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Sesame Street
Big Bird and the letter J
Air date December 10, 1975
Season Season 7 (1975-1976)
Sponsors J, S, 9

SSTitleCard-0803

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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0803b
SCENE 1 David encounters Big Bird carrying a bowling ball bag. Naturally it has a bowling ball inside, surprising David who didn't know that birds could bowl. "I think some of the greatest bowlers in the world are probably birds... I'm practically an egg-xpert!" Big Bird quips. David heads toward Hooper's Store and notices that Big Bird already has ten pins lined up... right in front of the store's front door.
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0803d
SCENE 1 cont'd Big Bird winds up and releases the ball as David goes into a full-blown panic. He frantically tries to open up the store and hide, but CRASH! David winds up on the floor with his head through the door amid a big mess. Big Bird comes by to admire the six pins he knocked down, but a sobbing David points out that he also knocked down several boxes of cereal, tuna cans, heads of lettuce...
2485x
Cartoon Madrigal Alphabet
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 0615)
2423-Sprout
Film Time-lapse of seeds growing.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0416)
Scanimatekids
Video Scanimate kids intro
(First: Episode 0798)
Ernie and kids clap
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentErnie and the kids play a hand-clapping game.
Hubley-SmallJ
Cartoon The letter J
Artists: John and Faith Hubley
(First: Episode 0133)
Jfriends
Muppets "J Friends"
(First: Episode 0339)
Jughead
Cartoon Jughead Jones's J story
(First: Episode 0231)
1707c
Celebrity Richard Pryor plays all the parts in a scenario of two kids meeting a new kid who wants to play.
(First: Episode 0779)
BumbleArdy
Cartoon "Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away.
(First: Episode 0283)
2776FrogFilm
Film A male frog hops around and bulges his throat.
(First: Episode 0469)
OldWoman9
Cartoon The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0512)
2096v
Cartoon A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S.
(First: Episode 0414)
Harveydoorprank
Muppets Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey!
(First: Episode 0353)
Hubley.snake
Cartoon A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0278)
0803e
SCENE 2 Maria plays a “Here Are Some Things” game with Joey and Andrew using four circles and a star shape. Andrew has trouble figuring out the answer, but Maria and Joey show how all the circles belong because they're the same shape. Big Bird thinks the star belongs and states that two of the circles represent the sun and the moon, so they're all things that belong in the sky (though he doesn't know what the remaining circles could be). Joey tries to tell him that his answer is wrong; Big Bird responds with a, "Picky, picky, picky!"
Toon-JackInTheBox
Cartoon A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him.
(First: Episode 0071)
Grover-johnjohn-countbackwards
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentJohn-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble.
(First: Episode 0547)
1836i
Film Counting the circus clowns.
(First: Episode 0501)
1854-Ruler
Cartoon A construction worker explains the uses of a folding ruler.
(First: Episode 0572)
ICHI

0720c
Insert Herry has written a song using a pencil that Big Bird has given him. The song is called "I Can't Help It." He winds up wrecking the entire Fix-It Shop in the process.
(First: Episode 0720)
J-Showcase
Film A showcase of J words
(First: Episode 0631)
EBLicorice
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie has a licorice whip that he offers to share with Bert. He divides it in half with a pair of scissors, but then discovers that Bert's half is longer than his. He cuts off a little bit of Bert's half, and eats it. Then he discovers that his own half is longer than Bert's, and that's not fair, so he cuts a bit off of his own, and eats it. Ernie goes back and forth, cutting off more and more, until the licorice whip is gone.
(First: Episode 0461)
Jenny Jeff Jacket
Cartoon A disobedient jacket, illustrating words that begin with the letter J, annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it.
(First: Episode 0527)
2414-Jasper
Cast Jasper Johnson (David) performs his famous "J" Walk for a roaring crowd.
(First: Episode 0761)
4dragons
Muppets A Japanese storyteller tells "The Mystery of the Four Dragons". An aged emperor offers the throne to his son if he can find four hidden dragons in the room.
(First: Episode 0299)
1458-Stick
Cartoon A child learns there's many things one can do with a stick.
0803f
SCENE 3 Big Bird gets a package from aunt Tilly Birdwhistle containing a bunch of wooden parts. He's not sure what it could be and tries to guess what it is as Luis helps assemble it. The finished product turns out to be a toy airplane. Big Bird realizes that it can't fly on its own, and compensates by making motor noises as he zooms it around.
1839zl
Cartoon Speech Balloon: J - Jam
(First: Episode 0012)
Fish Cowboy Hat
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. Bert asks Ernie why he's doing that, and Ernie says that he broke a cookie jar. Ernie has to put the cookies somewhere, so he put them in the sugar bowl – and put the sugar in the flowerpot, which meant that he had to put the flower in a milk bottle. He put the milk in the soda bottle, and the soda into the fishbowl, and the fish in Bert's cowboy hat. Bert asks, "Now what am I gonna wear when I wanna play cowboy?" Ernie puts the pot on Bert's head and says, "Ride 'em, cowboy, Bert!"
(First: Episode 0305)
Toon-B-Beso
Cartoon The 'b' in 'beso' kisses an apple and a duck.
Artist: John and Faith Hubley
(First: Episode 0461)
Ostrichfilm
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Ostriches walk and run. (piano music)
(First: Episode 0339)
Beso
Cartoon A baby cries whenever he gets a beso.
(First: Episode 0433)
PIYN-LibrarianPlumber
Muppets / Cast David sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the librarian and plumber.
(First: Episode 0718)
Hubley-SmallJ
Cartoon The letter J (repeat)
Rooseveltafrica
Muppets Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin talks to his class about Africa. Smart Tina thinks that Africa is just a big jungle, because she's seen it that way in Tarzan movies. Roosevelt corrects her; only a small portion of Africa is a jungle. Africa also has cities and deserts and lakes. Hard Head Henry Harris compares Africa to Smart Tina.
(First: Episode 0666)
0803-SandJ
Animation Sand J/j
(First: Episode 0631)
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SCENE 4 Big Bird narrates some things that start with the letter J that people can do:
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SCENE 4 cont'd Maria goes out for a jog.
0803i
SCENE 4 cont'd Andrew observes as Luis does his job at the Fix-it Shop.
0803j
SCENE 4 cont'd Big Bird tries to juggle some balls, but doesn't succeed; he cues for a short break.
Herecomedejudge
Cartoon "The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug."
(First: Episode 0009)
0803k
SCENE 4
cont'd
Big Bird now tries to tell a joke, but forgets how it goes.
1839zg
Cartoon J family jamboree
(First: Episode 0365)
0803l
SCENE 4
cont'd
Big Bird tries to play with a jigsaw puzzle, but doesn't succeed. He becomes so frustrated that he jumps, which the kids point out is a "J" thing he's able to do.
FindElephant
Cartoon A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture.
(First: Episode 0510)
Eggs-are-Oval
Cartoon "Eggs Are Oval"
Artist: Etienne Delessert
(First: Episode 0654)
0803m
SCENE 5 Everybody joins in the jumping as Susan announces the sponsors.
DavidS05sign

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CLOSING SIGNS David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

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