| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Count counts and sorts items at Hooper's Store | |||||||
| Air date | December 18, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Oscar shows Bob and Susan his tape recorder, which he's used to record some of the "lovely" sounds of Sesame Street, including Gordon and Susan's car stalling, Cody crying, and Biff and Sully's jackhammering. He realizes that he also picked up some dialogue from Big Bird talking to Mr. Snuffleupagus. Bob and Susan have a laugh, until they hear a mysterious voice on the recording reply, "Oh dear..." |
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Cartoon | A hand makes an ocean landscape, then turns it into a bustling city, which surprises a scuba diver. (First: Episode 0940) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Gadget — Grover watches as Ernie loads various things into a machine that start with M and N. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324) |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: George Washington's Cherry Tree — Young George Washington can't stop chopping down his father's cherry trees. (First: Episode 0916) |
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Cartoon | Two guys row their oars in different directions, until they decide to cooperate and row together. (First: Episode 0510) |
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SCENE 2 | Biff is teaching Big Bird about carpentry in the yard. Big Bird's brought his toolbox, but since he wasn't sure what he needed all he brought was four hammers. As Biff leaves to get his other tools, David, Maria and the kids pass by and borrow the hammers. Biff returns to show off his screwdriver, pliers, and crescent wrench. He finds he's lacking a hammer of his own, but is aware of Big Bird's stock. Big Bird points out they're all gone, but he knows where to borrow one. |
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Cartoon | On a musical theater stage, teeth dance as they're flossed and brushed. (First: Episode 1107) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Is Sick — Ernie consults a medical book to discover that Bert is sick. (First: Episode 0435) |
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Cartoon | A horse is drawn as kids guess what it is. (First: Episode 0377) |
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Muppets | Maria reads the "Legend of Lord Lester." Lord Lester and his wife, Lady Lulu, love the letter L so much, they send their loyal lackey Louie to fetch things that start with L. He returns with a multitude of items, becoming so exhausted, he quits and decides to live in a lighthouse. (First: Episode 1149) |
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Cast | Linda and a boy sign the word "CLOSED." (First: Episode 1082) |
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Film | The sign CLOSED spins around. (First: Episode 0955) |
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Celebrity | Richard Pryor sits on a park bench with a basket of strawberries; a kid wants him to share them.... (First: Episode 1141) |
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Cartoon | Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806) |
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Film | A Stool For Me (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | I am crying / estoy llorando (David and Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 1041) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker lists all the ingredients of the cookie, as Cookie visualizes it. The visualized image looks so delicious that he eats it. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | Kids count dinosaurs, octopuses, and paper dolls. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Insert | Bob sings "Have a Nice Day." (First: Episode 1022) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: L for lion (First: Episode 0762) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman has the viewers guess what sound he is making. He makes the sound of a train, car, and a horse. When Simon makes the sound of the horse, a cowboy uses his lasso to capture Simon, mistaking him for a real horse. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Smart Susie Sunset solve the case of the midnight voices. Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1183) |
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Muppets | A group of Muppets (including Herry Monster) split into two separate teams for a game based on whether they have letters or numbers printed on their shirts. However, one of the small ones points out that they've split into one team of big players and one team of small players. They eventually agree to play Tiddly-Winks. (First: Episode 0298) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L--Loud (First: Episode 0783) |
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SCENE 3 | David has to make a delivery and leaves The Count in Hooper's Store to prepare the next order. He also grants the Count permission to count the objects before putting them away. Because there's so many items, the Count isn't sure where to begin, so he decides to group similar items together and then count them. He begins with the fresh vegetables, then the cans, then the boxes. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: DIRTY (First: Episode 1121) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Now, the Count begins counting things that aren't foods. |
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Film | Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Next, the Count counts the items that crunch. |
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Cartoon | W for Wilhelmina (First: Episode 0512) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | The Count slides a box off the counter and counts items that can roll down the counter and fall into the box. |
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Cartoon | Antes y despues: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0631) |
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Muppets | Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon". (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | Before and after: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears. (First: Episode 0631) |
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Film | Alone Song (First: Episode 0921) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 4 | The Count starts counting upside-down things when David returns, confused as to why the Count is still working on the first order. He wonders how else he could've counted the things, prompting the Count to list (and count) the different ways he can do so as Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign. |
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