| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar's total grouch exercises | |||||||
| Air date | January 5, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird shows the viewer his poster advertising Hawaii with blank calendar pages in the middle of it. Currently on the front is a big number 9 he drew on it yesterday, representing the number of days left until he goes with his friends to Hawaii. He wants to change it, so he tears the 9 page off and writes the number 8 on a new one. Sensing time is getting closer, he begins to frantically pack his suitcase. |
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Film | Things you can carry Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0515) |
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Cartoon | "Young MacDonald Went to Town" (First: Episode 0787) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker lists all the ingredients of the cookie, as Cookie visualizes it. The visualized image looks so delicious that he eats it. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) |
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Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar observes Bob and Linda returning from their two-mile morning run, hoping they would be more grumpy after the exercise. He explains that his book, The Total Grouch, shows the proper Grouch exercises that can spoil anybody's mood. Bob is skeptical and he and Linda give the exercises a try. Oscar instructs the couple to contort their bodies in an uncomfortable position, then stalls so they stay that way and get frustrated with him. |
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Film | Counting 6 pieces of laundry on the line (First: Episode 0419) |
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Film | Some kids observe a woman drawing pictures of a building, and eventually guess that she's an architect. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Cartoon | A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F. (First: Episode 0309) |
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Film | No matter how they're arranged, George the Farmer always has three barrels, four milk jugs, and five cartons. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Animation | Slide puzzle - elephant (First: Episode 0389) |
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Insert | Mr. Hooper reminisces about his childhood and sings "When I Was as Little as You Are." (First: Episode 0697) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Bo Peep (part 1) (First: Episode 1047) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Bug (First: Episode 0137) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — It's late at night and Bert isn't home yet. Ernie worries that he may have been abducted by monsters and is being forced to party with them... maybe even having fun. When Bert gets home, Ernie shares his stream of emotions he felt when he'd imagined something had happened to Bert: fear, sadness and anger. Bert assures him that he was fine -- he never has fun. (First: Episode 0929) |
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Cartoon | Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0627) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Bo Peep (part 2) |
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Cartoon | Two men compete to be in front. (First: Episode 0789) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird presents "The Wonderful World of Front and Back," with the kids demonstrating the front and back of various things. Michael uses his toy plane, Marlena shows off her camera, and Billy wears his Yankees cap and shows the sides of his clock. However, Big Bird has a difficult time trying to find the front and back of a balloon, a flowerpot, and an orange. |
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Cartoon | At the beach, the Bee Bee and the Barker family greet each other while saying their names that begin with the letter B. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0627) |
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Muppets | "There's a Hole in the Bucket" (First: Episode 0838) |
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Film | Kids comment as they watch tomatoes grow in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0624) |
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Celebrity | Richard Pryor uses his hat to participate in playing cars with kids. (First: Episode 0779) |
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Muppets | The Martians examine a grandfather clock. (First: Episode 0407) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria plays a “Here Are Some Things” game with Billy and Marlena, deciding whether a square or a rectangle belongs with a group of rectangles. |
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Cartoon | Dr. Frankenstein makes sure his monster knows about front and back. (Voices: Rick Cimino) (First: Episode 0782) |
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Muppets | Grover the Elevator Operator demonstrates front and back by telling the passengers on his elevator where to stand. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play". (First: Episode 0047) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl reads the word "hug" with Herry. |
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Cast | Maria and the Kids put together a letter B that's broken in several parts. (First: Episode 0922) |
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Cartoon | Jack waters a B, which grows into a B-stalk. He climbs it and travels to the Land of B. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to keep an eye on his pyramid of blocks. The Count walks by, and counts the blocks, moving them out of the pyramid shape. Then he counts them again, putting them back into the pyramid. Bert yells at the Count for moving Ernie's blocks, so the Count counts the blocks again, taking the pyramid apart. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Animation | Sand F/f (First: Episode 0629) |
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Transition | Bridge #17 - Hourglass Fast/Empty (First: Episode 0327) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar combines a “b” and an “oom” to create a “boom,” resulting in a big explosion. "So you see, kiddies," he tells the viewer, "reading can be a very rewarding pasttime!" He announces the sponsors as piles of blown-up trash continue to rain down on him. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, and Ernie and Bert hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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