| Sesame Street | |||||||
| David's grandmother looks for David | |||||||
| Air date | December 15, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird rummages through his toybox and finds a two-week old letter that he forgot to deliver to David. Just then, David’s grandmother Grace arrives at the bus stop and claims authorship of the letter that Big Bird forgot to send, which told David about her arrival today. They both go to Hooper's Store to see him and encounter Mr. Hooper instead, who recalls that David is out today buying a pair of shoes. While Big Bird goes to fetch him, Grace and Mr. Hooper show each other pictures of their families. |
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Film | Shopping for soup ingredients. (First: Episode 0515) |
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Cartoon | E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cast / Muppets | Cookie Monster eats an egg with the letter E painted on it. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird comes back, reporting that he didn’t find David. They ask Maria at the Fix-it Shop where he might be, and she suggests that he might be studying at the library. As Big Bird makes his way there, Maria meanwhile has difficulty fixing an odd-looking contraption, which Grace identifies as an apple peeler. She tightens a loose screw, then shows Maria how it works using an apple saved for her lunch. |
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Cartoon | E for End (First: Episode 0460) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Herry's NO Sign — Herry Monster holds a sign with the word "NO" on it, and tells Ernie that he can make him read his sign. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: E-Ear (First: Episode 0807) |
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Film | A gorilla chases a woman, who registers her protest by shouting "No." She triumphantly drags the gorilla off. (First: Episode 0546) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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Celebrity | José Feliciano sings "The Gypsy." (First: Episode 0763) |
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Cartoon | Can a cat bark? (First: Episode 0859) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird didn’t find David at the library, and asks Oscar where David might be. Oscar (from within his trash can) says he went to the park, so Big Bird tells Maria and Grace that's where he's headed next. As Maria leaves for school, Grace decides to chat with Oscar, claiming he's an old friend. Oscar lightens up when he sees Grace acting grouchy toward him (calling her a "regular ol' picklepuss") and she assists him in finding just the right rhymes for a love poem he's making to a girl Grouch he doesn't care for. |
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Cartoon | Two ducks look the same height when they're in the bathtub, but one duck (Joe Flynn) is short and the other is tall. (First: Episode 0303) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Pretty Baby." (First: Episode 0040) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 1 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Tall, Taller, Tallest — Ernie is tall, Bert is taller, and Big Bird is the tallest. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 2 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 3 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Film | Footage of a baby learning to walk. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0427) |
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Animation | Shape organization (all formations review), part 4 (First: Episode 0419) |
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SCENE 4 | Grace visits Bob right after he finishes a music lesson with Julia. Bob remembers that today is usually his laundry day, and tells Big Bird from his apartment window. While Big Bird goes to investigate, Grace finds some old sheet music in Bob's pile of papers and requests a duet with Bob, who plays the piano while they sing “An Old-Fashioned Song.” Afterward, Bob proposes that she and him can put a song-and-dance act together on the road. |
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Cartoon | Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Film | A boy compares the growth of the sunflowers to his own height. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0589) |
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Cartoon | A small man and his assistant Dudley attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Maria reads "The Boy Who Cried Monster." A terrible, cookie-stealing monster helps to teach a mischievous Anything Muppet boy an important lesson. (First: Episode 0412) |
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Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Loren count to twenty. (First: Episode 0290) |
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Cartoon | Children and animals numbered 1-12 race in a marathon. The #9 runner wins. (First: Episode 0926) |
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SCENE 5 | Everyone mopes around as nobody had luck finding David. Grace has to return back to the farm soon, when all of a sudden David finally comes home! He's surprised to see his grandma, who explains about the letter Big Bird forgot to give him. David says he's been to the movies and regrets not being there sooner. Right then and there Mr. Hooper whispers something to David, who shares what he's just been told: he's been given the next few days off from work, so now he can visit his grandma instead! Everyone cheers Mr. Hooper for saving the day as David goes to pack. |
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Muppets | The Martians find a telephone. (First: Episode 0398) |
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Film | "Noises" A boy named Chris uses "magic glasses" to see invisible things that make noises, including construction equipment, a baby crying, people coughing and sneezing, a car honking, a telephone, and a typewriter. Can you make those noises? (First: Episode 0004) |
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Cartoon | Ralph asks Marvin what would happen if he didn't have a mouth, a nose and ears. (First: Episode 0468) |
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SCENE 6 | The gang sees off David and his grandma as they rush to catch their bus. Oscar announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The kids hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- Though not referred to directly in this episode, Oscar's love interest Hermine visits the old Grouch the following day.
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