Sesame Street Old School Outlines

[cjd874]

One other question regarding one of the segments in the barbecue episode: there have been at least 3 segments with Anything Muppets singing about the bus stop. Which one specifically were you thinking about including?

This one:
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Bus_Stop

 

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14!


Sesame Street Old School Outline

Season 7: Rodeo Rosie learns manners/Big Bird wants to be like Mr. Hooper

Sponsors: I, X, 3

Scene 1: Bob shows the kids how to draw the letter X using chalk on the sidewalk in front of 123 Sesame Street. Rodeo Rosie rushes past them on her horse, and Bob wonders where she is going.

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

Muppets: Ernie’s attempts to draw an X are unsuccessful, until Bert points out that the cross marks over his scribbles are X’s

Scene 2: Rodeo Rosie goes to Hooper’s Store and orders a glass of milk. She waits impatiently and speaks impolitely to the adults. Mr. Hooper, Luis, Gordon, and Susan teach Rosie some proper manners, and Rosie learns from her mistakes. Then Oscar the Grouch enters and everything goes down the drain…

Muppets: The Anything Muppets perform “Clap, Clap, Clap”

Cartoon: A man names words that end with the letter X

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

Cartoon: A man unwittingly demonstrates the words UP and DOWN

Film: A Stool for Me

Muppets: Sherlock Hemlock sings “X Marks the Spot!”

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #3

Cartoon: Cowboy X

Scene 3: Big Bird is impressed with how well Mr. Hooper runs the store. “You know, Mr. Looper, I want to try running the store for a little while!” Hooper is unsure, but decides to let him do it.

Muppets: Cookie Monster and the Count cooperate with a plate of cookies (The Count: “I will count them and you will eat them!”)

Cartoon: Cooperation (a bear and a seal in a circus act)

Film: Making tortillas

Muppets: Grover sings about the letter I

Film/Song: Henson #3

Cartoon: Indian guru counting 1-20 (English)

Cartoon: Indian guru counting 1-20 (Spanish)

Cast: Maria, David, Luis, and Susan perform a successful surgery…on a motorcycle (a lesson in tools)

Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s “I” prank

Cartoon: Sand I

Film/Song: “There’s a Bird On Me” (Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: The letter I…he’s quite a guy!

Scene 4: David comes in and is surprised to find Big Bird behind the counter (wearing an apron and glasses!). David orders a tuna sandwich and one of Hooper’s famed chocolate egg creams. Unfortunately, the Bird has trouble remembering how to make the food. He also knocks over a lot of things. An exasperated David goes behind the counter and makes his own food. Big Bird: “You’re really good at this, David! Maybe you should run Hooper’s Store for a while. All that work made me really tired!” (David stares into a the camera as the ending music plays.)

Cartoon: Two lines cross paths and have an argument

Muppets: Ernie receives an emotional telephone call, and Bert reacts accordingly

Celebrity: Richard Pryor tells a story about the 26 letters of the alphabet

Cartoon: Playing cowboys and Indians

Film: Henson Roller Coaster Ball #3 (ice cream sundae ending)

Cartoon: Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV

Muppets: The Amazing Mumford’s rhyming trick (with Grover)

Cartoon: I-Ice Cream (speech balloon)

Film: Lions walk down a trail (Joe Raposo background music)

Cartoon: Letter I (beep, beep!)

Scene 5: Mr. Hooper returns and sees David behind the counter. David explains that Big Bird “got tired out pretty quickly” as the camera shows Big Bird sleeping in the arbor area. Gordon announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Bob and a kid. CTW sign still: Maria and Susan.


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

AND

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS

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

Jerry Nelson as Rodeo Rosie, the Count, Sherlock Hemlock, Herry Monster, the Amazing Mumford, AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, AMs

 

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Sesame Street Old School Outline

Season 9: Oscar’s elephant takes tap-dancing lessons

Sponsors: W, Y, 4

Scene 1: Big Bird is BIG and Stephanie (a young child actor) is SMALL

Cartoon: That’s About the Size of It (Bud Luckey)

Muppets: Ernie tries to get pictures of six cupcakes, but Cookie Monster secretly keeps eating them one by one

Cartoon: Two heads think of words that rhyme with BALL (one falls off a wall)

Scene 2: Bob hears tap dancing coming from inside Oscar’s can, and he goes to investigate. Oscar’s elephant Fluffy is taking tap-dancing lessons (Oscar: “Yeah, she’s working with the great Grouch dancer, Fred Trash-staire!”). Bob’s curiosity gets the better of him, and he wants to see Fluffy dance. Once Fluffy starts dancing, she accidentally slips on Oscar’s mud pile, causing huge globs of mud to fly right into Bob’s face.

