Episode 0301

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird's paper airplane is stuck in a tree
Air date	December 20, 1971
Season	Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production	October 25, 1971
Sponsors	Q, Y, 5

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Tom enjoys the sunny weather on Sesame Street today, and Maria goes to fetch some water for a couple of sunflowers growing near the construction doors. Tom asks the viewer to imagine what it would be like if there were no sun, and we see what would happen. It would be night all the time, and everyone's indoor lights would stay on. The plants wouldn't grow and start dying, and it would be cold all the time. Tom doesn't care for this, and stops pretending so everything could go back to the way it was.
	Cartoon	A painter paints all around the screen, eventually painting over himself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0227)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Pumpkin Seed Candy Salesman — A salesman tries to sell Ernie a piece of pumpkin seed candy for a nickel. (First: Episode 0264)
	Cartoon	Y for yawn
	SCENE 2	Bob makes a paper airplane, and Big Bird throws it so high that it gets caught on the top branches of a tree. Big Bird isn't tall enough to reach it, and it doesn't come down when Bob shakes the tree. While Bob is gone to get a pole to knock it down, Mr. Snuffleupagus arrives and suggests that a wind can knock the plane back down. There's no wind today, so he blows the plane down with his snuffle. He shuffles down the street as Bob returns with a pole he got from the garage. Big Bird tries explaining what happened, but Bob doesn't believe a word.
	Muppets	Fran Brill narrates two Anything Muppet hands who argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it. (First: Episode 0189)
	Cartoon	Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131)
	Muppets	The Answer Lady: Ketchup Bottle - Granny Fanny Nesselrode demonstrates how to get ketchup from the bottle. (First: Episode 0199)
	SCENE 3	Maria plays a game of "Here Are Some Things" using pictures of things that make light.
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #15: Dots and squares converse and form pattern (First: Episode 0290)
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Maria sings "Here Are Some Things" in Spanish, this time with drawings of writing implements.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie Plays the Drums — Ernie repeats Bert's knocks on the door with drum beats. (First: Episode 0280)
	Song	"1-2-3-4-5!" (First: Episode 0144)
	SCENE 4	Oscar stops by Hooper's Store and orders five meals for the meeting of the Disagreeable Order of Grouches. At Oscar's request, Tom puts out five plates, then dishes out five hamburger bun rolls with five pickles, five slices of onion, five globs of spicy mustard and five scoops of chili as Oscar counts. He's about to put some hamburgers on, but Oscar stops him, saying he hates hamburgers.
	Cartoon	Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0007)
	Celebrity	The New York Mets make 4 hits in a row, but miss on the 5th. (First: Episode 0161)
	Film	Male and female snow people narrate their own construction. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0277)
	Cartoon	Y for yawn (repeat)
	SCENE 5	Bob shows some some pictures of animals in the wrong homes: a fish in a bird's nest, a spider in a barn stall, a horse in an underwater scene, and a bird in a spiderweb. Bob asks Chris and another kid to put the animals in the right place.
	Film	Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284)
	Muppets	Story: Bob reads "The King and the Fireman," a story about a king who becomes so grateful for being saved by a fireman that he decides to make everyone in the kingdom a firefighter... and soon realizes what a mistake he's made. (First: Episode 0278)
	Celebrity	The New York Mets make 13 hits in a row, but miss on the 14th. (First: Episode 0161)
	Transition	Bridge #3 - 4 Corner Bridge A (First: Episode 0282)
	Celebrity	Jim Nabors sings The Alphabet Song. (First: Episode 0176)
	SCENE 6	Big Bird recites his poem about the letter Y.
	Film	Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work. (First: Episode 0003)
	Cartoon	A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak."
	Film	Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278)
	Cartoon	Q -- that funny looking thing. (repeat)
	SCENE 7	Oscar shows Bob and the kids his tin can telegraph line: two cans tied together with a long string. Bob and some kids try to copy the same rhythm that Oscar taps out as they move farther and farther away. Oscar reveals that the message he tapped out meant that he wishes everybody would move far away from him.
	Song	Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." (First: Episode 0245)
	Muppets	"The "OP" Family Song" (First: Episode 0146)
	Film	A man (Barry Simpson) puts on snowshoes to bring his trash out. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0281)
	Song	"1-2-3-4-5!" (repeat)
	SCENE 8	Oscar now uses his telegram cans to tell the viewer to get lost until tomorrow. Oscar peeks out from his can as Mr. Snuffleupagus announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, while Grover holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.