Episode 0322

Sesame Street
The Big Bird Button
Air date	January 18, 1972
Season	Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production November 22, 1971 Sponsors L, P, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	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.
	Film	George the Farmer counts 20 barrels. (First: Episode 0278)
	Animation	Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132)
	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.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed, because he might get crumbs in the bed, and then he'll get crumbs in his pajamas, itch, and not be able to sleep. Ernie decides to eat cookies in Bert's bed instead. (First: Episode 0282)
	Cartoon	A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P. (First: Episode 0057)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets sing "P Is My Favorite Letter".
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "New Life." (First: Episode 0281)
	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)
	Muppets	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman. (First: Episode 0023)
	Cartoon	Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198)
	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.
	Cartoon	P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199)
	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)
	Cartoon	P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296)
	Cast	Fran Brill narrates a segment with Gordon and Tom drawing a house in limbo. (First: Episode 0271)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255)
	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.
	Cartoon	L is for Lips (First: Episode 0147)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Swimming and flying pelicans. Music: Joe Raposo
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. Bert asks Ernie why he's doing that, and Ernie says that he broke a cookie jar. Ernie has to put the cookies somewhere, so he put them in the sugar bowl – and put the sugar in the flowerpot, which meant that he had to put the flower in a milk bottle. He put the milk in the soda bottle, and the soda into the fishbowl, and the fish in Bert's cowboy hat. Bert asks, "Now what am I gonna wear when I wanna play cowboy?" Ernie puts the pot on Bert's head and says, "Ride 'em, cowboy, Bert!" (First: Episode 0305)
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300)
	Celebrity	Bill Cosby counts three kids, but a fourth keeps hiding behind him. (First: Episode 0154)
	Animation	Scanimate Films #4 (repeat)
	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)
	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.
	Film	A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0064)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit teaches Grover the word YES. (transcript)
	Cartoon	L is for Lips (repeat)
	SCENE 6	Molly sings "Here Are Some Things" with pictures of different sized blobs.
	Film	George the Farmer demonstrates empty and full. (First: Episode 0257)
	Cartoon	A jar is full of jellybeans. The jar becomes empty, while a hungry boy is full. Artist: Cliff Roberts
	SCENE 7	Molly sings "Here Are Some Things" again, with new pictures of different sized blobs.
	Cartoon	P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199)
	Muppets	Grover and Oscar the Grouch recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0229)
	Cartoon	P Words (including parachute and plug) (repeat)
	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.
	Cartoon	Kids hear an L poem. (repeat)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there. (First: Episode 0128)
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd counts four lions. (repeat)
	Film	George the Farmer counts 20 barrels. (repeat)
	SCENE 9	Luis and the kids play handball against the side of Hooper's Store while Big Bird and Oscar announce the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Molly and Rafael hold the Sesame Street sign, while Big Bird and Mr. Hooper hold the CTW sign.

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