| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | April 18, 1979 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Maria leads everyone in the "Exercise Song." |
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Cartoon | A scientist adds legs, feet, then knees to his robot and tells it to walk, but it dances out of shot instead (as does the scientist). (First: Episode 1119) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y. |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (First: Episode 0443) |
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Film | A lobster and a crab. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0317) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | At the Day Care Center, Luis, Buffy and the kids put together the parts of a little girl's body by glueing pieces to a large sheet of paper. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Dr. Monster — Cookie Monster works for Ernie's apple by pretending to be a doctor. (First: Episode 0691) |
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Film | Megan goes to the doctor and gets a cast on her arm so it can heal. (First: Episode 1205) |
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SCENE 3 | The day has turned gloomy, which Oscar greatly enjoys. He decides to leave his trash can lid open to fully enjoy the atmosphere. Luis comes by and shuts it, thinking it will be better in case it rains. Oscar sticks an "OPEN" sign on the can to make sure people don't close it, but Maria happens by and closes it again. To ensure everyone gets the message, he writes an additional Spanish sign. Buffy and Sheldon come by and make sure he wants the can open. He soon regrets this as Buffy leads the kids in singing "Thank You for Bein' My Friend" (transitioning part-way to the "Sesame Street Theme"). |
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Cartoon | A red man illustrates abierto, while an angry blue man shows cerrado. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Film | A kid marching band forms a circle. (First: Episode 0517) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry Monster and Laurie identify different shapes. (First: Episode 0881) |
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Cartoon | "One to Five Counting Animals Song" (First: Episode 0780) |
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Song | "Five Onstage Dancers" (First: Episode 0539) |
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Cartoon | A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353) |
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Film | Field of hay (kid voice-overs) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob reads "Yolanda and the Youth", a story about a youth who wins the hand of Princess Yolanda by passing the "Y" test. (First: Episode 0174) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates above and below. (First: Episode 0262) |
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Cartoon | Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528) |
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SCENE 4 | Alphabet Bates flies over the street and writes a Y in the sky (First: Episode 0575). Oscar says it stands for "Yucchy." |
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Cartoon | Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin trains his headball team by having them recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0893) |
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Cartoon | W for Wash (First: Episode 0485) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Debo if he knows what a W is. (First: Episode 0563) |
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Cartoon | 5 song (twinkles, candles, diamonds, horses) (First: Episode 0973) |
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Muppets | A greaser sings about his relationship that was almost ruined by a "One Way" sign. (First: Episode 0973) |
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SCENE 5 | Back at day care, the kids make a car using blocks and chairs. Buffy takes the role of the radio and sings "Riding in My Car" as they pretend to drive. |
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Cartoon | Two red curtains are dropped to reveal a number 5 covered in colorful dots that vibrate and disperse. (First: Episode 0940) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: What Makes People Angry — Kermit loses his cool attempting to interview some passersby. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cartoon | Find the camouflaged parrot. Voice: Paul Dooley (First: Episode 0516) |
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SCENE 6 | The kids have made an airplane from the blocks and pretend to land it as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit and a girl hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the CTW sign. |
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