| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Big Bird Button | |||||||
| Air date | January 18, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird is feeling a little gloomy when he greets Luis and Rafael on the street. He feels that he's not very special, but Rafael says that he's the most beautiful yellow bird he's ever seen. As he begins to talk about how many friends Big Bird has, Rafael whispers to Luis and the two depart, promising to return shortly. |
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Film | George the Farmer counts 20 barrels. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Animation | Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis and Rafael recruit Molly and Mr. Hooper to present Big Bird with the very first "Big Bird Button" — an oversized lapel pin with a bird drawn on it. As they hand them out to the neighborhood kids, Big Bird is overwhelmed that they went out of their way to cheer him up. |
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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) |
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Cartoon | A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P. (First: Episode 0057) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "P Is My Favorite Letter". |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "New Life." (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes uses two water buckets to show empty and full. She inadvertently empties some water on a monster, who dumps the bucket on her head. (First: Episode 0148) |
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Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman. (First: Episode 0023) |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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SCENE 3 | Rafael has two boxes; he places two hats in one, and one hat in the other. Richie wants to know how he's going to tell the two identical boxes apart. Rafael shows him how he labels them using a magic marker. Richie asks him to empty one of the boxes so he can play in it, but Rafael says he'd get bored. |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) |
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Muppets | The Amazing Mumford waves his magic wand over a transparent glass cookie jar and makes the jar become full of cookies and then empty (over and over) as an anxious Cookie Monster watches. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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Cast | Fran Brill narrates a segment with Gordon and Tom drawing a house in limbo. (First: Episode 0271) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255) |
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SCENE 4 | Rafael claps out a rhythm and asks everyone to duplicate it. Luis kicks a trash can, Molly uses a kid's hands to tap it out on her mailbag, and Mr. Hooper taps on the glass of his window. He eventually reaches Big Bird, and walks him through recreating the beat on a drum. |
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Cartoon | L is for Lips (First: Episode 0147) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Swimming and flying pelicans. Music: Joe Raposo |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fish in the Cowboy Hat — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. (First: Episode 0305) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby counts three kids, but a fourth keeps hiding behind him. (First: Episode 0154) |
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Animation | Scanimate Films #4 (repeat) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster looks for a triangle. He first spots a rectangle. Grover tells Herry it isn't a triangle, and becomes frustrated. Next he spots a square, Grover tells him it isn't a triangle, and once again is frustrated. Grover suggests that Herry should cut the square in half and make two triangles. (ending edited) (First: Episode 0195) |
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SCENE 5 | Conversing in Spanish, Luis has a couple of hammers and Rafael has some nails. They decide that they can fix the broken fence near the construction doors if they share their equipment. |
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Film | A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit teaches Grover the word YES. (transcript) |
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Cartoon | L is for Lips (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Molly sings "Here Are Some Things" with pictures of different sized blobs. |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates empty and full. (First: Episode 0257) |
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Cartoon | A jar is full of jellybeans. The jar becomes empty, while a hungry boy is full. Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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SCENE 7 | Molly sings "Here Are Some Things" again, with new pictures of different sized blobs. |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) |
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Muppets | Grover and Oscar the Grouch recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0229) |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (repeat) |
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SCENE 8 | Molly encounters Oscar admiring a candy wrapper on the ground. She is about to pick it up, but he tells her not to. Oscar and Molly imagine what it would be like if everyone threw their trash on the ground. To Molly's shock, Oscar loves the idea, but Molly is having none of it and puts the trash into a nearby garbage bag. |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (repeat) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there. (First: Episode 0128) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts four lions. (repeat) |
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Film | George the Farmer counts 20 barrels. (repeat) |
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SCENE 9 | Luis and the kids play handball against the side of Hooper's Store while Big Bird and Oscar announce the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Molly and Rafael hold the Sesame Street sign, while Big Bird and Mr. Hooper hold the CTW sign. |
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