Sesame Street "Crack Master" Short from Episode 818 (1975)

On Thursday 10th February, 1977, during the first 15 minutes of Sesame Street Episode #979, aired a 1:29 short involving a girl seeing patterns in the cracks on her walls, from camels, to monkeys and hens, and, most significantly, the "Crack Master" that appears. The short is narrated and partially sung by a woman.

This short was said to be so frightening, as many people recount seeing it as children, and posting their terrifying experiences on numerous forums. The short only aired a few times in the mid-late 70s, and has never aired since.

A man named Jon Armond, in 2009, was able to acquire the short from CTW (Children's Television Workshop) Archives, although he has been contractually forbidden from sharing it in any form, bar private screenings (of which he has held several).

While Armond cannot release the clip at this time, he is currently in the process of making a documentary on the subject, in which the highly sought-after video will finally be shown again, more than 30 years after it was last aired.