| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird wants Buffy all to himself | |||||||
| Air date | April 22, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | In Susan’s kitchen, Big Bird and Buffy prepare some fry bread. Big Bird commemorates their cooperation by singing "Whenever We Work Together." He then begins to all the plans he has for himself and Buffy, but she informs him that her husband Sheldon soon will be visiting with their new baby, and she’ll be very busy as a result. She promises she'll still try to make time to do activities together. |
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Song | "Octopus One-Man Band" (First: Episode 0004) |
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Cast | Marvelous Maria rides her trike in 10 circles (then backwards). (First: Episode 0443) |
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Cartoon | Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles. Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift (First: Episode 0207) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Muppets | The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has six jellybeans, and Bert has seven. Bert thanks Ernie for giving him the extra jellybean. Ernie says that isn't fair - they should have an equal amount. To make it even, Ernie eats the extra jellybean. That's fair, isn't it? (First: Episode 0014) |
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Film | A young girl mashes away at the keys of a piano. As the years go by, she practices more and more until she's an adult playing at a recital. (First: Episode 0637) |
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Song | Three kids dance to a rock version of "Three of These Things" while one of them sits and reads. (First: Episode 0551) |
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Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320) |
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SCENE 2 | Buffy sits by the phone at Hooper's Store, waiting for a call from Sheldon. Big Bird tries to get her to come out for various things (including hide-and-seek, seeing Rhonda Sue's dog give birth, and Ms. Squires' poetry reading at the library). When pressed why he keeps asking her to do things, Big Bird shrinks and admits that he just likes being around Buffy. Just when she starts to comfort him, the phone rings. She talks to Sheldon and speaks very highly of Big Bird and how he's kept her busy. The two then go off to have fun. |
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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) |
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Film | SCHOOL: the sign spins around. (First: Episode 0942) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Christopher Columbus — Kermit catches Christopher Columbus before his historic voyage. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Cartoon | Jack-in-the-Box School (First: Episode 0284) |
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Film | In stop-motion, assorted furniture places themselves in a classroom. (First: Episode 0647) |
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Cartoon | A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Cast | "Theater Without Words" presents Linda enacting the story of "The Farmer and the Seed" with some voice-over by Bob. |
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Song | "Here Come the Beans" (First: Episode 0537) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts the game show "What's My Part?". The contestant is Mr. Nose. The panelists -- Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic, and Cookie Monster -- don't know what a nose is, because none of them have noses. (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird asks Buffy to sing to him, but she can only think of lullabies, which he resents. She finally sings a loud version of "Sweet Little Vera," which manages to put him to sleep. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Part 1: Ernie is holding a banana in his ear. Bert tries to tell Ernie that he has a banana in his ear, but Ernie can't hear him because he has a banana in his ear. (First: Episode 0258) |
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Cartoon | M for Mail (First: Episode 0013) |
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Muppets | Part 2: Ernie reveals that he has a banana in his ear in order to keep the alligators away. He uses Bert's denial of any alligators on Sesame Street as proof that his method works. (First: Episode 0258) |
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Cartoon | A small frog is jealous of how big an ox is, so he expands himself into a very large, round frog. He becomes so self-important and big he ends up exploding. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0660) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285) |
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Muppets | Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with teachers and a newsdealer. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0158) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola demonstrate "big," "small," "smaller, and "smallest" with four balls. (First: Episode 0544) |
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Cartoon | An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky. (First: Episode 0770) |
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Film | Flamingos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (Spanish) (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1 (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 4 | At night, Buffy sings about the cycles of the moon. Mr. Macintosh announces the sponsors and the nighttime music plays over the credits. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign. |
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