| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Painting the Hooper's Store wall | |||||||
| Air date | May 7, 1976 | ||||||
| Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | “Oscar van Gogh” finishes painting some realistic looking trash cans and garbage bags on the outside wall of Hooper's Store, thinking it’ll make people upset and grouchy. He ducks out of sight when Gordon, Susan, Maria, and Luis come by having a discussion. They notice the new images painted on the wall and figure that Oscar is the culprit, but instead of getting angry they are all inspired to do some painting on the wall as well, thinking it'll give the place a fresh new look. Oscar returns, disgusted that everybody thinks that what he did was a good idea. |
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Cartoon | A man has a J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Important Note for Bert — Ernie has an important note for Bert, but he can't find it. (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cartoon | The letter J Artists: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0133) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (hand) (First: Episode 0147) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar has added onto his trash can paintings, making it look like an even bigger mess than before. He believes that now everyone will hate it, but when the group gives the wall a second look they continue to compliment Oscar's artistic skill and tell him to keep up the good work. Oscar growls in frustration. |
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Cartoon | A boy does an addition problem in his head: 5 + 1 = 6. (First: Episode 0548) |
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Film | A man and children observe the life along the river. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts five monkeys, and when he is done, he gets monkey business. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Animation | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (First: Episode 0359) |
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Film | A trip to the doctor's office. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0471) |
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Muppets | "The Zizzy Zoomers" (First: Episode 0359) |
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Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar now has painted big, abstract lines all over the wall, figuring that now there won't be anything to compliment. When the group reconvenes with their paint and brushes they again marvel at Oscar's avant-garde work. Oscar gives up and goes back to his can, refusing to come out until they act like normal, when they "hate what I like, and like what I hate!" |
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Cartoon | Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version) (First: Episode 0140) |
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Film | Kids count 18 backflips. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | "There's a Hole in the Bucket" (First: Episode 0838) |
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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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Animation | 4 people, 4 wheels, 4 doors, and 4 windows make a carpool. |
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Muppets | As ominous music plays, the Count walks around his castle, checks out the mirror (he has no reflection), and greets his bats. The mailman (Jim Henson) arrives, with a bunch of letters for Count. The mailman wonders why there are so many letters. The Count says that he wrote them all himself, so he could count them... and then he does. (First: Episode 0420) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan watches as Big Bird, Jay, and the kids take their turn painting on the wall. Big Bird explains that they plan on painting a life-size portrait of himself, with the kids doing the top part and him doing the bottom. Susan thinks the kids should paint the bottom instead while he paints the top given their size differences, but as it turns out they’re going to paint a picture of Big Bird standing on his head (as per the bird's directions). |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates before and after. (First: Episode 0694) |
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Muppets | Happening upon the ice cream man, Ernie wants to buy a chocolate - strawberry - peach - vanilla - banana - pistachio - peppermint - lemon - orange - butterscotch ice cream cone, but the ice cream vendor instead gives him a butterscotch - orange - lemon - peppermint - pistachio - banana - vanilla - peach - strawberry - chocolate ice cream cone. (First: Episode 0133) |
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Film | Ice Capades #3 (First: Episode 0645) |
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Cartoon | Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster holds a sign with the word "NO" on it and tells Ernie that he can make him read his sign. Ernie replies "Oh no you can't!", and eventually gets the joke. He tries it on Bert, but the gag backfires when Bert bets he can get Ernie to read the sign. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him. (First: Episode 0399) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria plans out how she wants to paint the wall when The Amazing Mumford arrives and offers to help her out. With a wave of his hand, he turns the wall into a solid green color, but Maria explains that she wants to paint how she feels. He undoes his error by magically producing a fancy cityscape on the wall for her with another “a la peanut butter sandwiches” spell, but Maria tells him he still doesn't understand what she wants. She explains that the painting is supposed to be a community project - a collaboration of everyone working together in the neighborhood, not just done with a few magic passes. Mumford thinks he finally gets it, and magically summons everyone in the neighborhood to appear, all taking a turn painting the wall, leaving no room for Maria. "I can't win," she moans. |
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Cartoon | A disobedient jacket, illustrating words that begin with the letter J, annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it. (First: Episode 0527) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Pinocchio — Kermit interviews Pinocchio. |
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Film | "Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." (edited) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0585) |
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Cast | Maria pushes through a piece of seamless background paper. Via narration, she explains that she's at the top. She pushes through lower on the paper, and explains the difference between top and bottom. (alternate voiceover) (First: Episode 0595) |
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Animation | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (repeat) |
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Muppets | Big Bird sings "I Just Adore Four" with The Happy Squares. (First: Episode 0734) |
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Cartoon | A triangle wants to play catch with a group of circles, who reject the shape. When their plaything gets trapped under a ridge, the triangle is the only one able to reach it and is permitted to join the game. (First: Episode 0806) |
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Muppets | Two children, who can only read some words, resolve their fight over a large book by helping each other and reading alternate words. (First: Episode 0297) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #14: The dots line up at the same time as some squares who ultimately dominate the board. (First: Episode 0297) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit, Shola, and Fanny talk about giraffes, leading to... (First: Episode 0426) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: a herd of giraffes move their way through a field. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Gets Bert Warm — Ernie covers Bert with several layers of clothes when he gets cold. (First: Episode 0418) |
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Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird and the gang (now joined by Rudy) continue painting on the wall, admiring each other's work. Big Bird realizes that while they may think what they've painted is nice, they're not sure how it looks altogether. Everybody takes some steps back and enjoys the splashes of green bubbles, Big Bird's blue owl, and the exploding rainbow. They continue to paint as Mumford announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
See also[]
- Episode 2923 - professional artist Speedy Van Gough is hired to repaint the Hooper's Store mural.
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