| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Little Theatre of the Deaf visits | |||||||
| Air date | April 19, 1976 | ||||||
| Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob is greeted by Linda and her friends from the Little Theatre of the Deaf (Ed, Julliana, and Robert). Bob recalls how to say "How are you?" in sign language and demonstrates it, to which they respond with "Fine," and teach him how to sign it. Bob passes the greeting along to Debo at Hooper's Store, who then teaches it to Maria in the yard. Maria then teaches what she learned to Corey and Todd, who then show David how to do it. David finally passes the info to the viewer. |
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Film | Mad Painter #3 (First: Episode 0343) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
David again practices with the viewer how to sign "How are you?" and "Fine." He communicates this with Julianna as well when she comes to Hooper's Store for some ice cream. |
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Cartoon | Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (First: Episode 0473) |
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Film | Counting eleven eggs and one cookie. (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | Ernie counts out eleven cookies and one egg. Cookie Monster eats the cookies- and then the egg. (First: Episode 0054) |
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Cast | The Alphabet Dancers form the letter V. (First: Episode 0455) |
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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 | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Miss Muffet — The spider scares Kermit away. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Cartoon | Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Animation | Sand V/v (First: Episode 0637) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: V for Vacuum (First: Episode 0774) |
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Celebrity | The Deadly Nightshade plays "Shuffle Intro" with the kids accompanying on various instruments. |
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Muppets | Ernie eats one of the two pieces of chocolate cake that Bert was saving for their dessert. Bert sees Ernie holding a fork in one hand and a napkin with some chocolate on it in the other--and in front of him is a plate full of chocolate-cake crumbs. When Bert accuses Ernie of eating the cake, Ernie tells Bert that a monster came in, ate Bert's cake, and framed Ernie. Bert doesn't believe Ernie's lie. But when Bert leaves the room, Beautiful Day Monster comes in and does exactly what Ernie told Bert happened to the first piece. Ernie tries to explain, but Bert says, "I don't want to talk about it." (First: Episode 0119) |
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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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SCENE 2 | Big Bird, Bob, Maria, and the kids learn some weather-related signs from the Little Theatre group. Maria wonders how deaf people are able to communicate with each other in the dark. They explain that they do so through touch, and Ed demonstrates by having Bob close his eyes and signing "How are you?" into Bob's hands. Linda then explains that deaf people are also able to use lights for their doorbells and telephones instead of sounds; lip reading and occasional talking helps with communication as well. Big Bird is confused, so Robert (a hearing member of the company) interprets as Julianna tells him to imagine not being able to hear things. In Big Bird's imagination, he walks by such situations as Biff jackhammering the sidewalk, David playing his guitar as Oscar retaliates with his bugle, Bob chatting with him, the Count counting nails at the Fix-it Shop, and his thunder and lightning disrupting Maria's hammering. Although he can't hear any of those things, he can still pick up what's going on by observing. |
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Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240) |
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Film | Two men, Big and Little, travel around playing the tuba and violin. Even though they’re different (Big has dark skin, and Little has light skin), together they make beautiful music. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria introduces the members of the Little Theatre showing the alphabet by acting out words that begin with each letter. Several of the kids help out with such words as "car," (revolving) "door," "jukebox," and "mirror" among others. |
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Cartoon | "Presenting -- the vacuum cleaner!" (First: Episode 0607) |
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Film | Future careers: footage of a kid acting out a certain job, followed by an adult doing "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Cartoon | Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot. (First: Episode 0795) |
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Animation | A number 9 looks for a house with his number on it. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cast | Bob and Luis put together two halves of a painting of a train tunnel. When they fit the parts together, a train goes through the tunnel and zooms to take up the entire screen, frightening Bob and Luis so much, they take down the tunnel again. (First: Episode 0549) |
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Cartoon | "Presenting -- the saw!" (First: Episode 0597) |
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Film | Scenes of individuals running from around the world. (First: Episode 0605) |
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Cartoon | The letter "k" walks away from the word "walk." (First: Episode 0758) |
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Film | The WALK sign flashes in a montage of people (and even dogs) walking in the city. (First: Episode 0498) |
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Cartoon | A man jackhammers the ground making it break away and dissolve to black. (First: Episode 0614) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird is excited to see how those around him communicate in different languages. He doesn't understand what Robert, Ed, and Julianna are saying in sign language, but he learns when Robert asks Bob in English about the whereabouts of Linda. Bob gets the help of Rafael, who asks Maria in Spanish to also help locate her. The search ends with Maria asking Big Bird, who knows that Linda is reading at his nest. Everyone else passes the message on in Spanish, English, and sign language again as they make their way to Linda. Not present is David, who in voice-over announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Guest cast[]
- members of the Little Theatre of the Deaf
- Ed Waterstreet
- Julianna Fjeld
- Robert Blumenfeld (Bob)
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