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| Air date | January 4, 1979 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Business at the Fix-It Shop is particularly slow, with not one customer this morning. A Muppet named T. Compton Razzle (of the firm Razzle, Dazzle and Blather) pops up and offers to help Luis bring in business with a huge campaign. |
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Cartoon | P is for Pillow (First: Episode 0374) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "P Is My Favorite Letter". (First: Episode 0322) |
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Animation | Sand P/p (First: Episode 0634) |
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Film | Hands - Wall (2:32) |
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Cartoon | Shorty reaches a water fountain with a stool. (First: Episode 0954) |
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Film | Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant. music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0917) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Razzle's idea for bringing in customers is underway. A colorful banner reading "Welcome to the Fabulous Fix-It Fair" is hung on the front table, band music blares from a phonograph, the kids toss confetti, Luis dons a ridiculous suit and Mr. Dazzle shouts about like a carnival barker. After receiving complaints about the noise and confetti from Bob, Susan and Gordon, Luis choses to call off the whole event. He does end up with one new customer - Mr. Razzle, whose phonograph has now broken down. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie tries to figure out what time it is at night. It's too dark to see the clock, so Ernie has a new solution: he pokes his head out the window and sings some loud, off-key opera ("O SOLE MIO, O SOLE YOU-OH") which causes everyone to wake up and yell at him to stop singing, and even mention what time it is. It's 3:00 AM. (First: Episode 1153) |
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Animation | Three balls try to match three holes. (EKA: Episode 0810) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #8 (First: Episode 0998) |
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Film | Most animals have two eyes, ears, etc. ... but some snakes have two heads. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 0331) |
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Animation | First leaf, last leaf (First: Episode 0794) |
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Muppets | Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk" The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Cartoon | A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (EKA: Episode 0272) |
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Insert | Buffy sings "Ground Hog" to the kids. (First: Episode 0844) |
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Cartoon | First, Middle, Last (men on horse) (First: Episode 0827) |
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Film | Luis announces "And now, the octopus!" Music: "Pomp and Circumstance" (First: Episode 0291) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit the Frog, Shola and Fannie have just finished watching the previous film. Shola hugs Kermit, and he comments, "She learned a lot from the octopus ... how to squeeze!" (First: Episode 0534) |
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Cartoon | "Octopus One-Man Band" (First: Episode 0004) |
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Cartoon | Hats (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cast | A Howard Cosell-type announcer narrates as athlete Maria subtracts a chair from a group of three. (First: Episode 0431) |
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Cartoon | Picnic with P foods (carried away by ants) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0764) |
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Muppets | The letter S joins U and N to make the word SUN. Some Anything Muppets appear in beach gear to bask in the sun. (First: Episode 0453) |
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Cartoon | La parabra cerrado (EKA: Episode 0872) |
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Film | A CERRADO sign spins around. A girl tries opening the door, but it's closed. (First: Episode 0937) |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "What Is it?," with panelists Grover, Biff and Prairie Dawn. They must guess what mystery object Little Sammy Pottle has brought to the studio (a red rubber ball). (First: Episode 1042) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon and Susan bring some fertilizer over to Big Bird's nest. The doors are marked with a sign reading "Keep Off the Grass" as Big Bird points toward his new lawn - a bit of grass sprouting from the crack in the sidewalk. He intends to take care of it, until a cow appears and begins to chow down. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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Film | The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179) |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Celebrity | Mary Lou Williams scats with the kids. (First: Episode 0792) |
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Song | "Hello, Scale," a film about measuring weight. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Cartoon | Pat the Pilot skywrites a letter P with her plane. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0478) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — With the help of his magic wand, Ernie shows Bert how to turn the letter P into the letter R. (First: Episode 1151) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon and Bob are on their way to Oscar's trash can with some junk and find a depressed Oscar musing about joining the annual Grouch Parade, but hasn't found a suitable role. His friends get together and begin forming a float out of their old junk. |
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Film | Shopping for soup ingredients. (First: Episode 0515) |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy (EKA: Episode 0560) |
| Film | Tomato Field Revised #2 (0:42) (First: Episode 0302) | |
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Cartoon | What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts? (First: Episode 0488) |
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SCENE 5 | Everyone watches the Grouch parade pass through Sesame Street, full of off-key marching band music. |
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