| Sesame Street | |||||
| Oscar calls the Grouch Market. (repeat of 0743) | |||||
| Air date | March 1, 1977 | ||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob sings "It's Easy If You Pretend" to the kids. The song is then handed over to Big Bird and company (Maria, David, Gordon, Biff, and a Muppet monster), who come up with even more outlandish things to pretend. |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a castle with a growling dragon inside, which scares the princess until her knight in shining armor leads the dragon away. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Film | A film shows parts of a flower. Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | Two men compete to be in front. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 1)" A boy loves jellybeans and comes across a girl who's sad because she lost hers. The boy shares his bag of jellybeans with the girl, but now he has none. Will he get his jellybeans back? Stay tuned... (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying. (First: Episode 0862) |
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Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 2)" The boy who gave his jellybeans away finds the girl again. This time she's afraid of a monster, but the boy assures her that if the monster comes around, he'll be there to help out. Rewarding his kindness, she gives the boy back his jellybeans. All is well until the monster shows up and the girl reveals the reason the monster was bothering her was because he wanted the jellybeans. Now the boy has them, so she's no longer afraid. The monster eats the entire bag of jellybeans and gives the boy a kiss. Our hero is no longer afraid, but he still doesn't have jellybeans. Stay tuned.... (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | Fred, a singer, fails to figure out the words that rhyme with his name in the song he sings. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0977) |
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Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 3)" The boy is mad because he has an empty bag and no jellybeans, and the girl is mad because she found her jellybeans, but she doesn't have anything to put them in. They decide to share, and the girl puts her jellybeans in the boy's bag. A happy ending with jellybeans for all! (First: Episode 0016) |
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Animation | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (First: Episode 0359) |
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SCENE 2 | The camera starts in tight on the faces of the cast, who are wearing different outfits associated with a sound effect they cue. Gordon dresses as a firefighter, David as a police officer, Bob as a farmer, and Maria as an astronaut. |
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Cartoon | What if a frog and a fly switched bodies? What do you think would happen? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Plays Doctor — Ernie uses Bert as his patient while he practices being a doctor. (First: Episode 0937) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #2 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0987) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids comment over footage of an eagle's view of different kinds of roads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0377) |
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Cartoon | An owl flies, carrying a sign that says "PELIGRO." (First: Episode 0787) |
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Celebrity | Edith Ann talks about being happy and sad. |
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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 | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Princess Chooses a Prince — A princess selects Kermit as her prince. (First: Episode 0859) |
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Cartoon | Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version). (First: Episode 0140) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar calls the Grouch Market for rhyming trash that would rhyme with ocks. A delivery man comes and gives him what little items they had in stock - two rocks, socks, clocks, and one box. Oscar complains how few items there are and demands more. The delivery man bothers him by giving his can plenty of knocks. |
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Cartoon | "Count Up Elevator" -- An elevator operator stops at ten floors to pick up passengers, including a witch, a fireman, and a kangaroo. The tenth passenger, a mouse, causes the elevator to overload and explode. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Film | A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Cartoon | Dr. Frankenstein makes sure his monster knows about front and back. (Voices: Rick Cimino) (First: Episode 0782) |
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Muppets | Marshal Grover asks Fred the Wonder Horse why he's walking backwards -- he can only see where he's been, and not where he's going. He also wants to know what happened to Fred's head. Fred explains that Marshal Grover doesn't know the difference between front and back. "That is a terrible, mean, cruel thing to say to me, Fred!" Marshal Grover exclaims. "It is true, but..." Fred tells Grover that he's facing backward, and if he turns around, he'll see Fred's head. Grover turns around, and cries: "Oh, Fred! I've missed you! Oh, it's good to see you!" Fred says that if he stays turned around, he'll be able to see where he's going. Grover tries it, and he's proud to know the difference between front and back. Unfortunately, now his head is resting on the saddle, with his feet in the air. (First: Episode 0629) |
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Animation | Counting six red balls (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cast | Susan, Bob, and Maria give a lesson on addition and subtraction. (First: Episode 0633) |
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Cartoon | Sand Z/z (First: Episode 0614) |
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Film | "Listen ..." to various sounds, including the ocean, a heart beating, a clock ticking, a horse galloping, crickets chirping, a passing train and others. (First: Episode 0951) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: Z for Zoo (First: Episode 0776) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Imaginary Baseball Game — While it's raining, Bert encourages Ernie to imagine playing baseball. (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a telephone booth. (First: Episode 0791) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon has hidden some balloons in the chest in the yard. Remi and Rebecca, later joined by Dennis and Jenny, are then sent to find it and he tells them whether they are near or far to them. |
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Cartoon | "Two headlights, two eyes, two schoolbooks, two pies..." (First: Episode 0926) |
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Animation | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (repeat) |
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Film | Marching band cymbal crash #2 (First: Episode 0527) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "A Song from Kermit." |
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Cartoon | Brand X (First: Episode 0299) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon hands out balloons to everyone as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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