1. The Count counts hellos and Barkley gets a name
Aired: Nov 27, 1978Sesame Street names its new Muppet dog "Barkley"; Comedian/pianist Victor Bor...
54 Seasons Feb 09, 1979 TV-Y 55m 8.1
Big Bird calls to Mr. Snuffleupagus off-screen to encourage him to do something really great. After some coercing, Snuffy enters the frame riding a Snuffleupagus-sized skateboard. Big Bird says he knew he could do it, and Snuffy agrees...
1. The Count counts hellos and Barkley gets a name
Aired: Nov 27, 1978Sesame Street names its new Muppet dog "Barkley"; Comedian/pianist Victor Bor...
2. Bob and Big Bird try to train Barkley
Aired: Nov 28, 1978Big Bird brings Barkley up to Bob's apartment for a surprise visit. Bob is na...
At the crack of dawn, Olivia sings about how she's "Out with the Morning." Th...
4. David Teaches Barkley to Roll Over
Aired: Nov 30, 1978David is trying to teach Barkley how to roll over, but Barkley doesn't know h...
5. Biff and Sully dig a subway tunnel
Aired: Dec 1, 1978Herry Monster comes across Olivia looking after Mrs. Starbuck's newborn while...
Big Bird observes how there may be more than one John in the world, but he's ...
Linda tells Bob and the kids about a letter she's received about an upcoming ...
Big Bird excitedly tells the viewer that he's the first one awake on Sesame S...
Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus act out the story of "The Three Little Pigs," ...
10. Oscar's friend Georgie visits
Aired: Dec 8, 1978Big Bird holds a lecture on the difference between heavy and light. He shows ...
11. Gordon and Susan Wash Cars
Aired: Dec 11, 1978Oscar is upset that Gordon and others are picking up all the litter left by a...
"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the lett...
E for Elephant and Elk, the nominees for best E animal. Muppets "The Ten Comm...
Alphabet Chat: O. Mr. Chatterly tries to deliver a lecture about the letter O...
15. Don't You Know You're Beautiful?
Aired: Dec 15, 1978A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. Muppets- Grover asks Frazzle ...
16. The Count counts and sorts items at Hooper's Store
Aired: Dec 18, 1978Today, David leaves the Count in charge of Hooper's while he does deliveries....
17. Big Bird prepares a tortilla for Luis's lunch
Aired: Dec 19, 1978A gymnast demonstrates close to and away from. Fred, a singer, fails to figur...
18. Playing a ball-carrying game
Aired: Dec 20, 1978Big Bird finds it odd when he sees Bob waving his hands while listening to mu...
The Polka Dot family (Percible, Petula and baby Petulant) stroll through Sesa...
On stage, Gordon, Luis and Linda say "DANGER" in their own ways. David doesn'...
Big Bird has the feeling that today will be one of surprises, when he suddenl...
Today, Bert meets a girl named Bertha, who not only looks like him, but likes...
Ernie and Bert - Ernie wakes up and tells Bert it's time to get up, but notic...
Luis and Herry Monster explore what's inside of his toy car. Herry pops a lar...
25. A Day with Bob and Buffy/Big Bird's Daycare Center
Aired: Dec 29, 1978Ernie and Bert - Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. Ernie t...
Big Bird has prepared his own lunch at Hooper's Store - a sandwich, carrot st...
Maria and Mr. Hooper watch as Barkley follows Cody everywhere. They wonder wh...
Luis struggles learning a new song on the guitar. The Amazing Mumford believe...
Business at the Fix-It Shop is particularly slow, with not one customer this ...
Oscar the Grouch advertises the new album Great Grouch Sounds, with such trac...
Buffy asks Big Bird to look after Cody for a few minutes. She also asks that ...
Oscar has interest in becoming a photographer and asks Olivia for her profess...
Oscar counts the shoes in his collection one by one, tossing them into the cu...
34. Maria and the Count go camping
Aired: Jan 11, 1979Marshal Grover asks Fred the Wonder Horse why he's walking backwards -- he ca...
Big Bird and Cody pick pretend strawberries, while some girls play jump rope....
36. Learn How to Say "Go Away"
Aired: Jan 15, 1979Oscar asks Bob, who waits for Linda, to teach him the sign for "go away." Ins...
37. Miserable and Nasty department store
Aired: Jan 16, 1979Maria helps Oscar look through his delivery from the Miserable and Nasty depa...
The story of Aesop's "The Lion and the Mouse". Ernie tries to fool Bert with ...
Big Bird calls Mr. Hooper and the kids over to inform them of the new word he...
