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| Blackout on Sesame Street (repeat of 0652) | |||||
| Air date | February 26, 1976 | ||||
| Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | All is fine on Sesame Street in the evening; Luis is drilling something at the Fix-it Shop, and Maria returns home, saying hello to David who's enjoying some music on his radio at Hooper's Store. Suddenly, all the lights and power go out. Biff arrives representing the electric company (though specifying he doesn't work directly for them) and assures Luis and David that it's just a blackout that should be fixed in no time. David goes to make sure Maria is fine; she's already gotten a flashlight and keeps a much calmer head than David, whom she teases about his concern. The power returns moments later and Biff leaves, telling Luis and David about how he's not sure how digging a couple of holes could've helped get the electricity working again. |
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Animation | Lollipop and feathers - what goes where? (First: Episode 0772) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster helps Ernie match mittens, shoes, and gloves and put them away. Guess how he puts away two matching cookies. (First: Episode 0135) |
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Cartoon | The life of a Yellow Yahoo (First: Episode 0043) |
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Animation | Sand Y/y (First: Episode 0626) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: The walrus (First: Episode 0296) |
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Cast | Marvelous Maria rides her trike in 10 circles (then backwards). (First: Episode 0443) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs, but he can't decide how many of each he wants. Mr. Johnson says that Grover takes too long and asks for two hot dogs and two pickles for lunch. Grover then throws a tantrum in the kitchen. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 2 | The adults discuss the blackout while hanging out on the stoop. Big Bird comes by and tells them he wasn't afraid, as he had Mr. Snuffleupagus for company. He goes to his nest to fetch him and prove he's real, though Snuffy is feeling a bit nervous about it. Just as Snuffy exits through the construction doors, another blackout occurs and the street goes dark. Big Bird heads back to his nest and the adults start to disperse, bumping into Snuffy and speaking to him without even realizing who it is. |
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Cartoon | Five feet stick out from a barrel, all belonging to a strange five-legged being. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie notices that none of the lampposts are on, and the lights won't turn on. Bert says that there is a blackout, but has to repeat himself when Ernie suggests they watch TV, play a record, and listen to the radio. Ernie decides to call someone to see if anybody else knows about it. He calls Oscar the Grouch, who grouchily asks who's calling and threatens to "see to it that you don't sleep for a week." Ernie says "It's Bert" and hangs up. (First: Episode 0652) |
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Cartoon | Can a cat bark? |
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Film | A Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo). (First: Episode 0429) |
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Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (First: Episode 0443) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob reads "Yolanda and the Youth", a story about a youth who wins the hand of Princess Yolanda by passing the "Y" test. (First: Episode 0174) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0769) |
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Film | A gorilla chases a woman, who registers her protest by shouting "No." She triumphantly drags the gorilla off. (First: Episode 0546) |
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Muppets | When Maurice, a hapless casanova, puts an Anything Muppet woman's head together, he tells her that he loves her, but it turns out she doesn't love him. He then proceeds to take her head apart, bit by bit, as he sings "I Want to Hold Your Ear" (as well as eyes, nose, tooth, and hair). After she walks off in a huff, he notices to his shock that the parts he set aside have attached themselves to the tablecloth, who thinks he's kinda cute. (First: Episode 0524) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates "beginning" and "end". (First: Episode 0265) |
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Cartoon | A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353) |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - Kids wait in line at a movie theater. (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Princess Chooses a Prince — A princess selects Kermit as her prince. |
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Cartoon | A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (First: Episode 0152) |
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SCENE 3 | To combat the blackouts on the street, Oscar has rigged up his own makeshift generator to power his reading light. The generation is activated by a spinning wheel, which gets spun by a string whenever someone turns the knob of the 123 Sesame Street front door and opens it. He calls Maria down so she can open the door, which keeps his light on for a few seconds. He does this a few times as a test, enraging Maria. Luis comes by and puts Oscar's plan together. He starts pulling the rope on the generator over and over, observing how it works as Oscar tells him to keep the noise down as he reads his Dylan Thomas book in the free light. |
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Film | Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie purchases a straw hat for Bert, and asks Cookie Monster which box the hat will go in. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Celebrity | Mary Lou Williams scats with the kids. (First: Episode 0792) |
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Film | "Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body. (First: Episode 0024) |
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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) |
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Muppets | Old West: Bad Bart is looking for Marshal Earp to give her a big surprise. The terrified townspeople try to warn Marshal Earp -- but Bad Bart explains that a surprise is something that someone doesn't expect. He orders them not to say a word. It turns out the big surprise is a cake for Marshal Earp's birthday. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cartoon | C for canary (role reversal) (First: Episode 0703) |
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Film | Field of hay (kid voice-overs) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cast | Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Transition | Bridge #2 - Scoring (First: Episode 0291) |
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Cartoon | A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar's generator has been tinkered with by Luis, as it is now powered whenever Oscar opens his can lid. Luis knocks on the lid over and over so he will open it, hiding whenever Oscar comes up to find who's knocking. The Count hides nearby with Maria, counting the instances the light comes on. Oscar discovers Luis' trick as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
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