| Sesame Street | |||||||
| David teaches Barkley to roll over | |||||||
| Air date | November 30, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | David tries to teach Barkley how to roll over, but Barkley doesn't seem to know how. David decides to get on all fours to demonstrate and Barkley mimics his movements. Maria and the kids quietly make their way to witness all of this, and when David rolls over instead, the group applauds David's successful "trick." |
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Muppets | Ernie plays a game of "Touch Your Face" with the viewer. (First: Episode 0869) |
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Cartoon | Children describe how to draw an elephant. (First: Episode 0052) |
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Film | Kids compare animals and human tools and technology. (First: Episode 0491) |
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Cartoon | Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round. (First: Episode 1124) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster learns how to use a toothbrush. |
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Cast | Gordon sings "Let Your Feelings Show." (First: Episode 0934) |
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Cartoon | A lost number 5 looks for his brother. (First: Episode 0934) |
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Film | Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0911) |
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Cartoon | At the beach, the Bee Bee and the Barker family greet each other while saying their names that begin with the letter B. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0627) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Herry Monster are fighting over a bicycle, when Kermit suggests they share it. The two monsters cooperate, and devour the bicycle together. (First: Episode 0978) |
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Cartoon | Five feet stick out from a barrel, all belonging to a strange five-legged being. (First: Episode 0859) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates beginning and end. (First: Episode 0532) |
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Cartoon | A man laughs out loud as an alligator uses the telephone to call his wife - then he eats the phone booth. (First: Episode 1113) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird practices his counting by using Barkley's feet, but has difficulty when the playful dog moves about too much. He gets Barkley to sit down, which only results in his long fur covering up half of his legs. Big Bird accidentally steps on one of Barkley's paws during another attempt, which gives Big Bird the idea to start and stop at Barkley's lifted sore paw. He counts all four feet, and thanks Barkley for the idea. |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A man paints a picture. (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Betty Lou teaches the meaning of "beginning," "middle," and "end", and introduces two of her friends: Beginning and End. The duo tell a story, but it lacks something in between the beginning and end parts. Beginning and End recruit their pal Middle to fill out the rest of the story. Middle, however, cannot stop telling the exciting part of the story, and the three friends begin a quarrel, forcing Betty Lou to declare the end of the lecture. (First: Episode 0138) |
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Cartoon | T is for Trash and Ticket Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0020) |
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Film | A male frog hops around and bulges his throat. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Film | A scuba diver collects shells, which some kids count in voice-over. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0474) |
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Cartoon | T for top Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0298) |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." (First: Episode 0733) |
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SCENE 3 | On the stoop, Maria and the kids (with Barkley curiously watching) discuss what a dog needs to stay healthy: food, sleep, water, exercise, getting his check-ups, and love and affection. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the movies, Ernie reacts to a sad, funny, scary movie, to Bert's embarrassment and the annoyance of the other viewers. (First: Episode 0627) |
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Film | Apples grow on a tree. (First: Episode 0093) |
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Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" (First: Episode 0144) |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A barber gives a boy a hair cut. (First: Episode 0387) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you know where I wanna be?" The man says he doesn't know. Harvey says, "I wanna B -- right here!" and slaps a letter B on the man's sweater. Harvey runs off, laughing. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Lena Horne and The Anything Muppets sing an upbeat version of "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 0575) |
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Cartoon | Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0627) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Humpty Dumpty — Kermit doesn't help Humpty Dumpty's situation. (First: Episode 0657) |
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Film | Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. Producer: Ken Snyder Enterprises (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | 5s go through a space-shredder and produce 5 objects. (First: Episode 0864) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird plays a game with Maria where he removes a letter from everything he says, and Maria will try to guess which letter is missing. Maria has a strong hunch that it's the letter B, but "_ig _ird" wants to show some clues in his "_ox," as well as introduce her to two kids named "_renda" and "_arrel." The kids shout that the missing letter is indeed B, but Big Bird still wants to give Maria a chance to guess. |
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Cartoon | Five snakes come out of a basket when a snake charmer plays the flute. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Muppets | The Amazing Mumford sounds out the word MAGIC, then makes himself disappear. (First: Episode 1075) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #5 (First: Episode 0345) |
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Insert | Bob, Luis and Gordon sing "Three Musketeers." (First: Episode 1052) |
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Film | Knock knock. Who's there? The woodpecker! (First: Episode 0437) |
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Cartoon | Small letter b (ball/bat) (First: Episode 1131) |
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Film | Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version three). (First: Episode 0460) |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it. (First: Episode 0189) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird notices that the bus stop sign is missing a letter. Maria clues "_ig _ird" on what it could be, but he is stumped. David announces the sponsors (with Maria supplying the B in the word "BUS," triggering Big Bird's memory). |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit and a girl hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the CTW sign. |
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