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Number 169 features Herry Monster, Big Bird, Oscar, Snuffy, Susan, Gordon, and Mr. Hooper! Plus, Kermit talks about feet, Ernie bothers Bert at the movies, and Sinister Sam makes an appearance.



Sesame Street Old School Outline 169


Season 8: Herry Monster looks for a job/Snuffy helps Big Bird clean his nest

Sponsors: A, C, 8


Insert: Herry Monster sings, “That Furry Blue Mommy of Mine”

Cartoon: What would happen if a frog and a fly switched their bodies?

Muppets: Bert is cold, so Ernie warms him up with layers and layers of clothing. Bert screams that now he’s too hot, so Ernie goes overboard again by turning on the electric fan, opening the window, and putting an icepack down Bert’s shirt!

Film: Henson #8

Cartoon: A is for Acrobats

Cartoon: What if a turtle and a rabbit switched appearances?

Scene 1: Big Bird’s nest area is in disarray: toys strewn on the floor, piles of clothing and blankets, etc. He asks Susan and Gordon to help him clean his nest, but they have to go to the post office. They promise to help him when they return. After the adults leave, Mr. Snuffleupagus arrives and helps Big Bird clean his nest.

Cartoon: The word BUS

Film: You can clean almost anything!

Scene 2: Big Bird and Snuffy admire their work: the nest is now spiffy and neat. As Snuffy leaves to clean his own cave, Gordon and Susan return to help Big Bird…but now there’s nothing to clean. Big Bird attempts to explain how Snuffy helped him clean the nest, but the adults are skeptical as usual.

Muppets: Kermit the Frog gives a lecture about feet

Film: Horses compete to see who can pull the most cement

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

Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s “C” prank (“You wanna see?”)

Cartoon: C is for Candle

Cartoon: A man (voice by Bob Arbogast) talks about the letter C, which is for Cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion.

Film: Elephants in the zoo

Muppet/Kid Moment: Grover and John-John count to 20

Film: Kids pretend to be construction vehicles while playing on the beach. Footage of the real machinery is shown as well.

Scene 3: Herry Monster goes to Hooper’s Store and sees a toy truck that he wants. Mr. Hooper will sell it to him for three dollars, but Herry only has fifty cents. Mr. Hooper suggests that he find a job to earn more money. Herry decides to start by helping Mr. Hooper, but he knocks over the glasses and dishes while going behind the counter.

Muppets: Ernie helps a mailman deliver a letter to Mrs. Mary Ann ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Cartoon: A troll draws different faces in the mirror

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

Film: Body part shout-out

Scene 4: Herry Monster tries to help Susan hang her laundry, but he trips while handing the laundry basket off. Susan ends up covered in sheets and random articles of clothing, and the rest of it has landed on the ground.

Cartoon: C is for Cowboy

Film: The importance of the traffic light

Scene 5: Herry sees Oscar pouring dirt into his trashcan and asks what’s happening. Oscar replies, “You know how you do spring cleaning? Well, I do spring soiling!” Herry asks if he can help, and Oscar instructs him to take the bag and pour the dirt into his trashcan. Herry lifts the entire bag, but his hands slip and the bag bursts on the sidewalk. Oscar is furious until he realizes that there’s a great big mess in plain sight. Herry is upset that he didn’t help anyone or earn money for his toy truck.

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #8

Cast: Luis is on a deserted island and finds a coconut. He cracks it open and finds a letter C inside!

Muppets: Bert and Ernie watch a movie, but Ernie makes loud noises while eating his snacks and drinking his soda

Cartoon: B-U-S! We’re on the bus!

Cartoon: A man gets a letter C in the mail

Scene 6: Herry mopes on the steps of 123 Sesame Street when Gordon comes out of his apartment with a box of old toys that he’s giving away. Herry sees a toy truck in the box and wishes out loud that he could have it, assuming that he won’t get it. But Gordon says that he can have it for free! Then Gordon asks Herry to help him move more boxes from his apartment, thus giving Herry a job to do.

Muppets: Super Grover – BUS STOP

Film: The Mad Painter #8

Cartoon: A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – A is for Airplane

Muppets: Sinister Sam is looking for Doc Holliday

Film: Rhythm is everywhere!

Scene 7: Herry Monster goes back to Hooper’s Store to show off the toy truck that Gordon gave him. He also shows Mr. Hooper the five dollars that Gordon paid him. Mr. Hooper asks Herry if he’d like to spend his money or save it. Herry decides to buy an ice cream soda for a dollar and save the rest, and Mr. Hooper commends his choice. Gordon announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Grover. CTW sign still: Luis.


CAST:
Emilio Delgado as Luis
Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
Loretta Long as Susan
Roscoe Orman as Gordon
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Bert, Grover, Harvey Kneeslapper, AMs
Jerry Nelson as Herry Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Little Jerry, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, Sinister Sam, AMs

 

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Number 170 features Oscar, Maria, David, and many others! Plus, Grover serves hot dogs to the Count, and Ernie lies about eating Bert's slice of cake.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 170


Season 7: Maria and David imagine being married/Oscar impersonates his neighbors

Sponsors: R, W, 3


Scene 1: Susan, Gordon, and the Count all greet Oscar separately. Oscar isn’t happy with the cheerful, friendly atmosphere. He decides to keep people away with some impersonations! He ducks into his can to get the right items…

Film: Counting circus clowns

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – R is for Rope

Muppets/Song: Chris and the Alphabeats perform, “Count It Higher”

Cartoon: Find the camouflaged parrot

Cartoon: Sand R/r

Scene 2: Oscar emerges with a mustache and a green swim cap to represent baldness. Gordon doesn’t think it’s funny and he leaves in a huff. Next, Oscar puts on an Afro and earrings while pretending to be Susan. Susan is offended and walks away angrily. Then Oscar sees the Count and changes into a cracked monocle, pointy beard, and high collared cape. The Count counts “one ridiculous impression of me,” and he storms off. Oscar notices that the street is now deserted and he realizes that there is nobody to show his impersonations to.