Cartoon: Y-Yakety Yak

Muppets: News Flash-Old Mother Hubbard (a lesson in rhyming words)

Film: How baby animals get fed

Cartoon: A man shows a folding ruler

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

Cartoon: My pet Y, Yetta

Cartoon: The Yellow Yahoo

Scene 3: Because of Fluffy’s dance lessons, the ground starts shaking, which disrupts everyone’s activities. Mr. Hooper can’t put his newspapers on the newsstand; Gordon can’t read his book; Susan can’t water her plants; and Luis can’t fix anything. They want Fluffy to stop dancing, but Oscar refuses to oblige. The adults work together to think of a plan.

Cartoon: A hand uses a pencil to draw a bridge

Muppets: Ernie hangs balloons all over the apartment for a special person. Bert has to guess who it is.

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy-Y is for Yo-Yo

Scene 4: Luis has an idea: the adults will make elephant noises to attract Fluffy to the top of the can so that they can get her to stop dancing. But unbeknownst to them, their noises attract an entire herd of elephants from inside the can, causing the ground to shake even more! After regaining their balance, the adults try to come up with a different plan.

Cartoon: W-Water (speech balloon)

Muppets: City Life vs. Country Life (featuring Marilyn Sokol and Jim Henson)

Scene 5: Mr. Hooper comes back to Oscar’s can with a large bag of peanuts. He gives the whole bag to Fluffy, and she starts eating the peanuts. The adults return to work, but just as they’re about to pick up where they left off, Fluffy finishes eating the peanuts and starts tap-dancing again.

Cartoon: Sand W

Film/Song: “Everybody Eats” (Joe Raposo)

Cast: Bob and Luis build a train tunnel

Muppet/Kid Moments: Grover and John-John count one penny

Film/Song: Henson #4

Cartoon: A short boy figures out how to use a tall water fountain

Muppets: Japanese Folk Tale-The Four Dragons

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #4

Scene 6: Fluffy finally stops dancing, and the adults are relieved. However, to their chagrin, it’s time for Oscar’s pet rhinoceros to work out. The ensuing jumping jacks rattle Sesame Street once again. The only person who’s happy besides Oscar is the Count because he wants to count how many jumping jacks the rhinoceros does!

Cartoon: An elephant and a bird get their skins mixed up in a locker room

Muppets: Biff helps Salvador Dada hang numbered paintings in an art museum (“I call this one “Chicken Soup!”)

Cartoon: W-Worm

Cartoon: Ringmaster #4

Film: Prairie dogs (Joe Raposo background music)

Muppets: At night, Ernie is thirsty so he drinks an imaginary glass of water.

Cartoon: Gloria recites the alphabet

Scene 7: The Count and Oscar stand behind the open trashcan and watch as the rhino runs the 100-meter dash. Bob announces the sponsors. SS sign still: David and Maria. CTW sign still: Roosevelt Franklin and his mother.


CAST:

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Loretta Long as Susan

Bob McGrath as Bob

Roscoe Orman as Gordon

AND

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS

Frank Oz as Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, AMs

Jerry Nelson as the Count, Biff, AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, Salvador Dada, AMs

 

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Sesame Street Old School Outline

Season 8: Oscar’s pie delivery/The Count is in a good mood

Sponsors: J, Z, 10

Scene 1: Maria finds Oscar making pies by his trashcan, complete with a small oven. Oscar informs her that he’s working for a pie company. She wants Oscar to make a pie, so he demonstrates and puts the pie into the oven. After the timer rings, Maria wants to see the pie, so Oscar launches it from a spring in the oven right into Maria’s face! Oscar: “Now that’s what I call speedy delivery! Isn’t that right, Blueberry Face?”

Cartoon: Z-Zipper (speech balloon)

Muppets: Super Grover-Telephone Booth

Film: A man rides in a canoe

Cartoon: Three colored heads cooperate to watch a baseball game over a large fence

Cast: David plays Sluggo, a catcher who can’t put his gear on the right body parts

Muppets: The Zizzy Zoomers

Cartoon: A salesman tries to sell a Z, but his customer locks him in a zoo cage

Transition: A rectangle moves toward the screen

Scene 2: The Count is in a great mood: “It is such a wonderful and sunny day! That’s ONE! One wonderful, sunny day!” He wants to spend the whole day counting, but he has trouble figuring out something that will keep him busy for a while. First, he sees Luis at the Fix-It Shop and decides to count nails.

