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Number 93 features Grover, Big Bird, Maria, Bob, and Mr. Hooper. Plus, Cookie Monster goes to the carnival, Bob sings to the Yip-Yips, and Roosevelt Franklin teaches his class about Africa!


Sesame Street Old School Outline 93


Season 7: Big Bird’s birdcall records/Grover and Maria spend the day together

Sponsors: A, Z, 7


Scene 1: Big Bird shows his record collection to Bob and Mr. Hooper. It consists of different bird sounds such as the crow, owl, and rooster. The final record consists of a familiar bird sound: Big Bird’s voice!

Film: Baby eagles (child narration)

Cartoon: A man shows an alligator, which starts with A

Muppets: Cookie Monster tests his strength at the carnival

Cartoon: A girl gives her brother “un beso” (a kiss)

Cast: Luis and Maria show “CERRADO” and “ABIERTO”

Film/Song: Henson #7

Scene 2: Big Bird is listening to his pigeon record when he accidentally bumps the turntable, scratching the record. Big Bird is disappointed until Bert stops by, fascinated by the pigeons’ sound. Big Bird asks Bert if he would like to keep the record, and Bert immediately says yes. Big Bird gives his scratched record to Bert, who remarks, “I haven’t been this happy since I found my missing Fizzy Fizz bottle caps from the 1967 World’s Fair…”

Muppets: Herbert Birdsfoot and the ET family (part 1)

Film: Triangles in everyday objects

Muppets: Herbert Birdsfoot and the ET family (part 2)

Cartoon: A witch tells some kids a story about the letter A

Muppets: Herbert Birdsfoot and the ET family (part 3)

Film/Song: “Swing Up High” (music by Joe Raposo)

Scene 3: Grover is looking for somebody to play with. He demonstrates how asking questions leads to answers. First, Grover asks Mr. Hooper if he can play with him. Mr. Hooper declines because he’s taking care of his store. Then Grover asks Bob, who is about to take the bus uptown. Finally, he sees Maria reading a book up on the fire escape and asks her the same question. Maria agrees to play with him once she gets down from the fire escape. Grover proudly declares his method a success.

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #7

Scene 4: Maria and Grover play “One of These Things” with three yellow blocks and a blue block. Maria explains that even though the last block is blue, there are still four blocks. So in a way, all of them belong together too!

Cartoon: The Yo-Yo Master helps a boy find his way home

Muppets: The Count counts seven flowers

Film: Elk are fed in the winter (music by Robert Dennis)

Cartoon: Zig, zag, zoom, zoo…

Muppets: Ernie and Bert have emotional responses to a phone call

Scene 5: Maria teaches Grover about opposites including up and down, tall and short, and near and far.

Muppets: Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School – Africa

Cartoon: Ali Baba shows “ABIERTO”

Film: A prairie dog (music by Joe Raposo)

Muppets/Song: The Zizzy Zoomers

Film: The story of James, who lives in a pueblo in New Mexico

Cartoon: Three balls try to match three holes

Scene 6: Maria asks Grover and two kids to sort objects by size. They put two large balls on one side of a crate, and two small balls on the other side.

Film: A group of Hispanic children pick members for their baseball team. A new kid named Ramon joins them.

Muppets/Cast: Bob sings “Hi Friend” to the Yip-Yips

Cartoon: The Crow, the Fox, and the Cheese

Film: The Mad Painter #7

Cartoon: A is for Ape (speech balloon)

Muppet/Kid Moment: Ernie, Bert, and Shola talk about the letter A

Film: Kids narrate a tortilla-making contest in English and Spanish

Cartoon: The numbers 1-20 appear in a computer-animated box

Scene 7: As night falls, Grover and Maria are still playing together. Maria tells Grover that it’s late and that he needs to go to sleep. Grover insists that he can still play for a few more minutes, but then he promptly falls asleep in Maria’s arms. Maria tenderly carries Grover home as Bob announces the sponsors in a hushed voice. SS sign still: Oscar and the Count. CTW sign still: Susan.


CAST:

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Bob McGrath as Bob

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

Frank Oz as Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster, AMs

Jerry Nelson as the Count, Herbert Birdsfoot, AMs

Matt Robinson as Roosevelt Franklin (voice only)

Jim Henson as Ernie, AMs

 

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Number 94 features Ernie, Bert, Susan, Gordon, Luis, David, Big Bird, Oscar, and Prince Charming! Plus Herry Monster looks for triangles, and the Anything Muppets sing "High, Middle, Low."


