| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird wears costumes to pose for pictures | |||||||
| Air date | May 25, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria, Luis, and Olivia follow a strange noise to Oscar's trash can, where inside Oscar and his Grouch pals are chopping up his piano to use as firewood. Mr. Hooper comes by to drop off marshmallows, but realizes how dangerous it can be to light a fire inside a trash can. When they see smoke arising from the can everyone rushes around, with Maria and Luis dousing the fire with buckets of water. Oscar is angry at first, but realizes how much better it is having a soggy campfire. He and the Grouches start singing a campfire song to themselves. |
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Cartoon | A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings. (First: Episode 0454) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round." (First: Episode 0413) |
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Cartoon | A boy does an addition problem in his head: 2 + 1 = 3 (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cast | "Dandy David" adds flowers and flower pots. (First: Episode 0435) |
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Cartoon | A boy does an addition problem in his head: 3 + 1 = 4. (First: Episode 0516) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Prepares for His Bath — Bert scoffs at Ernie bringing an umbrella, a flashlight, and a bowling ball to the bathtub. (First: Episode 0269) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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Cast | Bob sings "Follow the Leader" to the kids. (First: Episode 0903) |
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Cartoon | "Wanda the Witch" Animation by Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W. (First: Episode 0395) |
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Cartoon | W for Wash (First: Episode 0485) |
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Film | A look at the life of Colleen, who lives in Arizona. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | W for Wilhelmina (First: Episode 0512) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is thirsty, and imagines that he's drinking nice cold water. Irritated, Bert tells him to go get a real glass of water. Ernie does, but then he annoys Bert by saying that now he's hungry. (First: Episode 0459) |
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Cartoon | A girl demonstrates that she is scary-looking to a sleeping monster. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0797) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird prepares to have his picture taken by Olivia by dressing as a cowboy. When she tells him that's not what she had in mind, he changes into his "Admiral Bird" guise. He admits that plain, old Big Bird isn't an interesting photo subject, but Olivia assures him he's important and special just as he is. Feeling proud, Big Bird primps himself and poses for a photo. |
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Cartoon | A boy and girl have different feelings about Stanley. (First: Episode 0793) |
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Muppets | In the park, Harvey Kneeslapper comes up behind a man, asks him, "Wanna see something funny?" and then holds a mirror up. The man sees nothing funny...until he looks at Harvey! (First: Episode 0283) |
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Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "Look at This" over footage of something ... can you guess what it is? (First: Episode 0514) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Scottie read a WET PAINT sign. (First: Episode 0975) |
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Film | A male frog hops around and bulges his throat. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Julia read a WET PAINT sign. (First: Episode 0975) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #8 (First: Episode 0998) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper, Olivia, and Luis and Maria bring bags of trash over to Oscar's can. Oscar's rude attitude inspires them to torture him by using them for a round of "Three of These Things" instead. He suffers even more when he has to say "please" to get the bags. |
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Cartoon | Stop! (Moving Colored STOP signs in fast-motion) (First: Episode 0776) |
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Muppets | Ernie is a coach for his baseball team of three balls. In front of him are three small caps and a huge cap. Each of the balls tries on the big cap and gets completely covered up. Ernie puts the small caps on them, and they're ready to start. As Ernie wonders where that huge cap came from, a basketball named Big Bill (captain of the opposing team) bounces in, demanding his cap back. Ernie ends up postponing the game once he sees the competition. (First: Episode 0478) |
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Cartoon | A race announcer doubles as the man who holds up the START and STOP sign. (First: Episode 0623) |
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Film | Marching Band forms a circle (First: Episode 0517) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird comes by the Fix-It Shop to pick up his radio. As he tests it out, Maria and Luis debate over who was the one who fixed. It doesn't matter to Big Bird, who considers them both great fixers. Suddenly, the radio sputters and dies, and he questions who's handy work this was. Maria and Luis jokingly point at each other before looking at the radio together. |
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Cartoon | Y is for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0036) |
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Muppets | A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return. (First: Episode 0698) |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (First: Episode 0443) |
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Celebrity | Richie Havens sings "It's Pouring." (First: Episode 0765) |
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SCENE 5 | Olivia comes into Hooper's Store in a bad mood. Mr. Hooper is feeling just as rotten. They agree to try and snap each other out of their funks. They both describe their rotten day, which they soon start laughing over. Maria comes into the store, also in a bad mood. She considers leaving when she sees how good everyone else feels, but they encourage her to stay, and soon she's laughing with the rest of them. |
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Film | African children play in a village, and in a modern playground. (First: Episode 0159) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar is feeling so grouchy that he refuses to leave his can, so he announces the sponsors from inside. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while the kids hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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