Episode 0302

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird gets a present from his mommy
Air date	December 21, 1971
Season	Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production	November 26, 1971
Sponsors	M, Y, 6

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird talks on the phone with his Mommy, who gives him a hint about the surprise present she mailed to him: it's big and rhymes with the word "note." He thinks of what it could be: it's not a "zoat," "gloat," or a "girrote." He then believes it's a goat, and goes off to gather some things.
	Cartoon	M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073)
	SCENE 2	Bob encounters Big Bird gathering straw, tin cans, and a bell to tie around the goat's neck. Bob informs him that a goat would be pretty hard to send through the mail, so it's likely not the rhyme he's looking for. Big Bird then guesses he's getting a boat.
	Cartoon	M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276)
	SCENE 3	As Big Bird gathers his fishing gear, a sail, an oar, and an anchor, Gordon tells him that it is impossible to send a full-size boat through the mail. Big Bird wonders what the present could be.
	Cartoon	M for Mail (First: Episode 0013)
	SCENE 4	Molly finally arrives with the mail, and delivers a big box containing Big Bird's present: a coat. Molly, Gordon, and Bob help him try on his new coat, and Big Bird rushes back to his nest to call his mommy.
	Cartoon	Marvelous Martha knows many words that start with the letter "M." (First: Episode 0013)
	Muppets	Herbert Birdsfoot thinks that Grover is talking about the letter M whenever he makes an Mmmmm sound, but Grover is only making the sound because he ate peanut butter and got his mouth stuck shut. (First: Episode 0276)
	Cartoon	Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011)
	Cast	Gordon notices two groups of potato sacks with the wrong numbers matted above them: the group of two has the number 3, and the group of 3 has the number 2. He and Bob cooperate to carry one sack from one group to the other. (First: Episode 0178)
	Muppets	Two monsters stand on either side of a large plate of cookies. Herry Monster has an "R" on his sweatshirt and growls menacingly, "Rrrrrrrr." A fat blue monster has an "S" on his sweatshirt and hisses ominously, "Sssssssss." While they argue in this way, Cookie Monster (wearing an "M" on his sweatshirt) comes along, eats the cookies, rubs his tummy, and says, "Mmmmmmmmmm." (First: Episode 0277)
	Cartoon	Dot & Hill -- C-1 (First: Episode 0164)
	Film	Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit" over a film about tomatoes growing in a field. (First: Episode 0288)
	Celebrity	Flip Wilson shows how his teacher, Miss Johnson, taught the ABCs. (First: Episode 0151)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Cookies in Bed — Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed because of all the crumbs it will make. (First: Episode 0282)
	SCENE 5	Oscar overhears Gordon, Bob, and Mr. Hooper talking about a meeting with dirt, old tin cans, and water. He believes that they are going to throw a mud and trash party and imagines the three of them stomping around in the mud, throwing more dirt and water and scooping it up with the cans. He wants to join in the fun and leaves to get his own tin can.
	Cartoon	Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles. Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift (First: Episode 0207)
	SCENE 6	Oscar joins the group in the yard but is disappointed to learn that the guys are actually using the dirt, cans, and water to plant flowers.
	Cartoon	Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M (First: Episode 0131)
	Film	Kids narrate footage of humans and animals overcoming obstacles, particularly a boy trying to ride a two-wheeler. (First: Episode 0132)
	Muppets	Herbert Birdsfoot invents a complicated machine, to test Cookie Monster's problem-solving abilities. Cookie Monster needs to pull the string to raise the glass cover off the plateful of cookies at the other end -- but when he lets go to retrieve the cookies, the cover will fall again. Herbert hears Cookie Monster approaching, and hides to observe him. Cookie investigates the machine for a moment, then gets the cookies by karate-chopping the glass cover. (First: Episode 0132)
	Cartoon	A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen! Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0276)
	Cartoon	M for Mail (repeat)
	Animation	The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. (First: Episode 0280)
	Film	George the Farmer counts 20 barrels. (First: Episode 0278)
	Cartoon	Dot & Hill -- C-2 (First: Episode 0164)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up."
	Cartoon	A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak." (First: Episode 0301)
	SCENE 6 cont'd	Gordon uses the word "GO" to start a race for the kids; Mr. Hooper has the word "GO" written onto his soap-covered window; Oscar uses the word "GO" to get everyone to go away.
	Muppets	A fairy godmother turns Cookie Monster into a handsome prince. He thinks it's ugly, and uses the wand to change her into her original form, Herry Monster wearing a wig. As monsters, they fall in love. (First: Episode 0135)
	Animation	4 red balls minus 1 equals 3. (First: Episode 0278)
	Cartoon	A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball but gets interrupted by a bird. (First: Episode 0152)
	Muppets	Bob meets Samuel Snively, a circle salesman who can't tell the difference between a circle, square, and triangle. (First: Episode 0166)
	Film	A baby monkey Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0280)
	Cartoon	Marvelous Martha (repeat)
	Muppets	Prairie Dawn explains to Herry Monster about the similarities and differences between three shoes. (First: Episode 0199)
	Animation	4 red balls minus 1 equals 3. (repeat)
	SCENE 7	Some kids hand Oscar their broken possessions (including a flowerpot, a camera, and a Wayne Newton record). Gordon arrives with a bag full of various items and asks Oscar and the kids where to go to have his jacket, radio, and shoes repaired. Oscar is disappointed with the responses of a tailor, a radio repair shop, and a shoemaker -- he had hoped that these things would wind up in his trash can, too.
	Transition	Bridge #4 - 4 Corner Bridge B (First: Episode 0282)
	Animation	Counting six red balls (First: Episode 0278)
	Transition	Bridge #6 - 4 Corner Bridge D (First: Episode 0282)
	Animation	6 dots - 1 = 5 dots
	Transition	Bridge #5 - 4 Corner Bridge C (First: Episode 0282)
	Cartoon	Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011)
	SCENE 8	The kids play in the yard as Big Bird announces the sponsors. Oscar chimes in to offer him a cup of hot mud.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Cookie Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, while Big Bird and Mr. Hooper hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.