Sesame Street | |||||
Linda stars in Joan of Arc | |||||
Air date | May 19, 1977 | ||||
Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Pied Piper of Hamelin — Kermit takes over for the Pied Piper. (First: Episode 0519) | |
Cartoon | S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) | |
Cast | Big Bird conducts a choir of Susan, Mr. Hooper, Gordon and Mr. Macintosh, who say the "S" sound in "SONG." (First: Episode 0932) | |
Cartoon | S - Serpiente (First: Episode 0382) | |
Film | A giant panda walks around. (First: Episode 0920) | |
Cartoon | S for sing (First: Episode 0824) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster is about to eat a cookie, when a sad-looking girl approaches and stares at him. He tries to eat the cookie, but can't do it. He breaks the cookie in half and shares the cookie with the girl. He eats his half of the cookie. When the girl eats her half, she eats it just like Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0623) | |
SCENE 1 | As Olivia takes a group picture of Big Bird, Gordon, and the kids, Bob and Linda arrive with some news - Linda has been cast as the star of a new play. Big Bird thinks she'll be playing a literal star (asking who will be the Moon), when Bob clarifies that she will be playing the title role of Joan of Arc; Big Bird hasn't heard of her. She and Bob teach everyone some basic signs pertaining to the story and Bob reads a version of her famous tale as Linda acts it out. After the performance, Big Bird is surprised he never heard of her, having misheard her name as "Joan of Lark." | |
Cartoon | Willie Wimple: Tree Destruction Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0516) | |
Film | A little boy narrates the various activities his family partakes in on a typical Monday. (First: Episode 0127) | |
Muppets | Lefty delivers some carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get more carrots (in 13 seconds). (First: Episode 0255) | |
Cartoon | A boxer explains the letter "B". (First: Episode 0006) | |
Muppets | Lefty delivers more carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get the most carrots he can find (in 15 seconds). (First: Episode 0255) | |
Cartoon | B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (First: Episode 0008) | |
Muppets | Lefty delivers the rest of the carrots to his boss. The boss reveals that the carrots are for his pet rabbit (a real rabbit), which he shows to Lefty. (First: Episode 0255) | |
Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Bird Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0269) | |
Film | Where the buffalo roam ... (First: Episode 0510) | |
Cartoon | What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances? (First: Episode 0451) | |
SCENE 2 | Olivia holds out an image of the full Joan of Arc costume Linda needs and probes the kids to find what items Linda still needs to complete the outfit. As they finish dressing her, Oscar takes a peek and becomes highly complimentary, going so far as to say he's in love...not with Linda, but the iron suit she has. He hopes she'll stand out in the rain and get it rusted, making it even more appealing to him. | |
Cartoon | A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?" (First: Episode 0558) | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit the Frog talks about making the B sound, with much detail. When Beautiful Day Monster walks by, Kermit goes over the lesson again. The monster does the noise perfectly, but his "BAH!" scares Kermit away, and fogs up the screen. (First: Episode 0068) | |
Cartoon | A child learns there's many things one can do with a stick. (First: Episode 0803) | |
Film | Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0615) | |
Cast | Postman David goes to collect some mail from a mailbox, but finds there's more and more each time he opens it. (First: Episode 0533) | |
Film | An itchy wombat scratches its four legs. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0008) | |
Cast | The mailbox is emptied, but how will David get all the mail to the post office? He lets the mail back into the hammerspace-like mailbox, then takes that with him. (First: Episode 0533) | |
Cartoon | I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (First: Episode 0524) | |
Muppets | Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it. (First: Episode 0189) | |
Film | Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) | |
Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300) | |
Film | Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time), then the complete animal. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) | |
SCENE 3 | Linda gives Bob the last four tickets for the show tonight, to be used for himself, Gordon, Olivia, and Big Bird. She tells him to be careful with them, as they are the only tickets left; the show has sold out. Bob places them in his back pocket, but a hole has formed in the bottom and the tickets fall right through onto the pavement. | |
SCENE 3 cont'd | Big Bird happens by and discovers the tickets on the sidewalk. He's glad because now he can attend the show and invite some friends to join him. Just as he goes off, Bob returns to the spot and frantically searches for the missing tickets. | |
Film | Four Song (Song of Four) (First: Episode 0006) | |
Cartoon | A clam tells a fisherman why he's not catching any fish: he pulled all the plants out of the pond. (First: Episode 0408) | |
SCENE 4 | Linda finds Bob crawling around on the sidewalk trying to find the tickets. He fears she's angry at him, but she understands how this could happen, especially when Bob finally discovers the gaping hole in his back pocket. Big Bird comes by and reveals that he found the tickets, but only has two left; he already gave two away to Gordon and Olivia. Bob points out they were supposed to get them anyhow, thus he and Big Bird can retain their tickets, meaning things worked out after all. | |
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 | A woman holds a painting of five chickens. (First: Episode 0769) | |
Muppets | Biff hangs numbers under Salvador Dada's paintings in an art museum. (First: Episode 0707) | |
Cartoon | A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment —: Grover and his friend Debo notice the letter "S" sitting on a brick wall. He exclaims that the letter is an old friend, and shouts, "Hey, S, babyyyy!" and slaps it off the wall. He remarks, "I hope he did not take that personally." (First: Episode 0467) | |
Film | Alone Song (First: Episode 0921) | |
Cartoon | A black cat chases after a white bird, until a white lion steps in. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0255) | |
SCENE 5 | It is now the day after Linda's show, and she and Bob are out for a stroll. Oscar pops up and bestows upon her a ratty bouquet of flowers to commemorate her performance. He hopes in return, she'll give him the suit of armor she used in the show. However, the outfit was a rental and she's already returned it. "Well, that's show business," sighs Oscar as he retreats back to his can, and Gordon announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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