| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Snow — Big Bird plans for snow | |||||||
| Air date | January 22, 1976 | ||||||
| Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||||
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Muppets | Kermit at Home: Cold and Warm — As Grover freezes outside in the snow, he keeps knocking on Kermit's door. (First: Episode 0598) |
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Cartoon | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird wakes up in his nest all excited because he planned for snow last night by setting out his shovel, his warm clothes, and sled. His excitement diminishes when he looks around to find all those items covered under mounds of snow. |
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Cartoon | "Nelly 1-10 / 10-1": Kids count numbers in a parade, which are interrupted by other participants. Artist: Harvey Kurtzman (First: Episode 0629) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers make the form of the letter F. (First: Episode 0446) |
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Cartoon | F: a frog and a fly. (voiceover: Casey Kasem) (First: Episode 0034) |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman: Four Elephants — Lefty wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510) |
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Cartoon | Clouds blow things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 1) (Spanish) (First: Episode 0387) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar the Grouch observes the snow on Sesame Street from his can. It's untouched; hasn't been shoveled or plowed yet, so it neatly covers all the dirt and litter that can otherwise be seen in the neighborhood. He decides to dirty it up by throwing ashes from his furnace all over the place. Jay makes his way down the street, but he's struggling; slipping and sliding all over the place. When he reaches Oscar's can, he thanks him for throwing some ashes down because it makes walking on the snow and ice easier; not everyone would have been so thoughtful. |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing about being "Sad." (First: Episode 0584) |
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Cartoon | A troll draws different faces on herself in front of a mirror. (First: Episode 0800) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar is disgusted at having been called thoughtful, so he's swept the ashes away from the front of his can. Bob walks over and thanks him for clearing away the snow. Nobody else on the street has done that yet, and it was a very nice thing to do. |
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Cartoon | Four firetrucks, telephones, ships and men file into a large contraption that produces 4s. (First: Episode 0798) |
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Film | Ice Capades #1 (First: Episode 0615) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: F for Fly (First: Episode 0781) |
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SCENE 4 | Cursing himself for being nice again, Oscar has dumped a pile of snow in front of his trash can, swept away from the steps of 123 Sesame Street. When Maria comes along and see the steps clear, she commends him for the sweet gesture and gives him a kiss. Oscar collapses with a groan. |
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Cartoon | A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets: Flower — Four kids cooperate to grow a flower together. (First: Episode 0311) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: F - Fly (First: Episode 0032) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar thinks over everything he did to earn him compliments this morning, so he vows to return all the snow to where it was. The kids approach and ask him if he wants the pile of snow. Oscar says he doesn't, so the kids claim it for building a snowman and thank him for his generosity. |
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Animation | Three balls compare sizes. An orange ball (voiced by Daws Butler) boasts that he's the smallest, until his little brothers comes onto the scene. (First: Episode 0786) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie's lost the nickel he was going to use for candy, so Shola gives him another one. (First: Episode 0565) |
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Cartoon | A small frog unveils a smaller man, who unveils the smallest elephant. (First: Episode 0786) |
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Film | A mailman on horseback delivers mail in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Cartoon | A cat, bird and worm illustrate small, smaller and smallest. (First: Episode 0830) |
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SCENE 6 | In Hooper's Store, Bob and David sing "Here Are Some Things" and help the kids classify empty and full jars of marbles. |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppets sing "As I Was Going to St. Ives." (First: Episode 0045) |
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Cartoon | Tiger likes going to school. (First: Episode 0549) |
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Film | A kid narrates footage of a termite colony. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | Fleas have fun in fur! Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0630) |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Cartoon | A football player talks about his favorite sport. Artists: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0135) |
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Muppets | Mystery Mix-Up Game — Mrs. Rooney unscrambles the word "SCHOOL." |
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Film | In stop-motion, assorted furniture places themselves in a classroom. (First: Episode 0647) |
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Cartoon | Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806) |
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Muppets | Kermit asks the viewers to play a weather imagination game. First, Kermit imagines it's a warm, sunny day. Then he imagines that it's raining hard. Then he imagines that it's a snowy, windy day. (First: Episode 0325) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W - Water (First: Episode 0062) |
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Film | Male and female snow people narrate their own construction. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0277) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird and David enjoy the beauty of the snow from inside Hooper's Store, but David notes that neither he nor anyone else on the streets seems to have found the time to shovel yet. Big Bird says he's going to round up a bunch of kids to get the shoveling done. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Telephone Call — Bert wonders who could be on the other end of Ernie's involved phone call. (First: Episode 0305) |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird has lined up several kids platoon-style on the sidewalk and issues assignments for where each of them should shovel. When he asks if everyone's ready to shovel, they reply no - they don't have any shovels. |
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Cartoon | An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way. (First: Episode 0538) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kate tells Grover about being out in the snow. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Cartoon | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (repeat) (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 9 | David watches Big Bird and the kids shovel with cardboard boxes as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar and The Count hold the Sesame Street sign, while Bob holds the CTW sign. |
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