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy-Z is for Zoo

Muppets: Bert and Ernie meet Tough Eddie at the beach

Scene 3: The Count has finished counting all seventy-nine nails. Next, he goes to Mr. Hooper’s store and counts all the boxes and cans on the shelves.

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

Cartoon: Five stripes cooperate to make a circle

Celebrity: Edith Ann (Lily Tomlin) explains how she made a sandwich

Cartoon: Flying Z in space

Cartoon: Ten Turtles (Bud Luckey)

Scene 4: The Count has finished counting all two hundred forty-eight boxes and five hundred thirty-six cans on the shelves. Next, he sees Gordon reading a book and he decides to count each page as he reads it (to Gordon’s detriment).

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #10

Muppets: Simon Soundman orders a “CLUCK-CLUCK” sandwich, and Waiter Grover has to figure out what this means

Film: Bald eagles (Joe Raposo background music)

Cartoon: Jughead’s J Story

Muppets: News Flash-Hey Diddle Diddle

Cartoon: Sand J

Scene 5: The Count has finished counting all nine hundred and fifty-one pages in Gordon’s book. Then he goes to Big Bird’s nest, where the Bird is having birdseed stew for supper. An elated Count starts counting pieces of birdseed on the spot. Big Bird goes to Hooper’s Store to eat his supper in peace.

Cartoon: J-Jam (speech balloon)

Film: Presenting the panda bear

Insert: Cookie Monster shows the telephone and says that it’s terrific. Luis and Maria give it a taste test, to Cookie’s shock.

Cartoon: A hand draws a farm and all the animals

Film/Song: Henson #10

Cartoon: Sign language alphabet

Film/Song: “J-Jump” (Joe Raposo)

Muppets: Bert can’t sleep, so Ernie tells him to imagine ice-skating

Cartoon: Mr. Tweak can’t sleep because his upstairs neighbor snores and his downstairs neighbor sneezes

Scene 6: At night, the Count is STILL counting birdseed (“That’s three million, four hundred seventeen thousand, six hundred twenty one pieces of birdseed!”). Big Bird returns and asks the Count to leave. The Count asks if he can take the birdseed home to count. The Bird agrees, but the Count has to bring it back in the morning. As the Count leaves and Big Bird settles down to sleep, Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Bob and Luis. CTW sign still: Cookie Monster and Grover.


CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Roscoe Orman as Gordon

AND

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS

Frank Oz as Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, AMs

Jerry Nelson as the Count, Little Jerry, Simon Soundman, Tough Eddie, AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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17! (anyone getting my John-John reference?)


Sesame Street Old School Outline

Season 7: Biff and Sully’s boxes/Oscar tries to get rid of an annoying Poco Loco

Sponsors: B, K, 4

Scene 1: Biff and Sully haul a large box labeled “DANGER” onto the street. David and Gordon want to know what’s inside, and after opening the box, they discover nothing. They start laughing until the box starts smoking. David runs to get the fire extinguisher but then the box blows up, covering everyone in soot.

Cartoon: The word “PELIGRO” explodes

Muppets/Cast: Bob sings “People in Your Neighborhood” with teachers and a newspaper dealer

Film: Recycling bottles

Cartoon: Sand B

Muppets: Little Jerry and the Monotones sing “Danger”

Cartoon: A sage demonstrates “between” to an explorer, with the help of a set of rocks and a set of trees

Cast: Luis tries to find water (AGUA) in the desert, with little luck. Then it starts to rain, and Luis rejoices.

Muppets: Ernie gets an examination from Doctor (Cookie) Monster

Scene 2: Big Bird sees Biff and Sully unloading boxes labeled “HEAVY” and “LIGHT.” Big Bird wants to know the difference between heavy and light, so Biff makes Sully hold the heavy box while he holds the light box. Big Bird doesn’t fully understand, so Biff and Sully demonstrate a couple more times. At the end, Sully collapses.