Muppets: Ernie eats Bert’s slice of chocolate cake and tries to cover it up by making up a story about a monster that came in and stole it. When Bert leaves, Beautiful Day Monster comes in, eats the rest of the cake, and successfully frames Ernie!

Cartoon: Country Fiddler – Three on Lady’s Lap (animation by Bud Luckey)

Cartoon: Imagining squares (string animation)

Muppet/Kid Moment: Kermit and Debo look at a letter W

Film/Song: Henson #3

Cartoon: Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee

Scene 3: Gordon is baffled to see Big Bird pecking at a tree like a woodpecker. He is even more stunned to hear loud pecking sounds. When Gordon asks how he’s able to do it, Big Bird doesn’t know. Then they hear the loud pecking again, even though Big Bird isn’t pecking. It turns out that Biff is using his jackhammer nearby!

Film: Number 3 Roller Coaster Ball (ice cream ending)

Cartoon: Children from around the world say, “ME.”

Muppets: Grover, Herry, and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways until they faint from exhaustion

Film: The story of Colleen, who lives in Arizona

Cartoon: Wanda the Witch

Celebrity: Carol Burnett reacts, “Wow…Wanda the Witch is weird!”

Cartoon: W is for Wallpaper

Cartoon: One of these shoe pairs belongs here…

Muppets: Ernie gets a phone call detailing and emotional story, and Bert responds accordingly. When Bert asks who was calling, Ernie replies, “I don’t know, Bert. It was a wrong number!”

Scene 4: Maria and David imagine what it would be like to get married and live together, just like Susan and Gordon. Big Bird comes along, and when he hears what they’re talking about, he loudly announces to the neighborhood that Maria and David are getting married.

Film: A garfish swims around

Muppets: Farley looks for “ME”

Cartoon: The “R” lecture

Muppets: Ernie hides a bag of cookies from Cookie Monster by locking it in a safe. But Cookie Monster outwits Ernie by eating the safe!

Scene 5: Susan, Gordon, Herry Monster, and several kids have gathered to ask questions to Big Bird, Maria and David. David quiets everyone down and announces that he and Maria are NOT getting married, but they are still going to stay together. Big Bird then announces that Maria and David are NOT getting married.

Cartoon: I’ve Got a Mind – Squares (animation by Cliff Roberts)

Cartoon: An Indian guru counts to 20

Cast: A voice (Maria) instructs Luis (dressed as a yokel) to point out the features of his face. He doesn’t do well and she says that he’d forget his head if it wasn’t attached. Then Luis’s body walks away without his head!

Film: The Mad Painter #3

Muppets: Dragnet Parody – Letter W

Cartoon: Gloria talks about the letter W

Film: A man writes the word “ME” in the snow

Muppets: Waiter Grover serves hot dogs to the Count

Film: Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there

Scene 6: Maria and David list some “W” words like walk, wind, woodsman, and wheelbarrow. Oscar interrupts to show them Slimey, his pet worm. Then he tells them to watch Slimey’s high-diving trick. When Slimey dives, he lands in the pool and soaks Maria and David’s faces. Oscar: “Guess what? Another great W word is water! Heh-heh-heh!” As Maria and David start shouting into the can, the Count announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Mr. Hooper. CTW sign still: Luis.


CAST:
Northern Calloway as David
Emilio Delgado as Luis
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, Grover, Cookie Monster, Beautiful Day Monster, AMs
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Biff, Herry Monster, Farley, Slimey, AMs
Christopher Cerf as Chris (voice only)
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 171 features Big Bird, Oscar, Grover, SAM the Robot, Maria, Mr. Hooper, Luis, and Gordon! Plus, Cookie Monster imagines a cookie at the bakery and Ernie tricks Bert with a banana.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 171


Season 5: Just another day on Sesame Street

Sponsors: D, I, 7


Scene 1: Big Bird wakes up early and observes what everybody does in the morning. Luis opens the Fix-It Shop, Mr. Hooper puts out newspapers on his newsstand, Maria jogs, Cookie Monster eats a box of cookies for breakfast, Gordon catches the bus to work, and the Mudman makes a delivery to Oscar’s trashcan. When Luis asks Big Bird what he’s going to do today, Big Bird yawns and decides to go back to sleep.

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

Cartoon: D is for Dart

Cartoon: D is for Dog (speech balloon)

Muppets/Cast: Maria reads the story of “The Boy Who Cried Monster”

Cartoon: The Alligator King #7 (by Bud Luckey)

Film: Kids compete in a speed skating competition

Muppets: Bert asks Ernie to share a banana with him. Ernie keeps the inside of the banana for himself, and gives Bert the peel

Scene 2: Grover and Maria sort toy cars by size. When Maria points out the biggest car, Grover says she’s wrong and he leaves to get something. He comes back driving a car, to Maria’s disbelief. Maria: “Grover, I didn’t know that you had a car!” Grover: “It is true! Would you like to see my license? I got it last February.”

Film: Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother’s milk

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash – Kermit interviews Little Miss Muffett

Cartoon/Song: “We All Live in a Capital I”

Cast: The kids form a capital I

Muppets: Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School – Loud and Soft

Film: The Mad Painter #7

Scene 3: In voiceover, Gordon narrates quiet and noisy activities on Sesame Street. Maria tries to read, but she is startled when Oscar practices his bugle. Mr. Hooper quietly washes his dishes, but Cookie Monster’s loud eating bothers him. Finally, Big Bird tries to nap, but he can’t sleep because of the Count’s thunder. The Count finally leaves, but counts “one sleepy bird” and sets off another thunderclap.

