| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird tries to be older (repeat of 0740) | |||||||
| Air date | February 25, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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Muppets | Biff and Sully move a piano. Biff tries to play a scale and talks about practice. While Biff is away, Sully plays a full concert piece. (First: Episode 0911) |
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Cartoon | A kid has a zoo in him. (First: Episode 0783) |
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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 horse falls apart into a jigsaw puzzle. (First: Episode 0784) |
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SCENE 1 | Maria, Luis, and Gordon are working on repairing the front door to the Fix-It Shop (after another incident with Herry Monster). Big Bird comes by and offers to help, but he's told he's too young. He storms out of the store in a huff and vows to find a way to prove them wrong. |
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Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird dons a hat, glasses, a grey beard, and cane to pass himself off as "Old Bird," who will now be able to do anything a grown-up can. He returns to the Fix-It Shop to help fix the door, but they've repaired it now. Instead, the grown-ups go over to the yard and start a conversation about bond issues, a topic of little interest (and knowledge) to the bird. Some of the kids come by and ask him to play, but "Old Bird" must decline. They then ask if he's seen Mr. Snuffleupagus lately. Once he learns that grown-ups can't have imaginary friends, Big Bird gives up the ruse and goes off to have fun with his fellow youngsters. |
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Cartoon | A rabbit crosses the STREET, and almost gets run over. Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 0778) |
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Muppets | A greaser sings about his relationship that was almost ruined by a "One Way" sign. (First: Episode 0973) |
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Cartoon | A ship captain orders the numbers 1-20 into a boat - which promptly sinks. Artist: Harvey Kurtzman (First: Episode 0614) |
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Film | Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0911) |
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Cartoon | T for top Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0298) |
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Film | The letter T is a very useful letter. (First: Episode 0402) |
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Cartoon | La t minuscula (First: Episode 0376) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Christopher Columbus — Kermit catches Christopher Columbus before his historic voyage. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Cartoon | Subtracting three mules (First: Episode 0767) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis, Gordon and Maria find Big Bird in the midst of fixing his nest. They offer to help, but he feels they might not be up to it. They assume he's turning the table on them for earlier, but he ultimately allows them to help. When they're instructed to start chewing up sticks and then pack them in with mud, they retreat. |
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Cartoon | Pinball #10 Artist: Jeff Hale |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Crocodile Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cartoon | T for typewriter and toe Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0506) |
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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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Film | A kid marching band forms a circle. (First: Episode 0517) |
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Cartoon | The uses of water (First: Episode 0139) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0230) |
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Cartoon | Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon hears Maria and Luis making small talk, but in Spanish, it sounds so much more interesting to him. The two perform a tango number about more phrases they can make more interesting by saying them in Spanish. |
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Animation | Sand T/t (First: Episode 0636) |
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Film | "Three of These Kids" — Football and Baseball (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Film | "Indian Baby Bath" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0444) |
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Muppets | Big Bird sings “Admiral Bird”. (First: Episode 0946) |
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Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | Wild geese (to madrigal music) (First: Episode 0935) |
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Cartoon | Junior has to jump across the pond to make the frog chorus. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Film | A farmer takes care of baby calves. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Film | A voiceover lists many R words. (First: Episode 0661) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie answers the telephone. Bert overhears the conversation, which involves a baseball game, a rainy day, and a gorilla stealing a bologna sandwich. When Bert asks who just called, Ernie says it was a wrong number. (First: Episode 0305) |
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Cartoon | La t minuscula (repeat) |
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Film | Joe Raposo counts 20 antique cars. (First: Episode 0410) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon checks the mail and hands it out to Maria on the stoop, as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Roosevelt Franklin and his mother hold the Sesame Street sign, while Sherlock Hemlock observes the CTW sign. |
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