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{{episodesesame|plot=Oscar the Grouch shows pictures of his relatives.|airdate=April 8, [[1976]]|season=[[Season 7 (1975-1976)]]|sponsors=[[F]], [[T]], [[7]]|syndication=|DVD=}}
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! Picture !! Segment !! Description
   
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*[[Oscar the Grouch]] shows pictures of his relatives. Everybody discovers that all the members of the [[Grouch]] family look exactly alike.
  
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| [[Image:0889a.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 1'''
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| [[David]] cleans up [[Hooper's Store]] in preparation for a visit from [[Grace|his grandmother]], whom he hasn't seen in a long, long time. He chides [[Maria]] and [[Big Bird]] when they come close to touching anything in the store as he prepares for her arrival. Big Bird sees how busy David is and offers to meet his grandmother at the bus stop, but first needs to know what she looks like. David tells him that she's a beautiful, older woman with gray hair, a suitcase, and looking for her grandson.
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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*[[Big Bird]] learns how to start a babysitting service.
  
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| [[Image:0889b.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:0889c.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 1''' cont'd
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| Big Bird positions himself at the bus stop, just in time for a bus to arrive. He stops an elderly [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] ([[Jerry Nelson]]), who fits the description (down to having a grandson named David), but Big Bird realizes that the person is male, thus not a grandmother. He then stops an Anything Muppet woman (Nelson), buts finds she's much too young looking. An elderly human woman departs the bus, and Big Bird points her toward Hooper's, not realizing who she is. Maria gets David's attention, and he shares a reunion with his grandma. Big Bird inspects her for a moment and remarks to David, "You didn't mention that she was wearing a hat!"
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Several Muppets sing and count floors, while going up and down in an elevator.
  
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| [[Image:200006.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[The Typewriter|Typewriter]]: F for Fly<br>{{first|0781}}
   
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*[[Marshal Grover]] demonstrates "away from". {{eka|0856}}
  
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| [[Image:Marshalgrover-awayfrom.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Marshal Grover]] tries mounting [[Fred the Wonder Horse]] using a "run and jump" technique. But every time he gets close, Fred moves away from him, causing onlookers in the saloon to laugh at them. Fred finally explains that he doesn't appreciate the act, as it hurts his back. Grover promises never to run and jump onto his back again, and asks him to roll over so he may do so on his belly.<br>{{first|0825}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Kermit at Home Sketches|Kermit at Home]]: [[Grover]] is outside in the snow, freezing. He keeps knocking on [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit's]] door, asking how to get warm, and Kermit keeps telling him to come inside. Grover, missing the point, tries ideas of his own to get warm, but they don't work. Finally, Kermit tells Grover that if he wants to get warm, he should come inside. Excited, Grover pulls Kermit aside and slams the door, locking Kermit outside. Grover goes to sleep in Kermit's armchair while the frozen frog scrapes at the window. {{eka|0598}}
  
