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{{episodesesame|plot=Up on the roof|airdate=April 13, [[1978]]|season=[[Season 9 (1977-1978)]]|prod=|writer=|sponsors=[[F]], [[Y]], [[11]]|syndication=|releases=|ctw}}
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{{episodesesame|plot=Up on the roof|airdate=April 13, [[1978]]|season=[[Season 9 (1977-1978)]]|prod=January 24, 1978|writer=|sponsors=[[F]], [[Y]], [[11]]|syndication=|releases=|trusted}}
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[[File:PigeonsonParade.jpg|thumb|300px]]
  
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*In [[The Arbor|the arbor]], [[Bert]] hosts "[[Pigeons on Parade]]", an all-pigeon extravaganza. Despite Bert's enthusiasm for the acts, the pigeons do not do much outside of walking and pecking each other. The audience, including [[Big Bird]], [[Mr. Hooper]], [[Luis]], [[Olivia]], and [[the Kids|the kids]], are mystified by what they see.
  
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| [[Image:PigeonsonParade.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 1'''
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| Everyone gathers to see [[Bert]]'s theatrical presentation - [[Pigeons on Parade]]! The crowd is much less enthused about the experience.
   
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*Cartoon: A boy wonders what would happen if his best friend was a gorilla. {{eka|0598}}
  
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| [[Image:GorillaFriend.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| What if my best friend were a gorilla?<br>{{first|0598}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*{{erniebert|apt}} [[Ernie]] comes home to a sleeping Bert and tries to think of things to do that won't wake him up. He can't watch TV, and he can't play with his ball. Bored, he decides to take a nap too -- but then he starts to snore. This awakens Bert, who wonders out loud where the noise is coming from, in the process arousing Ernie, who gets mad at being woken up. {{first|0280}}
  
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| [[Image:Eyelids.bert.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| {{erniebert|apt}} [[Ernie]] comes home to a sleeping [[Bert]] and tries to think of things to do that won't wake him up. He can't watch TV, and he can't play with his ball. Bored, he decides to take a nap too -- but then he starts to snore. This awakens Bert, who wonders out loud where the noise is coming from, in the process arousing Ernie, who gets mad at being woken up.<br>{{first|0280}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Cartoon: Two kids wonder where some mysterious tracks on the ground come from. {{eka|1056}}
  
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| [[Image:cartoontracks.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Two kids wonder where some mysterious tracks on the ground come from.<br>{{first|1056}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Sesame Street Animal Films]]: Sidewinder snake {{eka|0514}}
  
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| [[Image:RattlesnakeFilm.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| [[Sesame Street Animal Films]]: Sidewinder Snake<br>{{first|0514}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Linda]] and an announcer use sign language to tell the story of the fisherman and the fish. {{eka|1020}}
  
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| [[Image:1800-17.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF<br>{{first|0387}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Grover]] and [[Big Bird]] sunbathe on the roof of [[123 Sesame Street]].
  
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| [[Image:Noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| [[Linda]] stars in the Theatre Without Words production of "The Fisherman and the Fish."<br>{{first|1020}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Film: Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant. (Music: [[Blue Nosed Gopher]] by Graham Preskett) {{eka|0926}}
  
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| [[Image:1037h.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished."<br>{{first|0128}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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*Big Bird and Grover wait for the sun to come out.
  
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 2'''
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| [[Big Bird]] and [[Grover]] are up on the roof of [[123 Sesame Street]], attempting to get a suntan. They take a break from lounging to check on their tan status, finding neither one has changed color yet. Grover suspects that it might be because the sun is hidden by the clouds. They go back to laying down to wait.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Cartoon: Two groups of mountain goats try to pass each other on a mountain road. {{eka|0810}}
  
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| [[Image:Film-Money.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle.<br>{{first|0132}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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*{{erniebert|misc}} What is a ball? [[Ernie]] tells all about it, and then finds that the ball he's holding belongs to [[Herry Monster]]. {{eka|0263}}
  
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 2''' cont'd
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| Big Bird and Grover are still lounging and waiting for the sun, even with a small rain shower happening.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Film: camouflaged animals. {{eka|0852}}
  
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| [[Image:200006.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[The Typewriter|Typewriter]]: F for Fly<br>{{first|0781}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Four people are added and subtracted.
  
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| [[Image:DialinfForPrizesMovie.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| '''[[Game Show]]''': "Dialing for Prizes Movie": [[Guy Smiley]] gives [[Mr. Lucky|the lucky caller]] a group of monsters as a prize.<br>{{first|0629}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[The Martians]] discover a grandfather clock and wonder if it's an earth person. They consult their book, which says an earth person is tall, has a face, and has hands. The clock fits the description perfectly! {{first|0407}}
  
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| [[Image:1446p.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| F stands for flower, forest, fox, frog and fantastic.<br>{{first|1102}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Everybody on Sesame Street goes up to the roof to be alone.
  
