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Number 243 features Big Bird, Oscar, Cookie Monster, Grover, Maria, Gordon, Susan, and Mr. Hooper! Plus, Ernie asks Bert to demonstrate anger, Kermit counts with two kids, and the Count visits the bank in a rare 2-part sketch.
Sesame Street Old School Outline 243
Season 8: Cookie Monster and Mr. Hooper decorate a cake/Grover asks questions
Sponsors: C, F, 7
Scene 1: In separate shots, the cast presents the numbers 1-10. Big Bird has one nest, Maria has two hands, Grover has three toy cars, John-John has four balls, Gordon has five fingers on his hand, Oscar has six tin cans, Bert has seven bottle caps, Susan has eight flowers, Mr. Hooper has nine licorice sticks, and Cookie Monster has ten cookies which he devours.
Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #7
Muppets: Caveperson Days - At the request of King Ernie, the Royal Smart Person (Sherlock Hemlock) invents paper
Cartoon: A cloud blows things with an “F-f-f-f-f” sound
Cartoon: F is for Fly (speech balloon)
Film: Tomatoes grow in a field
Cartoon: A hand draws a telephone booth
Scene 2: Maria is fuming over how bad her day has been. Oscar wants to know why she’s so mad, and as Maria vents about her mishaps Oscar becomes visibly excited. However, Maria no longer feels angry and instead she feels happy that Oscar listened to her. She thanks Oscar with a big hug and a kiss, which enrages him. Oscar disappears into his trash can and throws a huge fit that rattles the can. Maria: “I wonder what his deal is? He must be having a REALLY bad day.”
Cartoon: A man slips on his daughter’s roller skate and feels ANGRY
Film/Song: Henson #7
Muppets: Ernie asks Bert to pretend to be mad. Bert can’t bring himself to do it, so Ernie asks him to pretend that he lost Bert’s favorite paper clip...which makes Bert really mad! Then Ernie confesses that he really did lose that paper clip.
Film: Footage of camels eating
Muppets: A pair of teeth looks for a job at the employment agency
Cartoon: C is for Canary
Cartoon: C is for Cake
Scene 3: Mr. Hooper asks Cookie Monster to help him decorate a cake. Cookie is tempted to eat the cake, but Mr. Hooper firmly tells him not to. As they proceed with three short tasks, Cookie controls himself. Afterwards, Mr. Hooper asks Cookie Monster if he wants a taste of the cake as a reward. Cookie passes...and decides to eat everything else (the bowls of icing, wooden mixing spoons, and piping bag) instead!
Muppets: A group of Anything Muppet children cooperate to grow a flower
Film: A boy imagines that he’s a baker
Cartoon: Two men demonstrate “top” and “bottom”
Cast: Maria pushes through a piece of background paper to show “top” and “bottom”
Cartoon/Song: The Alligator King #7 (by Bud Luckey)
Film: C is for Cars (on a highway)
Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s “C” trick
Cartoon: A photographer sneakily tries to take pictures of jungle animals, but they sneakily follow him instead!
Scene 4: Gordon and Susan help Bert fill a bowl with birdseed for his pigeons. After one pour, the bowl has some birdseed. Then Gordon fills it up with more birdseed, and then it has the most birdseed it can hold. After Bert leaves with the bowl, Big Bird stops by and consumes the rest of the birdseed leaving none.
Cartoon: Sand F/f
Cartoon: F is for Flower
Muppets: The Count goes to the bank (part 1)
Film/Song: “Two is You and Me” (by Joe Raposo)
Cartoon: A man blows seven bubbles
Muppets: The Count goes to the bank (part 2)
Scene 5: Grover demonstrates how asking questions is a good way of finding things out. First, he asks Oscar if he wants to play...the answer is an emphatic “No!” Then Grover passes Gordon reading a newspaper, and he asks to see today’s comics, which Gordon permits him to do. Finally, Grover walks to Hooper’s Store and asks Mr. Hooper if he can have a chocolate milkshake. Mr. Hooper nods and makes it for him.
Cartoon: Jazz Spies #7
Muppets: At night, Ernie waits for the neighbor upstairs to drop both shoes before falling asleep (much to Bert’s dismay)
Cartoon: A troll draws faces in the mirror
Cartoon: Filbert’s Flea Circus
Film: George the Farmer shows “on top of” by getting on top of different things and putting different items on top of his head
Muppet/Kid Moment: Kermit, Chris, and Stephanie count to 20
Cartoon/Song: “Four Seasons (It’s Springtime)”
Scene 6: Maria, Susan, and Gordon listen to some funk music on a portable radio outside Hooper’s Store. Mr. Hooper doesn’t like their music and asks them to move elsewhere. They protest, and Gordon asks Mr. Hooper to imagine himself as a young person being told what to do by an elder. In a flashback, Mr. Hooper and his friends listen to swing music on the radio at home. Mr. Hooper’s father orders them to turn the music off, leading to an argument. Back in the present, Mr. Hooper apologizes and decides to join the adults for a while. As they all listen to the music, Grover announces the sponsors. SS sign still: the Count. CTW sign still: Oscar.
