| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Slimey's animal impressions | |||||||
| Air date | December 21, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | The Polka Dot family (Percival, Petula, and baby Petulant) stroll through Sesame Street. The family, clothes and belongings are all covered in polka dots. They find Big Bird's appearance very comical, as where they come from everyone and everything is covered in polka dots. They believe that since everyone is so much alike, they must be smarter, nicer and better than anyone else in the world. Big Bird shows them how there are many different types of people living on Sesame Street and how they're just as smart and nice as the Polka Dots. |
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Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover informs Mr. Johnson that the restaurant is out of a lot of items that are on the menu. The only thing still at the restaurant is milk... but there are no glasses. (First: Episode 0976) |
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Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. (First: Episode 0158) |
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Insert | Gordon happens by a newsstand run by Oscar the Grouch (filling in for Sid Sourpuss). The newsstand carries various Grouch reading materials, so Oscar sells Gordon with a magazine with absolutely no grouchy words in it at all - the pages are all blank. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Who Took Bert's Cookies — Bert accuses Ernie of stealing his cookies, but they soon discover that the culprit is Cookie Monster... dressed as Ernie. (First: Episode 0158) |
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Cartoon | A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A. (First: Episode 0781) |
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Animation | A dune buggy is assembled. (First: Episode 0506) |
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Cartoon | A boy does an addition problem in his head: 2 + 1 = 3 (First: Episode 0516) |
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Celebrity | A Mummenschanz performer changes their paper facial reactions as they deal with a fly. (First: Episode 1108) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental) (First: Episode 0505) |
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Cartoon | A boy does an addition problem in his head: 3 + 1 = 4 (First: Episode 0516) |
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Insert | Olivia sings "How Do You Walk." (First: Episode 1073) |
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Cartoon | A child learns there's many things one can do with a stick. (First: Episode 0803) |
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Song | "School Song" (First: Episode 0986) |
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Cast | Bob asks Janice to to identify the letter A and the corresponding picture of an apple. (First: Episode 1107) |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Muppet lettuce, bread, cheese, butter, and ham argue on who an Anything Muppet girl should have for a snack. They all cooperate to make a sandwich. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: MONEY (First: Episode 1185) |
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SCENE 2 | The Count has been given a new plant, which he enjoys counting. He tells Gordon and Susan the plant was a gift from Oscar. They break it to him that the plant is a Goldenrod that gives off a lot of sneeze-inducing pollen. The Count doesn't mind, since he gets to count sneezes. |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a bridge, which a train crosses. (First: Episode 0793) |
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Celebrity | Edgar Kendricks plays and sings a song about counting to 10. (First: Episode 0912) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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Muppets | The Count croons "Count Up to Nine." (First: Episode 1134) |
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Cartoon | Two boys peek into a fire house, and write HAT, HOSE, and HOOK on the window using their breath. Two dogs come by and wonder what a HAT HOSE HOOK is, but their question is answered when the fire truck leaves the station. Artist: Paul Fierlinger |
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Cast | "Hot Lips Hooper," "Second Wind Susan" and "Great Lungs Gordon" compete in The Big Blowout to see who can blow up a balloon the biggest. |
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Film | Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | A for Acrobats (First: Episode 0797) |
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Insert | Guy Smiley hosts "The Anything-in-the-World Prize Game" and asks questions to random people on the street. The winner gets to choose the prize. His guest is Oscar the Grouch, who doesn't want to be bothered by Guy Smiley and accidentally gets every answer right. Since Oscar gets to have whatever he wants for a prize, he asks Guy to get lost. (First: Episode 0915) |
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Film | A farmer takes care of baby calves. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is told that his dog looks thirsty, and says that his dog is a hot dog. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1180) |
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Film | A young girl mashes away at the keys of a piano. As the years go by, she practices more and more until she's an adult playing at a recital. (First: Episode 0637) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster shows David a SCHOOL sign. (First: Episode 0379) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar rallies a crowd to witness Slimey do some animal impressions. However, Gordon and Susan suspect something when Oscar ducks into his can every time Slimey makes the sounds. They discover he was using a tape recorder the entire time, having recorded sounds from the zoo earlier... all except a lion, which Slimey can imitate on his own. |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Get Moving — Bert joins Ernie in listening to a radio exercise program. (First: Episode 1025) |
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Cartoon | The weary traveler asks the wise man to demonstrate none, some, most and all with a basket of oranges. (First: Episode 0939) |
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Film | Kids ride horses. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0541) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: H for Hand (First: Episode 0771) |
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SCENE 4 | Everyone is impressed as Slimey does even more animal impersonations. Susan 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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