Episode 0309

	Sesame Street
	Mr. Snuffleupagus sprays water on Susan's laundry.
Air date	December 30, 1971
Season	Season 3 (1971-1972)
Sponsors	F, K, 2
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	A pair of "walking" fingers greet the viewer. The fingers dip themselves into some finger paint and draw a letter F on some paper. The camera pulls out to reveal the fingers are Susan's.
	Muppets	Kermit plans to talk about the letter F, but Beautiful Day Monster delivers an E instead, so he fixes it by using an ax and chopping off the bottom line of the E to make it look like an F. (First: Episode 0033)
	Cartoon	Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (First: Episode 0128)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 3) (First: Episode 0093)
	Cartoon	I am dry, he is wet (Shark fishing) Artist: Cliff Roberts
	Cartoon	I am dry, he is wet. (dog washing) Artist: Cliff Roberts
	SCENE 2	Susan starts taking down her dry laundry from the line. She leaves the basket outside while she goes to answer her ringing telephone.
	Cartoon	Dry and Wet (near swimming pool) Artist: Cliff Roberts
	Cartoon	I am dry, they are wet (man laying on the beach) Artist: Cliff Roberts
	SCENE 3	Big Bird comes in with a rag and pail of water to further show wet and dry. Mr. Snuffleupagus also arrives and demonstrates how his snuffle can make things wet. He sprays water on the rag, then hits Susan's basket of clothes from far away. As he trudges off, Susan comes back and holds Big Bird responsible for getting her clothes wet.
	Cartoon	I am dry, he is wet (circus elephant) Artist: Cliff Roberts
	Film	"It's an Otter!" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. Bert says, "I thought maybe you weren't here!" Ernie starts to search to see if he can find himself. (First: Episode 0171)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird jauntily makes his way to Hooper's Store and bumps into the closed front door. He sees the whole store is closed and wonders where Tom could be. He imagines Tom must have gotten captured by a ferocious monster (Herry), or has fallen ill and must stay home (while still terrorized by the monster). As he rushes around in a panic, he bumps into Tom, who simply overslept today. Big Bird is upset that Tom was sleeping away while he was worried sick about him.
	Cartoon	A girl tries to lure her cat out from under the chair so she can pick him up. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0187)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Grover brings Mr. Johnson a bowl of alphabet soup. Mr. Johnson complains that some of the letters are missing, and makes Grover run back and forth to the kitchen to bring the missing letters. When all the letters are there, Johnson complains that the soup is cold, and makes Grover take it back. (First: Episode 0276)
	Cartoon	A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (EKA: Episode 0284)
	Cartoon	A football player talks about his favorite sport. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0135)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "What Babies Are Called" (First: Episode 0116)
	SCENE 5	Bob and the kids count beads as they string them together.
	Celebrity	The New York Knicks make 3 baskets in a row, but miss on the 4th. (First: Episode 0146)
	Muppets	Grover the Assistant: Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges! (First: Episode 0192)
	Celebrity	The New York Knicks make 16 baskets in a row, but miss on the 17th. (First: Episode 0146)
	Cartoon	The uses of water (shown in English and Spanish) (First: Episode 0139)
	SCENE 6	The cast shows F words: Susan has several masks on her face, and Tom shows off his foot, which Bob paints an F on.
	Song	"Doll House" (First: Episode 0131)
	Transition	Bridge #13 - Leaf Drop Bridge (0:11)
	Film	Two birds Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0295)
	SCENE 7	Bob plays two rounds of "One of These Things" using images of amoeba-like shapes.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert is writing a letter when he notices Ernie's Rubber Duckie on the desk. He tells Ernie to move the Rubber Duckie and Ernie sees the desk as a place to put things on such as a football helmet, plate of cookies, and a feather duster. However, Bert cannot write his letter with all these objects on the table and tells Ernie to clean up the desk. In fast motion, Ernie cleans up the desk leaving his Rubber Duckie on the desk. He asks Bert if he can leave it on the desk and Bert says fine, not knowing he wanted Ernie to remove it in the first place. (First: Episode 0238)
	Cartoon	Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (repeat)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (First: Episode 0094)
	Film	Folk song: Have You Ever Been To The Farm? (First: Episode 0138)
	Transition	Glass smashes. (First: Episode 0276)
	Muppets	A trio of Anything Muppet hippies sing "The Garden," with cameos from Cookie Monster and Grover. (First: Episode 0266)
	SCENE 8	Susan and Tom want Oscar to join in their rhyming game. He wants no part of it, but somehow manages to rhyme everything they say.
	Cartoon	"K" - Kangaroo - A man (voiced by Gary Owens) explains what a kangaroo is, and ends up in the pouch of one. (First: Episode 0141)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie 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)
	Cartoon	K is for kiss. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131)
	Film	The Mad Painter #2
	Cartoon	A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: STREET. He sings about it with a boy who wears a crown.
	Cartoon	A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F.
	Cartoon	A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (repeat)
	SCENE 9	Goodbye