| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Big Bird's lemonade stand | |||||||||
| Air date | May 4, 1979 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | David guesses from the clues that Big Bird is opening a lemonade stand. He offers to be Big Bird's first customer, but there's one problem - Big Bird doesn't know how to make lemonade. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324) |
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Muppets | Three monsters (Billy, Fenwick, and Pamela) demonstrate big, bigger, and biggest. (First: Episode 0474) |
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Film | Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like. (First: Episode 0932) |
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SCENE 2 | David begins showing Big Bird how to make lemonade, but must tend to the Hooper's Store phone before he can finish. Maria comes by and orders a glass of lemonade. She helps prepare the glass by pouring in the water, sugar, and ice cube. Big Bird then plops a lemon in the glass. |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of her grandpa putting a horseshoe on their horse. (First: Episode 0505) |
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Cartoon | 1-10, 10-1 count with stripes. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cast | Luis looks for the SALIDA in a brick room. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) |
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Cartoon | Only one of the two footprints can belong. (First: Episode 0509) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is wearing winter gear, and asks Bert to guess what is in his gloves and hat. |
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Cartoon | W for Wilhelmina (First: Episode 0512) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird inspects one of his lemons, wondering how to get the juice out. David comes over with a knife and slices open the lemon, showing Big Bird the different parts. After David leaves, Big Bird begins waiting for all the juice to run out from the lemon, thinking it's an abnormally long process... |
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Celebrity | Victor Borge talks about practice by playing the scales, but needs some help from the sheet music. (First: Episode 1166) |
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Cartoon | W - wallpaper (First: Episode 0291) |
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Film | Footage of a baby learning to walk. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0427) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie and Alphonso talk about the word "ME." |
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Cartoon | A farmer plants big, bigger and biggest trees. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet man sings about the word "Salida"...and refuses to stop. |
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Film | SALIDA (word spins around) (First: Episode 0967) |
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Cartoon | W is for Worm (First: Episode 0001) |
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Film | An osprey flies around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0293) |
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Cartoon | A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead finds the numbers 1-20, which the rabbit repeats at the end. (First: Episode 0337) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert asks who Ernie is decorating the room for. It turns out to be the viewer at home. (First: Episode 0352) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird has drifted off to sleep while waiting for the juice to seep from the lemon. Mr. Hooper wakes him up and provides him with the store's lemon squeezer. He shows Big Bird how it works before taking the juice from one lemon and putting it in the glass Big Bird and Maria prepared earlier. Mr. Hooper wants to try some, but Big Bird is nervous to let him try any since his store has great lemonade. Big Bird beams with pride when Mr. Hooper calls it the best lemonade he's ever tasted. |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a dog. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Cartoon | An anthropomorphic cloud blows a wild wind disturbing some farm animals. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Muppets | The Amazing Mumford sounds out the word MAGIC, then makes himself disappear. (First: Episode 1075) |
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Film | A boy narrates a film of cows being fed hay during winter. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0787) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Kimberly discuss body parts. |
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SCENE 5 | Bob looks after Big Bird's stand while he gets more lemons. Just next door, Oscar has his own stand for selling "Grouch Coolers," a disgusting concoction. Bob doubts anyone would buy a glass of it. Oscar takes a swig himself and his can erupts with smoke. Oscar agrees he can't sell any of it - he's going to keep it all for himself! |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a cow. (First: Episode 0630) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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Muppets | In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W. (First: Episode 0395) |
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Film | At a fiesta, a group of kids try to break through a piñata. (First: Episode 0620) |
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Celebrity | The Pointer Sisters sing the "Swingin' Alphabet." (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cartoon | The Mighty Elephant Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1113) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Chris play the Tickle-Stop game. |
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Cartoon | S for sing (First: Episode 0824) |
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Muppets | Ernie helps Cookie Monster in making apple-walnut-raisin cookies, but every time Ernie hands the monster each ingredient, Cookie Monster instantly devours it. (First: Episode 1287) |
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Cartoon | Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird comes into Hooper's to show off his earnings from today - nine nickels. He wants to buy his friends a treat for helping him out so much, but they let him keep his money so he can save for new roller skates. Mr. Hooper offers him a birdseed sundae on the house, but Big Bird wants something else - a glass of lemonade. Bob announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- Oscar would enjoy another Grouch cooler in Episode 1370 while relaxing at the city dump.
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