| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The bookmobile stops at Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 10, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird rushes over to Hooper's Store with news for Gordon, Olivia, and Mr. Hooper, but he's too overwhelmed to spit it out. He manages to get enough words out to alert them that the bookmobile has just arrived down the block. The adults go to check it out, while Big Bird goes off to tell more kids about it (including Farley and Marty). |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | The three reach the bookmobile, where Bob is seen reading to one child. They meet the librarian Ms. Rice, who tells them about all the bookmobile has to offer (including record albums and even movie screenings). The adults leave, but promise to return soon. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | As they come back to Sesame Street, Big Bird is still in a tizzy over the news. The adults remind him that it's his turn to visit the bookmobile too. |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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Muppets | Super Grover: Janet Fringle needs help carrying many boxes. Super Grover suggests gluing them together, but she eventually figures out that taking them one at a time will work. (First: Episode 0588) |
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Cartoon | L is for Lips (First: Episode 0147) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental) (First: Episode 0505) |
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Animation | Today's Secret Drawing is an astronaut. (First: Episode 0193) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the movies, Ernie reacts to a sad, funny, scary movie, to Bert's embarrassment and the annoyance of the other viewers. (First: Episode 0627) |
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SCENE 2 | On the 123 Sesame Street stoop, Olivia shows the kids her photo album of various kinds of homes. She sings "Home Is" over the various still shots from around the world. |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Film | Snow in the city Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0429) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Film | Most animals have two eyes, ears, etc. ... but some snakes have two heads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0287) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts the game show "What's My Part?". The contestant is Mr. Nose. The panelists -- Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Cookie Monster -- don't know what a nose is, because none of them have noses. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L for Light (First: Episode 0147) |
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Film | Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0367) |
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Cartoon | L es para luz (First: Episode 0373) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar the Grouch visits the bookmobile to see if they have any books that appeal to Grouches. Ms. Rice has a couple on hand, but what Oscar really needs is a particular grouch cookbook for an intimate gathering he's having later. She finds it's already been checked out by Melvin Meanie. Oscar bemoans that he'll have to serve his usual recipe for an anchovy dish, but can't remember all the ingredients. Ms. Rice knows it from memory, admitting she's read the cookbook just like all the other books in stock. Oscar falls for her and invites her to dinner. |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (First: Episode 0443) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy count to 10. (First: Episode 0120) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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Muppets | Bip Bippadotta and friends show none, some and all. (First: Episode 0615) |
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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 0939) |
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Cast | David, alone on a desert island, finds a bottle with a genie (Maria) inside it, and wishes for a boat. But Maria keeps mishearing the request and instead gives him a coat and a (live) goat. Finally she gives him a boat ... but it's not the kind of boat he was hoping for. (First: Episode 0499) |
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Film | While walking and reading the newspaper, a man barely avoids DANGER on three occasions, but then gets hit by a revolving door. (First: Episode 0656) |
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Muppets | Five balls get together to play basketball. It takes them awhile to count themselves, but then they realize they don't have a ball. (First: Episode 0267) |
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Film | Kids count 20 penguins going down a slide. (First: Episode 0232) |
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Insert | Piano Bridge #2 - A pianist plays a short, slow jazz tune. (First: Episode 0622) |
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Cartoon | Two lines intersect at the middle of the screen and have an argument; they cooperate by making a cross. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Film | Most animals have two eyes, ears, etc. ... but some snakes have two heads. (repeat) |
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Celebrity | The Deadly Nightshade plays a tune with the kids accompanying on various instruments. (First: Episode 0896) |
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Cartoon | Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0151) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Comes Home From Camp — Ernie shows Bert all the things he's brought home from Camp Winnewonga. (alternate take) (First: Episode 1048) |
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Cartoon | A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Hooper returns to the bookmobile with some books he's had since his childhood (including Alice Through the Looking Glass, Robin Hood, and selections by Mark Twain and Sholem Aleichem). He knows an operation like this has little money to buy new books, so he's giving these to the bookmobile so others may enjoy them. Within moments, kids come in and start leafing through his collection. Oscar announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, & Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign. |
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