Cartoon/Song: “Daddy Dear”

Film: George the Farmer hits a nail with a hammer to show “quiet,” then hits a post with a sledgehammer to show “noisy”

Muppets: Ernie counts sheep, fire engines, and balloons at night to fall asleep, which prevents Bert from getting any sleep

Cartoon: Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole to avoid it, and promptly falls into another hole: “Nobody told me there were TWO holes!”

Celebrity: Bill Cosby and his “twin” recite the alphabet

Cartoon: Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and successfully avoids another fall. He thinks he’s safe until he bumps into a wall.

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts “Beat the Time” with Grover as the contestant

Film: Things that start with the letter D

Transition: “Alright, now that you’ve eaten everything in sight, do you mind telling me what you’ll be eating for dessert?”

Scene 4: SAM the Robot asks Luis and the kids what their favorite machines are. Luis helps the kids list televisions, radios, and electric fans. When Luis asks SAM what his favorite machine is, SAM answers by naming himself! Then Luis directs SAM and the kids to the next segment featuring another important machine.

Film: A bulldozer in action

Muppets: Cookie Monster imagines a birthday cookie at the bakery

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #7

Cartoon: Capital I…he’s quite a guy!

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

Cartoon/Song: Letter I (Beep Beep) Song

Scene 5: Gordon needs to write his shopping list, but his pen has run out of ink. He asks Mr. Hooper if he can borrow one, but Mr. Hooper just sold his last pen to Maria who just took the bus downtown. Gordon thinks he’s out of luck, but to his surprise Oscar gives Gordon a pen…but just as Gordon finishes writing his shopping list, the trick-pen leaks black ink onto Gordon’s hands and shirt! Oscar: “Hey, while you’re at it, you should probably go buy some pens too! And maybe a new shirt as well.”

Cartoon: Slide puzzle – Truck

Muppets/Song: “As I Was Going to St. Ives”

Cartoon: The D Construction Building

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #7 (Spanish version)

Muppets: Kermit, Farmer Grover, and Fred the Wonder Horse show how a horse-and-cart works

Film/Song: Henson #7

Scene 6: Big Bird wakes up from his nap…just in time for supper. He walks out onto Sesame Street, but nobody is around and he starts to feel lonely and hungry. Mr. Hooper sees Big Bird and asks why he’s all by himself. Once Big Bird explains that he just woke up from his nap, Mr. Hooper invites him into the store: “I’ll make you a nice hot bowl of birdseed stew, how about that!” Big Bird thanks Mr. Hooper for being so kind, and they walk to the store together. Luis announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Ernie and Bert. CTW sign still: Maria and Mr. Hooper.


CAST:
Emilio Delgado as Luis
Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
Sonia Manzano as Maria
Hal Miller 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, SAM the Robot, Herry Monster, Fred the Wonder Horse, the Mudman, AMs
Matt Robinson as Roosevelt Franklin (voice only)
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, Guy Smiley, AMs

 

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Number 172 is one of my favorites as of late because it has a great combination of adult-kid interactions and Muppet-driven humor that made old school Sesame Street so special. Read on for some original scenes with David, Buffy, Maria, Barkley and Oscar...and some classic inserts featuring Ernie, Bert, Kermit, Cookie Monster, the Count, and more! And keep your eyes open for a reference to the SS staff and crew.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 172


Season 10: Oscar’s flea circus/Buffy and Barkley play together

Sponsors: F, S, 9


Scene 1: David and the kids write a capital “F” and a lowercase “f” on the sidewalk with chalk.

Cartoon: F is for Frog and Fly (animation by Jeff Hale)

Muppets: Ernie and Bert share peanut butter and bread

Scene 2: David and the kids write a capital “S” and a lowercase “s” on the sidewalk with chalk. The kids notice that both letters look similar, unlike the “F’s” that they drew earlier.

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – S is for Spring

Cast: David, Maria, and Bob show in, on, and under

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash – Kermit interviews the characters from “Hey Diddle Diddle,” and watches Natalie the cow jump over the moon

Film/Song: “Families” (by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: Filbert’s Flea Circus

Scene 3: After watching the previous segment, Oscar is inspired to start his own flea circus. David says that would be ridiculous, but Oscar shows him an egg carton that houses his pet fleas Jerry, Al, Caroly, Frank, Victor, Frieda, Ozzie, and Jumbo**. All he has to do is train them to do different circus tricks. Unfortunately, Oscar knocks the carton over, sending the fleas all over Sesame Street. David, Buffy, Maria, Barkley, and the kids all start scratching and force Oscar to retrieve his fleas.
**The fleas’ names are a reference several Sesame Street crew members and puppeteers from season 10: Jerry Nelson, Al Hyslop, Caroly Wilcox, Frank Oz, Victor DiNapoli, Frieda Lipp, and Ozzie Alfonso. Also, Jumbo is a humorously oxymoronic name for a flea…

Muppets: Cookie Monster and the Count cooperate to count and eat cookies

Cartoon: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Nine

Film: African children play together in a village

Cartoon: A mad scientist teaches his monster how to say the F words “Fred,” “foot,” and “Friday”

Scene 4: Oscar has rounded up all the fleas and begins to train them. But he struggles to get his fleas to jump through hoops, walk a tightrope, ride a tiny unicycle, and do a balancing act. Maria, David, and Buffy can barely hide their laughter. Oscar grumbles, “I wonder if this ever happened to Barnum and Bailey.”

