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Sesame Street
The fire inspector teaches Gordon how to prevent fires
Air date December 13, 1971
Season Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production October 21, 1971
Sponsors L, P, 11

SSShowID-0296


StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0296a
SCENE 1 Gordon finishes a shopping errand at Hooper's Store, asking Tom for eleven carrots.
0871s
Muppets The Hands count to 11.
(First: Episode 0217)
1090-12
Cartoon P is for Puppy
(First: Episode 0199)
The.wrong.patient
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie's doctor comes over. Ernie keeps trying to tell the doctor why he called him, but the doctor is too occupied with checking on Ernie, hardly allowing him to get a word in edgewise.
(First: Episode 0137)
0296b
SCENE 2 A Muppet boy named Pierce (Caroll Spinney) meets Fireman Walters (John McCurry), who is looking for Gordon. Pierce thinks that Gordon is in trouble as he mistakes Walters for a police officer, since he's not wearing his more familiar turnout gear. Gordon arrives and Walters informs him that he's doing a fire inspection on Gordon's building, and discovers a dangerous condition: one of the front doors has a broken hinge. Walters explains to Pierce how a broken door can prevent people from escaping a fire in the building.
P-paintonglass
Film Kids paint P-word animals on glass.
(First: Episode 0119)
Turtlefilm
Film A turtle walks slowly.
Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod
(First: Episode 0281)
0296c
SCENE 3 Gordon and Fireman Walters arrive in Gordon and Susan's apartment, where Walters advises Gordon not to put his grocery bags on the stove. If someone lit the stove, a fire could start (or the pilot light could start one). Walters leaves to inspect the other parts of the building as Gordon retrieves his toolbox to repair the stuck door.
KermitLectureWall
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about walls and gets trapped by four walls that surround him.
(First: Episode 0031)
Dot Bridge 12 gather tight red
Cartoon Dot Bridge #12: Square remains in corner, and third dot changes color
0296d
SCENE 4 Gordon and Tom tighten the hinge and fix the door. Mr. Walters returns to report that after the repairs had been made, the house is one of the best kept buildings he has seen. He gives Gordon a copy of his citation and leaves, and Tom offers to reward Gordon with a free tuna sandwich.
Ptoon
Cartoon P Words (including parachute and plug)
Gordon Bob beach box
Cast Because the lid of a box won't stay open by itself, Gordon can't put a large beachball in it alone, and Bob can't put a large inflated beach animal toy in it alone. They discover that if one of them holds the lid the other can easily put his article in the box.
Snowwhite
Muppets Snow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves.
(First: Episode 0279)
HouseNumber9
Animation A number 9 looks for a house with his number on it.
(First: Episode 0283)
0296e
SCENE 5 Molly has a letter for Tom, who is baffled when he sees her mailbag sitting on the newsstand begin to move. Molly reveals David carrying the bag behind the newsstand, and Tom sheepishly shrugs it off.
Gurucountsto20
Cartoon A guru counts to twenty. (shown in Spanish, then in English)
(First: Episode 0276)
AnswerLady--Kittens
Muppets Granny Fanny Nesselrode reads a letter from a viewer asking how to tell the difference between two kittens. Granny herself can't tell the difference, despite the fact that the two cats are different colors.
(First: Episode 0171)
Animalswtails
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals with tails.
(First: Episode 0017)
SpeechBalloonLLight
Cartoon Speech Balloon: L for Light
(First: Episode 0147)
Lisforlips
Cartoon L is for Lips
(First: Episode 0147)
0296f

0296g
SCENE 6 David is about to paint a chair, and he asks Big Bird to bring the chair that is next to the kids playing jacks in the yard. Big Bird isn't quite sure which chair of the two he's referring to, and ends up bringing the wrong one. David explains the concept of "next to" to him, and as he does so, the kids leave. Once Big Bird is ready to retrieve the chair, he sees no kids, so he still doesn't know which chair David is referring to.
MostBeautifulWoman
Muppets Bob reads the story of "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World."
(First: Episode 0138)
0296h
SCENE 7 Jay can't move a heavy box full of baseball equipment to the garage by himself, and Tom can't pick up a dropped newspaper because he's carrying the rest of the heavy bundle. They cooperate and help one another to succeed.
1454-Zet
Cartoon The ET family is demonstrated in a story of the zet, a quick-witted bird.
(First: Episode 0236)
Gibbons
Film Gibbons make screeching noises.
(First: Episode 0276)
1090-12
Cartoon P is for Puppy (repeat)
Herbert and Grover 1
Muppets Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot recite the alphabet together.
(First: Episode 0188)
P-paintonglass
Film Kids paint P-word animals on glass. (repeat)
0296i

0296j

0296k
SCENE 8 Oscar asks a busy Molly to hand him his new wastebasket full of scrap paper. He tries to find a good place to put it, but Molly can't be kept from her rounds just to hold the basket. He tells her to put it on top of his can, despite her protests of what will happen. As expected, when he opens the can to come out, he knocks the wastebasket onto the ground, spilling paper everywhere. Oscar doesn't know how it happened, and imagines possible scenarios such as a heavy wind or a grouchy person (portrayed by Tom) knocked it over. Molly, now late with her rounds, angrily tells him how it happened and gives him a special delivery: a dustpan and broom to clean up his mess.
1454-Zet03
Cartoon Pick the right picture (featuring the Zet)
(First: Episode 0260)
Erniebertspecialnose
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie thinks that he isn't special. Bert tells Ernie to feel his nose -- "That's an Ernie nose!" -- and then feel his hair, and wiggle his fingers. Bert says that nobody else is just like Ernie. Encouraged, Ernie tells the audience to do the same.
(First: Episode 0276)
CatLion
Cartoon A black cat chases after a white bird, until a white lion steps in.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0255)
0296l
SCENE 9 David presents a surprise to the kids at the playground: a kitten. They discuss what the kitten needs to live: food, milk, and room to run around in.
Lisforlips
Cartoon L is for Lips (repeat)
Film-Walrus
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: The walrus
Dot Bridge 11 gather tight
Cartoon Dot Bridge #11: A lone square appears, so the dots all gather in a tight group
SpeechBalloonLLight
Cartoon Speech Balloon: L for Light (repeat)
0296m
SCENE 10 On the stoop, Jay and the other kids play with the kitten and say goodbye as Molly announces the sponsors.
ClosingSign-TomSS-0296

ClosingSign-MollyOscarCTW-0296
CLOSING SIGNS Tom holds the Sesame Street sign, and Oscar and Molly hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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