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Sesame Street
Susan washes her car
Air date April 17, 1978
Season Season 9 (1977-1978)
Production March 1, 1978
Sponsors Q, W, 2

SSTitle-1156

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
1156a
SCENE 1 Big Bird and Olivia wait in a long line at Hooper's Store. Big Bird imagines different ways to get served first: he could force his way in, or he could trick the others into going home, or throw a tantrum … but he’s just not that kind of bird. When Big Bird finally gets to the front of the line, Mr. Hooper asks what he wants … but he forgets.
Anteatergiraffe
Cartoon What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe?
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0422)
1709t
Song Joe Raposo sings "Flying."
(First: Episode 0394)
Song.pigeon
Muppets Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon".
(First: Episode 0536)
1201-Hand
Cartoon A hand makes an ocean landscape, then turns it into a bustling city, which surprises a scuba diver.
(First: Episode 0940)
0808-Barbells
Insert Maria and Maria (a wheelchair-bound kid) encounter Herry, who is frustrated because he is struggling to put his new barbells together. They help him by pointing to the barbell he has that’s already assembled. Herry thanks them, then assumes neither of them are strong enough to lift them, but they prove him wrong when they take one away.
(First: Episode 0808)
Wworm
Cartoon A worm declares that the word "worm" is the only important word that begins with "W". A walrus retaliates by dumping a bucket of water on it.
(First: Episode 0001)
Animaldoctor
Film / Song "At the Animal Doctor": Two boys take their dog to the vet
(First: Episode 1016)
Wild wind
Cartoon An anthropomorphic cloud blows a wild wind disturbing some farm animals.
(First: Episode 0407)
Hereisyrlifetree
Muppets Guy Smiley hosts Here Is Your Life, surprising Oak Tree with the story of his life. The guests include Granny Fanny Nesselrode, who planted the tree as an acorn, Cloud and Sun, who gave the tree rain and sunshine, and Marty Table and Sarah Chair, who were made from the tree's friends.
(First: Episode 0406)
SB--WWater
Cartoon Speech Balloon: W for water
(First: Episode 0062)
1156b

1156c
SCENE 2 Bob and Gordon sit in the yard together, each reading books. Bob sees Big Bird reading from afar, and strikes up a conversation with Gordon on how good it is to see him trying new things at his age. Gordon agrees, but in Gordon's mind he thinks Bob is referring to Mr. Hooper, who sits nearby knitting something.
1710w
Cartoon The Typewriter: W, Wall
(First: Episode 0790)
2678-Itchy
Song Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests.
(First: Episode 0449)
Signman.BINGO
Cartoon Sign Man: BINGO
1186u
Muppets Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 1
Counting to 2 is not very exciting.
Twostep
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0342)
1186v
Muppets Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 2
Nobody's favorite number is 2.
1091-21
Song Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me."
(First: Episode 0375)
1186x
Muppets Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 3
The huge visual aid falls on Grover.
MarcoFlower
Animation Marco had a flower. When it wilted, he called his grandpa and told him exactly what the flower looked like. Grandpa told him to water the flower, and it grew again.
(First: Episode 0555)
1156d

1156e
SCENE 3 Olivia shows the kids what a pineapple looks like; Oscar says it looks more like a Grouch basketball. He prefers the rough outside and is disgusted by the sweet fruit on the inside when Olivia shares some pineapple slices with the group. When they're not looking, Oscar takes the whole pineapple and bites into it, finding it more fun than eating a cactus.
Moremoths
Cartoon More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes.
Artist: Bob Kurtz
(First: Episode 0294)
1836p
Film Stop! (kids dancing)
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0681)
Stopcartoon
Cartoon The O in STOP bounces around, and the other letters tell it to stop.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0149)
STOPsign
Film A STOP sign spins around.
(First: Episode 0930)
More-1232
Cartoon The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has.
Artist: Bob Kurtz
(First: Episode 0294)
E&BIceCubeCollection
Muppets Ernie wants to show Bert his ice-cube collection. The ice cubes were so cold that he had to put them in a box covered with an electric blanket. Much to Ernie's surprise, the ice cubes have disappeared. Since they were replaced with water, Ernie suspects that a fish might have stolen them. Bert tells him that it's because they've melted. Ernie, however, is now convinced that a fish melted the ice cubes, and angrily walks out the door to "tear him fin-from-fin."
(First: Episode 0033)
1255-Paul
Celebrity Paul Simon and the kids make up a song together and then sing a portion of "Get Back" by the Beatles.
(First: Episode 1088)
QuietKorty
Cartoon Q for Quiet
Artist: John Korty
(First: Episode 0441)
KermitCookieLuisBanana
Muppets / Cast Luis has four things lined up in a row - a harmonica, a whistle, a trumpet, and a banana. He tells Kermit that one of these doesn't belong, and Kermit chooses the banana because you can make music with the instruments, but you eat the banana... or so he thinks. Luis blows into the banana and appears to be playing a horn until he reveals he was honking a horn behind his back the whole time. Amused by the trick, they decide to play the same joke on Cookie Monster, but Cookie has a different idea--you eat the harmonica, whistle, and trumpet, and make beautiful music with the banana.
(First: Episode 0553)
0871o
Cartoon Q-quiet! (tree chopping)
(First: Episode 0675)
Harvey2
Muppets Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest.
(First: Episode 0417)
1156f
SCENE 4 Susan plans to wash her car, both inside and outside. She sets out all the necessary supplies and begins work when Gordon comes by and offers to help. Susan prefers to do the project herself, and a little while later she tells Bob the same thing when he passes by. Oscar spies her later in the day from his trash can, hearing Susan tell Gordon that she's having a good time cleaning and waxing the car. Oscar wants to join in on the fun and gets an idea...
1969-dots
Cartoon Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly
(First: Episode 0001)
Logcabinfilm
Film Building a log cabin
(First: Episode 0602)
1156g
SCENE 5 Oscar shows up to help out with Susan's car, despite her not wanting or needing it. She finds his helpfulness very out of character and discovers that Oscar has splattered mud on the side of her newly-waxed car. Since Susan likes cleaning and Oscar likes messing things up, he figures now both of them can have fun! Susan breaks down and calls for help from the others who lock horns with Oscar as Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors.
Count954

Ernbertsign
CLOSING SIGNS The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, and Ernie and Bert hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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