| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Maria and Olivia repair a bike | |||||||||
| Air date | April 7, 1978 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Olivia sings "Walk Proud" to the kids (including Debbie and Marlena). |
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Muppets | Japanese Stories: Japan is being victimized by an Evil Prime Minister, who boasts that the only way an emperor (or empress) can be chosen is for someone to show him something unique. Villagers bring flowers, fans and hats, identical to those owned by the prime minister, but a young girl is able to prove that she herself is different from anything else. (ending trimmed) (First: Episode 0346) |
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Cartoon | A small frog is jealous of how big an ox is, so he expands himself into a very large, round frog. He becomes so self-important and big he ends up exploding. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0660) |
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Film | A dented car door is repaired and repainted at an auto body shop. (First: Episode 1112) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria takes a lunch and relaxation break outside the Fix-It Shop. Elsewhere, Olivia needs to get to an appointment but the handlebars of her bicycle are loose. She sees Maria relaxing and visits her, but initially hesitates asking for help when she sees how peaceful Maria is. Maria says it's no problem and gladly helps out, noting to the viewer that it feels good to relax, but feels even better to help out a friend. |
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Animation | Rorschach ink blob association with a funky jazz soundtrack. (First: Episode 0777) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie declares that he's "the world's greatest counter of numbers". To prove it, he counts from 1 to 10, but every time Bert interrupts him, Ernie starts over again. This slowly drives Bert crazy. (First: Episode 0107) |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a bridge, which a train crosses. (First: Episode 0793) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover demonstrates high and low by asking Heather to scratch his back. (First: Episode 0732) |
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Film | Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Muppets / Cast | "The People in Your Neighborhood": TV Repairman and Clockmaker (First: Episode 0965) |
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Cartoon | AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat. (First: Episode 1101) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin looks in a mirror and sees "ME." Maria's reflection is played by Linda. (First: Episode 1032) |
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Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird is in a tizzy - he's expecting company soon (Mr. Snuffleupagus to be precise) and has a lot of work to do in cleaning his nest area before he arrives. The Amazing Mumford helps out using some magic, and with a wave of his wand and some magic words he poofs everything away. Big Bird is grateful and invites Mumford to stay and meet Mr. Snuffleupagus, but Mumford passes since he, like the other grown-ups, believes that Snuffy is just Big Bird's imaginary friend. Moments later Snuffy arrives and Big Bird tells him about Mumford; Snuffy finds the idea of a real-life magician ridiculous and compliments Big Bird's great imagination. |
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Cartoon | A witch turns a little girl into a variety of things, but the girl insists "I'm still ME!" (First: Episode 0793) |
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Cast | Mr. Hooper adds 3 chairs as a sportscaster narrates. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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Film | A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puddle (First: Episode 0452) |
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SCENE 4 | In the yard, Maria holds a letter P and names some P words. A cow saunters in and claims her name starts with P: Peter. Maria points out that "Peter" is a boy's name and she's a female, so the cow changes her name to Polly. Maria claims that "Polly" is a name more associated with parrots and suggests she go with "Penny" instead. The cow sticks with that, happy that she was able to jump in and help with Maria's lesson... though she forgets what her name is almost immediately. |
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Cartoon | P is for Painting (First: Episode 0773) |
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Muppets | Here Is Your Life: A loaf of bread is profiled. (First: Episode 0709) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock") (First: Episode 0410) |
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Celebrity | Lily Tomlin performs "Sing" while signing the lyrics for a pair of deaf children. (First: Episode 0901) |
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Film | A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0478) |
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Muppets | Marshal Grover tries mounting Fred the Wonder Horse using a "run and jump" technique. But every time he gets close, Fred moves away from him, causing onlookers in the saloon to laugh at them. Fred finally explains that he doesn't appreciate the act, as it hurts his back. Grover promises never to run and jump onto his back again, and asks him to roll over so he may do so on his belly. (First: Episode 0825) |
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Film | A scuba diver swims away from. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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SCENE 5 | On the stoop, Maria discusses L words when the pesky cow returns. She now claims that her name is Lenny, and since it starts with L she can help Maria again. Maria points out that "Lenny" is a boy's name, so the cow attempts to change her name once more. She can only think of male names until Maria tells her that "Lucky" can be a name for any gender. The cow isn't too keen on it, believing that a more serious and respectable name for someone like her would be "Lance." |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L--Loud (First: Episode 0783) |
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Film | A trip to the chewing gum factory (First: Episode 0498) |
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SCENE 6 | Maria has snuck into Big Bird's nest area, hoping to evade the cow that's been annoying her. Instead, the cow pops up still trying out various L names (including "Leadbelly"); a defeated Maria announces the sponsors. "My real name is Gladys," the cow adds. "What's the letter tomorrow?" The credits follow. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Farley and a Muppet girl hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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