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Number 251 features Big Bird, Oscar, Simon Soundman, Biff, Susan, David, and Bob! Plus, Cookie Monster shows Ernie his counting machine, and the Anything Muppets cheer for the letter F.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 251


Season 9: Simon Soundman’s birthday

Sponsors: D, F, 9


Scene 1: Susan welcomes the viewer when she hears Biff scream. She finds Biff holding his finger and she asks what’s wrong, but Biff stifles his pain. Ultimately, he can’t keep it in and he says he hit his finger with his hammer. As Biff goes on about the pain, Susan gets a bandage roll from her purse and wraps his finger. After she interrupts Biff to point out what she’s done, Biff sheepishly thanks her. Susan goes on her way, when she hears a crunch and another howl from Biff: “SUSAN! I just hit my hand! OWWW-EEEE! Hellllllp!”

Muppets: Ernie has strings tied around his fingers, and explains to Bert that he did it to remind himself that there’s string tied around his fingers. Then Ernie reveals that he’s all out of string and needs to buy some more.

Cartoon: Presenting...the hammer!

Cartoon: D is for Dog (speech balloon)

Film: A gazelle runs through a field

Cartoon/Film: Things that start with D

Scene 2: Oscar sings, “Three of These Things” with three ratty articles of clothing (a top hat, boot, and necktie) and a cracked vase.

Cartoon: Sand F/f

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

Film: A man shows wet and dry by falling into a pool (and reversing the footage)

Cartoon: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Nine

Scene 3: Susan, David, Bob, and the kids watch as Alphabet Bates sky-writes the letter D. David points out that his name starts with D.

Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s “D” trick

Cartoon: I am dry...he is wet (girl & elephant)

Cast: Maria, Bob, and Big Bird visit the D museum

Film: A girl watches her grandfather make horseshoes

Cartoon: I am dry...they are wet (at the beach)

Film: Counting 20 buses (music by Joe Raposo)

Muppets: Ernie shows Bert his magic shape chain

Scene 4: Simon Soundman visits Sesame Street, but nobody is around. Everybody (Big Bird, Bob, Susan, David, and the kids) comes out of hiding and throws a surprise birthday party for him.

Muppets: The Anything Muppets cheer for the letter F (take 1)

Film: The Mad Painter #9

Cartoon: Francis Fairy names some F words

Film: What does a bank teller do?

Muppets: Cookie Monster shows Ernie his cookie counting machine

Cartoon/Song: Martian Beauty #9

Scene 5: Simon Soundman gets his special birthday gifts: a portable radio from David, a rotary telephone from Susan, a buzzsaw from Bob, and a cuckoo clock from Big Bird. As everybody reveals their items, Simon makes the sounds of each item.

Cartoon: I am dry...they are wet (fisherman and swimmers)

Film: Listen to the sounds around you…

Cartoon: I am dry...he is wet (two men wash a dog)

Cast: David, Luis, Maria, and the kids rearrange themselves...no matter how they do it, there will still be nine people!

Muppets: Grover serves Mr. Johnson a bowl of soup...but forgets to include a spoon

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #9

Cartoon: Filbert’s Flea Circus

Scene 6: Oscar asks David to help with a demonstration of wet and dry. David is suspicious, but Oscar promises to not soak him. Oscar says that David is dry. Then Oscar dives into his pool to get wet. He descends for a VERY long time, prompting David to look into the trash can. As soon as he looks down, Oscar lands in the pool and the water splashes up into David’s face. Oscar: “Now I’m wet!” David (through clenched teeth): “And so...am...I!”

Muppets: The Count counts letters that he’s written to himself

Cartoon: I am dry...they are wet (umbrella man)

Film/Song: “I’m a Hard-Working Dog”

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy - D is for Daisy

Muppets/Song: A baritone lumberjack (Jim Henson) sings about his love for the countryside, without noticing that his surroundings are being converted into a city

Transition: A triangle fills up the screen

Scene 7: Bob and the kids play catch with a large rubber ball as Biff announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Susan. CTW sign still: Gordon.


