Sesame Street

Season 8 (130 Episodes)

54 Seasons 1976 TV-Y 55m 8.1

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants, human and muppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.

The setting is in a small street in a city where children and furry puppet monsters learn about numbers, the alphabet and other pre-school subjects taught in commercial spots, songs and games.

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Season 8 Episodes:

Episode 2 Cycling

2. Cycling

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Gordon is practicing his guitar playing. Oscar thinks he can help him practic...

Episode 4 Leaving

4. Leaving

Aired: Nov 30, -1

In the early hours of the morning, Mr. Hooper groggily and crankily opens Hoo...

Episode 5 Linda's birthday

5. Linda's birthday

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Oscar's TV is busted, only showing picture and no sound. He frets missing his...

Episode 7 Bucket of Water

7. Bucket of Water

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Mr. Hooper entrusts Big Bird to watch a bucket of water while he goes inside ...

Episode 8 Yuck Geometry

8. Yuck Geometry

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Mr. Hooper is having trouble with a geometry problem for his night school hom...

Episode 9 Guess Your Gift

9. Guess Your Gift

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Susan wants Gordon and the kids to guess the item that she's bought; it turns...

Episode 11 Grover's balloon

11. Grover's balloon

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Buffy sings "My Jim Dog" with a Muppet dog. D is a very useful letter -- ther...

Episode 12 Lay an Egg

12. Lay an Egg

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Mr. Snuffleupagus encounters Big Bird practicing his baton twirling for the b...

Episode 13 Drink before Bedtime

13. Drink before Bedtime

Aired: Nov 30, -1

It's twilight on Sesame Street. Luis fills a large bucket with water to rinse...

Episode 14 Sounds of tools

14. Sounds of tools

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Luis describes the sounds of tools and appliances in the Fix-It Shop. Big Bir...

Episode 15 Surprise

15. Surprise

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Big Bird tries to surprise Maria, David and Bob, but it doesn't work. Two red...

Episode 17 Having Bad Days

17. Having Bad Days

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Oscar is unenthusiastic by the way Winnie Wiggins has been keeping 123 Sesame...

Episode 19 Gordon and his car

19. Gordon and his car

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Big Bird watches as Susan starts to replace her car's flat tire. She realizes...

Episode 22 Winter Cometh

22. Winter Cometh

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Oscar the Grouch sings "A Beautiful Day", about the cold and nasty winter wea...

Episode 23 Hola Guests

23. Hola Guests

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Cookie Monster tells Maria he's just been hired as a baker's assistant, but h...

Episode 24 Espanol

24. Espanol

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Finally, Gordon and the woman pass each other on the street and do a double t...

Episode 26 Bad Mood Today

26. Bad Mood Today

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Linda is in a rotten mood today. Maria invites her to do some activities to c...

Episode 28 Ernest Grouch visits

28. Ernest Grouch visits

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Maria takes notice of Oscar's newly-beautified trash can, decorated with flow...

Episode 29 Maria Rests

29. Maria Rests

Aired: Nov 30, -1

At the Fix-it Shop, Maria has a headache while studying. The Count gives her ...

Episode 31 Big Bird On the Move

31. Big Bird On the Move

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Big Bird learns from a Jiffy construction worker that a 20-story apartment bu...

Episode 32 Welcome Olivia

32. Welcome Olivia

Aired: Jan 11, 1977

Oscar the Grouch spots Gordon, Susan, and Olivia walking down Sesame Street a...

Episode 33 Musical Chairs

33. Musical Chairs

Aired: Jan 12, 1977

Cookie Monster sees Mr. Macintosh peddling his produce cart around, but Cooki...

Episode 34 Camping

34. Camping

Aired: Jan 13, 1977

During the "Sesame Street Theme" (mixed with a whistling march), the cast (Bo...

Episode 37 What makes you Angry

37. What makes you Angry

Aired: Jan 18, 1977

Oscar reads to Bob from the Grouch Book of the number 6 is shown in a variety...

Episode 38 In a Good Mood

38. In a Good Mood

Aired: Jan 19, 1977

Susan greets Big Bird walking down Sesame Street in a slump because he wanted...

Episode 39 Filling Empty

39. Filling Empty

Aired: Jan 20, 1977

Mr. Hooper struggles to fill orders in Hooper's Store. He explains to Maria t...

