| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Big Bird collects round objects; Oscar has termites | |||||||||
| Air date | May 5, 1978 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird stops by Hooper's Store and asks to have David's bottlecap and Olivia's coffee cup lid. He then asks Luis for the bike tire he's about to throw away, as well as the quarter he lent Bob yesterday. Everybody wonders why Big Bird would ask for so many different things and take a careful look at his collection in the yard, which also includes a hat, a paper plate, and the lid of Oscar's trash can. Big Bird reveals they're all part of his circle collection. |
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Cartoon | "The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug." Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0009) |
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Film | Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time), then the complete animal. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Suzie Sunset are hired to find a missing rope needed for the 10th Street Olympics' round of tug-o-war. |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Proud." (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it. (First: Episode 0527) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Purple Hand — Bert can't go to the beach with Ernie because his hand has purple paint on it. (First: Episode 0386) |
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Cartoon | Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog draws the letter K on the screen with his "magic finger." (First: Episode 0515) |
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Cartoon | A lion named Kent gets a Kick out of being King of the forest. (First: Episode 0463) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set. (First: Episode 0446) |
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Celebrity | Rosey Grier and a kid both enter phone booths and with their unique sizes, they each help the other retrieve their dropped dime. (First: Episode 0886) |
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Cartoon | I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin |
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Film | The Mad Painter #5 (First: Episode 0345) |
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SCENE 2 | With the kids' help, Olivia brings over three garbage bags near Oscar's can. She engages Oscar in helping her teach about subtraction, but naturally he doesn't want to. He falls into her trap, however, as he doesn't want the trash collector to take the garbage bags, so he collects them individually as Olivia and the kids subtract them. |
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Cartoon | He, She and It - The IT knows all about lightbulbs. |
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Film | "Three of These Kids" — Football and Baseball (First: Episode 0536) |
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Film | Maria and David look for each other in the park, but have trouble finding one another. The concepts of above and below are demonstrated. (First: Episode 0567) |
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Muppets | A furry, purple creature whooshes in and counts five whistles set out on the workbench outside the Fix-It Shop. He subtracts one, blows it, then whooshes away again. (First: Episode 0535) |
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Film | The shoe repairman (First: Episode 0987) |
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Muppets | The creature returns to subtract one more whistle, leaving 3. (First: Episode 0535) |
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Cartoon | A horse falls apart into a jigsaw puzzle. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Muppets | Again, the creature appears to remove another whistle, leaving 2. (First: Episode 0535) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0007) |
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Muppets | Another whistle is subtracted, thus leaving only 1. (First: Episode 0535) |
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Film | Voiceovers count to 5 using groups of animals at the zoo. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Muppets | The creature takes away the last whistle, leaving 0. (First: Episode 0535) |
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Film | Kids narrate footage of humans and animals overcoming obstacles, particularly a boy trying to ride a two-wheeler. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | K is for Karate (First: Episode 0489) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Reading the Newspaper — Ernie has a question but decides to wait until Bert is done reading the newspaper to ask. (First: Episode 0042) |
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Film | I hab a cauld ib by dose. Artist: Bruce Cayard |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird shows off various K items as Jennifer retrieves them from her box, ending with a kiss. |
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Muppets | "K" Cheer #4 (First: Episode 0101) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: K is for Key (First: Episode 0879) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Exit" as the audience leaves the room. (First: Episode 0666) |
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Cartoon | A white furball catches a train going through a door marked EXIT. (First: Episode 0800) |
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Muppets | With Maria's help, Grover explains what knees can do. |
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Cartoon | K for keyhole, ketchup, and kitten (First: Episode 0489) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Disguise Kit — Ernie tries to fool Bert with his many disguises. |
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Cartoon | K - Kangaroo Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1160) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count a penny. (First: Episode 0438) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar shows the viewer a seemingly empty goldfish bowl, explaining that inside are his pet termites. He feeds some wood pieces to them (including some tasty Ponderosa pine) which the termites reduce to sawdust in seconds. He presents a film about one of "nature's great destroyers" to give the viewer a better look... |
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Film | A kid narrates footage of a termite colony. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | "Love" word animation (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | The bowl is now overflowing with sawdust, and Oscar refuses to give the greedy insects any dessert. The termites begin to hop out of the bowl and eat up Oscar's crate table as David announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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