| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird looks for a job | |||||||
| Air date | March 30, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird notices all the grownups doing their jobs on Sesame Street. Rafael is opening the Fix-it Shop, David is painting the garage bannister (likely hired by Gordon, Big Bird surmises), and Molly is delivering the mail to the residents of 123 Sesame Street. He tells Molly how busy everybody but him seems to be: "I'm a natural-born bird by trade, but I don't have a job to do." He decides to get a job himself, though he's not sure what kind of job to do yet. |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "P Is My Favorite Letter". (First: Episode 0322) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird, wearing a straw hat, has decided to take up farming. He shows Molly the empty milk carton he has, which will be full once he gets milk from a cow. Molly explains to him that the few grass blades growing between the weeds in his garden will not be enough to feed a cow. He decides instead to grow vegetables, but his small flower pot can't accommodate things like a cornstalk. He resolves that a farmer isn't the job for him, not only because he doesn't know how to properly farm, but he also gets to enjoy the tasty corn seeds. |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "How Do You Get From Here to There?" |
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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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SCENE 3 | Big Bird is now a necktie salesman. He tries to sell a well-dressed Bob a tie, rejecting a houndstooth for a more in-vogue striped number. Bob tries to explain that while the ties may be the right size for Big Bird, they're much too big for him (especially when he tries it on). Big Bird is discouraged, until he remembers that he was going to paint a “TIES FOR SALE” sign, and decides to become a sign painter. |
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) |
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SCENE 4 | David and the kids read a sign that Big Bird has made outside his home: “BIGB IRD'SS IGNS HOP.” David shows him how to arrange the letters the right way, and Big Bird then makes a new sign that reads “OUTO FBU SINESS” (which the others also correct). |
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Muppets | Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot count to twenty. (First: Episode 0189) |
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SCENE 5 | Rafael encounters Big Bird, who has finally found the perfect job as it involves working with other birds. He has opened a day care center near his nest, babysitting chicks for the mother hens when they are busy laying eggs. He and Rafael watch over the chicks feeding in their pen made from building blocks. |
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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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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster asks David to read a DANGER sign. (First: Episode 0279) |
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SCENE 6 | Rafael reads Mrs. Sanchez's grocery list in Spanish to some kids, and pantomimes the words so the kids can guess what they are. |
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Cast | Part 1: Tom has blocks and Gordon has a truck. How can they play on the same table without getting in each other's way? (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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Cast | Part 2: Tom and Gordon figure out how to get the truck through the blocks. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover opens a menu, and shows Mr. Johnson a large picture of a specialty sandwich, which comes with potato chips on the side, a pickle on the top, and an olive inserted on a toothpick. When the sandwich arrives, Mr. Johnson complains that it doesn't match the picture on the menu - it doesn't have potato chips, a pickle, or an olive. After Grover finally gets the order right, Mr. Johnson says he doesn't have time to eat it, since his lunch hour is over, and leaves. An exasperated Grover throws a tantrum in the kitchen. (First: Episode 0332) |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes and a monster use hot dogs to demonstrate "long" and "short." (First: Episode 0289) |
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SCENE 7 | David uses chalk to measure how far the kids can jump from a line; some do long jumps, and others do short ones. |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit asks Grover to use ladders to demonstrate the difference between short and long. Kermit's amazed that Grover can carry the long ladder by himself, but then sees that Grover is on both ends. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179) |
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Muppets | Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" about a baker and a shoemaker. (First: Episode 0208) |
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Cartoon | P is for Pillow |
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SCENE 8 | Molly displays some toy construction vehicles to the kids, explaining how the real things can make roads. |
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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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Cartoon | Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0151) |
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Muppets | Grover reads a sign that says DANGER and looks around for said danger. He doesn't find it anywhere until he trips and falls on the sign. (First: Episode 0182) |
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Film | Kids paint P-word animals on glass. (First: Episode 0119) |
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SCENE 9 | David and the kids help Oscar decorate his shelf to look like the picture in his Worse Homes and Gardens magazine. Oscar adds the finishing touch: dirtying and crumpling up the picture. |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about shorter and longer skirts. (First: Episode 0324) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Shola demonstrate a big stick versus a little stick. (First: Episode 0306) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) |
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SCENE 10 | Big Bird recites a short poem about the kangaroo. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues." (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Alien Alphabet (First: Episode 0277) |
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SCENE 11 | Rafael plays jumprope with the kids as David announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Molly and Rafael hold the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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