| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Cookie Monster outsmarts Maria / Big Bird can't sleep | |||||||||
| Air date | March 27, 1978 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and Grover clean the Fix-It Shop window, both in great pain. When Maria comes out she notices the problem: Grover is hanging upside down cleaning the top part, while Big Bird is squatting down to clean the bottom. Since Big Bird is tall and Grover is short, she recommends that they switch places to make the work easier. Grover's knees give out and he plummets to the ground. |
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Cartoon | I have all, I have none (men w/ grapes) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0624) |
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Film | Some clowns, more clowns (First: Episode 0563) |
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Cartoon | A boy acts out his feelings as animals. ("There's a zoo in me!") (First: Episode 0783) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Six Dollar Man — Professor Nucleus Von Fission builds the Six Dollar Man. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Film | Women put dolls together and package them at a doll factory. (First: Episode 0538) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird and Grover's new plan worked, but since Grover is so short and Big Bird is so tall, the middle of the window is still dirty (leaving Maria, the only middle-sized person around, to finish the job). |
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Cartoon | A man carves a YES and puts it on display. (First: Episode 0366) |
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Film | A gorilla sits on a park bench with a lunchbox full of bananas. Noticing the woman seated beside him, he decides to share his bananas with her. She keeps answering "YES" every time the gorilla offers one until he runs out of bananas. (First: Episode 0524) |
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Muppets | Bob asks a blank-faced Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet how he feels. The Muppet answers, "I don't feel anything." Bob sticks a nose and angry eyes on the Muppet, who then starts to feel mad. He walks off in a huff, and we hear a crash off-screen. The Muppet comes back and ad-libs, "It's okay, Bob, I just dropped my watch!" (First: Episode 0491) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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Song | Northern Calloway sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?" (written by Joe Raposo). (First: Episode 0371) |
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Cartoon | Drawing a kite that turns into a fish (w/ child voiceover). (First: Episode 0222) |
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Muppets | Same Sound Brown shows Farley that "That's What Reading's All About." (First: Episode 1088) |
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Cartoon | A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry. (First: Episode 0542) |
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Cast | Linda shows Damion how to sign "WET PAINT". (First: Episode 1073) |
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Cartoon | Number count to 20 (w/ cameo appearance by Cookie Monster), followed by cast list at the end. (First: Episode 0350) |
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Film | Topi antelopes nod "yes." Music by Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Western: A cowboy comes to see Adam T. Glaser, who is such a jack-of-all-trades that he forgets what a dentist does. (First: Episode 0408) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria shows the letters C and G, and expects Cookie Monster to say that the cookie she has starts with C, but he outsmarts her: "It GINGER SNAP!" |
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Cartoon | C for canary (role reversal) (First: Episode 0703) |
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Cartoon | G for giggle. (First: Episode 0357) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Maria approaches Cookie Monster with a cinnamon cookie, but he outsmarts her again: "It GERMAN cinnamon cookie!" |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: G for gorilla (in man suit). (First: Episode 0085) |
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Cartoon | C for cap (oversized cap) (First: Episode 0154) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | This time, Maria brings a cream-filled cookie, which happens to be a girl scout cookie; Cookie Monster eventually gives in (and eats the C). |
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Cast | On a desert island, a parched Luis finds a coconut, which has a letter C inside. (First: Episode 0703) |
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Cartoon | Drawing a kite that turns into a fish (w/ child voiceover in Spanish). (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | C for candle (blows man away). (First: Episode 0703) |
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Film | A voiceover recites a poem about trees, to music by Joe Raposo. (First: Episode 0455) |
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Cartoon | Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is trying to write a letter to Mr. Rogers, but finds it difficult when Ernie operates his electric fan right next to him. Bert blows up at Ernie and says he is "hot and bothered," and Ernie has just the thing for that: more cool air! (First: Episode 0544) |
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Film | Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: From toy to the real thing (steam shovel) featuring a young Brian Henson. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Cast | Buffy sings "My Jim Dog" with a Muppet dog. (First: Episode 0868) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets perform a "Handclapping Number". (First: Episode 0491) |
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Film | Footage of wolves. (First: Episode 0982) |
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Cartoon | I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (First: Episode 0524) |
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Celebrity | Richard Pryor sits on a park bench with a basket of strawberries; a kid wants him to share them. |
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Cartoon | Four people cooperate building a table. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cast | No matter how you arrange these nine people, they're still nine people. (First: Episode 0413) |
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Cartoon | The Square (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | C for cat (impostor) (First: Episode 0029) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — The Count and Ingrid count to twenty in Spanish. (First: Episode 0477) |
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Film | Footage of a Chinese noodle factory. (First: Episode 0984) |
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Cartoon | A man shows the viewers his "YES" machine. (First: Episode 0822) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird hasn't been able to sleep for days. Bert has heard of his troubles and has brought over a record he thinks might help. The record is of the "Marching Lullaby" and Bert orders Big Bird to march along with the song (to his dismay). |
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Film | A bald eagle flies over houses, a beach, and other locations. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppets with hair over their eyes recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0779) |
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Cartoon | A goose and gander visit the land of the G's. Artist: Jeff Hale |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird is getting tired, but Bert still wants him to march. Big Bird sneaks out and finds a quiet spot in the yard to sleep. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, while Susan holds the CTW sign. |
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