CAST:
Northern Calloway as David
Emilio Delgado as Luis
Loretta Long as Susan
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, Harvey Kneeslapper, AMs
Jerry Nelson as Biff, Simon Soundman, the Count, Mr. Johnson, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, AMs

 

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Number 252 features Oscar, Mr. Hooper, Maria, and Hal Miller as Gordon! Plus, Guy Smiley hosts "The Remembering Game," Ernie and Bert go to the beach, and Herbert Birdsfoot talks about the "ET" word family.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 252


Season 5: Oscar’s shape collection/Maria takes a phone call for Mr. Hooper

Sponsors: G, R, 6


Muppets: Ernie decorates the apartment, and Bert tries to guess why. After guessing that it’s for a birthday, Ernie tells him that a special visitor is coming. It turns out to be the viewer at home!

Film: A prairie dog (music by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: I’m six years old today!

Muppets: Kermit gives a lecture about hands, aided by a pair of live human hands

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

Film: A baby messily eats a chocolate cookie as Cookie Monster narrates

Celebrity/Insert: Joe Namath counts to 6 before playing football with the kids

Cartoon: G is for Giggle

Cartoon: G is for Goat and Grass

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts “The Remembering Game” with Cookie Monster and Bill Smith as his contestants

Scene 1: Oscar shows Gordon his shape collection. He points out the number of sides on each shape (circle, triangle, square, and rectangle) and identifies an object in his trash can that shares the same shape (a scratched record, a moldy pizza slice, a cracked picture frame, and a ripped newspaper). As Oscar does this, he tosses each shape and object onto the ground, which Gordon objects to. He also promises Gordon that he has to show him the best shape of all…

Cartoon: Christopher Clumsy talks about shapes

Muppets: Herry Monster and Grover look for triangles, but they only find a rectangle and a square. Grover tells Herry to cut the square into two halves so that they become triangles.

Cartoon: A woman fixes her car by putting an “R” under the hood, making it go, “Rrrr…”

Scene 2: Oscar’s shape collection has piled up, and Gordon finally snaps, pointing out the mess on the street (a tire, a bicycle wheel, a torn pillow, a flattened cardboard box, a rusty “STOP” sign, and wire coat hangers are among the debris). Oscar argues that he’s just shown Gordon the best shape of all: a pile!

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #6 (shown twice, in English and in Spanish)

Cast: Maria sees a block tower and builds a matching tower. She accidentally knocks it down at the end.

Cartoon: A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job

Muppets: Ernie can’t find Bert at the beach. Sherlock Hemlock arrives and solves the mystery: Ernie buried Bert under the sand! As Ernie digs Bert out, he covers Sherlock in the sand!

Film: Otters in the zoo

Scene 3: Mr. Hooper plays “One of These Things” with the words “CAN,” “PAN,” “FAN,” and “JET.” Mr. Hooper says that “JET” doesn’t belong because it doesn’t end with “AN.” He also doesn’t have a jet in his store, but he does have a can, a pan, and a fan! Then he introduces the next segment.

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

Cartoon: The R story: robber, rooster, rake, rowboat… (animation by Fred Calvert)

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

Cartoon: R is for Rabbit (speech balloon)

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

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

Cartoon: I’ve Got a Mind - Box (shown twice, in English and Spanish)

Muppets: Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School - Bad Luck to Be Born a Duck!

Cartoon: A wizard turns himself into various “R” items for a young boy

Film: The hamburger bun factory

Scene 4: Mr. Hooper asks Maria for help with writing a note to a Spanish-speaking customer. Just as they finish the note, the phone rings, and the same Spanish-speaking customer is on the other end. Mr. Hooper asks Maria to take the call, and Maria begins speaking with the customer on the other end.

Muppet/Kid Moment: The Count and Ingrid count to 20 in English and Spanish

Cartoon: The Queen of Six (stop-motion animation by Jim Henson)

Cartoon: R is for Radio

Film: Letter R hoist

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash - Kermit interviews a servant and a princess (Cookie Monster in drag) in a spoof of “The Princess and the Pea”

Film/Song: Henson #6

Scene 5: Maria is still on the phone with the Spanish customer, and Mr. Hooper is getting impatient. After Maria hangs up, Mr. Hooper wants to know what the customer wanted, but Maria doesn’t remember because she got caught up in a friendly conversation.

