| Sesame Street | |||||
| Life without Ernie | |||||
| Air date | May 18, 1977 | ||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Bert sits in Hooper's Store forlornly reading a postcard and orders a luncheon meat sandwich (not too spicy and hold everything). Mr. Hooper complies and finishes setting out some saucers when Susan comes in and asks Bert about his postcard. Bert explains that it's from Ernie; he's staying with his aunt and uncle who have a cabin on Lake Winnewonga. With Bert's permission, Mr. Hooper reads the postcard out loud which is filled with all the activities Ernie's been doing with his "old buddy," Tom.
Susan notices how depressingly Bert is staring at his sandwich, and relates to him a story about the time Gordon went away on a fishing trip and left her home feeling like she was missing out on something (even though she admits to not caring about fishing). Bert says he feels the same way: left out, lonely, and resentful of the fact that Ernie's only been gone three days and he's already got a new "old buddy." Susan reveals that her experience with time away from her spouse eventually made her realize that there were all kinds of things she could do on her own without anyone else around. So she spent a couple of days taking out all her photography equipment (including setting up a number of tripods all over the house), and occupied herself with taking pictures and developing them for two solid days. Bert cheers up at the opportunity to polish up his paper clip collection, which is hard to do with Ernie around. He's so excited that he heads home to start digging into his hobby, leaving his sandwich behind for Susan and Mr. Hooper to share. |
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Cartoon | A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 2 | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Comes Home From Camp — Ernie shows Bert all the things he's brought home from Camp Winnewonga. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: B for Ball (First: Episode 0829) |
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Cast | Susan, Bob, and Maria give a lesson on addition and subtraction. (First: Episode 0633) |
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Cartoon | A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying. (First: Episode 0862) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis gives a demonstration of what some tools do on the workbench in front of the Fix-It Shop. |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Film | At a fiesta, a group of kids try to break through a piñata. (First: Episode 0620) |
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Cartoon | A postal worker tells the viewer what the post office is good for. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0783) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — During the rain, Ernie stands under an umbrella explaining how the weather makes him feel happy, sad, and mad. Bert has been trying to get under the umbrella with him, telling Ernie that all it has made him feel is wet. Ernie wonders why he doesn't have his umbrella; Bert explains that it's because Ernie is using it. Ernie thanks him and leaves Bert sneezing in the rain. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Cartoon | Letter I (Beep Beep) (First: Episode 0427) |
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Cast/Song | Olivia sings "Happy" as she passes by her neighbors. |
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Cartoon | Jack waters a B, which grows into a B-stalk. He climbs it and travels to the Land of B. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you know where I wanna be?" The man says he doesn't know. Harvey says, "I wanna B -- right here!" and slaps a letter B on the man's sweater. Harvey runs off, laughing. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Film | Squares are shown in close-up. (First: Episode 0420) |
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Film | A kid marching band forms a triangle. (First: Episode 0531) |
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Transition | Bridge #4 - 4 Corner Bridge B (First: Episode 0282) |
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Muppets | A greaser sings about his relationship that was almost ruined by a "One Way" sign. (First: Episode 0973) |
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Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin tries walking against a stream of foot traffic following a sign that reads ONE WAY. |
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Animation | Children's voiceovers (in English and Spanish) dictate how to draw a male's body. (First: Episode 0528) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: New Rubber Duckie Part 1 — When Ernie loses his Rubber Duckie, he describes it to Oscar the Grouch. (First: Episode 0139) |
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Cartoon | I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Film | A wheel rolls away from a junkyard. A boy captures it to complete his wagon. (Spanish dub) (First: Episode 0513) |
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Film | Photographic collage demonstration of ALL, MOST, SOME and NONE of an apple. Artist: Frank and Caroline Mouris (First: Episode 0979) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: New Rubber Duckie Part 2 — Based on his interpretation of Ernie's Rubber Duckie description, Oscar brings him back a new one from the store. (First: Episode 0139) |
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Cartoon | Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Celebrity | Edgar Kendricks sings about the "Parts of the Body." (First: Episode 0897) |
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Cartoon | Joe's Lap (limerick) (First: Episode 0617) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0793) |
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Cartoon | With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0237) |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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Transition | Bridge #5 - 4 Corner Bridge C (First: Episode 0282) |
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Cartoon | Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528) |
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SCENE 4 | Grover demonstrates what it means to be above and below the awning on Hooper's Store, running up and down the stairs several times until he's out of breath. Susan shows him how he can do the same thing by placing her hand above and below a magazine. Grover wishes he had told her that sooner... or not at all. He faints from exhaustion. |
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Animation | Sand B/b (First: Episode 0627) |
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Animation | A roof finds its way to the top of a house. (First: Episode 0505) |
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SCENE 5 | Sitting together in the yard, Grover thanks Susan for showing him her superior method of demonstrating above and below. In turn, he wishes to show her far and near, beginning with pointing out that he is currently near. He asks her if she can see the lamp post about two blocks away, and begins running toward it as she begins to protest. Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | A kid holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- Scene 4 is all done in one shot, with two different Grover puppets - one at street level and another in Bob's apartment window. Frank Oz performs the lower Grover, while the puppet at the higher level lip-syncs to Oz's dialogue.
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