Muppets: Japanese Folktale – The Story of the Four Dragons

Cartoon: Six Silly Sailors (animation by Tee Collins)

Film: Kids get a checkup at the dentist’s office (music by Joe Raposo)

Cast: Luis tries to open a door with a “CERRADO” sign. He gets a running start, when Maria changes the sign to “ABIERTO.” Maria opens the door and Luis runs right through it, crashing off-screen.

Cartoon: S is for Snake (shown twice, in English and in Spanish)

Muppets/Song: “Sammy the Snake”

Film: A boy describes what happens on a fishing boat

Scene 5: Buffy and Barkley play fetch with a stick.

Muppets: Ernie and Bert play a rhyming game, but Ernie ends it just as Bert is starting to enjoy it

Cartoon/Song: Martian Beauty #9 (animation by Bud Luckey)

Film: The Mad Painter #9

Insert: Biff and Sully move a piano. Biff reminisces about learning to play scales, and demonstrates the importance of practice to Sully. He proceeds to butcher the C major scale. While Biff leaves to get the truck, Sully plays a full concert piece.

Cartoon: Two stubborn mountain goats try to pass each other on a road

Film: A boy makes fruit salad

Celebrity: Richard Pryor narrates a story about the letters of the alphabet

Cartoon: Ali Baba shows “abierto”

Muppets: Waiter Grover serves Simon Soundman, who wants a “cluck-cluck-cluck” sandwich

Cartoon: Pinball Count #9

Scene 6: Buffy and Barkley play “Follow the Leader.” When Buffy lets Barkley have a turn, he starts scratching and Buffy follows. Then Barkley gnaws on his bone, and Buffy reluctantly does so. Suddenly Barkley sees a cat and chases it, causing an off-screen crash. Buffy decides to end the game and calls for Barkley to return.

Film: Lemurs play in the zoo

Cartoon: A monster sees a box that keeps opening and closing, saying “abierto” and “cerrado.”

Cartoon: S is for Sing

Muppets: A girl sounds out the word “hug” and receives one from Herry Monster

Cartoon: A top-hatted man tries to show a girl how many uses a box has, but she just wants to kick it

Cartoon: 30 dots (circles and squares)

Scene 7: Oscar gathers Buffy, David, Maria, and the kids to see his Grouch flea circus. Nobody is impressed because the fleas are just sitting there and doing nothing. Oscar: “That’s the point! I trained them to sit there and do nothing! Isn’t that the whole point of a Grouch flea circus?” As everybody leaves, Oscar admires his idle fleas. Big Bird 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
Buffy Sainte-Marie Wolfchild as Buffy
Caroll Spinney as Oscar

JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, AMs
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Biff, Herry Monster, Simon Soundman, AMs
Richard Hunt as Sully, AMs
Brian Meehl as Barkley
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 173 features Grover, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Gordon, and Luis! Plus, the Count sleeps over at Bert and Ernie's apartment, and Harvey Kneeslapper's latest trick backfires.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 173


Season 10: A day with Grover and Cookie Monster

Sponsors: M, V, 5


Scene 1: Grover is looking for the nearest bus stop. Gordon tells Grover that he’s been standing by the BUS STOP sign the whole time and helps him read the sign. Grover tries reading the sign himself, but he misses the bus in the process (unaware that Gordon is trying to get his attention). When Gordon points out that the bus just left, Grover chides Gordon for not telling him earlier.

Cartoon: The word “BUS”

Muppets: Bert asks Ernie to do the laundry, but Ernie piles so many items into the basket that he leaves no room for the clothing.

Cartoon: This is a big letter V

Film: A girl and her father take a bus ride through the city

Scene 2: Professor Grover helps the kids read the BUS STOP sign. Then the bus pulls up, and Grover announces a class field trip to the playground.

Cartoon: Violet climbs a vine of V words

Film: A dune buggy is assembled (Dixieland background music)

Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s “5” trick backfires

Cartoon: Uncle Gus and all of us got on the bus…

Film: The Mad Painter #5

Cast/Song: “Gimme Five” (sung by David, Luis, Gordon, and Bob)

Cartoon: M is for Mailbox (speech balloon)

Celebrity/Insert: Lily Tomlin performs “Sing” and signs the lyrics for two deaf children

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts “Here is Your Life” for a loaf of bread

Cartoon: M is for Moon (animation by Jeff Hale)

Muppets: Kermit draws a letter M on the screen, and Grover asks what letter it is. Kermit: “This is the letter M!” Grover: “Mmmmm!” Kermit: “Right!”

Film: Picking vegetables in Mrs. Wilson’s garden

Cartoon: M is for Marvelous Martha!

Muppets: Sherlock Hemlock helps Ernie solve the mystery of the broken window

Scene 3: A sad Cookie Monster takes his broken cookie jar to the Fix-It Shop. Luis shows him how he glues the pieces back together. Cookie thanks Luis, and realizes that he’s very hungry so he asks Luis if he has any cookies. Since Luis doesn’t have any, Cookie Monster karate-chops the cookie jar and eats the pieces.

Cartoon: Five Purple Konkers

Cast: Sign Language Theater – Linda acts out the story of “The Farmer and the Seed”

Cartoon: Julius shows “here” and “there” (animation by Cliff Roberts)

Muppets: The Count sleeps over at Ernie and Bert’s place (part 1)

Film: A steam shovel at work

Muppets: The Count sleeps over at Ernie and Bert’s place (part 2)

Cartoon: V is for Violin (limerick poem, animation by Jeff Hale)

Film: A Stool for Me

Cast: The kids form a letter V with their bodies

Scene 4: Cookie Monster, Gordon, and the kids talk about sharing. When Gordon gets a plate of cookies, Cookie Monster is eager to eat them all, but Gordon reminds him to share with the kids.

