| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Mail, mail, and more mail | |||||||
| Air date | January 18, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis catches David on his way to the mailbox on the corner, and adds some items to David’s already big load since he has to stay at the Fix-it Shop. Susan meets up with David on his trip down the street with her own armful of packages. They both meet a jolly postman (Jerry Nelson) who is new to the job on Sesame Street. He is absolutely thrilled when receiving more of David and Susan's mail, which he adds to his already-bulging mailbag. When he opens the mailbox to empty it, the mailman is met with a torrent of letters and packages which completely engulfs him. David asks if he's all right; the postman couldn't be better - this is the most mail he's ever collected! |
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Film | "I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (re-edited with a new song track) (First: Episode 0790) |
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Animation | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (First: Episode 0359) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Don't You Know You're Beautiful?" over footage of a girl figure skating. (First: Episode 0607) |
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Muppets | Hard Head Henry Harris plays "Headball" at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium, where he must answer this question: where is bread made? (First: Episode 0887) |
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Cartoon | Sand Z/z (First: Episode 0614) |
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Cartoon | The profile of a man's face morphs into different faces to the sounds of a Moog synthesizer. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0642) |
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SCENE 2 | Simon Soundman reads Susan and the kids a letter he received from his cousin Sigmund. ("He's a card; he oughta be dealt with," Simon describes him.) Sigmund tells about his latest job on the farm, and the kids try to decipher what Simon says when he produces the appropriate sounds instead of words. |
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Film | Finding round things in a supermarket (David voiceover) (First: Episode 0434) |
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Cartoon | A lost number 5 looks for his brother. (First: Episode 0934) |
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Film | Hamburger bun factory (First: Episode 0615) |
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Muppets | Stuie Monster and the Aristocrats sing "Fur". (First: Episode 0812) |
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Cartoon | Before and after: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears. (First: Episode 0631) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) |
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Muppets | Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part two) (First: Episode 0359) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: Z for Zoo (First: Episode 0776) |
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Muppets / Cast | "The People in Your Neighborhood": A butcher and a zookeeper. (First: Episode 0696) |
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Film | A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him. (First: Episode 0407) |
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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 | Ernie and Bert: Before and After — Bert explains the concept of "before and after" to Ernie using a plate of cookies. (First: Episode 0007) |
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Cartoon | Antes y despues: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0631) |
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Cartoon | "One to Five Counting Animals Song" (First: Episode 0780) |
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Film | Five dancers disappear one by one, until there are none left. (First: Episode 0589) |
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Celebrity | The Pointer Sisters sing "Hush Little Baby." (First: Episode 0793) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0007) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Snuffleupagus shows Big Bird some oversized postage stamps (depicting George Washington) on the stoop, which they use to play a game of "One of These Things." After showing that one stamp is (relatively) smaller than the others, Big Bird helps him put one of the stamps onto a mail-order card for a Little Orphan Annie ring. |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Insert | Musical Bridge #2: close-ups of guitars, an organ, and drums. (First: Episode 0632) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play". (First: Episode 0047) |
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Cartoon | A girl runs home to her CASA. (First: Episode 0503) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: N - Nail (First: Episode 0040) |
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Film | A mailman on horseback delivers mail in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Cartoon | "Magic Pig" Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 0772) |
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SCENE 4 | David tries to help Herry Monster figure out how to get a rock to his cousin Berry for his rock collection in Ypsilanti. Herry tries calling out for anyone going there, then considers rolling it to Berry using his super-strength. David has a much simpler solution: since the rock is already wrapped and addressed, David adds some stamps and Herry drops it into the mailbox. Herry doesn't want the postman to go through all the trouble, and prefers to take it to the post office instead. Since it's already in the mailbox, Herry simply uproots the mailbox to take it to the post office! |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (hand) (First: Episode 0247) |
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Cartoon | Five snakes come out of a basket when a snake charmer plays the flute. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts four eggs. A chick hatches out of one egg, so he counts the three eggs -- then two, then one. Then he counts the four chicks. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Swimming and flying pelicans. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0322) |
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Cartoon | A poem about changing seasons. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert urges Ernie to go to sleep, but Ernie won't go to sleep until the person living upstairs drops his other shoe. When the shoe finally drops, Ernie wakes Bert up to tell him about it. (First: Episode 0176) |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 5 | The jubilant mailman continues being in his element, even as he slowly fills his bag one piece of mail at a time from the giant pile. Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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