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Sesame Street
A tired Snuffy looks for a place to sit
Air date January 14, 1972
Season Season 3 (1971-1972)
Directed by Robert Myhrum
Production November 17, 1971
Sponsors A, C, 2


Picture Segment Description

SCENE 1 Molly delivers a package to Oscar from his pal, Melvin the Grouch. It contains a crummy hat and a crumpled piece of paper with a grouchy poem on it. In return, Oscar sends Melvin a stale, mangy piece of seven-year-old cake and accompanies it with his own poem.
Cartoon C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake).
(First: Episode 0203)
Cartoon C - Cake
(First: Episode 0153)
Muppets An Anything Muppet family arranges themselves in different ways.
(First: Episode 0275)
SCENE 2 Molly visits Big Bird who receives a letter from his silly cousin, Monroe. However, Monroe's letter is actually very sad, revealing that he won't be able to visit due to the cold weather, and Granny Bird isn't feeling well. The letter also brings Big Bird and Molly to tears, until they find out that Monroe was joking, making them very happy (and turning Molly's tears to that of joy).
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentCookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet.
Cartoon A man gets a letter C in the mail.
(First: Episode 0294)
Muppets Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him.
(First: Episode 0294)
Cartoon Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever.

SCENE 3 Mr. Snuffleupagus meets Big Bird and tells him he's very tired from walking all the way from his cave to Sesame Street. He heads over to one of Oscar's trash cans to sit on it, but Big Bird imagines Oscar's reaction to his spare can getting crushed. Snuffy then heads over to one of Mr. Hooper’s boxes, but Big Bird also imagines Mr. Hooper's reaction, with the storekeeper and some kids being unable to make out who was here. Big Bird manages to convince his friend not to do either, and Snuffy heads off to find another place to sleep. When Big Bird tries to tell Mr. Hooper what nearly happened, he suddenly realizes that Snuffy had retreated to his nest.
Muppets Cookie Monster and Ernie: Happy/Sad CookieCookie Monster and Ernie exchange feelings of happiness and sadness over having a cookie.
(First: Episode 0172)
Cartoon Speech Balloon: C - Cap
(First: Episode 0154)
SCENE 4 Mr. Hooper talks about some things that come in twos, using food pairs as an example. He then serves it all to Bob.
Film The Mad Painter #2
(First: Episode 0309)
Muppets Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot count to twenty.
(First: Episode 0189)
Film "Doll House"
(First: Episode 0131)
Cartoon An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
(First: Episode 0293)
SCENE 5 Bob has Big Bird, Reggie, and another kid guess where he's taking his items. It's revealed he's taking his stained coat to the cleaner, his broken alarm clock to the jewelry repair shop, and his broken guitar to the music store. Big Bird then shows his empty birdcage, which he reveals he's taking to the carpet store, to put wall-to-wall carpeting for the birds in the cage.
Muppets Cookie Monster and Ernie: C WordsErnie provides Cookie Monster with C-words.
(First: Episode 0204)
Film George the Farmer sets out various items and then sorts them by type.
Cast Gordon and Bob assemble a letter C.
(First: Episode 0153)
Muppets Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act
(First: Episode 0280)
Film A baby monkey
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0280)
Film No matter how they're arranged, George the Farmer always has three barrels, four milk jugs, and five cartons.
(First: Episode 0278)
Cartoon C is for clipper (repeat)
Cast Mr. Hooper, Bob and Brian help Susan set the table. Now that's what I call cooperation.
(First: Episode 0276)
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Wrong PatientErnie's doctor makes a house call to examine him, but soon learns that he has the wrong patient.
(First: Episode 0137)
Cartoon C - Cake (repeat)
Film A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground.
(First: Episode 0149)
Muppets Farley goes to the hat shop. (long take)
(First: Episode 0244)
SCENE 6 Bob helps Penny and another kid regroup pictures of a rooster, a cow, a man, and a dog so that they have things in common.
(Blooper: one of the kids comments that the rooster's comb is similar to the cow's udders, which elicits laughter from Bob and some of the crew.)
Cartoon Speech Balloon: A for Ape
(First: Episode 0006)
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Elephants in the zoo.
(First: Episode 0283)
Muppets Kermit tests Cookie Monster with his new monster testing device. He wants to see if Cookie Monster can figure out how to get the cookie out of the machine. Cookie Monster proceeds to crush the cookie in the contraption into crumbs and pour water on them. But he's delighted with the results -- cookie soup.
Transition Bridge #7 – Rectangle Bridge A
(First: Episode 0290)
Cartoon Speech Balloon: C - Cap (repeat)
Transition Bridge #8 - Rectangle Bridge B
(First: Episode 0281)
Muppets A boy watches a circle around him get bigger and smaller.
(First: Episode 0285)
SCENE 7 Bob plays with the kids in the yard and says goodbye. Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.

CLOSING SIGNS Ernie and Bert hold the Sesame Street sign, while Molly and Bob hold the CTW sign.


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