| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Bert babysits nephew Brad | |||||||
| Air date | December 14, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | It's lunchtime in the yard, and Maria and Luis lay out their lunch. Cookie Monster wants to join, but Maria says he has to eat politely. When he fails eating his first cookie, Maria coaches him through it, and he complies. Bob comes along and can't believe Cookie has learned how to eat slowly, so he does it again. Cookie agrees that it's a big improvement, and shows him how he usually eats. |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #7: The ball rolls past famous world landmarks. Solo: saxophone (First: Episode 0989) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Borrowing a Vacuum — Ernie wants to borrow Herbert Birdsfoot's vacuum cleaner, but he worries about how Herbert will respond. (First: Episode 0181) |
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Cartoon | "Mad Goat Song" Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0771) |
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Film | Hippos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0415) |
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Muppets | The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Cartoon | A man blows 7 bubbles. (First: Episode 0639) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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Insert | A group of children play with a feather. (First: Episode 0813) |
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Cartoon | D-dart (First: Episode 0292) |
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Film | A police officer follows clues that lead to a bathtub stolen by a gorilla. (First: Episode 0491) |
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Muppets | Caveperson Days: King Ernie has a problem -- the cavemen write everything on rocks, which are too heavy to carry around. He calls upon the Royal Smart Person to invent something lighter to write on. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Film / Cast | Gordon hangs out in a classroom. He joins the kids and the teacher as they play with an elastic rope and get into different shapes. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: D for Dog (First: Episode 0016) |
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Film | A Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo). (First: Episode 0429) |
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Animation | Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Cast | Olivia, Susan, and Maria sing "Swingin' Alphabet." (First: Episode 1052) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: D - Daisy (First: Episode 0795) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a camel. (First: Episode 0593) |
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Cartoon | "Daddy Dear" (First: Episode 0367) |
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Film | A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0009) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bart Visits — Ernie notes the differences between Bert and his brother Bart. (First: Episode 0594) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a horse. (First: Episode 0908) |
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Cartoon | A man wants a hat, but the hat shop owner's hats are all the same - except for a ten-gallon hat, which complements the customer's horseback riding nicely. (First: Episode 0781) |
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SCENE 2 | Bert introduces Maria, Luis, and Bob to his nephew Brad. He's watching him while his brother Bart is out selling aluminum siding. Bert's neigbors say the baby is cute and comment on how much they look alike. After pointing out their features without being able to find a difference, Luis takes off his hat to reveal his red hair. |
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Cartoon | A vaudeville act of two SAME people (voiced by Daws Butler and Bob Arbogast) ends when one of them falls off the stage. (First: Episode 0778) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet discusses the concept of "same" using her reflection in the mirror. The reflection begins speaking on its own. The girl faints and the reflection decides to do the same. (First: Episode 0376) |
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Film | D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (First: Episode 0367) |
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Insert | Musical Bridge #2: close-ups of guitars, an organ, and drums. (alternate take) (First: Episode 0632) |
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Cartoon | A shoemaker shows how he measures (human) feet with his ruler. (First: Episode 0618) |
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Film | Future careers: footage of a kid acting out a certain job, followed by an adult doing "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Cast | "Sluggo the Great" (David) puts on his baseball gear, but isn't sure which body parts to put them on. (First: Episode 0492) |
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Animation | Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625) |
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Muppets | Monsters, including an early Grover, Cookie Monster and Beautiful Day Monster, pass on the message, "See." The wide shot reveals that the monsters were whispering about the Letter C. (First: Episode 0089) |
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Cartoon | C is for Canary (First: Episode 0703) |
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Celebrity | Actor James Earl Jones recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 0002) |
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SCENE 3 | Bert is trying to teach Brad his first word when Bob happens by and says he'll stick around to watch. While Bert fails at getting Brad to say Bert, Bob is making funny faces for the baby, grabbing his attention. Bert gets annoyed with Bob and asks him several times to stop. After hearing his name repeatedly, Brad finally says his first word: "Bob!" |
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Cartoon | A song about the parts of a boy's body and the sounds they can make. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 0923) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Cinderella at the Ball — Kermit interviews Cinderella and Prince Charming at the ball. (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cast | Maria as Charlie Chaplin tries to leave through the door marked EXIT, but the sign keeps moving, and a brick wall appears behind each opened door. Finally, she makes her own exit through a hole in the wall. (First: Episode 0832) |
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Film | EXIT (First: Episode 0935) |
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Cartoon | A cat chases a mouse into a mouse hole. The cat and mouse make music as they hit the wall, until the cat breaks through the mouse hole. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0244) |
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Film | Hamburger bun factory (First: Episode 0615) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob gathers everyone around and asks if they want to hear Brad say his name. The residents of Sesame Street gather and cheer Brad on to say "Bob"... and he blurts out: "Bert!" Bert is elated and asks him to say his name again. Brad responds: "Bob!" Brad keeps switching back and forth as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit and a girl hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
Gallery
An alternate shot of scene 2, with Bert removing Brad's hat.
Behind the scenes, director Jon Stone fancies the Bert puppet as a hat.
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