Cartoon: Letter G drawing (with child voiceover)

Film: A Hispanic boy gets dressed and goes to school (“A la luna no voy yo”)

Scene 6: Maria shows some Spanish sight words to a group of bilingual children. Gordon announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Big Bird. CTW sign still: Luis and Susan.


CAST:
Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
Sonia Manzano as Maria
Hal Miller as Gordon
Caroll Spinney as Oscar

JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover, AMs
Jerry Nelson as Herry Monster, the Count, Sherlock Hemlock, Herbert Birdsfoot, AMs
Matt Robinson as Roosevelt Franklin (voice only)
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, Guy Smiley, AMs

 

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Number 253 features Big Bird, Oscar, Cookie Monster, Grover, Prince Charming, David, and Luis! Plus, Ernie and Bert play a counting game and Maria, Susan, and Bob demonstrate addition and subtraction.


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Season 6: Grover scratches David’s back/Luis helps Big Bird get dressed for the cold weather

Sponsors: C, J, 8


Scene 1: David has an itch on his back that he can’t reach. He asks Grover to help, but Grover scratches David’s ear, neck, and arm instead. David finally tells him where his back is, and Grover successfully scratches it.

Film/Cartoon: A mountain climber scales a boy’s body and identifies each body part

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

Film: The Mad Painter #8

Scene 2: Now Grover has an itchy back. He looks for David, Luis, or Big Bird to help but they’re not around. Two kids walk by and Grover asks them to scratch his back.

Cartoon: C is for Cap

Cartoon: C is for Cake

Film: An octopus (narrated by Luis, set to “Pomp and Circumstance”)

Muppets: Bert tries to write a letter, but Ernie’s use of the electric fan annoys him. After Ernie causes a massive gust of wind, Bert yells that he’s “hot and bothered,” which prompts Ernie to turn the fan on again!

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

Scene 3: A distraught Prince Charming rushes to Hooper’s Store and asks David to find a replacement for a missing crown. David brings out two crowns of different sizes, none of which is right for Prince Charming. The Prince asks for the biggest crown in the store, and David supplies him with it. Prince: “That’s the most beautiful crown I’ve ever seen! I’ll take it.” David: “But-but this crown is WAY too big for you!” Prince: “Sir David, this crown is not for me...it’s for my trusty horse Duke! He’s been pining for his own crown for weeks!”

Muppets: The Count subtracts candles by extinguishing their flames one by one

Film: A Hispanic boy goes to school (“A la luna yo no voy”)

Cartoon: J is for Jam (speech balloon)

Cartoon: Jazz Spies #8

Muppets: Ernie and Bert play the sandbox game, which ends with Bert saying “I eight the sandbox.” Ernie: “You did? How did it taste?”

Cartoon: The J showcase

Film: Footage of a coral reef

Scene 4: Cookie Monster wants to play “Three of These Things” with Oscar. Oscar refuses to join until Cookie mentions that there’s yucky food involved. The items are three cookies and a bowl of anchovy ice cream with licorice and diced sausage. Oscar guesses that the ice cream doesn’t belong and wins the bowl of anchovy ice cream, while Cookie Monster takes the cookies for himself.

Film/Song: Henson #8

Cast: Susan, Bob, and Maria demonstrate addition and subtraction

Cartoon: A man gets a letter “C” in the mail

Film: C is for Cars (on the highway)

Muppets: The Twiddlebugs attempt to go to the zoo

Cartoon: Big, bigger, and biggest strongmen

Cartoon: A man presents a cat, which starts with C (voice by Bob Arbogast)

Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s “C” prank

Cartoon/Song: Penny Candy Man #8

Muppet/Kid Moment: Grover and Polly recite the alphabet

Scene 5: Big Bird sits in his nest, preparing to go out for a long walk. It’s getting chilly, but he doesn’t know how to dress himself. Luis comes by to help him, and gives hints about which body part each article of clothing belongs on. After putting on his scarf, mittens, and hat, Big Bird thanks Luis and heads out for a walk to...Hooper’s Store. Luis shrugs to the camera and follows Big Bird to the store.

