Sesame Street | |||||||
Children help Big Bird feed his bird friends | |||||||
Air date | December 7, 1977 | ||||||
Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock sings "X Marks the Spot!" (First: Episode 0351) | |
Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299) | |
Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) | |
SCENE 1 | The kids help Big Bird feed bags of birdseed to his bird friends in the yard. Big Bird becomes hungry and eats out of one of the bags. | |
Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) | |
Muppets | Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0188) | |
Film | Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) | |
Animation | Sand X/x (First: Episode 0638) | |
Film | The Alphabet Dancers make a letter X. (First: Episode 0456) | |
Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Lemurs rest on tree branches. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) | |
Muppets | The Twiddlebugs try to figure out how to get to the zoo. They notice it's too far to walk, swim, or fly. Then they notice their Twiddle-car. (First: Episode 0603) | |
Animation | A scoop of ice cream makes its way to the top of a cone. (First: Episode 0505) | |
Film | 1-20 Ice Skaters Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) | |
SCENE 2 | The Count comes by Hooper's Store, noting how beautiful and lovely it is today and decides to look for something to count. Bob and two kids come walking in his direction, but once they see him Bob becomes stressed out, knowing the Count’s intentions and stays put, much to the Count’s confusion. Luis and two more kids come by, but Bob shushes them and warns them that the Count is nearby. They all agree that they’re not in the mood to be counted and how much of a drag it sometimes is considering the usual outcome. The Count overhears them talking and takes offense, wishing they were more understanding of his passion: “I HAVE to count, I LOVE to count, I LIVE to count, I AM the Count! Counting is my karma!”
He then decides to pretend he’s asleep so he can discreetly count the others as they walk by, and asks the viewer not to give it away. Once they hear the Count’s fake yawning and sleep noises, Bob, Luis, and the kids decide to tiptoe past him, setting their respective plans into motion. Just when the others think they succeeded, the Count’s thunder and lightning goes off and they grow irritated realizing what the Count has been up to all along. As the group walks away grumbling, the Count compliments himself for being a good bluffer - and the viewer for being a good secret keeper. | |
Animation | Russian nesting dolls 10-1 (First: Episode 0563) | |
Celebrity | Lily Tomlin, dressed as a cheerleader, gives a cheer for the parts of the body. (First: Episode 0885) | |
Cartoon | A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder. (First: Episode 0779) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert says it's Ernie's turn to go to the laundromat. He puts numerous things in the laundry basket, including storybooks, cookies, his boots, and a radio. Before long, the basket has no room for the laundry, so he decides to go play baseball instead. (First: Episode 0458) | |
Cartoon | A lost man (voiced by Jim Thurman) describes what a city is to a man who turns out to be an alien. (First: Episode 0763) | |
Cast | Part 1: The Flying Stupendos (Luis, Maria, and David) attempt a trick on the teeter-totter, in which Luis will jump onto one end and catapult Maria onto David's shoulders. On the first try, the teeter-totter breaks. (First: Episode 0585) | |
Film | The Mad Painter #2 (First: Episode 0309) | |
Cartoon | "Two headlights, two eyes, two schoolbooks, two pies..." (First: Episode 0926) | |
Cast | Part 2: On the second try (with a new teeter-totter), Maria is launched out of shot and winds up hanging off-screen from the ceiling. (First: Episode 0585) | |
Film | A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration. (First: Episode 0438) | |
Cartoon | A construction worker explains the uses of a folding ruler. (First: Episode 0572) | |
Cast | Part 3: On the third and final try, Luis lands on the floor missing the teeter-totter, and then sits down on his end, whereupon he and Maria see-saw together, as David walks away unimpressed. (First: Episode 0585) | |
Muppets | Betty Lou teaches the meaning of "beginning", "middle", and "end", and introduces two of her friends: Beginning and End. The duo tell a story, but it lacks something in between the beginning and end parts. Beginning and End recruit their pal Middle to fill out the rest of the story. Middle, however, cannot stop telling the exciting part of the story, and the three friends begin a quarrel, forcing Betty Lou to declare the end of the lecture. (First: Episode 0138) | |
Film | George the Farmer demonstrates "beginning" and "end". (First: Episode 0265) | |
Cartoon | Train #2 (First: Episode 0353) | |
Muppets | "Let's see," says Ernie. "We've got two eyes, and two ears, and two noses..." "Hey, you ding-a-ling!" Bert interrupts. "You've only got one nose!" Ernie promptly pulls Bert's nose off, sticks it onto his own face, and keeps counting. "Two noses, and two eyes, and two ears...too bad!" (First: Episode 0061) | |
Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A man paints a picture. (First: Episode 0411) | |
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) | |
Muppets | Waiter Grover: The Count has come to order hot dogs - lots of hot dogs. But when Grover refuses to get more hot dogs because the Count will only count them, and not eat them, the Count uses a hypnotism spell to get more. (First: Episode 0644) | |
Insert | Olivia sings "Quiet Is." (First: Episode 0916) | |
Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) | |
Muppets | Juanita looks for "YO", asking, "¿Esto es yo?" Nope, it's a toy car, and a tomato, and a mirror. Looking in the mirror, she finds herself. "¡Hola, yo!" she cries. (First: Episode 0454) | |
Cartoon | "Yo Soy Un ..." (First: Episode 0777) | |
Song | Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird." (First: Episode 0372) | |
Cartoon | A cat tries to teach the alley cats to play music in harmony. (First: Episode 0926) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music writes "Drive, Drive, Drive Your Car." (First: Episode 0897) | |
Animation | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (First: Episode 0359) | |
SCENE 3 | Bob and the kids play with a ball while the Count announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while the Count holds the CTW sign. |
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