Ladies and gents, here is a Halloween-themed outline! I originally wanted to have a guest star and create a very spooky plot, but I had trouble doing so. In light of this, I discovered a Halloween-themed story I had written that hadn't been touched in 3 years! So in true Halloween spirit I am bringing that story back from the dead (so to speak).
Here is SS Old School Outline Number 100, in which Mr. Hooper throws a Halloween party for the residents of Sesame Street. Several freaky and scary inserts from the show's first ten years are included, most notably "Kermit's B Lecture," "Count to 10 with Nobody," "The Count Sleeps Over at Ernie's," and "Crack Master." Happy Halloween, and enjoy this milestone outline.
Sesame Street Old School Outline 100: Halloween Edition
Season 10: Mr. Hooper throws a Halloween party
Sponsors: B, I, 10
Scene 1: Gordon and Susan are dressed up as hippies because they are getting ready for Mr. Hooper’s first-ever Halloween party. They share some banter before they leave their apartment.
Cartoon: Carmen Orange
Muppets: Ernie goes rock hunting (featuring Fred the Dragon)
Film: Animals with pairs of body parts (a snake with two heads is shown at the end)
Cartoon: Y is for Yak (scary ending!)
Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash – The Wicked Witch’s Magic Mirror
Scene 2: In the store, Mr. Hooper asks Big Bird to fill ten pumpkin baskets with candy while he gets into costume in the back room. Big Bird frets over how he’ll do it, until Mr. Snuffleupagus arrives. Snuffy inhales the candy through his snuffle and fills every basket up. After Snuffy leaves, Mr. Hooper is stunned to find that all the baskets are full…and he doesn’t believe that a Snuffleupagus did it, either.
Muppets: Grover is afraid of the dark
Cartoon: An elephant and a bird get their skins mixed up in a locker
Cast: Bob and Luis build a tunnel, and a giant train passes through!
Muppets: Farley imagines who or what is knocking at the door. Herry Monster breaks down the door and Farley runs away in fear.
Cartoon: I is for Impolite
Film: Letter I beam in a factory
Cartoon: Female Face Morph (art by Etienne Delessert)
Muppets: Kermit’s lecture on feelings (Cookie Monster eats the props and Kermit brutally screams at him)
Scene 3: Luis, Olivia, Maria, and David are going to the party dressed as a king, a queen, a maiden, and a jester respectively. Oscar asks them why they’re all dressed up, and Maria explains that they’re going to Mr. Hooper’s Halloween party. Oscar: “Well, what do you know! I’m talking with a bunch of royal pains! Heh, heh, heh!”
Cartoon: Count to 10 with Nobody (animation by Jim Henson)
Film: Kids play “Follow the Leader,” but one boy has trouble following the others. He suffers some unfortunate consequences as a result
Muppets: The Count stays over at Bert and Ernie’s apartment, but he keeps Ernie awake by counting sheep (part 1)
Cartoon: Bird brushing teeth cartoon
Muppets: In the morning, the Count greets Bert cheerfully. Bert asks the Count how he slept, but the Count didn’t sleep because he was counting sheep all night! It turns out that Ernie has turned into a sleepwalking zombie: “43,892…43,893 sheep…”
Cartoon: What if a frog and a fly switched bodies?
Cartoon/Song: Daddy Dear
Scene 4: Everyone gathers outside Hooper’s Store for the Halloween party. Ernie is a lion tamer (with Bert in an itchy lion costume), and the Count has an elegant feathered mask. But Linda and Bob blow everyone away with their Raggedy Ann/Andy outfits, right down to the makeup. Eventually, Big Bird and Mr. Hooper open up the store and the party begins!
Muppets/Song: The Frazzletones perform “Frazzle”
Cartoon: King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons
Film: And now…the octopus! (narration by Emilio Delgado)
Cast: David plays a snake charmer who charms a number 12
Muppets: Kermit and Beautiful Day Monster give a lecture on the letter B. Kermit asks the monster to make the B sound, and the monster blows Kermit away and fogs up the screen with his noises.
Cartoon: Male Face Morph (art by Etienne Delessert)
Cartoon: B is for Bird (freakiest cartoon of them all?)
Muppets: The Martians discover a grandfather clock
Cartoon: Face on a Hill (art by Etienne Delessert)
Scene 5: A view of the party: Herry is a weightlifter, and he drops a barbell through the floor. Cookie Monster is a baker, and he eats all of his cooking utensils. Super Grover joins the party by crash-landing in the store. Background Muppets include Rodeo Rosie (as a bandit), Prairie Dawn (as a doctor), Roosevelt Franklin (as a robot), Fred the Wonder Horse (as a cow), and Gladys the Cow (as a horse).
Cartoon: Finding a light switch in the dark
Muppets: Three witches cooperate by using their individual spells to make something they all want…chicken soup!
Cartoon: Three children escape a giant rabbit by hiding behind three trees (art by Etienne Delessert)
Cartoon: The Crack Master
Scene 6: Luis stops by Oscar’s can to give him a bag full of trash from the Halloween party. Oscar mutters a quick (and nearly inaudible) thank you before telling Luis to scram. As Oscar opens the bag and looks inside curiously, Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Linda and Bob as Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. CTW sign still: Big Bird as a cowboy.
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 Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, Beautiful Day Monster, AMs
Jerry Nelson as Mr. Snuffleupagus, the Count, Farley, Herry Monster, Frazzle, Rodeo Rosie, Fred the Wonder Horse, AMs
Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn, AMs
Richard Hunt as Gladys the Cow, AMs
Chris Cerf as AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs