| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | May 11, 1979 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird has finished painting a chair, along with a WET PAINT sign to go with it. He then realizes that the paint on the WET PAINT sign is also wet, so he makes another WET PAINT sign for it. Only now, the new sign is also wet... |
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Film | A wall painter on a high-rise spells and paints the word "WET PAINT" in red, but accidentally puts his hand on one of the painted letters and looks at his hand, all painted red, and shouts, "WET PAINT!" (First: Episode 1036) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Big Bird goes to Hooper's Store and asks David for another can of paint. David can't believe he's used up a whole gallon just painting a chair until Big Bird tells him to look outside. David sees that Big Bird has painted about a dozen WET PAINT signs and has put them up all over 123 Sesame Street, each one pointing to a previously-made sign. |
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Muppets | Super Grover tries to stop a fight between Sammy and Frankie, who are fighting over an apple. (First: Episode 0786) |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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Cast | Susan, Bob, and Maria give a lesson on addition and subtraction. (First: Episode 0633) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U-Umbrella (First: Episode 0038) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | Magical Herman's number trick (First: Episode 0773) |
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Insert | Mr. Hooper reminisces about his childhood and sings "When I Was as Little as You Are." (First: Episode 0697) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Count Sleeps Over Part 1 — When the Count can't sleep, Ernie instructs him to try counting sheep. (First: Episode 0941) |
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Cartoon | A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe." (First: Episode 0624) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Count Sleeps Over Part 2 — The Count stayed up counting sheep all night, much to Ernie's dismay. (First: Episode 0941) |
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Cartoon | A man illustrates 'between' in various situations throughout his work day. (First: Episode 0779) |
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Celebrity | A Mummenschanz performer wears a headpiece with a face made from yarn. The kids pull it apart, then try to make a new face. (First: Episode 1108) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar guilts David into helping him show between for the viewer. Oscar has cooked up a cauldron of some putrid-smelling Boot Soup to put between David and himself. David can't take the smell anymore and shows the concept his own way by putting as much space between himself and the foul soup as possible. |
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Cartoon | The Wise Man tries to illustrate "between." (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | "I'm Between" (First: Episode 1233) |
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Cartoon | Letter U salesman (First: Episode 0202) |
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Film | Kids narrate footage of humans and animals overcoming obstacles, particularly a boy trying to ride a two-wheeler. (First: Episode 0132) |
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SCENE 3 | Linda finds Bob sitting in the middle of the yard, looking glum. Bob explains that while dealing with the hustle of the city, he yearns for the sights and simple life back in the country. He can't take a trip or even go to the park as he has piano lessons starting soon, so Linda resolves to bring the country to him. Linda and the kids help Bob imagine being out in the fields relaxing under a tree to the sounds of birds and surrounded by flowers. David comes by and joins in, setting them up with an imaginary picnic. |
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Muppets | The Hands count to 11. (First: Episode 0217) |
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Cartoon | Tiger likes going to school. (First: Episode 0549) |
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Muppets | Pageant: Ernie plays the role of Bart, a farm boy who plants a flower. Herry Monster plays the sun, and a nervous Cookie Monster plays a cloud. Bert reluctantly plays the flower. When it is said that Bert made the leaves for his costume out of lettuce leaves, Cookie and Herry proceed to eat the leaves and rip the costume apart. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps up onto an UP. (First: Episode 0546) |
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SCENE 4 | Buffy leads Cody and the other kids in doing "The Hokey Pokey." |
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Cartoon | Capital letter U for up (First: Episode 0401) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppet dentists deliver a musical message about how important it is to "Brush Your Teeth." (First: Episode 1067) |
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Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299) |
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Film | The Alphabet Dancers make a letter X. (First: Episode 0456) |
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SCENE 5 | As Bob and the kids play along to the "Sesame Street Theme" using trash can lids and other instruments, Linda signs the sponsors (with David chiming in for the CTW slogan) and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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