Cartoon: Jughead’s “J” story

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

Cartoon/Song: The J Family Jamboree

Muppets: Farley goes to the lost-and-found for his missing toy box

Film: A man sings “Rockabye Baby” to a sleepy koala

Cartoon: C is for Candle (the candle blows the man away)

Muppets: Ernie paints an inaccurate portrait of Bert by adding a beard, curly hair, and glasses to the picture. Bert gets mad, but Ernie fixes the problem by putting those features on Bert!

Film/Song: Henson #8 (repeat)

Cartoon: C is for Cap (repeat)

Scene 6: Big Bird tells David about how Luis helped him dress for cold weather. Luis and David listen amusedly as Grover and Prince Charming announce the sponsors. SS sign still: Maria and the kids. CTW sign still: Bob.


CAST:
Northern Calloway as David
Emilio Delgado as Luis
Loretta Long as Susan
Sonia Manzano as Maria
Bob McGrath as Bob
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster, Prince Charming, Harvey Kneeslapper, AMs
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Farley, Little Jerry, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, AMs

 

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Number 254 features Big Bird, Oscar, the Amazing Mumford, Herry Monster, the Count, Bob, Olivia, and Mr. Hooper! Plus, Ernie and Bert watch a dramatic movie, the Anything Muppets reenact a Japanese story, and Kermit interviews Christopher Columbus as he sets sail.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 254


Season 8: Mumford’s missing rabbit/Olivia takes Mr. Hooper’s picture

Sponsors: I, P, 4


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

Cartoon: P is for Pack

Muppets/Song: A trio of Muppet hillbillies sings, “P is My Favorite Letter”

Film: David narrates a film about animal homes

Cartoon: “P” sunset

Cartoon: P words (including parachute and plug)

Film: The Mad Painter #4

Muppets: Cookie Monster portrays the Great Cookie Thief as several Muppet cowpokes compare his features to those on a matching “WANTED” poster

Scene 1: Olivia tries to take a picture of Mr. Hooper, but Mr. Hooper can’t decide if he wants to sit down or stand up. Fed up, Olivia sarcastically suggests that he should stand on one leg and put his other foot on the chair. Mr. Hooper tries it and actually likes this pose, so Olivia snaps the photo.

Film: A Stool for Me (a father builds a wooden stool for his daughter)

Cartoon: The Country Fiddler - Four Big Lions (by Bud Luckey)

Muppets: Ernie and Bert go to the movies, and Ernie’s overly emotional reactions to the film make the other attendees angry

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy - I is for Ink

Cartoon: Sand I/i

Film: A walrus

Muppets: Super Grover tries to help a girl named Janet Fringle move a stack of boxes. Super Grover suggests gluing them together, but Janet figures out that taking them one at a time is better.

Cartoon: I is for Iron (speech balloon)

Film: A boy goes to the doctor’s office for a checkup (music by Joe Raposo)

Scene 2: Herry Monster and Oscar the Grouch talk about why they like construction sites. Herry likes the heavy machinery, while Oscar likes the noise. However, they BOTH like the messy piles of rubble and bricks as a result of the demolition.

Film: A steam shovel

Cartoon: P is for Picnic

Muppets/Song: A Muppet hippie sings about adding, using four cookies as props. Cookie Monster uses the song to sing about subtraction...and he eats the cookies!

Cartoon: A polka-dotted egg hatches, and four chicks on motorcycles emerge!

Scene 3: Olivia and Bob enjoy their lunch in Hooper’s Store. The Count enters, and Olivia makes him promise not to count as much as he did last time: “Last time, you counted all the leaves in my salad...and then I had no time to eat it!” The Count agrees not to count every morsel of Olivia’s food...so he counts all the noodles in Bob’s bowl of chicken noodle soup!

Cartoon: The “4” contraption

Cartoon: An unruly girl named Gloria sings the alphabet song while a stern off-screen adult admonishes her

Scene 4: The Count has counted 27 noodles in Bob’s bowl of soup. Mr. Hooper arrives with a box of news toys and novelty items. Upon seeing Bob’s dire situation, he asks the Count to tally all the new toys that were ordered for the store. The Count: “Mr. Hooper, you’ve come to the right person. I LOVE counting toys!”

