Sesame Street Old School Outlines

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Number 161 features Oscar, Big Bird, the Amazing Mumford, David, Mr. Hooper, and Luis. Plus, Ernie keeps Bert up with loud sounds, Cookie Monster helps Kermit talk about weather, and Don Music rewrites "Yankee Doodle."



Sesame Street Old School Outline 161


Season 10: David needs clothing for the rain/Oscar opens an ice cream stand

Sponsors: O, S, 11


Scene 1: Mr. Hooper helps Big Bird shows some and more by pouring birdseed into bowls. But Big Bird knocks the bag of birdseed over, which means that now most of birdseed is on the ground.

Film: Some clowns, more clowns

Muppets: Kermit’s weather lecture (with Cookie Monster)

Cartoon: A girl inflates a letter “S” balloon

Cartoon: S is for Snake (speech balloon)

Film: A tortilla contest is narrated in English and Spanish

Cartoon: S is for Serpiente (Spanish voiceover)

Scene 2: David is watching the Fix-It Shop for Luis. The weatherman comes on the radio and forecasts a rainstorm. David doesn’t have a raincoat, boots, or an umbrella; and he doesn’t want to go out in the rain because he’s supposed to watch the shop. But he doesn’t know when Luis will return, either. He tries to figure out a solution to his dilemma…

Cartoon: A boy goes fishing, but he catches letters of the alphabet instead

Muppets: Mr. Johnson wants to order food at a restaurant, but Grover tells him that they only have some items on the menu. It turns out that milk is the only item available, but there are no clean glasses either!

Cartoon: S is for Snail (limerick poem, art by Jeff Hale)

Scene 3: The Amazing Mumford enters the Fix-It Shop and offers to help David by conjuring up some rain gear using magic. However, his first attempt results in a pair of sunglasses, swimming trunks, and sandals. Mumford’s second attempt produces a pair of mittens, a scarf, and a parka. He gets it right on the third try just as Luis returns, and David leaves in his rain clothing just as it starts to pour. Then Luis realizes that he doesn’t have any rain gear, but Mumford points to the large pile of clothing on the table: “Would you, perchance, be interested in a parka?”

Muppets: Ernie exercises to a radio program and gets Bert to join him. Bert enjoys it so much that he doesn’t realize that the Pigeon News is coming on.

Cartoon: Olga y la letra “O”

Cartoon: Sand O/o

Muppets/Song: A Muppet hippie uses cookies to sing about “Adding,” but Cookie Monster turns it into a song about subtraction

Film: Animals and children bathe in water

Cartoon: Tommy Trueheart and his 11 Lions

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

Film: A dirty car gets cleaned at the car wash

Scene 4: In the midst of the rainstorm, Oscar has opened an ice cream stand and is waiting for customers. Luis and Mr. Hooper are surprised that Oscar is serving normal ice cream flavors like vanilla, chocolate, pistachio, and strawberry. However, when Oscar offers toppings like pickles, anchovies, chopped liverwurst, and diced jalapeños, both men lose their appetites.

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – O is for Owl

Film: Chewing gum factory

Scene 5: The Count goes to Oscar’s ice cream stand and reads the flavor and toppings list. Oscar expresses disbelief that the Count is considering a Grouch ice cream cone, but the Count balks: “Me? You think that I, the Count, will eat a Grouch ice cream cone? Of course not! I am here just to count the different flavors and toppings.”

Muppets: Don Music and Kermit rewrite “Yankee Doodle”

Cartoon: Spanish “O” words

Cartoon/Song: Pinball Number Count #11

Muppets: At night, Ernie and Bert hear the faucet dripping. Ernie tries to drown it out by turning on several loud items, which keeps Bert awake.

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

Scene 6: David passes by Oscar’s ice cream stand. When Oscar offers him some ice cream, David laughs at the notion: “Are you kidding, Oscar? Nobody in their right mind wants to eat ice cream in the rain! Nobody in the whole world wants ice cream with pickles and anchovies on it!” However, he is proven wrong when two Grouches approach the stand, asking for ice cream with extra pickles and anchovies.

Cartoon: Some, more, and most hair…

Muppet/Kid Moment: Herry Monster and John-John count to 20

Cartoon: S is for Superman

Cartoon/Song: It’s a Lovely Eleven Morning (art by Bud Luckey)

Film: Olivia narrates a film of workers repaving the street

Muppets/Cast: Big Bird conducts a choir (Susan, Mr. Hooper, Gordon, and Mr. MacIntosh) in singing the “S” sound in the word “SONG”

Cartoon: The Eleven Cheer (animation by Jim Henson)

Cartoon: Three lines struggle to reach the top of the screen by themselves. They cooperate by combining their respective lengths.

