| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Rooftop picnic | |||||||
| Air date | December 25, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird munches down on his bag of birdseed and has the feeling that today will be one full of surprises. He suddenly hears voices from above - it's Olivia, Bob, Mr. Hooper, and Luis, who summon him to the roof of 123 Sesame Street for a surprise... |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | ...a rooftop picnic! They also have yet another surprise in store: a family of friends will be joining them, having traveled from far away. Big Bird thinks it could be someone from the Moon when everybody hears the surprise coming up the stairs shortly after: it's Maria and some kids, with Buffy, Sheldon, and Cody! |
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Cartoon / Film | Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice. (First: Episode 0659) |
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Cartoon | N is for nose. (First: Episode 1173) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the movies, Ernie makes some loud noises while he eats his candy bar and peanuts and drinks his soda. Bert loses his temper and shouts at Ernie to be quiet, at which point the usher enters and throws Bert out. (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Smart Susie Sunset search for Aunt Nellie's dog, Meatbone, not knowing that the sneaky dog has been following them the whole time. |
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Film | A construction worker yells "Timber" and a tree falls to the ground, but then bounces back up! (First: Episode 0149) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: N - Nail (First: Episode 0040) |
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Film | A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground. (First: Episode 0149) |
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SCENE 2 | Everyone shares different foods that their families usually have for the picnic. Olivia has brought short ribs and collard greens, Mr. Hooper shares bagels and lox, Maria has some arroz con pollo and chinas (oranges), Buffy has fixed some tea in a traditional Indian style, and Bob shares an apple pie. Big Bird offers a bag of birdseed, which he shares with Bert's rooftop pigeons. |
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Animation | Children's voiceovers (in English and Spanish) dictate how to draw a male's body. (First: Episode 0528) |
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Celebrity | The Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate body parts during their basketball stunts. (First: Episode 0627) |
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Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe — Kermit looks for the Old Woman who Lives in a Shoe. (First: Episode 1050) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Insert | Stevie Wonder teaches Grover how to sing loud and soft. (First: Episode 0514) |
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Song | Marilyn Sokol sings "Pockets" over a montage of different types of pockets. (First: Episode 0764) |
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Muppets / Cast | "The People in Your Neighborhood": Librarian and Plumber. (First: Episode 0718) |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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SCENE 3 | Olivia notices Buffy with a homemade cat puppet, which she calls "Pousees" (the Cree word for "cat"). She sings a "Picnic Song" to everybody while playing her mouth bow as Sheldon holds Cody and Pousees. |
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Film | Kids count ten buses as they drive by. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | Game Show: The Addition Game Hosted by Guy Smiley, the contestant has to figure out how to add numbers. The contestant is Herry Monster, who solves all the questions except "3+1=_", so he brings in four cars in the studio. (First: Episode 0960) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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Cartoon | A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry. (First: Episode 0542) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird feels as though he's eaten too much, so Buffy suggests he play some games with Cody to feel more fit. He attempts to do some hopping and wing flaps with Cody, but the experience leaves him in the mood for "a nice picnic nap." He plops down and promptly starts to snooze. |
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Cartoon | A white furball catches a train going through a door marked EXIT. (First: Episode 0800) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Pretend to Be Angry — Ernie wants Bert to pretend to be angry, but Bert says that he can't because he has nothing to feel angry about. (First: Episode 0216) |
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Cast | Maria as Charlie Chaplin tries to leave through the door marked EXIT, but the sign keeps moving, and a brick wall appears behind each opened door. Finally, she makes her own exit through a hole in the wall. (First: Episode 0832) |
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Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358) |
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Film | EXIT (First: Episode 0935) |
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Cast | Luis and the kids put together a fractured letter "n." (First: Episode 0938) |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Grover appears in a library to tell the viewers about what a library is. The librarian, however, keeps telling Grover to be quieter, until he can barely even be heard. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Song | "Sharing Swing with Kids Song (Share in Your Fun with Another Someone)" (First: Episode 0926) |
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SCENE 5 | The picnic winds down as everyone cooperates to throw away the trash, as well as saving any leftover food. Oscar appears just in time to collect the rubbish for himself for a Grouch picnic he's throwing. |
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Cartoon | Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) |
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Film | Sea Horse Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0183) |
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Cartoon | C is for Candle (the candle blows back) (First: Episode 0703) |
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SCENE 6 | Buffy and her family relax, alone on the roof as Cody watches one of the pigeons. The rest of the cast collectively announces the sponsors in voiceover. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, and two kids hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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