Film/Song: Henson #4

Cartoon: Elephants have four legs

Muppets: Ernie plays a game of “Touch Your Face” with the viewer

Cartoon: P is for Puddle

Muppets: A Japanese folk tale - The Four Hidden Dragons

Cartoon: 30 dots (one dot keeps turning red)

Scene 5: The Amazing Mumford’s rabbit has gone missing, and Big Bird and the kids offer to look for it. They return with John-John’s puppy, which Mumford says isn’t a rabbit.

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash - Kermit interviews Christopher Columbus as his ships set sail

Film: Cold things that start with I

Scene 6: Shola shows Mumford her kitten, but that isn’t the right animal either. Big Bird vows not to give up.

Film/Song: “What Are Kids Called?”

Muppets: Lefty the Salesman shows Ernie a painting of four elephants (silhouettes hidden in the empty spaces between the branches of a tree). Impressed, Ernie buys the painting and tries to trick Bert with it, but Bert immediately notices the elephants.

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #4

Scene 7: Big Bird says he’s pulled out all the stops, and the kids enter with a live pony. Mumford frets that his rabbit is gone for good, when his hat starts to move. The rabbit was under his hat all along! Big Bird is disappointed that they went through all this trouble, but Mumford points out all the fun that the kids are having with the baby animals. 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, Lefty the Salesman, AMs
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Herry Monster, the Amazing Mumford, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 255 features Big Bird, Oscar, Cookie Monster, Grover, Gordon, and Bob! Plus, the Count sings about himself, Farley goes to the hat shop, and Ernie and Bert have an encounter with Tough Eddie.


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Season 7: Cookie Monster’s food stand

Sponsors: A, K, 2


Scene 1: Bob and the kids discuss their favorite foods. Bob also mentions why it’s important to have a balanced diet.

Muppets: Kermit, Farmer Grover, and Fred the Wonder Horse attempt to demonstrate how a horse-and-cart is operated

Cartoon: K is for Karate

Cartoon: K is for Kitten

Film: The Mad Painter #2

Muppets: Ernie shows Bert his ice cube collection, but it has mysteriously disappeared! Bert posits that the ice melted, but Ernie is convinced that a fish stole his ice cubes.

Cartoon: A girl wonders what would happen if she dropped a bag of ping-pong balls on the ground

Scene 2: Cookie Monster has started his own food stand in front of 123 Sesame Street. Bob and Gordon read the items on the menu: cookie salad, cookie sandwich, cookie hotdog, and a cookie soda. To nobody’s surprise, each item costs one cookie. Gordon and Bob go to Hooper’s Store to buy two cookies as Cookie Monster prepares their food.

Cartoon: Typewriter Guy - A is for Airplane

Film/Song: Henson’s Doll House #2

Scene 3: Bob and Gordon return with two cookies, but their food trays are littered with crumbs. Cookie Monster confesses that he got so hungry that he ate their food after he finished making it. But he reassures Gordon and Bob that they can get a refund...by eating the two cookies that they bought from Hooper’s Store!

Film: Shopping for soup ingredients

Muppets: A group of Muppet children decorate their clubhouse

Film/Song: Joe Raposo sings, “Tooth Brushing Blues” as a whale gets its teeth brushed

Cartoon: K is for Key (speech balloon)

Cartoon: Karen the Kangaroo (sped-up voice by Gene Moss)

Film: Making things go forwards and backwards

Muppets: Farley goes to the hat shop

Scene 4: Big Bird presents the letter A, but he can’t remember the sound it makes. Grover walks by, saying “Ay! Ay! Ay!” This triggers Big Bird’s memory and he thanks Grover for helping him. Grover: “How did I help you?” Big Bird: “Why, you made the sound of the letter A.” Grover: “I did? All I was doing was trying to shoo this silly little fly away. Ay! Stop it, you silly fly! Get away from me, please!”

