Sesame Street | |||||||
Snow — Freddy helps at the Fix-It Shop | |||||||
Air date | March 22, 1972 | ||||||
Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Susan observes that today is a very cold day and believes it might even snow. Rafael darts past to the Fix-It Shop to get some warm winter gear, and Mr. Hooper closes up the doors and windows to Hooper's Store to keep out the wind. | |
Cartoon | "I in the Sky" | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet. (First: Episode 0320) | |
Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you want me to keep an eye on your hat?" The man says yes. Harvey then puts a letter I on top of the man's hat, crushing it in the process. (First: Episode 0288) | |
Film | Ostriches walk and run. (piano music) (First: Episode 0339) | |
SCENE 2 | Rafael makes it to the Fix-It Shop, where a Muppet boy named Freddy is hanging out. Rafael comments that business has been slow today and runs off with his scarf to the bank. He tells Freddy to tell any customers that come by he'll be back in a few minutes. Freddy feels bad that there's nothing for Rafael to fix, so he decides to find something he can work on. | |
Muppets | Four Anything Muppet cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number 4. (First: Episode 0132) | |
SCENE 3 | Freddy wanders around the block, when he sees Antonio, Brian, and the other kids playing with a wind-up toy. The youngsters head inside for some hot cocoa, while Freddy notices the wind-up toy moving slower and slower until it stops. He believes the toy is broken and carries it off back to the Fix-It Shop. | |
Animation | Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132) | |
Film | A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255) | |
SCENE 4 | Freddy drops by Big Bird's nest to find something to fix. He notices Big Bird's radio is not making any sound, believing it must be busted as well. | |
Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143) | |
Cast | Jerry Nelson narrates the Alphabet Dancers (Gordon, Maria, Tom, and Bob) forming a capital letter I. (with revised narration) (First: Episode 0289) | |
Cartoon | I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) | |
SCENE 5 | Susan discovers the light in her fridge is out and goes to find a new one. While she's gone, Freddy wanders into the kitchen to find something broken. He too sees that the fridge light is out and thinks the entire fridge must be broken. He begins dragging it out of the kitchen. | |
Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) | |
Cartoon | Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231) | |
SCENE 6 | Freddy deals with a calling customer, telling them that Rafael now has enough work to keep him busy until next month. Rafael returns and sees all the items Freddy has brought in. He recognizes the radio as Big Bird's, having fixed it last week. He shows Freddy that by turning it on, it makes sound. He then points out that the robot toy simply needs to be wound up again to start moving. He finally replaces the light in the fridge, which is all that needs repairing. Freddy momentarily faints when Rafael asks him to bring everything back, but then assures him he can use his truck to bring back the heavy fridge. | |
Transition | The screen fills up with fluid. (First: Episode 0105) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie eats one of the two pieces of chocolate cake that Bert was saving for their dessert. Bert sees Ernie holding a fork in one hand and a napkin with some chocolate on it in the other--and in front of him is a plate full of chocolate-cake crumbs. When Bert accuses Ernie of eating the cake, Ernie tells Bert that a monster came in, ate Bert's cake, and framed Ernie. Bert doesn't believe Ernie's lie. But when Bert leaves the room, Beautiful Day Monster comes in and does exactly what Ernie told Bert happened to the first piece. Ernie tries to explain, but Bert says, "I don't want to talk about it." (First: Episode 0119) | |
Cast | Gordon and Tom want to draw houses, but they only have one sheet of paper. They each use half, but they are not pleased with their houses until they cooperate again and connect the lines in the middle to make one big house. (First: Episode 0271) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word. (First: Episode 0314) | |
Film | Kids comment on a film of the process of peanuts being made into peanut butter. (First: Episode 0194) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I for Island. (First: Episode 0314) | |
SCENE 7 | Susan sings "Three of These Things" about people engaged in winter activities and someone swimming. | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Loren count to twenty. (First: Episode 0290) | |
Cartoon | A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite". (First: Episode 0032) | |
Muppets | Lefty wants to sell Ernie a snowman, but it starts to melt, growing smaller and smaller. | |
Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman. (First: Episode 0023) | |
Film | Kids identify squash in close-ups. | |
Muppets | Four Anything Muppet cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number 4. (Spanish version) | |
SCENE 8 | Mr. Hooper talks with the kids about how people and animals keep warm, with some pictorial examples. | |
Film | A lobster and a crab. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0317) | |
Muppets | "The "OP" Family Song" (First: Episode 0146) | |
Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300) | |
Film | The Mad Painter #4 (First: Episode 0344) | |
Cartoon | Checkerboard transition cartoon (First: Episode 0105) | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard. | |
Cartoon | Capital I, he's quite a guy | |
Muppets | A disconsolate Ernie tells Oscar the Grouch that he's lost his Rubber Duckie. Oscar tries to calm Ernie down and says that he'll buy Ernie another one. Ernie says he can't - Rubber Duckie is special and unique. He tells Oscar that Rubber Duckie is "cute, adorable, sweet, cuddly, and makes a wonderful sound." Oscar tells Ernie that he'll bring him a new one. (First: Episode 0139) | |
Film | New Bridge #5 - Bounce (First: Episode 0105) | |
Muppets | Oscar comes back with a new Duckie, but this one is different - it's a Grouch duckie. They realize that they have different ideas of what is cute and ugly. Ernie thanks Oscar for trying to help - and when he sits down, he hears a familiar squeak. He digs through the stuff on the floor, and finds his Rubber Duckie! Ernie and Oscar argue over which of their toys is the cutest. (First: Episode 0139) | |
Film | Kids identify a piece of cabbage in close-up. | |
SCENE 9 | With snow on the way, Rafael sharpens the kids' sleds and ice skates. Freddy wants his skates sharpened as well, but brings a pair of rollerskates. He then gets his ice skates, as the kids begin playing in the sudden snowfall. Susan announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, while Rafael holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- In the script for the episode, Grover was originally intended as the Muppet troublemaker in the street story.
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