Sesame Street Old School Outline 94


Season 5: Ernie loses his Rubber Duckie/Prince Charming visits

Sponsors: D, H, 6


Scene 1: Susan and Gordon greet the viewer when they overhear Ernie sobbing. Susan asks him what’s wrong, and Ernie explains that his rubber duckie is missing and he can’t remember where he left it. Gordon and Susan vow to help him find it.

Cartoon: A red man tries to talk about the letter H, but a yellow man distracts him by listing and demonstrating several H words

Muppets/Cast: Bob meets Sam Snivelly, a square salesman who attempts to sell him various odd-looking squares. Bob points out that Sam is actually selling circles and triangles!

Film/Song: “Families” (by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: The “O” in the word “STOP” bounces around, while the other letters tell it to STOP!

Scene 2: Susan asks Big Bird, David, and Luis if they’ve seen Ernie’s rubber duckie. They haven’t, but they all decide to help look for it.

Muppets: Sesame Street Sports – Kermit interviews the Hare, who is going to race the Tortoise

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #6

Celebrity: The Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate their basketball stunts

Muppet/Kid Moments: Genelle counts to 10 for Cookie Monster

Cartoon: Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job

Scene 3: Everyone is looking for Ernie’s rubber duckie. Bert runs over, saying that he found it! As it turns out, Ernie left it in the tub, and Bert discovered it while he was taking his bath! Ernie thanks Bert, but he quickly notices the silly bathrobe Bert’s wearing. As everyone starts to giggle, Bert exits sheepishly.

Film: Indian Baby Bath (music by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: H is for Hello (voice of Gary Owens)

Muppets/Song: A barbershop trio sings “High, Middle, Low”

Film: George the Farmer shows fast and slow

Cartoon: H is for Hello (Spanish version)

Cast: Luis and David cooperate on a rainy day

Muppets: Grover and Herry Monster search for triangles, but they find rectangles and squares. Grover solves this by having Herry cut the square in half, thus producing two triangles.

Film: A girl gets on, in, and under a blanket

Scene 4: Gordon performs “Stop” with a group of kids

Cartoon/Film: Things that start with the letter D

Cartoon/Song: Daddy Dear

Muppets: Lefty the Salesman tries to sell Ernie a STOP sign

Cartoon: The Queen of Six

Scene 5: Luis, Susan, Gordon, David, and Big Bird are hanging out in Hooper’s Store when they hear a horse’s footsteps. Prince Charming arrives, looking for some hay to feed his horse Big Fellow. He doesn’t realize that Hooper’s Store has a supply of hay, and he goes off in search of some hay.

Film/Song: Henson #6

Muppets: Simon Soundman asks the viewers to guess what sound he is making (train, car, and horse). When Simon makes a horse sound, a Muppet cowboy lassoes him, believing that he is a real horse.

Cartoon: D is for Dog (speech balloon)

Cartoon: The D story (“If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime”)

Scene 6: The Prince looks on the newsstand, under the mailbox, and in Oscar’s can. Oscar emerges and tells the Prince to scram. Gordon and Luis tell the Prince that Hooper’s Store sells hay, and they take the Prince back to the store.

Cartoon: A boy called Tiger goes to school

Film: Time-lapse of growing seeds (funky soundtrack)

Muppets: Bert accuses Ernie of eating his cookies because he saw someone who matches the description of Ernie’s features. However, the roommates are shocked to see that Cookie Monster has disguised himself as Ernie to steal the cookies!

Film: A girl and her father make a stool together

Muppets: Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot recite the alphabet

Cartoon: A horse orders three cups of coffee. It turns out that the horse is a costume inhabited by three men.

Scene 7: The Prince thanks David for giving Big Fellow his hay. Oscar announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Luis. CTW sign still: Bob.


CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Loretta Long as Susan

Bob McGrath as Bob

Hal Miller as Gordon

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

Frank Oz as Bert, Prince Charming, Cookie Monster, Grover, Lefty the Salesman, AMs

Jerry Nelson as Herry Monster, Simon Soundman, Herbert Birdsfoot, AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 95 features Big Bird, the Count, Grover, Mr. Hooper, David, and Maria making a giant ice cream sundae (I kid you not). Plus, Cookie Monster plays Casey McPhee, Guy Smiley hosts the Weather Show, and Ernie and Bert appear in a legendary nighttime sketch!