Scene 7: The rain stops, and the sun comes out. Oscar is disappointed until he sees that his ice cream is melting. He tries to sell his soupy ice cream, but without success (David, Luis, and the Count all pass). Oscar decides to save the melted ice cream for his supper: “It’ll taste great on top of raw broccoli and mashed potatoes.” David announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Susan. CTW sign still: Gordon.


CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Loretta Long as Susan

Roscoe Orman as Gordon

Chet O’Brien as Mr. MacIntosh

Alaina Reed as Olivia

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover, Bert, AMs

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

Richard Hunt as Don Music, AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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Scene 6: David passes by Oscar’s ice cream stand. When Oscar offers him some ice cream, David laughs at the notion: “Are you kidding, Oscar? Nobody in their right mind wants to eat ice cream in the rain! Nobody in the whole world wants ice cream with pickles and anchovies on it!” However, he is proven wrong when two Grouches approach the stand, asking for ice cream with extra pickles and anchovies.

Who perform the two Grouches in this scene

 

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Who perform the two Grouches in this scene

Jerry Nelson and Bob Payne.

 

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Number 162 features Big Bird, Oscar, Grover, Cookie Monster, Maria, Luis, and Mr. Hooper! Plus, Ernie and Bert fight over the TV chair and Little Jerry sings about feeling proud.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 162


Season 8: Big Bird imagines if everybody tweeted/Grover learns about “AMOR”

Sponsors: P, V, 5


Scene 1: The cast shows off their favorite “P” objects: Mr. Hooper holds a pear, Cookie Monster eats a peach pie, Luis uses a pair of pliers, and Maria cuddles a live puppy. Finally, Big Bird fluffs his pillow and takes a nap.

Muppets/Song: Three redneck Muppets sing, “P is My Favorite Letter”

Cartoon: P story (a policeman finds a puppy in the park)

Film: Footage of birds on land (music by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe?

Cartoon/Song: “1-2-3-4-5!”

Film: A gym instructor helps children perform a variety of stretching and bending exercises

Scene 2: The cast shows off their favorite “V” objects: Mr. Hooper holds a box full of vegetables, Luis uses a vaccuum cleaner to clean his shop, and Grover holds a bouquet of violets. Finally, Oscar presents a tiny volcano that doesn’t erupt. When Maria looks at it, she gets sprayed with a jet of chocolate sauce.

Cartoon: Flying V in space

Muppets: Ernie and Bert fight over the TV chair, until Herry Monster tricks them into leaving the room so he can sit in it

Scene 3: Big Bird is listening to the sound of birds chirping in the trees, and he wonders what it would be like if everybody tweeted instead of talking. The scene fades into a sequence where Big Bird can talk normally, but everybody else (Mr. Hooper, Luis, Maria, and Grover) chirps and tweets. He realizes that nobody would be able to understand each other.

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

Cartoon: P is for Puddle

Cartoon: P is for Picnic (animation by Cliff Roberts)

Muppets/Cast: Maria reads the story of “The King’s Picnic”

Cartoon: A kid’s father tells him what can be built out of the wheels and things he found

Insert: Prince Charming greets Bob and tells him he’s looking for a girl he met last night. He describes what she’s wearing, but Bob corrects him about what body parts they go on. The girl shows up wearing clothes and accessories on the wrong parts of her body, and the Prince declares that he’s found his love.

Cartoon: A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum on a scale

Film/Song: “Five Dancers”

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash – Kermit interviews the animals filling in for the mouse in “Hickory Dickory Dock” (including Gladys and Buster)

Film: Rhythm is everywhere!

Cartoon: A concert pianist sings the alphabet song from inside a construction worker’s lunchbox

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – P is for Pencil

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

Scene 4: Luis finishes reading “Jack and the Beanstalk” to a group of kids when Oscar comments about his favorite character: the giant who antagonizes Jack! He imagines what it would be like to live as a grumpy giant (complete with a giant trashcan).

Film: A man walks up the stairs with a ball, but it drops and rolls down the stairs

Cartoon: “The Villain in the Panama Hat”

Film: The Mad Painter #5

Muppets/Song: Little Jerry and the Monotones perform “Proud”

Cartoon: What if we celebrated Valentine’s Day with chickens instead of hearts?

Muppets: Bert has a gift wrapped for his aunt Matilda, but Ernie thinks it’s for him and tries to guess what it is

Cartoon: Two aliens observe a monolith that reads “AMOR”

Scene 5: Grover asks Maria and the kids what “AMOR” means. They demonstrate by giving him hugs and kisses, and after a few silly guesses Grover finally guesses that it means “love” in Spanish.

