Sesame Street | |||||
Big Bird tries to remember how to pronounce Mr. Hooper's name (repeat of 0623) | |||||
Air date | March 3, 1976 | ||||
Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird stops by Hooper's Store to ask "Mr. Dooper" for something. Tired of Big Bird always mispronouncing his name, Mr. Hooper produces two cards and has Big Bird read them. One has a letter H, and the other says "OOPER"; by blending them together, Big Bird reads the word "HOOPER." After the lesson, Big Bird orders a bag of chocolate birdseed and remembers to thank "Mr. Dooper" for it. | |
Cartoon | "Poverty Q”: A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. (First: Episode 0048) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Trey if he's seen a letter Q before. At first Trey denies it, but eventually draws one in the air with his finger. (First: Episode 0440) | |
SCENE 1 cont'd |
Mr. Hooper gives Big Bird Tracy's hula hoop, because “hoop” is the first part of “Hooper.” He instructs Big Bird to look down at what he's holding, which will remind him of his correct name. Big Bird remembers to call him “Hooper” while he’s holding the hoop, but when the store phone rings and he answers it, Big Bird gives it to “Mr. Telephone.” | |
Cartoon | Miss Fortune makes guesses about a dog. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0483) | |
SCENE 1 cont'd |
Big Bird rushes to "Mr. Drooper" with something important to tell him, but Hooper refuses to answer to Big Bird unless he gets his name right. He makes multiple guesses, then remembers when he sees Tracy playing with her hula hoop. He came to tell Mr. Hooper that he left the water running in the sink at the store. An irate Mr. Hooper leaves, as Big Bird sorrowfully states, "If I live to be eight, I'll never learn to understand grown-up people!" | |
Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert notices that Ernie has a piece of string tied on his finger. Ernie says that the string tied on this finger helps to remind him that there's a piece of string tied on this finger. And so on. The string on the last finger is there to remind him that they're out of string. (First: Episode 0163) | |
Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) | |
Cast | Bob and the kids play a simplified version of hopscotch. | |
Film | Two kids help an old man (Taro Yashima) get his dragon kite in the air. (First: Episode 0444) | |
Muppets | Two Anything Muppets with hair over their eyes recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0779) | |
Cartoon | "One to Five Counting Animals Song" (First: Episode 0780) | |
Film | Empty / full playground (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) | |
Cartoon | A boy looks for the telephone as it rings. (First: Episode 0684) | |
Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." (First: Episode 0733) | |
Cartoon | A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408) | |
Film | Two glasses are filled with fluid, but one glass overflows as a hand keeps pouring into it. The same thing happens using salt shakers and bowls of nuts. Finally, the glasses are filled again, only one glass barely fills up as fluid is poured into it. The camera pulls out, revealing the glass is filling into another one below, which overflows as before. (First: Episode 0576) | |
SCENE 2 | At the Fix-it Shop, Luis plays a Spanish “Here Are Some Things” game with rectangles and a circle. | |
Cartoon | Jasper and Julius: Apple. (First: Episode 0485) | |
Muppets | Kermit, Farmer Grover and a horse show how a horse and cart works. (First: Episode 0590) | |
Cartoon | What kind of print does a hand make? (First: Episode 0776) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Footage of a rattlesnake (First: Episode 0294) | |
Animation | Sand Q/q (First: Episode 0623) | |
Cast | In speed-induced footage, Maria, Luis and David put together a letter Q. (First: Episode 0467) | |
Cartoon | Subtracting three mules (First: Episode 0767) | |
Film | Empty / full subway car (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) | |
Cartoon | A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one. (First: Episode 0782) | |
Muppets | Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup. (First: Episode 0407) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) | |
Muppets / Cast | Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the oil man and street cleaner. (First: Episode 0817) | |
Film | Elephants (African percussion soundtrack) (First: Episode 0389) | |
Cartoon | S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) | |
Film | Five bugs are counted, until one bug engulfs the other four. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0628) | |
Muppets | Grover the Assistant: Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls. (First: Episode 0292) | |
Cartoon | A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday. (First: Episode 0782) | |
Cartoon | Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (First: Episode 0675) | |
Cast | The cast sings "What's the Name of That Song?" (First: Episode 0666) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: "Q", Quiet (First: Episode 0768) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Christopher Columbus — Kermit catches Christopher Columbus before his historic voyage. (First: Episode 0578) | |
Cartoon | Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks. (First: Episode 0478) | |
Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (repeat) | |
Cartoon | Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0506) | |
SCENE 3 | Everybody zanily fools around and poses with various props in fast-motion as Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, and Bob, Mr. Hooper, and a kid hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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