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Sesame Street
Maria and the kids help Oscar complete his poems about noise
Air date December 5, 1977
Season Season 9 (1977-1978)
Production September 12, 1977
Sponsors O, Q, 11


Picture Segment Description
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)
Cartoon I've got a mind: squares make a box.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0191)
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Humpty DumptyKermit doesn't help Humpty Dumpty's situation.
(First: Episode 0657)
Film The Mad Painter #11
(First: Episode 0329)
Cartoon Monster in the dark (finding a light switch)
(First: Episode 0493)
Muppets Five Anything Muppets sing the "Numerical Correspondence Song."
(First: Episode 0735)
Cartoon O limerick
(First: Episode 0146)
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)
Cartoon Q for Quiet
Artist: John Korty
(First: Episode 0441)
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)
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)
Cartoon The weary traveler asks the wise man to demonstrate none, some, most and all with a basket of oranges.
(First: Episode 0939)
Film Spinning Bus Stop sign
(First: Episode 0931)
Muppets An Anything Muppet brings his broken BUS (the word) to a garage for a mechanic to fix up.
(First: Episode 0455)
Film African kids play at various activities, including a game with stones.
(First: Episode 0136)
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)
Muppets / Cast Gordon sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a park attendant and garage mechanic.
Film A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo)
(First: Episode 0690)
Cast Linda helps a boy sign "DON'T WALK."
Film / Cartoon The letter O introduces many words he starts.
(First: Episode 0621)
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)
Cartoon La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes.
(First: Episode 0338)
Insert Judy Collins and Fred the Wonder Horse sing "Horse Sense."
(First: Episode 0961)
Cartoon A duck sings about all the reasons why q should be remembered.
(First: Episode 0789)
Film A girl goes to the shoemaker and watches him as he repairs her shoes.
(First: Episode 0987)
Muppets Hard Head Henry Harris plays "Headball" at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium, where he must answer this question: where is bread made?
(First: Episode 0887)
Animation Sand Q/q
(First: Episode 0623)
SCENE 1 Oscar is hoping to "better himself" and reads some poetry of his for Maria, Danny, Renee, Jeff, and Katie. The kids have to rhyme the last word of each verse, all of which are noisy sounds that Grouches like. "They're a regular Henry Wigglesworth Longfool," Oscar comments as the kids yell out their answers.
Film Green Tree Snake
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0285)
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Tall Hat at the Movies — A lady with a very tall hat sits in front of Ernie, blocking his view of the movie.
(First: Episode 0538)
Film / Cast Gordon rides his bike around the city.
(First: Episode 0927)
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)
Cartoon The Typewriter: O for Owl
(First: Episode 0837)
SCENE 2 Maria helps the kids read the newspaper in the yard while David announces the sponsors.

CLOSING SIGNS Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.


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