Sesame Street | |||||||
Trip to Hawaii — Big Bird and Snuffy search for the Snuffleupagus Mountain | |||||||
Air date | January 17, 1978 | ||||||
Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Buffy gets up in the morning to set up a small campfire for her visiting friends. After a brief vocalizing, she sits with her guitar and sings "Kapahi-Waking" over footage of the Hawaiian valleys. | |
SCENE 1 cont'd |
The Sesame Street gang all peels out of the teepee to make their way to Samson's house, including Bob and Mr. Hooper lugging Oscar's trash can to the truck. Big Bird is the last to leave as he's planning to take a wagon of cabbages for Mr. Snuffleupagus' lunch. Sheldon drives the group away as they sing the "Sesame Street Theme," changing the titular place to "Samson's beach." | |
Cartoon | The word EXIT walks out of the room. (First: Episode 0635) cut from the Noggin version | |
Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Exit" as the audience leaves the room. (First: Episode 0666) | |
SCENE 2 | Buffy and some of the kids discuss their nationalities, showing how people in Hawaii can come from many places. Oscar refers to himself as "a bonafide, good ol' green Grouch," and asks what the kids do. They tell him they like to play, go to school, and go shopping. Oscar is disappointed to hear that they also like to have hukilaus (fishing parties) and don't have a lot of traffic or water pollution. All these good things make Oscar miserable, which he enjoys. | |
Cartoon | M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276) cut from the Noggin version | |
Film | Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) | |
Cartoon | M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013) | |
SCENE 3 | Snuffy leaves his guest cave to join Big Bird's search for Mount Snuffleupagus. Snuffy wants to lay down and rest, thinking it will be easy as the mountain has the same shape as his body. Big Bird confirms what the mountain will look like, but neither of them notice that the mountain behind them (outlined via telestrator) is the one they're looking for.
The opening part of this scene, with Snuffy coming out of the cave, was cut from the Noggin version. | |
Muppets | The Count's bats are upset; he always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats... but there's only one Count. (First: Episode 0625) | |
SCENE 4 | Bob and Maria join Aunty Nona and the kids hoping to learn some Hawaiian chants to take back to Sesame Street. Nona leads everybody in a chant about counting to ten in Hawaiian, and in return Bob leads the kids with a song about all the parts of their face. | |
Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #3 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0978) | |
SCENE 5 | Olivia joins Boogie as he sets up a small picnic, bringing over her homemade fruit pie. She learns how the phrase "shaka" and the associated hand signal are similar to other sayings like "peace" or "right on" and tries some poi, a dish made from taro root. | |
Cartoon / Film | Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice. (First: Episode 0659) | |
Film | Horses compete in a contest to see who can pull the most cement. (First: Episode 0556) cut from the Noggin version | |
SCENE 6 | Big Bird and Snuffy continue their search and find another mountain, but it looks more like a gorilla than a Snuffleupagus. | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has heard that somebody in the neighborhood is sick. He looks in a medical book to find out how to tell if someone is sick... not realizing that Bert is the one with a cold. (First: Episode 0435) | |
Cartoon | A showman hawks his invisible chicken, which turns out to be a duck. (First: Episode 1020) cut from the Noggin version | |
SCENE 7 | Olivia sits with Samson, Keola, and Kapono and discusses how her grandfather used to teach her how to make music. Keola and Kapono then perform "Real Old Style," which was inspired by their own grandfather. | |
Film | A gemsbok runs fast, then faster. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) cut from the Noggin version | |
Cartoon | A bird subtracts two balloons from a group of three. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0530) cut from the Noggin version | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: N for Nose (First: Episode 0763) | |
SCENE 8 | Keola plays his nose flute for the kids, and Big Bird claims that his friend Snuffy knows how to play one as well. He asks Keola to perform a tune, and in response Snuffy (hidden behind a few tall bushes) echoes the notes with his giant nose flute before doing a duet with Keola. | |
Muppets | FOUR Grovers?! (First: Episode 0718) | |
Cartoon | A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet. (First: Episode 0780) cut from the Noggin version | |
SCENE 9 | Oscar demands to see all the hot lava that he heard so much about back on Sesame Street. Samson explains that while there was a big mountain that spewed lava a long time ago, it eventually cooled off and grass, trees, and flowers grew all over it. Oscar becomes distressed, saying, "What a shame, to think that this used to be a Grouch paradise!" | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Tortoise and the Hare — Kermit wins the race between tortoise and the hare. (First: Episode 0477) | |
SCENE 10 | Boogie leads Bob, Olivia, Maria, Sheldon, Mr. Hooper, and a couple of friends in a Hawaiian song as they row an outrigger canoe through the river. | |
Muppets | Anything Muppet cheerleaders sound out the word "rocket," then witness a rocket blasting off. (First: Episode 0567) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (First: Episode 0347) | |
Cartoon | Which footprint doesn't belong? (First: Episode 0491) | |
SCENE 11 | Back at their guest teepee campfire, Olivia leads everyone in a song called "Nice People." Maria announces the sponsors. The story of the Hawaii trip continues in Episode 1093... | |
CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign. |
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