Episode 40 Fill Those Orders

40. Fill Those Orders

Aired: Jan 21, 1977

Mr. Hooper struggles to fill orders in Hooper's Store. He explains to Maria t...

Episode 43 Freeze Game

43. Freeze Game

Aired: Jan 26, 1977

Bob invites Oscar to play a "freeze" game with him and the kids, where all of...

Episode 44 My Can

44. My Can

Aired: Jan 27, 1977

A film shows parts of a flower. Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins...

Episode 45 Camping Outside

45. Camping Outside

Aired: Jan 28, 1977

During the "Sesame Street Theme" (mixed with a whistling march), the cast (Bo...

Episode 46 Grouch: Home Movie

46. Grouch: Home Movie

Aired: Jan 31, 1977

Herry Monster feels a big sneeze coming on, so Mr. Hooper gives him ten tissu...

Episode 47 Harriet Visits

47. Harriet Visits

Aired: Feb 1, 1977

Big Bird has a special welcome prepared for David's grandmother Harriet, who ...

Episode 48 Lottery

48. Lottery

Aired: Feb 2, 1977

Sesame Street News Flash: Humpty Dumpty has fallen off a wall, and Kermit int...

Episode 50 Boy from Indiana

50. Boy from Indiana

Aired: Feb 4, 1977

Bob sings a country/western song called "Boy from Indiana". I've got a mind: ...

Episode 51 100 Years Ago

51. 100 Years Ago

Aired: Feb 7, 1977

Big Bird is reading his "Western Tales" book and thinks it might be fun to ha...

Episode 54 Just Peace

54. Just Peace

Aired: Feb 10, 1977

Luis gives Big Bird a box to put things away, but Big Bird realizes he needs ...

Episode 55 Cup of Sugar

55. Cup of Sugar

Aired: Feb 11, 1977

Super Grover: Janet Fringle needs help carrying many boxes. Super Grover sugg...

Episode 56 2nd Language

56. 2nd Language

Aired: Feb 14, 1977

At Hooper's Store, David tells Luis and Maria that he wants to hear Spanish s...

Episode 60 Pirate- Mating

60. Pirate- Mating

Aired: Feb 18, 1977

Big Bird is feeding some cabbages to Mr. Snuffleupagus. He runs out, but Snuf...

Episode 62 Losing is Not Fun

62. Losing is Not Fun

Aired: Feb 22, 1977

Luis plays a game of "Musical Chairs" with some disabled kids. Grover gives e...

Episode 63 The Letter N

63. The Letter N

Aired: Feb 23, 1977

"Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a hu...

Episode 64 Repair Your Nest

64. Repair Your Nest

Aired: Feb 24, 1977

Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit interviews Christopher Columbus before he be...

Episode 65 Grouch Market Opens

65. Grouch Market Opens

Aired: Feb 25, 1977

"The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 2)" The boy who g...

Episode 66 Rhyming Show

66. Rhyming Show

Aired: Feb 28, 1977

Big Bird shows Grover the contents of his "Big Book of Birds," though most th...

Episode 68 Come into My Can

68. Come into My Can

Aired: Mar 2, 1977

Biff directs Sully while he's driving, causing him to back into the mailbox i...

Episode 70 Herman Comes Back

70. Herman Comes Back

Aired: Mar 4, 1977

Big Bird shows Luis the bird house he made for his cousin Herman Bird to stay...

Episode 73 Big Bird's painting

73. Big Bird's painting

Aired: Mar 9, 1977

Kermit asks the viewers to play a weather imagination game. First, Kermit ima...

Episode 74 Bob finds a puppy

74. Bob finds a puppy

Aired: Mar 10, 1977

The Count has gotten up very early to count people as they start their day on...

Episode 75 On My Way Home

75. On My Way Home

Aired: Mar 11, 1977

On his way home for a nap, Big Bird catches up with his pal Baxter Bird, resi...

Episode 76 Cure the Headache

76. Cure the Headache

Aired: Mar 14, 1977

Ernie and Bert - At the movies, a lady with a tall hat sits in front of Ernie...

Episode 78 Pigeon's

78. Pigeon's

Aired: Mar 16, 1977

Bert finds it difficult to listen to Pigeons in the News while Ernie and the ...

Episode 79 Telephone

79. Telephone

Aired: Mar 17, 1977

Big Bird tries to demonstrate the uses of a telephone, but he keeps asking Da...

