Sesame Street | |||||||
Bob learns signs to impress Linda | |||||||
Air date | April 8, 1977 | ||||||
Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Luis sings "Like/Dislike," a song about the things he likes and dislikes. | |
Muppets | Super Grover: Young Willy Nilly is scared to get his hair cut. Super Grover tells Willy that haircuts are scary, but he must be brave. However, Max the barber shows them both that haircuts do not hurt, and soon they are no longer afraid of hair cuts. (First: Episode 0717) | |
Cartoon | Poor Solomon Grundy washes a different part of the left side of his body every day, but at the end of the week, "he's still half dirty!" (First: Episode 0001) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Crocodile Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray. (First: Episode 0787) | |
Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock sings "X Marks the Spot!" (First: Episode 0351) | |
Film | A film insert of kittens playing, with child voiceovers in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0429) | |
Cast | Linda stars in the Theatre Without Words production of "The Fisherman and the Fish." | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about hands, with some assistance from a human hand. Kermit counts the hand's fingers and lists off various things it can do. The hand gradually becomes more aggressive with Kermit in demonstrating, but the two eventually make up by shaking hands. (First: Episode 0342) | |
Cartoon | Two guys row their oars in different directions, until they decide to cooperate and row together. (First: Episode 0510) | |
Film | A girl meets a blind woman who has a seeing-eye dog. (First: Episode 0952) | |
Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about the letter X. (First: Episode 0560) | |
Cartoon | A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse. | |
Cast | Maria tries to build a block tower that matches an already-built one. (First: Episode 0460) | |
Film | Joe Raposo counts 20 antique cars. (First: Episode 0410) | |
SCENE 2 | Bob, Damian, and Stephanie play a “Three of These Things” game with three groups of two and one group of one. | |
Cartoon | "Nelly 1-10 / 10-1": Kids count numbers in a parade, which are interrupted by other participants. Artist: Harvey Kurtzman (First: Episode 0629) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "One of These Things." (First: Episode 0174) | |
Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) | |
Cast / Celebrity | Judy Collins sings a "Water Cantata" with Susan, Maria, Bob, David, and Gordon. (First: Episode 1000) | |
Cartoon | One of these things doesn't belong (shoe pairs) (First: Episode 0490) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Elephants in the zoo. (First: Episode 0283) | |
Cartoon | A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131) | |
Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — After watching the Jazz #8 cartoon, Ernie gets Bert to play a game with him, in which he says, "I one the sandbox," Bert says "I two the sandbox," and so on until Bert gets to "I eight the sandbox." "How'd it taste?" Ernie asks. (First: Episode 0019) | |
Song | “Song of Eight” (First: Episode 0016) | |
Cartoon | A showman hawks his invisible chicken, which turns out to be a duck. | |
SCENE 3 | Outside 123 Sesame Street, Bob uses some books (including A Basic Course in American Sign Language) to learn how to say "I like Linda" in sign language. Big Bird comes by asking what he's up to and Bob sheepishly tries to avoid telling him. When Big Bird finally wrenches the truth out of him, he starts yelling out to anyone in the vicinity about Bob's feelings for Linda. | |
Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 1: WET. (First: Episode 0473) | |
Cartoon | A baby sees a "danger" sign, which points to several dangerous images. (First: Episode 0933) | |
Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 2: SET. (First: Episode 0473) | |
Film | Kids watch a silent movie with a man resting on the train tracks with an oncoming trolley - DANGER! (First: Episode 0480) | |
Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 3: MET. (First: Episode 0473) | |
Cartoon | Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job. (First: Episode 0407) | |
SCENE 4 | Bob hits the books again, trying to learn how to sign "I am learning to sign." Linda happens by, inquiring about what he's up to. Bob demonstrates the phrase he's just learned, but Linda wants to know why he's learning sign language. She won't accept his answer of "just because," so he finally uses the signs from earlier to tell her he likes her. She replies that she already knows - Big Bird just told her. She rewards his efforts with a kiss on the cheek and the two hold hands. | |
Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) | |
Film | Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are. (First: Episode 0326) | |
Animation | Slide puzzle - elephant (First: Episode 0389) | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Judy Collins sings "The Fisherman Song" with several Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 0796) | |
Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1 (First: Episode 0001) | |
SCENE 5 | Bob, Linda, and the kids play a sign language version of Simon Says, as Luis announces the sponsors and the credits roll. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bert and Ernie hold the CTW sign. |
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