| Sesame Street | |||||
| The Count loses his thunder (repeat of 0974) | |||||
| Air date | March 29, 1979 | ||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Luis finds Oscar using an old CB radio, which Oscar has repurposed as a GB radio (GB for Grouch Band). Using the nickname "Bum Steer," he communicates with fellow Grouch "Rotten Egg" about trading some trash. "Rotten Egg" (Jerry Nelson) turns out to be radioing him from right behind his can. |
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Cartoon | A duckling dresses itself, naming all the parts of its coat. Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 1195) |
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Muppets | Ernie asks Bert, "Do You Like Me?" (First: Episode 1234) |
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Film | A dirty car gets cleaned at the car wash. (First: Episode 1114) |
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Cartoon | An old man recites a poem about the time he had the flu. Artist: Bruce Cayard |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet demonstrates empty by leaving his room, soon Grover and his friends, including Cookie Monster, occupy the room making it full. The Anything Muppet comes in and scares the monsters away leaving it empty. (First: Episode 0148) |
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Cartoon | Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0506) |
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Film | Empty / full cafeteria (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) |
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Muppets | Oscar sings "Swamp Mushy Muddy." (First: Episode 1038) |
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Cartoon | S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment —: Grover and his friend Debo notice the letter "S" sitting on a brick wall. He exclaims that the letter is an old friend, and shouts, "Hey, S, babyyyy!" and slaps it off the wall. (ending cut) (First: Episode 0467) |
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Cartoon | A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414) |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music gets help writing "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 1227) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: Hand (First: Episode 1179) |
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Insert | Bob draws a face on his fist, then puppeteers it as he sings "Face Game." (First: Episode 0562) |
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Cartoon | They'd play with me if I had... (First: Episode 0815) |
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Film | Kids have a lost-dog poster made using an old-style printing press. (First: Episode 1222) |
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Cartoon | A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (First: Episode 0152) |
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Muppets | The Amazing Mumford waves his magic wand over a transparent glass cookie jar and makes the jar become full of cookies and then empty (over and over) as an anxious Cookie Monster watches. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Film | Empty / full classroom (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0475) |
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Cartoon | A hammer and chisel cooperate to carve a triangle out of wood, which a pencil uses to draw some. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Insert | Big Bird dresses like a cowboy for a show. Snuffy can't think of something he'd like to be dressed as, but cites Shirley Temple as someone he likes to pretend to be. Big Bird gives him the right things he needs to look like her. Snuffy does a tap dance number not unlike those Temple was famous for. (First: Episode 1079) |
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Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. Producer: Ken Snyder; Music: Billy Taylor (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | The Count's Bats are upset because the Count always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats...but there is only one Count. (First: Episode 0625) |
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Cartoon | S for sing (First: Episode 0824) |
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Film | Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) |
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Celebrity | Richard Pryor plays all the parts in a scenario of two kids meeting a new kid who wants to play. (First: Episode 0779) |
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Film | Ostriches walk and run. (piano music) (First: Episode 0339) |
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Cartoon | Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy V Artist: John Hubley (First: Episode 0311) |
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SCENE 2 | The Count mopes to Maria that when he woke up this morning, he no longer had any thunder accompanying him when he counted. Shockingly, Mr. Hooper, Luis, and Big Bird receive the sounds of thunder when they do some counting. The Count resolves the only way to fix his problem is with magic. |
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Cartoon | "Five Bears in the Bed" get subtracted as they fall off the bed. (First: Episode 1231) |
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Cartoon | V for Van (live-action/animation hybrid) Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1181) |
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SCENE 3 | The Count borrows a book from the Amazing Mumford - "The Transylvanian Manual of Magic and Auto Repair." He has a cauldron and four items needed to restore his thunder. However, the spell only restores a tiny, faint bit of his thunder back. He throws in even more ingredients, which results in a thunder so loud, it starts raining. |
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Animation | Four airplanes take off one by one. (First: Episode 1242) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Feelings in the Rain — Ernie stands under an umbrella explaining how the weather makes him feel. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #9 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1032) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Herry Monster are fighting over a bicycle, when Kermit suggests they share it. The two monsters cooperate, and devour the bicycle together. (First: Episode 0978) |
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Transition | Bridge #4 - 4 Corner Bridge B (First: Episode 0282) |
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SCENE 4 | Everyone has heard the Count has his thunder back. Maria warns of what will happen, but the Count shows off anyhow by counting the kids: John-John and Leslie. When he starts counting, there's loud thunder, followed by more rain, which causes everyone to seek shelter elsewhere. Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS |
Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Susan holds the CTW sign. |
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