Sesame Street Old School Outline 95


Season 6: Mr. Hooper’s Super-Dooper Hooper Sundae

Sponsors: P, U, 2


Scene 1: David and the kids write the letters and number of the day on the sidewalk with chalk

Cartoon: A salesman tries to sell the letter U

Muppets/Cast: Maria reads the story of “The King’s Nose” featuring Ernie, Bert, the Amazing Mumford, Cookie Monster, Grover, Herry Monster, Guy Smiley, Kermit, and Sherlock Hemlock.

Film/Song: “Take a Breath” (by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: A man is disturbed to find different animal noses drawn on his face

Film: A log cabin is built

Cast: Luis and David build a U

Cartoon: U is for Umbrella and Up (speech balloon)

Cartoon: A giant bird watches as a caterpillar turns into a butterfly

Muppet/Kid Moment: Kermit meets Chris, who is teaching his baby sister Stephanie how to talk. Chris also recites the alphabet for Kermit.

Scene 2: Mr. Hooper has great plans for a new dish called the “Super-Dooper Hooper Sundae.” He tells David and Maria, and they agree to help him make it.

Film: The Mad Painter #2

Muppets/Song: Cookie Monster stars in “The Ballad of Casey McPhee”

Cartoon: P is for Pin (speech balloon)

Cartoon: P is for Puppy

Muppets: Ernie counts sheep, fire engines, and balloons to fall asleep, much to Bert’s annoyance and dismay

Scene 3: Mr. Hooper, Maria, and David have gathered their ingredients. Just as they’re about to start, Big Bird enters, curious to know what they’re doing. When Mr. Hooper explains, Big Bird runs off to tell everyone.

Film: A marching band forms a square

Celebrity: Carol Burnett explains what a nose does

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #2

Film: Kids paint animals that start with P

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts “The Weather Show”

Scene 4: Big Bird returns with a paper bag of birdseed and a can of whipped cream. Next, Grover arrives with some chocolate bars. Then the Count comes in with two cans of sprinkles! Mr. Hooper silences them all and insists that only he, David, and Maria can work on it since it was their idea. David convinces Mr. Hooper to let everybody contribute. Upon hearing this, Big Bird runs off to find more people!

Film: A hamburger bun factory

Muppets: Waiter Grover serves Mr. Johnson a bowl of soup without a spoon

Film/Song: Henson #2

Cartoon: U is for Up (“Hey Ralph, what’s up?” “I am!”)

Scene 5: Big Bird brings in several kids to help make the Super-Dooper Hooper Sundae, which he mispronounces as the “Super-Dooper Looper Sundae.”

Film/Song: Henson Doll House #2

Muppets: Bert bets that Ernie can’t clean the apartment in 15 seconds. But when Bert promises to trade him his dessert of ice cream and cookies, Ernie does it!

Cartoon: Imagining squares

Cartoon: Country Fiddler – Toucan Two Dance

Muppets/Song: “Everyone Likes Ice Cream” (featuring the Anything Muppets)

Cartoon: A man talks about the capital letter U (voice by Jack Dodson)

Muppet/Kid Moment: Grover and John-John talk about love, and count one penny

Transition: Breaking glass

Scene 6: Everyone stands back and marvels at the Super-Dooper Hooper Sundae, which consists of several scoops of ice cream, topped with sprinkles, whipped cream, almonds, cherries, and birdseed (for Big Bird only). Oscar pops up and points out everything that’s wrong with it: “Where is the sauerkraut? No chunks of meatloaf? Come on, Mr. Hooper! You didn’t even put any anchovies on it!” Mr. Hooper thanks everybody for helping and declares that he’ll put the sundae on the menu for the next week. Everyone (minus Oscar) digs into the Super-Dooper Hooper Sundae as Susan announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Bob. CTW sign still: Roosevelt Franklin and his mother.


CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird, Oscar, and AMs


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover, Bert, AMs

Jerry Nelson as the Count, the Amazing Mumford, Mr. Johnson, Herry Monster, Sherlock Hemlock, AMs

Richard Hunt as AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, Guy Smiley, AMs

 

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Number 96 features Luis, David, Olivia, Prairie Dawn, Oscar, Big Bird, Herry, and Snuffy. Plus, Ernie and Bert go to the movies and Jose Feliciano stops by the Street!


