| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird's WET PAINT sign | |||||||
| Air date | March 25, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird finishes painting one of the playground barrels, and Susan reminds him to let everyone know that the paint is wet. He informs David when he passes by, but David tells him that he can make a “wet paint” sign instead. |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Fish Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0195) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Frog Struggle Song." (First: Episode 0492) |
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Animation | New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball. (First: Episode 0777) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Big Bird holds up his “wet paint” sign and stands by the barrel. Gordon suggests he hang it somewhere so that he doesn't have to stand put holding it until the paint dries. Big Bird finds his options are limited - if he puts the sign on the barrel, it might stick to the drying paint, and he can't place it on any other object because they aren't wet. He goes into his nest with an idea. |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his various moods. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0772) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the beach, Ernie notices that Bert is missing; all he sees is Bert's hat. Sherlock Hemlock helps find Bert, and in the process, discovers that Ernie accidentally buried Bert under the sand. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | Monster in the dark (finding a light switch) (First: Episode 0493) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Big Bird tries to hang the sign from a string, which he unravels from Oscar's trash can to the fence. He then realizes that, since the string isn't long enough to reach the other end, he has to hold it himself by placing it in his beak. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A widow bird flies from one tree to another. (First: Episode 0391) |
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Cartoon | The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0512) |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (First: Episode 0443) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Big Bird continues holding the string, getting tired as time passes. Maria approaches him, and Big Bird angrily assumes she's about to give him more advice like the other grownups did, but she just wants to let him know that the barrel is dry, and the paint isn't wet anymore. Big Bird happily vows to only listen to Maria from now on. |
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Cartoon | A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353) |
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Film | A conductor yells "STOP" to his off-key violinist trying to play Vittorio Monti's "Czardas". (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | The O in STOP bounces around, and the other letters tell it to stop. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0149) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the Cookie — Cookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses. (First: Episode 0417) |
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Cartoon | A man demonstrates Spanish words that start with the letter Y. (First: Episode 0470) |
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Muppets / Cast | Maria sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a pilot and nurse. (First: Episode 0939) |
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Animation | Sand Y/y (First: Episode 0626) |
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Muppets | Pageant: "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain"—Cookie Monster, playing the heroine in this year's pageant, can't seem to grasp the concept of going "around" until Prairie Dawn lures him with a—guess what? (First: Episode 0907) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0367) |
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Celebrity | The Deadly Nightshade plays a tune with the kids accompanying on various instruments. (First: Episode 0896) |
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Film | The letter T is a very useful letter. (First: Episode 0402) |
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Muppets | The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting. (First: Episode 0580) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty T” (First: Episode 0020) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (hand) (First: Episode 0247) |
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Cartoon | A dog pulls its master, who keeps begging "STOP!" until they reach the word STOP. (First: Episode 0706) |
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Film | A boy talks about feeding sheep in the winter. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0786) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria gathers Big Bird, Susan, Gordon and David to read them a letter she just got from Buffy. In the letter, Buffy announces that she and her husband Sheldon are expecting a baby! They look at the enclosed photo of Buffy with an enlarged belly, and Big Bird learns that the baby is inside of her. The grown-ups explain the pregnancy process, though Big Bird thinks Buffy should've done it the easy way by laying an egg. |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin leads a counting practice for his Headball team. (First: Episode 0898) |
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Cartoon | A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (repeat) |
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Film | A magnetic crane picks up large pieces of metal. (First: Episode 0009) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: To demonstrate "through", Kermit tries to get Cookie Monster to run through a piece of tissue paper. Instead, Cookie offers other alternatives, ultimately choosing to go around it. He helps Kermit with his demonstration by passing the tissue paper through Kermit. (First: Episode 0289) |
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Cartoon | Batman apprehends a criminal thanks to knowing about around, up and through. (First: Episode 0096) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon, Susan, Maria, and David are going on a picnic. The trunk is too full to hold most of the stuff, so they have to take a few items to rest on their laps. As they drive off, Mr. Macintosh announces the sponsors and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign. |
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