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| [[Image:200012.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A football player talks about his favorite sport.<br>Artist: [[John and Faith Hubley]]<br>{{first|0135}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Imgointothecity.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it.<br>{{first|0770}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:0889d.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:0889e.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 2'''
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| David, Maria, Grandma, and [[The Kids|Noel]] look at some of the old photos Grandma brought with her, including one of David and his brother Gregory at Sunday School. When looking at a picture from his 6th grade graduation, she realizes that she still remembered him as a young boy when she was picking out some presents for him. The gifts turn out to be a child-sized sweater and small baseball mitt, neither of which will fit David in his young adult state.
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:0889f.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:0889g.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 2''' cont'd
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| Just then, [[Bob]] comes down from [[Carriage house|the garage]], having dug out a rocking chair. David admits he wanted this to be a gift for Grandma, remembering her being much older than she actually is. She doesn't feel the need for it, so Bob makes use of it to rest after digging through all the junk to find it. As for David's gifts, they find the sweater is just the right size for Noel, while Grandma makes use of the mitt and baseball herself for a game with Noel.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:IThoughtaBigThought.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| I Thought a Thought ... about big things.<br>Artist: [[Cliff Roberts]]<br>{{first|0226}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:2423-Scuba.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| A scuba diver swims ''away from''.<br>{{first|0537}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:7Bubbles.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A man blows 7 bubbles.<br>{{first|0639}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:AwayFrom.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| Salesman [[Harvey Kneeslapper]] asks [[Tony (Anything Muppet)|Tony]] if he gets attacked by monsters and run over by crowds. [[Herry Monster]] attacks him and a crowd walks all over him, so the answer is yes. Harvey has a simple solution for Tony: AWAY FROM! The next time those things happen to Tony, he can get AWAY FROM them.<br>{{first|0278}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Slidepuzzle.boy.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Slide puzzle - boy<br>{{first|0428}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:0889h.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 3'''
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| [[Oscar the Grouch|Oscar]] is disgusted by the sight of David and Grandma being so happy together. After some prompting from Bob, Oscar shows off his family photo album, with pictures of [[Oscar's family|his various relatives]].
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:phonebooth.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A hand draws a telephone booth.<br>{{first|0791}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:E&BCookieReminder.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| {{erniebert|apt}} [[Bert]] wants to know why there is a cookie lying on the table. [[Ernie]] explains that he put it there to remind himself.<br>{{first|0095}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Np7.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| "[[Numerosity#.22Seven_Song_.28Song_of_Seven.29.22|Seven Song (Song of Seven)]]"<br>{{first|0011}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:2040j.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.<br>{{first|0304}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:zebracloseup.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are.<br>{{first|0326}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:1090-09.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| A barbershop quartet sings about [[Elevator Song|counting floors when they go up and down in an elevator]].
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Toon-Rowers.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Two guys row their oars in different directions, until they decide to cooperate and row together.<br>{{first|0510}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Frazzle2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| "[[Frazzle (song)|Frazzle]]" with [[Frazzle]] & [[The Frazzletones]]<br>{{first|0846}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Fleas!.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Fleas have fun in fur!<br>Artist: [[Bruce Cayard]]<br>{{first|0630}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Trafficlight.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Traffic lights<br>{{first|0131}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:CountCountsFlowers.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Count von Count|The Count]] counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes.<br>{{first|0433}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:0889i.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:0889j.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 4'''
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| Maria and Grandma stroll down the block, when they notice a sign now hanging on the door of [[Big Bird's nest]] - "Big Bird's Baby-Sitting Service." Inside, Big Bird tells them he's starting up a new business to earn some extra cash. The grown-ups ask him how he would put a baby to sleep; Big Bird's method would be loudly tricking the baby into thinking it's nighttime. His other care-taking ideas include tickling or telling a joke to the baby to get them to stop crying and feeding them birdseed when they're hungry. Maria breaks it to him that he's not old or responsible enough to be in charge of taking care of an infant. Big Bird declares he will be a lawyer instead.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:1257-Animals.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Baby animals are fed milk.<br>{{first|0238}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:3958j.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Frances Fairy displays several F words.<br>{{first|0335}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:AMFCheer5.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Beautiful Day Monster]] is part of a group of [[Cheers|cheerleaders]] who cheer up to the letter [[F]]. When the leader asks what "ABCDEF" spells, they are all stumped, and Beautiful Day Monster comments on how weird that is.<br>{{first|0094}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:SkeletonFish.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| [[Sesame Street Animal Films]]: Skeleton fish.<br>{{first|0287}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:1800-20.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| {{sketchinsert|Sesame Street News Flash: The Count Counts the Three Little Pigs}}<br>{{first|0569}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:0573y.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[Here Are Some Things|Only one]] of the two footprints can belong.<br>{{first|0509}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Toon-BoyPushesYO.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare.<br>{{first|0486}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:0889k.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:0889l.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 5'''
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| At night, Grandma raids the back room of the store and finds various old-fashioned items she recalls using back in her day before there were so many electric appliances. She shows David and Maria a hand mixer, a toast maker, a juicer, and a kerosene lamp. David flaunts the modern equivalents of these and demonstrates them, causing a fuse to blow in the store. Grandma lights the lamp, proving they can still be useful.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:400012.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| T for typewriter and toe<br>Artist: [[John Korty]]<br>{{first|0506}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:RFAlphabet.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Roosevelt Franklin]] says his [[Roosevelt Franklin's Alphabet|ABCs.]]<br>{{first|0103}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:400030.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| The letter T is a very useful letter.<br>{{first|0402}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:0009.crane.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| A magnetic crane picks up large pieces of metal.<br>{{first|0009}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:200006.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[The Typewriter|Typewriter]]: F for Fly ''(repeat)''
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:cartoon f flower.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful.<br>{{first|0283}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:0889m.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 6'''
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| Everyone walks Grandma back to the bus stop, as she claims Maria and Big Bird are now her honorary grandchildren. She promises to come back and visit again, giving them each a parting kiss before she boards the bus home (a bittersweet moment for David). Bob announces the sponsors.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Bob0889.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[File:MariaCTW0965.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''CLOSING SIGNS'''
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| Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.
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|}
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[[Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7]]