Sesame Street Old School Outline 96


Season 8: Luis fixes small and big things on Sesame Street

Sponsors: Q, X, 3


Scene 1/Insert: Bob sings, “A Boy from Indiana”

Muppet/Kid Moment: Ernie, Bert, and Shola talk about the letter X

Cartoon: X is for X-Ray (speech balloon)

Cartoon: Brand X

Film: I’m a gardener

Muppets/Song: A Muppet hippie sings about “Adding” using cookies, but Cookie Monster turns it into a subtraction demonstration by eating the cookies!

Film: Animal body part shout-outs

Cartoon: Adding ladybugs and lizards

Scene 2: Luis opens the Fix-It Shop, and gets ready for a day of work. His first customer is Olivia, who needs to have her toaster repaired. As he sets the toaster aside, Prairie Dawn comes along, asking Luis to fix the button from her coat. It is so small that Luis can barely hold it!

Cartoon: Q is for Quiet (chopping down a tree)

Cast: Speedy Maria subtracts chairs

Film: Bees make honey

Cartoon: Q is for Quarter (voice by Casey Kasem)

Scene 3: Herry Monster asks Luis to fix the wheel on his toy truck. The wheel is bigger than the button on Prairie’s coat, but it is still rather small. Luis remarks that he’s fixing a lot of small things today.

Cartoon: Madrigal Alphabet

Muppets: Grover watches Kermit draw a Q onscreen

Cartoon/Song: What Do You Do With a Pet?

Muppets: At the movies, Ernie has very emotional reactions that bother Bert and the other moviegoers. However, Bert gets the brunt of the patrons’ anger.

Cartoon: Magical Herman’s Addition Trick

Celebrity/Insert: Jose Feliciano sings “A World Without Music” for the kids of Sesame Street

Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s “3” trick

Film/Song: Henson #3

Cartoon: The Story of Cowboy X

Scene 4: David leaves his handcart for Luis to fix. Then Oscar pushes a grandfather clock to the Fix-It Shop. He explains to a baffled Luis that he wanted to go to the Break-It Shop uptown, but he missed the bus so he asks Luis to break the clock instead. Luis takes a hammer, but Oscar demands him to use something bigger. Luis gets a small mallet, but Oscar orders him to use the biggest hammer he’s got. Fed up, Luis grabs a sledgehammer and demolishes the clock, to Oscar’s delight.

Muppets: The Amazing Mumford performs his pineapple subtraction trick for Grover

Cartoon: A lost man asks a stranger for directions to the city. He builds a pretend city out of sand to show what it looks like.

Film: A girl watches her grandfather as he makes horseshoes

Cartoon: Poverty Pictures’ X segment

Scene 5: Big Bird brings in a lamp that is as tall as Luis! He explains that it belongs to Mr. Snuffleupagus, but Luis doesn’t want to fix a lamp for “someone who’s imaginary.” Big Bird shows him a tag on the lamp that reads, “Property of Mr. Snuffleupagus,” thus proving Luis wrong. Big Bird says that the light bulb needs to be replaced, which seems easy enough. But then Herry Monster comes in, carrying an enormous light bulb!

Cartoon: Q is for Quick, Quiet, and Quack (hypnotic rainbow cartoon)

Muppets: Frazzle tells Grover about his emotional day. Even though Frazzle speaks gibberish, Grover still says, “I don’t blame you!”

Cartoon: Pinball Count #3

Film/Song: “Me” (by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: There’s a zoo in me!

Muppets: Ernie hides a bag of cookies in a safe to prevent Cookie Monster from eating them. When Cookie pops up and smells the cookies, Ernie reveals his plan. However, Cookie Monster still gets the cookies by eating the safe!

Film: WALK/DON’T WALK signs

Cartoon: The Great Alphonso and his Trained X’s

Scene 6: Luis has finally finished fixing everything for his customers. Big Bird, Herry, Olivia, Prairie Dawn, and David thank Luis for his work. Big Bird says that he’s going to return the lamp to Mr. Snuffleupagus, and everyone groans or shakes their head as he leaves. But the scene fades into Big Bird’s nest, where the Bird actually returns the lamp to Mr. Snuffleupagus! Oscar announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Susan. CTW sign still: Gordon.


CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Bob McGrath as Bob

Alaina Reed as Olivia

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

Frank Oz as Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster, Harvey Kneeslapper, AMs

Jerry Nelson as Herry Monster, Snuffleupagus, the Amazing Mumford, Frazzle, AMs

Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn, AMS

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 97 features Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Oscar, and the entire adult cast! Plus, Grover and Biff reenact the invention of the wheel, the Count counts Ernie's blocks, and several classic cartoons by Bruce Cayard, Jeff Hale, Cliff Roberts, and the Hubleys are shown.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 97


Season 9: Another episode of “Le Grouchy Chef”/Cookie Monster’s busy day

Sponsors: M, O, 6


Scene 1: The adults (Gordon, David, Maria, Bob, Susan, Mr. Hooper, and Olivia) are having lunch in Hooper’s Store when David says that he wants to see Oscar’s new cooking show “Le Grouchy Chef.” Mr. Hooper says that his TV isn’t working, but David “volunteers” Maria to fix it.

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #6

Muppets: Ernie asks Bert to watch his block tower while he gets a camera. The Count appears, hypnotizes Bert, and takes apart the tower to count Ernie’s six blocks. Ernie is devastated, but the Count hypnotizes them both and puts the tower back together. Bert chastises the Count for moving Ernie’s block tower the first time, but the Count misinterprets this and takes it apart again!

Film: A Cinco de Mayo celebration

Scene 2: Maria finishes fixing the TV and turns it on. The screen transforms into the kitchen set for “Le Grouchy Chef.” Oscar and his assistant Charles (played by Emilio Delgado) make a dish called Lobster Surprise. Several foods are put into the pot, including one cup of brown rice, a diced green tomato, half a stick of butter, three licorice sticks, a tablespoon of peanut butter, a teaspoon of cayenne pepper, a handful of chopped pickles, and a string of sausage links. The sickened adults ask, “There’s no lobster here! Why are you calling it Lobster Surprise?” Oscar replies, “Because there IS NO lobster! SURPRISE!”

Muppets: The Anything Muppets perform “Clap, Clap” (featuring Mr. Johnson, Prairie Dawn, Farley, Roosevelt Franklin, and more)

Cartoon/Film: Things that start with M

Cartoon: A mouse takes a bite out of an M

Cast: Linda acts out the story of the farmer and seed in the “Theater without Words” (voiceover by Bob McGrath)

Muppets: Grover and Biff play two cavemen who invent the wheel (a lesson in shapes)

Insert: Bob sings “I’m Going Somewhere” with some kids

Cartoon: M is for Mail (speech balloon)

Cartoon/Song: “Imagination Rain” (composed and sung by Steve Zuckerman)

Muppets: Kermit’s lecture on the taxi

Cartoon: Christopher Clumsy creates different shapes (art by Cliff Roberts)

Film: The Mad Painter #6

Cartoon: Sand M

Scene 3: Big Bird and Cookie Monster count items in groups of six. First, they count six crayons and six beanbags. Then they count six cupcakes, which Cookie Monster devours. He’s still hungry, so he eats the crayons and the marbles for dessert!

Film/Song: Henson #6

Cartoon: Spanish words that start with M

Film: It’s a gazelle! (Music by Joe Raposo)

Muppets/Cast: Bob sings, “The People in Your Neighborhood” with a witty lifeguard and a wisecracking carpenter

Cartoon: M is for Mouse, Mud, and Mother

Muppet/Kid Moment: Bert tells John-John about how he felt when he lost his paper clips. Bert asks John-John to show his sad, angry, and happy faces.

Cartoon: Everything You Need to Know About Cats (art by Bruce Cayard)

Scene 4: David, Maria, and the kids are playing catch with a large rubber ball. Cookie Monster wants to join them, but he’s too nervous to ask. The ball bounces his way, and in desperation, Cookie Monster eats it. David gets a pump and sticks the end into Cookie’s mouth. After pumping for a few seconds, the ball pops out of Cookie’s mouth, unscathed. Maria asks an embarrassed Cookie if he’d like to join, and David adds that everyone would like to play with him. Cookie Monster agrees to join in the fun: “Eating ball is good, but playing with ball is even BETTER!”

Cartoon: O is for Orange (art by Bruce Cayard)

Cartoon: Sign Man reads the word “TAXI”

Muppets: Ernie orders a complicated ice cream cone from the ice cream man

Film: Footage of kids acting out certain jobs, followed by adult professionals

Scene 5: Cookie Monster asks the adults about their jobs. Gordon explains that he is a science teacher, Olivia is a photographer, and Mr. Hooper owns a store. Cookie imagines what it would be like to have those jobs. First he imagines being a teacher showing students how to say the word “COOKIE,” but he’d probably eat his pointer. Next, Cookie imagines being a photographer who takes pictures of cookies, but he’d probably eat his camera! Finally, he imagines being a storekeeper, but he’d probably eat all the food in his store! Cookie Monster can’t decide what job he wants, but the adults say that he’s got lots of time to think about it. Gordon gives Cookie Monster a cookie to cheer him up, and Cookie wolfs it down.

