| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 26, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar witnesses as the cast presents various V words in overly-hammy performances. A mustachioed Luis pretends to play the opening music on his violin, Susan appears as a little girl in a sailor dress clutching a valentine, and Maria arrives in modest clothing to sell her basket of violets. The three then dump all their supplies onto Oscar in his trash can, then hightail it when he tells them all to vamoose. |
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Cartoon | Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy V Artist: John Hubley (First: Episode 0311) |
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Film | A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Muppets | Four Anything Muppet kids cooperate to grow a flower together. One has a flower seed, one has a flowerpot, one has some dirt, and one has a shovel. The rain and sunshine finish the job. (First: Episode 0311) |
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Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110) |
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Muppets | Ice Follies: Big Bird does a dance routine on the ice (scored by "ABC-DEF-GHI"). (First: Episode 0793) |
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Cartoon | A cowboy sings about "Feelings That Are Real." (First: Episode 0954) |
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Insert | Maria lounges on the fire escape when she invites the viewer to pretend they’re up with her to look at Sesame Street from her angle. She sees Mr. Macintosh selling fruits, waves at David, sees Bob at his window, and chats with Big Bird. (First: Episode 1008) |
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Cartoon | An old woman goads a man into guessing who she met today. Through the clues she gives, he soon finds out she's referring to him. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0798) |
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Film | "It's an Otter!" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Here or Not Here — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. (First: Episode 0171) |
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Cartoon | V in space (First: Episode 0481) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon and Olivia sing "Quiet Is." |
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Animation | New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball. (First: Episode 0777) |
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Film | A toymaker makes an airplane out of wood. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — The Count counts the Three Little Pigs. (First: Episode 0569) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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SCENE 3 | On the stoop, Susan and the kids watch Alphabet Bates make a V in the sky (First: Episode 0637). |
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Film | A pride of lions feasts on an animal carcass. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Muppets | Lena Horne sings "How Do You Do?" to Grover. (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | Harold and Howard think of H words. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cast | David and Maria dine in spaghetti. Maria polishes off her plate in a short time, but David starts to eat each piece individually, which takes very long. (part 1) (First: Episode 0429) |
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Film | A film of things that make sounds, including birds and farm animals. Is silence a sound? (edited) (First: Episode 0002) |
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Cast | David's plate is about half-empty now. (part 2) (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020) |
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Cast | Maria has fallen asleep by now, when David finally finishes eating his spaghetti. He then beckons a waiter (Bob) to bring him another serving... (part 3) (First: Episode 0429) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster comes to the bakery looking for something delicious that rhymes with BUY. He tries the I (from the MIKE'S BAKERY sign) and the baker's TIE, both of which aren't that delicious. Finally, Guy Smiley comes in and loudly announces that he would like to BUY a PIE. Cookie then knows what he can get in the bakery that rhymes with BUY and is delicious: it's GUY! A chase ensues, and Cookie requests for the baker to send him the bill. (First: Episode 0481) |
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SCENE 4 | In the yard, Maria shows the kids how a magnet works by showing how they attract to metal and non-metal objects. |
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Cartoon | A girl wonders what would happen if she popped her balloon. She imagines it would scare her sister, who would end up breaking a vase and getting in trouble. (First: Episode 0280) |
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Song | Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Cartoon | An elevator fills up with 10 passengers, but quickly breaks when the mouse gets on. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0362) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman sings a song about finding a (MEOW!) stuck in a tree. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | V in space (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | The kids play in the yard while Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while the Count holds the CTW sign. |
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