| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Luis and Big Bird design a birdhouse | |||||||
| Air date | December 19, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon drops off his broken mixer at the Fix-it Shop, where Luis tells him his special plans for today. In response to a suggestion from Susan, he is going to build a birdhouse to put up on Sesame Street, and shows Gordon the blueprint he made for it. Big Bird saunters in (temporarily getting jammed in the doorway when Gordon exits) and Luis consults his bird expertise on the subject. Big Bird gives some suggestions - a bigger door, shutters and a windowbox for the window, a railing, and a mini American eagle over the doorway. Luis expects to finish building it today and Big Bird runs off excitedly, not hearing who the birdhouse is for; he thinks it'll be for him! |
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Cartoon | Pinball #10 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0990) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501) |
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Muppets | Bert sings the club song for The National Association of W Lovers. (First: Episode 0366) |
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Cartoon | A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it. (First: Episode 0770) |
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Film | George shows embedded shapes using drawing of geometric forms and household objects with the same shape. (First: Episode 0288) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird has begun packing his belongings away in cardboard boxes, thinking it'll be worth all the trouble Luis will be going through making his "new home." Susan comes by and learns of the news (not knowing about the actual birdhouse) and says that they'll miss him a lot when he moves, having been good neighbors for a long time. She leaves for work and asks Big Bird to reconsider leaving his nest, but his mind is already made up... or is it? |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Jack and Jill — Jill refuses to go up the hill with Jack. |
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Cartoon | W For Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) |
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Insert | Big Bird presents the word WIND, and a gale blows Bob, Maria, and Mr. Hooper away. (First: Episode 0642) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about bank tellers and the machines they use. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Cartoon | I Thought a Thought ... about big things. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226) |
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Muppets | A little boy explains how he can be a son, a brother, a paperboy, a friend, and a grandson all at the same time. (First: Episode 0691) |
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Film | Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant. music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0917) |
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Cartoon | A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Muppets | "The IG Family Song" (First: Episode 0141) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis has Scotty and Davey add the final touches to the birdhouse so it matches exactly with the blueprint. |
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Cartoon | "Wanda the Witch" Animation by Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001) |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett: "Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird." (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | An anthropomorphic cloud blows a wild wind disturbing some farm animals. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A lobster and a crab. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0317) |
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Cast | Linda stars in the Theatre Without Words production of "The Fisherman and the Fish." (First: Episode 1020) |
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Cartoon | Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806) |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird has decided not to move, though he isn't looking forward to telling Luis. He gets to the Fix-it Shop where he is surprised just to see how small the birdhouse is. Luis clarifies that the birdhouse was never meant to be for him, but for Susan; Big Bird doesn’t think she can fit in there, either. |
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Cartoon | A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034) |
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Film | Russian nesting dolls 1-10 (First: Episode 0540) |
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Cartoon | Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving. (First: Episode 0467) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about shorter and longer skirts. (First: Episode 0324) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032) |
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Film | One of These Things (3 starfish and 1 crab) (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated by their group, teaching a lesson in counting backwards. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Celebrity | The Pointer Sisters sing the "Swingin' Alphabet." (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cartoon | The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0955) |
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SCENE 5 | Gladys the Cow plays a country-waltz version of the “Three of These Things” game with Scotty and Davey using pictures of a cat, a frog, a dog, and a log. Gladys points out that there's more than one answer. ("You see, being in the theater, one develops an ear for this sort of thing.") |
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Cartoon | Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has a licorice whip that he offers to share with Bert. He divides it in half with a pair of scissors, but then discovers that Bert's half is longer than his. He cuts off a little bit of Bert's half, and eats it. Then he discovers that his own half is longer than Bert's, and that's not fair, so he cuts a bit off of his own, and eats it. Ernie goes back and forth, cutting off more and more, until the licorice whip is gone. (First: Episode 0461) |
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Cartoon | Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge (raspberry) (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | A couple of wrens (named Christopher and Emily) have moved into Susan’s new birdhouse, which now resides outside her window next to Big Bird's nest. With Gordon and the kids, they all listen to the birds twittering and Big Bird welcomes the new neighbors with a miniature birdseed casserole. Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, and Kermit and a kid hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- Big Bird can be heard singing "Rain Falls" as he enters the Fix-it Shop during scene 1.
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