| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 3, 1979 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Luis struggles learning a new song on the guitar, and the Amazing Mumford believes magic can help. First, he changes the sheet music to an easier song ("Row, Row, Row Your Boat"), then makes the guitar play a more complicated piece all on its own. Luis insists that he wants to practice the piece the regular way, and that he doesn't need magic to help... except when needing Mumford to replace a broken guitar string. |
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Celebrity | A montage of kids at various ages are shown practicing tennis, who eventually turn out to be Arthur Ashe. Footage from one of his matches is shown. (First: Episode 0969) |
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Film | Letter R hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0315) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's R Collection — Bert convinces Ernie to throw away his R collection. (First: Episode 0014) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0989) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Cartoon | A man blows 7 bubbles. (First: Episode 0639) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry Monster asks Kimberly to identify geometric shapes. (First: Episode 0899) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis has Leslie, Becky, Eileen, and "Reef" match shapes on a board by hanging them on pegs. |
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Muppets | Maria reads "The Boy Who Cried Monster." A terrible, cookie-stealing monster helps to teach a mischievous Anything Muppet boy an important lesson. (First: Episode 0412) |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: Thelma meets Cyrus the magpie, who, after getting covered with yellow paint, had been mistaken for a canary and locked in a cage in a pet shop. Thelma rescues him and becomes his friend. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1174) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Robbie (Bob Payne) use their imaginations - Big Bird imagines flying through the sky while Robbie imagines strolling through the woods. The Count enters and learns how he can use his imagination, too. He imagines himself at the beach, counting waves, fish, and grains of sand, which disturbs the others. They decide to take turns choosing one scenario they can all imagine at once, and start with the Count's pretend beach. |
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Muppets | Grover and the letter R, which ROLLS, ROCKS, RUNS, and ROCKETS. (First: Episode 0194) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: R for Rope (First: Episode 0764) |
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Cast | Linda stars in the Theatre Without Words production of "The Fisherman and the Fish." (First: Episode 1020) |
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Cartoon | Jasper and Julius: Apple (First: Episode 0485) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Flying." (First: Episode 0394) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — The Count asks Ingrid to teach him how to count to 20 in Spanish. (First: Episode 0477) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis orders a sandwich with ham, tomato, cheese, and lettuce on rye bread from Mr. Hooper at his store. As Luis goes to tend to something in the Fix-It Shop for a moment, Mr. Hooper discovers he doesn't have any of the ingredients for the sandwich. He remembers selling them to some friends, and rushes out and travels all over Sesame Street to borrow enough to make the sandwich. |
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Song | "Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure. (First: Episode 0933) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis finishes the sandwich and enjoys it so much, he decides to order a second helping; Mr. Hooper wilts in despair. |
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Muppets | Lefty delivers some carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get more carrots (in 13 seconds). (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cartoon | Brand X (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | Lefty delivers more carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get the most carrots he can find (in 15 seconds). (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Lefty delivers the rest of the carrots to his boss. The boss reveals that the carrots are for his pet rabbit (a real rabbit), which he shows to Lefty. (First: Episode 0255) |
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Film | A trip to the doctor's office. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0472) |
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Cast | Buffy sings "Worrying Blues" with the kids. (First: Episode 0899) |
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Cartoon | I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (First: Episode 0524) |
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Film | Some clowns, more clowns (First: Episode 0563) |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a guitarist serenading a maiden, as well as the background. (First: Episode 0791) |
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Cast | Linda teaches a kid how to sign the word "OPEN." (First: Episode 1058) |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "A Song from Kermit." (First: Episode 0992) |
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Cartoon | A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away. (First: Episode 0617) |
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Insert | A group of children put together a scooter following a model. (First: Episode 0922) |
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Cartoon | A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (First: Episode 0152) |
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SCENE 6 | Damien assists Biff in making a doghouse for Barkley, who is currently lying down in the yard. They measure Barkley to make sure he can fit in the doorway and find they both measure about two feet high. However, when Barkley sits upright, they find he's now four feet and is too big to fit in the house. Barkley contines to stand up and lie down, causing the measurements to shift accordingly. Biff realizes the error and wonders how they can build a doghouse that moves up and down with him. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R for rabbit (First: Episode 0014) |
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Film | Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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Film | Bridge #8 - Rectangle Bridge B (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 7 | The doghouse is now positioned around Barkley, lying down once more, but when Barkley gets up the doghouse falls apart. Biff and Damien start to discuss a new strategy as Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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