| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Mr. Hooper graduates (repeat of 1025) | |||||||
| Air date | March 30, 1979 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird, Bob, Gordon, and Susan find that Hooper's Store is closed. Inside, they spot Mr. Hooper in an oversized gown and mortarboard practicing a speech. They deduce that he's completed his G.E.D. program and will be speaking at the graduation ceremony. They alert him of their presence and he sheepishly hides the outfit and speech. Mr. Hooper admits that his graduation ceremony is tonight and that he was first in his class. He pulls his speech from the wet rag he hid it under, making it illegible. Everyone agrees to help him out - Gordon and Bob will adjust his clothing, while Susan offers to type up his speech. |
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Cartoon | A voiceover talks about three nice fruits - the peach, watermelon, and banana. Artist: Bruce Cayard |
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Film | In time-lapse footage, a construction crew builds a house and paints it green, and a family moves into it. (First: Episode 1171) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "A Song from Kermit." (First: Episode 0992) |
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Cartoon | "Wanda the Witch" Animation by Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001) |
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Film | Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time), then the complete animal. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806) |
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Cast | In the desert, Luis desperately searches for AGUA, but all the pumps are dry. (First: Episode 0680) |
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Cartoon | The word AGUA fills up with water. (First: Episode 0448) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me." (First: Episode 0375) |
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SCENE 2 | Everyone cooperates helping Mr. Hooper get ready, though Big Bird doesn't have a job. He's allowed to clean Mr. Hooper's glasses while Gordon finishes adjusting the gown, Bob finishes adjusting the hat to fit properly, Stephanie finishes shining his shoes, and Susan finishes typing his speech. Mr. Hooper isn't able to read it, until Big Bird returns the glasses. He feels good about graduating, but sadly sighs that his family won't be present... |
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Cartoon | A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Film | Shopping for soup ingredients. (First: Episode 0515) |
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Cartoon | W for witch Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1182) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets: Flower — Four kids cooperate to grow a flower together. (First: Episode 0311) |
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Cartoon | W for Wash (First: Episode 0485) |
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Film | "On the Farm" (First: Episode 0138) |
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Cartoon | A boy tries to guess what a voice belongs to by asking it questions, and wins a ride on a giraffe. (First: Episode 0795) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227) |
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Film | The kids form a triangle and a square. (First: Episode 0300) |
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Cartoon | A man counts two ears, two eyes and two arms. He picks up each leg to count two legs, and then falls down. Animation by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 3 | Everyone dons their finest with a surprise in mind for Mr. Hooper - they'll be going to his graduation ceremony! They all hide out in Big Bird's nest area, until Bob gives them a verbal signal to come out. Bob accompanies Mr. Hooper to the corner and utters a phrase to cue the surprise, but Big Bird (having slammed the door too hard) isn't able to open it. He charges and bursts through as everyone comes out to surprise Mr. Hooper. Everyone wonders what happened to Big Bird, and are surprised to see him standing by with his head stuck in the mailbox. ("Hey, look what's in here... a postcard from Amy!") |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Hey Diddle Diddle — A cat preps a cow to jump over the moon. (First: Episode 0634) |
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Film | Kids count 5 racehorses. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Film | Ten hats on a hatrack (First: Episode 0439) |
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Cartoon | A small frog is jealous of how big an ox is, so he expands himself into a very large, round frog. He becomes so self-important and big he ends up exploding. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0660) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Everybody's Different — Ernie wonders what it would be like if everyone was exactly the same. (First: Episode 0166) |
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SCENE 4 | The graduation ceremony at Sesame High School is underway. Mr. Hooper is among several other adult graduates (including Donald C. Moore and Grisha Mynova) receiving their diplomas, as is the younger Jay Tucker. Throughout the process, Big Bird learns about what a diploma is and asks Gordon and Susan various questions regarding the ceremony. After Mr. Hooper receives his diploma (with the principal bungling his last name as Big Bird does), he steps to the podium to deliver his speech, which he is unable to find. Deciding to wing it, he recalls having dropped out of high school at the age of 14 to help support his family and how he always wanted to finish, thus returned through night courses. He concludes that he is very proud of this day, and his friends cheer and advance toward the stage to congratulate him. Mr. Hooper introduces his classmates to his friends, as Susan has them all pose for a photo. |
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Song | "Sharing Swing with Kids Song (Share in Your Fun with Another Someone)" (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | "I'm Between" (First: Episode 1233) |
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Film | A boy climbs up a tree to gather coconuts. (First: Episode 1125) |
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Animation | Sand W/w (First: Episode 0641) |
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Cast | David, Luis and Maria illustrate between while ballet dancing. (First: Episode 1223) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | C - Cake (First: Episode 0153) |
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Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | Train #2 (First: Episode 0353) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets: Alphabet Quickies — Two Anything Muppets with hair over their eyes and big noses recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0779) |
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Cartoon | "Wanda the Witch" (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | At Hooper's Store, Big Bird "studies" to become a high school graduate like Mr. Hooper by doing some work in his coloring book. Mr. Hooper is doing some studying of his own, looking at potential colleges to continue his educational pursuits. Susan announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, and two kids hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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