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The Yip Yips
by Chris Higgins - June 12, 2007 - 10:00 AM

I don’t know how I managed to miss this as a child, but this video of the Sesame Street Yip Yips meeting a telephone has been stuck in my head for two weeks now:


If you like that, check out Yip Yips Meet a Computer, Yip Yips Meet a Clock, and a fan tribute: dressing as Yip Yips for Halloween. You may also be interested in Wikipedia’s explanation of the Yip Yips, the Yip Yip Fan Club, and Yip Yips on Flickr (see also: Yip Yip Cupcakes).

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Comments (11)

  1. Don’t have to even push play; I have that scene seared into memory as it was always my favorite. Now, if you got some LetterMan clips from The Electric Company…

    posted by Johnny Cat on 6-12-2007 at 10:26 am

  2. My daughter Allie and I love the Yip Yips and she insists on watching them before bed.

    posted by TechSupport on 6-12-2007 at 10:30 am

  3. yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip

    posted by Julianna on 6-12-2007 at 11:35 am

  4. Okay, thankssomuch. I had a song stuck in my head for 2 days and now I have, “yip yip yip yip…”

    posted by Ta Ta on 6-12-2007 at 12:17 pm

  5. I forgot to mention, I *really* want a copy of that book they’re looking at. At my office, we’ve taken to saying “yip yip yip yip book book book book” when we come across anything unknown.

    posted by Higgins on 6-12-2007 at 3:57 pm

  6. These things freaked me out as a child. I hardly ever watched Sesame Street because of it. Nobody else seems to remember them!

    posted by JBC on 6-12-2007 at 7:13 pm

  7. I was absolutely terrified of these creatures growing up. When I was five, I was in bed with a sprained ankle, watching Sesame Street when their segment suddenly came on–I couldn’t find the remote & started shrieking…But my father was mowing the lawn and no one heard me…Until now.

    posted by Becky on 6-12-2007 at 8:00 pm

  8. I always thought they were saying “yep” and in “yes”. For example; when they look at the clock and consult the book they say “earth person tall” they then look at the clock and say “Tall?” then “Yep yep yep uh-huh uh-huh”. “Uh-huh” as in “I agree”. Anyone agree with my thoughts?

    posted by John Dough on 6-12-2007 at 10:52 pm

  9. I don’t know about anyone else, but these guys kind of freaked me out as a kid. Though the “yip yip yip yip. Uuh-huh. Uuh-huh” still makes me giggle.

    posted by heather on 6-13-2007 at 1:14 am

  10. Oh, I loved that skit. Sesame Street premiered when I was two, and believe me, I grew up on it. I used to run around the house going “yip yip yip yip, uh-huh, uh-huh.”

    My mom’s 69 years old now, but I bet if she weren’t ill, and I made that noise, she’d STILL roll her eyes at me and laugh.

    (My older brother’s favorite phrase was a similar one that folks who watched the Little Rascals might remember — “Yum yum, eat ‘em up.”)

    posted by Sandy on 6-13-2007 at 8:26 am

  11. They were my favorite as a kid! I think I still remember all their skits.

    posted by Jason on 6-13-2007 at 8:43 am

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