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Sesame Street
Big and little / Ray Barretto visits
Air date January 24, 1977
Season Season 8 (1976-1977)
Production September 28, 1976
Sponsors F, I, 9

SSTitle-0966

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0966a
SCENE 1 In the wee hours of the morning, Bob goes to his open window and invites the viewer to identify the sounds of the city. They include the sanitation men picking up the trash (which Oscar noisily complains about), Gordon and Susan leaving in their Volkswagen Beetle, Big Bird greeting the morning birds, David opening Hooper's Store below, and Maria playing her harmonica. Finally, Bob's alarm clock goes off and he gets ready to start the day.
CatTelephone
Cartoon A cat makes noise with a telephone, typewriter, trumpet, and piano. When the cat leaves, the devices come to life, and when he comes back, they all sound at once, frightening the cat.
(First: Episode 0844)
Erniebertcountsheep
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. Ernie tries to count sheep, but it's dull -- so he starts counting fire engines. The noise from the imaginary fire engine wakes Bert up. Bert says that Ernie's waking up the whole neighborhood, and tells him to count something quieter. Ernie counts balloons -- but the balloon gets bigger and bigger, finally bursting with a huge explosion that wakes Bert up again.
(First: Episode 0276)
Film.kidsmadeof
Song "What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts. (part 1)
(First: Episode 0003)
AlphabetDancers-F
Insert The Alphabet Dancers make the form of the letter F.
(First: Episode 0446)
What Kids Are Made Of part 2
Song "What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts. (part 2)
(First: Episode 0003)
0966-SandF
Animation Sand F/f
(First: Episode 0629)
BBCrystal-BigSmall
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentBig Bird and Crystal demonstrate big and little.
(First: Episode 0559)
Fleas!
Cartoon Fleas have fun in fur!
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0629)
AMFCheer5
Muppets The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 5)
(First: Episode 0094)
Toon.beingapig
Cartoon A pig sings "Pig's Love Song."
(First: Episode 0407)
EB.chocolateicecream
Muppets Ernie eats the ice cream that Bert was saving for later. Ernie tries to pass off a smashed up banana with ice and gravy for Bert's chocolate ice cream. Bert doesn't believe it, but then Oscar comes in with two ice cream cones, needing to give one of them away, but then gives them both ice cream cones in exchange for what Ernie made.
(First: Episode 0213)
Song.trying
Song Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again".
(First: Episode 0631)
200012
Cartoon F for Football
Artist: John and Faith Hubley
(First: Episode 0135)
0966b

0966c
SCENE 2 At Hooper's, David appears to be reading a big book. The camera angle switches, revealing that he's reading a little comic book hidden behind the big one.
Cartoon f flower
Cartoon A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful.
(First: Episode 0284)
0966d
SCENE 2
cont'd
In the yard, Maria eats a little cookie, while Bob wolfs down most of a big cookie (and gets a big stomachache).
Boyinacircle
Muppets A boy watches a circle around him get bigger and smaller.
(First: Episode 0285)
0966e
SCENE 2
cont'd
Oscar has a big pile of trash near his trash can, which becomes small after the wind blows. Oscar is delighted; now there's a big mess on the street!
SkeletonFish
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish.
(First: Episode 0287)
Farley hat shop
Muppets Farley goes to the hat shop. (long take)
(First: Episode 0244)
1451-Trees
Cartoon A song tells the story of Max, who loves to chop down trees. One tree turns out to be a magic genie, who turns Max into a tree. Max soon grows respect for trees and once returned human, vows to never chop one down again.
(First: Episode 0572)
RayB-RhythmBridge2
SCENE 3 Ray Barretto and his percussionists play different rhythms.
E&BApplianceWar
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie and Bert are watching TV, but Bert gets bored and decides to play a record. Ernie tells him to turn down the volume, but Bert won't, so Ernie drowns out Bert's music by playing the radio. Bert then retaliates by turning on the blender. With all four things running at once, they blow a fuse, causing a total blackout in their apartment. Bert goes outside to fix the fuse box, while Ernie turns off all the things that were running. When the lights come back on, they decide to play cards instead of fight.
(First: Episode 0003)
No9
Film "Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
(First: Episode 0016)
MartianBeauty
Cartoon "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0316)
RayB-Claves
SCENE 4 Ray Barretto talks with Maria and the kids about las claves.
Lowercasei.yellow
Cartoon The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i.
Artist: Fred Garbers
(First: Episode 0462)
2040d
Film Pizza is made.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0416)
3161s
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
(First: Episode 0033)
1090-10
Film Peacock
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0278)
0966h
SCENE 5 At the Fix-it Shop, Laurie helps Maria adjust the seat and handlebars of a tricycle.
Countgoestothebank-1
Muppets Part 1: The Count withdraws all his money from the bank to count it.
(First: Episode 0602)
Shoemaker
Cartoon A shoemaker shows how he measures (human) feet with his ruler.
(First: Episode 0618)
Countgoestothebank
Muppets Part 2: The Count deposits his money again, but not before counting it one more time.
(First: Episode 0602)
1257-Scarecrows
Cast Maria, Luis, Bob, and David, dressed as scarecrows, sing about the ankle, shoulder and knee.
(First: Episode 0711)
400029
Cartoon A rabbit crosses the STREET, and almost gets run over.
Artist: Cathryn Aison
(First: Episode 0778)
1845d
Film Lobster fisherman
007
Muppets Grover climbs a tree and finds a bird's nest with some eggs in it. The eggs hatch, and the baby birds think Grover is their mommy. When the real mother bird arrives, she mistakes Grover for one of her babies. She gives them all a flying lesson, but Grover promptly falls to the ground.
(First: Episode 0570)
0966i
SCENE 6 David and the kids pile the mess on the street back into Oscar's can as Maria announces the sponsors.
BettyPrairieBreezeS08sign

KermitKiddo1056
CLOSING SIGNS Baby Breeze, Prairie Dawn, and Betty Lou hold the Sesame Street sign, and Kermit and a kid hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.

Notes[]

  • Though Bob has been seen in his apartment window multiple times before, this episode marks the first appearance of the interior of his apartment.
  • Caroll Spinney makes an onscreen cameo dropping a letter in the mailbox at the beginning of the episode.


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