40. Herry Monster lifts 4,000 tons
Aired: Jan 19, 1979Herry Monster calls everyone over to witness a never-before-seen feat - he wi...
41. Big Bird meets new birds & Oscar's picnic
Aired: Jan 22, 1979Oscar can't stand the cheery greeting Bob gives the viewer. He delivers his o...
On a rainy day, the front window of the Fix-It Shop has begun leaking. Luis a...
43. Buffy and family head back home
Aired: Jan 24, 1979Buffy is taking Cody over to the Day Care Center while she packs up to head b...
44. Cookie Monster's broken cookie
Aired: Jan 25, 1979Mr. Hooper has many deliveries to make, but he loaned all his empty boxes to ...
Ernie won't let Bert into the apartment. Bert thinks he might be sad, and the...
46. Mr. Hooper celebrates Anniversary
Aired: Jan 29, 1979The viewer surprises Grover, who is listening to the Sesame Street theme. Sin...
Maria takes notice of Oscar's newly-beautified trash can, decorated with flow...
Olivia finds the Count waiting outside Oscar's trash can. The Count explains ...
Mr. Hooper has a single container of strawberry yogurt at the store, but isn'...
After watching the King Minus cartoon, Cookie Monster tells Big Bird how grea...
Bob and the others build the fire as he describes his actions to Big Bird. Un...
A scientist adds legs, feet, then knees to his robot and tells it to walk, bu...
53. Countess who loves to count
Aired: Feb 7, 1979Grover asks The Amazing Mumford if he could make his carrot disappear, provid...
At night, a group of mice are scared of a monster in the woods. They describe...
Big Bird calls to Mr. Snuffleupagus off-screen to encourage him to do somethi...
Susan greets Big Bird walking down Sesame Street in a slump because he wanted...
Maria and David wait for Big Bird on a subway platform, having already missed...
It's twilight on Sesame Street. Luis fills a large bucket with water to rinse...
Oscar heckles Gordon and Susan's plans to make a garden on the street. When t...
The Count has gotten up very early to count people as they start their day on...
Big Bird tries to get Mr. Hooper, David and Susan to play with him, but they'...
It's a chilly morning on Sesame Street and Maria freezes as she waits for Dav...
63. Oscar tries out for a mudball team
Aired: Feb 21, 1979Big Bird stands at the bus stop holding several packages and some flowers. He...
64. The Little Theatre of the Deaf acts out life on the farm
Aired: Feb 22, 1979Bob, Maria, Olivia, Mr. Hooper and the kids wait for Linda and her friend fro...
Maria and the kids call out letters of the alphabet, which Barkley points to ...
Oscar the Grouch thinks that if he can get Barkley to bark loud enough, it'll...
67. Oscar's taxi service & The "Muddy 500"
Aired: Feb 27, 1979Oscar the Grouch pulls up on the block in his new taxi, which is a ratty-look...
Gordon heads over to Hooper's Store for breakfast, feeling tired of making hi...
Oscar asks why everyone is wearing funny clothing. The cast explains they're ...
David and the kids find Oscar watching the skies with his spyglass. He's hire...
Oscar can't stand everyone's cheerful attitudes today and wishes everyone cou...
Today, someone new comes to Sesame Street: Telly Monster, a furry, pink creat...
73. Mr. Ortiz's painting party
Aired: Mar 7, 1979Mr. Ortiz pays a visit to the street, having just bought some paint from a ne...
Gordon and Susan see the new trashman Bruno carrying Oscar's trash can down t...
Big Bird sits with Linda in the yard. While she reads, he puts on the radio, ...
76. Mr. Herry Get Your Glasses
Aired: Mar 12, 1979Today, Herry Monster experiences difficulty reading signs that aren't directl...
Famed director Richard Altman uses Mr. Hooper's Store as the setting for a mo...
78. Grandma Grace pays another visit
Aired: Mar 14, 1979David waits at the bus stop for his Grandma Grace's bus. She doesn't step off...
Ernie and Bert - Bert is preparing to give his nephew Brad a bath, but Ernie ...
Oscar the Grouch plays a Spanish record for Luis. The track, "Cielito Lindo,"...
Gordon, Big Bird and the kids play Blind Man's Bluff, with Gordon being blind...
Big Bird recites a poem about his age, "I Am Six." Cartoon A little girl imag...
Big Bird is about to address the viewer on a subject, but he can't remember w...
At Hooper's Store, Timi, David, Maria and Linda have lunch. Timi asks for the...
Mr. Snuffleupagus comes across Big Bird and the kids dancing. He imagines him...