CAST:
Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
Loretta Long as Susan
Sonia Manzano as Maria
Roscoe Orman as Gordon
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar
JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover, Bert, Harvey Kneeslapper, AMs
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Sherlock Hemlock, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs
Sesame Street Old School Outline 243
Season 8: Cookie Monster and Mr. Hooper decorate a cake/Grover asks questions
Sponsors: C, F, 7
Scene 1: In separate shots, the cast presents the numbers 1-10. Big Bird has one nest, Maria has two hands, Grover has three toy cars, John-John has four balls, Gordon has five fingers on his hand, Oscar has six tin cans, Bert has seven bottle caps, Susan has eight flowers, Mr. Hooper has nine licorice sticks, and Cookie Monster has ten cookies which he devours.
Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #7
Muppets: Caveperson Days - At the request of King Ernie, the Royal Smart Person (Sherlock Hemlock) invents paper
Cartoon: A cloud blows things with an “F-f-f-f-f” sound
Cartoon: F is for Fly (speech balloon)
Film: Tomatoes grow in a field
Cartoon: A hand draws a telephone booth
Scene 2: Maria is fuming over how bad her day has been. Oscar wants to know why she’s so mad, and as Maria vents about her mishaps Oscar becomes visibly excited. However, Maria no longer feels angry and instead she feels happy that Oscar listened to her. She thanks Oscar with a big hug and a kiss, which enrages him. Oscar disappears into his trash can and throws a huge fit that rattles the can. Maria: “I wonder what his deal is? He must be having a REALLY bad day.”
Cartoon: A man slips on his daughter’s roller skate and feels ANGRY
Film/Song: Henson #7
Muppets: Ernie asks Bert to pretend to be mad. Bert can’t bring himself to do it, so Ernie asks him to pretend that he lost Bert’s favorite paper clip...which makes Bert really mad! Then Ernie confesses that he really did lose that paper clip.
Film: Footage of camels eating
Muppets: A pair of teeth looks for a job at the employment agency
Cartoon: C is for Canary
Cartoon: C is for Cake
Scene 3: Mr. Hooper asks Cookie Monster to help him decorate a cake. Cookie is tempted to eat the cake, but Mr. Hooper firmly tells him not to. As they proceed with three short tasks, Cookie controls himself. Afterwards, Mr. Hooper asks Cookie Monster if he wants a taste of the cake as a reward. Cookie passes...and decides to eat everything else (the bowls of icing, wooden mixing spoons, and piping bag) instead!
Muppets: A group of Anything Muppet children cooperate to grow a flower
Film: A boy imagines that he’s a baker
Cartoon: Two men demonstrate “top” and “bottom”
Cast: Maria pushes through a piece of background paper to show “top” and “bottom”
Cartoon/Song: The Alligator King #7 (by Bud Luckey)
Film: C is for Cars (on a highway)
Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s “C” trick
Cartoon: A photographer sneakily tries to take pictures of jungle animals, but they sneakily follow him instead!
Scene 4: Gordon and Susan help Bert fill a bowl with birdseed for his pigeons. After one pour, the bowl has some birdseed. Then Gordon fills it up with more birdseed, and then it has the most birdseed it can hold. After Bert leaves with the bowl, Big Bird stops by and consumes the rest of the birdseed leaving none.
Cartoon: Sand F/f
Cartoon: F is for Flower
Muppets: The Count goes to the bank (part 1)
Film/Song: “Two is You and Me” (by Joe Raposo)
Cartoon: A man blows seven bubbles
Muppets: The Count goes to the bank (part 2)
Scene 5: Grover demonstrates how asking questions is a good way of finding things out. First, he asks Oscar if he wants to play...the answer is an emphatic “No!” Then Grover passes Gordon reading a newspaper, and he asks to see today’s comics, which Gordon permits him to do. Finally, Grover walks to Hooper’s Store and asks Mr. Hooper if he can have a chocolate milkshake. Mr. Hooper nods and makes it for him.
Cartoon: Jazz Spies #7
Muppets: At night, Ernie waits for the neighbor upstairs to drop both shoes before falling asleep (much to Bert’s dismay)
Cartoon: A troll draws faces in the mirror
Cartoon: Filbert’s Flea Circus
Film: George the Farmer shows “on top of” by getting on top of different things and putting different items on top of his head
Muppet/Kid Moment: Kermit, Chris, and Stephanie count to 20
Cartoon/Song: “Four Seasons (It’s Springtime)”
Scene 6: Maria, Susan, and Gordon listen to some funk music on a portable radio outside Hooper’s Store. Mr. Hooper doesn’t like their music and asks them to move elsewhere. They protest, and Gordon asks Mr. Hooper to imagine himself as a young person being told what to do by an elder. In a flashback, Mr. Hooper and his friends listen to swing music on the radio at home. Mr. Hooper’s father orders them to turn the music off, leading to an argument. Back in the present, Mr. Hooper apologizes and decides to join the adults for a while. As they all listen to the music, Grover announces the sponsors. SS sign still: the Count. CTW sign still: Oscar.
CAST:
Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
Loretta Long as Susan
Sonia Manzano as Maria
Roscoe Orman as Gordon
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar
JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover, Bert, Harvey Kneeslapper, AMs
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Sherlock Hemlock, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs