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Sesame Street
A day with Big Bird
Air date January 14, 1976
Season Season 7 (1975-1976)
Sponsors A, D, 2

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Bob encounters Big Bird watching the seasons change from summer to fall. He looks through his binoculars for birds flying south, then waits for the leaves to change colors and the wind to blow. Outside his nest he shows Bob how he's prepared for the changes with a rake and some warm clothes, as well as a sled for when it gets cold enough for snow. Bob tells him that the change will take a while to arrive, not just one day as Big Bird expects. Big Bird wonders if it's worth noticing the fall, but Bob assures him it's very beautiful.
Alligatortoon
Cartoon A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
(First: Episode 0006)
2parrots
Film Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo.
(First: Episode 0364)
Toon.Acrobats
Cartoon A for Acrobats
(First: Episode 0797)
GroverMaria
Muppets Professor Grover talks about parts of the head, with help from a reluctant Maria.
(First: Episode 0728)
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Song Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five."
(First: Episode 0245)
Aapestory
Cartoon A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
Artist: John Paratore
(First: Episode 0158)
Scanimatekids
Video Scanimate kids intro
(First: Episode 0798)
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SCENE 2 Bob sings "Follow the Leader," inviting the children at home to play along with him. He touches his head, ear, nose, hips and lips.
Awitch
Cartoon "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer.
(First: Episode 0130)
EB.Shola.A
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentErnie, Bert, and Shola observe a letter A. Ernie calls out, "A, Bert!"
(First: Episode 0551)
Toon-SurpriseManhole
Cartoon Two men work at a manhole; one is tired of the same day-in-day-out routine of it. The other says the boss has planned a surprise for them. A jack-in-the-box pops from the manhole.
(First: Episode 0780)
SPR
Muppets A woman (Jim Henson) volunteers to assist The Amazing Mumford in his surprise magic trick. Mumford makes her disappear – but when he tries to make her reappear, Herry Monster pops up, saying "SURPRISE!"
(First: Episode 0381)
1091-21
Song Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me."
(First: Episode 0375)
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Cartoon An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
(First: Episode 0293)
ErnieBertPizzaGrapeJuice1
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie and Bert have pizza and grape juice. Bert complains that Ernie has more of each, so Ernie tries to make it even by eating some of his pizza and drinking some of his grape juice, but then Bert has more. And so on.
(First: Episode 0256)
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Cartoon An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky.
(First: Episode 0770)
David Luis clothesline
Cast David and Luis prepare to hang clothes on a high clothesline using a ladder. However, they each climb it to hang one article at a time. A voiceover instructs them to cooperate, so David climbs the ladder as Luis hands him clothes to hang up.
(First: Episode 0438)
Woodpecker.entrada
Cartoon A woodpecker drills through a tree to demonstrate entrada and salida.
(First: Episode 0808)
1091-24
Film Two birds
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0295)
Puzzler-Wheel
Animation A puzzle of a wheel is put together.
(First: Episode 0625)
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SCENE 3 Mr. Hooper angrily searches for his key that will open his store, but can't seem to find the right one. He shoos Big Bird away when he pokes around, yelling at him to scram. Big Bird then walks toward 123 Sesame Street and decides not to talk, not wanting to risk making someone else upset. Gordon and Susan greet him, but when he doesn’t reply back they scold Big Bird for being rude. Big Bird tells the viewer that sometimes grown-ups are mad for no reason, finding them hard to predict. Bob comes by in a good mood, inviting Big Bird for a walk in the park; Big Bird is happy again and starts to tell Bob about the weird day he's having so far.
Toon.Froghater
Cartoon A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies.
(First: Episode 0387)
NumericalCorrespondence
Muppets Five Anything Muppets sing the "Numerical Correspondence Song."
(First: Episode 0735)
Ddart
Cartoon D-dart
(First: Episode 0292)
2125m
Song Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark."
(First: Episode 0425)
Pitchreel-D
Cartoon A small man and his assistant Dudley attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D.
(First: Episode 0016)
Bank Teller film
Film Kids narrate a film about bank tellers and the machines they use.
(First: Episode 0783)
D balloon
Cartoon Speech Balloon: D -- Dog (role reversal between man and dog)
(First: Episode 0016)
Chicken Soup Needs a Spoon
Muppets Waiter Grover: Grover serves Mr. Johnson a bowl of chicken soup. Johnson says that he can't eat the soup, and Grover can't guess why. "That settles it," Johnson sighs. "From now on, I'm bringing my lunch to work in a paper sack." He finally explains to Grover that he can't eat the soup because he doesn't have a spoon.
(First: Episode 0358)
Toon.Table
Cartoon Four people cooperate building a table.
(First: Episode 0537)
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SCENE 4 Bob plays a “One of These Things” game in the yard with three b’s and a d. He then traces the shape of the letters to show the difference.
4dragons
Muppets A Japanese storyteller tells "The Mystery of the Four Dragons". An aged emperor offers the throne to his son if he can find four hidden dragons in the room.
(First: Episode 0299)
1246-Fortune
Cartoon Miss Fortune makes guesses about a dog.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0483)
0417-ForwardsBackwards01
Insert Five signs are counted forward and backward as they appear on the stoop, followed by five kids holding the signs.
(First: Episode 0417)
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Cartoon The Dog & The Bone
(First: Episode 0772)
0417-ForwardsBackwards02
Insert Five kids appear on the stoop, rising up one step each time a new kid is added. They are then counted backwards.
(First: Episode 0417)
Steel-Drum
Film How a steel drum is made
ErnieBertBananaEarPart1
Muppets Ernie & BertPart 1: Ernie is holding a banana in his ear. Bert tries to tell Ernie that he has a banana in his ear, but Ernie can't hear him because he has a banana in his ear.
(First: Episode 0258)
Cartoonleg
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)
ErnieBertBananaEarPart2
Muppets Part 2: Ernie reveals that he has a banana in his ear in order to keep the alligators away. He uses Bert's denial of any alligators on Sesame Street as proof that his method works.
(First: Episode 0258)
FivePlusOne
Cartoon A boy does an addition problem in his head: 5 + 1 = 6.
(First: Episode 0548)
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SCENE 5 Mr. Hooper serves some food to Big Bird, who’s bored just being by himself. Mr. Hooper tells him to use his mind to observe the world around him and figure things out: "As long as you have a mind, you don't have to be bored," he explains. Big Bird does so and sees Bob reading a letter from his brother in San Diego, Rafael and Debbie reading a comic book together, and Susan and Gordon talking, all the while speculating on what they’re experiencing. When Mr. Hooper joins him after finishing his work, Big Bird tells him to keep it down or he'll miss all the excitement.
Toon-fishingABCs
Cartoon While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup.
(First: Episode 0004)
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SCENE 6 Bob takes a wagon ride with a couple of kids as Gordon announces the sponsors.
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MrHooperCTWSign
CLOSING SIGNS Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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