| Sesame Street | |||||
| Bob wants to take Linda to dinner | |||||
| Air date | April 14, 1977 | ||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Linda uses sign language to sing the "Hello Song" with Bob. |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Grover the Elevator Operator demonstrates front and back by telling the passengers on his elevator where to stand. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | What if a frog and a fly switched bodies? What do you think would happen? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Going to the Zoo — Ernie and Bert make some late night plans to go to the zoo tomorrow. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Cartoon | An apple, an orange and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling. (First: Episode 0555) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob and Linda play a "Here Are Some Things" game with Justin and Melanie using different-sized dogs. Linda then teaches the kids the sign for "dog." |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Old Mother Hubbard — Kermit points out the lackluster cadence of Old Mother Hubbard's nursery rhyme. (First: Episode 0642) |
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Cartoon | Fred, a singer, fails to figure out the words that rhyme with his name in the song he sings. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0977) |
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Insert | Olivia resents being looked after by her brother Gordon, now that she's a grown-up. She sings "I'm a Big Girl Now," where she explains that even though Gordon helped her a lot when she was younger, she's all grown up and doesn't need it as much. (First: Episode 0973) |
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Animation | Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Families." (First: Episode 0454) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Scottie read a "Don't Walk" sign. (First: Episode 0994) |
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Cartoon | C for canary (role reversal) (First: Episode 0703) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | After the big game, a bird skeleton and an elephant skeleton get their skins mixed up in the locker room. The coach helps them out. (First: Episode 0774) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501) |
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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 stars in "The Ballad of Casey McPhee." (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | Willie Wimple: Land Pollution (litter). (First: Episode 0527) |
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Insert | In voiceover, kids count out twelve in a deck of playing cards. (First: Episode 0480) |
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Cartoon | Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (First: Episode 0801) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob finishes polishing off a new piano bench, while Linda finishes weaving a new textile. Bob asks what she plans on doing with it, but she's not sure. She then gets the idea to give it to Bob as a covering for his new bench. As they try it out, Bob tells her they make a good team. |
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Cartoon | A boy counts 10 stairs as he climbs them with his sack of toys. (First: Episode 0997) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Peanut Butter Sandwiches — Ernie and Bert decide their groceries are boring until they combine them to make peanut butter sandwiches. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Film | In stop-motion, three balls try to match three holes. (First: Episode 0572) |
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Cartoon | A man demonstrates front and back using his sneakers. (First: Episode 0826) |
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Celebrity | Tennis player Arthur Ashe counts to twelve (without voiceover). (First: Episode 0750) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob admits to David that he wants to ask out Linda to dinner tonight, but he wants to make sure his signs are just right. David isn't sure how to sign some of the phrase either, so he consults Maria. She helps him out and he tries out the phrase on Linda to make sure it's correct. Seeing her positive response, David goes back to Bob, who signs his message to Linda. She tells him that she's just agreed to have dinner with David. Bob starts to get upset, when Maria gets the idea that they can all have dinner together (which confuses Linda when they all sign the question at once). |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a castle with a growling dragon inside, which scares the princess until her knight in shining armor leads the dragon away. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Cast | On a desert island, a parched Luis finds a coconut, which has a letter C inside. (First: Episode 0703) |
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Cartoon | A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion. (First: Episode 0032) |
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Film | This is the desert. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0514) |
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Cartoon | A girl draws in her entire body. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1008) |
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SCENE 5 | At night, the gang returns home from dinner and hang on the 123 Sesame Street stoop. Maria invites David up to her apartment for coffee. The two try inviting Bob and Linda as well, but they're far too engrossed in conversation to hear them. They leave the new couple alone together (with Bob asking Linda for a dinner date tomorrow night) as David announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | A kid holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign. |
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