| Sesame Street | |||||||
| M Loves O | |||||||
| Air date | May 27, 1977 (season finale) | ||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon and Olivia can't believe Oscar's yarn about his pet fly, Freddie, entering the job world. Oscar describes the jobs he's had all this week, such as a baker and a drugstore clerk ("They just said that he was a fly in the ointment"). He's now secured a job as a bus driver and they see his tiny bus collect various insects on the sidewalk below. |
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Film | A boy pretends a wagon is a bus. His friend tells him it's not a bus, and explains what her father, a real bus driver, does. (First: Episode 0181) |
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Cartoon | The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 0462) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "I Stand Up Straight and Tall" while using some fast cutting camera trickery. (First: Episode 0916) |
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Cartoon | A boy leads his sister up and down a staircase. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0526) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird thinks Percy has started to fall apart because his baby tooth fell out while eating an apple. Luis clears up the situation, and Big Bird announces to the world that Percy is okay. |
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Cartoon | A rabbit crosses the STREET, and almost gets run over. Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 0778) |
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Film | A man bounces a ball up the steps, and then it falls down the steps. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0435) |
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Cartoon | A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite". (First: Episode 0032) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Mirror, Mirror — Kermit is declared the fairest of them all. (First: Episode 0685) |
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Cartoon | Pinball #10 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0990) |
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Muppets | Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact). (First: Episode 0145) |
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Film | Ten Song (Song of Ten) (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar spots a construction paper heart by his can reading, "M Loves O." He gathers the M stands for "Maria" and the O stands for "Oscar." He swoons and thinks if she loves him just as he is, she must have some Grouch in her too. He does some tests to prove this by offering her a bouquet of poison ivy stinkweed, a box of rock candy (made from real rocks), and playing sour romantic music. Maria states that she didn't write the note, when Melanie and Olivia pass by and reclaim their paper heart. She tells Oscar that if she did feel that way about him, she wouldn't send him an embarrassing note, but she does plant a surprise kiss on him. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit, Chris and Stephanie count ears. (First: Episode 0458) |
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Cartoon | A pig sings "Pig's Love Song." (First: Episode 0407) |
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Film | Counting 11 eggs and one cookie. (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | After watching the "eggs and cookie" film, Cookie Monster demands a cookie. A mysterious talking hook appears from the sky, and responds by giving him a book instead. Cookie is surprised, "This not cookie...this BOOKIE!" He then exchanges the book for lots of cookies, which rain on him. (First: Episode 0117) |
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Cartoon | Various demonstrations of DOWN and UP (First: Episode 0847) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates up/down with two ladders. (First: Episode 0239) |
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Cartoon | "I in the Sky" (First: Episode 0368) |
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Film / Song | "At the Animal Doctor": Two boys take their dog to the vet. (First: Episode 1016) |
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Muppets | Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0188) |
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SCENE 4 | Olivia sings "Three of These Things" to Ruby using her cameras and Ruby's toy camera. |
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Cartoon | Capital I, he's quite a guy (First: Episode 0368) |
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Celebrity | Paul Simon performs "St. Judy's Comet." |
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Cartoon | Krazy Kat proves his love for Ignatz Mouse with a block of cheese. Ignatz carves it into the word "LOVE." (First: Episode 0615) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0793) |
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Cast | Luis serves as the announcer for a ping pong match between Maria and David, who can't find his paddle. Once they're ready to go, they're pelted by several dozen ping pong balls. (First: Episode 0683) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: M for magic (First: Episode 0841) |
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Film | How a steel drum is made (First: Episode 0828) |
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Cartoon | A man pushes up a lazy UP. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates on and off. (First: Episode 0526) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Eats Cake — Ernie eats one of the two pieces of chocolate cake that Bert was saving for their dessert. (First: Episode 0119) |
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Cartoon | A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0438) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie's lost the nickel he was going to use for candy, so Shola gives him another one. (First: Episode 0565) |
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Film | "It's an Otter!" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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Transition | Bridge #17 - Hourglass Fast/Empty (First: Episode 0288) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria, Gordon, Olivia, and the kids tuck Big Bird into bed for the night. He vows he's taken care of everything he needs before bedtime, but once they've all left, he calls out for a glass of water. Luis announces the sponsors as the nighttime version of the theme plays over the credits. So ends the 8th season of Sesame Street. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while the kids hold the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- The sound effect used to simulate the bugs' noises for scene 1 are lifted from a season 2 sketch where Sherlock Hemlock tries to solve the case of the Twiddlebug party.
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