| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird and Snuffy play softball | |||||||
| Air date | February 23, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird welcomes the viewer from his nest. He's waiting for Tom and Rafael so they can all play softball when Mr. Snuffleupagus arrives, sad as usual. Big Bird invites his friend to play, then decides to look for the others. He leaves the Snuffleupagus in charge to watch the ball, and Snuffy thinks it might be a good idea to practice his throwing. |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Still in the nest area, Snuffy has thrown the ball over the doors and can’t figure out how to get it back. Rafael and Tom approach from the outside and find the ball, assuming Big Bird left it there for them. They lean against the doors and read the newspaper while they wait for Big Bird. Snuffy taps Rafael on the shoulder with his snuffle as he looks for the ball; Rafael assumes Tom tapped him, which Tom denies. Snuffy then taps Tom’s shoulder, and the same thing happens. Big Bird then comes back to find the two arguing, and wants to introduce Tom and Rafael to Snuffy whom he claims is not a "fig newton of his imagination." Before he opens the door, Snuffy leaves in shame that he lost Big Bird’s ball. Big Bird opens the door, only to once again find no Snuffleupagus. |
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Film | Kids paint P-word animals on glass. (First: Episode 0119) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the beach, Ernie notices that Bert is missing; all he sees is Bert's hat. Sherlock Hemlock helps find Bert, and in the process, discovers that Ernie accidentally buried Bert under the sand. (First: Episode 0278) |
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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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Celebrity | Listen My Brother sings their own version of "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 0228) |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: a herd of giraffes move their way through a field. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Muppets | The Busby Twins want to buy a toy rocket. (First: Episode 0317) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob and Rafael spot a vacuum cleaner next to Oscar's trash can, confused as Oscar wants nothing to do with keeping things clean. Oscar explains that it's for his clean-up service, and has the two of them litter the street with whatever they have. After cleaning it up with the vacuum, Oscar has Rafael open the vacuum hatch and hand him the full garbage bag. Since it was just going to waste lying on the sidewalk, Oscar would prefer to have the litter himself and use it to fill his piano. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #8 (First: Episode 0326) |
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Muppets | Two boys notice that the number 8 looks the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Cast | Part 1: In limbo, and without dialogue save for a voiceover, Tom, Rafael, Gordon, and Bob all try to get a drink of water from the same tap, but they keep arguing and bumping into each other when they all reach for it at the same time. The result is that no one gets a drink of water. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Animation | 6 dots - 1 = 5 dots (First: Episode 0302) |
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Cast | Part 2: The four men circle the water tap eyeing one another while the voicover wonders what they will do. One of them holds the tap while the other gets a drink. The voiceover declares that some things are easy when you cooperate. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Animation | Counting six red balls (First: Episode 0278) |
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Muppets | Kermit smells smoke. An Anything Muppet girl tells him that there's a fire "over there", and Kermit screams for the fireman. Grover comes along wearing a white coat and a stethoscope; then carrying a pitchfork, and talking about his cows, chickens and the barn. Kermit reminds him that a fireman puts out fires. When Grover finally arrives with a hose, they discover that the fire is coming from the girl toasting marshmallows over a small campfire. |
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SCENE 3 | Rafael teaches Bob a little Spanish as they sing "No Matter What Your Language." |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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SCENE 4 | In the yard near the crates, Oscar pops the lid off his can as he presents the letter L. He knew someone whose name begins with L - Lester. He was always getting into trouble, hence why Oscar liked him. |
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Muppets | Tough Luck Lester, a little boy, explains why he is in bandages; he is never cautious about what he does. With his friends' help, Lester is able to stay away from dangerous items like matches and broken glass. (First: Episode 0161) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit" over footage of a cornfield growing. (First: Episode 0298) |
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Cast | Mr. Hooper adds 3 chairs as a sportscaster narrates. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids count 20 penguins going down a slide. (First: Episode 0232) |
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Muppets | Grover sees his shadow follow him around, and thinks it's a person following him. However, Herbert Birdsfoot explains what a shadow is. (First: Episode 0221) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob sings "One of These Things" to the kids using pictures of groups of chairs. |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, resulting in a mess. |
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Muppets | Salesman Harvey Kneeslapper asks Tony if he gets attacked by monsters and run over by crowds. Herry Monster attacks him and a crowd walks all over him, so the answer is yes. Harvey has a simple solution for Tony: AWAY FROM! The next time those things happen to Tony, he can get AWAY FROM them. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "P Is My Favorite Letter". (First: Episode 0322) |
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SCENE 6 | Now near Big Bird's nest, Oscar plays "blastoff" with his can lid again before he introduces a film about two sea creatures. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A lobster and a crab. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0317) |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree, which he says is a picture of four elephants. Ernie doesn't see the four elephants, so Lefty offers to show him the elephants if Ernie will buy the picture for a nickel. Lefty points out the elephants, which are actually spaces in the tree's branches. Ernie shells out for the picture. Ernie wants to pull the same trick on Bert, but Bert notices the elephants right away. (First: Episode 0292) |
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SCENE 7 | Under the arbor, Oscar peeks out of his can as Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Tom and Rafael hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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