Sesame Street Cartoon Segment called Emotions: Cartoon vs. Artist where different emotions are drawn on a face, until the character grabs the pencil which made on Episode 3531 of Season 28?
laughinsal...u made this?!like,really?then WOW!!!you're amazing,talented and well loved by me-THE BIGGEST SEASAME STREET FAN! No one loves S.S. or this short more than me.(maybe you?)anyways,thanks for the childhood memories!
@totallynothere good luck and much success with your animation, and thanks for your nice comment.
@Peenut2k7 i was wondering too why they didnt do anger glad i wasnt the only one! lol
sally cruikshank and keith haring animated my childhood.
is there an instrumental version? I really love the music for the Weeping River
No, not anymore. Sesame St. didn't do a very good job archiving materials.
@Spamton and Shiver Fan Est 2003 you tell me!
You're the one that animated all these bits? Gosh, I always wondered who it was. I kept seeing these bits with similar styles growing up, and I thought, "Wow, what a great gig, getting to animate stuff for Sesame Street."
I love this one in particular, which is funny because I don't like emotionalism. XD
ah the 90's.
I REMEMBER THIS!
Does anyone know where I can find the sesame street clip with the girl singing about the continents, it went like this: "Africa, Antartica, Asia, Austrailia,etc.
It's funny, I never felt as if I did so many animations for Sesame Street, but I guess I did.