Latest revision as of 21:55, 9 October 2023

Sesame Street
David's grandmother comes to visit
Air date April 8, 1976
Season Season 7 (1975-1976)
Sponsors F, T, 7

0889

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0889a
 SCENE 1 David cleans up Hooper's Store in preparation for a visit from his grandmother, whom he hasn't seen in a long, long time. He chides Maria and Big Bird when they come close to touching anything in the store as he prepares for her arrival. Big Bird sees how busy David is and offers to meet his grandmother at the bus stop, but first needs to know what she looks like. David tells him that she's a beautiful, older woman with gray hair, a suitcase, and looking for her grandson.
0889b

0889c
 SCENE 1 cont'd Big Bird positions himself at the bus stop, just in time for a bus to arrive. He stops an elderly Anything Muppet (Jerry Nelson), who fits the description (down to having a grandson named David), but Big Bird realizes that the person is male, thus not a grandmother. He then stops an Anything Muppet woman (Nelson), buts finds she's much too young looking. An elderly human woman departs the bus, and Big Bird points her toward Hooper's, not realizing who she is. Maria gets David's attention, and he shares a reunion with his grandma. Big Bird inspects her for a moment and remarks to David, "You didn't mention that she was wearing a hat!"
200006
 Cartoon Typewriter: F for Fly
(First: Episode 0781)
Marshalgrover-awayfrom
 Muppets Marshal Grover tries mounting Fred the Wonder Horse using a "run and jump" technique. But every time he gets close, Fred moves away from him, causing onlookers in the saloon to laugh at them. Fred finally explains that he doesn't appreciate the act, as it hurts his back. Grover promises never to run and jump onto his back again, and asks him to roll over so he may do so on his belly.
(First: Episode 0825)
200012
 Cartoon A football player talks about his favorite sport.
Artist: John and Faith Hubley
(First: Episode 0135)
Imgointothecity
 Cartoon A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it.
(First: Episode 0770)
0889d

0889e
 SCENE 2 David, Maria, Grandma, and Noel look at some of the old photos Grandma brought with her, including one of David and his brother Gregory at Sunday School. When looking at a picture from his 6th grade graduation, she realizes that she still remembered him as a young boy when she was picking out some presents for him. The gifts turn out to be a child-sized sweater and small baseball mitt, neither of which will fit David in his young adult state.
0889f