Episode 80 Don't Sell the Store

80. Don't Sell the Store

Aired: Mar 18, 1977

Susan, Gordon, and Bob listen in to a phone call Mr. Hooper is on. He reveals...

Episode 82 Practice for Fire

82. Practice for Fire

Aired: Mar 22, 1977

Maria invites the viewer to pretend they're on the fire escape and join her i...

Episode 88 Pesky cow

88. Pesky cow

Aired: Mar 30, 1977

Kermit's Lectures: Kermit and Grover demonstrate short and long -- Kermit sin...

Episode 92 Questions

92. Questions

Aired: Apr 5, 1977

Guy Smiley hosts the "The Anything-in-the-World Prize Game" and asks question...

Episode 93 Stop all the noise

93. Stop all the noise

Aired: Apr 6, 1977

Big Bird and the kids are about to take a nap, but the street is too noisy. H...

Episode 97 Type Faster

97. Type Faster

Aired: Apr 12, 1977

Mr. Snuffleupagus encounters Big Bird typing on a typewriter; Big Bird says h...

Episode 98 Mr. Hooper graduates

98. Mr. Hooper graduates

Aired: Apr 13, 1977

Big Bird, Bob, Gordon, Susan and some kids find that Hooper's Store is closed...

Episode 100 Buffy Returns

100. Buffy Returns

Aired: Apr 15, 1977

Big Bird is very excited because Buffy is coming back to Sesame Street today....

Episode 102 Nest Area

102. Nest Area

Aired: Apr 19, 1977

In Big Bird's nest area, a kid finishes reading "Cinderella" to an audience o...

Episode 103 In the Jungle

103. In the Jungle

Aired: Apr 20, 1977

A boy imagines staying in the jungle at night when he goes to sleep. Artist: ...

Episode 106 Healthy food

106. Healthy food

Aired: Apr 25, 1977

Susan sings "How Do You Walk" with the kids, Mr. Macintosh, and Bob, demonstr...

Episode 107 Movies

107. Movies

Aired: Apr 26, 1977

At the movie theater, Olivia, Gordon, Susan and Mr. Hooper don't see Mr. Snuf...

Episode 110 Feeling Jealousy

110. Feeling Jealousy

Aired: Apr 29, 1977

On the steps of 123 Sesame Street, Buffy, Sheldon and the kids talk about Buf...

Episode 111 Old King Cole

111. Old King Cole

Aired: Apr 2, 1977

Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit witnesses as Old King Cole calls for his pip...

Episode 112 Amazing Mumford

112. Amazing Mumford

Aired: May 3, 1977

Luis, Maria, Jay and Oscar watch as The Amazing Mumford makes things go up an...

Episode 114 Oscar's grouch club

114. Oscar's grouch club

Aired: May 5, 1977

Buffy and Fred the Wonder Horse sing "Cripple Creek." (introduction cut). The...

Episode 116 Let's Draw Pictures

116. Let's Draw Pictures

Aired: May 9, 1977

Today Buffy plays the mouth bow and sings "Cripple Creek", with Fred the Wond...

Episode 117 Everybody Scratch

117. Everybody Scratch

Aired: May 10, 1977

Ernie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs, so both help each othe...

Episode 121 Alphabet Soup

121. Alphabet Soup

Aired: May 16, 1977

The entire cast calls out a word for each letter of the alphabet. Oscar has a...

Episode 123 Life without Ernie

123. Life without Ernie

Aired: May 18, 1977

Bert sits in Hooper's Store forlornly reading a postcard and orders a luncheo...

Episode 128 Taking Pictures

128. Taking Pictures

Aired: May 25, 1977

Maria, Luis, and Olivia follow a strange noise to Oscar's trash can, where in...

Episode 129 Linda's dad visits

129. Linda's dad visits

Aired: May 26, 1977

Bob and Linda wait for her father Andy to arrive for a visit. Bob is eager to...

Episode 130 Fly Drives Bus

130. Fly Drives Bus

Aired: May 27, 1977

Gordon and Olivia can't believe Oscar's yarn about his pet fly, Freddie, ente...

Info about Sesame Street

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Countries: Array, Array, Array, Array, Array

Genres: Adventure, Family, Animation, Fantasy, Music, Game-Show, Musical, Talk-Show