| Sesame Street | |||||
| Air date | May 10, 1977 | ||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird, Gordon, Olivia, and Luis wait for Hooper's Store to open. Mr. Hooper arrives waving blindly as he has lost his glasses. After retracing his steps, he stays behind and opens the store while the others split up and look for the missing glasses: Gordon and Olivia check the bus stop, Big Bird checks the laundromat, and Luis checks the drugstore. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Mr. Snuffleupagus comes walking by and finds the glasses on the ground in front of the steps of 123 Sesame Street. He assumes they belong to Mr. Hooper and gives them back to him. Mr. Hooper doesn't see who's talking to him, but thanks the voice before it leaves. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | After Mr. Hooper cleans his glasses and puts them on, the others return. Nobody is sure how he got them, but Mr. Hooper recalls hearing a familiar voice. Big Bird figures it might have been Snuffy, once again prompting the others to inform him that Snuffy is imaginary. The others find themselves wondering who the mysterious figure could be, though... |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Everybody Scratch — Ernie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs. (First: Episode 0012) |
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Cartoon | A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry. (First: Episode 0542) |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of her grandpa putting a horseshoe on their horse. (First: Episode 0505) |
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Cartoon | Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410) |
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Muppets | Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds." (First: Episode 0358) |
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Cartoon | Kids guess what two circles drawn onscreen will become. They turn out to be the eye of a friendly monster. (First: Episode 0248) |
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Film | Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0108) |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Insert | Mr. Hooper, Luis, Maria, David and Bob all throw a small amount of litter on the ground, adding to the street's filth. When a voice (Jerry Nelson) asks "Who made this mess?" each one of them denies that it was them, saying they only dropped a small amount of garbage on the street. Soon, however, they realize that they each contributed to the mess in one way or another and pick up what they dropped. The voice then tells them to put the trash in a trash can instead of on the ground. (First: Episode 0485) |
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Muppets | Ernie wants to borrow Herbert Birdsfoot's vacuum cleaner, but he worries about how Herbert will respond. Maybe Herbert's taking a bath, and he'll be so angry at Ernie for interrupting him that he'll tell everyone to never loan Ernie anything ever again! (First: Episode 0181) |
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Cartoon | A wizard walks through a door. A boy in pajamas tries to imitate him without success. |
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Animation | Sand G/g (First: Episode 0643) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin notices a short thread on Luis' tuxedo, which becomes long as he pulls it, unraveling Luis's trousers! |
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Muppets | The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends. (First: Episode 0545) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a horse. (First: Episode 0908) |
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Cartoon | G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the Anything Muppets, who portray the Florist and Electrician. (First: Episode 0901) |
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Cartoon | "The Noble Ostrich", a segment about the day-to-day activities of ostriches. Includes an animated appearance by Big Bird. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0998) |
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Cast | David (in voiceover) finds shapes in the yard. (First: Episode 0451) |
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Cartoon | The profile of a man's face morphs into different faces to the sounds of a Moog synthesizer. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0642) |
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Cast | Luis, dressed as a magician, demonstrates addition by conjuring up the correct numeral when David and Maria arrive. As each person leaves, Luis switches the numerals to present subtraction. (First: Episode 0485) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Jack Be Nimble — Jack struggles to make his way over the candlestick. (First: Episode 0723) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0517) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "What Is it?," with panelists Grover, Biff and Prairie Dawn. They must guess what mystery object Little Sammy Pottle has brought to the studio (a red rubber ball). |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a dog. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman wants to sell an 8 to Ernie, who ran out of money buying some 9s. Ernie then offers to sell Lefty his 9s. (First: Episode 0079) |
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Film | Things that begin with G (First: Episode 0357) |
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Cartoon | The word entrada tries to run through a wall, then runs through the entrance. (First: Episode 0939) |
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SCENE 2 | Olivia, Billy, and Leslie play a “Three of These Things” game on the stoop using photographs of three hands and a foot. |
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Cartoon | A horse is drawn as kids guess what it is. (First: Episode 0377) |
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Cast / Celebrity | Judy Collins sings "The Sun Shines" with Gordon, Susan, Bob, Maria, Mr. Hooper and the kids. (First: Episode 0993) |
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Cartoon | A woodpecker drills through a tree to demonstrate entrada and salida. (First: Episode 0808) |
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Cartoon | A kitten is knittin' a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Film | City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | K is for kiss. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a parrot. (First: Episode 0601) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and his little friend Poco Loco talk about "short" and "tall," but Poco only repeats what Big Bird says without grasping the concept. Big Bird tries to say the opposite in hopes that Poco will cooperate, but Poco instead stays silent. After several failed attempts, the parrot finally repeats Big Bird’s wanted phrase. |
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Film | George the Farmer puts his head through a barrel stave. He also goes through the barn. (First: Episode 0299) |
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SCENE 4 | Sensing that Poco finally may be cooperative, Big Bird now tries to tell a knock-knock joke and instructs Poco to respond with “Who’s there?” Once again, Poco just continues to repeat everything Big Bird says, confusing Big Bird until he decides to give up. Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign. |
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