| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Playing the Mirror Game | |||||||
| Air date | April 18, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob meets Linda's dog Snoopy, who understands sign language commands very well. She demonstrates by having Snoopy follow several signs such as "sit," "speak," and "eat." "He puts me to shame," Bob coyly remarks. |
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Cartoon | Little girl and cat (she imagines role reversal) (First: Episode 0784) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cookie Monster's Diet — Ernie tries to figure out why Cookie Monster is refusing cookies. Cookie changes his mind after Grover reacts to his diet. (First: Episode 0153) |
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Cartoon | Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0167) |
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Film | A female vocalist sings about the many different types of flowers found all over. (First: Episode 0141) |
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Cartoon | Small v... (Spanish version) Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0389) |
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Muppets | "Frazzle" with Frazzle & The Frazzletones (First: Episode 0846) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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SCENE 2 | Linda teaches the kids how to sign the alphabet when Alphabet Bates interrupts to write a letter V in the sky (First: Episode 0637). |
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Cartoon | Violet climbs a vine with V words. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Cast | Luis looks for the SALIDA in a brick room. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy V Artist: John Hubley (First: Episode 0311) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot invents a complicated machine, to test Cookie Monster's problem-solving abilities. Cookie Monster needs to pull the string to raise the glass cover off the plateful of cookies at the other end -- but when he lets go to retrieve the cookies, the cover will fall again. Herbert hears Cookie Monster approaching, and hides to observe him. Cookie investigates the machine for a moment, then gets the cookies by karate-chopping the glass cover. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507) |
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Cast | David sings "Mary Had a Little Lamb" while Linda signs it. |
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Cartoon | "That's About the Size of It" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0279) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates close to and away from. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound: V, violin |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar wants to learn some grouchy signs from Linda so he doesn't have to rely on Bob to get his rotten message across. She shows him how to do the signs for "yucchy," "grouchy," "go away," and "get lost," all of which Oscar uses on both Linda and Bob. |
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Cartoon | Building a dog house is easy if you have a ruler. (First: Episode 0630) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit the Frog and Tracy demonstrate "close" and "far". (First: Episode 0129) |
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Cartoon | A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies. (First: Episode 0387) |
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Film | What do birds eat? (First: Episode 0495) |
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Muppets / Cast | Olivia sings "Standin' in Somebody's Shoes" to Farley. (First: Episode 1008) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates near and far. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Cartoon | A boy passes by various signs before reaching the SALIDA. (First: Episode 0458) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob, Linda and the kids play "The Mirror Game," where they act like each others' reflections. Linda leads Damian and Jennifer in a round, then to the camera for the viewer to imitate. |
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Cartoon | 1-10, 10-1 count with stripes. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Film | 1-20 Ice Skaters (Maria voiceover) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: A pair of feet stand on a wall while Kermit the Frog talks about them and what they can do. (First: Episode 0371) |
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Cartoon | The story of a king who learns to take a bath. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1083) |
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Celebrity | Burt Lancaster says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | W For Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) |
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Film | Pottery music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0169) |
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Animation | Sand W/w (First: Episode 0641) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird looks for something to do, when Bob tells him about the mirror game they just played. Big Bird acts like Bob's reflection... but doesn't know when to stop. |
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Film | Marching Band #3 (First: Episode 0517) |
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Cartoon | 3 song (butterflies, birthday presents, waving pennants etc.) (First: Episode 0927) |
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Transition | Bridge #2 - Scoring (First: Episode 0291) |
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Film | Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball turns into a cherry which is devoured by a girl. (First: Episode 0744) |
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Transition | Bridge #12 - Glass smashes (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird and Bob are reading newspapers, continuing to do the same things. Big Bird eventually admits that he's become tired of the game, and hopes he doesn't hurt Bob's feelings when he wants to quit; Bob begins to break down crying after trying to tell him the same thing for the past hour. As Big Bird comforts him, David announces the sponsors. |
 
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CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, and Bert and Ernie hold the CTW sign. |
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