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| [[Image:0926zb.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant.<br>music: "[[Black Eyed Peas]]" by Graham Preskett<br>{{first|0917}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*A pig sings, "[[I Love Being a Pig]]". {{eka|0592}}
  
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| [[Image:mountaingoats.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Two groups of mountain goats try to pass each other on a mountain road.<br>{{first|0780}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Everyone relaxes on the roof.
  
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| [[Image:backwardsfilm.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| A very busy man is asked by a voice what "forwards" and "backwards" means, but the man doesn't have time to listen. Instead, he is shown what "backwards" means by watching everything around him go in reverse motion!<br>{{first|0166}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Cartoon: Brush your teeth, up and down.
  
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| [[Image:Davidpink.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| "[[David]] the Daring" does his famous forwards and backwards trick.<br>{{first|0439}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Herry's Ball.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| Ernie finds a big yellow ball, which belongs to [[Herry Monster]].<br>{{first|0191}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Toon.school.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Jack-in-the-Box School<br>{{first|0284}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:SchoolRoom.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| In stop-motion, assorted furniture places themselves in a classroom.<br>{{first|0647}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Toon-Nelly10.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| "Nelly 1-10 / 10-1": Kids count numbers in a parade, which are interrupted by other participants.<br>Artist: [[Harvey Kurtzman]]<br>{{first|0629}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:BBHomeMovies.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Insert
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| [[Luis]] repairs a film projector, which he uses to play some of [[Big Bird]]'s home movies for the kids. It shows scenes with Big Bird and [[Maria]] and Luis, but the malfunctioning projector causes the footage to go ''forwards'' and ''backwards''.<br>{{first|0630}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:1709d.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| An [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] girl reads "hug" with [[Herry Monster|Herry]].<br>{{first|1084}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Buildingabookshelf.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| A boy and his dad build a bookshelf out of wood.<br>{{first|1029}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Toon-CircleDifferences.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A triangle wants to play catch with a group of circles, who reject the shape. When their plaything gets trapped under a ridge, the triangle is the only one able to reach it and is permitted to join the game.<br>{{eka|0806}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:David shapes arbor.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| David (in voiceover) finds shapes in [[the arbor]].<br>{{first|0451}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:BrushYourTeeth!!.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:1800-25.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| An [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down.<br>{{first|0183}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Mushymuddy.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Oscar the Grouch|Oscar]] sings "[[Swamp Mushy Muddy]]."<br>{{first|1038}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Song.11Morning.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| "[[It's a Lovely Eleven Morning]]"<br>Artist: [[Bud Luckey]]<br>{{first|0362}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:1800-25.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| An [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. ''(Spanish version)''<br>{{first|0362}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:SusanBobMaria.addition.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| [[Susan]], [[Bob]], and [[Maria]] give a lesson on addition and subtraction.<br>{{first|0633}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:2073h.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[The Martians]] examine a grandfather clock.<br>{{first|0407}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 3'''
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| [[Olivia]] wants some alone time and sets up a chair to relax in on the roof. [[Mr. Hooper]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Luis]], Big Bird, and several kids soon follow, all too looking to escape the noisy hub-bub of the city below.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Y.Yawn.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Y for yawn<br>{{first|0301}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Song.ilovebeingapig.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| "[[Pig's Love Song]]" (live-action version)<br>{{first|0572}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:cartoonyoyo.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Y is for Yo-Yo<br>{{first|0036}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 4'''
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| Luis drums away as everyone dances together on the roof. Nearby, Bert gets his pigeons to rehearse for their big South American number for tonight's show.
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|}
   
 
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Revision as of 19:24, 21 September 2020

Sesame Street
Up on the roof
Air date April 13, 1978
Season Season 9 (1977-1978)
Production January 24, 1978
Sponsors F, Y, 11
This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ


StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
PigeonsonParade
 SCENE 1 Everyone gathers to see Bert's theatrical presentation - Pigeons on Parade! The crowd is much less enthused about the experience.
GorillaFriend
 Cartoon What if my best friend were a gorilla?
(First: Episode 0598)
Eyelids.bert
 Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie comes home to a sleeping Bert and tries to think of things to do that won't wake him up. He can't watch TV, and he can't play with his ball. Bored, he decides to take a nap too -- but then he starts to snore. This awakens Bert, who wonders out loud where the noise is coming from, in the process arousing Ernie, who gets mad at being woken up.
(First: Episode 0280)
Cartoontracks
 Cartoon Two kids wonder where some mysterious tracks on the ground come from.
(First: Episode 1056)
RattlesnakeFilm
 Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Sidewinder Snake
(First: Episode 0514)
1800-17
 Cartoon Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF
(First: Episode 0387)
Noimage
 Cast Linda stars in the Theatre Without Words production of "The Fisherman and the Fish."
(First: Episode 1020)
1037h
 Cartoon Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished."
(First: Episode 0128)
Noimage
 SCENE 2 Big Bird and Grover are up on the roof of 123 Sesame Street, attempting to get a suntan. They take a break from lounging to check on their tan status, finding neither one has changed color yet. Grover suspects that it might be because the sun is hidden by the clouds. They go back to laying down to wait.
Film-Money
 Film Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle.
(First: Episode 0132)
Noimage
 SCENE 2 cont'd Big Bird and Grover are still lounging and waiting for the sun, even with a small rain shower happening.
200006
 Cartoon Typewriter: F for Fly
(First: Episode 0781)
DialinfForPrizesMovie
 Muppets Game Show: "Dialing for Prizes Movie": Guy Smiley gives the lucky caller a group of monsters as a prize.
(First: Episode 0629)
1446p
 Cartoon F stands for flower, forest, fox, frog and fantastic.
(First: Episode 1102)
0926zb
 Film Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant.
music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett
(First: Episode 0917)
Mountaingoats
 Cartoon Two groups of mountain goats try to pass each other on a mountain road.
(First: Episode 0780)
Backwardsfilm
 Film A very busy man is asked by a voice what "forwards" and "backwards" means, but the man doesn't have time to listen. Instead, he is shown what "backwards" means by watching everything around him go in reverse motion!
(First: Episode 0166)
Davidpink
 Cast "David the Daring" does his famous forwards and backwards trick.
(First: Episode 0439)
Herry's Ball
 Muppets Ernie finds a big yellow ball, which belongs to Herry Monster.
(First: Episode 0191)
Toon.school
 Cartoon Jack-in-the-Box School
(First: Episode 0284)
SchoolRoom
 Film In stop-motion, assorted furniture places themselves in a classroom.
(First: Episode 0647)
Toon-Nelly10
 Cartoon "Nelly 1-10 / 10-1": Kids count numbers in a parade, which are interrupted by other participants.
Artist: Harvey Kurtzman
(First: Episode 0629)
BBHomeMovies
 Insert Luis repairs a film projector, which he uses to play some of Big Bird's home movies for the kids. It shows scenes with Big Bird and Maria and Luis, but the malfunctioning projector causes the footage to go forwards and backwards.
(First: Episode 0630)
1709d
 Muppets An Anything Muppet girl reads "hug" with Herry.
(First: Episode 1084)
Buildingabookshelf
 Film A boy and his dad build a bookshelf out of wood.
(First: Episode 1029)
Toon-CircleDifferences
 Cartoon A triangle wants to play catch with a group of circles, who reject the shape. When their plaything gets trapped under a ridge, the triangle is the only one able to reach it and is permitted to join the game.
(EKA: Episode 0806)
David shapes arbor
 Cast David (in voiceover) finds shapes in the arbor.
(First: Episode 0451)
BrushYourTeeth!!
 Cartoon Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round.
1800-25
 Muppets An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down.
(First: Episode 0183)
Mushymuddy
 Muppets Oscar sings "Swamp Mushy Muddy."
(First: Episode 1038)
Song.11Morning
 Cartoon "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning"
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0362)
1800-25
 Muppets An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (Spanish version)
(First: Episode 0362)
SusanBobMaria.addition
 Cast Susan, Bob, and Maria give a lesson on addition and subtraction.
(First: Episode 0633)
2073h
 Muppets The Martians examine a grandfather clock.
(First: Episode 0407)
Noimage
 SCENE 3 Olivia wants some alone time and sets up a chair to relax in on the roof. Mr. Hooper, Cookie Monster, Luis, Big Bird, and several kids soon follow, all too looking to escape the noisy hub-bub of the city below.
Y.Yawn
 Cartoon Y for yawn
(First: Episode 0301)
Song.ilovebeingapig
 Film "Pig's Love Song" (live-action version)
(First: Episode 0572)
Cartoonyoyo
 Cartoon Y is for Yo-Yo
(First: Episode 0036)
Noimage
 SCENE 4 Luis drums away as everyone dances together on the roof. Nearby, Bert gets his pigeons to rehearse for their big South American number for tonight's show.


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