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Sesame Street
Big Bird opens the Sesame Street Pretend Zoo
Air date April 9, 1976
Season Season 7 (1975-1976)
Directed by Jimmy Baylor
Sponsors C, F, 8

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Susan finds Maria having trouble repairing the sink at the Fix-it Shop. The only tool that can help fix it is a Stillson wrench, but Susan points out that she knows somebody who has one: Oscar the Grouch. On her way to Oscar's trash can, she tells the viewer that Oscar will likely enjoy the situation and won't help at all. She gets so fueled up with anger over what to expect that as soon as she gets to his can she tells him off. Oscar is taken aback by how cranky she is, and immediately gives her the wrench.
Rumplestiltskin
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: RumplestiltskinKermit helps the miller's daughter guess Rumpelstiltskin's name.
(First: Episode 0724)
2059i
Film Shopping for soup ingredients.
(First: Episode 0515)
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)
AlphabetDancers-F
Insert The Alphabet Dancers make the form of the letter F.
(First: Episode 0446)
Flyfrogcartoon
Cartoon A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly.
(First: Episode 0034)
ErnieBert--Bert'sPresent
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Bert has wrapped a surprise present which Ernie thinks is for him. He tries to guess what it is so as not to spoil the surprise. After a few wrong guesses, he unwraps it before Bert can stop him. It is indeed a surprise, a lady's hat with flowers. Bert had wrapped the gift for his Aunt Matilda.
(First: Episode 0165)
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Cartoon Caterpillars Never Wear Brown Boots
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 0809)
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SCENE 2 A sign on Big Bird's front door advertises the "Sesame Street Pretend Zoo." Inside at Big Bird's nest, Maria and Gordon guess that the kids are pretending to be elephants and lions. Big Bird stands on a box giving clues to what he is: he drinks pretend water, preens his feathers, twerps and cheeps, and flaps his wings. Maria and Gordon tease him with wrong guesses before guessing he's pretending to be a bird. "What a relief; I was afraid I was losing my touch," Big Bird comments.
1041Joey
Muppets Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Joey count to 20.
(First: Episode 0436)
0890-Lines
Animation Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths.
(First: Episode 0288)
Geeflegonk
Muppets Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk"
The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together.
(First: Episode 0452)
Sadflower
Film A film shows parts of a flower.
Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo
(First: Episode 0008)
890-SandC
Animation Sand C/c
(First: Episode 0625)
0573e
Muppets Monsters, including an early Grover, Cookie Monster and Beautiful Day Monster, pass on the message, "See." The wide shot reveals that the monsters were whispering about the Letter C.
(First: Episode 0089)
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Cartoon "Candy Man"
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0359)
GroverElevatorFrontandBack
Muppets Grover the Elevator Operator demonstrates front and back by telling the passengers on his elevator where to stand.
(First: Episode 0469)
BirdFrontBack
Cartoon A bird displays the front and back of a turtle.
(First: Episode 0789)
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SCENE 3 Susan and the kids play “Here Are Some Things” using three big striped circles, one small striped circle, and one big plain circle.
AMs hair alphabet
Muppets Two Anything Muppets with hair over their eyes recite the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0779)
Film.hippo
Film Hippos
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0415)
1095l
Cartoon C for Candle (blows man away)
(First: Episode 0703)
1095o Cartoon C is for Cowboy
(First: Episode 0703)
1446n
Muppets Game Show: Mystery Mix-up Game
(First: Episode 0834)
Everybodysleeps
Song Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps."
(First: Episode 0406)
Sandbox
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie gets Bert to play a game with him, in which he says, "I one the sandbox," Bert says "I two the sandbox," and so on until Bert gets to "I eight the sandbox." "How'd it taste?" Ernie asks.
(First: Episode 0019)
No8b
Song "Eight Song (Song of Eight)
(First: Episode 0016)
Whomadethismess
Insert Mr. Hooper, Luis, Maria, David and Bob all throw a small amount of litter on the ground, adding to the street's filth. When a voice (Jerry Nelson) asks "Who made this mess?" each one of them denies that it was them, saying they only dropped a small amount of garbage on the street. Soon, however, they realize that they each contributed to the mess in one way or another and pick up what they dropped. The voice then tells them to put the trash in a trash can instead of on the ground.
(First: Episode 0485)
EdithAnnSandwich
Celebrity Edith Ann talks about the time she made a sandwich.
Monster.frontback
Cartoon Dr. Frankenstein makes sure his monster knows about front and back. (Voices: Rick Cimino)
(First: Episode 0782)
0573d
Cartoon C - Cake
(First: Episode 0153)
Cisforcookie
Muppets Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie."
(First: Episode 0372)
Hardworkindog
Song "Cow Dog Song"
(First: Episode 0783)
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SCENE 4 Oscar has made a "surrogate Grouch" - a decoy of himself to fool everyone into not bothering him. Susan isn't so easily fooled, pointing out to Oscar that the decoy lacks the unibrow he has. She adjusts the eyes for him before leaving, but Gordon comes by and shows Oscar that the decoy is smiling; he flips it upside-down to match Oscar's scowl. When Maria passes to compliment how the decoy looks just like him, Oscar once again accepts defeat of having peace and quiet.
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Muppets The Count's bats are upset; he always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats... but there's only one Count.
(First: Episode 0625)
Hubley.Penguintap
Cartoon A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0239)
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SCENE 5 Susan, Maria, Gordon, and the kids play with the expressions of the Oscar decoy as the real Oscar announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
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CLOSING SIGNS Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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