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Does anyone remember these multipart street sequences:
From Season 1 or 2: It's nighttime, and for some reason Big Bird promises to wake Susan at 8:00 a.m. BB has, alongside his nest, a unique alarm clock that chimes the hour with "ding" strikes. However, Big Bird wakes Susan at least twice in the wee hours of the morning because he didn't count the "dings" properly. A frustrated Susan, drawn out on the street in a nightgown/bathrobe, patiently explains to BB to wake her when the clock goes "ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding" (she counted on her fingers) Eventually he wakes her at the right time. BB's means of waking her consisted of an abstract sound akin to his snoring -- think of "gwubba-gwebba-GWUBBA-GWEBBA" -- followed by a loud "SUUUUUUU-SAN!!"
From a few years later: The adults send Big Bird off to bed, in anticipation of a picnic at 8:00 the next morning. After BB is alone in the playground/nest area, he is frustrated about getting to sleep in the noisy outside environment.
- First BB is worried a firetruck will wake him. The scene returns with a couple dozen buckets of water (to prevent fires, thus precluding the need for a fire engine run) placed around the playground entrance.
- Next BB is worried that a travelling salesman will wake him, specifically the noise made when he drops his heavy sample briefcase. The scene returns with lots of pillows on the sidewalk.
- Next he is worried about other things, like a fruit vendor who yells "strawberRIEEEES!" (off-key), or a neighbor boy who practices his trumpet at 4am. The scene returns with a sign reading "NO FRUIT TODAY" plus many other placards reading other things, tacked up along the wall outside the playground.
- Finally BB sets his alarm clock, then thinks it won't make enough noise to wake him. "And what if it forgets to go off." The scene returns with all manner of new and antique clocks around his nest. Then BB goes to bed. A few minutes later all the clocks strike 8... (he was up all night doing this stuff). The adults quickly show up to take him to the picnic, but BB is groggy, walking and snoring at the same time, uttering an occasional "picnic" in his sleep.
From around the same time as the preious one: It's early evening. The Count climbs up the familiar streetlamp to get a panoramic view of Sesame Street, and counts the lights that turn on (apartment, store, etc.) as night falls. The Count fell down when the streetlamp he was on suddenly lit.
Later that episode/evening, Count counts the same lights again, this time as they switch off for the night. Eventually all are out except the streetlight he has once again climbed. Luis walks by, and the conversation goes something like
LUIS: Hey Count, what are you doing up there?
COUNT: I'm waiting for this light to go out (so I can count it.)
LUIS: But that light stays on. That light doesn't go out until morning.
COUNT: That's OK. I'll sleep up here.
They went into the closing sequences from there (I think Luis did them). Actually, the next episode did begin in an early morning setting, but Count was not still perched up on the streetlight; the scene focused on David, who had just stayed up all night studying for something law-school related.
From Season 1 or 2: It's nighttime, and for some reason Big Bird promises to wake Susan at 8:00 a.m. BB has, alongside his nest, a unique alarm clock that chimes the hour with "ding" strikes. However, Big Bird wakes Susan at least twice in the wee hours of the morning because he didn't count the "dings" properly. A frustrated Susan, drawn out on the street in a nightgown/bathrobe, patiently explains to BB to wake her when the clock goes "ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding" (she counted on her fingers) Eventually he wakes her at the right time. BB's means of waking her consisted of an abstract sound akin to his snoring -- think of "gwubba-gwebba-GWUBBA-GWEBBA" -- followed by a loud "SUUUUUUU-SAN!!"
From a few years later: The adults send Big Bird off to bed, in anticipation of a picnic at 8:00 the next morning. After BB is alone in the playground/nest area, he is frustrated about getting to sleep in the noisy outside environment.
- First BB is worried a firetruck will wake him. The scene returns with a couple dozen buckets of water (to prevent fires, thus precluding the need for a fire engine run) placed around the playground entrance.
- Next BB is worried that a travelling salesman will wake him, specifically the noise made when he drops his heavy sample briefcase. The scene returns with lots of pillows on the sidewalk.
- Next he is worried about other things, like a fruit vendor who yells "strawberRIEEEES!" (off-key), or a neighbor boy who practices his trumpet at 4am. The scene returns with a sign reading "NO FRUIT TODAY" plus many other placards reading other things, tacked up along the wall outside the playground.
- Finally BB sets his alarm clock, then thinks it won't make enough noise to wake him. "And what if it forgets to go off." The scene returns with all manner of new and antique clocks around his nest. Then BB goes to bed. A few minutes later all the clocks strike 8... (he was up all night doing this stuff). The adults quickly show up to take him to the picnic, but BB is groggy, walking and snoring at the same time, uttering an occasional "picnic" in his sleep.
From around the same time as the preious one: It's early evening. The Count climbs up the familiar streetlamp to get a panoramic view of Sesame Street, and counts the lights that turn on (apartment, store, etc.) as night falls. The Count fell down when the streetlamp he was on suddenly lit.
Later that episode/evening, Count counts the same lights again, this time as they switch off for the night. Eventually all are out except the streetlight he has once again climbed. Luis walks by, and the conversation goes something like
LUIS: Hey Count, what are you doing up there?
COUNT: I'm waiting for this light to go out (so I can count it.)
LUIS: But that light stays on. That light doesn't go out until morning.
COUNT: That's OK. I'll sleep up here.
They went into the closing sequences from there (I think Luis did them). Actually, the next episode did begin in an early morning setting, but Count was not still perched up on the streetlight; the scene focused on David, who had just stayed up all night studying for something law-school related.