Film/Song: Henson #4

Cartoon: K is for Keyhole, Ketchup, and Kitten

Muppets: Kermit’s “between” lecture with two poles (secretly controlled by Grover and Herry Monster)

Film: A polar bear swims

Cartoon: K is for Kite

Muppets: A group of four Muppet cheerleaders cheer for the number four

Cartoon: An egg hatches and four polka-dotted birds ride out on motorcycles

Scene 3: Luis and Maria bring Poco Loco to meet Oscar. Poco Loco likes the Grouch, and won’t leave his side. Oscar vows to get rid of the bird.

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #4

Muppets: Don Music rewrites “Yankee Doodle,” with help from Kermit the Frog

Cartoon: Spot the camouflaged bird!

Film: A man inadvertently advoids DANGER, until he hits a revolving door

Muppets: Simon Soundman buys a trumpet

Cartoon: K is for Kick

Cartoon: Christopher Clumsy shows us what feet can do

Scene 4: Oscar plans to play sounds that will drive Poco Loco away. After Oscar goes into his can, Poco Loco hears radio static, an out-of-tune piano, and finally a loud metallic crash. However, each time the Grouch comes out, Poco Loco imitates each sound, á la Simon Soundman.

Muppets: Ernie and Bert are at the beach. Bert has brought a lot of things, but Ernie only has an umbrella in case it rains. Sure enough, it rains.

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy-B is for Ball

Scene 5: Oscar has set out a plate of birdseed on the stoop of 123, and hides in his can with a butterfly net. Once Poco Loco begins eating the birdseed, Oscar throws the net over him, but Poco eats through the net.

Muppets: The Count’s bats go on strike

Scene 6: Oscar finally resorts to yelling at Poco Loco to leave, but Poco Loco copies every insult thrown at him. Oscar realizes that this bird is making him grouchy, which makes him happy! Oscar continues to shout at Poco Loco, who responds accordingly. (Oscar: “This looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship!”)

Muppets: Several Muppets assemble into teams based on the letters and numbers on their shirts

Film: “Little Things” (Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: Jack and the B-Stalk

Scene 7: Luis and Maria come back to find Oscar and Poco Loco still engaged in their call-and-response activities and decide not to interfere. Gordon and Biff announce the sponsors. SS sign still: Susan and Mr. Hooper. CTW sign still: Sherlock Hemlock.


CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Bob McGrath as Bob

Roscoe Orman as Gordon

AND

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS

Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover, AMs

Jerry Nelson as Biff, the Count, Poco Loco, Herry Monster, Little Jerry, Simon Soundman, AMs

Richard Hunt as Sully, Don Music, AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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18!


Sesame Street Old School Outline

Season 6: Cookie Monster tries international foods

Sponsors: D, N, 8

Scene 1: Susan shows the kids how to write the letters D and N

Muppets: Bert challenges Ernie to clean the apartment in 15 seconds

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

Muppets: “The Song of the Count”

Film: African animals (kid voiceover)

Cartoon: N-Nail (speech balloon)

Scene 2: Susan shows the kids how to write the number 8

Film/Song: Henson #8

Cartoon: “Penny Candy Man” (Bud Luckey)

Scene 3: At lunchtime, Cookie Monster goes to Hooper’s Store and orders a plate of cookies. Unfortunately, Mr. Hooper says it’ll take an hour to bake a new batch. Luis suggests that Cookie Monster should try something new. Cookie notices Luis’s cheeseburger and asks what it is (“Me no got foggiest what that is!”). Luis lets Cookie tastes it, but Cookie eats it all up. Cookie decides to find other new things to eat, while Mr. Hooper makes another burger for Luis.

Cartoon: Jazzy Spies #8

Film/Song: Trying (Joe Raposo)

Muppets: Kermit and Grover demonstrate short and long by singing, hopping, and tickling each other

Muppets: Big Bird makes a sculpture of himself and calls it “ME”

Cartoon/Song: “It’s Springtime”

Film: Hamburger factory

Cartoon: The letter N is nice

Scene 4: Cookie Monster spots Gordon and Bob eating something that he’s never seen before. Gordon explains that they’re eating Chinese food, with lots of noodles and vegetables. Bob shows Cookie Monster the chopsticks that they use, and says that Chinese food is just as good as cookies. Cookie gets a taste and gobbles Bob’s entire order, saying, “No, Bob…it BETTER than cookies!”

