Philip Glass - Sesame Street - Geometry of Circles.mp4
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mentioned as an example of Sesame Street respecting children's intelligence and as an early gateway to modern classical music.
What it is
A Sesame Street animation from 1979 with music composed by Philip Glass, showing geometric circle patterns.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2018 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec SavantIdiot · 2021-05 · on “'Sesame Street': from radical experiment to beloved TV mainstay”
Philip Glass scored an animation for Sesame Street. [this video] I blame this for my interest in modern classical. I can't imagine them doing something so progressive today. But that's because they had a captive audience in the 70's.
Recommends krapp · 2018-10 · on “Caroll Spinney Leaves ‘Sesame Street’ After Nearly 50 Years”
Sesame Street had so many great creative and musical segments before it turned into the Elmo show. It didn't talk down to children or insult their intelligence. It inspired children rather than just try to hypnotize them with colors and repetition to shut them up for an hour. [LINK] [this video] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK]
Cites leviathant · 2023-04 · on “If Philip Glass Were a Film”
I thought this was going to be a link to the Sesame Street animation that he scored @ [this video] If I had access to this sixteen years ago, I would have recreated the animations in Flash, but after Flash died out, I stopped playing in that field.
Cites throw0101b · 2023-09 · on “Sesame Street – Count to 12 [video]”
Somewhat related, but their "Geometry of Circles" was written by Philip Glass: * [this video] * [LINK] * [LINK]