Cartoon: A is for Alligator

Muppets/Kid Moment: Ernie, Bert, and Shola look at the letter A

Cartoon: Arthur and Annie look for “A” words

Cartoon: Kids narrate a drawing of an elephant

Muppets: Harvey Kneeslapper’s “2” prank

Film/Song: Henson #2

Cartoon: A man presents his two eyes, two ears, and two hands. He then holds up both of his legs and falls down.

Scene 5: Bob and Gordon take out the trash from their apartments. Bob has a big bag, and Gordon has a bigger bag. Oscar beats them with the biggest bag of trash, which he struggles to hold (and eventually collapses).

Muppets: Sinister Sam looks for Big Barney, the biggest man in town

Film: Trees are very useful

Cartoon: K is for Kick

Cast: Maria and David find two sacks with a number 3 over them, and three sacks with a number 2 over them. They move one sack over so the sacks match their numbers.

Muppets: Grover serves Mr. Johnson a sandwich platter based on the picture menu

Cartoon: A man creates an avalanche on the letter A

Muppets: Ernie and Bert meet Tough Eddie at the beach

Film: Maria narrates a film of a roadrunner (music by Joe Raposo)

Cartoon: A is for Acrobats

Cartoon: 30 dots (last dot show up late)

Scene 6: Gordon asks Oscar to give an example of a mistake that someone might make. Oscar refuses to cooperate, saying that he doesn’t make mistakes. As he goes into his can, he slams the lid on his head and howls in pain. Gordon: “Did you mean to do that, Oscar?” Oscar: “Of course not, Curly! It was an accident.” Gordon: “In other words, that....was a mistake! Thanks for your help, Oscar.” Oscar: “Ugh...I’m going back to bed…”

Cartoon: K is for Ketchup, Keyhole, and Kitten…

Muppets/Song: “The Song of the Count”

Cartoon: K is for Kitten (repeat)

Film/Song: Henson #2 (repeat)

Scene 7: As the kids jump rope with Bob, Gordon announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Maria. CTW sign still: Big Bird.


CAST:
Northern Calloway as David
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 Cookie Monster, Grover, Bert, Harvey Kneeslapper, AMs
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Mr. Johnson, Farley, Fred the Wonder Horse, Tough Eddie, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit, Sinister Sam, AMs

 

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Number 256 features Big Bird, Oscar, Snuffy, Sherlock Hemlock, the Amazing Mumford, the Count, Susan, and Olivia! Plus, Bob reads "The Monster's Three Wishes," Guy Smiley hosts the Mystery Mix-Up Game, and Bert accuses Ernie of eating his cookies.


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Season 9: Snuffy plays the flute/Big Bird sells an S

Sponsors: Q, S, 11


Scene 1: Big Bird finishes reading “The Pied Piper of Hamlin” to Mr. Snuffleupagus and the kids. Snuffy remarks that hearing that story makes him want to play his snuffle-flute. Big Bird and the kids want to hear this, so Snuffy gets out his snuffle-flute and plays it while Big Bird and the kids dance. Susan and Olivia walk by Big Bird’s doors and they assume the music is coming from Big Bird’s radio.

Cartoon: Q is for Quarter (voice by Casey Kasem)

Muppets: Big Jeffy, Grover, and a Lavender Muppet woman do some scat-singing

Film: A jackrabbit

Cartoon: Q is for Quiet (tree chopping)

Muppets: Bert tries to read inside the apartment, but outside Ernie’s marching band is rehearsing. Bert gets so bothered that he tells Ernie not to practice outside. This prompts Ernie to bring the band INSIDE the apartment!

Cartoon/Song: “It’s a Lovely Eleven Morning”

Film: Three kids use a magnet to retrieve a lost jack from their jacks set

Muppets/Cast: Bob reads “The Monster’s Three Wishes,” featuring Cookie Monster

Cartoon: The Eleven Cheer

Scene 2: In her kitchen, Susan opens a carton of eggs, but she finds eleven eggs instead of twelve. Sherlock Hemlock arrives to solve the “Mystery of the Missing Egg.” Sherlock mistakes a baseball and a ping-pong ball for the egg, which Susan corrects him about. Then Susan’s pot begins to boil over, and Susan remembers that she was making a hard-boiled egg! Sherlock congratulates himself on his “work” as Susan runs to lower the flame on the stovetop.

