| Sesame Street | |||||
| Playing the lottery | |||||
| Air date | February 2, 1977 | ||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Humpty Dumpty — Kermit doesn't help Humpty Dumpty's situation. (First: Episode 0657) |
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Cartoon | C - Cake (First: Episode 0153) |
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Muppets | In ancient times, Grover invents the wheel to help Biff move a stone up a hill. (First: Episode 0915) |
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Cartoon | The Square (First: Episode 0536) |
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Film | A Stool For Me (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion. (First: Episode 0032) |
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Muppets | A greaser sings about his relationship that was almost ruined by a "One Way" sign. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor) (First: Episode 0029) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 1 | Bob has the kids play a game in the yard where they climb over a box, around a table, and through the tire swing (with Olivia's help). When it gets to Big Bird's turn, he has difficulty in trying to fit through the swing and proposes a game of checkers instead. |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: C-cat (First: Episode 0779) |
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Film | A boy tells what happens on a fishing boat. (First: Episode 0028) |
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Cartoon | C is for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not. (First: Episode 0463) |
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Cartoon | L for Lion (First: Episode 0798) |
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Insert | Bert sits outside on the street, pretending to fly a helicopter. Maria sits down with him, and the segment becomes animated as they fly through the air before returning to the Street. (First: Episode 0656) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Film | Horses compete in a contest to see who can pull the most cement. (First: Episode 0556) |
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Cartoon | 5 song (twinkles, candles, diamonds, horses) |
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Film | Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil. (First: Episode 0497) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: World's Greatest Counter — Ernie proclaims himself to be the world's greatest counter, yet he counts very slowly, and starts all over again if Bert interrupts him. (First: Episode 0107) |
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Cartoon | Bolt and Nut show how they work together. (First: Episode 0569) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar the Grouch proposes a game for Mr. Hooper in an attempt to acquire the bag of trash he's carrying. If he can guess which is the biggest of the cans he has displayed, he can win a ratty Kewpie doll; if he loses, he'll have to hand over his trash to Oscar. Mr. Hooper accepts and, of the three cans he's focusing on, chooses the biggest one. Oscar claims victory in fooling him, and points out that the biggest can is the trash can all three of them are on top of. Mr. Hooper says that's fine, as he was going to give him the bag of trash anyway, so there was no need to play the game in the first place. "Zinged again!" declares Oscar. |
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Song | "Sharing Swing with Kids Song" (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | Snow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cartoon | Kids around the world say "ME." (First: Episode 0389) |
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Film | George the Farmer counts 20 barrels. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | A letter for "me" (First: Episode 0781) |
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Muppets | Farley looks for ME. (First: Episode 0464) |
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SCENE 3 | Olivia sings "Little Sister is a Big Girl Now" to Gordon. |
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Cartoon | A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?" (First: Episode 0558) |
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Film | Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version two). Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0414) |
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Cartoon | Uncle Al tells his nephew a story about a dog he had, but gets mixed up with the details. Artist: Marv Newland (First: Episode 0510) |
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SCENE 4 | Everyone is gathered at Hooper's Store when Mr. Hooper reads in the newspaper that anyone who has a lottery ticket ending in 3-4-5 wins a prize. Gordon realizes that his ticket matches, and everybody begins to celebrate. Mr. Hooper tells them that the maximum prize is $100,000. Bob says with that kind of money, he'd take a trip around the world... twice; Olivia would like to open a very fancy photography studio. Big Bird says he'd decorate his nest in colored feathers (while saving the rest for a nest egg), and Mr. Hooper would continue his education as a college freshman. Gordon describes the yacht he'd buy to sail everybody on a trip to Bermuda, but when Mr. Hooper informs them that he only won five dollars in the lottery, Gordon uses it to buy a toy boat instead. |
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Cartoon | More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Cartoon | C - Cake (repeat) |
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Cartoon | The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets perform a "Handclapping Number". (First: Episode 0491) |
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Cartoon | "Danny knows the alphabet, and is he proud! If you can follow him, then sing out loud!" (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 5 | The grown-ups play with the kids in the yard as Olivia announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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