Episode 1257

Sesame Street
Telly Monster moves to Sesame Street
Air date	March 6, 1979
Season	Season 10 (1978-1979)
Production January 27, 1979 Sponsors M, N, 5 Releases Sesame Street Classics

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	10th Season Intro Still cut from the Max version
	SCENE 1	Big Bird welcomes the viewer and tells them about being a baby and how he used to be fed as one. He then introduces a film about it...
	Film	Baby animals are fed milk. (First: Episode 0238)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Surprise Present — Bert has wrapped a surprise present which Ernie thinks is for him. (First: Episode 0165)
	Cartoon	"That's About the Size of It" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0279)
	Muppets	The Count sings "The Song of the Count." (First: Episode 0469)
	Film	Kids comment over footage of an eagle's view of different kinds of roads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0377)
	Insert	Cookie Monster explains the purpose of a telephone. Then, Maria and Luis tease Cookie by eating the telephone! (First: Episode 0562)
	Cartoon	The Story of the Crow and the Pitcher (First: Episode 0801)
	Film	Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like. (First: Episode 0932)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Grover helps Kermit show the number 5 using blocks, but Grover doesn't know how many to get (he can't count to 5). Kermit has him go back and forth bringing one until there is five. (First: Episode 0475)
	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #5 (First: Episode 0991)
	Film	A turtle walks slowly. Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod (First: Episode 0281)
	Cartoon	A boy says he has a big surprise in his hand. (First: Episode 0557)
	SCENE 2	While Mr. Hooper tends to business in his store, a strange character zooms in and frantically asks Mr. Hooper to plug him in before rushing out again. Afterward, Mr. Hooper has a delayed reaction as to what just happened. David enters and Mr. Hooper tries to explain what happened to him. They follow the cord outside to find the mystery person.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	The cord leads them to a TV outside, where the monster is focused on it ("I'm glued.") David and Mr. Hooper try to introduce themselves and find that the monster is making his home right there in the middle of the street, considering that his TV is already there. He reveals himself to be Telly Monster and shows off his spinning, dazed eyes. This street scene appears on the 40 Years of Sunny Days DVD.
	Cartoon	A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet. (First: Episode 0780)
	Muppets	"The Ballad of Casey McPhee" (First: Episode 0516)
	Cartoon	Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240)
	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	David tells Olivia about how odd Telly is, but Olivia thinks otherwise. They try to invite him to play baseball with them four blocks away, but he's unable to -- his cord only reaches three blocks.
	Cartoon	The IT knows a lot about vacuum cleaners. (First: Episode 1176)
	Celebrity	Judy Collins sings "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" with some kids on the shore. (First: Episode 0971)
	Animation	Slide puzzle - elephant (First: Episode 0389)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie Puts Toys Into Groups — Bert tells Ernie to put away his toys, and Ernie devises a system of arranging toys. (First: Episode 0281)
	Animation	Sand M/m (First: Episode 0620)
	SCENE 4	Olivia talks about the letters "m" and "n." Barkley shows her a few N words. She goes over to Telly and asks for some M words. He begins listing some shows beginning with M (including M*A*S*H, Mary Tyler Moore, Masterpiece Theatre, Mickey Mouse and Muppet Show).
	Cartoon	M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073)
	Film	George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch. (First: Episode 0235)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Frog Kiss — Prince Charming turns Sleeping Beauty into a frog. (First: Episode 0453)
	Cartoon	A STOP sign commands a train to stop. (First: Episode 0493)
	Film	A construction worker yells "Timber" and a tree falls to the ground, but then bounces back up! (First: Episode 0149) cut from the Max version
	Cartoon	Stop! (Moving Colored STOP signs in fast-motion) (First: Episode 0776) cut from the Max version
	Film	A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground. (First: Episode 0149) cut from the Max version
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper plans to use a hand buzzer when he asks someone to slap him five. Instead, the joker slaps a 5 on his chest. (First: Episode 0991)
	Cartoon	A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday. (First: Episode 0764)
	Cast	Maria, Luis, Bob and David, dressed as scarecrows, sing about the ankle, shoulder and knee. (First: Episode 0711)
	Cartoon	5s go through a space-shredder and produce 5 objects. (First: Episode 0864)
	Film	Prairie dog Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0283)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: N for Nose (First: Episode 0763)
	Animation	Bridge #9 - Rectangle Bridge C (First: Episode 0290)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird shows an amazing trick: when he takes 6 steps backward, he ends up on the stoop; when he takes 6 steps forward, he's back on the sidewalk. As he continues doing this, Bob announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.

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Notes

• A draft of the script included a few extra scenes with Telly Monster, which weren't included in the broadcast version. These included a scene with Telly eating TV dinners, a scene where David and Olivia put on a play in an attempt to get Telly to ignore the television, and a different closing scene.

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