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Sesame Street
Susan and Gordon get up early / The Count and the pesky cow
Air date March 31, 1977
Season Season 8 (1976-1977)
Sponsors A, K, 2

1014


StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
1014a
SCENE 1 In the early hours of the morning, an alarm goes off in Gordon and Susan's apartment. Gordon intends for he and Susan to start their day earlier than normal, thinking they'll have more time to get ready and be together before going to work. They both get out of bed, still groggy.
1014b
SCENE 1 cont'd Gordon goes outside for fresh air while Susan hops in the shower. Gordon starts falling asleep on the stoop and gets woken by an alarm going off in Oscar's trash can.
1014c
SCENE 1 cont'd Gordon goes to prepare breakfast, but falls asleep again as he reads the instructions on the oatmeal container. Susan finishes her shower, now wide awake, and sees Gordon sleeping. She decides to make breakfast and surprise him.
KermGrover73
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Kermit and Grover demonstrate short and long -- Kermit sings and hops for short periods, while Grover does them for long periods. Finally Grover asks if he can do the short thing and Kermit do the long thing. To Grover's detriment, it turns out to be tickling!
(First: Episode 0560)
Cartoon glasses vs glasses
Cartoon A man uses drinking glasses on his eyes and pours water over his seeing glasses.
(First: Episode 0485)
1014d
SCENE 2 Gordon gets woken up and sees Susan has prepared a full breakfast for them. He's discouraged that he blew his chance to prepare breakfast, but perks up as he starts to eat.
Jazzyspies2
Cartoon "Jazz #2"
(First: Episode 0001)
Cups and Saucers
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie stacks cups and saucers in order to count them, making Bert quite nervous. Luckily, they're glued together.
(First: Episode 0586)
1014-Circles
Cartoon A circle becomes a clock, balloon, sun, etc.
(First: Episode 0358)
1014e
SCENE 3 As the couple washes the dishes, Susan compliments Gordon's plan. He doesn't think it was as successful, since she did all the work and he just fell asleep. She tells him they can take turns - tomorrow, Gordon can shower and make breakfast while she sleeps in the kitchen.
Pageantface
Muppets Sesame Street pageants: Prairie Dawn directs the cast in a pageant about the face. Ernie talks about eyes, Cookie Monster talks about the mouth, Bert and Grover talk about ears, and Herry Monster talks about the nose. At the end of the pageant, they assemble a picture of a face.
(First: Episode 0711)
Kangarook
Cartoon An old woman emerges from the pouch of a bouncing kangaroo. She proclaims, "K! Kangaroo!"
(First: Episode 0489)
2399-Entrada
Film A group of kids enter a door marked ENTRADA.
(First: Episode 0939)
3087.redgreenmonster
Cartoon A boy puts a red and green monster together using a diagram.
Five balls try to play basketball
Muppets Five balls get together to play basketball. It takes them awhile to count themselves, but then they realize they don't have a ball.
(First: Episode 0267)
2073d
Cartoon K for keyhole, ketchup, and kitten
(First: Episode 0489)
1014-Sand
Animation Sand K/k
(First: Episode 0645)
George tallershorter
Film George the Farmer's ladder gets taller and shorter, as does his box of berries.
(First: Episode 0289)
Rattlesnakes.Longshort
Cartoon The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?"
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0955)
Film-Struggle
Film Kids narrate footage of humans and animals overcoming obstacles, particularly a boy trying to ride a two-wheeler.
(First: Episode 0132)
Kermit Draws K
Muppets Kermit the Frog draws the letter K on the screen with his "magic finger."
(First: Episode 0515)
Itchy-Panda
Film A panda tries to scratch an itch.
(First: Episode 0931)
Bigacartoon
Cartoon Words that begin with A, ending with ambulance
Animated by Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0132)
A for ape toon
Cartoon A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE)
(First: Episode 0602)
Snowshoes-garbage
Film A man (Barry Simpson) puts on snowshoes to bring his trash out.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0281)
Shortywaterfountain
Cartoon Shorty reaches a water fountain with a stool.
(First: Episode 0954)
Jazzyspies2
Cartoon "Jazz #2" (repeat)
Film-CarInMud
Film Several people help a man when his car is stuck in the mud.
(First: Episode 0619)
Boywithnoknees
Cartoon A boy is drawn, but he doesn't have knees at first.
(First: Episode 0954)
PIYN-LibrarianPlumber
Muppets / Cast David sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the librarian and plumber.
(First: Episode 0718)
Film-Geese
Film Geese and their goslings swim in the water.
(First: Episode 0388)
Toon-WrongPlaceTree
Animation Leaves and a tree trunk find the right place they belong.
(First: Episode 0793)
EBLicorice
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie has a licorice whip that he offers to share with Bert. He divides it in half with a pair of scissors, but then discovers that Bert's half is longer than his. He cuts off a little bit of Bert's half, and eats it. Then he discovers that his own half is longer than Bert's, and that's not fair, so he cuts a bit off of his own, and eats it. Ernie goes back and forth, cutting off more and more, until the licorice whip is gone.
(First: Episode 0461)
Count-Breadcrumbs
SCENE 4 The Count sets out some breadcrumbs, hoping it will attract some birds for him to count. Instead, a cow comes by, pretending to be a bird, and wishes to be counted. The Count finds this ridiculous and quickly counts her so he can be rid of her.
KermitSholaFranGiraffes
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentKermit, Shola and Fannie talk about giraffes, leading to...
(First: Episode 0426)
0316 giraffes
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: a herd of giraffes move their way through a field.
(First: Episode 0316)
OTTK-Barbels
Song "Three of These Kids" (barbells)
(First: Episode 0474)
Cartoon glasses vs glasses
Cartoon A man uses drinking glasses on his eyes and pours water over his seeing glasses. (repeat)
1014-Cow01
SCENE 5 Not a single bird has taken the Count's bait yet, to his dismay. Furthering his annoyance, the cow returns to see if she can be counted again. The Count tells her that the counting process doesn't work if he just counts the same cow again and again. The cow gets an idea and dashes off.
GoldenAn
Muppets Lefty's boss tells Lefty the plan for what to do with the Golden AN, which they have just stolen. Lefty is to put it in the tan van and give it to Dan, who will take it to Fran. However, Lefty can't remember the plan very well and has to repeat it, which results in a police officer named Stan hearing the plan and giving him "ten days in the can for stealing the Golden AN."
(First: Episode 0523)
1014-Cow02
SCENE 5 cont'd The cow returns wearing a hat and claiming to be a different cow. The Count plays along and counts this "second" cow, then the "third" and "fourth" one, each with a different hat. The cow claims she'll stop this once she runs out of hats, of which she has a million ("Give or take a dozen or so."). The Count's interest is finally piqued.
1091-21
Song Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me."
(First: Episode 0375)
Dot Bridge 06 raspberry
Cartoon Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry
(First: Episode 0001)
1014-Cow03
SCENE 5 cont'd The Count counts the myriad of hats surrounding himself and the cow, who is happy she is of use. Gordon announces the sponsors.
Luis999

1091CTW
CLOSING SIGNS Luis holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bert and Ernie hold the CTW sign.


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