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*[[Tom]] has just fixed a chair, and makes a "Don't Touch This" sign to put on it while the glue is drying. [[Big Bird]] wants to sit in the chair, but Tom asks him to read the sign he has written. Big Bird reads the words in different orders, and the sign doesn't make sense. Increasingly worried that Big Bird will break the chair, Tom shows him the correct direction in which to read the words, and Big Bird understands the sign. Tom puts the sign on the chair, and the chair breaks.
  
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 1'''
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| [[Mr. Hooper]] has a big tub of ice cream, which he thinks he'll sell to everyone, since everyone likes ice cream …
   
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*[[Gordon]] teaches kids that leche and milk mean the same thing.
  
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| [[File:Everyoneicecream.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Three [[Anything Muppets]] sing "[[Everyone Likes Ice Cream]]" ''(edited)''<br>{{first|0026}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Susan]] buys pillows. It is hard to stuff a pillow into a bag all by yourself, so she and [[Mr. Hooper]] cooperate--she holds the bags while he puts the pillows in.
  
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| [[File:TwoSeaCreatures.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[I Thought a Thought]] ... about small things. A man thinks about small things, and lists them. A sea monster thinks it is small, especially when compared to its father!<br>Artist: [[Cliff Roberts]]<br>{{first|0241}}
   
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*"[[Touch and Feel]]"
  
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| align=center | '''SCENE 2'''
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| [[Tom]] has just fixed a chair, and makes a "Don't Touch This" sign to put on it while the glue is drying. [[Big Bird]] wants to sit in the chair, but Tom asks him to read the sign he has written. Big Bird reads the words in different orders, and the sign doesn't make sense. Increasingly worried that Big Bird will break the chair, Tom shows him the correct direction in which to read the words, and Big Bird understands the sign. Tom puts the sign on the chair, and the chair breaks.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Susan and [[Gordon]] each play a game of "[[One of These Things|Three of These Things]]."
  
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| [[File:wandawitch1.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| "[[Wanda the Witch]]"<br>Animation by [[Tee Collins]]<br>{{first|0001}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Grover Sketches: Miscellaneous|Grover]]: [[Grover]], [[Herry Monster|Herry]] and [[Billy (monster)|Billy]] rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint.
  
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| [[File:carolburnett0001.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Celebrity
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| [[Carol Burnett]]: "Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird."<br>{{first|0001}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Herbert Birdsfoot]] recites a hopping poem.
  
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| [[File:wworm.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| | A worm declares that the word "worm" is the only important word that begins with "W". A walrus retaliates by dumping a bucket of water on it.<br>{{first|0001}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Herry Monster Sketches: Miscellaneous|Herry]] and [[Cookie Monster Sketches: Miscellaneous|Cookie Monster]] practice their "monster noises" (growling and roaring), then have the viewer play a game of imitating animal noises with them. {{eka|0141}}
  
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| [[File:GordonBob.W.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| Gordon and Bob assemble a W.<br>{{first|0005}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Film: A trip to an ice cream factory.
  
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| [[File:SB--WWater.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[Speech Balloon]]: W for water<br>{{first|0062}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Grover Sketches: Miscellaneous|Grover]]: Grover spots a good-looking but somewhat scary monster, who seems to follow him wherever he goes. Grover is starting to get really nervous, when Herbert Birdsfoot comes along and says, "I see you're having fun playing with your shadow."
  
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| [[File:FarleyMind.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Farley]] explains things one can do with their mind - he ''plans'' on going to the door, he ''imagines'' who's knocking at it, he ''remembers'' it's not his mother and he ''hopes'' there's not a scary monster at the door. [[Herry Monster]] surprises him by bursting through the door, frightening Farley away. Herry's sorry Farley ran away; he wanted to play.<br>{{first|0180}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment|Ernie and Bert]]: [[Ernie]] and [[Bert]] plan to go to the zoo, but they can't make up their minds. What would happen if Ernie bought a balloon, but then lost it when he gets frightened by a buffalo? Then they remember that the zoo is closed on Wednesdays.
  
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| [[File:666a.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Song
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| [[Joe Raposo]] sings "[[Touch and Feel]]."<br>{{first|0252}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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*"[[Jazz Numbers|Jazz #9]]" {{first|0016}}
  
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 3'''
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| [[Gordon]] teaches kids that “leche” is Spanish for “milk”.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Grover the Assistant]]: Grover and [[Herbert Birdsfoot]] count to twenty. {{eka|0235}}
  
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| [[File:Monday family.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| A little boy narrates the various activities his family partakes in on a typical Monday.<br>{{first|0127}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Cartoon: "[[Wanda the Witch]]" {{first|0001}}
  
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| [[File:Gordon Tom draw house.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| [[Fran Brill]] narrates a segment with Gordon and Tom drawing a house in [[Limbo#Etymology|limbo]].
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Cartoon: A worm declares that the word "worm" is the only important word that begins with "W". A walrus retaliates by dumping a bucket of water on it. {{first|0001}}
  
