| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird waits for the sun | |||||||
| Air date | December 12, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Luis shows Big Bird, Sharmaine, and Jeff how to tie a square knot using ropes, demonstrating "over," "under," and "through." Big Bird then asks how to untie a knot, having knotted himself up. |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Here or Not Here — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. (First: Episode 0171) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0036) |
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Celebrity | Tennis star Arthur Ashe says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0775) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for UP (First: Episode 0650) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0793) |
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Muppets | The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting. (First: Episode 0580) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0517) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0808) |
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Insert | Olivia resents being looked after by her brother Gordon, now that she's a grown-up. She sings "I'm a Big Girl Now", where she explains that even though Gordon helped her a lot when she was younger, she's all grown up and doesn't need it as much. (First: Episode 0973) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Jack Be Nimble — Jack struggles to make his way over the candlestick. (First: Episode 0723) |
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Cartoon | A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | A turtle walks slowly. Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse. (First: Episode 1020) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Film | Lobster fisherman (First: Episode 0966) |
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Cartoon | "I in the Sky" (First: Episode 0368) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob finds a Liver and Onion candy bar wrapper dropped on the ground by Oscar, who denies seeing it. Bob picks it up and puts it to Oscar's face until he admits it's his. Bob explains it's not right to throw trash on the ground and he should pick it up, though Oscar is quick to point out Bob's already done that for him. |
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Cartoon | I for idea (First: Episode 1077) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Puts Toys Into Groups — Bert tells Ernie to put away his toys, and Ernie devises a system of arranging toys. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #2 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0987) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #2 (First: Episode 0309) |
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Muppets | Farley looks for ME. (First: Episode 0464) |
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Film | Marching band cymbal crash #2 (First: Episode 0527) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird and Maria observe the sunset and Maria explains how it works. After she heads out, Big Bird wonders if anyone's ever woken up with the sun to greet it. He proposes to be the first to do so. |
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Cartoon | A top-hatted man tries to show a girl how many uses a box has, but she prefers kicking it. (First: Episode 0763) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird prepares a "Welcome Sun" sign and finds a good place to sit and wait, believing he can stay up all night long (he's part owl, after all). The grown-ups assure him that he'll fall asleep before the sun rises. Big Bird tells them he'll prove them wrong and bids them all a goodnight, but soon starts to fall asleep himself. |
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Muppets | The Count's Bats are upset because the Count always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats...but there is only one Count. (First: Episode 0625) |
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Cartoon | A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess than the previous one. (First: Episode 0240) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird's alarm wakes him up and he preps his "Welcome Sun" routine, but doesn't see the sun at all. He gets upset, when the sun starts to rise after all. He greets it with a song ("Good Morning, Mister Sun"). Maria comes outside to check on him and Big Bird wonders what he'll do with the rest of his day, but falls back asleep within moments. |
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Muppets | "The Opposite Song" (First: Episode 1111) |
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Cartoon | Kids around the world say "ME." (First: Episode 0389) |
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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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Cartoon | A man takes advantage of his television appearance to display his giant ME sign. (First: Episode 0781) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie and the Man Who Needs Help — Ernie has trouble understanding Simon Soundman, who's having car trouble. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | A boy points to himself and says, "ME." (First: Episode 0857) |
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Transition | Bridge #8 - Rectangle Bridge B (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis and David run into Big Bird, sitting back at the table. Only this time, he's planning to welcome the moon instead. As he waits, he falls back asleep. Olivia sleepily announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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