Sesame Street Old School Outlines

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I enjoyed your company on the forum. Glad we're in touch outside of it. Cheers!
 

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Now that is how you do a finale, unlike with Sesame Park in Canada which didn't get a proper finale - instead, it went out a normal episode with a mountain-climbing theme. This implies that the CBC didn't know the end was coming.

Farewell, Doug. All of us will miss you for sure. And good luck on your future endeavours.
 

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Number 299 features Oscar, Big Bird, Snuffy, the Count, Maria, and David! Plus, Ernie plans for a trip to the library, Grover presents the ONE WAY sign, and Guy Smiley hosts the Remembering Game.


Sesame Street Old School Outline 299


Season 10: Oscar opens a restaurant/Maria and David present love

Sponsors: E, N, 11


Scene 1: David gives Maria a bouquet of flowers and says, “love.” Maria presents David with a brand-new hat and says, “amor.” Then they kiss each other and repeat their words.

Cartoon: A man discovers what “love” is

Muppets: Cookie Monster shows “amor”

Film: Feeding elk (music by Robert Dennis)

Muppets: Ernie over-prepares for a trip to the library, which agitates Bert greatly

Cartoon/Song: “Lovely Eleven Morning” (by Bud Luckey)

Cartoon: N is for Nose (limerick poem, animation by Jeff Hale)

Scene 2: David and Maria ask the kids about the things they love.

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

Cartoon: A man saws out the letter E from a white background

Cartoon: Imagination E - “see me eating a peach” (animation by the Hubleys)

Muppet/Kid Moment: John-John counts to ten for Bert and Sherlock Hemlock

Cartoon: A magician tries to subtract six circles

Film: Trapeze artists demonstrate subtraction

Insert: Big Bird and Bob walk through Chinatown, but Big Bird is worried about seeing dragons. Bob reassures him that they’re just puppets and they’re not real. Suddenly a Chinese dragon pops out and scares Bob, but Big Bird tells him that it’s just a puppet.

Cartoon: E is for Eel

Muppets: Grover gives a lecture about the ONE WAY sign

Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #11

Cartoon: A man sounds out the words on a “ONE WAY” sign

Muppets: Old West - Five men round up to search for Bad Bart, but they have trouble counting themselves. At the end, one man reveals himself to be…Bad Bart!

Scene 3: Oscar opens a restaurant serving Grouch cuisine. David and Maria are repulsed by his offerings which include cold oatmeal with rotten apples, spaghetti with liverwurst and sour pickles, licorice & anchovy meatloaf, moldy cheese pizza, and mushroom cheesecake.

Cartoon/Song: “Lowercase n”

Film: The letter N is nice…

Cartoon: The Eleven Cheer (produced by Jim Henson)

Muppets: Waiter Grover serves hot dogs to the Count, who only wants to count them rather than eat them. When Grover refuses to get any more hot dogs, the Count hypnotizes him into bringing out multiple plates of hot dogs.

Film: Shopping for soup ingredients

Cartoon: An ant pushes a capital N into the center of the alphabet

Scene 4: The Count stops by Oscar’s restaurant, having had poor luck at Charlie’s restaurant. Oscar serves him a bowl of onion chowder with strawberries and chocolate syrup. The Count asks how many people have tried this before, and Oscar says that seventeen people have tried it and hated it. The Count counts “SEVENTEEN” and then tastes the chowder. After nearly choking on it, he revises this to “EIGHTEEN!”

Muppets: Ernie and Bert play a pretending game

Cartoon: E is for Erase

Cartoon: E is for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg (voice by Casey Kasem)

Film: The story of James, who lives in a pueblo in Mexico

Scene 5: Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus play a guessing game together. Big Bird thinks of something big and brown in his home. Snuffy guesses the nest, the brick wall, and the toy chest but it’s none of those. The answer turns out to be Snuffy!

Cartoon: N is for Nail (speech balloon)

Film: The Mad Painter #11

Muppets: Hands count to 11 (voiceover by Fran Brill)

Cartoon: Joe’s lap (limerick)

Cartoon: Sand N/n

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

Film: Kids narrate a film about bank tellers and the machines they use

Cartoon: 30 dots (one dot leaves in a coughing fit and a smaller dot replaces it)

Scene 6: Oscar closes his restaurant for good because he was doing something that made him happy - serving food that everyone on Sesame Street hates! As Maria and David ponder his reasoning, Oscar tries to give them the leftovers which they promptly turn down. Mr. Snuffleupagus announces the sponsors. SS sign still: Linda. CTW sign still: Luis.


CAST:
Northern Calloway as David
Sonia Manzano as Maria
Bob McGrath as Bob
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

JIM HENSON’S MUPPETS:
Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover, AMs
Jerry Nelson as the Count, Sherlock Hemlock, Mr. Snuffleupagus, AMs
Jim Henson as Ernie, Guy Smiley, AMs
Hi Which episode is this? I could be wrong but I thought I read there was a sketch where David and Maria pretend to be married confusing the heck out of big bird. It's boggling my mind too. If you have any stories on them I'd love to read them. Thanks!
 

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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
What episode is this too?
 

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@AGrugan25.

As a new member, I feel the need to point out to you that this is a thread posted in the FanFiction section of the forum. As such, none of the episode outlines posted here actually exist, it's all made up by the specific forum member who posted it in the first place. Hope this helps and have fun exploring the rest of the forums. :wisdom:
 
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