Episode 0509

SSShowID-509

StreetScenes

Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Big Bird tries to organize some people in the neighborhood for a photograph, including Gordon, Maria and the kids. He asks for the "little people" to pose on the steps of 123 Sesame Street, and the "big people" to stand next to them. Gordon and Maria are confused as Big Bird refers to them as little, until Big Bird invites two giants (portrayed by Susan and David) to join them.
ZforZipper
Cartoon Speech Balloon: Z for zipper
(First: Episode 0025)
AnythingMuppetsTwinkleTwinkle
Muppets The Anything Muppets sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
(First: Episode 0073)
RalphMarvin
Cartoon Ralph asks Marvin what would happen if he didn't have a mouth, a nose and ears.
(First: Episode 0468)
Film.Onthebeach
Film Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental)
(First: Episode 0411)
Ernie's Bert Sculpture
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Statue of BertErnie makes a clay bust of Bert, but runs out of clay for the nose.
(First: Episode 0463)
Shot.queenof6
Animation The Queen of Six explores her garden.
(First: Episode 0223)
PovertyZ
Cartoon "Poverty Z": -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0085)
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SCENE 2 Susan plays "Here Are Some Things" with the kids using pictures of big and small animals.
1041Zebra
Cartoon Z for zebra and zoo
(First: Episode 0281)
AnythingMuppetsJellybeans01
Muppets The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jelly Beans
Part 1 — A boy shares his bag of jellybeans with a girl, but now he has none. Will he get his jellybeans back?
(First: Episode 0016)
359-Z-Drawing
Cartoon Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing
(First: Episode 0359)
AnythingMuppetsJellybeans02
Muppets The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jelly Beans
Part 2 — The girl gives the jellybeans back to the boy after she's been intimidated by a monster, but he quickly loses them again.
(First: Episode 0016)
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SCENE 3 Wearing football pads, David, Susan, and Maria remove their oversized top hats to show their heads, though Maria's seems to be missing at first. ("It was a rougher game than you thought!")
AnythingMuppetsJellybeans03
Muppets The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jelly Beans
Part 3 — The boy and girl are mad about the state of their jellybeans, but come up with a compromise that makes each of them happy.
(First: Episode 0016)
Xnightsky
Cartoon The letter X
(First: Episode 0482)
1845g
Film A man writes the word ME in the snow.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0294)
400018
Cartoon Julius demonstrates "here" and "there", then ends up being "in pain."
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0418)
SPR
Muppets The Amazing Mumford: Surprise
(First: Episode 0381)
0573t
Cartoon Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0324)
Film.Gazelle
Film A gazelle runs fast across a plain.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0478)
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SCENE 4 Oscar does a favor for Maria by holding down a ribbon she’s trying to tie onto a present. She returns the favor by agreeing to mail some letters for him, but Oscar isn't done with his requests. He asks her to send a wastebasket of junk downtown to his cousin Melvin, do some grocery shopping, and cash his check over at the Grouch Trust Bank. When he reminds her of the favor he did for her, she gives him his stuff back and makes their deal even by unraveling the ribbon he helped tie (though she still sends his mail off to be nice).
Toon.Z.climbers
Cartoon Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it.
(First: Episode 0281)
ZizzyZoomers2
Muppets "The Zizzy Zoomers"
(First: Episode 0359)
Toon.Clam
Cartoon A clam tells a fisherman why he's not catching any fish: he pulled all the plants out of the pond.
(First: Episode 0408)
2040d
Film Pizza is made.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0416)
HandDealsCards-12
Film A pair of hands deal cards marked with the numbers 12 to 1.
(First: Episode 0433)
1095d
Cartoon "I'm six years old today!"
Artist: Jim Simon
(First: Episode 0357)
1095q
Muppets Kermit Lecture: Here and There — Kermit and Grover demonstrate "here" and "there".
(First: Episode 0277)
JasperLostElbow
Cartoon Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0410)
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SCENE 5 At Hooper's Store, David plays "Here Are Some Things" with John-John and another kid using pictures of three striped articles of clothing, a striped ball, and a plain glove.
Toon.Zinspace
Cartoon Z In Space
HerryZzz-PartOne
Muppets Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part one)
(First: Episode 0281)
0573y
Cartoon Only one of the two footprints can belong.
Film-Money
Film Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle.
(First: Episode 0132)
Wally and Ralph open window
Cast Wally and Ralph use various objects trying to keep a newspaper from blowing away next to an open window.
(First: Episode 0340)
Aroundtheworldme
Cartoon Kids around the world say "ME."
(First: Episode 0389)
GroverYellsMe
Muppets Grover: MeGrover sees the word "me" and shouts the word.
(First: Episode 0205)
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SCENE 6 Big Bird and Earl are ready to draw with their crayons, but first they need some paper. Gordon asks Big Bird how many sheets he needs, then shows him how to add himself and Earl by writing the equation down on his pad of paper. Constance joins Earl, as does Veronica; Gordon shows how to add each of them to the group as well until he runs out of paper.
No6b
Film "Six Song (Song of Six)"
(First: Episode 0011)
Countblocks
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Block PyramidErnie asks Bert to keep an eye on his pyramid of blocks. The Count (in his debut appearance) walks by, and counts the blocks, moving them out of the pyramid shape.
(First: Episode 0406)
PsychABC
Cartoon "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes.
(First: Episode 0345)
I'mpretty-original
Song David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures.
(First: Episode 0389)
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SCENE 7 John-John is playing ball with the others until he says it's time to say goodbye. Maria and Earl head for Hooper's as Big Bird announces the sponsors.
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CLOSING SIGNS Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, while David and Maria hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.