Muppets: Herry Monster shares his alphabet secret with Grover and asks him not to tell. However, Grover quickly spreads the secret to a host of other monsters.

Cartoon/Song: Rolling O (art by John and Faith Hubley)

Cartoon: 30 dots (one dot turns red and another one blows a raspberry at it)

Scene 6: The camera pans across the street as the closing theme plays. Big Bird watches Mr. Hooper sweeping his broom outside the store, Susan reads a book to three kids, Olivia wheels two kids around in a red wagon, David and Maria carry groceries into the apartment, Luis mails a letter, Bob feeds Cookie Monster a cookie, and Gordon rides a bicycle up the street as Oscar sneers at him. Bert and Grover announce the sponsors. SS sign still: Kermit and a kid. CTW sign still: Oscar.


CAST:

Linda Bove as Linda

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Loretta Long as Susan

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Bob McGrath as Bob

Roscoe Orman as Gordon

Alaina Reed as Olivia

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover, AMs

Jerry Nelson as the Count, Biff, Herry Monster, Farley, Prairie Dawn, AMs

Fran Brill as AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, Mr. Johnson, AMs

 

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Number 98 features Maria, David, Mr. Hooper, Susan, Oscar, and a gaggle of Muppet monsters. Plus, Little Jerry sings "Telephone Rock," Cookie Monster plays the Remembering Game, and Marshal Grover visits the saloon.

This one was written after thinking about the current political tension, and how if we listen to each other and make an attempt to understand each other, we might actually have a chance at making worldwide peace a reality. (Sounds a lot like Jim, huh?) For that reason, this has become one of my favorite outlines.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 98


Season 7: Oscar meets the Mighty Monsters/David and Maria break up

Sponsors: C, S, 4


Scene 1: A gang of leather-clad monsters looks for trouble. [NOTE: The monsters are Harvey, Maurice, and Fenwick.] They see Oscar in his trashcan and they decide to make fun of him. After the Mighty Monsters tease his trashcan, his fur, his eyebrows, and his voice, they walk away laughing and looking for more people to bully. Oscar admits to the viewers that he feels hurt.

Cartoon: C is for Cap

Film: C is for Cars on the highway

Muppets: The Yip-Yip Martians encounter a grandfather clock

Cartoon/Song: What Do You Do With a Pet?

Cartoon: C is for Cat (speech balloon)

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash – Kermit interviews the mailman, a salesman, and the woodsman while the Big Bad Wolf chases Little Red Riding Hood

Cartoon: A bully won’t give a boy’s ball back, until the boy brings in his dog

Scene 2: Oscar pleads with Bob, Gordon, and Luis to confront the Mighty Monsters. They are reluctant, but to appease Oscar’s fears, they agree to do so.

Muppets: Ernie is sad because he doesn’t feel special, but Bert convinces him otherwise

Film: The Mad Painter #4

Muppets/Song: Little Jerry and the Monotones perform, “Telephone Rock”

Transition: Scan-imate children intro

Cast: Four children roll over on a mat while the Count counts them in voiceover

Cartoon: Big, bigger, and biggest oxen pulling rocks

Scene 3: Luis, Gordon, and Bob show up wearing biker caps and leather jackets at Oscar’s suggestion. Oscar tells them to wait until the Mighty Monsters show up. When the monsters come, the adults aren’t aggressive. Instead, they ask the gang to leave Oscar alone, explaining how their bullying makes him feel. The monsters realize their wrongdoing and agree to stop bullying people. But Harvey admits that no one in the gang feels special. Bob reminds them that everyone is special: their fur is different, their eyes are different, and their teeth are different…that’s what makes each person so great! After singing “Special,” everyone goes to Hooper’s for some chocolate milkshakes…but Oscar goes for a tuna and pickle milkshake!

Cartoon: S is for Snow, Sleigh, and Santa

Muppets: Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse visit a saloon. The bartender asks them if they want the big, bigger, or biggest glass of milk. After going behind the bar and making a mess, Grover and Fred finally choose the biggest glass of milk.

