| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Grandma Grace visits during a blackout | |||||||||
| Air date | April 27, 1979 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Grandma Grace is visiting the street again, having dinner at Gordon and Susan's apartment with Susan, David, Linda, Big Bird, and the kids (who are playing with a Lite-Brite). Suddenly, the power goes out. This prevents the gang from cooking the dinner, listening to music, and the youngsters' game. Grace isn't deterred, as she recalls her visits to her grandmother's, who didn't have electricity at all. She suggests everyone imagine being in that time. |
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Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
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Film | Ostriches walk and run. (piano music) (First: Episode 0339) |
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Animation | Sand A/a (First: Episode 0628) |
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Muppets | A Muppet cowpoke gives a musical warning about the "Danger Sign." |
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Cartoon | A baby sees a "danger" sign, which points to several dangerous images. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Film | Counting 20 boxes Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0510) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Marlena demonstrate what the number 12 looks like. Grover is supposed to send up a balloon with the number 12 on it; however, he sends up balloons with the number 3, 9, a letter "A", and Cookie Monster before he finally gets it right. To celebrate that he sends up another balloon with a drawing of himself, but he doesn't let go of the string, so he floats away with the balloon. (First: Episode 1177) |
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Cartoon | A can opens to reveal 10 sardines. |
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Film | Kids comment as they see how corn grows in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0619) |
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Cartoon | A photographer shows off his first picture of cows, his next picture of ducks, and his last picture of a pig. (First: Episode 1245) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird heads out to find batteries for his Lite-Brite. Everyone else hangs around, continuing to imagine themselves 100 years ago in Grace's grandmother's cabin, which had a fireplace to provide light and heat. They don't have any wood for a fire in the Robinsons' fireplace, until Herry Monster arrives with an entire tree. Susan says it's too big for their fireplace, so Herry begins to karate chop the tree into smaller bits. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fish in the Cowboy Hat — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. (First: Episode 0305) |
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Cartoon | A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one. (First: Episode 0782) |
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Film | Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Victor Borge demonstrates how to "handle a Grouch" by being grouchier than Oscar. (First: Episode 1181) |
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Film | Two kids visit the police department and watch a policeman prepare some horses for a parade happening in New York City. The kids even get to ride the horses and watch the parade. (First: Episode 1243) |
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Cartoon | First, Middle, Last (men on horse) (First: Episode 0827) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot invents a complicated machine, to test Cookie Monster's problem-solving abilities. Cookie Monster needs to pull the string to raise the glass cover off the plateful of cookies at the other end -- but when he lets go to retrieve the cookies, the cover will fall again. Herbert hears Cookie Monster approaching, and hides to observe him. Cookie investigates the machine for a moment, then gets the cookies by karate-chopping the glass cover. (First: Episode 0132) |
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SCENE 3 | Everyone sits in front of the cozy fireplace as Grace describes how in the olden days, people didn't rely on stores for food and produced their own. Linda signs different actions (such as milking a cow or collecting eggs) to help illustrate this. Soon after, David checks the fire and finds it's hot enough to start cooking their food. |
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Song | "Spring Song" |
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Cartoon | Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks. (First: Episode 0478) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Six Dollar Man — Professor Nucleus Von Fission builds the Six Dollar Man. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola observe a letter A. Ernie calls out, "A, Bert!" (First: Episode 0551) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Frog Struggle Song." (First: Episode 0492) |
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Cartoon | Millie and Molly find a place for their picture of their favorite rock star, Danny. |
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Film | Gibbons make screeching noises. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Gets Bert Warm — Ernie covers Bert with several layers of clothes when he gets cold. (First: Episode 0418) |
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Cartoon | F is for Fly and Frog (First: Episode 0034) |
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SCENE 4 | After dinner, Big Bird recalls a television show coming on soon, then realizes there's no power for it. He thinks people in the olden days were bored without TV or radios, but Grace knows they used to tell each other stories and sing songs. She has them all gather 'round as she sings "Friends of Mine." |
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Song | "Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Cartoon | A girl draws an A, for apple. (First: Episode 1107) |
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Film | Finding round things in a supermarket (David voiceover) (First: Episode 0434) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches. |
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Film | David (in voiceover) finds a circle in an overhead view. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Cartoon | A caterpillar escapes a hungry bird by turning into a butterfly. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0639) |
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Cast | Bob and Mr. Hooper have a dispute over using a sole coat hanger for their coats. They eventually cooperate and put both their coats on the one hanger. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Cartoon | Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335) |
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SCENE 5 | The gang enjoys the warmth of the fire as Big Bird announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, and Olivia holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- The script for the episode called for Biff to appear in the first scene, and Count von Count to appear in the final scene. However, their parts were cut by the time the episode was shot.
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