The Muppets: top 10 YouTube clips for young children
From The Muppets to the Moonwalk, father of three Jake Wallis-Simons has tried and tested the most magical moments for under-fives on YouTube.
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Jake Wallis-Simons
1:00PM GMT 08 Feb 2012
Like most of the UK’s under-fives, our three have always had a daily allowance of CBeebies and DVDs. Recently, however, this has changed. One day, after trying – and failing – to demonstrate a Moonwalk, I went to YouTube and showed them that famous clip of Michael Jackson performing the move for the first time in 1983. They were enthralled, and watched in silence. Then they begged to watch it again. When they had seen it four or five times, they began to dance their little hearts out.
This experience led my wife and I to use YouTube to introduce the little ‘uns to everything from Fred Astaire to the Muppets. It’s much more stimulating than CBeebies. They love it.
Here, then, are our children’s top ten favourite YouTube clips of all time.
1. Mahna Mahna
2. Singing' in the rain
3. Laurel and Hardy pie fight
4. Michael Jackson – his first performance of the Moonwalk
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It is a little known fact that the King of Pop did not invent this move. It had already been performed by the likes of Marcel Marceau, Dick Van Dyke, David Bowie and others. Michael Jackson made it famous, however, starting with this performance on Motown 25 in 1983. Tip: get the kids to remove their shoes before viewing.
5. Hugga Wugga
Rest of the top 10, and article available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...-top-10-YouTube-clips-for-young-children.html
