Sesame Street | |||||
Air date | March 24, 1977 | ||||
Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||
|

Picture | Segment | Description |
---|---|---|
Insert | Susan greets Big Bird walking down Sesame Street in a slump because he wanted to talk to Luis's grandmother on the phone in New Mexico, but he couldn't think of anything to say. He's told that he was just shy, and she sings to him "Everyone Feels a Little Shy Sometimes". (First: Episode 0964) | |
Cartoon | Poem about T words Voice: Bob Arbogast (First: Episode 0024) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Is Special — Bert convinces Ernie that he's special. (First: Episode 0276) | |
Animation | Two small stripes watch as two circles play with each other. The stripes try to bend themselves into circles, but soon find that they can both cooperate to make one big circle. (First: Episode 0762) | |
Film | T is for toes. (First: Episode 0506) | |
Cartoon | T es para telefono (First: Episode 0362) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Feet (One Foot, Two Foot)." (First: Episode 0347) | |
SCENE 1 | The Count has a violin, which he claims is a customary instrument of Transylvania ("Where I come from, everybody fiddles around."). He demonstrates to Olivia, Mr. Hooper, and the kids how he's able to make it "cry," where the instrument emits real sounds of sobbing. He's also able to make it laugh, sneeze, cough, snore, and whistle. Olivia requests some actual violin music and the Count plays a tune. | |
Film | How sweaters are made from sheep's wool. | |
Cartoon | T for typewriter and toe Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0506) | |
Film | Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like. (First: Episode 0932) | |
Muppets | Grover watches Mumford practice a trick, making a rabbit come out of his hat. Mumford has trouble getting a rabbit to come out of the hat, and both are oblivious to the fact that Grover is turning into a rabbit. (First: Episode 0407) | |
Cartoon | Caterpillars Never Wear Brown Boots Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0809) | |
Cast | Bob, Maria, and David demonstrate in, on and under in their own ways. (First: Episode 0796) | |
Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020) | |
Film | Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Four Cookies — Ernie eats one of Bert's cookies and doesn't know what to tell him. (First: Episode 0238) | |
Song | "Me and You," over footage of rhinos in love (First: Episode 0940) | |
Cartoon | Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540) | |
Muppets | Four Anything Muppet kids cooperate to grow a flower together. One has a flower seed, one has a flowerpot, one has some dirt, and one has a shovel. The rain and sunshine finish the job. (First: Episode 0311) | |
SCENE 2 | Big Bird finds it odd that Gordon says "I love you" to his wife Susan and his sister Olivia. Gordon explains how he can love them in different ways. Big Bird lists several other street residents, all of whom Gordon doesn't love, but he likes them very much. Big Bird angles for Gordon to tell him he likes him, but Gordon claims nobody on the street likes him; they love him! | |
Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) | |
Muppets | Herry Monster looks for a triangle. He first spots a rectangle. Grover tells Herry it isn't a triangle, and becomes frustrated. Next he spots a square, Grover tells him it isn't a triangle, and once again is frustrated. Grover suggests that Herry should cut the square in half and make two triangles. (First: Episode 0195) | |
Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) | |
Film | George the Farmer shows on top of. (First: Episode 0242) | |
Cartoon | A girl runs home to her CASA. (First: Episode 0503) | |
Film | Counting 11 eggs and one cookie. (First: Episode 0002) | |
Muppets | Ernie counts out eleven cookies and one egg. Cookie Monster eats the cookies- and then the egg. (First: Episode 0054) | |
Cartoon | "Mi casa es su casa." (First: Episode 0794) | |
Film | "Indian Baby Bath" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0444) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Invisible Man — Kermit meets the family of The Invisible Man. | |
Cartoon | Fisherman Jones demonstrates in, on and under with the help of a big fishy. (First: Episode 0370) | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001) | |
SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper wants to make sure he has two dozen rolls and asks the Count to count them. However, the Count is feeling too sad to count today. Mr. Hooper suggests one thing he can count and cheer himself up with - his blessings. The Count begins counting the several things he's grateful for in life, such as numbers, his castle, wolves, and even his suit. Mr. Hooper reminds him of one more blessing - his violin. The Count whips it out and plays a tune, then transitions to playing the "Sesame Street Theme" as Olivia announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | A group of kids hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- During the final scene the Count states that he has never counted blessings, though he had previously done so in Episode 0724.
Previous episode: | Next episode: |
Episode 1008 | Episode 1010 |