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Sesame Street
Bert's marching band; Oscar's cooking show; Grover drives
Air date November 28, 1977
(season premiere)
Season Season 9 (1977-1978)
Production September 13, 1977
Sponsors H, 2
Syndication Sesame Street Unpaved
Releases Old School: Volume 2

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Bert is getting ready to play in his marching band, and has all the instruments laid out on the street. The cast, led by Bob, demonstrates each instrument while singing about a "Big Brass Band."
Pinball 02
Cartoon Pinball Number Count #2
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 0987)
Dollhouse
Song "Doll House"
(First: Episode 0131)
CatTelephone
Cartoon A cat makes noise with a telephone, typewriter, trumpet, and piano. When the cat leaves, the devices come to life, and when he comes back, they all sound at once, frightening the cat.
(First: Episode 0844)
cut from the Noggin version
Asongfromkermit
Muppets Kermit sings "A Song from Kermit."
(First: Episode 0992)
Twostep
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0342)
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SCENE 2 In Hooper's Store, the customers watch a cooking show hosted by "Yucky Pierre" (Oscar with a French accent), who demonstrates how to make Charles's Chicken Soup. He and his assistant Charles (Emilio Delgado) add various, disgusting ingredients to the pot, none of which are chicken. The chef asks Charles to taste it, but he backs away. Oscar reveals why the soup is named such, because Charles is too chicken to eat it!
Wideopenspaces
Muppets In the woods, a nature-loving baritone (Jim Henson) sings "Ah, For the Joys of the Countryside" about how much he loves the country, without noticing that his surroundings are being converted into a city.
(First: Episode 1008)
Madscientisth
Cartoon A mad scientist puts together a capital H.
(First: Episode 0284)
Boblindaluish
Cast Bob, Linda and Luis assemble a lowercase h.
Haroldhoward
Cartoon Harold and Howard think of H words.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0284)
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SCENE 3 Gladys the Cow plays a game of One of These Things, and gets offended when Gordon refers to her as "just a cow."
NobleOstrich
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)
cut from the Noggin version
ScanimateH
Cartoon / Film A Scanimate/live-action hybrid segment in which an off-camera child and Luis name words that begin with H.
(First: Episode 0771)
cut from the Noggin version
Herrykidapples
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentHerry Monster and two kids share a bag of apples.
(First: Episode 1018)
Typewriterhand
Cartoon The Typewriter: H for Hand
(First: Episode 0771)
1563o
Film Footage of birds swimming, including flamingos, swans and ducks.
(First: Episode 0981)
cut from the Noggin version
Cartoonwizard
Cartoon A wizard walks through a door. A boy in pajamas tries to imitate him without success.
(First: Episode 1042)
Pageantaroundthemountain
Muppets Pageant: "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" — Cookie Monster, playing the heroine in this year's pageant, can't seem to grasp the concept of going "around" until Prairie Dawn lures him with a—guess what?
(First: Episode 0907)
Cartoonsignlanguageabc
Cartoon "Signing Alphabet," an animated film by Steve Finkin. Music for voice and electronics by Joan La Barbara.
Noodlefactory
Film Footage of a Chinese noodle factory.
(First: Episode 0984)
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Insert Olivia sings "Children of the World."
(First: Episode 1012)
Cartoontracks
Cartoon Two kids wonder where some mysterious tracks on the ground come from.
(First: Episode 1029)
Filmsheepdog
Film Sheep dog
(First: Episode 1012)
Aroundtheworldme
Cartoon Kids around the world say "ME."
(First: Episode 0389)
1186zb
Cast Maria as Chaplin looks in a mirror and sees "ME." Maria's reflection is played by Linda.
(First: Episode 1032)
Cartoonpointingatme
Cartoon A boy points to himself and says, "ME."
(First: Episode 0857)
Groverjohnjohnpenny
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentGrover and John-John count a penny.
(First: Episode 0438)
Filmacrobats
Film Addition and subtraction using three trapeze artists (version "B")
(First: Episode 1041)
Shortywaterfountain
Cartoon Shorty reaches a water fountain with a stool.
(First: Episode 0954)
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SCENE 4 Grover pretends to drive Gordon's car. He imagines driving in the Indianapolis 500, to the Grand Canyon, and to downtown Cucamonga.

As we pan out from the street, Big Bird and Oscar (still speaking in a French accent) take turns signing off.

Groversesamesign

KermitKiddo1056
CLOSING SIGNS Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign.

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