Episode 0316

Sesame Street
Air date	January 10, 1972
Season	Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production November 15, 1971 Sponsors E, R, 9

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Luis bounces a basketball in the yard to communicate the number of the day.
	Cartoon	Jazz #9 (First: Episode 0137)
	Muppets	Five balls get together to play basketball. It takes them awhile to count themselves, but then they realize they don't have a ball. (First: Episode 0267)
	Insert	Sitting at the counter in Hooper's Store, Big Bird wonders what it would be like to be short, so he tells Mr. Hooper he's going to do some imagining. He closes his eyes and Big Bird sees himself small enough to walk around on the counter where he interacts with, compared now to his tiny stature, is a large bowl of ice cream and large squeak toy which scares him now because he's so small. When Mr. Hooper cleans up, Big Bird notes that he's now too small to notice, so he imagines himself back to reality. Mr. Hooper leans in to Big Bird from overhead to excuse himself, making Big Bird wonder if he's still imagining. The camera pulls back to reveal Mr. Hooper standing on a step ladder, and Big Bird resolves to being his normal size again. (First: Episode 0212)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: E for egg A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo." (First: Episode 0002)
	Cartoon	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0002)
	Film	George the Farmer uses barrels to count to ten. (First: Episode 0293)
	SCENE 2	Bob sings "Here Are Some Things" with pictures of furniture. Luis follows, playing the game in Spanish with items of clothing.
	Cartoon	A ribbon wraps itself around a woman, then turns itself into an R. (First: Episode 0289)
	Muppets	Ernie wonders what it would be like if everyone was exactly the same, and sees four balls who can't discern each other. Ernie decides to help the balls recognize each other by dressing each of them. (First: Episode 0166)
	Cartoon	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey
	Transition	Bridge #14 - Hourglass Slow/Fill (First: Episode 0303)
	Muppets	Farley looks for his lost toy box. (First: Episode 0279)
	Cartoon	A square is fit into many different things, such as a truck, window, television, etc.
	Transition	The screen fills up with sand.
	Cast	A man with a British accent narrates a limbo sketch in which Gordon and Bob share bubbles and a book.
	Film	Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places. (First: Episode 0135)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert complains that he can't sleep, because Ernie left the faucet dripping. Ernie drowns out the sound of the water dripping with louder noises. (First: Episode 0131)
	SCENE 3	Antonio sings a Spanish song about adding numbers while he jumps rope, which Luis translates.
	Cartoon	"Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away. (First: Episode 0305)
	Cartoon	A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (First: Episode 0011)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about walls. (First: Episode 0031)
	Cast	Gordon and Bob assemble an E. (First: Episode 0005)
	Cartoon	E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001)
	SCENE 4	Bob opens an envelope with an E in it, Luis elbows Tom, and Cookie Monster tosses an egg into the air and catches it in his mouth.
	Cartoon	E Imagination (repeat)
	Animation	Dot & Hill B-3: Silhouetted dots use carts to climb a steep hill. (First: Episode 0258)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Herry sing "Circles." (First: Episode 0131)
	SCENE 5	Susan sits with Trey, Bernadette, and Jerome in front of 123 Sesame Street, and asks them to dress two figures as either a baker or a firefighter using the appropriate items.
	Cartoon	A man pushes up a lazy UP.
	Cartoon	Jazz #9 (repeat)
	Celebrity	The New York Mets make 14 hits in a row, but miss on the 15th. (First: Episode 0167)
	Cartoon	A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (repeat)
	Cast	Before and after in splitscreen: Tom with a sandwich, Luis giving Bob a haircut, and Susan with a potted plant.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: E for egg A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo." (repeat)
	Cartoon	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. (repeat)
	Transition	Bridge #3 - Four Corner Bridge A (First: Episode 0282)
	Cartoon	A ribbon wraps itself around a woman, then turns itself into an R. (repeat)
	Muppets	Howie, a rabbit, gets Cookie Monster to recite a poem about cookies. (First: Episode 0252)
	SCENE 6	Bob helps Trey and Bernadette match pictures of a fish, a bird, and an elephant to their appropriate environments.
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: a herd of giraffes move their way through a field.
	SCENE 7	Bob announces the sponsors while the kids play in the yard.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, while Antonio holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

Notes

• The "Script Highlights" from the CTW Archives include a three-part segment with Tom as Super-Duper Man, but it's missing from the script and final cut of the episode. The script for Episode 0394 includes the segment, but it's not in that episode's archive highlights.

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