| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Cody keeps making a mess | |||||||
| Air date | March 2, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria and Buffy (who had just arrived on Sesame Street a couple hours prior with her family) are busy cleaning up the crayon marks left all over the lower half of Maria's apartment. Meanwhile outside, Sheldon lectures Cody that crayons should be for paper, not the walls. Once the work is done inside, Maria comments that she never wants to see another crayon mark again. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Maria and Buffy step outside where they see that Cody has scribbled all over parts of Sesame Street, from the steps of 123 Sesame Street to the construction doors to the yard and beyond. They find Cody with Big Bird, who had given Cody some crayons to stay out of trouble. "Boy, can he draw!" |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing about being "Sad." (First: Episode 0584) |
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Cartoon | Kids count dinosaurs, octopuses, and paper dolls. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cast | Bob and Maria are spies who meet under a street lamp and greet each other with a recitation of "Hey Diddle Diddle". Once they've confirmed each others identities, Maria produces a card with shapes and a number while Bob shifts to a rendition of "One of These Things" with a British accent. (First: Episode 0592) |
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Cartoon | An owl flies, carrying a sign that says "PELIGRO." (First: Episode 0787) |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppets (including George) individually try to sell lemons, water, and sugar. After all of their businesses fail, the three cooperate to start a lemonade stand. (First: Episode 0335) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299) |
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Film | Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0456) |
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Animation | Slide puzzle: Ernie (First: Episode 0403) |
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SCENE 2 | Two kids help Mr. Hooper clean the crayon marks off the side of 123 Sesame Street near the tire swing. |
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Film | George puts his head through a barrel stave. He also goes through the barn. (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "Over, Under, Around and Through." (First: Episode 0258) |
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Cartoon | A dog learns about U. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cast | Big Bird and David try each other's beds but come to the conclusion that for David the bed is the best, for Big Bird his nest is best. (First: Episode 0606) |
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Song | "Sharing Swing with Kids Song (Share in Your Fun with Another Someone)" (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: After the Bath — Ernie comes from finishing his bath and tells Bert that there's something that he forgot. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Film | A girl named Jennifer visits family friend Mrs. Wilson in the country, and together they pick food from her garden. (First: Episode 0021) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird watches as Cody gets his face and hands cleaned by Buffy before having lunch at Hooper's Store. Cody becomes fussy during lunchtime, resulting in him getting messy all over again; Big Bird wonders what the point was of washing him before he ate. |
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Cartoon | Poor Solomon Grundy washes a different part of the left side of his body every day, but at the end of the week, "he's still half dirty!" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Celebrity | Tennis star Arthur Ashe demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0809) |
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Animation | Sand R/r (First: Episode 0635) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper tells the mailman that he has a letter for his mother: the letter R. (First: Episode 0583) |
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Cartoon | A stubborn hippo sits on a girl's ball, and she tries to figure out how to get it back. (First: Episode 0765) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob and a couple of kids scrub the crayon marks off the mailbox, the sidewalk, and a nearby tree; Bob suspects Cody had been there. |
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Film | People of all ages ride bicycles. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0616) |
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Celebrity | Tennis star Arthur Ashe says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0775) |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, Robber, and Rake... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: To demonstrate "through", Kermit tries to get Cookie Monster to run through a piece of tissue paper. Instead, Cookie offers other alternatives, ultimately choosing to go around it. He helps Kermit with his demonstration by passing the tissue paper through Kermit. (First: Episode 0289) |
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Film | "Three Song (Song of Three)." (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | A troll draws different faces on herself in front of a mirror. (First: Episode 0800) |
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Celebrity | The Pointer Sisters sing "Hush Little Baby." (First: Episode 0793) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria goes into the Fix-it Shop only to discover that Cody had been there too, leaving his mark on the door. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R for rabbit (First: Episode 0014) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Big Sneeze — When Bert's nose comes off from a sneeze, Ernie teases him by re-attaching it in the wrong places. (First: Episode 0026) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Lemurs rest on tree branches. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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Cartoon | Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round. |
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SCENE 6 | Buffy is frustrated with Cody’s innocent vandalism after seeing him finish some crayon work on Oscar's trash can area. Big Bird suggests they just put paper up on the areas that he's always drawing on; Buffy thinks this is a brilliant idea. |
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Cartoon | Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (First: Episode 0473) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts four eggs. A chick hatches out of one egg, so he counts the three eggs -- then two, then one. Then he counts the four chicks. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: R for Rope (First: Episode 0765) |
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Film | A boy narrates a film about how cheese is made. |
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SCENE 7 | The lower half of Sesame Street is now covered in paper, which everybody (both kid and grown-up) have fun drawing on. Big Bird thinks that Cody may grow up to be an artist just like his father. Bob announces the sponsors. |
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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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