| Sesame Street | |||||||
| David's grandmother, Grace, visits Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | February 1, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird has a special welcome prepared for David's grandmother Grace, who is coming to visit today - a banner reading "Welcome Grandma," some balloons and a trumpet fanfare. However, David, Luis and Susan are all too busy getting their own things ready for Grace's visit. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Grace finally arrives and helps Big Bird set up the banner. She even shows him how to properly play a fanfare on the trumpet. This alerts David and company, who rush out to meet Grace. |
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Cartoon | Four construction workers build a number 4. (First: Episode 0507) |
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Muppets | The Count's bats are upset because the Count always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats...but there is only one Count. (First: Episode 0625) |
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Cartoon | A colorful, rhythmic demonstration of the word IN (First: Episode 0337) |
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Film | Kids climb in and out of a tire. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to teach Cookie Monster to use his knife, fork, and spoon. (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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SCENE 2 | Grace admits to not liking the city all that much, compared to her tranquil home in the country. She starts to sing "My Home is the Country," while David sings about living in the city. He then promises to visit her in the country some time. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L--Loud (First: Episode 0783) |
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Film | Traffic lights (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 1: WET (First: Episode 0473) |
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Animation | Apples fall from a tree, which bothers the hill beneath it, as Irish music underscores the segment. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0628) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 2: SET (First: Episode 0473) |
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Cartoon | One of these shoe pairs ... (First: Episode 0503) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 3: MET (First: Episode 0473) |
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Film | A young baboon sits on the back of their parent as they cross the plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0299) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis provides Grace with a chair to sit on as she watches the kids play hopscotch. She becomes a little offended, claiming just because she's old, it doesn't mean she's so fragile. She and Mr. Hooper show how young they feel by taking over the kids' hopscotch game. Afterwards, she rests in the chair and shares a laugh with Mr. Hooper when Luis takes notice. |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman goes to Marvin's Music City to buy a nice shiny trumpet. However, Marvin keeps bringing the wrong instrument. (First: Episode 0458) |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Bird Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0269) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: L for lion (First: Episode 0762) |
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Film | Kids draw various things on a blackboard. The drawings animate themselves and make their respective sounds. (First: Episode 0822) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La." (First: Episode 0321) |
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Cast | The cast shows different L words - Maria turns on a lamp, Luis finds an L in his lunchbox, and Bob lassoes a letter L. |
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Film | Footage of a rattlesnake (First: Episode 0294) |
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Animation | Sand L/l (First: Episode 0632) |
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Muppets | Grover the elevator operator gives a demonstration of in and out which annoys the passengers. (First: Episode 0511) |
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Cartoon | Four motorcycle-riding chickens hatch out of an egg. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #4 (First: Episode 0344) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Pig's Straw House — Kermit interviews the pig who built the straw house. (First: Episode 0551) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R - rabbit (First: Episode 0014) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan takes some photographs of Grace with the kids. Big Bird wants a picture of her too, then calls out everyone on the block to pose with her as well. He gets some people to join in, then more, and finally the most he can gather around Sesame Street. However, he doesn't intend to use a camera - he's going to paint a picture of them all. |
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Song | David sings Three of These Things: Three kids riding one seat bicycle, and two kids riding two seat bicycle (First: Episode 0450) |
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Film | Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0911) |
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Cartoon | A ribbon wraps itself around a woman, then turns itself into an R. (First: Episode 0289) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper tells the mailman that he has a letter for his mother: the letter R. (First: Episode 0583) |
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Film | Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be. (re-recorded music) (First: Episode 0004) |
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Animation | Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132) |
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Film | A woman holds a painting of five chickens. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Cartoon | A girl explains (in poetry) how she failed trying to make a snowman without using snow. (First: Episode 0480) |
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SCENE 5 | David and the gang say goodbye to Grace as she prepares to head back home. Willy pulls up on his tandem bike to take her to the train station. Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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