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Sesame Street
Linda signs R words
Air date March 15, 1979
Season Season 10 (1978-1979)
Production January 19, 1979
Sponsors Q, R, 3

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
SSseason10
COLD OPEN 10th Season Intro Still
1264a
SCENE 1 Big Bird watches as Linda and the kids put together the word "FUN." Once the word is fully formed, everybody has some fun!
Blowapple!
Cartoon A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder.
(First: Episode 0779)
Character.brad
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Brad's Bath — It's time for Bert to give his nephew, Brad, a bath, but Ernie thinks the tub needs some toys.
(First: Episode 1134)
Toon.R.Robber
Cartoon R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ...
Artist: Fred Calvert
(First: Episode 0011)
1264b
SCENE 2 Linda points to the letter R, then teaches a girl the sign for an R word - "run."
Rhino Limerick
Cartoon R for Rhinoceros (poem)
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 1151)
SimonSaw
Muppets Simon Soundman tries to buy a saw at Sam's General Store.
(First: Episode 0409)
Busstopgiant
Cartoon A man sets up a bus stop sign so that a giant can eat the buses that come.
(First: Episode 1176)
1755.Barkley

1755.Barkley2
Cast In the park, Maria and some kids play with Barkley, telling him whether he's near or far some balloons they've hidden.
1264-Lines
Cartoon Two lines intersect at the middle of the screen and have an argument; they cooperate by making a cross.
(First: Episode 0276)
1800-7
Muppets Alphabet Chat: Letter RMr. Chatterly's show about the letter R is ruined.
(First: Episode 0876)
2059q
Film Letter R hoist
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0315)
1264c
SCENE 3 Linda teaches a kid another sign for another R word - "robot."
BrokenWindow
Muppets Ernie and Bert: The Case of the Broken WindowSherlock Hemlock helps Ernie discover how his window got broken.
(First: Episode 0238)
1800-21
Cartoon A man makes a CASA for both him and his dog, who then makes a CASA for a bird.
(First: Episode 0586)
CanadianBrass-Bumblebee
Celebrity The Canadian Brass plays "Flight of the Bumblebee." Tuba player Chuck's fingers get sore very quickly, so a bandmate helps him out.
2481-FrontBack
Cartoon Two men compete to be in front.
(First: Episode 0789)
Sesame Street Happy Days
Celebrity Fonzie and Richie Cunningham relate the ABCs.
(First: Episode 1176)
HubleyJazzBirds
Cartoon "Birds Count 1-20"
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0134)
HerryBackandFront
Muppets Herry Monster demonstrates "back" and "front" with three kids. First, he points out that the viewer can see the children's fronts, then (after scaring the kids) they see their backs as they run away.
(First: Episode 0365)
Toon-FrontBackSneakers
Cartoon A man demonstrates front and back using his sneakers.
(First: Episode 0826)
2682i
Film A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited)
(First: Episode 0032)
FreakyWordBIRD
Cartoon A large bird munches on rectangle edges, forming the word "BIRD."
(First: Episode 1173)
SS-Surprise6
Insert Big Bird, Grover and company sing a zany song about surprises.
(First: Episode 0911)
1736g
Film A voiceover lists many R words.
(First: Episode 0661)
Hooper un family
Cast Mr. Hooper takes a journey through the "un" family. He's chroma keyed into backgrounds that correspond to words ending in "un" on his cue cards.
(First: Episode 0251)
1736n
Cartoon A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
(First: Episode 0410)
SuperGrover BusStop
Muppets Super Grover: Bus StopSuper Grover finds a crying boy at the bus stop sign.
(First: Episode 0708)
1264d
SCENE 4 Linda signs yet another R word - "rabbit."
HeSheIt-Harmonica
Cartoon He, She and It: The IT knows all about the workings of a harmonica.
(First: Episode 1185)
Three is So Curvy
Cast / Muppets Olivia sings "Three is So Curvy" with Crumbs Unlimited.
(First: Episode 0980)
BirdBalloonSub
Cartoon A bird subtracts two balloons from a group of three.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0530)
2233-Kayak
Film A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0297)
3956l
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0299)
EugeneOscar-Same
Muppets Eugene of the Canadian Brass finds Oscar the Grouch practicing his trombone for his group, the Tarnished Brass. Oscar plays a composition entitled "Same," which is merely the same note played over and over. Eugene forms a duet with Oscar, who plays his one-note tune while Eugene plays "Brahms' Lullaby."
Filmfair q
Cartoon A duck sings about all the reasons why q should be remembered.
(First: Episode 0789)
1041skate
Film 1-20 Ice Skaters (Maria voiceover)
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0451)
0871l
Cartoon Hypnotic "Q" Rainbow
(First: Episode 0440)
2205-Cake
Film A baker decorates a birthday cake to a jazz percussion beat.
(First: Episode 1172)
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SCENE 5 Linda plays in the yard with the kids as Big Bird announces the sponsors.
Groversesamesign

KermitKiddo1056
CLOSING SIGNS Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign.


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