Sesame Street | |||||||
Big Bird tries to use a washing machine | |||||||
Air date | April 20, 1978 | ||||||
Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird regrets putting a hole in his washtub, trying to turn it into a musical instrument. (He blows through it and no sound comes out.) He tells Maria of his dilemma as he has some clothes he needs to launder. Maria tells him about the washing machine in the basement of 123 Sesame Street, which Big Bird has never seen before; he's not even sure what a basement is. She takes him down there to show what it's like... | |
SCENE 1 cont'd | Big Bird observes the wonders of the basement as Maria gives him a tour. She explains how Ernie and Bert's apartment are directly above them, followed by Gordon and Susan's place and her own. She shows where the furnace that heats up the building is located before finally showing him the washer and dryer set. She leaves him to his devices before heading back upstairs, making certain he knows how to use it. Once left alone, Big Bird tosses in the clothes (bag and all) and pulls up a stool to begin the waiting part. "Isn't science grand?" he muses. | |
Cartoon | A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare. (First: Episode 0486) | |
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 | At night, a group of mice are scared of a monster in the woods. They describe its features until the feared monster looks like an elephant - who is more scared of the mice. (First: Episode 0814) | |
Film | Letter O hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0338) | |
Cartoon | O for orange Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0673) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie talks about what happens next when he throws a rubber ball, a glass and a watermelon over the wall. When he throws the ball, it bounces. When he throws the glass, it breaks. When he throws the watermelon, Cookie Monster catches it in his mouth and thanks Ernie. (First: Episode 0148) | |
SCENE 2 | An hour has passed and Big Bird is asleep. Maria comes back to see his progress and Big Bird complains that the washing machine is broken. She shows him how to properly use the machine by dumping just the clothes in, adding soap, and activating it. Big Bird hopes it won't take long for the clothes to get clean as he starts to get dizzy from closely watching the clothes spin. | |
Cartoon | An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0173) | |
Muppets | In the woods, a nature-loving baritone (Jim Henson) sings "Ah, For the Joys of the Countryside" about how much he loves the country, without noticing that his surroundings are being converted into a city. (First: Episode 1008) | |
Cartoon | La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes. (First: Episode 0338) | |
Film | A giant panda walks around. (First: Episode 0920) | |
Muppets | Ice Follies: Count von Count skates to the tune of "The Song of the Count" ending with the rink lights simulating lightning. (First: Episode 0884) | |
Cartoon | The weary traveler asks the wise man to demonstrate none, some, most and all with a basket of oranges. (First: Episode 0939) | |
Film / Cartoon | The letter O introduces many words he starts. (First: Episode 0621) | |
Cartoon | A girl uses her imagination while sitting on a sofa. (First: Episode 0765) | |
Muppets | The Martians find a telephone. (First: Episode 0398) | |
SCENE 3 | Bob and the kids join Maria and Big Bird down in the basement, where Big Bird continues to watch the laundry - even when the machine has stopped. For the time being, Bob starts a game where he and Maria describe some underground places (such as a subway station or coal mine) for Big Bird and the kids to guess. Big Bird gets a turn and describes a place very similar to the basement they're currently in, though he gets in a loop when he starts talking about the washing machine that keeps going around and around and around... | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Five Little Pigs — Kermit encouters the wrong group of pigs. (First: Episode 0737) | |
Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #5 (First: Episode 0991) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird." (First: Episode 0372) | |
Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0323) | |
Muppets | Grover is astonished to find that he's multiplied into four Grovers. (First: Episode 0718) | |
Cartoon | What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances? (First: Episode 0451) | |
SCENE 4 | Luis leads Mrs. Foster (Olga Felgemacher) down into the basement to check the electric meter. She explains to a kid what her job entails before trying to read the meter of Oscar's trash can, which has a back door accessing the basement as well (indicated by his "Keep Out" sign). Oscar, stepping out from the shower, doesn't want to be bothered and encourages Mrs. Foster's threats to shut off his power, listing all the utilities he doesn't use. He changes his tone when she mentions shutting off his trash compactor ("You can't leave me without entertainment," he grumbles), so Oscar allows her to read his meter by prying it from the wall and handing it to them. | |
Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper plans to use a hand buzzer when he asks someone to slap him five. Instead, the joker slaps a 5 on his chest. (First: Episode 0991) | |
Film | A boy tells what happens on a fishing boat. (First: Episode 0028) | |
Cartoon | Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for. (First: Episode 0136) | |
Cartoon | A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414) | |
Film | "Noises" A boy named Julio uses "magic glasses" to see invisible things that make noises, including a train, a cat, a fire engine, a saw, and a man whistling. Can you make those noises? (First: Episode 0004) | |
Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover informs Mr. Johnson that the restaurant is out of a lot of items that are on the menu. The only thing still at the restaurant is milk... but there are no glasses. (First: Episode 0976) | |
Cartoon | O for orange (repeat) | |
SCENE 5 | As Bob, Maria, and Luis attend to the furnace, Big Bird realizes he's forgotten to wash his handkerchief. He wonders how much soap to use and decides to pour whatever's left in the box in the machine. Soon, the machine bubbles over with soap suds as the adults try to shut it off in a panic. | |
SCENE 5 cont'd | Meanwhile, Oscar (from within his can up on the surface of the street) enjoys being left alone after his dishwater shower when he starts becoming engulfed in clean soap suds. He starts shouting murder as the suds billow out of his can as Maria announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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