| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| David saves Maria's rings from being lost in the drain | |||||||||
| Air date | February 25, 1972 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Molly greets the viewer and observes how nobody seems to be around, including inside the Fix-it Shop and Hooper's Store. She notices the tire swing in the yard, saying that she's too old to play on such a thing now. She gives it a second thought, puts down her mailbag and makes sure that the street is still empty. As soon as she gets on the tire swing, on cue, David, Maria, Big Bird, and kids appear from everywhere. They go on about their business as Molly feigns her original intentions. Finally, she asks out loud for a push and Big Bird happily obliges. |
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Muppets | Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0188) |
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Cartoon | A poem filled with T words, including a teacher, toys, Texas, and "turtles with brains". Voice: Bob Arbogast (First: Episode 0024) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria puts two bars together to form the letter T. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty T” (First: Episode 0020) |
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SCENE 3 | In reverse footage, Chris watches as David uncrumbles a styrofoam letter T. |
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Muppets | Some Anything Muppets and monsters (including Cookie Monster, an early Grover, Beautiful Day Monster, Scudge, and Fred's son) pile up and count to 10. (First: Episode 0084) |
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Film | "Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." Music: "Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Allegro," The Swingle Singers (First: Episode 0140) |
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SCENE 4 | David discovers Maria in tears, pacing the stoop. She explains that she was washing her hands, had put her rings on the edge of the sink, and had accidentally knocked them into the sink and down the drain. David comforts her and uses David's blackboard slate. He draws a picture of Maria's sink and points out that the S-shaped pipe under the sink is called a trap; it traps things that drop down the drain. The three go inside to get a wrench from Gordon. |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Maria and David exit 123 Sesame Street, all smiles as Maria has her rings back. She thanks David with a kiss, and the three go to Hooper's for some egg creams. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — During the rain, Ernie stands under an umbrella explaining how the weather makes him feel happy, sad, and mad. Bert has been trying to get under the umbrella with him, telling Ernie that all it has made him feel is wet. Ernie wonders why he doesn't have his umbrella; Bert explains that it's because Ernie is using it. Ernie thanks him and leaves Bert sneezing in the rain. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Transition | Bridge #13 - Leaf Drop Bridge (First: Episode 0309) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (Spanish) (First: Episode 0306) |
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Cartoon | Number count to 20 (w/ cameo appearance by Cookie Monster), followed by cast list at the end. |
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SCENE 5 | Molly dresses up for her niece's wedding, but finds that Maria and David don't seem to recognize her. Big Bird bumps into her and apologizes, but only refers to her as "lady." She calls for David's attention, wondering if everybody's mad at her and are refusing to talk. David, Big Bird, and Maria comment on how nice she's dressed, and Molly realizes they're not used to seeing her out of her mail carrier uniform. They elegantly escort her to the bus stop. |
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Transition | Bridge #12 - Glass smashes (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Kermit tests Cookie Monster with his new monster testing device. He wants to see if Cookie Monster can figure out how to get the cookie out of the machine. Cookie Monster proceeds to crush the cookie in the contraption into crumbs and pour water on them. But he's delighted with the results -- cookie soup. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Film | A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground. (First: Episode 0149) |
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Film | Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0318) |
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Cartoon | T for top Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0298) |
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SCENE 6 | Maria has a lower-case t appear over her right shoulder, then a capital T over her left shoulder. She identifies both Ts in Spanish. |
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Film | A child closes their eyes and describes the shapes they feel. |
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Celebrity | Nina Simone sings "Young Gifted and Black." |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie comes home to a sleeping Bert and tries to think of things to do that won't wake him up. He can't watch TV, and he can't play with his ball. Bored, he decides to take a nap too -- but then he starts to snore. This awakens Bert, who wonders out loud where the noise is coming from, in the process arousing Ernie, who gets mad at being woken up. (First: Episode 0280) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird walks past Oscar's trash can and hears beautiful music coming from it. Oscar invites Big Bird to look inside his can, where he takes the record off his player and puts it down on a stack of other records at the bottom of the stairs. He makes his way to the top, where he lets his bowling ball bounce down the steps and destroy the records (as well as his china cabinet). |
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Film | A baby monkey Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty U” (First: Episode 0036) |
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Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Garbageman and Barber. (First: Episode 0045) |
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Cartoon | A dog learns about U. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 8 | As Big Bird narrates, the kids (including Troy) run forward to the end of the street. The scene is reversed, and they run backward. |
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Film | A very busy man is asked by a voice what "forwards" and "backwards" means, but the man doesn't have time to listen. Instead, he is shown what "backwards" means by watching everything around him go in reverse motion! (First: Episode 0166) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy teaches "forward" and "backward" with a group of Muppets who keep running over the boy when his back is turned. (First: Episode 0069) |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes uses a wind-up doll to show forward and backward. (First: Episode 0157) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act (First: Episode 0280) |
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SCENE 9 | Since a number of the people on her mail route speak Spanish, Molly asks Maria to teach her something she could tell them. Maria teaches her the several ways to say "How are you?" in Spanish before she continues on her route. |
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Cartoon | T for top (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert goes out to mail a letter, and depends on Ernie to let him in when he knocks. Instead of letting Bert in, Ernie repeats his knocks on the drums. (First: Episode 0280) |
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SCENE 10 | Maria now teaches Molly how to say “goodbye” in Spanish as they wave goodbye with the kids. David announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and Molly holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- Northern Calloway (David) noticeably has a bandage on his eyebrow during the episode, which is never brought up during dialogue.
- Unlike most episodes, the closing theme continues to play over the funding credits.
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