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Sesame Street
Mr. Snuffleupagus loses every game that he plays with Big Bird.
(repeat of 0708)
Air date February 23, 1977
Season Season 8 (1976-1977)
Sponsors H, I, 11

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
Headball-Alphabet
Muppets Roosevelt Franklin trains his headball team by having them recite the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0893)
UncleGus
Cartoon "Uncle Gus and all of us went for a ride to Ho-Ho-Kus". Features a Snuffleupagus cameo.
(First: Episode 0926)
Scanimatekids
Video Scanimate kids intro
(First: Episode 0798)
Musicalchairs
Insert Luis plays a game of "Musical Chairs" with some disabled kids. Grover gives each one of them a hug whenever they drop out of the game.
(First: Episode 0958)
2648.START
Cartoon A race announcer doubles as the man who holds up the START and STOP sign.
(First: Episode 0623)
Erniebertcleantoybox
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie makes a mess of the apartment in order to find a note he wrote to Bert.
(First: Episode 0255)
BreadMilkButter
Cartoon "I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions.
Artist: Jim Simon
(First: Episode 0408)
Baldeaglefilm2
Film A bald eagle flies over houses, a beach, and other locations.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0411)
0708a

0708b
SCENE 1 When Big Bird wins a game of checkers with Mr. Snuffleupagus for the tenth time in a row, Snuffy feels like quitting as he never seems to win any game. Big Bird suggests playing something new, so the two have a race from the front of the construction doors to the newsstand at Hooper's Store. Big Bird ends up winning again, further upsetting Snuffy. Big Bird thinks there must be a game that Snuffy is good at…
Seasonssong
Cartoon "Four Seasons"
(First: Episode 0276)
0708c
SCENE 2 Big Bird plays a “Three of These Things” game with Snuffy, using pictures of a fuzzy brown Snuffleupagus, a fuzzy brown monster, a fuzzy brown teddy bear, and a yellow-feathered bird (himself). Snuffy guesses wrong and considers running away forever as Big Bird comforts him, thinking of another game.
2963-A6
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentJohn-John and Herry Monster count to twenty.
(First: Episode 0441)
Typewriterhand
Cartoon The Typewriter: H for Hand
(First: Episode 0771)
0708d

0708e

0708f
SCENE 3 Big Bird finally figures out what Snuffy is good at: not being seen by his friends! He proves it by having Snuffy hide, then going to fetch some people. Snuffy gets himself situated behind the playground near Big Bird's nest as Big Bird invites Susan, Gordon and David over to look for him. They're all skeptical, but follow him anyway. Big Bird notices Snuffy's hiding spot and tries to help conceal him, but the others never end up finding him. The adults leave, and Snuffy feels like he finally won something.
Pinball 11
Cartoon Pinball Number Count #11
Artist: Jeff Hale
2096c
Muppets Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it.
(First: Episode 0601)
1708t
Cartoon H for hello (voice of Gary Owens)
(First: Episode 0020)
H-hoist
Film Letter H hoist
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0336)
1708r
Cartoon H for hola (Spanish soundtrack).
(First: Episode 0362)
1396n
Muppets Biff hangs numbers under Salvador Dada's paintings in an art museum.
(First: Episode 0707)
Film.Gazelle
Film A gazelle runs fast across a plain.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0478)
1854-Ruler
Cartoon A construction worker explains the uses of a folding ruler.
(First: Episode 0572)
2257ze
Film Joe Raposo: Wet & Dry (Falls in pool; kid VO's)
(First: Episode 0467)
EBwindow
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Everything is getting wet, because it's raining and a window is stuck open. But Ernie explains that he can't fix it now because he'd get wet in all that rain. When the rain stops, he explains to Bert that since it's not raining anymore, nothing's getting wet, and there's no reason to fix it.
(First: Episode 0344)
0708g
SCENE 4 Gordon and David try to put a baby to sleep, but are having trouble. Sam the Robot intervenes by singing a lullaby he uses with machines, which even puts David and Gordon temporarily to sleep.
1090-06
Cartoon A bee looks for a flower.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0616)
Cookie Counter
Muppets Cookie Monster presents to Ernie his new device “The Cookie Counter,” which will notify him of the quantity of cookies inside the box. Cookie Monster points “The Cookie Counter” rod to the box of cookies, which rings five times representing the amount of cookies inside the box. Ernie is impressed by Cookie Monster’s device and talks about the benefits the device provides to the audience, simultaneously Cookie Monster eats Ernie’s box of cookies. Ernie tests the Cookie Counter by pointing the rod at the box of cookies, the box doesn’t ring. Cookie Monster asks Ernie to face the Cookie Counter rod to his stomach; it rings five times as proof of the location of the five cookies.
(First: Episode 0481)
Hands-Wall
Film There Once Was a Hand series: The hands try to communicate with each other by making sounds from opposite sides of a wall.
(First: Episode 0649)
Hairtoon
Cartoon H for hair
(First: Episode 0475)
MadPainter11
Film The Mad Painter #11
(First: Episode 0329)
Knights-SquareTable
Cast A king (David) and his knights (Luis, Bob and Maria) assemble for their meeting at the round table, but discover their table is actually a square. They fetch a triangle, then rectangle table before finally getting a round one, which they eat their lunches off of.
(First: Episode 0952)
Cooperation-Film
Song "Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure.
(First: Episode 0933)
HTV
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Bert complains when a big letter H appears on the TV screen, so Ernie turns off the set, unplugs it, and takes a bunch of H objects out of the TV (including a hat, a house and a hamster). When he plugs it back in, a big letter I appears on the screen. Ernie wants to try fixing the TV again, but Bert tells him not to -- this is a great show.
(First: Episode 0578)
3142u
Cartoon I am dry, they are wet (Umbrella)
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0344)
Film.Onthebeach
Film Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental)
(First: Episode 0411)
0708h
SCENE 5 Susan has a baseball mitt, a toy truck, and a book. She sings “You Can Remember” as she puts them all in a box, then sees if the viewer can remember what the items are.
STOPsign
Film A STOP sign spins around.
(First: Episode 0930)
3161s
Cartoon I - ice cream.
(First: Episode 0033)
0708i
SCENE 6 The kids play on Sesame Street as Snuffy announces the sponsors.
DavidS05sign

0635h
CLOSING SIGNS David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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