Sesame Street | |||||||||
Gordon brings home a telescope. | |||||||||
Air date | January 27, 1978 | ||||||||
Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | It's nighttime on Sesame Street and Gordon has set up a telescope in the yard, explaining to some kids (including Debbie) what it's used for. He intends to observe the moon, but when he looks through it he sees nothing. He fears he broke it somehow until one of the kids simply pops off the lens cap on the other end. Everybody takes turns looking at the moon. | |
Cartoon | "Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0085) | |
Muppets | Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part two) (First: Episode 0359) | |
Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281) | |
Film | Scenes of individuals running from around the world. (First: Episode 0590) | |
Cartoon | One of these shoe pairs ... (First: Episode 0503) | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Grover helps Kermit the Frog demonstrate "long" and "short" by picking up a short ladder. Then Kermit says he'll help Grover bring in a long ladder, but Grover says he'll get it alone. He carries the long ladder past Kermit, who's amazed that Grover can get it all by himself. When the other end of the ladder passes by, Grover is holding that end too. (First: Episode 0276) | |
Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short. (First: Episode 0521) | |
Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) | |
Muppets | Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk" The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together. (First: Episode 0452) | |
Cartoon | Caterpillars Never Wear Brown Boots Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0809) | |
Cast | Maria as Chaplin notices a short thread on Luis' tuxedo, which becomes long as he pulls it, unraveling Luis's trousers! (First: Episode 1042) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert complains that he can't sleep, because Ernie left the faucet dripping. Ernie drowns out the sound of the water dripping with louder noises. (First: Episode 0131) | |
Cartoon | A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one. (First: Episode 0782) | |
Film | Topi antelopes nod "yes." Music by Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0411) | |
SCENE 2 | David watches Big Bird look at the moon through the telescope, though David gets confused when Big Bird comments that not only does the moon need a good cleaning, but there are moths fluttering around it. David takes a look at it himself and informs Big Bird that he's really looking at the bulb of the Sesame Street lamppost. He adjusts the telescope so Big Bird can see the real moon instead. | |
Cartoon | Kids narrate a Letter 'Z' Drawing (First: Episode 0359) | |
Cast | Marvelous Maria rides her trike in 10 circles (then backwards). (First: Episode 0443) | |
Cartoon | A dog answers "Yes" to every question. (First: Episode 0783) | |
Celebrity | Mary Lou Williams scats with the kids. (First: Episode 0792) | |
Cartoon | "Four Seasons" (First: Episode 0276) | |
Film | A gorilla sits on a park bench with a lunchbox full of bananas. Noticing the woman seated beside him, he decides to share his bananas with her. She keeps answering "YES" every time the gorilla offers one until he runs out of bananas. (First: Episode 0524) | |
Cartoon | Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) | |
SCENE 3 | On the stoop, Gordon introduces the letter Z for "zoo." He holds a small toy zoo in his hands, which somehow makes loud animal sounds when he lifts the roof off. | |
Cartoon | A ship captain orders the numbers 1-20 into a boat - which promptly sinks. Artist: Harvey Kurtzman (First: Episode 0614) | |
Film | Trees are very nice places, for animals and for people. (First: Episode 0455) | |
Muppets | The letter R joins U and N to make the word RUN. Anything Muppets run into the scene and take the letters. (First: Episode 0406) | |
Film | Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are. (First: Episode 0326) | |
Film | Circles in everyday objects. (First: Episode 0464) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie eats one of Bert's cookies and doesn't know what to tell him. Bert observes that there are four cookies when there should be five. No matter how Ernie arranges them, there are still four cookies. Since Bert doesn't want to see four cookies, Ernie eats another one, making it three instead of four. (First: Episode 0238) | |
Celebrity | Paul Simon performs "St. Judy's Comet." (First: Episode 1055) | |
Cartoon | A circle becomes a clock, balloon, sun, etc. (First: Episode 0358) | |
Film | A woman repairs wires for the telephone company. (First: Episode 0771) | |
Cartoon | This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507) | |
Film | Lizards (First: Episode 0047) | |
Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) | |
Muppets | Maria tells the story of "The King's Problem". (First: Episode 0407) | |
Cartoon | A girl talks about imagination. (First: Episode 0353) | |
SCENE 4 | Olivia and David look up at all the twinkling stars and try to find constellations of several geometric shapes. | |
Cartoon | Violet climbs a vine with V words. (First: Episode 0389) | |
Song | A girl invites the listener to "Swing Up High." (First: Episode 0408) | |
Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (repeat) | |
SCENE 5 | David closes Hooper's Store for the day, and he and Gordon wish the kids all a good night before everyone heads for home. Olivia announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and Bert hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
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