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Sesame Street
Mr. Snuffleupagus ruins Big Bird's painting
Air date March 9, 1977
Season Season 8 (1976-1977)
Sponsors U, V, 8

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
Imaginekermit
Muppets Kermit asks the viewers to play a weather imagination game. First, Kermit imagines it's a warm, sunny day. Then he imagines that it's raining hard. Then he imagines that it's a snowy, windy day.
(First: Episode 0325)
Kingofeight
Animation "The King of Eight"
(First: Episode 0225)
PeggyFlemming-Figure8
Celebrity Peggy Fleming skates a figure 8.
(First: Episode 0236)
RoosterDANGER
Cartoon Various renderings of the word DANGER.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0151)
1459.DangerFilm
Film While walking and reading the newspaper, a man barely avoids DANGER on three occasions, but then gets hit by a revolving door.
(First: Episode 0656)
Scanimatekids
Video Scanimate kids intro
(First: Episode 0798)
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SCENE 1 The kids place a straight line of tape on the ground in the yard and walk on it. The Count happens by and after the kids tell him what they're up to, he counts each of them as they walk on the line.
VirgilVeep
Cartoon Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V.
(First: Episode 0110)
V in space
Cartoon V in space
(First: Episode 0481)
Alaluna
Film An Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo).
(First: Episode 0429)
Hubley V spanish
Cartoon Small v... (Spanish version)
Artist: John and Faith Hubley
(First: Episode 0389)
Characters.twiddlebugs
Muppets The Twiddlebugs try to figure out how to get to the zoo. They notice it's too far to walk, swim, or fly. Then they notice their Twiddle-car. (short intro)
(First: Episode 0603)
HubleyV01
Cartoon Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc.
Artist: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0167)
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SCENE 2 Big Bird finishes sweeping up his nest area but doesn't know where to put all the disposed trash. Maria says he can put it in one of the trash cans in front of her place. He spots one of the cans outside but realizes it's full and heavy, so he starts emptying all the trash out of it so he can put his own in it.
Blowapple!
Cartoon A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder.
(First: Episode 0779)
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SCENE 2
cont'd
Big Bird drags the can back to his nest and dumps his pan in, but Maria calls him over and tells him the simpler idea would've been to bring his dustpan over to the bin. Maria asks him to put the mess he made on the street back into the can. Once she leaves, Big Bird begins putting the other trash into the bin, this time bringing each load back to the can at his nest.
1297-firewood
Cartoon On a snowy day, a cold man desires firewood. He carries a huge log up the hill multiple times, but it rolls down each time. Using his "wits", he pushes his house down to the bottom of the hill to be closer to the giant log.
(First: Episode 0799)
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SCENE 2
cont'd
Big Bird has finished filling the bin but now realizes it's too heavy to take over to his nest. Maria tells him how he can plan better the next time he has a lot of trash to dispose of, but Big Bird doesn't feel like cleaning his nest again and angrily stomps away, ignoring Maria's offer to help him next time.
Bugsbigandsmall
Cartoon Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever.
(First: Episode 0320)
1396o
Muppets Waiter Grover: Hamburger - Mr. Johnson wants a hamburger. The restaurant offers two sizes: the big hamburgers and the small hamburgers. When the small hamburgers are too small, he orders a big one, but because there have been some problems with the big hamburger, Grover tries to convince him to order several small ones.
(First: Episode 0705)
0998.munchmunch
Cartoon "All right, now that you've eaten everything in sight, would you mind telling me what you plan to have for dessert?"
(First: Episode 0006)
Film-Earrings
Film A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings. (Spanish)
(First: Episode 0422)
2477t
Cartoon A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him.
(First: Episode 0799)
0974 Kermit Bob
Cast Bob plays an explorer named Faversham Svedwick who spends twenty years searching all over the globe for Kermit the Hermit, the Wisest Man in the World. When he finds him, he challenges him to a game of tag.
(First: Episode 0974)
Bath Precautions
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie brings an umbrella, a flashlight, and Bert's bowling ball to the bathtub, just in case the electricity goes out, the roof leaks, and somebody shows up asking to borrow a bowling ball. Bert thinks that Ernie is being ridiculous -- but everything happens, just as Ernie predicted.
(First: Episode 0269)
0998.Sandv
Animation Sand V/v
(First: Episode 0637)
2341l
Cast Olivia sings "Everything Grows."
400015
Cartoon A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away.
(First: Episode 0617)
Turtlefilm
Film A turtle walks slowly.
Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod
(First: Episode 0281)
Sposethatsmexico
Muppets A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return.
(First: Episode 0698)
Toon-ChildrenCountFowardBackward
Cartoon Kids count from 1 to 10, then 10 to 1, as the numbers are displayed over colored lights.
(First: Episode 0931)
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SCENE 3 As he hums "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" to himself, Big Bird works on a painting of 123 Sesame Street. Mr. Snuffleupagus ambles by and looks closely at the painting, but accidentally causes Big Bird to smear it. Snuffy apologizes profusely and Big Bird says he forgives him, though he's clearly holding his feelings back before leaving, not feeling much like painting anymore.
Pinball 08
Cartoon Pinball Number Count #8
Toon.UP
Cartoon A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
(First: Episode 0416)
SSTS-21
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: A baby reindeer takes its first steps. (Music: Joe Raposo)
(First: Episode 0003)
NobleOstrich
Cartoon "The Noble Ostrich", a segment about the day-to-day activities of ostriches. Includes an animated appearance by Big Bird.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
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SCENE 4 Big Bird processes his feelings of frustration by talking to the viewer, knowing that he just made a mistake and is glad he didn't say anything hurtful to Snuffy. He decides to walk around his nest area to cool off.
2485x
Cartoon Madrigal Alphabet
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 0615)
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SCENE 4
cont'd
Snuffy processes his feelings of shame and remorse by talking to the viewer, hoping Big Bird will forgive him.
1396g
Cartoon Capital letter U for up
(First: Episode 0401)
CookieRockSong
Muppets Cookie Monster sings a rock song about his cookie obsession.
(First: Episode 0506)
1969-dots
Cartoon Dot Bridge #1
(First: Episode 0001)
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SCENE 5 Big Bird comes back out wanting to draw an even better picture than his previous one: a drawing of him and Snuffy! Snuffy agrees to watch him from a distance this time, and the two have a good time as the Count announces the sponsors.

(Blooper: During his signoff, Jerry Nelson ends up using the same filter when performing Mr. Snuffleupagus' voice, making the Count sound slightly different.)

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Ernbertsign
CLOSING SIGNS The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign.


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