Sesame Street, man.
The early 70s (and by extension, re-runs in the mid-late 70s onwards) was a helluva time for educational TV, cos nobody really had any idea what it was. Sesame Street churned out some amazing stuff – and not least among it, the Capital I song.
Who are these people? Why do they need their home to be clean & polished?
Does the song not make them sound a bit like a cult of some sort?
And what’s with those hats?
Anyway – it’s catchy.
What I love is that 90s pub rock nerds The Bedridden covered this song (because, why wouldn’t you?), which you can hear at about 6:25 of this quality VHS recording from Adelaide’s ACETV.
Now, I suddenly thought I recognised the little I-blokes’ hats from an Adelaide TV commercial for a furniture shop in the 80s… but it wasn’t The Whitewood Centre. That was just one with a catchy tune.
DEFINITELY not The Sofa Shop, either – although who knew there was a playlist of nearly 80 cover versions of that jingle…
That’s enough research for today, folks.
Addendum: Well, turns out I was wrong about the little furniture dudes. Mr B Salmon of Adelaide kindly figured out WTF I was talking about and revealed that the ad I meant was for The Furniture Works.
Turns out their hats are NOTHING LIKE the Capital I dwellers. I suspect I conflated the two because whateverthehell that thing the guy in front is using looks like some sort of medieval plane, maybe? Dunno.