Sesame Street | |||||
Air date | March 17, 1977 | ||||
Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Bert wants to show David and Maria the pigeon snapshots he's just had processed at the drugstore. Instead, the two brush him off and Maria calls his interests "square." Bert decides to take pride in this and sings "I'm Square." | |
Film | Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball turns into a cherry which is devoured by a girl. (First: Episode 0744) | |
Cartoon | A man walks in an IN. (First: Episode 0511) | |
Film | Kids comment as they see how corn grows in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0619) | |
Muppets | Benny and his boss have been waiting for Lefty for a long time. Benny wonders how they will know when it's Lefty at the door, so he reminds him that Lefty will knock three times - their secret knock to enter their hideout. Lefty forgets the number, and has to be hinted from his boss what the number of knocks are to gain access, finally giving the correct amount. When they let him in, the boss reprimands him for his poor memory, and warns him that he'll be in big trouble if he forgets again. To test his memory, the boss and Benny lock themselves out, telling him not to let them in until they give the secret knock. Despite the boss' warning, Lefty forgets once again, and finally having enough, he fearfully runs out the back door, leaving the other two stranded outside yelling, "Let us in!" as they angrily pound on the door trying to get in. (First: Episode 0722) | |
SCENE 2 | Cookie Monster comes into Hooper's Store and passes on a box of cookies. He states that his monster doctor has placed him on a "one-a-day cookie" diet. He asks David to set out three cookies - one for today, tomorrow, and the next day. After he eats today's cookie, Cookie Monster begins to think that he might forget to eat his daily cookie tomorrow and the next day, thus ruining the flow of the diet. He eats them both now and then, with his diet taken care of for the next few days, he orders a box of cookies. | |
Cartoon | Numbers from 1 to 20 line up, but 17 is missing. (First: Episode 0536) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the movies, Ernie reacts to a sad, funny, scary movie, to Bert's embarrassment and the annoyance of the other viewers. (First: Episode 0627) | |
Cartoon | A colorful, rhythmic demonstration of the word IN (First: Episode 0337) | |
Film | Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock") (First: Episode 0410) | |
Cartoon | The man is only afraid of one thing: FEAR. (First: Episode 0816) | |
Muppets | Grover and his band sing "I Am Not Afraid," as his bandmates are frightened away by a monster. | |
Cartoon | A red man illustrates abierto, while an angry blue man shows cerrado. (First: Episode 0784) | |
Muppets | Lefty wants to sell Ernie a scale. He uses two pounds of bananas and two pounds of apples to demonstrate how the scale works. Ernie is impressed. He already has a scale at home, but he'd like to buy the apples and bananas. (First: Episode 0449) | |
Film | A woman repairs wires for the telephone company. (First: Episode 0771) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover learns what Kate wants to be when she grows up. (First: Episode 0783) | |
Cartoon | M in space (First: Episode 0516) | |
Film | Most animals have two eyes, ears, etc. ... but some snakes have two heads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0287) | |
Muppets | When Maurice, a hapless casanova, puts an Anything Muppet woman's head together, he tells her that he loves her, but it turns out she doesn't love him. He then proceeds to take her head apart, bit by bit, as he sings "I Want to Hold Your Ear" (as well as eyes, nose, tooth, and hair). After she walks off in a huff, he notices to his shock that the parts he set aside have attached themselves to the tablecloth, who thinks he's kinda cute. (First: Episode 0524) | |
Cartoon | A flea sets up camp on a dog. Artist: Bruce Cayard | |
Insert | José Feliciano plays and sings "4 Fingers Sez," as the kids hold up the right amount of fingers mentioned during the song. (First: Episode 0763) | |
Cartoon | "Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges. (First: Episode 0003) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: N for Nose (First: Episode 0763) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie has a bag of cookies, and locks them in a safe to protect them from Cookie Monster. When the monster discovers that the cookies are locked up tight, he eats the safe. (First: Episode 0581) | |
Film | George the Farmer demonstrates in and out. (First: Episode 0293) | |
Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240) | |
Song | "Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure. (First: Episode 0933) | |
Cartoon | A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess than the previous one. (First: Episode 0240) | |
SCENE 3 | Grover is training to be a snowshoe salesman and his instruction book advises him to practice his selling techniques with a friend. He recruits Big Bird to help, asking him to pretend to be an uninterested customer whom he will win over. Big Bird plays the part well as Grover makes his pitch. He makes the sale by describing some alternate uses for the snowshoe (such as a tennis racquet). However, Big Bird won't give up the sample snowshoe; he really wants to buy it. | |
Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358) | |
Song | Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one. (First: Episode 0408) | |
Transition | Bridge #10 - Bricks Bridge A (First: Episode 0286) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rumplestiltskin — Kermit helps the miller's daughter guess Rumpelstiltskin's name. (First: Episode 0724) | |
Transition | Bridge #11 - Bricks Bridge B (First: Episode 0286) | |
Film | Joe Raposo sings "Look at This" over footage of something ... can you guess what it is? (First: Episode 0514) | |
SCENE 4 | Big Bird pops by Hooper's looking for David. His view becomes obstructed when David starts lowering the awning, covering Big Bird's head. Bert announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, and Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign. (Bert: "Booma-chicka-boom.") |
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