| Sesame Street | |||||
| Oscar's taxi service / The "Muddy 500" | |||||
| Air date | February 27, 1979 | ||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Oscar the Grouch pulls up on the block in his new taxi, which is a ratty-looking cab that is falling apart at the seams. Gordon points out that nobody in their right mind would want a ride in his taxi - exactly what Oscar hopes. He drives off, leaving Gordon in a cloud of exhaust. |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Bird Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0269) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about hair. According to Kermit, "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." He points out that some people have hair on their heads, while others have it on their faces. But if you have hair all over your body -- like Beautiful Day Monster, who emerges brushing himself and singing "A pretty girl is like a melody ..." -- then you're a monster! (First: Episode 0028) |
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Animation | New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball. (First: Episode 0777) |
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Cast | Olivia, Susan, and Maria sing "Swingin' Alphabet." (First: Episode 1052) |
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Film | Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot wants to demonstrate the letter M. Grover enters, making "Mmmmm" noises, so Herbert uses Grover to help him tell a story using M words. When the story is over, Herbert discovers that Grover's mouth is stuck together after eating peanut butter. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: M for magic (First: Episode 0841) |
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Film | People of all ages ride bicycles. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0616) |
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Cartoon | Four motorcycle-riding chickens hatch out of an egg. (First: Episode 0796) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird has prepared some soup at Hooper's Store, based on a recipe from his Granny Bird. Mr. Hooper, Gordon and Luis give it a taste and find it delicious. Big Bird declines credit, citing that Mr. Hooper did most of the prep work for the vegetables, but boasts that he added the worms himself. The grown-ups suddenly turn green... |
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Film | Things that start with M (First: Episode 0620) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing a Cookie — Bert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie. (First: Episode 0472) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: M for Mail (First: Episode 0013) |
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Film | James narrates a film of his life on a pueblo in New Mexico. (First: Episode 0153) |
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Cartoon | A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0438) |
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Animation | A set of blocks reveal a square, a triangle, and a circle. (First: Episode 1184) |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird, Nicolas, and "Snapper" show more and less using glasses of milk. "Snapper" drinks all of their milk, ruining the flow of Big Bird's lecture. |
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Cartoon | More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Pizza and Grape Juice — Ernie and Bert figure out how to share their pizza and grape juice. (First: Episode 0256) |
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Animation | Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cast | Linda teaches a child to sign "Bus Stop." (First: Episode 0996) |
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Film | Marching Band #4 (First: Episode 0529) |
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Cartoon | Sign language: Morning, noon, night (First: Episode 1173) |
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Muppets | A Japanese storyteller tells "The Mystery of the Four Dragons". An aged emperor offers the throne to his son if he can find four hidden dragons in the room. (First: Episode 0299) |
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Cartoon | A girl runs home to her CASA. (First: Episode 0503) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon tells Luis about Oscar's nutty car, when Oscar pulls up. He's out of the taxi business and now plans on entering the car (which he's nicknamed "Josephine") into the Muddy 500 race. Gordon checks his wristwatch so they can time his trek around the block and see how quickly the car can fall apart. The car falls apart within three seconds, but Oscar thinks he can bump it down to half that. |
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Film | Elephants (African percussion soundtrack) (First: Episode 0389) |
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Muppets | Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon". (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | Words that rhyme with BALL (voices of Daws Butler and Bob Arbogast) (First: Episode 0773) |
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Celebrity | Whitman Mayo tries to display the concept of UP, but soon discovers that he can't stay up in the air when he jumps. However, a group of kids can jump and stay up in the air (with the help of video trickery). (First: Episode 1162) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L--Loud (First: Episode 0783) |
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Muppets | The Amazing Mumford sounds out the word MAGIC, then makes himself disappear. (First: Episode 1075) |
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Film | Kids pick green beans in the field. Later their mom cooks the beans, and they eat them. (First: Episode 0944) |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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Film | Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Alien Alphabet (alternate take) (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | The Square (First: Episode 0536) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar tosses the last of the 500 jars of mud into his can for the Muddy 500 race. Luis doesn't believe that there's actually an auto race going on inside his trash can, even after hearing Oscar give the starting announcement and the vehicles racing around. After announcing the sponsors, Luis then takes a peek inside the can and receives a face full of mud. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while the kids hold the CTW sign. |
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