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Sesame Street
Maria imagines that she's a bus driver
Air date December 9, 1974
Season Season 6 (1974-1975)
Production September 10, 1974
Sponsors X, Z, 5

SSShowID-0691


StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 At Hooper's Store, David sings about his "Subtraction Blues" while Mr. Hooper, Maria and Jay subtract his slices of pizza as David makes his way down the street. He drops the last slice on the ground when the kids bump into him, and tosses the final dirty slice into Oscar's trash can.
1041Zebra
Cartoon Z for zebra and zoo
(First: Episode 0281)
Toon.ZigZag
Cartoon zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo.
(First: Episode 0359)
News-EarlyRedRidingChase
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Little Red Riding Hood and the WoodsmanLittle Red Riding Hood and the Woodsman chase the Big Bad Wolf.
(First: Episode 0621)
1800-22
Cartoon A girl runs home to her CASA.
(First: Episode 0503)
1800-21
Cartoon A man makes a CASA for both him and his dog, who then makes a CASA for a bird.
(First: Episode 0561)
SkeletonFish
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish.
(First: Episode 0287)
SpeechBalloon.Xray
Cartoon Speech Balloon: X for X-ray
(First: Episode 0064)
EBwarm
Muppets Ernie & BertBert says he's too cold, so Ernie goes overboard to get him warm by putting layer after layer of clothing upon him. This makes him too hot, so Ernie opens the window, gives Bert an ice bag, and brings his electric fan.
(First: Episode 0418)
0592.SmallSmaller
Cartoon A turtle, a bird, and a butterfly demonstrate small, smaller, and smallest.
(First: Episode 0356)
SSTS-21
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: A baby reindeer takes its first steps. (Music: Joe Raposo)
(First: Episode 0003)
SmallestCookie
Muppets Two Anything Muppet kids argue over a cookie. Cookie Monster arrives and says that the smallest person should get the cookie, and then, as the kids argue over which one is smaller, Cookie Monster shrinks himself.
(First: Episode 0253)
Toon.winduptoy
Cartoon I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy
(First: Episode 0255)
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SCENE 2 Maria wonders what it would be like to be a bus driver. In her imagination, she pictures herself in a uniform and driving up to the corner, humming "Ven a Mi Brazo." Her passenger, Oscar, tells Maria to take him to the dump. The bus route doesn't go there, so Oscar begins to argue with her. Fed up with his fussing, Maria decides to stop imagining she's a bus driver and pops out of frame, leaving Oscar stranded.
Toon.Chickenheart
Cartoon What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts?
(First: Episode 0488)
Clip
Muppets Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. Ernie has a drawing of an empty bird cage with an open door (the bird flew away), and a man lying on the ground with a banana peel next to him (he slipped on it). Then, Ernie shows Bert a blank page. The answer to that one is that there was a cow eating grass, but the grass is all eaten now, and the cow went home.
(First: Episode 0030)
Jazzyspies5
Cartoon Jazz #5
(First: Episode 0007)
Ice cream factory
Film Kids narrate a film about where you get ice cream: from the cow, to the factory, to the ice cream shoppe.
(First: Episode 0168)
Dogbird
Cartoon What if a dog looked like a bird?
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0226)
CountErnie
Muppets The Count hires Ernie to answer his phone so that he won't be bothered with calls while he is counting. However, when the phone rings, the Count wants to count the rings, and won't let Ernie pick up the phone until it's too late. "I told you it wouldn't be easy," the Count explains.
(First: Episode 0539)
0691-SandZ
Cartoon Sand Z/z
(First: Episode 0614)
ZizzyZoomers2
Muppets "The Zizzy Zoomers"
(First: Episode 0359)
Apesatplay
Film Apes play at the zoo. (edited)
(First: Episode 0045)
5painting
Song "1-2-3-4-5!"
(First: Episode 0144)
NY Knicks make 4 baskets miss 5th
Celebrity The New York Knicks make 4 baskets in a row, but miss on the 5th.
(First: Episode 0154)
ErnieVase
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie can't decide which of the two different shelves he should place a large vase on, so Bert tells him to use his imagination. Ernie imagines the vase falling off the little shelf and Bert kicking him out of the apartment. Then, Ernie imagines putting the vase on the big shelf, and Bert rewarding him with a big surprise party.
(First: Episode 0277)
0691d
SCENE 3 Mr. Hooper uses a diagram to help him assemble a new coffee pot for his store.
UN-FamilySong
Muppets "The UN Family Song"
(First: Episode 0155)
NY Knicks make 11 baskets miss 12th
Celebrity The New York Knicks make 11 shots, but miss on the 12th.
(First: Episode 0154)
Doorknob
Film David asks the viewer to find a rectangle and two circles in the picture of a doorbell. (ending shortened)
(First: Episode 0434)
Knicks make 20, miss 21
Celebrity The New York Knicks make 20 baskets in a row, but miss on the 21st.
(First: Episode 0154)
2682h
Muppets A little boy explains how he can be a son, a brother, a paperboy, a friend, and a grandson all at the same time.
Painter5
Film The Mad Painter #5
(First: Episode 0345)
Three Monsters
Muppets Grover, Herry Monster, and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint.
(First: Episode 0186)
GoodMorningDoctor
Film A trip to the doctor's office.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0471)
Doctor-monster
Muppets Cookie Monster asks Ernie if he has any cookies. Ernie says that he doesn't have any cookies but an apple and he can't give the apple to him because "an apple a day will keep the doctor away." Later Cookie Monster comes disguised as Doctor Monster and gives Ernie a medical checkup. After the checkup, Ernie asks what he owes Doctor Monster. By sheer coincidence, his bill is one apple.
No5
Film Five Song (Song of Five)
(First: Episode 0006)
359-Z-Drawing
Animation Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing
(First: Episode 0359)
Toon.Zinspace
Cartoon Z In Space
(First: Episode 0509)
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SCENE 4 David, who's just been paid and given the day off, offers Maria a date to the movies, but Maria can't make it since she has to study. David then asks Jay, but he's got music practice. Big Bird is next, but he needs to repair a hole in his nest. David is bothered as everyone is busy today, and everyone he has met offers to go tomorrow. Big Bird gets an idea: he calls out for Mr. Hooper to let David work today, and Hooper agrees to it. Since David now has the day off tomorrow, Big Bird begins to excitedly tell everybody about the theater party David's going to have (on his money).
X-ends
Cartoon "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in.
(First: Episode 0006)
1077-Dots
Cartoon Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early.
(First: Episode 0001)
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SCENE 5 Big Bird, Jay, Maria, and the kids meet up with David, who frets when he learns that Big Bird has invited about twenty people to the "party." They discuss what they're going to watch (Big Bird wants to see Jonathan Livingston Seagull) as Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors.
ClosingSign-HooperDavidSS-0691

ClosingSign-MariaLuisKidCTW-0691
CLOSING SIGNS Mr. Hooper and David hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria, Luis, and a kid hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.

Notes[]

  • In a continuity error, the first close-up of Mr. Hooper's diagram in scene 3 was actually taken in front of the Fix-it Shop rather than at the store as evident by the background.


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