Sesame Street | |||||
Big Bird finds a lost boy / Winnie Wiggins introduces herself | |||||
Air date | March 30, 1976 | ||||
Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus recite the first half of the alphabet soft, and the second half so loudly that it attracts the attention of Bob and David. They knock on the door to Big Bird's nest to ask him to come out and Snuffy leaves to go home for his nap. Bob and David laugh at Big Bird's explanation that he was counting with his "fig newton" of an imaginary friend. Big Bird leaves in a huff leaving the two men wondering who the other voice they heard actually belonged to. | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rapunzel — Prince Charming attempts to rescue Rapunzel from the tower. (First: Episode 0409) | |
Cartoon | P for Pack (First: Episode 0504) | |
Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt makes sure the class knows the difference between loud and soft. ("Don't tell me I can't teach.") (First: Episode 0510) | |
Cartoon | P is for Painting (First: Episode 0764) | |
Muppets | "City-Country Song" (First: Episode 0681) | |
Animation | The profile of a woman's head changes shape to the sounds of a Moog synthesizer. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0628) | |
Muppets | The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends. (First: Episode 0545) | |
SCENE 2 | Bob comes into Hooper's Store somewhat distraught because one of his students didn't show up for his music lesson, and his mother said he left an hour ago. Big Bird offers to help look for the boy, but Bob dismisses his offer for being too young to help. Big Bird leaves in a huff, soon finding a little boy out on the sidewalk. He asks him to wait there while Big Bird checks with Bob concerning several details about the missing boy. He confirms his height, what he's wearing, and that his name is Ricky, and eventually tells Bob the boy has been found. Bob is annoyed that Ricky was outside all this time while they worried, but Big Bird says he wanted to be sure about all the details considering the way he was treated when he offered to help. | |
Cartoon | Five Purple Konkers (First: Episode 0775) | |
Film | The walrus (First: Episode 0296) | |
Cartoon | Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot. (First: Episode 0795) | |
Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) | |
Muppets | Luis reads "The King Banishes the Letter P." (First: Episode 0712) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: P for Pencil (First: Episode 0782) | |
Film | Marching Band forms a circle (First: Episode 0517) | |
Cartoon | Picnic with P foods (carried away by ants) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0764) | |
Film | Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366) | |
Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) | |
Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) | |
SCENE 3 | The Count asks Ricardo (Ricky), Debbie, Rodney, "Bozo," and Crystal what their favorite numbers are. When he's asked what his favorite number is, The Count has trouble deciding, which also ends up faltering his thunder and lightning crash. | |
Cartoon | A boy passes by various signs before reaching the SALIDA. (First: Episode 0458) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert says that he's going to demonstrate quiet by talking quietly to Ernie. But when he tries, Ernie claims that he can't hear what Bert is saying. Finally, Bert gets frustrated and shouts at Ernie; Ernie tells Bert not to be so loud. (First: Episode 0150) | |
Cartoon | SALIDA (train) (First: Episode 0537) | |
Film | Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) | |
Cartoon | P is for Puddle (First: Episode 0452) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie says that he has "flying fingers," and tries to find ten different things that his fingers can do. (First: Episode 0617) | |
Film | Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0615) | |
SCENE 4 | Winnie Wiggins introduces herself as the superintendent of 123 Sesame Street to Maria, Gordon, and Susan, but she avoids replacing the hot water heater by obsessively pointing out the first letter in their names and several other words. | |
Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot invents a complicated machine, to test Cookie Monster's problem-solving abilities. Cookie Monster needs to pull the string to raise the glass cover off the plateful of cookies at the other end -- but when he lets go to retrieve the cookies, the cover will fall again. Herbert hears Cookie Monster approaching, and hides to observe him. Cookie investigates the machine for a moment, then gets the cookies by karate-chopping the glass cover. (First: Episode 0132) | |
Cartoon | Once there were two men. Each had his own idea. One man told his thought to the other man, then the other man told his idea to the first man. Now both men knew twice as much. (First: Episode 0268) | |
SCENE 5 | Winnie Wiggins introduces herself to Oscar the Grouch after inspecting his trash can. She continues her "first letter of every word" routine, but Oscar is disgusted with her attempt to make friends and keep things nice and clean despite his complaining. | |
Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) | |
Film | Joe Raposo counts 20 antique cars. (First: Episode 0410) | |
Cartoon | A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE) (First: Episode 0602) | |
Transition | Bridge #8 - Rectangle Bridge B (First: Episode 0281) | |
SCENE 6 | Winnie Wiggins tells Gordon that she's fixed the heater, but he and Susan find out the hard way after burning their hands on the hot water. Mrs. Wiggins continues her alphabet obsession as Big Bird announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar and the Count hold the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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