| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Big Bird tries to surprise people | |||||||||
| Air date | December 17, 1976 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird wants to surprise someone, and tries to surprise Maria in the Fix-it Shop. It doesn't work since she spots him immediately, so he goes to surprise David and Bob at Hooper's Store. Both of them don't get surprised either, and Big Bird wonders what went wrong. |
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Cartoon | Two red curtains are dropped to reveal a number 5 covered in colorful dots that vibrate and disperse. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Bob, Maria and David muse about Big Bird’s attempts to surprise them, believing he doesn't know how. They all decide to surprise him themselves by sneaking over near Oscar's trash can and hiding. As they do so, Big Bird decides to ask around about how to properly surprise someone, but can't find anyone else around Sesame Street. He makes his way toward his nest when everybody jumps out and yells, "Surprise!" He's startled by their sudden appearance, then asks if any of them know how to surprise someone. |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "Look at This" over footage of something ... can you guess what it is? (First: Episode 0514) |
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Film | Things that begin with G (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds." (First: Episode 0358) |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria and David argue over who’s going to pick up the tickets for tonight’s concert since both of them have to work. Big Bird intervenes and ends up going between them relaying messages to figure out how to get the tickets. David and Maria gradually get more upset, which bothers Big Bird since he doesn't like being in the middle of their argument. He's had enough and decides to pick up the tickets himself, which cheers up the moods of the grown-ups. They thank Big Bird for such a smart idea, though he has a new problem: where do you get tickets? |
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Muppets | "It's Funny" (First: Episode 0897) |
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Cartoon | After the big game, a bird skeleton and an elephant skeleton get their skins mixed up in the locker room. The coach helps them out. (First: Episode 0774) |
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Song | "Me and You," over footage of rhinos in love. |
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Cartoon | A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids are playing policeman, but the other one is playing fireman. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Song | "Five Onstage Dancers" (First: Episode 0539) |
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Cartoon | "K" - Kangaroo - A man (voiced by Gary Owens) explains what a kangaroo is, and ends up in the pouch of one. (First: Episode 0141) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria notices an "OPEN" sign on Oscar's trash can. Oscar encourages Maria from within to open the lid, claiming he has something nice for her to make up for all the nasty things he's done. Curious, Maria warily opens the lid slowly and braces herself for what's about to come. Instead of a trick, Oscar gives her some flowers, some water, and dirt; Maria is shocked when Oscar doesn't make a mess with what he has, instead handing her a bouquet of fresh flowers, a watering can, and a pot of dirt. When he finishes with a love card, Maria can't stand the suspense and leaves. "That is called 'killing with kindness!'" Oscar tells the viewer. |
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Cartoon | Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on. (First: Episode 0394) |
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Muppets | A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return. (First: Episode 0698) |
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Cartoon | Two groups of mountain goats try to pass each other on a mountain road. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Insert | A group of children put together a scooter following a model. (First: Episode 0922) |
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Cartoon | A song about the parts of a boy's body and the sounds they can make. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 0923) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "New Life." (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Two circles demonstrate "next to" and "away from". (First: Episode 0644) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria identifies the feet and hands in voiceover as Bob walks through some mud, then cleans up afterward. |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rumplestiltskin — Kermit helps the miller's daughter guess Rumpelstiltskin's name. (First: Episode 0724) |
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Cartoon | K is for kiss. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131) |
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Celebrity | Helen Reddy sings "I Make Up Songs." (First: Episode 0774) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue". (First: Episode 0775) |
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Film | A flower opens and closes. (First: Episode 0441) |
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Cartoon | A hand makes an ocean landscape, then turns it into a bustling city, which surprises a scuba diver. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird tells Shola that he's been having some trouble figuring out big and little. Shola says that she's little and Big Bird is big. Big Bird says, "Oh! That must be why they call me Big Bird." Shola answers, "Yeah! You're Big Bird. I'm Shola." (First: Episode 0306) |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines she's a rock, which becomes a statue. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Muppets | Ernie plays a game of "Touch Your Face" with the viewer. (First: Episode 0869) |
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Cartoon | A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*. Music: "Waltz in Mean Time," David Lee (First: Episode 0007) |
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Muppets | A woman (Jim Henson) volunteers to assist The Amazing Mumford in his surprise magic trick. Mumford makes her disappear – but when he tries to make her reappear, Herry Monster pops up, saying "SURPRISE!" (First: Episode 0381) |
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SCENE 5 | The grown-ups meet in front of Hooper's as Big Bird announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | A kid holds the Sesame Street sign, and Count Von Count holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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