| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Buffy and family head back home | |||||||
| Air date | January 24, 1979 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 |
COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
 |
SCENE 1 | Buffy is taking Cody over to the Day Care Center while she packs up to head back home. Big Bird learns that Maria is helping out there today and wants to help out as well. He starts by escorting Cody over to day care, though Buffy wonders if Maria will be in over her head... |
  |
SCENE 1 cont'd | At the center, Big Bird follows Maria around and "assists" her by essentially repeating everything she says to the kids. Maria suggests that he help serve them some juice, which he agrees to do after taking a look at the block pile that Jeffrey is playing with. Maria ends up passing out the juice instead, while Big Bird (now wrapped up in playing with blocks) asks for a cup and wonders what they'll play next. |
 |
Cartoon | An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky. (First: Episode 0770) |
 |
Film | A man karate chops 5 boards. (First: Episode 0469) |
 |
Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
 |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Everybody's Different — Ernie wonders what it would be like if everyone was exactly the same. (First: Episode 0166) |
 |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: A for airplane (First: Episode 0770) |
 |
Cast | Maria and Luis assemble a fractured letter "a." (First: Episode 0904) |
 |
Film | Elephants in the zoo. (First: Episode 0283) |
 |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet man uses feathers and rocks to teach the difference between heavy and light. During the lecture, Cookie Monster comes along, mistakes the rocks for cookies, and eats them all. The rocks weigh Cookie down, so the monster proceeds to eat the feathers to "balance it out." (First: Episode 0175) |
 |
Animation | Sand A/a (First: Episode 0628) |
 |
Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
 |
SCENE 2 | Buffy arrives at the day care center with a record she just bought for the kids. She puts it on the phonograph and sings "Wiggle Your Fingers" as everyone follows along. |
 |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fast Cleanup — Bert bets his dessert on Ernie's ability to clean up the apartment. (First: Episode 0033) |
 |
Film | A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him. (First: Episode 0407) |
 |
Cartoon | Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse (First: Episode 1167) |
 |
Film | Marching band forms a square (First: Episode 0514) |
 |
Cartoon | Harold and Howard think of H words. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284) |
 |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit the Frog and Tracy recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0120) |
 |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Agua (First: Episode 0510) |
 |
Film | A little girl gets herself a glass of AGUA. (First: Episode 0929) |
 |
Cartoon | Light and heavy (bird falls on man) (First: Episode 0785) |
 |
Film | There Once Was a Hand series: the right hand plays with a ping-pong ball and tricks the left hand into thinking an egg is one. (First: Episode 0668) |
 |
SCENE 3 | After failing to get Cody to join in, Maria plays a "follow the leader" game with the rest of the kids. They clap their hands against various body parts and the floor before ending the game with everyone tickling each other. |
 |
Film | A turtle walks slowly. Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod (First: Episode 0281) |
 |
Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #11 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0988) |
 |
Muppets / Cast | Gordon sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a park attendant and garage mechanic. (First: Episode 1061) |
 |
Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
 |
Video | Dancer Clive Thompson moves his body parts as kids identify them in voiceover. (First: Episode 0812) |
 |
Cartoon | Light and heavy (ball and seal) (First: Episode 0785) |
 |
Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin leads a counting practice for his Headball team. (First: Episode 0898) |
 |
SCENE 4 | Oscar reveals to Bob that he's got a new car down in his trash can. Bob doesn't believe a word, so Oscar uses the back door of his can to bring it out. Bob sits on the stoop while Oscar proceeds to hand him the rear-view mirror, the steering wheel, the right-rear tire, the fender... |
 |
Film | "Flowers Everywhere" (First: Episode 0141) |
 |
Cartoon | Caterpillars Never Wear Brown Boots Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0809) |
 |
Muppets | Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act (First: Episode 0280) |
 |
Cartoon | A man can't lift heavy barbells. (First: Episode 0785) |
  |
SCENE 5 | Barkley lays down in the doorway of 123 Sesame Street, preventing Buffy from exiting the building and getting some shopping done. She and Bob try to coax Barkley to move with no success, eventually just asking him politely to go. Barkley leaves under his own choice and Buffy and Bob head to Hooper's Store... where Barkley is now sleeping in the doorway. |
 |
Muppets | The Anything Muppets perform a "Handclapping Number". (First: Episode 0491) |
 |
Cartoon | Peacock with twenty feathers. (First: Episode 0406) |
 |
Cartoon | Stop-motion NUTS (First: Episode 1178) |
 |
SCENE 6 | Everyone helps Buffy and family load their luggage into Gordon's car, which Bob will drive to the airport. However, they find Barkley has situated himself into the car, leaving no room for anything else! Bob announces the sponsors. |
  |
CLOSING SIGNS | Olivia and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
| Previous episode: | Next episode: |
| Episode 1227 | Episode 1229 |