| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Mr. Snuffleupagus tries to ride on a gigantic skateboard | |||||||||
| Air date | April 1, 1977 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird introduces Mr. Snuffleupagus, who is about to do something really great. Offscreen Snuffy isn't too sure he can perform as he's never done what he's about to do. After some coercing from Big Bird (reminding him of how well he learned to ice skate), Snuffy crosses the frame riding a Snuffleupagus-sized skateboard, ending with a big crash. |
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Muppets | Farley explains things one can do with their mind - he plans on going to the door, he imagines who's knocking at it, he remembers it's not his mother and he hopes there's not a scary monster at the door. Herry Monster surprises him by bursting through the door, frightening Farley away. Herry's sorry Farley ran away; he wanted to play. (First: Episode 0180) |
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Film | Things you can carry Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0515) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Big Bird continues to encourage Snuffy on the skateboard, but he wipes out again. |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film / Animation | A voiceover lists many R words. (First: Episode 0661) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has a collection of Rs in a box. He shows Bert, who says that Ernie will be the laughingstock of Sesame Street if anyone else finds out. Ernie sadly throws away his Rs, and Bert asks to have the box for his J collection. (First: Episode 0014) |
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Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Big Bird hasn't given up on encouraging Snuffy to ride a skateboard. Snuffy makes his way down the street again and Big Bird covers his eyes in anticipation of the crash, but he doesn't hear one! Snuffy is happy he finally finally did it, but vows never doing it again since it hurt his knees so much. |
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Cartoon | A poem about changing seasons. (First: Episode 0962) |
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Film | Scenes of individuals running from around the world. (First: Episode 0669) |
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Cartoon | "K" - Kangaroo - A man (voiced by Gary Owens) explains what a kangaroo is, and ends up in the pouch of one. (First: Episode 0141) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria overhears Oscar the Grouch and Biff talking inside Oscar's trash can. They're having trouble opening something, and Biff concludes that blasting seems to be the only option. Maria witnesses the two making a big explosion from within the can, followed by a bigger explosion. A third explosion ends up being the biggest one, powerful enough to cause the lid of the can to fly into the air. The Grouch and construction worker emerge from the can to address Maria's concern: they've finally got Oscar's ketchup bottle open! Oscar is appreciative and asks Biff to help open the mustard now - he's been missing it on his cereal. |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 1 Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 2 The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | A man demonstrates how letters sound by playing them as instruments. (First: Episode 0964) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 3 The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Cars WALK. (First: Episode 0556) |
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Film | A boy narrates a film of how his family trains wild ponies on the farm. (First: Episode 0815) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. Ernie has a drawing of an empty bird cage with an open door (the bird flew away), and a man lying on the ground with a banana peel next to him (he slipped on it). Then Ernie shows Bert an empty page. The answer to that one is that there was a cow eating grass, but the grass is all eaten now and the cow went home. (First: Episode 0030) |
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Animation | See the lion walk. (First: Episode 0993) |
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Insert | During a downpour, Bob sings "I Don't Always Like the Rain." (First: Episode 0905) |
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Film | "Three Song (Song of Three)." (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Outside his castle, The Count asks The Countess Natasha to marry him. He counts her replies, all of which are "no." |
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Cartoon | Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (First: Episode 0473) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper is looking down and saying "Three sticks!" A man asks "Three sticks where?" Then Harvey says "3 sticks right here!" and sticks a number 3 on the man's head. (First: Episode 0570) |
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Cartoon | Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Celebrity | Lily Tomlin, dressed as a cheerleader, gives a cheer for the parts of the body. (First: Episode 0885) |
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Cartoon | Animals walk. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | Bob holds an American bullfrog and asks Kermit to talk about frogs. However, due to living a somewhat different life than normal frogs, what Kermit says about frogs is somewhat incorrect; for example, Kermit believes that frogs eat fried chicken and pizza, and live in apartment houses. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | David points out the circular shape of a tire. (First: Episode 0670) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: R for Rope (First: Episode 0764) |
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SCENE 3 | At the Fix-It Shop, Maria, Luis, and Susan play "Three of These Things" with the kids using street signs (BUS, TELEPHONE, and EXIT) and a number 4. |
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Muppets | As ominous music plays, The Count walks around his castle, checks out the mirror (he has no reflection), and greets his bats. The mailman (Jim Henson) arrives, with a bunch of letters for him. He wonders why there are so many. The Count says that he wrote them all himself, so he could count them...and then he does. (First: Episode 0420) |
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Film | David asks the viewer to find some triangles in a fence. (First: Episode 0434) |
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Cartoon | A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw, and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Weather Report — Simon Soundman reports on the weather. (First: Episode 0631) |
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Cartoon | A turtle, a bird, and a butterfly demonstrate small, smaller, and smallest. (First: Episode 0356) |
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Muppets | "It's Funny" (First: Episode 0897) |
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Cartoon | K for kite (First: Episode 0489) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan tries to pick her TV up from the Fix It Shop, but Luis explains that he had an emergency to get to and couldn't fix it. Susan's just got to watch the playoffs tonight and doesn't know what to do. Luis suggests borrowing a portable TV, so Susan takes off with the one she sees on the counter. Luis isn't pleased; the set Susan just took was his. Now how's he going to watch the movie tonight? |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppet kids argue over a cookie. Cookie Monster arrives and says that the smallest person should get the cookie, and then, as the kids argue over which one is smaller, Cookie Monster shrinks himself. (First: Episode 0253) |
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Cartoon | A small frog unveils a smaller man, who unveils the smallest elephant. (First: Episode 0786) |
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SCENE 5 | Without a TV for the night, Luis visits with Big Bird in his nest to watch a Western in Spanish. Luis translates the dialogue for Big Bird as they share some snacks. Susan announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, and two kids hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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