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Sesame Street
Telly Monster moves to Sesame Street
Air date March 6, 1979
Season Season 10 (1978-1979)
Production January 27, 1979
Sponsors M, N, 5
Releases Sesame Street Classics

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
SSseason10
COLD OPEN 10th Season Intro Still
cut from the Max version
1257a
SCENE 1 Big Bird welcomes the viewer and tells them about being a baby and how he used to be fed as one. He then introduces a film about it...
1257-Animals
Film Baby animals are fed milk.
(First: Episode 0238)
ErnieBert--Bert'sPresent
Muppets Ernie & BertBert has a present for his Aunt Matilda, but Ernie thinks that the present is for him, so he makes several guesses about what it is first, then unwraps it.
(First: Episode 0165)
2341y
Cartoon "That's About the Size of It"
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0279)
Songofthecount
Muppets The Count sings "The Song of the Count."
(First: Episode 0469)
Film-EagleRoads
Film Kids comment over footage of an eagle's view of different kinds of roads.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0377)
0871t
Insert Cookie Monster explains the purpose of a telephone. Then, Maria and Luis tease Cookie by eating the telephone!
(First: Episode 0562)
BirdBottleRocks
Cartoon The Story of the Crow and the Pitcher
(First: Episode 0801)
Film.AnimalAuction01

Film.AnimalAuction02
Film Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like.
(First: Episode 0932)
KermGrover5Blocks
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Grover helps Kermit show the number 5 using blocks, but Grover doesn't know how many to get (he can't count to 5). Kermit has him go back and forth bringing one until there is five.
(First: Episode 0475)
Pinball 05
Cartoon Pinball Number Count #5
(First: Episode 0991)
Turtlefilm
Film A turtle walks slowly.
Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod
(First: Episode 0281)
Surpriseinmyhand
Cartoon A boy says he has a big surprise in his hand.
(First: Episode 0557)
1257b

1257c
SCENE 2 While Mr. Hooper tends to business in his store, a strange character zooms in and frantically asks Mr. Hooper to plug him in before rushing out again. Afterward, Mr. Hooper has a delayed reaction as to what just happened. David enters and Mr. Hooper tries to explain what happened to him. They follow the cord outside to find the mystery person.
MeetingtheTellyMonster

1257d
SCENE 2 cont'd The cord leads them to a TV outside, where the monster is focused on it ("I'm glued.") David and Mr. Hooper try to introduce themselves and find that the monster is making his home right there in the middle of the street, considering that his TV is already there. He reveals himself to be Telly Monster and shows off his spinning, dazed eyes.
This street scene appears on the 40 Years of Sunny Days DVD.
3150k
Cartoon A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0780)
Caseymcphee
Muppets "The Ballad of Casey McPhee"
(First: Episode 0516)
NancyNannyGoat
Cartoon Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles.
Artist: Tee Collins
(First: Episode 0240)
1257-Hands
Film There Once Was a Hand series: the right hand plays with a ping-pong ball and tricks the left hand into thinking an egg is one.
(First: Episode 0668)
1257e
SCENE 3 David tells Olivia about how odd Telly is, but Olivia thinks otherwise. They try to invite him to play baseball with them four blocks away, but he's unable to -- his cord only reaches three blocks.
1257-HeSheIt
Cartoon The IT knows a lot about vacuum cleaners.
(First: Episode 1176)
YesterdayTodayTomorrow
Celebrity Judy Collins sings "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" with some kids on the shore.
(First: Episode 0971)
Slidepuzzle.Elephant
Animation Slide puzzle - elephant
(First: Episode 0389)
E&BToyGroups
Muppets Ernie & BertBert tells Ernie to put away his toys, and Ernie devises a system of arranging them. Unfortunately, all the categories he names apply only to his toy fire engine.
(First: Episode 0281)
1257-SandM
Animation Sand M/m
(First: Episode 0620)
1257f

1257g
SCENE 4 Olivia talks about the letters "m" and "n." Barkley shows her a few N words. She goes over to Telly and asks for some M words. He begins listing some shows beginning with M (including M*A*S*H, Masterpiece Theatre, Mickey Mouse and "Muppet Show").
400019
Cartoon M for mouse, mud, and mother
(First: Episode 0073)
George nearfar
Film George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch.
(First: Episode 0235)
Ssnfsleep
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Frog KissPrince Charming turns Sleeping Beauty into a frog.
(First: Episode 0453)
1257-STOP
Cartoon A STOP sign commands a train to stop.
(First: Episode 0493)
Timber2
Film A construction worker yells "Timber" and a tree falls to the ground, but then bounces back up!
(First: Episode 0149)
cut from the Max version
2269e
Cartoon Stop! (Moving Colored STOP signs in fast-motion)
(First: Episode 0776)
cut from the Max version
Timber1
Film A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground.
(First: Episode 0149)
cut from the Max version
Harveybuzzer
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)
Ivelostmypet
Cartoon A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday.
(First: Episode 0764)
1257-Scarecrows
Cast Maria, Luis, Bob and David, dressed as scarecrows, sing about the ankle, shoulder and knee.
(First: Episode 0711)
1257-5
Cartoon 5s go through a space-shredder and produce 5 objects.
(First: Episode 0864)
100008
Film Prairie dog
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0283)
1092-16
Cartoon The Typewriter: N for Nose
(First: Episode 0763)
1257-Rectangle
Animation Bridge #9 - Rectangle Bridge C
(First: Episode 0290)
1257h
SCENE 5 Big Bird shows an amazing trick: when he takes 6 steps backward, he ends up on the stoop; when he takes 6 steps forward, he's back on the sidewalk. As he continues doing this, Bob announces the sponsors.
Susan1257

Gordon1257
CLOSING SIGNS Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.

Gallery[]

Notes[]

  • A draft of the script included a few extra scenes with Telly Monster, which weren't included in the broadcast version. These included a scene with Telly eating TV dinners, a scene where David and Olivia put on a play in an attempt to get Telly to ignore the television, and a different closing scene.[1]

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