Sesame Street | |||||
Gordon misses three buses because he took time to help his friends | |||||
Air date | January 4, 1977 | ||||
Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | As he walks down Sesame Street, Bob’s greeting to everybody is "Have a Nice Day." | |
Cartoon | A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart. (First: Episode 0768) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Princess Chooses a Prince — A princess selects Kermit as her prince. (First: Episode 0859) | |
Cartoon | A hand draws a guitarist serenading a maiden, as well as the background. (First: Episode 0791) | |
Film | Two hands make sounds from other sides of a wall. (First: Episode 0649) | |
Cartoon | Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job. (First: Episode 0407) | |
Film | Slide puzzle - truck (First: Episode 0403) | |
Muppets | "Frazzle" with Frazzle and The Frazzletones (First: Episode 0846) | |
Cartoon | What Do You Do With a Pet? (First: Episode 0465) | |
Film | A film insert of kittens playing, with child voiceovers in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0429) | |
Cartoon | K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040) | |
Celebrity | Flip Wilson counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0147) | |
Cartoon | A kitten is knittin' a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten. (First: Episode 0282) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Cookie Monster note that they're the same in a lot of ways, and then become paranoid that they can't tell each other apart. An Anything Muppet tells them how they are different, which relieves them of their stress. (First: Episode 0635) | |
Cartoon | Things that are the same or different are displayed like a slot machine. (version #2) (First: Episode 0335) | |
Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324) | |
Cast | A king (David) and his knights (Luis, Bob and Maria) assemble for their meeting at the round table, but discover their table is actually a square. They fetch a triangle, then rectangle table before finally getting a round one, which they eat their lunches off of. | |
Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011) | |
Cartoon | Poor Solomon Grundy washes a different part of the left side of his body every day, but at the end of the week, "he's still half dirty!" (First: Episode 0001) | |
Muppets | Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. (First: Episode 0280) | |
Film | "Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body. (First: Episode 0024) | |
Film | A pair of hands deal cards marked with the numbers 12 to 1. (First: Episode 0433) | |
Cartoon | A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying. (First: Episode 0862) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: V for Vacuum (First: Episode 0774) | |
SCENE 2 | Gordon needs to take the bus to go pick up a picture he had framed since Susan is borrowing their car today. While he's waiting, Mr. Hooper asks him for help carrying a heavy box into the store; as he does, Gordon ends up missing the bus. He misses a second bus when he helps Kai get her leg out of her tangled bicycle chain, and yet another when he helps Bob tighten his clothesline. Luckily, Susan comes back with the framed picture, having picked it up while doing her errand. | |
Cartoon | K for kite (First: Episode 0489) | |
Film | A girl meets a blind woman who has a seeing-eye dog. | |
Cartoon | K-kick (First: Episode 0463) | |
Cast | Buffy and Mr. Macintosh perform a song and dance about the letter K. (First: Episode 0912) | |
Cartoon | "Danny knows the alphabet, and is he proud! If you can follow him, then sing out loud!" (First: Episode 0406) | |
Muppets | Game Show: Pick Your Pet Lucy Jones insists upon a pet that purrs, has silky hair, and likes milk... the Beautiful Day Monster. (First: Episode 0067) | |
Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) | |
Insert | Three of These Kids are jumping rope, but the fourth one is sitting down and reading a book. (First: Episode 0415) | |
Cartoon | Krazy Kat proves his love for Ignatz Mouse with a block of cheese. Ignatz carves it into the word "LOVE." (First: Episode 0615) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bart Visits — Ernie notes the differences between Bert and his brother Bart. (First: Episode 0594) | |
Cartoon | The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (First: Episode 0507) | |
SCENE 3 | Susan shows some of her vacation photos to Big Bird and the kids, who guess whether the pictures were taken in the city or the country. Big Bird keeps confusing the two places with one another, and even has trouble figuring out what the last photo is: a picture of 123 Sesame Street. | |
Cartoon | This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507) | |
Film | A kid narrates footage of a termite colony. (First: Episode 0408) | |
SCENE 4 | Susan clues Big Bird in on her last photo by walking him to the front of the 123 building, helping Big Bird remember. Gordon announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | A kid holds the Sesame Street sign, and Count Von Count holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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