Film/Song: Henson #4

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #4

Insert: Big Bird sings, “I Just Adore Four” with the Tarnish Brothers

Cartoon: S is for Snake

Cartoon: S is for Snake (Spanish version - Serpiente)

Film: Slide puzzle of an elephant

Muppets/Song: “The Song of the Count”

Scene 4: Maria can’t find the necklace that her mother gave her. When she goes to the arbor area, she asks David to help her find it, but he is busy studying for a law exam. Maria insists that David help her, but David refuses because he needs to pass his test. After a heated argument, they break up. Susan and Mr. Hooper see the drama unfold, and they become concerned.

Film: The snouts, tails, and bodies of pigs (pig squeal recording backdrop)

Cast: On a deserted island, Luis finds a coconut. He breaks it open eagerly, and finds nothing inside but the letter C.

Cartoon: C is for Candle

Muppets: Ernie shares a banana with Bert. But Ernie takes the banana for himself and offers Bert the peel.

Scene 5: Mr. Hooper approaches David, who is still trying to study, but is noticeably unfocused. David admits that he should have helped Maria, and Mr. Hooper tells David to talk with Maria. On the other side of the street, Maria is searching for her necklace, but she is also unfocused. She admits to Susan that she overreacted and might have hurt David’s feelings. Susan suggests that she should talk with David.

Cartoon: A man teaches his dog to read the word “SIT”

Film/Song: “Frog Struggle Song (It’s a Long Hard Climb)” (by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: C is for Cake

Cartoon: What if my hair was made of grass?

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts “The Remembering Game” with Cookie Monster and Bill Smith as the contestants

Cartoon: The Fox and the Crow

Cartoon: A man finds the word LOVE and discovers what it means to different people and animals

Scene 6: David offers to help Maria look for her necklace, saying that he can study for his law exam later. Maria offers to help David study after they find Maria’s necklace. After a few minutes of searching, they find it! Gordon announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Ernie and Bert. CTW sign still: Luis.


CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Loretta Long as Susan

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Bob McGrath as Bob

Roscoe Orman as Gordon

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

Frank Oz as Fenwick, Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, AMs

Jerry Nelson as Harvey, the Count, Little Jerry, Fred the Wonder Horse, AMs

Richard Hunt as Maurice, AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, Guy Smiley, AMs

 

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Number 99 features Big Bird, Snuffy, Maria, Luis, David, and Gordon. Plus Bert dreams about ice-skating, the Count outwits his bats, and 30 dots try to assemble.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 99


Season 8: Big Bird tries to recreate a disco party on Sesame Street

Sponsors: L, W, 5


Scene 1: David, Maria, Luis, and Gordon are waiting at the bus stop at night when Big Bird sees them. Big Bird asks them where they’re going at this hour, and the adults say they’re going to a disco party. Big Bird asks if there will be a big cake, or games like Musical Chairs. Maria says that it’s a party for grown-ups, and not like the parties on Sesame Street. Big Bird still wants to go, but David says he’s too young. The bus arrives and the adults say goodnight to Big Bird. As the bus leaves, Big Bird states how much he’d like to go to a disco party with the grown-ups.

Cartoon: A young frog must leap across a pond to join the frog chorus

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts “Beat the Time” with Cookie Monster as his contestant

Cartoon: L is for Lips

Film: A warthog (music by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: A man buys five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all and flies away with a giant bubble in his mouth.

Muppets: At night, Bert can’t sleep. Ernie suggests that he dream of something he likes. Bert imagines himself ice-skating, and eventually, he falls asleep peacefully. (Featuring the Ice Follies)

Film: A farmer takes care of baby calves

Scene 2: The next morning, Big Bird tells Mr. Snuffleupagus about the adults’ trip, and Snuffy wishes that they could go. Big Bird explains that he has a big plan to make his own party for the grown-ups. Snuffy offers to help him out.

Muppets: The Count’s bats go on strike because they never get to count anything. The Count says that they can count the Counts in the room, while he counts the bats!

Cartoon: L is for Lunchbox

Cartoon: A man tries to take photographs of jungle animals, but they are all secretly following him around!

Film: Kids climb in, on, and under a tire

Scene 3: Big Bird goes to Hooper’s Store and asks Mr. Hooper to pour out 10 cups of fruit punch. Mr. Hooper does so, and asks what they’re for. Big Bird explains his plan, which Mr. Hooper seems to approve of, until the Bird mentions that Mr. Snuffleupagus is helping him out.

