| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Snuffy's cold | |||||||
| Air date | May 2, 1979 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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Cast | The cast plays baseball with the kids out in the park. Maria invites Oscar to join them, but he claims he has a Grouch game scheduled and heads for the outfield. Bob hits a long-fly ball that lands in Oscar's trash can, which Oscar will return after he and his Grouch pals finish their game inside. |
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Cartoon | Four motorcycle-riding chickens hatch out of an egg. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Cookie Monster name the things they eat at "Breakfast Time." (First: Episode 1280) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby counts three kids, but a fourth keeps hiding behind him. (First: Episode 0154) |
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Cartoon | A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 1 | David hears Bob, Susan, and the kids singing and banging pots outside. He calls for a drum beat and plays a musical game where they bang their pots the number of times he calls for. |
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Muppets | Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs, but he can't decide how many of each he wants. Mr. Johnson says that Grover takes too long and asks for two hot dogs and two pickles for lunch. Grover then throws a tantrum in the kitchen. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round." (First: Episode 0413) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C - Cap (First: Episode 0154) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again." (First: Episode 0631) |
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Cast | Susan drops Gordon off at the school where he teaches. |
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Cartoon | A bird displays the front and back of a turtle. |
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Celebrity | Victor Borge: "Pardon my back...pardon my front, but that's the way I'm built." (First: Episode 1219) |
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Cartoon | Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings a "Pretty Little Song" with a canary, but neither of them can figure out when it ends. |
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Animation | Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625) |
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Cast | On a desert island, a parched Luis finds a coconut, which has a letter C inside. (First: Episode 0703) |
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Cartoon | Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0561) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird hears a loud sneeze approaching his nest. The sound is from Mr. Snuffleupagus, who has come down with a cold. He sings of his "Nose Cold Blues." |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: C-cat (First: Episode 0779) |
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Film | A boy tells what happens on a fishing boat. (First: Episode 0028) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird rushes to Hooper's Store for advice on how to treat a cold. David suggests drinking juice, eating soup, and using tissues. Big Bird orders all these things, but balks at the small size of each. David can't believe it when he's ask to produce larger portions of them and the fact that these are all for Big Bird's imaginary friend. David begins filling a washtub with soup and hears a large sneeze coming from nearby... |
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Cartoon | The front and back of a costumed horse follow an ice cream truck. (First: Episode 0782) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Finger String — Ernie has a piece of string on each finger, in order to remind himself that they're all out of string. (First: Episode 0163) |
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Film | A bulldozer moves dirt up a construction site. (First: Episode 0799) |
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Cartoon | A white furball catches a train going through a door marked EXIT. (First: Episode 0800) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird returns to the store with the tub and notes that Snuffy is feeling better. He orders another helping of soup and David protests, saying that one tubfull of soup is enough. Big Bird agrees and clarifies that the soup is not for Snuffy but for himself, as he's caught Snuffy's cold. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird." (First: Episode 0372) |
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Cartoon | G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music struggles to write "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (First: Episode 1210) |
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Cartoon | G is for Goat (First: Episode 0085) |
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Muppets | Big Bird sings "I Just Adore Four" with The Happy Squares. (First: Episode 0734) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #4 (First: Episode 0984) |
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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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Film | Kids have a lost-dog poster made using an old-style printing press. (First: Episode 1222) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | David makes another bowl of soup for himself - the cold has transferred to him now. Susan comes by and can't believe that David would catch a cold from Big Bird's imaginary friend...then she starts sneezing too. Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | A kid holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign. |
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