| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Mr. Hooper has a kid imagine being the only person on Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 25, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Hooper imagines what it would be like if the viewer were the only person on Sesame Street. Brynne takes on the roles of Mr. Hooper, Tom, Molly, Big Bird, Gordon, and Oscar... but she gets lonely. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Q”: A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. (First: Episode 0048) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Counting Apples — Cookie Monster changes his mind on eating an apple causing Ernie to draw and redraw his numbers. (First: Episode 0140) |
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Film | "Hey, let's make a road!" Kids do so at the beach, while a construction crew does the real thing. (First: Episode 0295) |
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SCENE 2 | David sings "Walk Down the Street" with the kids. |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #8: Dot can't stop coughing, then leaves (First: Episode 0295) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob reads "Yolanda and the Youth", a story about a youth who wins the hand of Princess Yolanda by passing the "Y" test. (First: Episode 0174) |
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Animation | Today's Secret Drawing will be a nurse. (First: Episode 0239) |
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SCENE 3 | Billy (Jerry Nelson) and Prairie Dawn both want their picture taken, but Molly only has film left for one more photo. After arguing for a while, the children decide to cooperate and have a picture taken together. She asks the kids to count to 15, though she says she doesn't know what for. After the photo develops, she removes the paper and shows them the picture. Prairie will get the original and Molly will make a copy for Billy. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues." (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets: Split-Screen Alphabet — Two AMs recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Y is for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0036) |
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Film | New Bridge #1 - Panel Drop (First: Episode 0105) |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman: Four Elephants — Lefty wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Snuffleupagus has created a brand new dance, but is sad that there's nobody to teach it to. Big Bird volunteers, and Snuffy sings "Doin' the Snuffleupagus." Once Snuffy leaves, Big Bird realizes that he's forgotten how to do the dance. |
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Cartoon | Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0151) |
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Muppets | Grover: Danger Sign — Grover looks around for signs of danger. (First: Episode 0182) |
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Cast | Bob comes across a DANGER sign next to a frozen pond. Ignoring the sign, he skates on the ice (via pixillation) until it starts to crack. Bob then concedes the sign is there for good reason. (First: Episode 0279) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. Hooper introduces the next film. |
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Film | A talking tree tells a boy about the difference between here and there, near and far, and close and next to. ("here and there" section only) (First: Episode 0111) |
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Muppets | Kermit Lecture: Here and There — Kermit and Grover demonstrate "here" and "there". (First: Episode 0277) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A turtle swims in a tank. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0283) |
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SCENE 6 | At Hooper's Store, Big Bird looks around for some donuts for himself and Little Bird, but Big Bird accidentally puts the cake cover on top of him and suddenly can’t find him. Big Bird and Mr. Hooper look around for Little Bird, but they keep accidentally covering Little Bird multiple times with the cake cover, Mr. Hooper’s hat, and a bucket. |
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Celebrity | Flip Wilson counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0147) |
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Film | Male and female snow people narrate their own construction. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Is Special — Bert convinces Ernie that he's special. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Film | "Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body. (First: Episode 0024) |
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Animation | Today's Secret Drawing will be a nurse. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0287) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: Counting Galletitas — A Spanish-speaking girl counts four cookies for Cookie Monster. |
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Transition | A circle appears on screen, expanding like a balloon until it pops. (First: Episode 0105) |
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SCENE 7 | Molly says Y is for "yarn" as she showcases David wearing a sweater. "I made it for him, and he loves it, don't you?" Mr. Hooper lets out a big yawn. Oscar says that Y is for "yell." |
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Cartoon | Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301) |
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SCENE 8 | Molly asks Cynan, Desiree, and Dan to look for Ys hidden in a picture. |
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Cartoon | "Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Transition | Bridge #9 - Rectangle Bridge C (First: Episode 0290) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets: Baseball — Kids get ready to play baseball. (First: Episode 0193) |
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Transition | Bridge #17 – Hourglass Fast/Empty (First: Episode 0288) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Y is for Yo-Yo (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak". (First: Episode 0301) |
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SCENE 9 | The kids play in the yard while Little Bird announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Molly holds the Sesame Street sign, while Big Bird and Mr. Hooper hold the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- Mr. Snuffleupagus refers to his song as "The Snuffle Shuffle," which would become a different dance entirely in the 1980s.
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