Sesame Street | |||||||||
Grover tells Molly that he'd like to try being a letter carrier | |||||||||
Air date | December 10, 1971 | ||||||||
Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Grover carries a satchel and wears a postal carrier's hat as he approaches Molly to inform her that he plans to pursue her chosen career path. Molly explains that it's tough work, lots of walking and carrying heavy things, but Grover is convinced that despite his cuteness, he is also strong. She decides to let him give it a try by tasking him with delivering a few items. | |
Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) | |
Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock demonstrates the sound of the letter L. (First: Episode 0251) | |
SCENE 2 | Grover delivers a letter to Big Bird and realizes how easy it was to do. However, Big Bird usually has a package for Molly to pick up, so he asks Grover if he'll take it. For Big Bird, it's a small sack of bird seed, but for Grover it's rather heavy, and he struggles to carry it away. | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L for Light (First: Episode 0197) | |
SCENE 3 | Grover attempts to deliver a clean, crisp letter to Oscar the Grouch, but Oscar won't accept it in that condition. He instructs him on how grouch mail should be delivered and walks him through throwing it on the ground and jumping up and down on it. Oscar inspects the letter and says it's better, but it still needs work. So, he bangs on it with a hammer and dips it in the mud he keeps inside his piano.
When Molly comes by, Grover is frustrated with the stresses he's had to deal with on the job and informs her that he does not intend to be a postal carrier after all. | |
Cartoon | L is for Lips (First: Episode 0147) | |
Cast | Bob and Mr. Hooper manage to get L in the right position. (First: Episode 0147) | |
SCENE 4 | Susan sings "Stop!" for the kids in the yard. | |
Film | Traffic lights (First: Episode 0131) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — As Bert takes a nap, Ernie tells the viewer how he knows that Bert is asleep - thus waking Bert up, just to tell him it's time for his nap. (First: Episode 0027) | |
Film | A female vocalist sings about the many different types of flowers found all over. (First: Episode 0141) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C - Cap (First: Episode 0154) | |
SCENE 5 | Kermit gets to be all over the place. There's a frog in a nest and in a mailbag. There's a frog on the counter and on the trash can. There's a frog under the table and under the newspaper. | |
Cartoon | A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294) | |
Cast | Bob, Susan, Mr. Hooper, Big Bird, and Gordon line up in limbo and a voiceover (Fran Brill) asks how many of them there are, how many when they're all mixed up, and how many when each of them are subtracted one by one. (First: Episode 0260) | |
Animation | Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths. (First: Episode 0288) | |
Muppets | Hippie Anything Muppets sing "Surprise." (First: Episode 0173) | |
Cartoon | C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake). (First: Episode 0203) | |
SCENE 6 | Cookie Monster observes Tom reciting some poems about animals that the kids have to complete. Cookie is disappointed that the animals in Tom's poems never eat cookies, so he finishes the game with a poem about himself. Tom rewards him with a bowl of cookies. | |
Film | Baby animals are fed milk. (First: Episode 0238) | |
Muppets | Granny Fanny Nesselrode is asked by a viewer if there's a way to memorize the letters in the alphabet. Granny thinks it's impossible, while the announcer is able to recite it with ease. Instead, Granny shows off her "alphabet box," containing an item beginning with every letter of the alphabet. (First: Episode 0250) | |
Transition | Metal slabs drop halfway through the frame, then to the bottom. (First: Episode 0105) | |
SCENE 7 | Molly plays a memory game with Big Bird and the kids. She places objects that end in "ock" in a box that they have to remember. | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #8: Dot can't stop coughing, then leaves | |
SCENE 8 | Big Bird takes the first turn trying to remember what went in the box: was it a frog? The kids correctly guess the items, and applaud Big Bird for his effort. | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #9: Dot can't stop coughing, and next dot leaves | |
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) | |
Film | "Hey, let's make a road!" Kids do so at the beach, while a construction crew does the real thing. | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #10: Eighth dot is small, but receives a kiss | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Genelle counts to 10 for Cookie Monster. | |
Celebrity | Burt Lancaster counts while doing pushups. (First: Episode 0010) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L for Light (repeat) | |
SCENE 9 | Susan sings "Here Are Some Things" with groups of boats, people, houses, bottles, and chickens; the groups of three things belong together. | |
Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (repeat) | |
Film | Two birds Music: Joe Raposo | |
Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Bird Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0269) | |
SCENE 10 | The kids play in the yard while Big Bird and Oscar announce the sponsors. The credits follow. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Cookie Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, while Big Bird holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- This episode features two main Frank Oz characters appearing in the street scenes: Grover and Cookie Monster. The script specifies Oz as the performer for Kermit the Frog in Scene 5 with pre-recorded dialogue by Jim Henson.
- This episode also introduces a new illustrated closing credit sequence, which involves scrolling down from a tall apartment building featuring various Muppet characters. It would be used up until season 5.
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