| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | May 18, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan checks on her clock radio at the Fix-It Shop and finds Maria puzzled by a phonograph with a note attached to it. The note asks her to fix it so the machine plays music at the right speed, but the phonograph appears to be in perfect working order when she tests it. Susan exits, and shortly after in zooms Spencer Speedy, a Muppet who speaks and moves very quickly. He's the one that left the note and would prefer the phonograph to be speedy as well. Maria manages to rig the machine in about ten seconds (via fast-motion) so it plays at a fast tempo; Spencer swoons. |
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Film | Kids narrate a film in which footage is slowed down and sped up. Sequences include kids on a playground, riding a roller coaster, and Big Bird jumping around and being chased in the park. (new music) (First: Episode 0358) |
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Muppets | Ernie wonders what it would be like if everyone was exactly the same, and sees four balls who can't discern each other. Ernie decides to help the balls recognize each other by dressing each of them. (First: Episode 0166) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: T for train (First: Episode 0022) |
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Song | "Hello, Scale," a film about measuring weight. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: Hand |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird sees Maria hanging her clothes on the laundry line in the yard, inspiring him to fashion a clothesline of his own. |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #3 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0978) |
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Cast / Muppets | Olivia sings "Three is So Curvy" with Crumbs Unlimited. (First: Episode 0980) |
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Cartoon | Two men hammer a stake into a hole. (First: Episode 0785) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird has set up his own laundry line in front of his nest, hanging some of his handkerchiefs and a towel. He brings Maria in to show her and she notices all the items are already dry. She tells him laundry lines are for wet clothes, so Big Bird whips out his watering can and pours water all over the items hanging on the line. |
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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 is ground up into a powder. (First: Episode 0254) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers form the letter T. (First: Episode 0454) |
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Animation | Sand T/t (First: Episode 0636) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves — Ali Baba attempts to open the cave. |
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Film | A wall painter on a high-rise spells and paints the word "WET PAINT" in red, but accidentally puts his hand on one of the painted letters and looks at his hand, all painted red, and shouts, "WET PAINT!" (First: Episode 1036) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Scottie read a WET PAINT sign. (First: Episode 0975) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter has an electric train. (First: Episode 0785) |
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Film | A film of things that make sounds, including birds and farm animals. Is silence a sound? (edited) (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Simon Soundman wants a chicken sandwich, which he orders as a "cluck-cluck" sandwich. Grover has trouble figuring out what his customer wants. Simon Soundman says that his brother always eats at that restaurant, implying that Mr. Johnson might be his brother. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Cast | David pitches a slow ball to catcher Maria. He then makes fast, faster, and fastest pitches (the latter of which knocks Maria out of place). (First: Episode 0676) |
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Celebrity | Fonzie shows on and off using his patented jukebox-activiation technique. Part 1 |
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Cartoon | La letra T es para tigre, tomate, taxi, toro, telefono, televisión, y el terrible tiburon. (First: Episode 0351) |
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Celebrity | Fonzie turns the jukebox on and off again. Part 2 |
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Cartoon | T es para telefono (First: Episode 0362) |
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Celebrity | Fonzie rapidly turns the jukebox on and off with just his elbows. Part 3 |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Julia read a WET PAINT sign. (First: Episode 0975) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Which Hat Will Fit — Ernie purchases a straw hat for Bert, and asks Cookie Monster which box the hat will go in. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Song | "I'm Not a Baby Anymore" (First: Episode 0652) |
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Muppets | A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return. (First: Episode 0698) |
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Cartoon | Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501) |
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Cartoon | T for top Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0298) |
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SCENE 4 | Simon Soundman plays a game with Big Bird and the kids where they pretend to go on a car ride. Throughout, Simon makes the sounds they would hear on a real drive (including getting a flat tire). |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit." (First: Episode 0160) |
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Cartoon | A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Song | Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | A red PELI and an explosive green GRO form the word PELIGRO. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Muppets | Grover the Elevator Operator: Only five people are allowed on the elevator at one time, so Grover counts out five passengers. But then he's not allowed on the elevator himself; he would make six. (First: Episode 0462) |
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Insert | Bob sings "Can Do" with the kids about all the things they know how to do. (First: Episode 1083) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Talk Slower — Ernie quickly tries to tell Bert that his toast is burning. (First: Episode 0323) |
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Film | A gemsbok runs fast, then faster. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Celebrity | Actor James Earl Jones recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 0002) |
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Cartoon | Everything you need to know about cats. Artist: Bruce Cayard |
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SCENE 5 | A couple of kids try on Big Bird's clothes as he checks on the progress of his clothesline. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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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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