| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Children pretend to ride in different types of transportation | |||||||||
| Air date | March 24, 1978 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Linda, Bob, David, and the kids greet the Little Theatre of the Deaf (Candy, Pat, CJ, Janice, and Michael) as they arrive on Sesame Street. Candy, a hearing member, explains that they got held up at a railroad crossing and describe what they witnessed. They then show what they saw via interpretive dance as Candy narrates with the poem Crossing by Philip Booth. They end the poem with the "train" heading into Hooper's Store, where David invites them all for drinks. |
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Song | "Train Song" (First: Episode 0423) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit, Shola, and Fannie count legs and heads. (First: Episode 0619) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 2 | The LTD members decide to do an imaginary car ride, asking a kid named Ralph if they can use the wheelchair he's in for the wheels. Ralph joins the group in forming part of the car, with the others as the driver, steering wheel, and back seats (with a couple of kids as passengers). The others wave goodbye to them during their trip down the sidewalk, stopping temporarily to get some gas from the pump (played by Linda). |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "Goin' for a Ride", while traveling in a car, train, and boat. (First: Episode 0037) |
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Cartoon | Cars WALK. (First: Episode 0556) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppet kids argue over a cookie. Cookie Monster arrives and says that the smallest person should get the cookie, and then, as the kids argue over which one is smaller, Cookie Monster shrinks himself. (First: Episode 0253) |
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Cartoon | A small frog unveils a smaller man, who unveils the smallest elephant. (First: Episode 0786) |
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Muppets | Grover reads "The Cursed Prince" (David turns into Kermit) (First: Episode 0969) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again". (First: Episode 0631) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: G for Gorilla (in man suit) (First: Episode 0085) |
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Celebrity | Peggy Fleming skates a figure 8. (First: Episode 0236) |
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SCENE 3 | The gang finds Michael, Janice, and Patrick in an odd formation in the yard, figuring out they're pretending to be a boat. John and another kid take a seat inside as Candy pretends to be the waving water. John pretends to go fishing, and catches a whopper (portrayed by CJ). |
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Film | A boy tells what happens on a fishing boat. (First: Episode 0028) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs, so both help each other scratch their back. While Ernie's itch takes a little too long to scratch, he introduces a film called "Everybody Scratch." After the film, Ernie notices that Bert has stopped scratching his back; Beautiful Day Monster is. (First: Episode 0012) |
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Film | Male and female snow people narrate their own construction. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | "The Subway" (First: Episode 0762) |
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Cartoon | A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way. (First: Episode 0085) |
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Muppets | Grover talks about the letter G, as it slowly grows. (First: Episode 0210) |
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Film | The crosswalk light says WALK. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Scottie read a "Don't Walk" sign. (First: Episode 0994) |
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Cartoon | Subtracting three mules (First: Episode 0767) |
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SCENE 4 | The LTD group now forms the shape of a plane, using their bodies as the front propeller, the seats, and the wings. A couple of kids enter the "plane" and go for a ride. The others again wave goodbye, with David and Bob singing a chorus of "Wild Blue Yonder." |
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Cartoon | "Cracks" A girl lying in bed imagines seeing cracks in the wall turning into animals and a monster. (First: Episode 0818) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is painting a portrait of Bert, but paints Bert with curly hair, glasses and a beard. When Bert gets angry about this, Ernie takes him behind the easel and puts curly hair, glasses and a beard on Bert. (First: Episode 0365) |
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Cartoon | M in space (First: Episode 0516) |
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Film | Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Celebrity | The Pointer Sisters sing "Yes, We Can Can." (First: Episode 0793) |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Film | Kids count 18 backflips. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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SCENE 5 | Candy uses her fingers to "walk" into Michael's arms positioned as a pretend rocket ship; CJ gives the countdown. Everybody pretends that the rocket blasts off into space before the LTD switches to portray the inside of the rocket, picking up Debbie and another kid and moving them around to simulate low gravity. Finally, the group uses their hands and fingers to simulate the capsule's splashdown back to Earth and the retrieval from a helicopter. "Another successful mission!" David declares as the group waves goodbye to the astronauts. |
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Muppets | Anything Muppet cheerleaders sound out the word "rocket," then witness a rocket blasting off. (First: Episode 0567) |
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Cartoon | One of these things doesn't belong (shoe pairs) (First: Episode 0490) |
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Film | Some kids observe a woman drawing pictures of a building, and eventually guess that she's an architect. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Cartoon | Animals walk. (First: Episode 0926) |
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SCENE 6 | The group goes over all the transportation they pretended to be before they have to leave (for real this time). The LTD use their bodies to form the shape of a leg and foot, making their way down the street as David announces the sponsors. The credits follow. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, and Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, and two kids hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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