| Sesame Street | |||||
| Luis shows Oscar his tape recorder | |||||
| Air date | February 5, 1976 | ||||
| Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and the kids observe how big the sandwich Susan is having for lunch. Buffy also has a sandwich from Hooper's Store, but it's much bigger than Susan's. Gordon amazes everybody when he brings in a three-foot hero sandwich, the biggest sandwich of them all. Big Bird believes that Gordon must also be the hungriest, but Gordon says that his sandwich is actually for a party tonight and he's having cottage cheese for lunch (he's on a diet). |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Surprise Present — Bert has wrapped a surprise present which Ernie thinks is for him. (First: Episode 0165) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!" (First: Episode 0770) |
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Film | "Pig's Love Song" (live-action version) (First: Episode 0572) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Hamburger - Mr. Johnson wants a hamburger. The restaurant offers two sizes: the big hamburgers and the small hamburgers. When the small hamburgers are too small, he orders a big one, but because there have been some problems with the big hamburger, Grover tries to convince him to order several small ones. (First: Episode 0705) |
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Cartoon | A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0154) |
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Film | At a fiesta, a group of kids try to break through a piñata. (First: Episode 0619) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis brings a cassette tape recorder to see if Oscar can guess what he hears without seeing what makes them. Disinterested, Oscar intentionally makes wrong guesses until he hears the sound of a baby crying, and assumes the baby was upset from listening to Luis' tapes. |
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Cartoon | A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Muppets | Fran Brill narrates two Anything Muppet hands who argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it. (First: Episode 0189) |
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Cartoon | Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music tries to write "Mary Had a Little Lamb." (First: Episode 0698) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324) |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540) |
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Muppets | A boy watches a circle around him get bigger and smaller. (First: Episode 0285) |
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SCENE 3 | Buffy plays her mouthbow and sings “Ground Hog” to the kids. |
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Cartoon | Violet climbs a vine with V words. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Cartoon | "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0050) |
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Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | A cat makes noise with a telephone, typewriter, trumpet, and piano. When the cat leaves, the devices come to life, and when he comes back, they all sound at once, frightening the cat. |
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Film | A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cartoon | A magician tries to make six circles disappear. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Muppets | The Martians examine a grandfather clock. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy V Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0311) |
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Cartoon | This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507) |
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Film | Kids comment as they see how corn grows in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0619) |
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Cartoon | A boy does an addition problem in his head: 3 + 1 = 4. (First: Episode 0516) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing Jellybeans — Ernie divides jellybeans among himself and Bert. (First: Episode 0014) |
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Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." (First: Episode 0733) |
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Cartoon | The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (First: Episode 0507) |
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SCENE 4 | Buffy tells Big Bird about the three big, juicy apples she just got from Mr. Macintosh, but Big Bird sees there’s only two in her bag. He speculates why one is missing, and gets himself to believe that an apple monster from outer space took it and is stealing apples from all over the city. Buffy finally reveals that she simply ate the other apple and offers one of the others to Big Bird. He declines, instead preferring to warn everyone that their apples are safe from any apple monster. |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit gives a lecture about rectangles. Cookie Monster smashes the shape, but says it'll still work out: "It's a wreck -- and it's a tangle!" (First: Episode 0017) |
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Animation | 2 houses plus 2 equals 4. (First: Episode 0298) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (First: Episode 0064) |
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Cartoon | Brand X (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about the letter X. (First: Episode 0560) |
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SCENE 5 | Buffy shares the tire swing in the yard with the kids as Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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