| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Slimey measures | |||||||
| Air date | May 15, 1979 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Fred the Wonder Horse has received a baby cactus and a card as a birthday gift from his friends back at the O.K. Corral. He and Raymon tell Maria about how they feel homesick for their lives back in the West and forlornly sing "Home on the Range." They perk up when they remember how much more there is to do in the city and head off to the movie theater (to catch a Trigger flick). |
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Cartoon | "I've Got a Mind" -- bouncing a ball (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders soup, roast beef, and peach pie, wanting them in that order (one at a time). Grover doesn't understand the order and keeps bringing the wrong item. Upon being brought the pie twice, Johnson explains that he wants that after "everything else," prompting Grover to bring everything else on the menu. |
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Cartoon | A red man illustrates abierto, while an angry blue man shows cerrado. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: P for Pencil (First: Episode 0782) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Snuffleupagus tells Big Bird about a postcard he received from his relatives in Hawaii. He feels down, as he and his immediate family are the only ones of their kind in the area. Big Bird and the kids cheer him up by pretending to be fellow Snuffleupaguses, under Snuffy's tutelage. He then leads all the pretend Snuffleupaguses back to his cave for some spaghetti and cabbages. |
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Cartoon | "I've Got a Mind" -- bouncing a ball (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "P Is My Favorite Letter". (First: Episode 0322) |
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Cartoon | A letter "P" sits on an island before a rotating sunset. The ridges of the letter "P" moves along the letter and flash in different colors. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Film | A boy narrates a film of how his family trains wild ponies on the farm. (First: Episode 0815) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper, tired of having Big Bird mispronounce his name all the time, produces two cards with parts of his name on it. Big Bird blends them together until he correctly reads "Hooper." Mr. Hooper cheers, but as Big Bird exits, he calls him "Mr. Wainwright." |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: Thelma meets Cyrus the magpie, who, after getting covered with yellow paint, had been mistaken for a canary and locked in a cage in a pet shop. Thelma rescues him and becomes his friend. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1184) |
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Insert | Paul and Michael juggle with 7 pins and count them. (First: Episode 1008) |
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Film | A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Insert | In voiceover, David sings a song asking the listener to name the game being played while Gordon and Susan help the kids draw a hopscotch on the city asphalt. |
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Cartoon | A vaudeville act of two SAME people (voiced by Daws Butler and Bob Arbogast) ends when one of them falls off the stage. (First: Episode 0778) |
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Film | Jerry Nelson counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey. (First: Episode 1097) |
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Cartoon | Building a dog house is easy if you have a ruler. (First: Episode 0630) |
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Celebrity | Michael Christensen and Paul Binder are joined by Judy Finelli to juggle nine clubs. (First: Episode 1070) |
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Cartoon | P is for Painting (First: Episode 0764) |
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Muppets | In the park, Harvey Kneeslapper comes up behind a man, asks him, "Wanna see something funny?" and then holds a mirror up. The man sees nothing funny...until he looks at Harvey! (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | "Why are you holding one leg up in the air, Jasper?" "Because if I hold two legs up in the air, I fall down!" Animation by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria has much work to be done at the Fix-It Shop. The Amazing Mumford thinks he can magically repair all the items, but makes them disappear by accident. When trying to bring them back, he instead makes several kids appear, having transposed them from the yard where they were playing. Mumford is finally able to bring back all the broken items, but hangs around claiming like the items, he and his wand also have "a few loose wires that need fixing." |
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Cartoon | Train #2 (First: Episode 0353) |
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Film | Ten hats on a hatrack (First: Episode 0439) |
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Cartoon | Various alien creatures perform in an otherwordly music performance conducted by a trumpet-nosed creature. (First: Episode 1181) |
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Insert | Bert is getting ready to play in his marching band, and has all the instruments laid out on the street. The cast, led by Bob, demonstrates each instrument while singing about a "Big Brass Band." (First: Episode 1056) |
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Cartoon | With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0237) |
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Film | A scuba diver collects shells, which some kids count in voice-over. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0474) |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Smart Susie Sunset search for Aunt Nellie's dog, Meatbone, not knowing that the sneaky dog has been following them the whole time. (First: Episode 1206) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Too Much TV — On a rainy day, Ernie watches TV, when Bert suggests he do something else, like write a story. (First: Episode 1293) |
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SCENE 5 | David watches as Oscar uses Slimey to measure a sheet of cloth. David is impressed and wants to see more measuring, so he has Slimey measure how many worms-length his book is. He wonders if Slimey can measure long distances as well and the worm begins crawling and measuring the distance to Hooper's Store. But, as Oscar points out, he won't return for four hours. |
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Film | Marching band cymbal crash #2 (First: Episode 0527) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — When Bert can't sleep, Ernie suggests that he imagine himself doing something he likes. Since Bert likes ice skating, he imagines himself doing so. A full-bodied version of Bert is used in the ice skating sequence, in a clip from the Ice Follies show. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Bug (First: Episode 0137) |
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Film | Pottery music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0169) |
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Cartoon | B for butterfly (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 6 | Now nighttime, Slimey has finally returned from his trip, but he's much too exhausted to report his findings. He goes to sleep and Oscar tells David that he can get an answer when Slimey wakes up - eight hours from now. Oscar then announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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