| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird sets a spaghetti trap for Mr. Snuffleupagus | |||||||
| Air date | February 28, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird says hello to the viewer, then introduces us to Snuffy. Snuffy says goodbye, because he's going home to a big bowl of spaghetti, his favorite food. When Snuffy leaves, Molly enters and gives Big Bird his mail, not believing his “Snuffleupagus” claim. Big Bird tries to figure out a way to make sure that the Snuffleupagus will stay put for a long time, and thinks that spaghetti may do the trick... |
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Muppets | Two children, who can only read some words, resolve their fight over a large book by helping each other and reading alternate words. (First: Episode 0297) |
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Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan and Luis encounter Big Bird cooking a huge supply of spaghetti. Big Bird asks them to make a trail of spaghetti bowls, as part of his secret plan to lure Snuffy back to his nest, where there is a bigger pile of spaghetti (about 500 lbs. by Big Bird's estimate). He hears Snuffy approaching, and rushes off to fetch his friends. |
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Cartoon | T is for Television (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0298) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Snuffy gets so stuffed with spaghetti that he decides to go home to take a nap. When Big Bird gets back with Susan, Luis, Molly, and Mr. Hooper, the pile of spaghetti is slightly reduced, but there’s no Snuffleupagus. Big Bird doesn’t know where Snuffy is, but the adults think they know where he is: in Big Bird’s imagination. They suggest that Big Bird shouldn't waste the rest of the spaghetti, and Big Bird wonders if he'll learn to like it. |
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Cartoon | T for top Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0298) |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Film | Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Muppets | Granny Fanny Nesselrode tries to solve the problem of why ketchup won't come out of a bottle. Her co-host points out that she should remove the bottle cap first. Having solved the problem, Granny ends up pouring ketchup all over the place. (First: Episode 0199) |
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SCENE 3 | Molly points out the letter X in the word "BOX." Luis points out the X in the word "FIX." Mr. Hooper points out the X in the word "MIX." |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "What's My Part?" The contestants are Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Professor Hastings, and the mystery part is a foot. (First: Episode 0164) |
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Cast | Before and after in splitscreen: Tom with a sandwich, Luis giving Bob a haircut, and Susan with a potted plant. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan sings "Three of These Things" with three striped shapes and one plain. |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
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Muppets | A fairy godmother turns Cookie Monster into a handsome prince. He thinks it's ugly, and uses the wand to change her into her original form, Herry Monster wearing a wig. As monsters, they fall in love. (First: Episode 0135) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis now sings "Three of These Things" in Spanish to the kids, using the same shapes with reversed patterns. |
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Film | Gibbons make screeching noises. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to count his balloons. The balloons are arranged in a circle, so he continues counting around the circle, and counts some of them twice. Grover has a solution -- he pops each of the balloons as he counts them. (First: Episode 0133) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph try to figure out how to set a table. Ralph puts two plates, two cups and two saucers on the table first, leaving Wally with the problem of how to get the tablecloth on under the dishes. |
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Muppets | The Hands count to 11. (First: Episode 0217) |
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SCENE 6 | Mr. Hooper, Susan, Molly, Luis, and Big Bird play a rhyming game, but Big Bird can only come up with nonsensical rhyming words when it's his turn. |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0183) |
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Cartoon | A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT. (First: Episode 0304) |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock sings "X Marks the Spot!" |
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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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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (repeat) |
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SCENE 7 | Susan and Joey trick Oscar into counting by getting him so mad that he has to count to 11 to calm himself down. |
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Cartoon | Brand X (First: Episode 0299) |
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Celebrity | Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids. (First: Episode 0043) |
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Cartoon | La letra T es para tigre, tomate, taxi, toro, telefono, televisión, y el terrible tiburon. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Loren count to twenty. (First: Episode 0290) |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird and Snuffy say goodbye to the viewer. As soon as he leaves, Molly, Luis and Mr. Hooper arrive with the kids to say goodbye, again missing Snuffy. Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Molly holds the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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