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| Mr. Hooper celebrates the 25th anniversary of his store. (season premiere)' | |||||||||
| Air date | November 29, 1976 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | The viewer surprises Grover, who is listening to the Sesame Street theme. Since the adults are all present, Grover decides to give them a special surprise. |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a farm backdrop for the animals. |
| Cast | Charlie Chaplin (Maria) tries to outwit a tricky EXIT sign. | |
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Cartoon | Children and animals numbered 1-12 race in a marathon. The #9 runner wins. This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Muppets | Grover sings "I Stand Up Straight and Tall" while using some fast cutting camera trickery. |
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Cartoon | Capital I, he's quite a guy (EKA: Episode 0815) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Touch, Hold, Feel". |
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Cartoon | I for Ink (EKA: Episode 0514) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Snuffleupagus sees all of the adults in the arbor, and suggests to Big Bird he should meet them all today. The adults decide to go to the park and leave the arbor completely empty, twice, and Big Bird tells Snuffy he has "a great imagination". |
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Cartoon | "I in the Sky" (EKA: Episode 0427) |
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Film | A giant panda walks around. Music: Joe Raposo |
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Cartoon | Letter I (Beep Beep) (EKA: Episode 0514) |
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Film | Cold things that begin with the letter I (EKA: Episode 0815) |
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SCENE 3 | Biff and Sully move a piano. Biff tries to play a scale and talks about practice. While Biff is away, Sully plays a full concert piece. |
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Cartoon | "Two headlights, two eyes, two schoolbooks, two pies..." This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Film | "Doll House" (First: Episode 0131) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Cartoon | "Uncle Gus and all of us went for a ride to Ho-Ho-Kus". Features a Snuffleupagus cameo. This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Cartoon | Kids count dinosaurs, octopuses, and paper dolls. This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Celebrity | Edith Ann (Lily Tomlin) says she can count to five, but won't. |
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Cartoon | 1-10, 10-1 count with stripes. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyming game, but ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it. (EKA: Episode 0798) |
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Film | Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack) |
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Cartoon | Junior has to jump across the pond to make the frog chorus. |
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SCENE 4 | Bob gives a music lesson to Gladys the cow, who sings "Here are Some Things" with some sheet music. |
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Cartoon | A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing. Artist: Paul Fierlinger |
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Muppets | Big Bird tries to teach Snuffy to ice skate, but Snuffy keeps falling. This is a scene from the Ice Follies touring show. (EKA: Episode 0873) |
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Cartoon | A cat tries to teach the alley cats to play music in harmony. |
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Cast | David and Maria cooperate to reach the top of the mountain. (EKA: Episode 0901) |
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Song | "Sharing Swing with Kids Song (Share in Your Fun with Another Someone)" |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for a box of cookies. The librarian becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand the library doesn't have cookies! (EKA: Episode 0897) |
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Cartoon | Passengers on a crowded subway illustrate between. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert and Shola illustrate "between". (EKA: Episode 0672) |
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Cartoon | The Wise Man tries to illustrate "between". |
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SCENE 5 | David's confused because Mr. Hooper has closed the store at lunchtime and asked him to bring everyone on Sesame Street to the store's door. Mr. Hooper has decorated the store to celebrate its 25th anniversary, and everyone goes in. |
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Cartoon | "Love" word animation This segment was cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets | Stuie Monster and The Aristocrats sing "Fur". (First: Episode 0812) |
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Film | Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant. music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett |
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Cartoon | Animals walk. |
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Film | The crosswalk light says WALK. |
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SCENE 6 | Grover is astonished to find there is no one on Sesame Street. At the last possible moment, just as he starts to announce the sponsors, everyone surprises him. After that, he announces the sponsors again. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds up the Sesame Street sign while Ernie and Bert hold up the CTW sign at the end. |
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Notes
- This episode was written by Judy Freudberg.
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