Film: Counting eleven eggs and one cookie

Cartoon: One of these shoe pairs is not like the others…

Cartoon: S is for Snake (speech balloon; repeated in Spanish)

Film: African children play games in their village

Scene 3: Biff tries to count eleven screws before putting them away in his toolbox, but he keeps losing his place. Olivia suggests that he count the screws one by one while putting them in the box. After they cooperate with the task, Biff thanks Olivia for her help and asks for her assistance with counting 200 nails in an unopened box.

Muppets: Ernie, Bert, and Herry Monster fight over the TV chair

Cartoon: S is for Superman

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts the Mystery Mix-Up Game, where Mrs. Rooney must unscramble the word “SCHOOL”

Cartoon: Jack-in-the-Box School

Film: The Mad Painter #11

Celebrity: Edith Ann (Lily Tomlin) says she can count to five….but she won’t!

Cartoon: Sand S/s

Scene 4: Big Bird tries to sell a letter S to Oscar (puppeteered by Richard Hunt), Olivia, and the Count but nobody buys it. Susan notices that Big Bird is disappointed, and she comforts him by pointing out that her name begins with S. Big Bird offers her the S for six dollars and she buys it.

Muppets: The Busby Twins go to the store to buy a rocket, but the storekeeper keeps bringing them a rock

Cartoon: A vaudeville performance demonstrating “SAME” and “DIFFERENT” ends when one performer falls off the stage

Film: A kids’ marching band forms a triangle

Muppets: Marshal Grover learns how to count backwards from Fred the Wonder Horse

Cartoon: Tommy Trueheart and his Eleven Trick-Performing Lions

Cast: David and Luis cooperate to hang clothes on a clothesline

Cartoon: Hypnotic Rainbow Q

Film: Sometimes all you need is a bridge…

Muppets: Bert accuses Ernie of stealing his cookies. The culprit turns out to be Cookie Monster disguised as Ernie!

Transition: A triangle fills the screen

Scene 5: Oscar discovers that he’s missing one of his ratty socks, so he asks the Amazing Mumford to make a ratty sock appear. However, Mumford makes a broken clock and a dirty rock appear instead. Mumford thinks that he let Oscar down, but Oscar is delighted with the trash that Mumford produced.

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash - Kermit meets some mixed-up holiday characters

Cartoon: A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S

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

Film: Kittens playing (English & Spanish voiceovers)

Scene 6: Oscar finds his missing sock after rummaging through his can. Olivia announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Kermit and a kid. CTW sign still: Luis.


CAST:
Northern Calloway as David
Emilio Delgado as Luis
Loretta Long as Susan
Bob McGrath as Bob
Alaina Reed as Olivia
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, AMs
Jerry Nelson as Mr. Snuffleupagus, the Amazing Mumford, Sherlock Hemlock, the Count, Herry Monster, Fred the Wonder Horse, Little Jerry, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Guy Smiley, Kermit, AMs

 

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Number 256 features Big Bird, Oscar, Snuffy, Sherlock Hemlock, the Amazing Mumford, the Count, Susan, and Olivia! Plus, Bob reads "The Monster's Three Wishes," Guy Smiley hosts the Mystery Mix-Up Game, and Bert accuses Ernie of eating his cookies.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 256


Season 9: Snuffy plays the flute/Big Bird sells an S

Sponsors: Q, S, 11


Scene 1: Big Bird finishes reading “The Pied Piper of Hamlin” to Mr. Snuffleupagus and the kids. Snuffy remarks that hearing that story makes him want to play his snuffle-flute. Big Bird and the kids want to hear this, so Snuffy gets out his snuffle-flute and plays it while Big Bird and the kids dance. Susan and Olivia walk by Big Bird’s doors and they assume the music is coming from Big Bird’s radio.

Cartoon: Q is for Quarter (voice by Casey Kasem)

Muppets: Big Jeffy, Grover, and a Lavender Muppet woman do some scat-singing

Film: A jackrabbit

Cartoon: Q is for Quiet (tree chopping)

Muppets: Bert tries to read inside the apartment, but outside Ernie’s marching band is rehearsing. Bert gets so bothered that he tells Ernie not to practice outside. This prompts Ernie to bring the band INSIDE the apartment!

