HOWTO Make a Sesame Street YipYipYip costume

Posted by Cory Doctorow, June 21, 2008 1:20 PM | permalink

Here's a fine instructable for making a YipYipYip Martian costume from Sesame Street, consisting primarily of lots of fabric, a couple styrofoam balls, sponge and pipecleaners. Link (Thanks, Kevin!)

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#1 posted by mrfitz , June 21, 2008 2:01 PM

I loved those guys as a kid

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#2 posted by RedShirt77 , June 21, 2008 2:12 PM

Can Boing boing read minds?

I just said "Yip .....yip...yip ..yip,ypi,ypi, etc."

To My lady.

Crazy.

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#3 posted by HeatherB , June 21, 2008 2:40 PM

Brrrrrrrrrinnnnng! Brrrriiinnng! Brrrinnng!Tele-phone! Unh! Huh! Unh! Huh!

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#4 posted by macewan , June 21, 2008 3:11 PM

*hope my grandkids don't see this

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#5 posted by Steiny , June 21, 2008 3:59 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qxWGr8VhzQ

Don't miss the ending! "Happy happy happy happy boing boing boing boing!"

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#6 posted by OM

, June 21, 2008 3:59 PM

...What the hell is a "YipYipYip" other than another Muppet?

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#7 posted by AceJohnny , June 21, 2008 4:30 PM

Om@6: the YipYipYips were a small recurring segment in the (totally-awesome-never-done-better-since) children's show Sesame Street .

I remember watching them when I was a kid around 1987. They were probably my favorite characters then.

Steiny's link gives you a perfect example of what their segments were like. They always introduced a word/object/concept, and went completely nuts.

They may have traumatized me as a kid. I regret nothing. Yip!

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#8 posted by sum.zero , June 21, 2008 6:06 PM

i always thought it was "yep", as in correct. they only really do it after they have identified something after all.

it just makes more sense that way:

"uh-huh. uh-huh. yep. yep. yep..."

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#9 posted by anthony , June 21, 2008 6:22 PM

Yep. Brrringgg! Telephone.
I agree with sum.zero.
These guys were on in the seventies, when sesame street was "scary".

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#10 posted by mmbb , June 21, 2008 7:27 PM

OT, but the YipYipYip bears a strange resemblance to the Koozebanian male.

Perhaps my favorite skit from The Muppet Show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3T5pepHpGo

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#11 posted by alisong76 , June 21, 2008 8:23 PM

Oh, man I LOVED the yipyips! My favourite part was always when they got startled and hid behind their own jaws.

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#12 posted by alisong76 , June 21, 2008 8:37 PM

#6:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4VNMERVsC4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qxWGr8VhzQ

Hilarious when you're seven, and I gotta admit, pretty funny at 32. Or maybe that's just me...

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#13 posted by FredicvsMaximvs , June 21, 2008 8:45 PM

@ ALISONG76: If you sense of humor is like mine, they're still funny enough to make your eyes tear up, even at almost 40.

"Earth book! Earth book!"

And you can count me in the "yEp yEp" camp.

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#14 posted by Takuan , June 21, 2008 8:47 PM

moo?

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#15 posted by alisong76 , June 21, 2008 8:53 PM

MmmmmmOoooooooooooo?

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#16 posted by Takuan , June 21, 2008 8:56 PM

yipyipyipyipyipyip!!!!

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#17 posted by phreatic , June 21, 2008 9:44 PM

#11 I also love the hiding behind their own jaws.

I can definitely still tear up laughing so hard at those clips.

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#18 posted by LeavingHalfway , June 21, 2008 10:30 PM

#8 sum.zero: please stop signing your posts; that happens automagically. Plus, Seseame Street rocked my socks. Oscar was my hero :p

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#19 posted by ornith , June 22, 2008 1:13 AM

@11 YES. Aliens peeking out from behind their own chins = hilarious.

Cow? Moooooo? Nnnnnnope. Nopenopenope.

Brriiiing! Telephone! Yepyepyepyep! Brrrriiiiiiiiing!

I've been wanting a "Brrrriiiing! Telephone!" ringtone for a while now.

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#20 posted by sum.zero , June 22, 2008 7:03 AM

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sm.zr

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#21 posted by bxrguy , June 22, 2008 9:27 AM

Brrrrrrrrrinnnnng! Brrrriiinnng! Brrrinnng!Tele-phone!

It's the lawyers for the estate of Jim Henson telling you to cease and desist and reminding you that the phrase "Yip Yip Yip" is copyrighted most countries.

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#22 posted by Antinous , June 22, 2008 12:17 PM

sum.zero,

Signature lines are unnecessary because your name is already on your post. #18 asked you politely.

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#23 posted by K3vin , June 22, 2008 6:29 PM

those things always scared me

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#24 posted by deckard68 , June 22, 2008 9:44 PM

K3VIN, me too! They frightened me a lot!

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#25 posted by chetspartan , June 23, 2008 11:08 AM

Ornith ask and ye shall receive...

http://www.mediafire.com/?wxticgjdzt1

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#26 posted by sum.zero , June 23, 2008 2:33 PM

#22 and i ask you why you/he/she care so much. it's not like it ruins the readability...

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#28 posted by Antinous , June 23, 2008 2:41 PM

It increases vertical space in comments which decreases the readability of the thread.

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#29 posted by sum.zero , June 23, 2008 2:46 PM

#28 that is a debatable assertion, imho. but if the prevailing attitude is going to be do it our way or else, i'll just not post here.

fair enough.

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#30 posted by Takuan , June 23, 2008 3:07 PM

debatable? why bother? few do it, it isn't necessary, it's against the house rules, suit yourself, but there are more intelligent things to be stiff necked about.

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#31 posted by sum.zero , June 23, 2008 6:23 PM

you forgot the disemvoweled ones...

sum.zero

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#32 posted by Takuan , June 23, 2008 6:37 PM

as you wish

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#33 posted by Takuan , June 23, 2008 6:46 PM

#90 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator Author Profile Page, May 13, 2008 12:51 PM

EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT

"Okay.

You go first.

Also: Would you please stop putting .sig lines at the bottom of your comments? It's tedious to have to remove them.

Thank you.

(And Arkizzle? A good do-bee doesn't leave a bunch of superfluous line returns at the end of their comment.)

EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT

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#34 posted by Takuan , June 23, 2008 6:52 PM

now you understand why we have to kill you.

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#35 posted by sum.zero , June 24, 2008 11:23 AM

well, clearly i should have seen that missive on page 13 of whatever thread that was...

bb could have a clearly labeled posting guidelines link with this info in it, as the moderation policy doesn't seem to mention sigs. also, the person who originally asked me is not clearly identified as a moderator or anything other than just some other semi-anonymous poster.

in short, when approached by a random stranger at a club who asks you to not dress the way you do because they don't think it's necessary [kind of rude, whether said politely or not], how would you react?

my response was also somewhat rude, but it certainly wasn't aggressive and, imho, did not deserve disemvowelling.

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#36 posted by Takuan , June 24, 2008 11:41 AM

it's come up before. What IS in the Moderation Policy is the statement that BB believes in community moderation - if done right. Which means anyone can politely point out rules to anyone at any time. Let's all give each other the benefit of he doubt, and if challenged about something,look to ourselves first - however briefly - before carrying on.

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#37 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator

, June 24, 2008 12:16 PM

Is the .sig line rule not in the moderation guidelines? I'll go add it right now. Thank you for reminding me.

Anybody's welcome to help out with the community -- as long as they get it right.

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#38 posted by sum.zero , June 24, 2008 7:17 PM

takuan, i was unaware that it had come up before. i don't read every thread. if the original poster [#18] had pointed to an established rule i would have reacted differently.

that said, i'm willing to move on from this. i hope there are no hard feelings as your posts crack me up on a regular basis.