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| [[File:400031.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[Jazz Numbers|Jazz]] #9<br>{{first|0137}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Film: Different parts of a flower are shown as Vivaldi music plays. {{first|0008}}
 
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| [[File:Three Monsters.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Grover]], [[Herry Monster]], and [[Billy (monster)|Billy]] rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint.<br>{{first|0186}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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*"[[Everyone Likes Ice Cream]]" {{first|0026}}
  
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 4'''
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| [[Susan]] buys pillows. It is hard to stuff a pillow into a bag all by yourself, so she and [[Mr. Hooper]] cooperate--she holds the bags while he puts the pillows in.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Film: The activities of different families on Mondays. {{first|0127}}
  
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| [[File:E&B-ZooPlan.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| {{erniebert|night}} [[Ernie]] and [[Bert]] plan to go to the zoo tomorrow, but Ernie can't make up his mind. What would happen if Ernie bought a balloon, but then lost it when he gets frightened by a buffalo? Then he remembers that the zoo is closed on Wednesdays.<br>{{first|0137}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Today's Secret Drawing]]: Camel. {{eka|0158}}
  
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| [[File:ice cream factory.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Kids narrate a film about where you get ice cream: from the cow, to the factory, to the ice cream shoppe.<br>{{first|0168}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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*[[Farley]] explains things one can do with their mind - he plans on going to the door, he imagines who's knocking at it, he remembers it's not his mother and he hopes there's not a scary monster at the door. [[Herry Monster]] surprises him by bursting through the door, frightening Farley away. Herry's sorry Farley ran away; he wanted to play. {{eka|0246}}
  
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 5'''
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| Susan plays a game of "[[Three of These Things]]" with triangles and squares.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Cartoon: I thought a Thought...about small things.
  
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| [[File:Grovershadow.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Grover]] sees his shadow follow him around, and thinks it's a person following him. However, [[Herbert Birdsfoot]] explains what a shadow is.<br>{{first|0221}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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*Narrated film: Gordon and Tom want to draw houses, but they only have one sheet of paper. They each use half, but they are not pleased with their houses until they cooperate again and connect the lines in the middle to make one big house.
  
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 6'''
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| Gordon plays a game of "Three of These Things" with squares and circles.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Night Sounds
  
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| [[File:secretdrawingcamel.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[Today's Secret Drawing]]: A camel.<br>{{first|0158}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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{{Ep-nav|prev=[[Episode 0270]]|next=[[Episode 0272]]}}
  
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| [[File:MonsterNoises.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| "[[Everybody Wash|Everybody Moo]]": [[Cookie Monster Sketches: Miscellaneous|Cookie Monster]] and Herry make monster noises and animal noises and invite the viewer to do the same.<br>{{first|0141}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:400031.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[Jazz Numbers|Jazz]] #9 ''(repeat)''<br>{{first|0137}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:No9.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| "[[Numerosity|Nine Song (Song of Nine)]]"<br>{{first|0016}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Grover herbert 20.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Grover]] and [[Herbert Birdsfoot]] count to twenty.<br>{{first|0189}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 7'''
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| Tom displays the word “wonderful”, which begins with W.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:wandawitch1.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| "[[Wanda the Witch]]" ''(repeat)''<br>{{first|0001}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-07-31-04h08m58s183.png|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Celebrity
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| [[Burt Lancaster]] says the alphabet. <br>{{first|0006}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Achicken!!.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out.<br>Artists: [[John and Faith Hubley|The Hubleys]]<br>{{first|0257}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:sadflower.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| A film shows parts of a flower.<br>Music: [[Vivaldi|Vivaldi's]] Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo<br>{{first|0008}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 8'''
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| Gordon tries to read his newspaper, but finds it hard when Oscar keeps staring at him. He tells Oscar to stop, and Oscar goes to work on his new toy chest instead, making more noise with a hammer and saw, further bothering Gordon. When Gordon tells Oscar to stop the noise, Oscar stares at him some more, and Gordon decides he’d rather have Oscar work than stare at him.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Mind.Box.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[I've Got a Mind|I've got a mind]]: squares make a box.<br>Artist: [[Cliff Roberts]]<br>{{first|0252}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Grover Herbert Birdsfoot OP.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Herbert Birdsfoot]] recites a poem with OP words, counting on [[Grover]] to hop whenever he says "hop" — repeatedly, until Grover faints.<br>{{first|0150}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 9'''
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| Gordon tries to sign off, but is bothered by Oscar’s noisy hammering and sawing.
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|}
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{{nav|episode|prev=[[Episode 0270]]|next=[[Episode 0272]]}}
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__NOWYSIWYG__
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Episodes| 0271]]
  
[[Category:Sesame Street Episodes| 0271]]

Revision as of 14:38, 11 April 2020

Sesame Street
Big Bird reads a "Don't Touch" sign
Air date May 24, 1971
Season Season 2 (1970-1971)
Sponsors W, 9
This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ

