Sesame Street | |||||
Big Bird wants to be an animal trainer | |||||
Air date | March 8, 1979 | ||||
Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still | |
SCENE 1 | Gordon and Susan see the new trashman Bruno carrying Oscar's trash can down the block. Bruno jogs up toward them, panting. Oscar emerges and claims they've already circled the block thrice. Oscar commands Bruno to start another lap. | |
Muppets | Ernie sings "Dee, Dee, Dee" as Cookie Monster hastily demonstrates each D word. (First: Episode 0319) | |
Cartoon | Consonant Sound Limerick: D—Dog Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1149) | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Grover helps Kermit 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. (alternate take) (First: Episode 0276) | |
Film | Otters in the zoo (First: Episode 0487) | |
Cast | Bob and Maria visit a letter "D" museum, and observe pictures of a dark "D", a dazzling "D", and a delightful "D". Big Bird notices a dusty "D" statue, but ends up destroying the delicate "D" despite Bob and Maria's warnings. (First: Episode 0692) | |
Animation | Sand D/d (First: Episode 0640) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Heather talk about rhyming. (First: Episode 0789) | |
Animation | A roof finds its way to the top of a house. (First: Episode 0505) | |
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) | |
Film | George the Farmer's ladder gets taller and shorter, as does his box of berries. (First: Episode 0289) | |
Cartoon | A man tells a confused boy that he saw a bird on a tree, with both of their thoughts appearing on the screen. (First: Episode 0565) | |
SCENE 2 | Big Bird has bought some curtains to hang outside the kitchen window of Gordon and Susan's apartment in an effort to keep some privacy between them. Big Bird notices one side is longer than the other, so he grabs some scissors and cuts them. He does this more and more until he finally shows the results to Susan and Gordon - two small sections that don't cover the window at all (and are still uneven). | |
Cartoon | A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom. (First: Episode 0784) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie answers the telephone. Bert overhears the conversation, which involves a baseball game, a rainy day, and a gorilla stealing a bologna sandwich. When Bert asks who just called, Ernie says it was a wrong number. (First: Episode 0305) | |
Film | Joe Raposo sings "Look at This" over footage of something ... can you guess what it is? (First: Episode 0514) | |
Cartoon | Z for Zebu Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1185) | |
Film | A girl puts on her coat all by herself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0622) | |
Celebrity | Judy Collins sings "A Song Without a Reason" with the Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 0864) | |
Film | Photographic collage demonstration of ALL, MOST, SOME and NONE of an apple. Artist: Frank and Caroline Mouris (First: Episode 0979) | |
Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) | |
Film | Stop! (kids dancing) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0681) | |
Cartoon | A dog pulls its master, who keeps begging "STOP!" until they reach the word STOP. (First: Episode 0706) | |
Film | Footage of a leopard in the plain. (First: Episode 0364) | |
Cartoon | D for Dog: the roles between dog and master are reversed. (First: Episode 0016) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John and Herry Monster count to twenty. (First: Episode 0441) | |
Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing is a policeman. (First: Episode 0223) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. Bert says, "I thought maybe you weren't here!" Ernie starts to search to see if he can find himself. (First: Episode 0171) | |
SCENE 3 | Gordon comes by Oscar's can, where Oscar is in the midst of a football game - Groucher College vs. Notre Dame. Oscar tosses the deflated ball out of the can and Gordon catches it, inadvertently winning Oscar's team the game (to his dismay). | |
Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #9 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1032) | |
Film | A marching band counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0504) | |
Cartoon | Jazz #9 (First: Episode 0137) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Miss Muffet — The spider scares Kermit away. (First: Episode 0601) | |
Cartoon | Wrong Way Willie, treasurer of his club, has lost the club's funds. Billy Jo Jive and Susie look for where it may be and discover Willie's had it in his hat the entire time. (First: Episode 1235) | |
Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) | |
Cartoon | What if I had big feet? (First: Episode 0514) | |
SCENE 4 | Big Bird recounts his trip to the circus to Barkley (who doesn't pay much attention). Big Bird was especially enamored by the lion tamer and imagines himself in such a role, with Barkley as his trained animal. Back in reality, Big Bird tries getting Barkley to do some tricks, but he just lays on the ground instead. | |
Muppets | The Count croons "Count Up to Nine." (First: Episode 1134) | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #4: The third dot wants to be red. (First: Episode 0001) | |
SCENE 5 | Big Bird declares that he's finally taught Barkley a circus trick - commanding him to lay down (which he's already doing). Mr. Macintosh announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob and Linda hold the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- The episode was originally scripted to have a full storyline in which Oscar and Bruno get acquainted as Oscar decides where to relocate his can. The episode was to also have an original song, "Cans, Cans, Cans."[1]
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