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Sesame Street
Big Bird identifies sounds with his eyes closed
Air date May 22, 1978
Season Season 9 (1977-1978)
Production March 10, 1978
Sponsors U, V, 5

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
1181 01
SCENE 1 Big Bird closes his eyes and identifies the sounds he hears. When David knocks on his door, Big Bird doesn't answer it. Instead, he narrates all the sounds associated with David walking in, like opening his door and tripping over a tricycle. David gets his attention by tapping him on the shoulder, scaring him; Big Bird says David shouldn't sneak up on people like that.
Sunflowerbells
Film Footage of a sunflower seed factory, where birdseed bells are manufactured.
Erniebertstring
Muppets Ernie & BertBert notices that Ernie has a piece of string tied on his finger. Ernie says that the string tied on this finger helps to remind him that there's a piece of string tied on this finger. And so on. The string on the last finger is there to remind him that they're out of string.
(First: Episode 0163)
CRoberts.Mouseelephant
Cartoon What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around?
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0212)
Borge-Oscar
Muppets / Celebrity Victor Borge demonstrates how to "handle a Grouch" by being grouchier than Oscar.
5song.stage
Cartoon 5 song (twinkles, candles, diamonds, horses)
(First: Episode 0973)
1041operator
Film A woman repairs wires for the telephone company.
(First: Episode 0771)
400015
Cartoon A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away.
(First: Episode 0617)
Games Around the World Throwing
Film Various sporting events involving throwing things are shown from around the world.
(First: Episode 0809)
V-van
Cartoon V for Van (live-action/animation hybrid)
Artist: Paul Fierlinger
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1181 02b
SCENE 2 David makes a V out of vegetables. Maria holds her V and vanishes.
SandV 1181
Animation Sand V/v
(First: Episode 0637)
Film-HelloTelephone
Song "Hello" - A boy sings about the simple message one can convey using the telephone.
(First: Episode 1113)
Littlejerryandthemonotones
Muppets Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock."
(First: Episode 0733)
Telephone-Brugnoni
Film A man uses a TELEPHONE booth in the city.
(First: Episode 0928)
1710r
Cartoon The Villain in the Panama Hat (V)
(First: Episode 0507)
Alphabetdancers.V
Cast The Alphabet Dancers form the letter V.
(First: Episode 0455)
V in space
Cartoon V in space
(First: Episode 0481)
Carassembly
Animation A dune buggy is assembled.
(First: Episode 0506)
TypewriterV
Cartoon The Typewriter: V for Vacuum
(First: Episode 0774)
Sinistersamfinger
Muppets Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holiday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk.
(First: Episode 0318)
Stevie123
Celebrity Stevie Wonder sings "123 Sesame Street."
(First: Episode 0514)
1800-12
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentErnie, Bert, and Shola discuss the difference between heavy and light.
(First: Episode 0549)
Toon heavylight
Cartoon Heavy and light characters are weighed on a scale.
(First: Episode 0843)
2795r
Film Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0428)
5painting
Song "1-2-3-4-5!"
(First: Episode 0144)
Turtlefilm
Film A turtle walks slowly.
Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod
(First: Episode 0281)
Tool Quickies vacuum cleaner
Cartoon Tool Quickies: a vacuum cleaner sucks up the screen.
(First: Episode 0607)
2477d
Film How sweaters are made from sheep's wool.
(First: Episode 1009)
1396e
Cartoon Consonant Sound: V, violin
(First: Episode 1157)
Cookiecoat
Muppets Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact).
(First: Episode 0145)
Chaplin-Bench
Cast The two Chaplins (Maria and Linda) find ways to balance both sides of a see-sawing park bench.
0926r
Cartoon A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing.
Artist: Paul Fierlinger
(First: Episode 0914)
Rumplestiltskin
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: RumplestiltskinKermit helps the miller's daughter guess Rumpelstiltskin's name.
(First: Episode 0724)
Cartoonup
Cartoon A man jumps up onto an UP.
(First: Episode 0546)
Hemlock-applemystery
Muppets Ernie finds an apple on a brick wall, and wants to know who it belongs to. Sherlock Hemlock helps solve the mystery, and realizes that Ernie has a brown paper bag with a hole at the bottom, and that Ernie had an apple in the bag, therefore the apple belongs to Ernie.
(First: Episode 0137)
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1181 03b
SCENE 3 David and the kids play "Three of These Things" with a cowboy hat, a derby, a firefighter's helmet, and a plate of spaghetti. After they choose the spaghetti because it's not something you wear on your head, Oscar the Grouch pops up from within the table, the plate atop his head and proclaims, "Ding-dong, you're wrong!"
Heavy Barbells
Cartoon A man can't lift heavy barbells.
(First: Episode 0785)
Boxsalesman
Muppets Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie an empty box, explaining that he can fill the box with things like a pet mouse (if Ernie had one) and jellybeans (if they rained from the sky). Ernie wants an empty box, but doesn't have any money. However, Bert brings a box of cookies, and Ernie throws the cookies out so he can catch jellybeans from the sky.
(First: Episode 0081)
Alien-symphony
Cartoon Various alien creatures perform in an otherworldly music performance conducted by a trumpet-nosed creature.
Film.learningtowalk
Film Footage of a baby learning to walk.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0427)
1181 04
SCENE 4 Oscar, still wearing the plate of spaghetti, asks the kids about wearing various meals on their head. David announces the sponsors.
1710-close1

1710-close2
CLOSING SIGNS Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, & Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign.


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