| Sesame Street | |||||||
| A visit from the Hines brothers | |||||||
| Air date | May 23, 1979 | ||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Olivia introduces everyone to her friends, Maurice and Gregory Hines. Maurice claims to have taught his younger brother everything he knows. Gregory shows off some dance steps he's learned on his own, while Maurice counters with more impressive steps. Maurice eventually concedes that Gregory is good, but only because he had a great teacher. |
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Film | Counting 6 pieces of laundry on the line (First: Episode 0419) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #8 (First: Episode 0998) |
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Cast | Maria and Gordon sort shapes by type and color. (First: Episode 1244) |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: Thelma rescues a nest of baby sparrows from a building that's about to be destroyed with a wrecking ball. Artist: John Korty |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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Film | Wheelchair races at the Special Olympics (First: Episode 0898) |
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SCENE 2 | The Count is pleased to meet the Hines brothers, having previously seen them perform on stage 549 times - he loves counting their dance steps. The two mischievously do a rapid fire dance, thinking the Count won't be able to count all their tiny tippy-taps. The Count surprises them by actually being able to count each step - 6,432, to be precise. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has two slices of apple pie. He takes the big piece, and gives Bert the small piece. Bert takes offense to this, saying that he would have given Ernie the big piece and kept the small piece for himself - but the outcome is the same, so what's Bert angry about? (First: Episode 1166) |
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Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) |
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Muppets | A group of female Anything Muppets sing about the many things "Women Can Be." (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cartoon | Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (First: Episode 0440) |
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Muppets / Cast | The Count listens to Olivia read the story "The Two Headed Monster", enacted by the titular monster. The book is about how the monster cannot decide on what to do because both heads want to do different things. Eventually they learn that together, they are able to lift weights, play doctor ("Kildare! Kildare!"), play the piano ("Tchaikovsky! Mozart!"), and eat a salami-and-cheese sandwich. (First: Episode 1121) |
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Cartoon | In Spanish, a man makes everything in the room cerrada, and considers making the basket abierto if only for the guitar band inside. (First: Episode 0771) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "New Life." (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus watch from a distance as the Hines brothers dance for the neighbors. Snuffy wishes he could dance with them, but is too shy to approach them. Big Bird suggests he imagine dancing with them instead. Snuffy pictures himself in a tuxedo on a stage, doing a spectacular dance routine with the Hines brothers. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Don't You Know You're Beautiful?" over footage of a girl figure skating. (First: Episode 0607) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry & John-John observe a letter Q. (First: Episode 0571) |
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Film | "Noises" A boy named Mark has a pair of magic glasses that helps him listen to the sounds of an ice cream truck, a dog, a horse galloping, a bicycle, and a parrot. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cast | "Theater Without Words" presents Linda enacting the story of "The Farmer and the Seed" with some voice-over by Bob. (First: Episode 1030) |
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Muppets | Ernie demonstrates the letter Q with a quart of milk; Cookie Monster drinks the milk. (First: Episode 0047) |
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Cartoon | Ants carry a huge letter 'Q' uphill. (First: Episode 0787) |
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SCENE 4 | The Hines brothers dance loudly, while Mr. Macintosh does some soft dance steps. |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Insert | Maria joins the kids' stickball game in the park. Up at bat is a Muppet boy named Frankie, who's afraid of wearing his glasses because the other kids make fun of him. She shows him how important glasses can be and wearing them improves his swing. |
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Film | Kids draw various things on a blackboard. The drawings animated themselves and make their respective sounds. (First: Episode 0822) |
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Cast | Luis tries to open a door marked with a "CERRADO" sign. He gets a running start, when Maria changes the sign to read "ABIERTO." She opens the door and Luis runs right through it, crashing. (First: Episode 0596) |
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Film / Cartoon | The letter O introduces many words he starts. (First: Episode 0621) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar doesn't want the Hines brothers dancing next to his trash can. Instead, Gregory start dancing in his can and makes a mess, which he enjoys much more. |
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Cartoon | On a snowy day, a cold man desires firewood. He carries a huge log up the hill multiple times, but it rolls down each time. Using his "wits", he pushes his house down to the bottom of the hill to be closer to the giant log. (First: Episode 0799) |
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Muppets | Big Bird announces that Grover will demonstrate the number 2 by doing two chin-ups. He does it, but then Big Bird asks him to do two more sets, to make sure the audience gets it. When Big Bird thinks they've got it, he announces that Grover will now demonstrate the number 18! Grover faints. (First: Episode 0547) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: O for Owl (First: Episode 0837) |
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SCENE 6 | Olivia, Maurice and Gregory see Oscar's trash can is missing. They assume their dancing drove him away, until Bruno the Trashman comes dancing into frame carrying Oscar. They all follow him dancing down the street as Mr. MacIntosh announces the sponsors. |
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