| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Bob, Oscar and the kids play a "freeze" game | |||||||
| Air date | January 26, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 1 | Bob invites Oscar to play a “freeze” game with him and the kids, where all of them pretend to be different jungle animals until Oscar says “freeze” to make them stop; saying "defrost" will start the game again with a new animal. Oscar goes ahead and plays a few rounds until he gets tired of it and leaves. Bob gets angry with him and starts to rant, but Oscar yells, "Freeze!" and is surprised and delighted to see that the command still works. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Eats Cake — Ernie eats one of the two pieces of chocolate cake that Bert was saving for their dessert. (First: Episode 0119) |
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Cartoon | What if a dog looked like a bird? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226) |
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Film | Baby animals nurse. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0546) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) |
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Muppets | "Sammy the Snake" (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | A boy does an addition problem in his head: 5 + 1 = 6. (First: Episode 0548) |
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Film | A boy imagines seeing everything in slow-motion. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0507) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Tortoise and the Hare — Kermit wins the race between tortoise and the hare. (First: Episode 0477) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Snuffy and Joey say the alphabet. (First: Episode 0671) |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines staying in the jungle at night when he goes to sleep. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0798) |
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Song | "Fireman Ready to Go" (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks. (First: Episode 0478) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster is about to eat a cookie, when a sad-looking girl approaches and stares at him. He tries to eat the cookie, but can't do it. He breaks the cookie in half and shares the cookie with the girl. He eats his half of the cookie. When the girl eats her half, she eats it just like Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0623) |
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Cartoon | S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Farley looks for his lost toy box. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cartoon | S for sing (First: Episode 0824) |
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Muppets | Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his rhyming magic trick, making three things come out of his hat that rhyme with "knee". Grover guesses the first one (key), but doesn't get the last two (ski and tree) right. (First: Episode 0455) |
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SCENE 2 | From the windows of their apartment, Gordon and Susan sing the “Same/Different Song" to the kids using a big rubber boot and a small sandal. |
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Cartoon | Stop! (Moving Colored STOP signs in fast-motion) (First: Episode 0776) |
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Film | Stop! (kids dancing) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0681) |
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Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Magic Chain — Ernie has a so-called "magic" chain which can form into any shape he wants, but Bert is dismissive of the chain's magic properties. (First: Episode 0617) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: E-Ear (First: Episode 0807) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0793) |
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Cartoon | E for Erase (First: Episode 0486) |
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Cast | Part 1: The Flying Stupendos (Luis, Maria, and David) attempt a trick on the teeter-totter, in which Luis will jump onto one end and catapult Maria onto David's shoulders. On the first try, the teeter-totter breaks. (First: Episode 0585) |
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Cartoon | A STOP sign commands a train to stop. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Cast | Part 2: On the second try (with a new teeter-totter), Maria is launched out of shot and winds up hanging off-screen from the ceiling. (First: Episode 0585) |
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Cast / Muppets | Cookie Monster eats an egg with the letter E painted on it. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Cast | Part 3: On the third and final try, Luis lands on the floor missing the teeter-totter, and then sits down on his end, whereupon he and Maria see-saw together, as David walks away unimpressed. (First: Episode 0585) |
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Film | Kids use a magnet to retrieve a jack. |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar places a rock down, which begins to bounce around on its own to help him sound out the word "ROTTEN." |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0183) |
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Cartoon | Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Film | A marching band counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | One of These Footprints says "excuse me." (First: Episode 0487) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts five monkeys, and when he is done, he gets monkey business. (First: Episode 0283) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon and Susan show the kids a series of their childhood photos, including ones with Susan's brother Charlie, Gordon and his friends, and Gordon and Olivia as ring bearer and flower girl at their aunt's wedding. |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates slow. (First: Episode 0507) |
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Transition | Bridge #11 - Bricks Bridge B (First: Episode 0286) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar shows the group his own funny picture: his face sticking out of a bare picture frame. Bob announces the sponsors. |
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SCENE 6 | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes
- At the beginning of the episode, Laurie (one of the kids) can be heard singing "Come On Let's Play Follow the Leader" to herself.
- When Oscar yells, "Freeze!" at Bob to stop him from ranting, he comments, "Boy, Bob, your eyes get very blue when your angry." In Episode 0963, Big Bird (another Caroll Spinney character) told him a very similar line when Bob gets upset when dealing with a jammed key. ("My, your eyes get so blue when you're so cross!")
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