Muppets: In a romantic setting, Cookie Monster says the word “AMOR” and devours a cookie

Film: A boy narrates a film of his family as they feed cows in the winter

Cartoon: A tribute to the letter V (Venus, violin, valentine, violets, vanish, Vikings, vulture, volcano, vegetables, vine, vampire, villain, vigilantes, victory)

Film: Making pottery (music by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: English and Spanish-speaking kids narrate a drawing of a guitarist

Scene 6: Maria asks Oscar to guess what “AMOR” means. Oscar is suspicious, but plays along. After he gives some wrong guesses, Maria demonstrates with a hug and a kiss, and reveals that it means “love” in Spanish. Oscar furiously tells her off, and Maria skips away gleefully. Cookie Monster announces the sponsors. SS sign still: the Count. CTW sign still: Oscar.


CAST:

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Bob McGrath as Bob

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

Frank Oz as Grover, Cookie Monster, Bert, Prince Charming, Buster, AMs

Jerry Nelson as Herry Monster, Little Jerry, AMs

Richard Hunt as Gladys, AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 163 features Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Bob, Susan, and Gordon. Plus, Bert plays a guessing game with Ernie, Guy Smiley hosts "What's My Letter," and the Geefle cooperates with the Gonk in a classic Muppet story.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 163


Season 5: Big Bird wants a pet/Cookie Monster prepares for a vacation

Sponsors: E, X, 8


Scene 1/Insert: Mr. Snuffleupagus sings “London Bridge” while the kids crawl around and underneath him

Film: The Mad Painter #8

Muppets: Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert guesses what happened. When Ernie shows a blank page, Bert is unable to give an answer. Ernie says that there was a cow eating grass, but the grass is all gone so the cow went home.

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #8

Film: The walrus

Cartoon: Brand X

Cartoon: X is for X-Ray

Muppets: “The Geefle and the Gonk” (a lesson on cooperation)

Film/Song: Henson #8

Scene 2: Big Bird wants a pet, but he can’t decide what he wants. Bob suggests a dog, Susan suggests a cat, and Gordon suggests a goldfish. Big Bird still can’t make up his mind, so Bob volunteers to take him to the pet shop down the block.

Cartoon: A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the letter E

Cartoon: Sand E/e

Film: A steam shovel picks up debris

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

Cartoon: A man saws an “E” through the wall

Cartoon: E is for Elephant and Elk

Film: Lions walk down a trail

Cartoon: Rocket countdown (the rocket blows up in a shower of soot)

Scene 3: Big Bird and Bob return from their trip to the pet shop. Everyone asks what pet Big Bird has, and Big Bird says that he saw more animals at the pet shop than he could imagine. He still couldn’t make up his mind, so now he has a pet rock (that he found while walking home with Bob)!

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

Film: Shopping for soup ingredients

Cast: Luis sings “Three of These Kids” (one fireman and three police officers)

Cartoon: Poverty Pictures’ X segment

Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s “X” prank

Film: George the Farmer shows over and under

Cartoon: Rocket countdown (the rocket takes off too early)

Cartoon/Song: “Candy Man #8 (art by Bud Luckey)

Muppets: Ernie puts baseball caps on the head of his players (three rubber balls) to find out what size they need to wear. The largest cap belongs to the opposing team captain, a giant basketball who strikes fear into Ernie and his team!

Scene 4: Gordon holds pictures of various birds, and asks Bert and the kids to identify what they are. After they identify a rooster and a pigeon (Bert’s favorite), Gordon holds up a picture of Big Bird!

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts “What’s My Letter” with Prairie Dawn as the contestant. The mystery letter is E…

Cartoon: E is for Erase

Cartoon: “Imagination E” (art by the Hubleys)

Film/Song: “Kids” (by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: I’ve Got a Mind – Bouncing Ball (art by Cliff Roberts)

Muppets: Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot count to 20

Cartoon: Rocket countdown (the announcer blasts off)

Scene 5: Cookie Monster wants to plan a vacation, but he doesn’t know what to bring. Bob tells him that he must plan where he wants to go, and Susan adds that he should bring a suitcase with the items he wants to bring on his vacation. Cookie is inspired and goes to pack.

Cartoon: Christopher Clumsy talks about feet

Muppet/Kid Moment: Ernie, Bert, and Shola act out various emotions

Cartoon: The Story of Cowboy X

Cartoon: Rocket countdown (the rocket finally takes off)

Scene 6: Cookie Monster returns with a very heavy suitcase and reveals that he’s going to the supermarket for his vacation. Bob and Susan are baffled since the supermarket is a few blocks away, and they ask why he’s going there. When Cookie tells them to open the suitcase, they discover that it’s filled with cookies. After he eats the contents of the suitcase, he takes the empty case back to the supermarket to stock up on more cookies! Cookie: “Boy, who knew that travelling is so exhausting?” Gordon announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Luis. CTW sign still: Maria.


