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Jameson Lutz

his voice chages

Sparro Sereg'Rochben

I don't get how this is racist? 

Jillian Carector

#TBT I know this by heart and I have the cd

HailAnts

I was a first-generation Sesame Street watcher and I always thought that Roosevelt Franklin was performed by Northern Callaway, but looking it up it was the original Gordon.Interestingly the Roosevelt Franklin character was dropped because black groups thought he was a stereotype! 

ChickyBoy37

Actually Matt Robinson did continue to voice Roosevelt Franklin on the RFES Sketched!

trilobright

Now that I've watched a lot more, as well as tried my own hand at puppeteering, I very much agree. It's easy to think that moving your hand while talking in a funny voice is something that can be mastered in a day, but it's not. If you watch other early Anything bits like Goin' for a Ride, the characters' physical mannerisms are very similar to Roosevelt skits, so it's certain that it was Jim, Frank, and Caroll doing the puppetry. Also, did Jerry do RF voice and all in later RFES sketches? .

ChickyBoy37

Mt guess is that Jim Henson and Frank Oz performed the puppets (They along with Caroll Spinney were the only muppeteers at the time) While Loretta Long and Matt Robinson provided the voices!

eboniearth

I have this album

trilobright

Roosevelt Franklin was created and performed by African American Matt Robinson, and the Muppeteer doing his mother in these sketches was likewise black. Sesame Street was originally conceived of with poor inner city children as its target audience. It's not like this is all lily white Harvard educated PBS producers trying to put on a minstrel show for upper middle class children in the Hamptons and Cape Cod to laugh at.

trilobright

Roosevelt Franklin plans to get his first job when he is six years old, hauling bricks. Still want to get rid of PBS, Newt?

Middle Child

This song is HILARIOUSLY RACIST. I'm a melanated woman and this ish is KRAY.

Karyn H

@MrCarl220 And he's got some serious bass in his voice for a 2 year old!

MsPandaRosa

One, going on two? Roosevelt's either born on Feb 29 or else he is one smart prodigy! Either case, RF is one smart kid!

marie watson

OMG! My funky daddy used to sing this to me . Awwwwwwww.

sneezepal

@PRHousequake True 'dat!

PRHousequake

Roosevelt Franklin is Funky as hell!

Garrettk41

@delideliver Oh, no. That's not the case at all. He didn't die until almost a decade ago. That's still him as Roosevelt. Remember, in this very episode, Gordon himself (played by Matt) introduced this sketch.

MrCarl220

He's only 2? LOL!

Nash Griggs

Jesus, Sesame Street what's your problem?!?! LOL

Dantecat0618

WOW Great Find!I've never seen this skit before.

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Sesame Street - Roosevelt Franklin's Days of the Week