Cartoon/Song: “It’s a Lovely Eleven Morning”

Film: Three kids use a magnet to retrieve a lost jack from their jacks set

Muppets/Cast: Bob reads “The Monster’s Three Wishes,” featuring Cookie Monster

Cartoon: The Eleven Cheer

Scene 2: In her kitchen, Susan opens a carton of eggs, but she finds eleven eggs instead of twelve. Sherlock Hemlock arrives to solve the “Mystery of the Missing Egg.” Sherlock mistakes a baseball and a ping-pong ball for the egg, which Susan corrects him about. Then Susan’s pot begins to boil over, and Susan remembers that she was making a hard-boiled egg! Sherlock congratulates himself on his “work” as Susan runs to lower the flame on the stovetop.

Film: Counting eleven eggs and one cookie

Cartoon: One of these shoe pairs is not like the others…

Cartoon: S is for Snake (speech balloon; repeated in Spanish)

Film: African children play games in their village

Scene 3: Biff tries to count eleven screws before putting them away in his toolbox, but he keeps losing his place. Olivia suggests that he count the screws one by one while putting them in the box. After they cooperate with the task, Biff thanks Olivia for her help and asks for her assistance with counting 200 nails in an unopened box.

Muppets: Ernie, Bert, and Herry Monster fight over the TV chair

Cartoon: S is for Superman

Muppets: Guy Smiley hosts the Mystery Mix-Up Game, where Mrs. Rooney must unscramble the word “SCHOOL”

Cartoon: Jack-in-the-Box School

Film: The Mad Painter #11

Celebrity: Edith Ann (Lily Tomlin) says she can count to five….but she won’t!

Cartoon: Sand S/s

Scene 4: Big Bird tries to sell a letter S to Oscar (puppeteered by Richard Hunt), Olivia, and the Count but nobody buys it. Susan notices that Big Bird is disappointed, and she comforts him by pointing out that her name begins with S. Big Bird offers her the S for six dollars and she buys it.

Muppets: The Busby Twins go to the store to buy a rocket, but the storekeeper keeps bringing them a rock

Cartoon: A vaudeville performance demonstrating “SAME” and “DIFFERENT” ends when one performer falls off the stage

Film: A kids’ marching band forms a triangle

Muppets: Marshal Grover learns how to count backwards from Fred the Wonder Horse

Cartoon: Tommy Trueheart and his Eleven Trick-Performing Lions

Cast: David and Luis cooperate to hang clothes on a clothesline

Cartoon: Hypnotic Rainbow Q

Film: Sometimes all you need is a bridge…

Muppets: Bert accuses Ernie of stealing his cookies. The culprit turns out to be Cookie Monster disguised as Ernie!

Transition: A triangle fills the screen

Scene 5: Oscar discovers that he’s missing one of his ratty socks, so he asks the Amazing Mumford to make a ratty sock appear. However, Mumford makes a broken clock and a dirty rock appear instead. Mumford thinks that he let Oscar down, but Oscar is delighted with the trash that Mumford produced.

Muppets: Sesame Street News Flash - Kermit meets some mixed-up holiday characters

Cartoon: A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S

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

Film: Kittens playing (English & Spanish voiceovers)

Scene 6: Oscar finds his missing sock after rummaging through his can. Olivia announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Kermit and a kid. CTW sign still: Luis.


CAST:
Northern Calloway as David
Emilio Delgado as Luis
Loretta Long as Susan
Bob McGrath as Bob
Alaina Reed as Olivia
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, AMs
Jerry Nelson as Mr. Snuffleupagus, the Amazing Mumford, Sherlock Hemlock, the Count, Herry Monster, Fred the Wonder Horse, Little Jerry, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Guy Smiley, Kermit, AMs

Great outline as usual man, I know this is a longshot but could I suggest an outline idea

 

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Great outline as usual man, I know this is a longshot but could I suggest an outline idea

Sure! Message me privately if you want.