Celebrity: Carol Burnett talks about noses

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy-N is for Nose

Muppets: Ernie makes a bust of Bert, but runs out of clay for Bert’s nose, so he pulls off Bert’s nose and puts it on the bust

Film: The Mad Painter #8

Cartoon: An ant moves the letter N to the center of the alphabet

Muppets: Japanese Folk Tale-One of a Kind

Scene 5: Maria and David are eating tacos on the steps of 123, and Cookie wants to know what they’ve got (“Me very precocious monster!”). Maria explains that tacos are a Spanish food, made with a tortilla, meat, salsa, beans, rice, and guacamole (Cookie: “Guaca…uh…you mind saying that again?”). David offers him a bite, and just like before, Cookie devours David’s food.

Cartoon: Guess the drawing: girl guitarist (English and Spanish)

Muppets: Super Grover helps an AM girl with some heavy boxes

Film: Weaver bird (Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: “D” construction building

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

Film/Song: Henson #8 (repeat)

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

Cartoon: Jazzy Spies #8 (repeat)

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

Celebrity: The Pointer Sisters’ Swinging Alphabet

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts The Trading Game (the contestants are Sally Screamer and Oscar the Grouch)

Cartoon: The numbers 1-20 appear in a box

Scene 6: Back at the store, Mr. Hooper surprises Cookie Monster with a huge plate of cookies. The overjoyed monster devours the cookies as Gordon announces the sponsors. SS sign still: David and Mr. Hooper. CTW sign still: Big Bird and Bob.


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

AND

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS

Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover, Sally Screamer, AMs

Jerry Nelson as the Count, Herbert Birdsfoot, AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, Guy Smiley, AMs

 

[sesamemuppetfan]

First full review in quite a while. Your 18th outline is by far one of my top favorites! Good old Cookie Monster is definitely at his best here- I especially can't stop cracking up at the line, “Guaca…uh…you mind saying that again?”! Speaking of that scene...all the ingredients you had mentioned for tacos...in reality, if you were to put meat, salsa, beans, rice, and guacamole all at once in a small tortilla (or taco shell), it would be quite messy, so I personally think you should have had Maria and David eating burritos instead. But, oh well, it doesn't matter really.

As a final random comment: seeing as Mr. Hooper made Luis a new burger, I sure hope Bob and David got replacements for their food too! So, if you'll excuse me now, I think I'll go get a snack...

Otherwise, me loved this tasty outline to pieces, and me can't wait for next one!

"Buh-Bye!"

 

[cjd874]

First full review in quite a while. Your 18th outline is by far one of my top favorites! Good old Cookie Monster is definitely at his best here- I especially can't stop cracking up at the line, “Guaca…uh…you mind saying that again?”! Speaking of that scene...all the ingredients you had mentioned for tacos...in reality, if you were to put meat, salsa, beans, rice, and guacamole all at once in a small tortilla (or taco shell), it would be quite messy, so I personally think you should have had Maria and David eating burritos instead. But, oh well, it doesn't matter really.

As a final random comment: seeing as Mr. Hooper made Luis a new burger, I sure hope Bob and David got replacements for their food too! So, if you'll excuse me now, I think I'll go get a snack...

Otherwise, me loved this tasty outline to pieces, and me can't wait for next one!

"Buh-Bye!"

Hi! Good to hear from you again. Do you have feedback about the other outlines that I've posted? Any favorite lines/continuity errors/good or bad things to say?

 

[sesamemuppetfan]

Well...in that case, I'll have to go through every one that I didn't review and get back to you on your questions. But you will notice that I at least liked every outline, whether I reviewed them or not, so that should be a sign that I enjoyed them.

For now, I'll just say that you do a spectacular job at writing lines for Oscar and The Count! (When I have more time, I'll list my favorite lines and whatever else you'd like from me.)

Otherwise, keep up the great work and I look forward to your next outline!

 

[cjd874]

Well...in that case, I'll have to go through every one that I didn't review and get back to you on your questions. But you will notice that I at least liked every outline, whether I reviewed them or not, so that should be a sign that I enjoyed them.

For now, I'll just say that you do a spectacular job at writing lines for Oscar and The Count! (When I have more time, I'll list my favorite lines and whatever else you'd like from me.)

Otherwise, keep up the great work and I look forward to your next outline!

I will continue posting outlines for a while. Feel free to message me privately about my outlines so that we don't take up space on this thread. And yes, I do like writing for Oscar and the Count, but there's something about Cookie Monster that is very endearing too. Especially in the most recent outline.