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i remember these! I loved them as a toddler/kid because I was entranced with the vocalizations.
I feel like I must have seen this as a kid, and it’s probably responsible for my weirdness. Nice!
Madam Mrs. The Ratel: kids sure had longer attention spans back then.
The Ratel kit watches it through unblinking twice in a row.
Cool. 1979 is past my regular Sesame Street watching years so I had not seen this before.
Great stuff.
The vocalization’s using solfege syllables, too. Every note has its own syllable.
Trippy!
Glass is a national treasure.
I’m glad that I wasn’t only me that thought "That sounds like the same structure he used in “NorthStar” "
Philip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company
I fell in love with him starting with Koyaanisqatsi in around '85 and first saw a live performance of 1000 Airplanes on the Roof my first year of college.
Brilliant man.
Gorgeous. And a great way to get kids interested in the wonders of geometry!
Not sure what you’re referring to, but there was this weird one I liked where a dude kept asking “Who wants biscotti?”
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