Film: The spinning BUS STOP sign

Muppets: Three people (including Farley) wait at the bus stop. To their surprise, a small bus arrives, and two small people get off of it!

Cartoon: Spanish M words

Muppets/Cast: Maria and David teach Grover about “here” and “there”

Cartoon: The alphabet appears in a colorful animated box

Film: Clouds that look like things

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – M is for Magic

Scene 5: Outside the Fix-It Shop, Luis shows Big Bird a sign that reads “AGUA.” Big Bird doesn’t know what it means, so Luis gets a glass of water. Big Bird incorrectly guesses, “It means cup.” Luis gets a pitcher of water, but Big Bird guesses, “A pitcher!” Suddenly it starts to rain. Big Bird finally puts the clues together and guesses, “Water!” He tries to tell Luis the answer, but Luis has gone inside to take cover from the rain.

Cartoon: A Spanish-speaking man looks for “agua” in the desert. A cowboy gives him a glass of water, and he uses it to wash his hands!

Cartoon: An animated climber scales a live boy and points out his body parts

Scene 6: Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Gordon, and Luis watch the rain from inside the Fix-It Shop. Grover announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Maria. CTW sign still: Ernie and Bert.


CAST:
Linda Bove as Linda
Northern Calloway as David
Emilio Delgado as Luis
Sonia Manzano as Maria
Bob McGrath as Bob
Roscoe Orman as Gordon
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird

JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Grover, Cookie Monster, Bert, Harvey Kneeslapper, AMs
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Sherlock Hemlock, Farley, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Guy Smiley, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 174 features Big Bird, Oscar, Herry, Biff and Sully, the Count, David, Mr. Hooper, and Olivia! Plus, Grover tries to serve Mr. Johnson a sandwich, and Cookie Monster and Ernie add and subtract apples.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 174


Season 9: David tries to study for a law exam

Sponsors: B, E, 4


Scene 1: Mr. Hooper, David, and Olivia play blind-man’s buff with the kids in the arbor area. Big Bird wants to join, so Olivia blindfolds him to play “Blind-Bird’s Buff.” Unfortunately, Big Bird wanders away and a loud crash is heard.

Cartoon: Three men in boxes sound out the word “RUN”

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

Muppets: Three witches cooperate by combining their spells to make chicken soup

Cartoon: E is for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #4

Film: Recycling bottles at the recycling plant (music: “”Black Eyed Peas” by Graham Preskett)

Muppets: Bert complains about Ernie’s radio being too loud. Ernie pulls the knob off the radio, puts it on Bert’s stomach, and turns Bert’s voice down

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #4

Scene 2: Herry Monster and Oscar attempt to talk about loud and soft. However, they can’t agree on who will speak loudly and who will speak softly. Olivia intervenes and suggests that they cooperate. Ultimately, Oscar and Herry decide to be loud!

Cartoon: A boy tries to count to twenty while playing paddleball, but a large bird interrupts him

Muppets: Grover serves Mr. Johnson a sandwich, but Mr. Johnson keeps pointing out the items that are missing according to the picture on the menu

Cartoon: Jack and the B-Stalk

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – B is for Ball

Film: A gym instructor leads a group of children in some stretching exercises

Cartoon: Country Fiddler – Four Big Lions (animation by Bud Luckey)

Muppets: Ernie has four apples and draws a “4” on an easel. Cookie Monster wants to eat one, so Ernie crosses out the “4” and writes a “3.” Cookie changes his mind, so Ernie rewrites a “4.” This process continues until Ernie becomes exhausted.

Muppet/Kid Moment: Kermit and Brian demonstrate the parts of the face

Scene 3: David prepares to study for a law exam in the arbor area. However, Mr. Hooper and Olivia are moving boxes into the store with a large cart, and the noise distracts David.

Muppets: Roosevelt Franklin leads a counting practice for his Head-ball team

Cartoon: E is for End

Film/Song: “Here Come the Beans”

Cartoon: A clam tells a fisherman why he’s not catching any fish: he pulled all of the plants out of the pond, so the fish can’t live

Film: Otters in the zoo

Muppets/Cast: Bob sings, “The People in Your Neighborhood” with a butcher and a zookeeper

Scene 4: Mr. Hooper and Olivia have gone into his store, and David enjoys the peace and quiet. Then the Count arrives with a box of marbles to count. The rattling noise bothers David again.

Film: Scenes of people running from around the world

Muppets/Song: A Casanova-type sings, “I Want to Hold Your Ear” as he removes his lover’s facial features

Cartoon: A man demonstrates how instruments sound by playing them as instruments

Cartoon: Four fire trucks, telephones, ships, and men file into a machine that manufactures 4s

Muppets: Grover finds himself in a four-way split screen

Cartoon: B is for Bear, Bicycle, Branch, Bump, and Bees

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #4 (Spanish version)

Scene 5: The Count has left, and David starts studying again. Suddenly Biff and Sully start jackhammering, which makes David very upset. As David rants about all the noise he’s suffered through, Biff and Sully turn off their jackhammers and hear him shouting. Biff asks David why he’s making so much noise, and David faints.

Cartoon: A man wakes up to loud sounds at night. It turns out to be a construction crew taking his house apart!

Film: The Mad Painter #4

Muppets: Ernie and Bert share grape juice and pizza

Cartoon: Sand E/e

Cartoon: A man finds various animal noses drawn on his face (voice by Bob Arbogast)

Scene 6: David is relieved that there are no more noises on Sesame Street, and now he can finally study. Then he catches a whiff of Oscar’s tuna-and-eggplant burger with moldy cheese, burnt onions, and shredded garlic. Nauseous and frustrated, David goes home to study as Oscar eats his food. Olivia announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Susan. CTW sign still: Gordon.


