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| Gordon tries to guess what Susan has bought | |||||||
| Air date | December 9, 1976 | ||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan wants Gordon and the kids to guess the item that she's bought. She gives clues to help them out: she's saved money for it for three months (which doesn't jog Gordon's memory), it's black, made out of metal, glass, and plastic, it clicks, you can't use it in the dark, and people say "Cheese!" with it. The package turns out to be a camera, and Susan gathers everybody for some group photos. |
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Cartoon | Find the camouflaged parrot. Voice: Paul Dooley (First: Episode 0516) |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree, which he says is a picture of four elephants. Ernie doesn't see the four elephants, so Lefty offers to show him the elephants if Ernie will buy the picture for a nickel. Lefty points out the elephants, which are actually spaces in the tree's branches. Ernie shells out for the picture. Ernie wants to pull the same trick on Bert, but Bert notices the elephants right away. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" (First: Episode 0144) |
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Film | A man karate chops 5 boards. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | A lost number 5 looks for his brother. |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Edith Ann tells Herry about feeling proud. (First: Episode 0913) |
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Song | "Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) |
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Cartoon | What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0422) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Peanut Butter Sandwiches — Ernie and Bert decide their groceries are boring until they combine them to make peanut butter sandwiches. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom. (First: Episode 0784) |
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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. (First: Episode 0595) |
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Cartoon | A for Acrobats (First: Episode 0797) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Hickory Dickory Dock — Kermit witnesses various animals attempting to run up the clock. (First: Episode 0710) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Agua (First: Episode 0510) |
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Film | A boy narrates a film of how his family trains wild ponies on the farm. (First: Episode 0815) |
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Cartoon | A Spanish-speaking man seeks agua in the desert. A cowboy gives him a glass, and he uses it to wash his hands. (First: Episode 0928) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar has no interest in "teaching the kiddies" about "top" and "bottom" when Gordon prompts him. Susan comes over, upset since some of her pictures came out botched. Gordon gets an idea and gives the pictures to Oscar (despite Susan's initial disappointment). Oscar heckles Susan and points out how she photographed the top and bottom of Gordon, an ice cream cone, and other subjects, learning too late that he ended up giving a lesson on the opposites after all. |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho goes from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the water tank. (First: Episode 0655) |
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Celebrity | Richie Havens sings "Here Comes the Sun." (First: Episode 0777) |
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Film | Voiceovers count to 5 using groups of animals at the zoo. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Cartoon | Jasper and Julius: Apple. (First: Episode 0485) |
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Muppets | Old West: Five good men are needed to form a posse and catch Bad Bart, the meanest man in the West. The sheriff counts five men in the saloon, and tries to organize them. But it turns out that there are only four good men -- one of them is Bad Bart! (First: Episode 0554) |
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Cartoon | "Young MacDonald Went to Town" (First: Episode 0787) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A film of camels eating. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0388) |
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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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Cast | Maria and Luis assemble a fractured letter "a." (First: Episode 0904) |
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Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin leads a counting practice for his Headball team. (First: Episode 0898) |
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Film | Various sporting events involving throwing things are shown from around the world. (First: Episode 0809) |
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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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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Here or Not Here — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. (First: Episode 0171) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon sings "Let Your Feelings Show." |
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Cartoon | "Poverty T” (First: Episode 0020) |
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Song | A girl invites the listener to "Swing Up High." Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Grover helps Kermit show the number 5 using blocks, but Grover doesn't know how many to get (he can't count to 5). Kermit has him go back and forth bringing one until there is five. (First: Episode 0475) |
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Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" (repeat) |
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Cast | Maria, Luis, Gordon and three kids all have umbrellas with different patterns, which a voiceover uses to put them into different groups. (First: Episode 0821) |
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Animation | Sand T/t (First: Episode 0636) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon plays in the yard with the kids as Oscar announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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