Episode 0378

Sesame Street
Air date	April 5, 1972
Season	Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production January 27, 1972 Sponsors Q, X, 5 This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	At the Fix-it Shop, Richie brings a toaster for Rafael to fix. Richie asks Rafael why he keeps the door locked, and Rafael explains that it's to protect the shop from burglars. He demonstrates the burglar alarm, but realizes he has to go home to find the key to turn it off.
	Muppets	"The Question Song"
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird hears the alarm ringing, and imagines that there's a burglar (played by Bob) in the Fix-it Shop.
	Muppets	The letter R joins U and N to make the word RUN. Anything Muppets run into the scene and take the letters. (First: Episode 0226)
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Bob hears the alarm in the Fix-it Shop, and enters to investigate. Big Bird mistakes him for a burglar and wraps him in a burlap sack. Rafael comes back to turn off the alarm, and the misunderstanding is resolved.
	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)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Touch and Feel." (First: Episode 0252)
	Cartoon	"Poverty Q" -- A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. (First: Episode 0048)
	Film	George the Farmer demonstrates above and below. (First: Episode 0262)
	Cartoon	A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet boy and girl have a conversation using the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 0273)
	SCENE 2	Rafael has Maria and the kids echo the rhythms he makes when sawing wood.
	Muppets	Herry Monster looks for a triangle. He first spots a rectangle first. Grover tells Herry it isn't a triangle and becomes frustrated. Next, he spots a square, Grover tells him it isn't a triangle, and once again is frustrated. Grover suggests that Herry should cut the square in half and make two triangles. (First: Episode 0195)
	Song	"1-2-3-4-5!" (First: Episode 0144)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Polly recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0281)
	Cartoon	Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131)
	Muppets	Grover uses his airplane to demonstrate "above" and "below." (First: Episode 0149)
	Film	Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting. (First: Episode 0284)
	SCENE 3	Gordon sings “The Sorting Song” with pictures of sodas with two straws (but one of them has one straw).
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie declares that he's "the world's greatest counter of numbers". To prove it, he counts from 1 to 10, but every time Bert interrupts him, Ernie starts over again. This slowly drives Bert crazy. (First: Episode 0107)
	Film	Kids play in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0292)
	Cartoon	The great Alphonso and his trained X's (EKA: Episode 0299)
	SCENE 4	Brynne sings the Sorting Song, telling the kids to point out which picture of lollipops doesn't belong among the four.
	Film	The Mad Painter #5 (First: Episode 0345)
	Cartoon	A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.” (First: Episode 0046)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." (First: Episode 0245)
	Cast	Wally and Ralph navigate a tube of toothpaste.
	Muppets	Old West: The James Twins, who do everything together (even the speaking), arrive at the saloon and demand some "mu" and "sick." The patrons don't understand until they put the two parts together. (First: Episode 0328)
	Film	Penguins take a bath. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0233)
	SCENE 5	Gordon finds a lowercase q on Oscar's can. Gordon guesses that it begins QUARTER, QUART or QUACK, but Oscar says it's for QUIET and QUIT.
	Muppets	A long-haired hippie sings "Adding" to Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0243)
	Transition	Dot Bridge #8 (EKA: Episode 0295)
	Muppets	Kermit asks the viewers to play a weather imagination game. First, Kermit imagines it's a warm, sunny day. Then he imagines that it's raining hard. Then he imagines that it's a snowy, windy day. (First: Episode 0325)
	SCENE 6	Big Bird recites a short poem about an octopus.
	Film	Luis announces "And now, the octopus!" Music: "Pomp and Circumstance" (First: Episode 0291)
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0323)
	Film	Dot and hill B-1 (0:46)
	Cartoon	Q -- that funny looking thing. (repeat) (First: Episode 0131)
	Muppets	Ernie demonstrates the letter Q with a quart of milk; Cookie Monster drinks the milk. (First: Episode 0047)
	SCENE 7	The sponsors are announced.

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