CAST:
Northern Calloway as David
Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
Bob McGrath as Bob
Alaina Reed as Olivia
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, AMs
Jerry Nelson as Biff, the Count, Herry Monster, Mr. Johnson, AMs
Richard Hunt as Sully, AMs
Matt Robinson as Roosevelt Franklin (voice only)
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 175 features Oscar, Big Bird, Gordon, Susan, and Bob! Plus, Ernie's ice cubes disappear, Super Grover tries to move boxes, and Lola the cow looks for a home.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 175


Season 8: Pretending with chairs/Oscar’s paintings

Sponsors: H, U, 7


Scene 1: Susan, Gordon, and the kids set up chairs and pretend that they’re on a roller coaster.

Cartoon: Harold and Howard come up with H words

Muppets: Ernie buries Bert in the sand, and Sherlock Hemlock arrives to find him

Cartoon: H is for Hair

Film: Luis narrates a film about an octopus (music: Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance)

Muppet/Kid Moment: Shola and Fannie hug Kermit, who comments, “She learned a lot from the octopus…how to squeeze!”

Scene 2: Gordon takes a chair and pretends to be a lion tamer. One child stands on a chair to pretend that she’s a giant. Big Bird sits in a chair and pretends to drive a taxicab. Another child sits in a chair and makes baby noises, so Susan pretends to feed him.

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #7

Muppets: The Count counts seven flowers

Cartoon: SALIDA (train)

Film: Footage of a baby learning to walk (music by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: The letter U salesman

Muppets/Cast: Maria sings, “The People in Your Neighborhood” with a fisherman and a farmer

Muppets: Ernie teaches the word “hope” by having Cookie Monster guess what is inside Ernie’s paper bag. Cookie wants a cookie, so Ernie says, “You hope that there is a cookie in the bag!” When Ernie says that it is not a cookie, Cookie Monster is disappointed…until Ernie pours out ten cookies!

Cartoon: U is for Uniform

Insert: Big Bird and the kids cooperate putting toys away

Cartoon: A man blows seven bubbles

Muppets: The story of Lola the cow, who wanted to find a home

Cartoon: Woodpecker “Entrada” and “Salida”

Cast: Luis finds the word “SALIDA” and exits a room

Film: This is the desert

Scene 3: Oscar shows his Grouch paintings to Gordon, Susan, and Bob. Each painting has three dirty splotches on it except for the last one, which has four. The adults play a game of “Three of These Things” with the artwork, much to Oscar’s chagrin.

Muppets: Biff hangs numbers under Salvador Dada’s artwork

Film: Henson #7

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy – H is for Hand

Cartoon: Sand H/h

Film: Butterflies (music by Joe Raposo)

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash – Kermit reports on Sleeping Beauty, who turns into a frog when Prince Charming kisses her

Film: A widow bird flies from one tree to another

Muppets: Super Grover helps Janet Fringle move boxes

Cartoon/Film: Luis and a child name words that begin with H, as each word is shown on screen

Cartoon: H is for Horse (speech balloon)

Scene 4: Mr. Snuffleupagus and Big Bird play a rhyming game that goes well…until they try to think of something that rhymes with “Snuffleupagus.” After failing to think of a rhyming word, they decide to play cards instead.

Muppets: Ernie wants to show Bert his ice cube collection, but he discovers that it has disappeared! Bert tries to tell him that the ice cubes melted, but Ernie believes that a fish stole them.

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

Cartoon: U is for Umbrella (speech balloon)

Film: The Mad Painter #7

Muppets/Song: Two elderly men sing the “ET” Word Family Song

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

Cartoon: 30 dots (one keeps turning red)

Scene 5: Oscar attempts to sell his paintings, but no one wants them. Oscar smashes his paintings out of frustration, but then he has a change of heart and decides to keep them in his parlor: “Now this is fine art! Simply beautiful! Rembrandt has nothing on this!” Mr. Snuffleupagus announces the sponsors. SS sign still: the Count. CTW sign still: Maria.


CAST:
Emilio Delgado as Luis
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 Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, Prince Charming, AMs
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Biff, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Sherlock Hemlock, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 176 features Big Bird, Oscar, Herry, David, and Maria! Plus, Guy Smiley hosts "Here Is Your Life," Ernie and Bert use an "A" machine, and Cookie Monster makes an egg sandwich.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 176


Season 7: Big Bird sees Maria and David kissing/Oscar makes greeting cards

Sponsors: A, G, 10


Scene 1: Maria and David spend some time alone in the arbor area. Big Bird watches them kiss, and the adults see him. Big Bird asks them why they kissed, and David says that some people kiss when they really like each other. Big Bird doesn’t understand, so Maria and David give him kisses on his beak.

Cartoon: A man finds the word “LOVE.” At the end, he finds a girl whom he loves.

Muppets: Ernie tells Bert about his boring day at the zoo, which really isn’t so boring after all

Cartoon: A man creates an avalanche on the letter A

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

Film: The Mad Painter #10

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

Cartoon: A witch tells some kids a story full of “A” words

Scene 2: Maria holds up some flash cards with Spanish words and visuals (for example, “perro” is written on one side, and a picture of a dog is shown on the other side). She uses these cards to play a guessing game with the kids.

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts “Here Is Your Life” to honor an oak tree

Cartoon: A man builds a “casa”

Film: Things that begin with G

Muppets: Ernie finds a fortune-telling machine that costs one cookie. It turns out that Cookie Monster is inside the machine!