CAST:

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Loretta Long as Susan

Bob McGrath as Bob

Hal Miller as Gordon

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

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

Jerry Nelson as Mr. Snuffleupagus, Herbert Birdsfoot, AMs

Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn

Jim Henson as Ernie, Guy Smiley, AMs

 

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Number 164 features Big Bird, the Count, Oscar, and Maurice Monster (you read that right). Plus, Ernie and Bert go to the movies and Cookie Monster learns about some, more, and most.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 164


Season 7: Big Bird and the Count count noises on Sesame Street/Maurice Monster stays with Susan and Gordon

Sponsors: B, F, 6


Scene 1: Big Bird welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street on a noisy day. The kids are playing basketball, Maria is listening to the radio on her fire escape, and Biff is doing construction work. The Count arrives looking for something to count, but Big Bird can’t hear him over the noise. Then they decide to count different types of noises on Sesame Street!

Muppets/Song: “Fat Cat” (featuring Bip Bippadotta)

Cartoon: Jack and the B-Stalk

Cartoon: B is for Bug

Film: “Noises”

Muppets: Ernie and Bert cooperate to play the drums

Scene 2: Big Bird overhears the drumming from Bert and Ernie’s apartment, and counts that as one noise. Then he adds Biff’s jackhammering as a second noise. The Count hears Maria’s radio, making three noises in total. The basketball game is a fourth noise, and they hear a fifth noise when Gordon trips and drops his groceries on the ground!

Cartoon: Filbert’s Flea Circus

Film: The Mad Painter #6

Cartoon: A magician tries to make six circles disappear

Film/Song: “Weaver Bird” (by Joe Raposo)

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash – While the Big Bad Wolf chases Little Red Riding Hood, Kermit awaits the arrival of the woodsman

Cartoon: Frances Fairy lists several words beginning with the letter F

Scene 3: Oscar tells the kids about his favorite sounds including traffic, alarm clocks, and radio static. Maria stops by and asks the kids to list their favorite sounds, which include the ice cream truck, chirping birds, and kids playing ball. Oscar then presents another one of his favorite sounds: the slamming of his trashcan lid!

Cartoon: Three kids hide from a giant rabbit by hiding behind some trees (art by Etienne Delessert)

Muppets: Super Grover learns that haircuts don’t hurt

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #6

Celebrity/Insert: Jose Feliciano sings, “A World Without Music”

Cartoon: The Yo-Yo Master

Muppets: Kermit lectures about some, more, and most with piles of cookies. When Kermit asks Cookie Monster which pile he wants, Cookie says that he doesn’t want some, more, or even the most cookies…he wants ALL of them!

Film/Song: B is for Bubble

Cartoon: B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch, and bees

Scene 4: Maurice Monster thanks Susan and Gordon for letting him stay over at their apartment for the night. Maurice convinces the adults to play a monster game that involves physical activity while saying “wubba wubba” repeatedly. After the adults are worn out, Maurice asks if they can play a new game: doing the same physical activities while saying “boogity boogity boo.”

Muppets: Ernie and Bert go to the movies, and encounter a lady with a tall hat

Cast: The Alphabet Dancers form the letter F

Cartoon: Some, more and most (men with hair on their heads)

Cast: Dandy David adds flowers and flowerpots

Film/Song: Henson #6

Muppets: A group of cheerleaders cheer for the letter F (Spanish version)

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #6 (Spanish version)

Scene 5: Maurice eats dinner with Gordon and Susan. They play “Three of These Things” with some of the foods: broccoli, beans, beef, and milk. Maurice guesses that the milk doesn’t belong and Susan congratulates him, saying that everything starts with B except for the milk.

Film: Head to Toe Puzzle

Cartoon: The Queen of Six

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – B is for Ball

Muppets/Song: Bob sings, “The People in Your Neighborhood” with a dentist and a bus driver

Cartoon: Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear

Film: “Peacock Dance”

Cartoon: A hand draws a telephone booth

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

Cartoon: Madrigal Alphabet (art by Jeff Hale)

Scene 6: Maurice retires to the sofa, but is having trouble falling asleep because it’s too quiet. Susan turns on the radio to a disco station, but it’s not enough. Gordon opens the window, and several city noises (cars, crickets, barking dogs) are heard. Susan shouts at Gordon to close the window because it’s too loud in the apartment, but Gordon has trouble hearing her. Once he finally understands, he starts…and then points to Maurice, who has fallen asleep. The adults decide to leave the window partially open, but they turn the radio off and retire to their bedroom. The Count whispers the sponsors as the “nighttime” theme plays. SS sign still: David and Maria. CTW sign still: Bob and Susan.


CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Loretta Long as Susan

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Roscoe Orman as Gordon

Bob McGrath as Bob

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, the Amazing Mumford, AMs

Richard Hunt as Maurice Monster, Sully, AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, Bip Bippadotta, AMs

 

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Number 165 features Grover, Oscar, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Bert, David, Maria, Mr. Hooper, and Susan. Plus, Kermit interviews Aladdin, Simon Soundman visits the music store, and Ernie puts away his toys (or at least he tries to).


Sesame Street Old School Outline 165


Season 8: Grover attempts to be a Grouch/Cookie Monster’s lecture about patience

Sponsors: C, K, 10


Scene 1: Bert (in a striped suit resembling his shirt) hosts a game show called, “Which Pigeon Comes Next?” He asks Big Bird, Susan, David, and the kids to identify which pigeon comes next in a series of patterns (images of gray, black, and speckled pigeons are used).

Muppet/Kid Moment: Ernie is sad because he lost the nickel he was saving to buy candy with. Shola gives him a nickel, and Ernie thanks her profusely.

Film: A roadrunner (music by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: K is for Kitten

Cartoon: K is for Kite

Muppets/Song: Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs

Cartoon: Two men have different ways of getting apples from a tree

Film/Song: Henson #10

Scene 2: Cookie Monster gives a lecture about patience. He asks Mr. Hooper for a plate of cookies, which Mr. Hooper says will be ready soon. In the meantime, Mr. Hooper tells Cookie to watch the following film.

Film: Footage of camels eating

Scene 3: Cookie Monster is still waiting for the cookies to be made. Mr. Hooper directs his attention to the next segment.

Cartoon: A jack-in-the-box pops out of a manhole and surprises two construction workers

Scene 4: Just when Cookie Monster is about to burst, Mr. Hooper brings out a fresh batch of cookies. Before Mr. Hooper can commend Cookie’s patience, the hungry monster wolfs down all the cookies.

Muppets: Bert orders Ernie to clean up his toys, so Ernie devises a categorization system to make the process easier. Unfortunately, the only toy that he ends up putting away is his fire engine.

Film: A marching band forms a triangle

Cartoon: A boy looks for a telephone as it rings

Celebrity/Song: Helen Reddy sings, “Grow”

Film: Time-lapse of seeds growing

Cartoon: K is for Karate

Muppets: Simon Soundman goes to the music store

Cartoon: A kitten is knitting a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten

Scene 5: Oscar is arranging his muddy rag collection when Maria and Grover say hello. Oscar grumpily tells them off because he’s busy. As they leave, Grover says that he’s intrigued by Oscar’s trashcan home, his love of yucky things like mud and smelly socks, and his dislike of nice things like puppies and fresh fruit. He declares that he wants to be a Grouch, and Maria isn’t sure about this…

Cartoon: C is for Cake

Cartoon: C is for Candle

Film: A pair of hands deal cards marked with the numbers 12 to 1

Muppets: Kermit and a Muppet boy present the word “telephone”

Cartoon: Danny knows the alphabet, and boy is he proud!

Film: Finding triangles in everyday objects

Scene 6: Inside Hooper’s Store, Maria tells Susan, David, and Mr. Hooper about Grover’s plan to become a Grouch. Then they notice a pile of trashcans and crates set up in front of Oscar’s area, prompting them to investigate. When David knocks on the can, Grover pops out and tells the adults to scram. Oscar insists that there isn’t room for two Grouches on Sesame Street, but Grover argues that there is. As Oscar and Grover argue, the adults hatch a plan to get Grover to return to his normal self.

Film: The Mad Painter #10

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

Cartoon: Apples fall from a tree, which bothers the hill beneath it (art by Etienne Delessert)

Film: How a steel drum is made

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash – Kermit helps Aladdin light his magic lamp

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #10

Scene 7: Oscar and Grover are still arguing when Susan brings a jar of mud for “Grover the Grouch,” who takes it, much to Oscar’s detriment. Maria stops by with a large bag of trash for Grover. Grover doesn’t like the smell, but he accepts it anyway. Finally, Mr. Hooper and David present two Grouch delicacies: fish-head stew, and a fried egg sundae with extra licorice and mustard. Grover is repulsed, and decides not to be a Grouch anymore. Oscar begs the adults for these gifts, but he is forced to say “please” and “thank you” in order to get them.

Cartoon/Song: Ten Turtles

Muppets: The Count’s bats go on strike

Film: A girl narrates a film of her grandfather making horseshoes

Cartoon: A kitten is knitting a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten (repeat)

Scene 8: Back in Hooper’s Store, the adults share a laugh over Grover’s adventure until they see Grover imitating Big Bird by wearing feathers and a beak! David announces the sponsors. SS sign still: the Count. CTW sign still: Ernie and Bert.



CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Loretta Long as Susan

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

Frank Oz as Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster, AMs

Jerry Nelson as the Count, Simon Soundman, AMs

Matt Robinson as Roosevelt Franklin (voice only)

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 166 features Big Bird, Oscar, the Amazing Mumford, the Count, Olivia, Luis, Mr. Hooper, and Bob! Plus, Grover builds a block tower, the Two-Headed Monster uses a toothbrush, and Ernie shows Bert some artifacts from camp.


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Season 10: Mumford gives everybody superpowers/The cast shows what makes them proud

Sponsors: S, Y, 8


Scene 1: The Count takes a singing lesson from Bob. When Bob gives him some simple music to sing, the Count requests some harder music. Bob finds a piece of music chock-full of notes, and the Count asks him to sing it. Bob does so, and then asks if the Count is ready to sing it himself. The Count balks, revealing that he just wanted to count all the notes Bob sang!

Muppets: Ernie asks to borrow a vacuum cleaner from Herbert Birdsfoot

Cartoon: My pet Y, Yetta

Cartoon: A duck puts on its coat all by itself

Film: A boy visits the hospital to meet his mother’s new baby

Muppets: Betty Lou presents her friends Beginning, Middle, and End…but they can’t agree on how to tell their story

Cartoon: A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn, too…

Transition: Scan-imate kids intro

Scene 2: Olivia, Luis, Mr. Hooper, and the kids do some stretches before watching the next film.

Film: A gym instructor helps kids with some stretching exercises

Muppets/Song: Grover sings “I Am Proud of Me” while building a block tower

Film: A marching band plays two short notes

Cartoon: S is for Snail (limerick poem)

Film: A flock of sheep crosses the river

Muppets: The Two-Headed Monster learns how to use a toothbrush

Cartoon: The King of Eight (animation by Jim Henson)

Muppets: Ernie comes home from camp and shows Bert what he brought back

Scene 3: Everybody on Sesame Street is busy. Luis is fixing clocks at the Fix-It Shop, Olivia and Mr. Hooper are stocking the shelves at the store, and Bob and Big Bird are cleaning the arbor area. Everyone wishes that they could get their work done faster. The Amazing Mumford comes along and tries to give everybody super-speed to get their work done quickly. However, he ends up adding more clocks, cereal boxes, and clutter to the street! Mumford tries again; however, he switches everybody’s locations: Olivia is now at the Fix-It Shop, Luis and Big Bird are in Hooper’s Store, and Luis and Mr. Hooper find themselves in the arbor area!

Film: A gymnast shows beginning and end with her parallel bars routine

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – Y is for Yo-Yo

Muppets: A group of Anything Muppets organize themselves into teams based on whether they have letters or numbers on their shirts

Cartoon: Y is for Yak

Scene 4: Once everybody is back where they belong, Mumford tries his super-speed trick again, but it fails miserably. Luis is given super-strength, which causes him to break his clocks. Mr. Hooper and Olivia have become invisible, so they can’t see where they’re going. To top it all off, Big Bird and Bob have been given snail-speed instead of super-speed. Mumford reverses his trick one last time and everything returns to normal…that is, until they see Oscar flying in his trashcan up above!

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #8

Cast: Maria and Gordon sort shapes by type and color

Film: Beginning/End - kids wait in line at a movie theater

Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s mirror prank backfires

Cartoon: A boy explains why his dog’s name is Happy

Cartoon: Today’s secret drawing is an astronaut

Muppets: At night, Ernie waits for the upstairs neighbor to drop his shoes before he falls asleep. This process ends up keeping Bert awake as well…

Scene 5: The cast shows what makes them proud. Bob is proud of his singing voice. Luis is proud of his woodworking skills, showing off a birdhouse. The Count is proud that he can count his bats. Mr. Hooper is proud of his store. Big Bird is proud that he can ride a unicycle. Herry Monster is proud of his strength, and lifts a giant barbell to demonstrate. Olivia takes a picture of Herry, and she says that she’s proud of her photography. Finally, Oscar is proud of his grouchiness, telling everybody to stop being so proud and to leave him alone.

Cartoon: S is for Santa, Snow, and Sleigh

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

Film: A group of kids use a magnet to retrieve a lost jack

Cartoon/Song: Penny Candy Man #8 (by Bud Luckey)

Celebrity: Fonzie (Henry Winkler) and Richie (Ron Howard) brush their teeth

Cartoon: Sand S/s

Muppets: Cookie Monster reads the word “FOOD” and then devours the letters

Cartoon: 30 dots (raspberry ending)

Scene 6: The adults relax together over lunch as the Amazing Mumford announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Grover. CTW sign still: Bob and Linda.



