Sesame Street | |||||
Big Bird takes the bus | |||||
Air date | April 7, 1976 | ||||
Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination". (First: Episode 0493) | |
Cartoon | A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom. (First: Episode 0784) | |
Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a parrot. (First: Episode 0601) | |
Film | T is for toes. (First: Episode 0506) | |
Insert | The Alphabet Dancers form the letter T. (First: Episode 0454) | |
Cartoon | A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end. (First: Episode 0279) | |
Muppets / Cast | David sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the librarian and plumber. (First: Episode 0718) | |
Cartoon | T for top Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0298) | |
Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) | |
SCENE 1 | With encouragement from Maria and Bob, Ernst, Carolyn, Laurie, and Christopher crawl under a bridge made with two chairs in the yard to get to Big Bird, who rewards them each with a hug and a kiss. Big Bird wants a turn, but finds that he's too big to get under the chairs - but not too big to get more hugs and kisses from everybody. | |
Film | Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) | |
Muppets | Part 1: The Count withdraws all his money from the bank to count it. (First: Episode 0602) | |
Cartoon | At the circus, Tommy Trueheart displays his 11 trick-performing lions. (First: Episode 0816) | |
Muppets | Part 2: The Count deposits his money again, but not before counting it one more time. (First: Episode 0602) | |
Cartoon | A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him. (First: Episode 0799) | |
Film | A pair of hands deal cards marked with the numbers 12 to 1. (First: Episode 0433) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter has an electric train. (First: Episode 0785) | |
SCENE 2 | Singing "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" to himself, Big Bird stops by the Fix-it Shop to explain the meaning of its "OPEN" sign. He notes that even though the door is closed, the word "open" in this case refers to the store being open for business. He demonstrates by opening and closing the door a few times, which disrupts the work of Luis and Maria inside. They ask him to stop, so Big Bird turns the sign over to talk about "CLOSED." He makes his lesson stick by locking the door behind him as he goes out, then rattles the locked door to emphasize the word... and to irritate Luis enough to keep the shop closed. | |
Cartoon | Three little men climb up the three flower stems. (First: Episode 0634) | |
Film | David asks the viewer to find a rectangle and two circles in the picture of a doorbell. (First: Episode 0434) | |
Cartoon | Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528) | |
Film | George the Farmer demonstrates above and below. (First: Episode 0262) | |
Cartoon | Bolt and Nut show how they work together. (First: Episode 0569) | |
Video | Dancer Clive Thompson moves his body parts as kids identify them in voiceover. (opening dialogue cut) (First: Episode 0812) | |
SCENE 3 | Bob and Laurie play a guessing game about the parts of the body. | |
Muppets | Ernie has four apples, and wants to draw the number 4, showing that he has four apples. However, Cookie Monster wants to eat an apple, so Ernie crosses out the 4 and draws a 3. Then Cookie Monster decides not to eat the apple, causing Ernie to have to cross out the 4 again and draw another 3, over and over again. (First: Episode 0140) | |
Cartoon | A magician tries to make six circles disappear. (First: Episode 0783) | |
Animation | The number 6 is shown in a variety of ways. (First: Episode 0401) | |
SCENE 4 | At the Fix-it Shop, Luis and Maria play a Spanish version of “Here Are Some Things” while sorting pictures of pineapples by quantity. | |
Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a camel. (First: Episode 0593) | |
Cartoon | Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on. (First: Episode 0394) | |
Cast | David tries to close a window and a door, but they open by themselves. (First: Episode 0772) | |
Cartoon | H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020) | |
Film | Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0318) | |
Cartoon | A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0162) | |
Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) | |
Cartoon | A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying. (First: Episode 0862) | |
SCENE 5 | Bob visits Big Bird at his nest to help with his necktie before going to his friend Chirpley's birthday party. Big Bird claims that he can't go because he lost his tie, but Bob quickly finds it on his hanger. Big Bird then claims that he doesn’t have a present, but Bob convinces him that a bag of his birdseed will be enough. Big Bird keeps on making excuses not to go to the party before finally confessing what the real problem is: he’s scared of taking the bus alone for such a long ride. Bob relates how his first bus trip was scary at first, and gives him instructions on what to do. Bob agrees to wait at the bus stop with him as well, and Big Bird decides to go to the party. | |
Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) | |
SCENE 5 cont'd |
Bob sees Big Bird off at the bus stop, where Big Bird successfully tells the driver where he wants to go. | |
Film | T is for toes. (repeat) | |
Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt has Baby Breeze teach the class about traffic. Smart Tina thinks all one has to do is look at the traffic lights, but Baby Breeze tells her one should also look out for cars. (First: Episode 0517) | |
Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0357) | |
SCENE 6 | It's evening time, and Bob is concerned that Big Bird still hasn’t come back from the party. Big Bird finally arrives to the relief of Bob and Maria, and tells them that after the party he decided to ride the bus around more just for fun! Big Bird continues about his adventure as Luis announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria, Luis, and a kid hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- Chet O'Brien plays the unseen bus driver during scene 5.
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