| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Herry Monster doesn’t want to eat breakfast | |||||||||
| Air date | March 21, 1975 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, Luis and Gordon insist that Herry Monster eat his breakfast; otherwise he’ll get hungry, which will make him feel angry and mean later on. Herry claims to not be hungry, and wants to leave with Luis to build something at the Fix-it Shop. Herry gets angry when he sees Luis taking his time to enjoy breakfast, and spills his cereal on Gordon and yells that he doesn't like anybody before running off. |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, Robber, and Rake... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #2 (First: Episode 0309) |
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Cartoon | A song tells the story of Max, who loves to chop down trees. One tree turns out to be a magic genie, who turns Max into a tree. Max soon grows respect for trees and once returned human, vows to never chop one down again. (First: Episode 0572) |
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SCENE 2 | Herry complains of being hungry, thinking that a game will help distract him. Susan invites a grumpy Herry to play a “Three of These Things” game in the yard using a book, a newspaper, a magazine, and a bowl of corn flakes. Herry becomes very angry when he sees the bowl, thinking the whole thing is a trick by Susan and Gordon to get him to eat his breakfast. Susan suggests he visit Oscar given his current attitude, so Herry storms off again. |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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SCENE 3 | Herry goes over to play with Oscar, but the Grouch tells him to scram as he's busy eating his breakfast. Herry fumes, “They’re all against me! All of ‘em! It’s the great breakfast conspiracy!” |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's R Collection — Bert convinces Ernie to throw away his R collection. (First: Episode 0014) |
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Cartoon | Julius and Jasper: "Why are you holding one leg up in the air, Jasper?" "Because if I hold two legs up in the air, I fall down!" Animation by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 4 | A weary Herry returns to Hooper’s and admits to Gordon and Luis that he was wrong. He's starving ("I was so hungry, I tried eating the newsstand, but, no good.") and apologizes for his mistake, which the grown-ups commend him for. They give Herry the cereal they saved him and he digs in, requesting that Gordon make some lunch to go with his breakfast. |
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Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Insert | Richie Havens and his band play "It's Pouring." |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0367) |
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Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Caveperson Days: King Ernie has a problem -- the cavemen write everything on rocks, which are too heavy to carry around. He calls upon the Royal Smart Person to invent something lighter to write on. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo. (First: Episode 0364) |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her imagination while sitting on a sofa. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Joey sing "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 0426) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) |
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Cast | Maria and David find two sets of sacks, which have incorrect numerical labels. (First: Episode 0505) |
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Cartoon | The uses of water (First: Episode 0139) |
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Film | Marching band cymbal crash #2 (First: Episode 0527) |
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Cartoon | A stubborn hippo sits on a girl's ball, and she tries to figure out how to get it back. |
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SCENE 5 | The Count looks down while counting his footsteps. Susan tells him that he can miss all the great things going on if he looks down, and sings "Nearly Missed." The Count agrees with her sentiment and starts looking up, counting the clouds. |
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Film | Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version two). Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0414) |
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Cartoon | A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (First: Episode 0410) |
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Film | Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version three). (First: Episode 0460) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin and his class name some great people. (First: Episode 0515) |
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Animation | A scoop of ice cream makes its way to the top of a cone. (First: Episode 0505) |
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Muppets | A boy watches a circle around him get bigger and smaller. (First: Episode 0285) |
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Animation | A roof finds its way to the top of a house. (First: Episode 0505) |
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Muppets | Maria reads "The Boy Who Cried Monster." A terrible, cookie-stealing monster helps to teach a mischievous Anything Muppet boy an important lesson. (First: Episode 0412) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: R for Rope (First: Episode 0764) |
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Cartoon | A polar bear learns what "EXIT" means. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | "High, Middle, Low" (First: Episode 0236) |
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Cartoon | A clam tells a fisherman why he's not catching any fish: he pulled all the plants out of the pond. (First: Episode 0408) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon plays a record as Susan tries teaching Big Bird to dance, but Big Bird has a hard time following her. The Count appears wanting to join in since Susan is counting the beats as she teaches, so they cooperate by having the Count count the beats while Susan and Big Bird practice. The Count doesn't like the idea of just counting "one-two-three-four" over and over again, but he does enjoy counting how many times Big Bird apologizes for stepping on Susan's feet. (Big Bird: "I'm just like Arthur Murray.") |
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Muppets | Grover and the letter R, which ROLLS, ROCKS, RUNS, and ROCKETS. (First: Episode 0194) |
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Film | Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | The word EXIT walks out of the room. (First: Episode 0635) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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Animation | A small ball discovers a mirror, which shows visions of various other balls. (First: Episode 0645) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird has stopped making mistakes as he continues dancing with Susan, so the Count announces the sponsors instead, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar and the Count hold the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- The dance music played during Big Bird's lessons were originally used for a Sesame Street film about kids visiting the doctor.
- This is the last episode of season 6 to have new storylines taking place between the inserts as the remaining thirty use repeats from season 4. Next season, such episodes with repeated storylines would be spread throughout the season rather than in one big group.
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