Cartoon: G is for Gorilla (speech balloon)

Film/Song: Henson #10

Muppet/Kid Moment: Mr. Snuffleupagus and Joey recite the alphabet together

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #10 (Spanish version)

Muppets: A cowboy counts to 10 with his Spanish echo

Film: Russian Nesting Dolls 1-10

Cast: Maria, Luis, David, and Susan perform surgery using various tools…for a motorcycle!

Cartoon: A is for Ape (swings into a tree and forms a SHAPE)

Cartoon: A girl imagines what would happen if she dropped her ping-pong balls

Film: A farmer feeds baby calves

Scene 3: Oscar shows Maria and David some of the Grouch greeting cards he’s made. The messages are less than considerate. Maria asks if he has any cards with nice messages. It turns out that Oscar has one…but it has fish-head cologne sprayed on it, which the adults can’t stand. Oscar: “Why is it so difficult to please anybody around here?”

Film: A mandrill carries her young (music by Joe Raposo)

Muppets: Ernie shows Bert his “A” machine, which doesn’t work when it rains. It only makes “A” when the sun shines!

Cartoon: A conductor asks, “May I have an A, please?” Then a giant letter A falls from the sky.

Scene 4: Oscar shows Herry Monster one of his greeting cards, which is taped to a brick. Herry keeps asking for more and more “brick” greeting cards, until he has enough bricks to practice for the sixth annual brick-throwing contest in Hoboken! Oscar is dumbfounded: “This street gets weirder and weirder by the hour.”

Cartoon: A is for Acrobats

Muppets: The Count’s bats are upset because they never get to count. The Count “solves” this issue by letting them count all the Counts in the room, while he counts all the bats!

Film: Counting 10 hats on a hat rack

Cartoon: Today’s secret drawing is a nurse

Celebrity: The Harlem Globetrotters briefly demonstrate some basketball stunts

Film/Song: Joe Raposo sings, “Touch and Feel” over footage of kids in a petting zoo

Scene 5: Big Bird asks the kids to climb his construction barrels to demonstrate on, in, around, under, and through.

Cartoon: The numbers 1 – 20 report for roll call (army style)

Film: A scuba diver shows on, into, under, through, and around (music by Joe Raposo)

Muppets: Cookie Monster asks a girl how to make an egg sandwich

Cartoon: Two solid lines cross paths and start feuding, but they resolve the issue by becoming dotted lines to let each other pass

Scene 6: Big Bird and the kids play in the nest area as David announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Mr. Hooper, Susan, and the Count. CTW sign still: Maria.


CAST:

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Loretta Long as Susan

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar


JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:

Frank Oz as Bert and Cookie Monster

Jerry Nelson as Herry Monster, the Count, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Little Jerry

Jim Henson as Ernie and Guy Smiley

 

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Number 177 features Cookie Monster, Grover, Oscar, David, and Bob! Plus, Bert gets sick, Kermit meets Christopher Columbus, and Simon Soundman plays a guessing game.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 177


Season 5: Cookie Monster tries to grow cookies

Sponsors: J, K, 2


Scene 1/Insert: Bob, Luis, Susan, and the kids perform, “Sing” in English and Spanish

Cartoon: K is for Key (speech balloon)

Muppets: Super Grover – Grover Kent tries to change in a phone booth to help a lost little girl, but the girl wants to use the phone booth to call her mommy!

Cartoon: K is for Kite

Film: A baby reindeer takes its first steps

Cartoon: Adding and subtracting ladybugs and lizards

Muppets: Lefty the Salesman tries to sell a scale to Ernie

Scene 2: David and Bob find Cookie Monster attempting to grow something in a flowerpot. Cookie explains that he wants to grow cookies, and he shows them his watering can, flowerpot, trowel, and a bag of seeds that he’s convinced are cookie seeds. Bob and David decide to play along and help Cookie Monster grow some cookies.

Muppets: The Count subtracts four candle flames until it is completely dark inside his castle

Cartoon: I am dry…he is wet (a girl and an elephant at the circus)

Film/Song: Dollhouse #2

Cartoon: A bird subtracts two balloons from a group of three

Muppets: Ernie has heard that someone in the neighborhood is sick and tries to figure out who it is, oblivious to the fact that Bert is sick

Cartoon: K is for Kangaroo (voice by Gene Moss)

Cartoon: K is for Kick

Scene 3: Cookie Monster has watered his cookie seeds and left them outside in the sun, but nothing has grown. David suggests that he have a snack at Susan and Gordon’s apartment, which Cookie agrees to. While he’s gone, Bob and David ask Mr. Hooper for a box of cookies to “plant” inside Cookie’s flowerpot.

Cartoon: I am dry…they are wet (man gets pushed into the swimming pool)

Cartoon: K is for Karate

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash – Kermit interviews Christopher Columbus, who subtracts ships from the dock as they sail away

Film: The Mad Painter #2

Muppets: Grover gives a lecture about heavy and light (cameo by Big Bird)

Transition: The screen fills with sand

Scene 4: Cookie Monster returns and discovers the cookies inside his flowerpot. Delighted, he digs up the cookies, brushes the dirt off, and consumes them all. Cookie is none the wiser: “Gee, what should me plant next: Fig Newtons or peanut butter cookies?”

Cartoon: Jenny, Jeff, and the Jacket

Cartoon: Train #2

Film: Women put dolls together and package them at a doll factory

Muppets: Bert sneezes and his nose comes off. Ernie teases him by putting his nose on different parts of his face. When Ernie finally puts the nose back in the right spot, Bert feels another sneeze coming on.

Scene 5: Bob sings, “Hi Friend” to Grover.

Cartoon: A man wants to buy apples, but he can’t decide how many he wants. The grocer gets increasingly frustrated as the customer keeps telling him to add and subtract apples from the scale.

