| Sesame Street | |||||
| Maria and the kids help Oscar complete his poems about noise | |||||
| Air date | December 5, 1977 | ||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||
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Insert | Susan greets Big Bird walking down Sesame Street in a slump because he wanted to talk to Luis's grandmother on the phone in New Mexico, but he couldn't think of anything to say. He's told that he was just shy, and she sings to him "Everyone Feels a Little Shy Sometimes". (First: Episode 0964) |
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Cartoon | I've got a mind: squares make a box. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0251) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Humpty Dumpty has fallen off a wall, and Kermit interviews one of the king's horses. Humpty is put together again, but then Kermit gives him a congratulatory slap on the back, and he falls off the wall again. (First: Episode 0657) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Cartoon | Monster in the dark (finding a light switch) (First: Episode 0493) |
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Muppets | Five Anything Muppets sing the "Numerical Correspondence Song." (First: Episode 0735) |
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Cartoon | O limerick (First: Episode 0146) |
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Cast | Luis demonstrates how to use a can opener to open a can of spaghetti ... not realizing that it's open on the bottom already. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441) |
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Cast | Maria demonstrates how a hammer is used by hammering a nail into a wall to hang up a picture. Then, the wall tips over on her. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover informs Mr. Johnson that the restaurant is out of a lot of items that are on the menu. The only thing still at the restaurant is milk... but there are no glasses. (First: Episode 0976) |
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Cartoon | The weary traveler asks the wise man to demonstrate none, some, most and all with a basket of oranges. (First: Episode 0976) |
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Film | Spinning Bus Stop sign (First: Episode 0931) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet brings his broken BUS (the word) to a garage for a mechanic to fix up. (First: Episode 0455) |
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Film | African kids play at various activities, including a game with stones. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*. Music: "Waltz in Mean Time," David Lee (First: Episode 0007) |
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Muppets / Cast | Gordon sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a park attendant and garage mechanic. |
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Film | A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0690) |
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Cast | Linda helps a boy sign "DON'T WALK." |
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Film / Cartoon | The letter O introduces many words he starts. (First: Episode 0621) |
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Muppets | Alphabet Chat: O Mr. Chatterly tries to deliver a lecture about the letter O, but is distracted by several things that don't begin with O, like a rabbit walking with a cow. The Anything Muppet producers decide to cancel the show and take down the set. (First: Episode 0837) |
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Cartoon | La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes. (First: Episode 0338) |
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Insert | Oscar has gotten quiet, but before Judy Collins can start practicing, Fred the Wonder Horse rushes in. He discourages Judy from sitting up on the can, claiming it's not good sense to sit where she could fall off. The two then sing "Horse Sense." (First: Episode 0961) |
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Cartoon | A duck sings about all the reasons why q should be remembered. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Film | A girl goes to the shoemaker and watches him as he repairs her shoes. (First: Episode 0987) |
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Muppets | Hard Head Henry Harris plays "Headball" at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium, where he must answer this question: where is bread made? (First: Episode 0887) |
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Animation | Sand Q/q (First: Episode 0623) |
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SCENE 1 | Oscar reads some poetry for Maria and the kids have to rhyme the last word. |
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Film | Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the movies, a lady with a tall hat sits in front of Ernie and Bert. She block's Ernie's view, so he asks her if she'd mind taking it off. When she places the hat on the seat next to her, Bert's view is now obstructed. (First: Episode 0538) |
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Film / Cast | Gordon rides his bike around the city. (First: Episode 0927) |
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Muppets | Kermit at Home: Grover comes to Kermit's house to fix his sink. Kermit fills him in on a demonstration of "big, bigger and biggest" when it comes to wrenches. Even so, the sink repair goes awry, and the house floods. (First: Episode 0821) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: O for Owl (EKA: Episode 0837) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria helps the kids read the newspaper in the arbor while David announces the sponsors: O, Q, 11 |
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