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| At the New Mexico ranch, Big Bird misses Mr. Snuffleupagus. (repeat of 0813) | |||||
| Air date | April 26, 1978 | ||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Excited by his experiences in New Mexico so far, Big Bird has saddled up some horses and is sitting on a cart. "Well, howdy-doody there, buckaroos!" he cries. "It's your old sidekick, Buffalo Bird -- the rootinest, tootinest cowbird west of the Harlem. Yee haw! Yes, sir. I just got out this old buckbore here, cause I'm gonna mosey on down to the ol' lariat, and corral myself a bulldog. I'll round up a herd of them critters before it's time to hitch up to the ol' chuck wagon and put on the feedbag. Why, when it comes to ridin', ropin' or ranchin', you gotta go a fur piece to out-buffalo Buffalo Bird!" Big Bird urges on his horses: "Henry! Jerry! Giddyup now!" The horses take off... but Big Bird forgot to attach them to the cart, so they walk off without him. "I knew I'd forgotten something," he sighs. |
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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 | Ernie and Bert: Bart Visits — Ernie notes the differences between Bert and his brother Bart. (First: Episode 0594) |
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Cartoon | Things that are the same or different are displayed like a slot machine. (version #2) (First: Episode 0335) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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Muppets | On a very slow day of counting, The Count plays some funky music that is irresistible to dance to. He then counts 6 dancing children that come by. (First: Episode 0868) |
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Film | Workers in a watch factory work on watches. (First: Episode 1029) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis shows Gordon how to milk a cow. Gordon gives it a try. |
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Muppets | "The Ten Commandments of Health" (First: Episode 1139) |
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Cartoon | Is snow cold? Yes! (First: Episode 0822) |
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Song | Marilyn Sokol sings "Pockets" over a montage of different types of pockets. (First: Episode 0764) |
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Animation | Two small stripes watch as two circles play with each other. The stripes try to bend themselves into circles, but soon find that they can both cooperate to make one big circle. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Muppets | Same Sound Brown shows Farley that "That's What Reading's All About." (First: Episode 1088) |
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Cartoon | M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Chris, with his sister Stephanie, counts to 20 for Kermit. (First: Episode 0424) |
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Cartoon | M for Moon Artist: Jeff Hale |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon writes a postcard to Susan; Maria says that she misses David too. Big Bird tells them that he misses his best friend, Mr. Snuffleupagus. Gordon says that Big Bird can't miss an imaginary friend. Left alone, Big Bird sings a song, affirming that he misses Snuffy, whether he's make-believe or not ("My Imaginary Friend"). |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: M for magic (First: Episode 0841) |
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Film | Mad Painter ##9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Cartoon | M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman wants to sell an 8 to Ernie, who ran out of money buying some 9s. Ernie then offers to sell Lefty his 9s. (First: Episode 0079) |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Song | "There's a Bird On Me" (Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0416) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird makes a long-distance call to Hooper's Store, and asks Mr. Hooper if he can talk to Mr. Snuffleupagus. Mr. Hooper says that Mr. Snuffleupagus is imaginary, but Big Bird insists that Hooper go and look for him at his nest. While Hooper's gone, Snuffy walks into the store and notices that the phone is off the hook. Big Bird and Snuffy get a minute to talk about how much they miss each other. Snuffy goes to take his nap -- and when Mr. Hooper comes back, Big Bird thanks him for letting him talk to Snuffy. Mr. Hooper is baffled. |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin leads a counting practice for his Headball team. (First: Episode 0898) |
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Film | A behind-the-scenes look of Paul Simon recording "Bingo" with his son, and the manufacturing of the record it will be on. (First: Episode 1133) |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it. (First: Episode 0189) |
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Film | Kids identify a squash in close-ups. (First: Episode 0368) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: STOP. After the man reads the sign, two cars screech to a stop, one on each side of him. |
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Film | Close-ups of a tomato are shown, as kids try to guess what it is. (First: Episode 0389) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria and Luis are eating tacos with hot chili peppers. Oscar says that he'd like to try one. Maria and Luis say that he won't like them; they're too hot. Oscar insists that Grouches don't mind eating hot food; it won't affect him at all. He eats a chili pepper, and pretends that he doesn't find it hot at all. Teasing him, Maria feeds him one pepper after another. Finally, after eating 8 peppers, he escapes into his trash can -- and moments later, the can erupts in a cloud of steam as Oscar yelps. |
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Cartoon | Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Alphabet Story (remake) — Ernie reads a story for Bert that he's written on his typewriter. (First: Episode 1112) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: OINK |
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Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | Luis walks through his old childhood haunts, singing a sentimental song about his memories of this special place. |
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Cartoon | A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (First: Episode 0283) |
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SCENE 7 | Kids ride a burro as Gordon announces the sponsors. The story of the New Mexico trip continues in Episode 1164. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Luis, Bob, and a girl hold the Sesame Street sign, while Roosevelt Franklin and his mother hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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