| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Trip to Hawaii — Preparing for Hawaii | |||||||
| Air date | January 12, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar celebrates the yuchhy, rainy day. He's shocked when the others enjoy the rain as much as him. They're in such high spirits because tomorrow, they all leave for Hawaii and won't have to deal with the rain, which is news to a dismayed Oscar. |
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Cartoon | Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Film | A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert can't go on a trip with Ernie because his hand has purple paint on it. Ernie puts a mitten on Bert's hand to cover it, but Bert still won't go because he looks silly wearing one mitten. So Ernie completes the outfit with another mitten, a hat, a scarf, and a sled. Ernie then reveals that they are going to the beach. (First: Episode 0386) |
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Film | Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | J - Jam (First: Episode 0012) |
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Muppets | "J Friends" (First: Episode 0339) |
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Cartoon | 'j' minuscula (First: Episode 0475) |
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Film | Kids ride horses. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0541) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: J for jump (First: Episode 0772) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Hooper allows Olivia to use his cooking facilities to make her self-proclaimed famous sweet potato pie to bring to Buffy and Sheldon. Maria, Mr. Hooper and Bob have never tasted it before and she gives them each a slice. She's savvy enough to have made another, whole pie to bring instead. |
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Cartoon | A small frog is jealous of how big an ox is, so he expands himself into a very large, round frog. He becomes so self-important and big he ends up exploding. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0660) |
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Celebrity | Luis tells the story of "The Sad Princess". In a faraway land, a beautiful princess (played by guest star Judy Collins) has a number of hard-working, happy subjects. Luis reads in the book that the princess is very happy, but the princess interrupts him. "Don't believe everything you read!" she cries, throwing the book away. "The fact is, I'm sick of being clean. I'm sick of being lovely... and I'm one sad princess." Her subjects insist that she must be happy, because she's a beautiful princess. She sings a sad song, explaining that she's very bored just sitting around and watching them work. She offers to join her subjects in their work. They object that she might tear her dress, or get dirty, but she says that she'd love to get dirty. The subjects are thrilled to have "a beautiful, working princess". Luis shrugs and says that they lived happily ever after, although the subjects point out that that's a generalization -- they have good days and bad days. The princess asks Luis to move so that she can fix his chair. (First: Episode 0812) |
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) |
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Cast | David charms a 1 and a 2 out of their baskets to form a 12. (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | Batman apprehends a criminal thanks to knowing about around, up and through. (First: Episode 0096) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Jack Be Nimble — Jack struggles to make his way over the candlestick. (First: Episode 0723) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Snuffleupagus wanders over to Big Bird's nest and has forgotten what tomorrow's big occasion is. Big Bird gives him clues by donning his sunglasses, inner tube and a grass skirt. Snuffy finally realizes tomorrow they leave for Hawaii and runs home to pack. After he leaves, Bob and Maria stop by and find Big Bird's attire funny. |
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Cartoon | Subtracting three mules (First: Episode 0767) |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Proud." (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | A group of kids play follow the leader and go over, around and through various obstacles, but one of them takes a while to catch on. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | W For Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) |
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Insert | Cookie Monster explains the purpose of a telephone. Then, Maria and Luis tease Cookie by eating the telephone! (First: Episode 0562) |
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Cartoon | A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0154) |
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Film | A boy narrates a film of how his family trains wild ponies on the farm. (First: Episode 0815) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count to 20. (First: Episode 0476) |
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Cartoon | An anthropomorphic cloud blows a wild wind disturbing some farm animals. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Film | George the Farmer puts his head through a barrel stave. He also goes through the barn. (First: Episode 0299) |
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Animation | Sand J/j (First: Episode 0631) |
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SCENE 4 | Count von Count has been unable to count anything today, as the naturally-occurring lightning and thunder interrupts his counting process each time. Olivia convinces him to switch from counting the rain to counting the thunder and lightning. The Count starts counting both the storm-based ones and the ones he creates, claiming he can keep this going forever. |
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Cartoon | "The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug." Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0009) |
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Muppets | Two children, who can only read some words, resolve their fight over a large book by helping each other and reading alternate words. (First: Episode 0297) |
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SCENE 5 | The Count has counted over 1,000 instances of thunder and lightning. Olivia, Bob and Maria are reduced to zombie-like states, repeating the same reactions to the Count over and over. Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors. |
 
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CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bert and Ernie hold the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- When Maria asks, "What's cooking?" after smelling Olivia's sweet potato pie in scene 2, Olivia responds by quoting the Robb Royer song "Ain't Nothin'." ("Ain't nothin' cookin' but the peas in the pot, and they wouldn't be cookin' if the water wasn't hot!") Mr. Hooper would do the same the following year in Episode 1261 when prompted by Herry Monster.
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