Sesame Street | |||||||||
The garden on the roof | |||||||||
Air date | December 9, 1977 | ||||||||
Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon and Debo go up to the roof of 123 Sesame Street, where Gordon has rarely been before. The two wade through the junk thrown all over to see the views, including the sidewalk in front of the building. They wave down to everyone, and David and Maria soon join them on the roof. They throw around ideas of how to use the space (such as a pigeon coop or sitting area), ultimately deciding to cultivate a community garden. They start by clearing the litter and call to Oscar the Grouch to collect it, which he enthusiastically agrees to. | |
Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M (First: Episode 0131) | |
Muppets | "M-M-M Monster Meal" (First: Episode 0380) | |
Cartoon | A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0438) | |
Song | "Train Song" (First: Episode 0423) | |
Cartoon | A farmer plants big, bigger and biggest trees. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284) | |
Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper tells a man that "stickys" are really useful. The man asks, "What's a sticky for?". Then Harvey slaps a number 4 on the man's chest and says, "This is sticky, and it's a four!" (First: Episode 0668) | |
Cartoon | Four motorcycle-riding chickens hatch out of an egg. (First: Episode 0796) | |
SCENE 2 | Oscar adds a few of his own plants to the garden (cacti, stinkweed, poison ivy, and skunk cabbage) and wants to take a picture of Maria sniffing one of his better-looking flowers nearby. Maria is skeptical because she thinks it’s one of his trick water-squirting flowers. She instead takes a picture of him and discovers the camera is what squirts water (in her face). | |
Film | Five bugs are counted, until one bug engulfs the other four. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0628) | |
Muppets | Kermit demonstrates his "What Happens Next" machine, which is designed to turn on his radio. None of the parts of the machine work properly. (First: Episode 0089) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: What do birds eat? (First: Episode 0495) | |
Cartoon | Four construction workers build a number 4. (First: Episode 0507) | |
Muppets | A group of female Anything Muppets sing about the many things "Women Can Be." (First: Episode 0773) | |
Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyme game, but ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it. (First: Episode 0798) | |
Cartoon | One of these things doesn't belong (shoe pairs) (First: Episode 0490) | |
Celebrity | Clive Thompson and Tina of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater dance to a blues number. (First: Episode 0851) | |
Cartoon | A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen! Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0276) | |
Muppets | Ernie is on a hunt for big rocks. When he tries to pick a really big rock, the rock turns out to be the dome of a large monster. (First: Episode 0034) | |
Cartoon | A postal worker tells the viewer what the post office is good for. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0783) | |
SCENE 3 | Big Bird recites poetry and plays the radio for his little plant, thinking it’ll grow if he does. While he and Gordon go down to fetch some water, David switches Big Bird’s little plant with a bigger one. When they come back up and see the big plant, Big Bird thinks his growing methods worked and continues reciting a "Trees"-esque poem. | |
Cartoon | Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles. Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift (First: Episode 0207) | |
Film | A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0476) | |
Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam is looking for the biggest man in the saloon. The frightened customers point him towards Big Barney, who's cowering under the table. When Sam discovers that Barney is the biggest man there, he gives him a hat: "This ol' hat here don't fit me. I thought maybe you could use it, huh? I'll see you, fellers." Sinister Sam leaves the baffled customers behind. "Now, that's a nice gesture," one says. "He's a little weird, but he's okay after all, isn't he?" (First: Episode 0281) | |
Cartoon | Typewriter: M for magic (First: Episode 0841) | |
Cast | Bob and Luis put together two halves of a painting of a train tunnel. When they fit the parts together, a train goes through the tunnel and zooms to take up the entire screen, frightening Bob and Luis so much, they take down the tunnel again. (First: Episode 0549) | |
Animation | Big, bigger, biggest (oxen pulling rocks) (First: Episode 0794) | |
Song | "I'm Not a Baby Anymore" (First: Episode 0652) | |
Cartoon | An owl flies, carrying a sign that says "PELIGRO." (First: Episode 0787) | |
Film | Kids comment as they see how corn grows in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0619) | |
Cartoon | "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. (First: Episode 0345) | |
Celebrity | Helen Reddy sings "Wonder Child." (First: Episode 0774) | |
Film | Marching Band #4 (First: Episode 0507) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry Monster and two kids share a bag of apples. (First: Episode 1018) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Butterfly (First: Episode 0006) | |
Film | Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. (First: Episode 0008) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "One of These Things." (First: Episode 0174) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Otters in the zoo (First: Episode 0487) | |
SCENE 4 | As people tend to the urban garden, the closing theme plays on the radio. Oscar then announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign. |
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