86. A visit from the President
Aired: Mar 26, 1979Grover asks The Amazing Mumford if he could make his carrot disappear, provid...
87. Oscar writes a beautiful nature poem/Mr. Hooper learns Spanish
Aired: Mar 27, 1979Two kids argue over a cat and a dog, who chase each other around the fence. M...
88. Costumes to pose for pictures
Aired: Mar 28, 1979Maria, Luis, and Olivia follow a strange noise to Oscar's trash can, where in...
Luis finds Oscar using an old CB radio, which Oscar has repurposed as a GB ra...
Big Bird, Bob, Gordon, Susan and some kids find that Hooper's Store is closed...
Luis plays "Giant Steps" with the kids in the park. Oscar can't tolerate hear...
The Lovers of Five (David, Luis, Gordon and Bob) sing "Gimme Five." Two kids ...
93. Buffy and her family surprise everyone
Aired: Apr 4, 1979Buffy and her family have arrived from Hawaii for a visit. She and Cody sneak...
Kermit stands by a grandfather clock waiting for a mouse to run up it, acting...
Big Bird bumps into his doorframe again as he exits his nest. He attributes t...
After doing some cleaning in the basement of 123 Sesame Street, Gordon goes o...
Gordon and Susan draw outlines of the kids on the wall. Luis comes by and tri...
98. The Count disguises himself
Aired: Apr 11, 1979Charles Daellenbach of the Canadian Brass shows the kids how a tuba works. Os...
99. The adults get locked on the roof
Aired: Apr 12, 1979Lefty tries to sell a letter U, which he claims to have had in his family for...
100. Exercising Does Your Body Good
Aired: Apr 12, 1979While exercising on the roof, Buffy, David, Gordon, and Luis find the door to...
The Count pulls up on Sesame Street in his Countmobile and notices Luis worki...
A scientist adds legs, feet, then knees to his robot and tells it to walk, bu...
Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus pretend to play "Goldilocks and the Three Bear...
104. Buffy misses Big Bird's tea party
Aired: Apr 19, 1979Susan strolls over to Hooper's Store, where Olivia, Buffy and family are coop...
105. Big Bird doesn't want to be a bird
Aired: Apr 20, 1979A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys a...
"Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by loc...
107. Bert's rooftop pigeon coop
Aired: Apr 24, 1979Maria and the kids play with a ball, which gets stuck on top of the trellis o...
In the twilight of the morning, Big Bird gets up early to show the viewers ab...
Grandma Grace is visiting the street again, having dinner at Gordon and Susan...
110. Grandma Grace visits during a blackout
Aired: Apr 27, 1979As Maria and Buffy sit down for a healthy snack, Luis brings Barkley over to ...
Gordon comes outside, and runs into Biff and Sully, who have just founded the...
The cast plays baseball with the kids out in the park. Maria invites Oscar to...
Oscar feels today is a good day for an argument and tries roping Bob, Olivia,...
Oscar feels today is a good day for an argument and tries roping Bob, Olivia,...
115. Big Bird's lemonade stand
Aired: May 4, 1979David guesses from the clues that Big Bird is opening a lemonade stand. He of...
116. Big Bird and Snuffy play Little Red Riding Hood
Aired: May 7, 1979A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" ...
Cookie Monster experiences various emotions as he receives a box of cookies f...
Big Bird sings "If I Could Fly." Muppets- Ernie plays a game of "Touch Your F...
David, Maria and Oscar the Grouch imagine how Gordon would look with various ...
Big Bird finishes painting Maria's kitchen chair. He realizes someone might t...
Linda compliments Bob's V-neck sweater. She, Bob and the kids think of differ...
Fred the Wonder Horse has received a baby cactus as a birthday gift from his ...
123. Big Bird's rooftop campout
Aired: May 16, 1979Maria watches after a Muppet canary for a friend of hers. Big Bird hears her ...
Luis and the kids imagine crawling through a tunnel, crossing a bride and lea...
Gladys the Cow livens up Luis' dull lecture about milk with a glitzy musical ...
An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music undersc...
127. Prince Charming looks for a princess
Aired: May 22, 1979Maria and Olivia visit the bandshell at Lincoln Center, where Olivia admits s...
128. Visit from the Hines Brothers
Aired: May 23, 1979Olivia introduces everyone to her friends, Maurice and Gregory Hines. Maurice...
129. Gloria moves to Sesame Street
Aired: May 24, 1979A goose and gander visit the land of the G's. Artist: Jeff Hale. Susan meets ...
Ernie and Bert - Ernie keeps taking glasses of water outside the apartment. B...
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