0889g
 SCENE 2 cont'd Just then, Bob comes down from the garage, having dug out a rocking chair. David admits he wanted this to be a gift for Grandma, remembering her being much older than she actually is. She doesn't feel the need for it, so Bob makes use of it to rest after digging through all the junk to find it. As for David's gifts, they find the sweater is just the right size for Noel, while Grandma makes use of the mitt and baseball herself for a game with Noel.
IThoughtaBigThought
 Cartoon I Thought a Thought ... about big things.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0226)
2423-Scuba
 Film A scuba diver swims away from.
(First: Episode 0537)
7Bubbles
 Cartoon A man blows 7 bubbles.
(First: Episode 0639)
AwayFrom
 Muppets Salesman Harvey Kneeslapper asks Tony if he gets attacked by monsters and run over by crowds. Herry Monster attacks him and a crowd walks all over him, so the answer is yes. Harvey has a simple solution for Tony: AWAY FROM! The next time those things happen to Tony, he can get AWAY FROM them.
(First: Episode 0278)
Slidepuzzle.boy
 Film Slide puzzle - boy
(First: Episode 0428)
0889h
 SCENE 3 Oscar is disgusted by the sight of David and Grandma being so happy together. After some prompting from Bob, Oscar shows off his family photo album, with pictures of his various relatives.
Phonebooth
 Cartoon A hand draws a telephone booth.
(First: Episode 0791)
E&BCookieReminder
 Muppets Ernie & Bert — Bert wants to know why there is a cookie lying on the table. Ernie explains that he put it there to remind himself.
(First: Episode 0095)
Np7
 Cartoon "Seven Song (Song of Seven)"
(First: Episode 0011)
2040j
 Cartoon A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.
(First: Episode 0304)
Zebracloseup
 Film Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are.
(First: Episode 0326)
1090-09
 Muppets A barbershop quartet sings about counting floors when they go up and down in an elevator.
Toon-Rowers
 Cartoon Two guys row their oars in different directions, until they decide to cooperate and row together.
(First: Episode 0510)
Frazzle2
 Muppets "Frazzle" with Frazzle & The Frazzletones
(First: Episode 0846)
Fleas!
 Cartoon Fleas have fun in fur!
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0630)
Trafficlight
 Film Traffic lights
(First: Episode 0131)
CountCountsFlowers
 Muppets The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes.
(First: Episode 0433)
0889i

0889j
 SCENE 4 Maria and Grandma stroll down the block, when they notice a sign now hanging on the door of Big Bird's nest - "Big Bird's Baby-Sitting Service." Inside, Big Bird tells them he's starting up a new business to earn some extra cash. The grown-ups ask him how he would put a baby to sleep; Big Bird's method would be loudly tricking the baby into thinking it's nighttime. His other care-taking ideas include tickling or telling a joke to the baby to get them to stop crying and feeding them birdseed when they're hungry. Maria breaks it to him that he's not old or responsible enough to be in charge of taking care of an infant. Big Bird declares he will be a lawyer instead.
1257-Animals
 Film Baby animals are fed milk.
(First: Episode 0238)
3958j
 Cartoon Frances Fairy displays several F words.
(First: Episode 0335)
AMFCheer5
 Muppets Beautiful Day Monster is part of a group of cheerleaders who cheer up to the letter F. When the leader asks what "ABCDEF" spells, they are all stumped, and Beautiful Day Monster comments on how weird that is.
(First: Episode 0094)
SkeletonFish
 Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish.
(First: Episode 0287)
1800-20
 Muppets Sesame Street News Flash — The Count counts the Three Little Pigs.
(First: Episode 0569)
0573y
 Cartoon Only one of the two footprints can belong.
(First: Episode 0509)
Toon-BoyPushesYO
 Cartoon A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare.
(First: Episode 0486)
0889k

0889l
 SCENE 5 At night, Grandma raids the back room of the store and finds various old-fashioned items she recalls using back in her day before there were so many electric appliances. She shows David and Maria a hand mixer, a toast maker, a juicer, and a kerosene lamp. David flaunts the modern equivalents of these and demonstrates them, causing a fuse to blow in the store. Grandma lights the lamp, proving they can still be useful.
400012
 Cartoon T for typewriter and toe
Artist: John Korty
(First: Episode 0506)
RFAlphabet
 Muppets Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs.
(First: Episode 0103)
400030
 Film The letter T is a very useful letter.
(First: Episode 0402)
0009.crane
 Film A magnetic crane picks up large pieces of metal.
(First: Episode 0009)
200006
 Cartoon Typewriter: F for Fly (repeat)
Cartoon f flower
 Cartoon A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful.
(First: Episode 0283)
0889m
 SCENE 6 Everyone walks Grandma back to the bus stop, as she claims Maria and Big Bird are now her honorary grandchildren. She promises to come back and visit again, giving them each a parting kiss before she boards the bus home (a bittersweet moment for David). Bob announces the sponsors.
Bob0889

MariaCTW0965
 CLOSING SIGNS Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.


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