Cartoon: W is for Worm

Muppets/Song: Bert sings at “The National Association of W Lovers”

Cartoon: A white creature sees a train going through a door marked EXIT

Muppet/Kid Moment: Herry Monster and John-John talk about up and down

Cartoon: Pinball Count #5

Scene 4: Big Bird finds his record player and waits for Snuffy to come back with a disco ball. Unfortunately, Snuffy brings a disco ball that is way too big to hang anywhere. Big Bird asks him to bring it back and find a smaller one.

Muppets: Super Grover attempts to help a boy find an EXIT, and he gets stuck inside a gate in the process. The boy finds the EXIT door all by himself.

Film/Song: Henson #5

Cast: Luis sings “Three of These Kids” (one is upside down in the frame, while the others are standing upright)

Cartoon: 30 dots (one turns red)

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – W is for Wall

Muppets: Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School – Poems about trying

Film: Five dancers

Cartoon: Guess whom I saw today? (art by Bruce Cayard)

Scene 5: Maria, David, Gordon, and Luis find a party set up in front of Big Bird’s doors. There is a record player playing disco music, a table with ten cups of punch, and a colorful dance floor (drawn on the sidewalk with chalk). Big Bird explains that he couldn’t go to their party last night, so he and Mr. Snuffleupagus made one for them! The adults politely decline, saying that they’re too tired from yesterday. Plus, they would feel silly partying with someone who is imaginary! The grown-ups leave just as Snuffy comes back to Big Bird’s nest with a smaller disco ball.

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #5

Muppets: Caveman King Ernie asks the Royal Smart Person (played by Sherlock Hemlock) to invent an EXIT sign

Cartoon: L is for Light

Cartoon: L es por Luz (Spanish voiceover)

Film/Song: “Everybody Sleeps” (by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: A man unwittingly demonstrates up and down

Muppets: Little Jerry and the Monotones perform “Proud”

Cartoon: 30 dots (perfect take)

Scene 6: Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus enjoy themselves at their own disco party. David announces the sponsors. SS sign still: David. CTW sign still: Maria.


CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Roscoe Orman as Gordon

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover, AMs

Jerry Nelson as Mr. Snuffleupagus, the Count, Herry Monster, Sherlock Hemlock, Little Jerry, AMs

Matt Robinson as Roosevelt Franklin (voice only)

Jim Henson as Ernie, Guy Smiley, AMs

 

[Erine81981]

I have loved all your outlines of Classic Sesame Street and it gave me an idea but I don't want it to be all the time or it could take some time for me to do too but I would love to draw little pics of the Street Story Lines to go with your little outlines but like I said it could take a while and I would have to be really into it to want to keep doing it but I'll try and as soon as I get some other drawings out of the way. Keep up the awesome work on these storylines

 

[cjd874]

I have loved all your outlines of Classic Sesame Street and it gave me an idea but I don't want it to be all the time or it could take some time for me to do too but I would love to draw little pics of the Street Story Lines to go with your little outlines but like I said it could take a while and I would have to be really into it to want to keep doing it but I'll try and as soon as I get some other drawings out of the way. Keep up the awesome work on these storylines

I never thought that someone would draw pictures to accompany my stories! This is a really interesting idea, but I agree that it could take a long time especially because I have written 99 outlines.

This would be a VERY big project. If you are SUPER SUPER eager to do this...as in "I won't be able to live with myself if I don't make these drawings"...then go ahead! But I think you should focus on other things, just for your own sake. But I do appreciate your feedback, and please stay tuned for my 100th outline coming very soon! Thanks.

 

[Erine81981]

I never thought that someone would draw pictures to accompany my stories! This is a really interesting idea, but I agree that it could take a long time especially because I have written 99 outlines.

This would be a VERY big project. If you are SUPER SUPER eager to do this...as in "I won't be able to live with myself if I don't make these drawings"...then go ahead! But I think you should focus on other things, just for your own sake. But I do appreciate your feedback, and please stay tuned for my 100th outline coming very soon! Thanks.

For me I would only choose certain ones that look like ones that I would have loved to have seen (if these were real episodes) but over time I could do ever so often a few more but the one I read for the first time was "Big Bird's Bird Sound Records/Grover and Maria have a play date" one. So that's the one I'm starting with first. When I at least get two done I'll do a video about them for my YouTube Channel and post it here too for others to watch. But glad to know that you would get a kick out of this too as much as me.