| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird uses a Sound Machine to make strange sounds | |||||||
| Air date | January 6, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon hears various noises nearby, and discovers that Big Bird has a sound machine. It can produce any kind of sound; after you guess what it is, a picture of the thing appears on the front of the contraption. Gordon successfully guesses the sound of a rooster, a typewriter, and others. Big Bird wants to test how smart Gordon is by playing several sounds at once, which results in the sound of glass breaking and junk clattering. Gordon can't figure it out, but Big Bird knows: “It was the sound of my machine breaking.” A picture of the broken machine pops up on the front, confirming Big Bird's guess. |
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Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you want me to keep an eye on your hat?" The man says yes. Harvey then puts a letter I on top of the man's hat, crushing it in the process. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Cast | Luis announces Gordon the Magnificent, who bends a solid metal bar into the number seven. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136) |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to count his balloons. The balloons are arranged in a circle, so he continues counting around the circle, and counts some of them twice. Grover has a solution -- he pops each of the balloons as he counts them. (First: Episode 0133) |
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SCENE 2 | Molly sings the "Same/Different Song," and then asks Rich and Brynne how four envelopes are the same and different. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (Spanish) (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis sings the "Same/Different Song," and asks some kids how two shoes are the same and different. |
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Cartoon | I Thought a Thought ... about big things. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226) |
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Film | Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Fish Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0195) |
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Muppets | The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Part 1 of 2 The Country Mouse lives peacefully on the farm when his cousin, the City Mouse, comes to visit. The City Mouse is appalled that his cousin lives in a haystack, eats acorns, and listens to birdsong. He invites his cousin to come visit him in the city. |
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Cartoon | A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite". (First: Episode 0032) |
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Muppets | The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Part 2 of 2 The Country Mouse visits the City Mouse's apartment, and finds that his cousin eats pizza, doesn't mind traffic sounds, and listens to groovy music on his stereo. The Country Mouse is startled when he hears a cat. The City Mouse sighs, "Oh, that's just the cat. That means he's hungry, and he wants to catch us and eat us for dinner." Horrified, the Country Mouse goes back to the country, where he's safe. The City Mouse offers the cat a bite of pizza. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: The walrus (First: Episode 0296) |
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Cartoon | A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0154) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster has just learned how to spell the word telephone. Cookie Monster comes running in with a frantic need for a telephone. Herry shows him the word, but Cookie wants a real one. Herry gives him one, and Cookie eats it. (First: Episode 0207) |
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Muppets | Marty uses a chain to make shapes. (First: Episode 0232) |
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Celebrity | Lorne Greene from Bonanza demonstrates near and far on his horse. (First: Episode 0161) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057) |
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Cast | Gordon the Magnificent returns, and bends a solid iron bar into the letter J. |
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Cartoon | A man has a J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit" over footage of a cornfield growing. (First: Episode 0298) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit comes across the word "Telephone", spells it, and then teaches the word to the viewer. When an Anything Muppet boy who stands too far away says that he can't hear Kermit, Kermit dials the T, and the boy answers with the last E. |
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Cartoon | A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: TELEPHONE. |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #8: Dot can't stop coughing, then leaves (First: Episode 0295) |
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Cast | Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock tries to figure out why there is a mess outside. He speculates that the Twiddlebugs made a mess after a Twiddlebug dance. (First: Episode 0178) |
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Cartoon | Two lines intersect at the middle of the screen and have an argument; they cooperate by making a cross. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | The letter J Artists: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0133) |
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Film | George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch. (First: Episode 0235) |
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SCENE 4 | Near/far quickies: Bob demonstrates near and far from his apartment window. Two kids show near and far on the tire swing. Big Bird's frisbee is near... (CRASH!) He throws it too far. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #7 |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word. |
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Film | A turtle walks slowly. Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod (First: Episode 0281) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. Ernie tries to count sheep, but it's dull -- so he starts counting fire engines. The noise from the imaginary fire engine wakes Bert up. Bert says that Ernie's waking up the whole neighborhood, and tells him to count something quieter. Ernie counts balloons -- but the balloon gets bigger and bigger, finally bursting with a huge explosion that wakes Bert up again. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I for Island. |
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Cartoon | Once there were two men. Each had his own idea. One man told his thought to the other man, then the other man told his idea to the first man. Now both men knew twice as much. (First: Episode 0268) |
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SCENE 5 | Molly digs into her mailbag, and delivers a letter to the viewer: the letter "I." |
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Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob, Brynne, and Luis question Oscar about his lidded box marked "FLOWERS." Oscar explains that it's a Grouch flower box, consisting only of an empty shoebox with seed packets inside. They inform him what flowers really need to grow, and Oscar is fully aware. With a Grouch flower box, there's no chance of pretty flowers growing. "You learn something new every day," Brynne comments. |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs. (First: Episode 0103) |
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Cartoon | I for impolite (repeat) |
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SCENE 7 | The group wonders what Oscar would send his mother as a birthday present before joining the kids in the yard. Big Bird announces the sponsors as Oscar comments. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob and Molly hold the CTW sign. |
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