| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird photographs the Snuffleupagus | |||||||
| Air date | January 19, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon presents the letters U and P, and explains that they spell UP. The UP lifts itself up into the air. |
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Cartoon | A dog learns about U. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppet boys are in the park, playing Hide and Seek. One hides while the other says the alphabet. Unfortunately, he doesn't know the whole alphabet, so he asks for help when he gets stuck. The other boy has to come out of his hiding place to help him finish the alphabet. He helps with Z, and then gets caught. (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 2 | Melvin Grouch has sent a representative from the Grouchy Greeting Card company to offer some greeting card options to Oscar the Grouch. Oscar doesn't care for the first two, citing their lack of grouchiness. The salesman (Jerry Nelson) responds, "I never met a grouch as bad as you, they ought to keep you in a zoo." Oscar is impressed with the grouchy rhyme, and says if he can put that in a card, he'll take it. |
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Cartoon | Letter U salesman (First: Episode 0202) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet presents the letter U. Another Muppet repeatedly insists, "That's not a 'me,' that's a U!" (First: Episode 0048) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph try to unroll a rug, but a chair in the way presents a problem. |
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Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" (First: Episode 0144) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." (First: Episode 0245) |
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Celebrity | Pat Paulsen counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0101) |
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SCENE 3 | David is airing out a rug he found in the attic of the garage while Gordon lines up a shot of the yard with his camera. As Big Bird enters the frame, Gordon asks him to hold his position and takes his picture. It instantly develops and comes out so nice, Big Bird decides he'll send it to his mother.
After David follows Gordon inside to check out his other camera, Mr. Snuffleupagus comes along giving Big Bird the idea to photograph him to proves he's real to everyone else. Snuffy sticks around long enough to pose for Big Bird before deciding he'd better be shuffling off. David and Gordon return with Susan and they're greeted by an excited Big Bird who can't wait to show them a picture of the snuffleupagus. Gordon retrieves the photo from the camera, but as they inspect it, it appears to be a close-up of David's rug airing out on the railing. Big Bird tries to explain that he was just too close, but the adults aren't having any of it. |
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Muppets | The Busby Twins buy a candle from the shopkeeper. (First: Episode 0293) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates fast and slow by going back and forth on a fence, and in a rocking chair. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Telephone Call — Bert wonders who could be on the other end of Ernie's involved phone call. (First: Episode 0305) |
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Film | A boy pretends a wagon is a bus. His friend tells him it's not a bus, and explains what her father, a real bus driver, does. (First: Episode 0181) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird pleads with Gordon to not cut down the tree in front of 123 Sesame Street, but Gordon explains he's only pruning it. Big Bird asks how long it will take for the prunes to grow. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. Artist: Bud Luckey |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy count five fingers. (First: Episode 0125) |
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Song | Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?" (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cast | Gordon and Tom take turns being happy and sad depending on how well their team is doing. They both get sad when the game is cancelled on account of snow. |
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SCENE 5 | Susan sings the "Same/Different Song" with the kids, comparing a hand and a foot. |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones perform "Mad." (First: Episode 0240) |
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Cartoon | "I've Got a Mind" -- bouncing a ball (shown in English, then Spanish) (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Hope — Ernie uses a brown paper bag to discuss the concept of hope with Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0233) |
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Animation | Bridge Dot & Hill A-1 (First: Episode 0146) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Cartoon | A man pushes up a lazy UP. (First: Episode 0316) |
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SCENE 6 | U for "under" (Oscar); U for "unlock" (David); U for "unwrap" (Susan) |
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Celebrity | Pat Paulsen counts from 1 to 20. (repeat) |
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Muppets | A boy thinks that a girl is talking about him when she expresses her love for the perfect picture of U. (First: Episode 0297) |
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Animation | Dot & Hill A-2 (First: Episode 0146) |
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Celebrity | Lorne Greene and the Bonanza cast add two horses and one horse to make three horses. (First: Episode 0150) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Talk Slower — Ernie quickly tries to tell Bert that his toast is burning. |
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Cartoon | Batman and Robin attempt to capture the Joker, but also teach a lesson about crossing the street safely. Holy manhole! (First: Episode 0090) |
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Cartoon | What if a dog looked like a bird? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226) |
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Film | A woman counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey. (First: Episode 0217) |
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Animation | Dot & Hill A-3 (First: Episode 0146) |
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SCENE 7 | After smelling some cookies baking nearby, Oscar helps David and the kids imagine eating a cookie with mustard, crushed red pepper, horseradish, and cream of asparagus soup. |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (repeat) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. Artist: Bud Luckey |
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SCENE 8 | The kids ride their bikes while Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan and Gordon hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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