Cartoon/Song: J Family Jamboree

Cast: Mr. Hooper adds 3 chairs as a sportscaster announces the action

Muppets: A cowboy who needs a dentist goes to Adam T. Glaser, a man with so many jobs that he forgets what a dentist does.

Film: A marching band plays two notes

Scene 6: Oscar grumbles about the nice weather. He sees David, Bob, and the kids jumping rope and remarks, “It’s not raining, so NONE of them are wet.” Suddenly, thunder is heard and it starts to rain. As everyone seeks shelter, Oscar says, “Some of them are wet.” Then a taxi splashes everyone, and Oscar cackles, “Now ALL of them are wet!”

Cartoon: I am dry…he is wet (a fisherman gets yanked into the water by a large fish)

Cartoon: Some/more/most hair

Film: Going to the chewing gum factory

Muppets: Simon Soundman plays a guessing game with the viewer

Film/Song: Henson #2

Scene 7: Oscar sets his newspapers out in the rain when he sees Bob, David, and the kid outside. Bob and the kids tell him that they want to jump in puddles. Oscar says they’ll get dirty, but David says that they don’t mind. As they start jumping and laughing, Oscar decides to watch them: “They’re all Grouches at heart, I suppose!” Cookie Monster announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Mr. Hooper. CTW sign still: Ernie and Bert.


CAST:
Northern Calloway as David
Emilio Delgado as Luis
Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
Loretta Long as Susan
Bob McGrath as Bob
Caroll Spinney as Oscar and Big Bird

JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover, Bert, Lefty the Salesman, AMs
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Simon Soundman, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 178 is a Season 3 outline with Big Bird, Oscar, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Susan, Bob, Rafael, Tom, and the short-lived duo of Wally and Ralph! Plus, Ernie and Sherlock Hemlock discover a half-eaten apple and Grover tries to fall asleep in the dark.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 178


Season 3: Oscar’s magnet/Big Bird gives Snuffy some coloring books

Sponsors: C, Y, 8


Scene 1: Rafael and Susan show the kids how a magnet works. Oscar then shows them his magnet --- a giant device that pulls an entire trashcan from the sidewalk!

Film/Song: Where Does the Garbage Go?

Muppets: Ernie shows Bert his banana phone

Scene 2: Bob introduces the first letter of the day, C.

Cartoon: A man gets a letter C in the mail

Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s “C” prank (“You wanna see?”)

Cartoon: C is for Cat (speech balloon)

Scene 3: Tom introduces the second letter of the day, Y.

Cartoon: The Yellow Yahoo

Cartoon: Y is for Yo-yo (speech balloon)

Scene 4: Susan introduces the number of the day, 8.

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

Film/Song: Henson #8

Muppets: Grover is afraid of the dark

Film: A turtle swims in a tank (music by Joe Raposo)

Scene 5: Oscar uses his magnet to pull other random metallic belongings: Rafael’s nails, Susan’s wedding ring, and Tom’s silverware. Oscar finally stops using his magnet when a belt buckle (with the belt) clings to his magnet. The camera cuts to Bob, whose pants have fallen down!

Cartoon: C is for Cake

Film: George the Farmer shows up and down by moving on a ladder

Muppets: The Amazing Mumford demonstrates his “up and down” trick by making Grover levitate

Cartoon: C is for Cap

Film: The Mad Painter #8

Cartoon: Gloria sings the alphabet

Muppets: Sherlock Hemlock helps Ernie solve the mystery of the half-eaten apple

Film: Baby animals are fed milk

Scene 6: Mr. Snuffleupagus and Big Bird pretend to be different animals like cats, horses, and kangaroos.

Film/Song: Kangaroo Blues (by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: C is for Cake (repeat)

Scene 7: Big Bird wants the adults to see Mr. Snuffleupagus. He decides to keep Snuffy occupied with some coloring books while he brings everyone to his nest. Snuffy doesn’t see a brown crayon anywhere (it’s his favorite color), so he leaves to find one. Big Bird returns with Bob, Susan, and Rafael…but Snuffy has disappeared. After denying Snuffy’s existence, the adults suggest that Big Bird should clean up his coloring books and crayons.

Film: Kids narrate a film about water

Cast: Wally and Ralph try to keep a swinging door open while they move a large plant out of the room

Muppets/Song: Roosevelt Franklin counts to 10 with his mother

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #8

Celebrity: One more time! (Jazz Spies #8 repeats afterwards)

Muppets: Ernie plays the drums and forgets to let Bert back in the apartment

Scene 8: Big Bird wonders what it would be like if he had hair. He imagines himself with a mustache like Sherlock Hemlock, or an Afro like Gordon. Bob tells him that he is fine just the way he is. Then Big Bird decides to imagine Bob with different hairstyles!

Muppets: Kermit’s hair lecture (cameo by Beautiful Day Monster)

Cartoon: The Yellow Yahoo (repeat)

Film/Song: Henson #8 (repeat)

Scene 9: Tom and the kids sort plates and cups by size.

Cartoon: C is for Cake (repeat)

Scene 10: Tom, Rafael, Bob, and Susan play with the kids in the arbor area as Big Bird announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Gordon. CTW sign still: Mr. Hooper.


CAST:
Larry Block as Tom
Raul Julia as Rafael
Loretta Long as Susan
Bob McGrath as Bob
Joe Ponazecki as Wally
Paul Price as Ralph
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Bert, Grover, Harvey Kneeslapper, Beautiful Day Monster, AMs
Jerry Nelson as Mr. Snuffleupagus, Sherlock Hemlock, the Amazing Mumford, AMs
Matt Robinson as Roosevelt Franklin (voice only)
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs