It’s time for a history lesson

Folks, I’m in the mood for education — and out to correct an ancient injustice in the process.

Several million people out there on the internet have seen this impeccable Sesame Street overdub of “Ante Up” by now, or at least they did back in 2008, which seems so long ago it may as well never have happened. Here, bask in nostalgia with me for a second, or more like 88 of them:

But fewer — far fewer! — seem to have found this one, which uses a remix of the same track and brings back some of my favorite TV aliens of all time:

If you missed it back in 09 (and chances are good you might have, given their shockingly disparate view counts), well, my work here is done. Yip.