Three Monsters

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
Noimage
 SCENE 1 Mr. Hooper has a big tub of ice cream, which he thinks he'll sell to everyone, since everyone likes ice cream …
Everyoneicecream
 Muppets Three Anything Muppets sing "Everyone Likes Ice Cream" (edited)
(First: Episode 0026)
TwoSeaCreatures
 Cartoon I Thought a Thought ... about small things. A man thinks about small things, and lists them. A sea monster thinks it is small, especially when compared to its father!
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0241)
Noimage
 SCENE 2 Tom has just fixed a chair, and makes a "Don't Touch This" sign to put on it while the glue is drying. Big Bird wants to sit in the chair, but Tom asks him to read the sign he has written. Big Bird reads the words in different orders, and the sign doesn't make sense. Increasingly worried that Big Bird will break the chair, Tom shows him the correct direction in which to read the words, and Big Bird understands the sign. Tom puts the sign on the chair, and the chair breaks.
Wandawitch1
 Cartoon "Wanda the Witch"
Animation by Tee Collins
(First: Episode 0001)
Carolburnett0001
 Celebrity Carol Burnett: "Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird."
(First: Episode 0001)
Wworm
 Cartoon A worm declares that the word "worm" is the only important word that begins with "W". A walrus retaliates by dumping a bucket of water on it.
(First: Episode 0001)
GordonBob.W
 Cast Gordon and Bob assemble a W.
(First: Episode 0005)
SB--WWater
 Cartoon Speech Balloon: W for water
(First: Episode 0062)
FarleyMind
 Muppets Farley explains things one can do with their mind - he plans on going to the door, he imagines who's knocking at it, he remembers it's not his mother and he hopes there's not a scary monster at the door. Herry Monster surprises him by bursting through the door, frightening Farley away. Herry's sorry Farley ran away; he wanted to play.
(First: Episode 0180)
666a
 Song Joe Raposo sings "Touch and Feel."
(First: Episode 0252)
Noimage
 SCENE 3 Gordon teaches kids that “leche” is Spanish for “milk”.
Monday family
 Film A little boy narrates the various activities his family partakes in on a typical Monday.
(First: Episode 0127)
Gordon Tom draw house
 Cast Fran Brill narrates a segment with Gordon and Tom drawing a house in limbo.
400031
 Cartoon Jazz #9
(First: Episode 0137)
Three Monsters
 Muppets Grover, Herry Monster, and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint.
(First: Episode 0186)
Noimage
 SCENE 4 Susan buys pillows. It is hard to stuff a pillow into a bag all by yourself, so she and Mr. Hooper cooperate--she holds the bags while he puts the pillows in.
E&B-ZooPlan
 Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert plan to go to the zoo tomorrow, but Ernie can't make up his mind. What would happen if Ernie bought a balloon, but then lost it when he gets frightened by a buffalo? Then he remembers that the zoo is closed on Wednesdays.
(First: Episode 0137)
Ice cream factory
 Film Kids narrate a film about where you get ice cream: from the cow, to the factory, to the ice cream shoppe.
(First: Episode 0168)
Noimage
 SCENE 5 Susan plays a game of "Three of These Things" with triangles and squares.
Grovershadow
 Muppets Grover sees his shadow follow him around, and thinks it's a person following him. However, Herbert Birdsfoot explains what a shadow is.
(First: Episode 0221)
Noimage
 SCENE 6 Gordon plays a game of "Three of These Things" with squares and circles.
Secretdrawingcamel
 Cartoon Today's Secret Drawing: A camel.
(First: Episode 0158)
MonsterNoises
 Muppets "Everybody Moo": Cookie Monster and Herry make monster noises and animal noises and invite the viewer to do the same.
(First: Episode 0141)
400031
 Cartoon Jazz #9 (repeat)
(First: Episode 0137)
No9
 Film "Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
(First: Episode 0016)
Grover herbert 20
 Muppets Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot count to twenty.
(First: Episode 0189)
Noimage
 SCENE 7 Tom displays the word “wonderful”, which begins with W.
Wandawitch1
 Cartoon "Wanda the Witch" (repeat)
(First: Episode 0001)
File:Vlcsnap-2015-07-31-04h08m58s183.png
 Celebrity Burt Lancaster says the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0006)
Achicken!!
 Cartoon A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0257)
Sadflower
 Film A film shows parts of a flower.
Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo
(First: Episode 0008)
Noimage
 SCENE 8 Gordon tries to read his newspaper, but finds it hard when Oscar keeps staring at him. He tells Oscar to stop, and Oscar goes to work on his new toy chest instead, making more noise with a hammer and saw, further bothering Gordon. When Gordon tells Oscar to stop the noise, Oscar stares at him some more, and Gordon decides he’d rather have Oscar work than stare at him.
Mind.Box
 Cartoon I've got a mind: squares make a box.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0252)
Grover Herbert Birdsfoot OP
 Muppets Herbert Birdsfoot recites a poem with OP words, counting on Grover to hop whenever he says "hop" — repeatedly, until Grover faints.
(First: Episode 0150)
Noimage
 SCENE 9 Gordon tries to sign off, but is bothered by Oscar’s noisy hammering and sawing.


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