CAST:

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

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, Harvey Kneeslapper, AMs

Jerry Nelson as the Amazing Mumford, the Count, Herry Monster, Little Jerry, Herbert Birdsfoot, the Two-Headed Monster, AMs

Richard Hunt as the Two-Headed Monster, AMs

Fran Brill as Betty Lou

Jim Henson as Ernie, AMs

 

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Number 167 features Big Bird, Biff, the Count, Oscar and the entire adult cast! Plus, Ernie draws Bert's face and Kermit encounters the Wicked Witch and her magic mirror.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 167


Season 6: Big Bird’s weather machine/A busy day at Hooper’s Store

Sponsors: T, U, 4


Scene 1: Big Bird presents his new weather machine to Mr. Hooper and Susan. The adults argue that Big Bird can’t produce weather with a machine, but Big Bird presses the “rain” button on his machine and it starts raining. Susan asks Big Bird to turn off the machine, but the stop button doesn’t work! Big Bird pulls the emergency stop lever in desperation, but it comes off in his hand. The adults take cover in Hooper’s Store while Big Bird goes to his nest area to fix the machine.

Film: Apes play at the zoo

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash – Kermit watches the Wicked Witch as she talks to her Magic Mirror

Cartoon: T is for Top

Cartoon/Song: Country Fiddler – Four Big Lions at My Door (animation by Bud Luckey)

Muppets: Ernie eats one of Bert’s five cookies, and tries to cover it up. However, Bert is wise to him and says that he doesn’t want four cookies on the plate…so Ernie eats another one, leaving three!

Cartoon: T is for Trash and Ticket

Scene 2: Mr. Hooper, Susan, and the kids play and sing “Three of These Things” with three raincoats and a chocolate milkshake. As the game finishes, the rain stops. Big Bird returns, admitting that he couldn’t fix the machine but it stopped raining anyhow. Mr. Hooper realizes that Big Bird’s machine wasn’t the cause of the rain, but he can’t bring himself to tell Big Bird.

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts the Weather Show

Film: Kids watch a silent movie of a woman in a burning house who must find the EXIT

Cartoon: A boy adds 3 and 1 in his head to get 4

Muppets: Caveman Days – King Ernie asks the Royal Smart Person (Sherlock Hemlock) to invent the EXIT sign

Cartoon: T es para teléfono

Film/Song: Henson #4

Scene 3: Mr. Hooper and David prepare for lunch hour at Hooper’s Store. Gordon arrives and asks for a roast beef sandwich “with all the fixings.” David doesn’t remember all of the toppings, so Mr. Hooper writes a list down to remind him. After David brings out the sandwich, Gordon looks at it and rebukes David for not putting the toppings in the order that he wants them: “I wanted the lettuce on the bottom, the roast beef in the middle, and the cheese on top…but look! The roast beef is on the bottom, the cheese is in the middle, and the lettuce is on top.”

Cartoon: A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings

Film: T is for Toes

Cartoon/Song: Willie Wimple – Deforestation

Muppets: Grover asks Frazzle about his day, and Frazzle responds with emotional growling that Grover interprets

Cartoon: Polar bear EXIT

Film: A clown removes his makeup…which face do you like better?

Scene 4: Biff comes in and orders four coffees. Mr. Hooper prepares them and counts them out for Biff. Mr. Hooper asks if this will be enough coffee for Biff’s construction crew. Biff chuckles and says that all four cups are just for him!

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #4

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

Cartoon: An award for U (animation by Poverty Pictures)

Muppets: Kermit watches some live bears do exercises (filmed on chroma-key background)

Cartoon: U is for Umbrella

Film: A mailman delivers mail on horseback through the Appalachian Mountains

Scene 5: Bob comes in for lunch. He’s been teaching all day and is quite hungry, so he orders a bowl of spaghetti with meatballs. Then Maria and Luis stop by for some hot dogs, Susan orders a hamburger, and Big Bird wants a birdseed milkshake. As David and Mr. Hooper start preparing the food, the Count comes in, not to order lunch but to count all the customers in the store!

Muppets: Four Muppet cheerleaders give 4 big cheers for the number 4

Cartoon: A girl wonders what it would be like if elephants were as easily frightened as bugs

Film: The letter T is a very useful letter

Muppets: Cookie Monster plays a strength testing game at the carnival, but the owner has rigged the game so nobody can win

Cartoon: Four construction workers build a number 4

Cartoon: A salesman offers a letter U

Muppets: Ernie traces Bert’s face on the screen

Cartoon: A dog learns about the letter U

Scene 6: Mr. Hooper and David clean up after an exhausting lunch hour. David discovers that the unfinished food doesn’t fit in their trash disposal. Oscar comes in for lunch, and David realizes that they can serve the leftovers to Oscar. Oscar eats the leftovers with extra chocolate syrup and hot pepper sauce, but he becomes disgusted when David and Mr. Hooper thank him for his help. Susan announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Ernie and Bert. CTW sign still: Bob.



CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Bob McGrath as Bob

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 Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, AMs

Jerry Nelson as the Count, Biff, Sherlock Hemlock, Frazzle, AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, Guy Smiley, AMs

 

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Number 168 features Big Bird, Oscar, Bob, David, and Luis! Plus, the Yip-Yips discover a clock, Lefty recites the alphabet, and Ernie and Bert sing about the letter L.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 168


Season 9: Oscar’s general store

Sponsors: G, L, 12


Scene 1: David, Luis, and the kids pretend to be mountain climbers, racecar drivers, and fishermen.

Cartoon: Imagination Rain Song (by Steve Zuckerman)

Muppets: Lefty’s boss makes sure that Lefty knows the alphabet

Film: Kids guess what a woman’s job is based on clues. She is an architect!

Cartoon: Two men fight over which radio station they want to listen to

Film/Song: Joe Raposo sings, “Look at This” while showing close-ups of a boat

Muppets: Ernie wants to play tag with Bert, but Bert would rather read

Cartoon: G is for Gorilla (speech balloon)

Scene 2: David notices a wooden sign above Oscar’s trashcan that says, “Oscar’s General Store.” Oscar greets David: “This is Oscar’s General Store, where the customer is always wrong! This store’s got everything your grouchy heart desires, from rotten produce to half-melted candles.” David decides to play along and asks Oscar for some flowers. Oscar asks if he wants dry flowers or wilted ones, but David only wants a fresh bouquet of roses. Oscar has a fresh bouquet of daffodils, which David pays for. To David’s surprise, the bouquet squirts water in his face!

Muppets: Grover gives a lecture about the letter G

Film: Building a log cabin

Cast: Charlie Chaplin (played by Maria) shows top and bottom by pushing through background paper at the top of the screen, and then moving to the bottom

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – G is for Glue

Muppets/Song: Ernie sings about his “Rubber Duckie”

Cartoon: A mother bird brings her babies a giant number 12

Scene 3: Luis runs out of nails at the Fix-It Shop, and calls Oscar’s store to order a new box of nails. Oscar asks if he wants bent or rusty nails, but Luis only wants a regular box of nails. Oscar says that the nails arrive in three days. When Luis demands an explanation, it’s because Slimey the delivery-worm has to crawl with the nails from Oscar’s can to the Fix-It Shop!

Cast: The Alphabet Dancers form a capital L

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

Muppets: The Yip-Yip Martians discover a grandfather clock

Cartoon: A fat man and a small man show top and bottom

Film: Time-lapse video of growing seeds

Cartoon: A circle becomes a clock, the sun, and other round objects

Cartoon: Sand L/l

Muppets: Cookie Monster disguises himself as a doctor to get Ernie’s apple

Scene 4: Big Bird and Bob ask the kids to name some things they love. Big Bird concludes by listing his Granny Bird, his nest, his teddy bear, and “the delicious birdseed milkshakes at Mr. Dooper’s Store!”

Cartoon: A pair of arms hugs the word “LOVE”

Muppets: A family of four shows the different way that they arrange themselves

Cartoon/Song: Ladybugs’ Picnic (animation by Bud Luckey)

Film: Lions walk down a trail

Cartoon: L is for Light

Film: A man makes a shadow puppet of a rabbit

Muppet/Kid Moment: Herry Monster and John-John talk about loud and soft

Cartoon: A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time a customer takes one

Scene 5: Bob passes by Oscar’s general store and asks Oscar for some vegetables. Oscar asks if he’s interested in rotten tomatoes, moldy cabbage, or sour pickles…not expecting Bob to take any of it. To his surprise, Bob wants it all for the compost garden in the back. Oscar sells the vegetables to Bob, and then to his horror he realizes that he just helped Bob.

Muppets: The Count goes to the bank, part 1

Cartoon: L is for Lion

Muppets: The Count goes to the bank, part 2

Film: A marching band forms a circle

Cartoon: L is for Loud

Cartoon: A man learns not to pick the flowers

Muppets/Song: Bert and Ernie sing, “La, La, La”

Scene 6: Bob sees Oscar taking down his general store sign. Oscar doesn’t want to help anybody anymore, so he’s closing the store for good. Bob asks if he wants to keep the sign or the cash register, and Oscar says no. So Bob takes the items and thanks Oscar: “David asked me to look for an extra cash register for Hooper’s Store, and Luis was looking for an old wooden board. Thanks, Oscar…you just saved me a lot of trouble!” Oscar groans in anger as Luis announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Grover. CTW sign still: Susan.



CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Bob McGrath as Bob

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

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

Jerry Nelson as the Count, Herry Monster, Slimey, AMs

Fran Brill as AMs

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs