| Sesame Street | |||||
| Oscar takes a photo of Mr. Hooper and Bob | |||||
| Air date | April 29, 1976 | ||||
| Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | At his store, Mr. Hooper is puzzled that no one ever takes the top issue of the newspaper on the newsstand after witnessing Bob and Mr. Macintosh go for the issue underneath instead. Bob claims that nobody is interested in the top issue as it usually gets ripped by others and sooty from air pollution. He solves Mr. Hooper's problem by putting the sooty paper underneath one of the fresh ones, so that it will be eventually picked up by someone else. Sure enough Susan comes by and picks up the second (bad) paper without even noticing how dirty it is. Oscar comes by to read up on the recent garbage strike and wonders where the “good” (dirty) paper went. "Talk about your consumer fraud!" he complains before buying a clean newspaper, which he proceeds to tear up himself. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: Cookie Monster comes to the bakery looking for something delicious that rhymes with BUY. He tries the I (from the MIKE'S BAKERY sign) and the baker's TIE, both of which aren't that delicious. Finally, Guy Smiley comes in and loudly announces that he would like to BUY a PIE. Cookie then knows what he can get in the bakery that rhymes with BUY and is delicious: it's GUY! A chase ensues, and Cookie asks the baker to send him the bill. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Animation | Arthur and Annie look for the letter A, while a shadowy figure observes all the A words they say. Features the voice of Jim Thurman (First: Episode 0781) |
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Song | "The Ball Goes Up, The Ball Goes Down" (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: A for airplane (First: Episode 0770) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby demonstrates what a surprised face looks like. (First: Episode 0138) |
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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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SCENE 2 | Oscar is going to take a photo of Mr. Hooper and Bob, but they are too far apart. They get closer and closer until they overlap and vanish from sight. |
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Cartoon | A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A. (First: Episode 0781) |
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Film | Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Old Mother Hubbard — Kermit points out the lackluster cadence of Old Mother Hubbard's nursery rhyme. (First: Episode 0642) |
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Film | Traffic light. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | "Young MacDonald Went to Town" (First: Episode 0787) |
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Cartoon | What Do You Do With a Pet? (First: Episode 0465) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird gathers Bob and the kids around to show them the bird imitations he plans to do for the talent night being held by the club he belongs to (the Loyal and Benevolent Order of Larks). He proceeds to mimic the sounds of a rooster, a duck, a famous woodpecker (though Bob doesn't take too kindly at having Big Bird peck the top of his head) and a parrot, all while adding bad jokes in the mix. Bob and the kids have had enough when Big Bird does an imitation of an egg by just standing there. |
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Muppets | The Hands count to 11. (First: Episode 0217) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: The Count has come to order hot dogs - lots of hot dogs. But when Grover refuses to get more hot dogs because the Count will only count them, and not eat them, the Count uses a hypnotism spell to get more. (First: Episode 0644) |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | "Nelly 1-10 / 10-1": Kids count numbers in a parade, which are interrupted by other participants. Artist: Harvey Kurtzman (First: Episode 0629) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob and Mr. Hooper are about to go outside the store on a rainy day. They both reach for their raincoats, only to discover that they're practically identical: they're the same color, made from the same material, etc. They find the difference when they each put one on and end up with the other's coat. They swap them so they have the correct ones, but now find that they also have identical umbrellas. |
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Song | Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006) |
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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 | Ernie and Bert: Tall Hat at the Movies — A lady with a very tall hat sits in front of Ernie, blocking his view of the movie. (First: Episode 0538) |
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Film | People of all ages ride bicycles. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0616) |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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Animation | Sand X/x (First: Episode 0638) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Exit" as the audience leaves the room. (First: Episode 0666) |
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Cast | Luis looks for the exit in a brick room. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Film | Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Muppets | At the Ice Follies, Grover is asked by Kermit (in voiceover) to demonstrate Near and Far. |
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Insert | Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not. (First: Episode 0463) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Tries Not to Wake Bert — Ernie comes home to a sleeping Bert and tries to think of things to do that won't wake him up. (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cast | Maria and Luis assemble a fractured letter "a." |
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Cartoon | "That's About the Size of It" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0279) |
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Transition | Bridge #5 - 4 Corner Bridge C (First: Episode 0282) |
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SCENE 5 | The men finally leave the store while it continues raining as Oscar announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and David holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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