| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Bob's piano playing disturbs Mr. Hooper | |||||||
| Air date | March 15, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Grover plays a sounds guessing game with the viewer, hiding various items from their sight as he makes noise with them. After Grover uses a bell and a rattle in his game Big Bird interrupts and tries to ask what Grover is doing with a trumpet, thus spoiling Grover's next sound. Big Bird tries to remedy the situation but mentions the word "trumpet" over and over again, much to Grover's aggravation. |
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Cartoon | "Pinball Number Count" (#12) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0985) |
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Muppets | "The Question Song" (First: Episode 0378) |
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Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath points to the number 12 on his shirt. (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder. (First: Episode 0779) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie and the kids play a hand-clapping game. (First: Episode 0803) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Q”: A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. (First: Episode 0048) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath counts to 8 before a pass is made. (First: Episode 0546) |
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Cartoon | Ants carry a huge letter 'Q' uphill. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Cast | Buffy plays her mouthbow and sings “Ground Hog” to the kids. (First: Episode 0844) |
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Cartoon | Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (First: Episode 0675) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath counts to 10 before a pass is made. The kid who catches it is tackled. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cast | In speed-induced footage, Maria, Luis and David put together a letter Q. (First: Episode 0467) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Prepares for His Bath — Bert scoffs at Ernie bringing an umbrella, a flashlight, and a bowling ball to the bathtub. (First: Episode 0269) |
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Film | A behind-the-scenes look of Paul Simon recording "Bingo" with his son, and the manufacturing of the record it will be on. |
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Celebrity | Edith Ann talks about being happy and sad. (First: Episode 0992) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Hooper teaches Cookie Monster about the number 12 using eggs, plates and spoons. Cookie asks that the demonstration be done with cookies, which he "counts" by eating them all at once. |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 1: Harvey Kneeslapper hangs an "OPEN" sign on a closet and has filled it with so many toys that when somebody opens it, all of the toys in the closet will fall on that person. A girl opens the closet, but none of the toys fall out. When Harvey opens it after she leaves, they fall all over him. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Cartoon | O limerick (First: Episode 0146) |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 2: Harvey has refilled the closet. A boy tries to open it, but the door is stuck. When the boy has left, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys land on him again. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 3: Harvey has refilled the closet again. The boy and girl come by again and open the door. Instead of toys falling, the closet leads to another place. After the two of them have gone through and closed the door behind them, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys fall on him. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Cartoon | Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on. (First: Episode 0394) |
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Film | Kids pick green beans in the field. Later their mom cooks the beans, and they eat them. (First: Episode 0944) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird encounters Bert, trying to attract pigeons with pumpernickel breadcrumbs. Big Bird says birds don’t like pumpernickel, but Bert feeds them to one Muppet pigeon (Richard Hunt) who likes them. The pigeon suggests Big Bird try pumpernickel, so he does and sees how tasty it is. |
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Cartoon | A girl and elephant show heavy and light. (First: Episode 0785) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Three dolphins jump together. (First: Episode 0222) |
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Cartoon | Light and heavy (ball and seal) (First: Episode 0785) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet man uses feathers and rocks to teach the difference between heavy and light. During the lecture, Cookie Monster comes along, mistakes the rocks for cookies, and eats them all. The rocks weigh Cookie down, so the monster proceeds to eat the feathers to "balance it out." (First: Episode 0175) |
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Cartoon | Light and heavy (bird falls on man) (First: Episode 0785) |
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Animation | Lollipop and feathers - what goes where? (First: Episode 0772) |
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Cast | Luis serves as the announcer for a ping pong match between Maria and David, who can't find his paddle. Once they're ready to go, they're pelted by several dozen ping pong balls. (First: Episode 0683) |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing is a policeman. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Song | Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Hooper finds it hard to get any work when Bob practicing his piano upstairs. He works up the nerve to ask Bob to stop, who agrees to stop playing until after Mr. Hooper is through working. |
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Muppets | "Just Around the Corner" (First: Episode 1036) |
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Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) |
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SCENE 5 | As Mr. Hooper finishes his work, he asks Bob to play something on the piano. He dances along to Bob playing a solo piano version of the "Sesame Street Theme" as Cookie Monster announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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