| Sesame Street | |||||
| Bob realizes Linda can't hear his song | |||||
| Air date | April 25, 1977 | ||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | "Fat Cat" (First: Episode 0536) |
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Film | Mad Painter #8 (First: Episode 0326) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #8 (First: Episode 0998) |
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Film | Women put dolls together and package them at a doll factory. (First: Episode 0538) |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird is in a helping mood today, but everybody he's asked doesn't need his help. The only soul he's yet to confer with is Oscar the Grouch. He opens his trash can lid and peers inside, asking Oscar if there's anything he can do for him. Inside the can, Oscar tells him what he can do - remove his nosy beak and close the lid. Big Bird is happy to oblige knowing he's finally helped someone. |
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Animation | Arthur and Annie look for the letter A, while a shadowy figure observes all the A words they say. Features the voice of Jim Thurman (First: Episode 0781) |
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Film | Empty / full cafeteria (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) |
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Cartoon | A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE) (First: Episode 0602) |
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Film | Empty / full classroom (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0475) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: The Count has come to order hot dogs - lots of hot dogs. But when Grover refuses to get more hot dogs because the Count will only count them, and not eat them, the Count uses a hypnotism spell to get more. (First: Episode 0644) |
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Cartoon | Four people cooperate building a table. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Film | Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0456) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0257) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob and Linda musically show the signs for "Hat, Coat, and Pants." |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: L for lion (First: Episode 0762) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Film | You can't see the wind. (First: Episode 0775) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie and Cookie Monster discuss hope. Ernie has something in a brown paper bag, and asks Cookie Monster what he hopes it is. Cookie Monster hopes that it is a cookie. It turns out that Ernie has ten cookies in the bag. (First: Episode 0233) |
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Cartoon | I Thought a Thought ... about big things. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226) |
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Muppets | The Amazing Mumford waves his magic wand over a transparent glass cookie jar and makes the jar become full of cookies and then empty (over and over) as an anxious Cookie Monster watches. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Cartoon | Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0506) |
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Insert | Child voiceovers declare the street wastebasket is empty. The adults and Big Bird toss their trash into it, making it full. After a garbage man (Richard Hunt, making a cameo) collects its contents, the kids announce that it is now empty. (First: Episode 0854) |
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Animation | A grape blows reveille and inspects the "troops" -- 12 raisins on a slice of white bread. (First: Episode 0618) |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L for Light (First: Episode 0147) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La." (First: Episode 0321) |
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Cartoon | L es para luz (First: Episode 0373) |
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Film | Kids use shapes to make a train. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett runs the gamut of emotions while counting to 20. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk" The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Cartoon | A little girl shows the building and apartment where she lives -- both with the number 6. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Cast | Linda stars in the Theater Without Words production of "The Batter and the Ball." |
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Film | Stop! (kids dancing) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0681) |
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Cartoon | A STOP sign commands a train to stop. (First: Episode 0493) |
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SCENE 3 | Linda makes her way up to Bob's apartment for a working date, where they each work on separate projects together. Linda's going to memorize lines for a play, while Bob has a song he's working on. As he works, Linda suspects something is bothering him. He confesses that he believes she might feel bad because she cannot hear the musical project he's working on. Linda replies that while they cannot share the music together, they can share the words, and that anything that makes Bob happy makes her happy as well. |
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Animation | 2 houses plus 3 houses equal 5. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Film | A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0478) |
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Cartoon | A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Kermit demonstrates his "What Happens Next" machine, which is designed to turn on his radio. None of the parts of the machine work properly. (First: Episode 0089) |
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Cartoon | A cowboy sings about "Feelings That Are Real." (First: Episode 0954) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob and Linda wind down on their respective activities before it's time for dinner. Linda asks how Bob's song is coming along and he replies, "Of course it's good!" She playfully acts like he's just saving face, when he adds, "Do you think I'd say 'it's bad'?" They go off to have some salad as Mr. Macintosh announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, & Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign. |
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