| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Big Bird helps Luis at the Fix-it Shop | |||||||||
| Air date | April 7, 1972 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird, Mr. Hooper, Luis, Maria, and Gordon decide who will greet the viewer first and who will do it last. Big Bird knows he wants to be last, but he's not quite sure when that will be and keeps interrupting everyone else. |
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Muppets | Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things. (First: Episode 0134) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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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 2 | Gordon brings a mug with a broken handle to the Fix-it Shop, but almost panics when he learns that Big Bird is helping Luis today. Big Bird is about to fix the mug with a hammer and nails, but Luis tells him that won't work, nor will an electric drill. Luis shows that his fast-drying glue will do the job. |
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Cartoon | A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen! Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act (First: Episode 0280) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis finishes fixing the mug, then goes on his lunch break. Big Bird wanders over to Hooper's Store, where Mr. Hooper sets a bunch of teddy bears on a counter so he can dust his shelf. Big Bird offers to help put them back, so Mr. Hooper lets him, telling him to make sure the bears don’t fall. Big Bird has a way to ensure they don’t fall: gluing them to the shelf! |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot thinks that Grover is talking about the letter M whenever he makes an Mmmmm sound, but Grover is only making the sound because he ate peanut butter and got his mouth stuck shut. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird shows Luis that he has applied glue to the teddy bears, but hasn’t put them on the shelf yet, which means they are glued to the counter. Luis unsticks them with a spatula, and shows Big Bird how to put them on the shelf where they won't fall off, with or without glue. |
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Muppets | Kermit smells smoke. An Anything Muppet girl tells him that there's a fire "over there", and Kermit screams for the fireman. Grover comes along wearing a white coat and a stethoscope; then carrying a pitchfork, and talking about his cows, chickens and the barn. Kermit reminds him that a fireman puts out fires. When Grover finally arrives with a hose, they discover that the fire is coming from the girl toasting marshmallows over a small campfire. (First: Episode 0348) |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M (First: Episode 0131) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon asks the kids if they've ever seen any animals that have a mustache and introduces the next film. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: The walrus (First: Episode 0296) |
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Cartoon | A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie eats the ice cream that Bert was saving for later, so he tries to pass off a smashed up banana with ice and gravy as a substitute. Bert expresses his disgust just as Oscar the Grouch comes in with two ice cream cones. He intends to give only one of them away, but swaps the other in exchange for the smashed banana with cold gravy. (First: Episode 0213) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph take turns sitting at the bottom of a slide saying "wheee!" but they don't find it very fun. Wally pushes Ralph from the bottom to the top, and Ralph comes down the ladder to let Wally have a turn. "Wheee!" |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird tries to wash the spots off a toy leopard, but Gordon explains to him that leopards are supposed to have spots. |
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Film | Footage of a leopard in the plain. (First: Episode 0364) |
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Cartoon | King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons (First: Episode 0345) |
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Celebrity | The New York Knicks make 11 shots, but miss on the 12th. (First: Episode 0154) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (Spanish) (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 7 | Maria displays a face that's happy when it's right-side-up, but sad when it's upside-down. |
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Muppets | "M-M-M Monster Meal" |
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Cartoon | Seven monsters cause havoc in a village. Artists: Maurice Sendak, Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0258) |
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Film | A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first." (First: Episode 0290) |
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Cartoon | Marvelous Martha knows many words that start with the letter "M". (First: Episode 0013) |
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Muppets | Some Muppet kids (including Farley) plan to decorate their clubhouse, but each one is only able to find one item. They are upset at their individual failures, until they see what a difference each item makes when they're all hung up. (First: Episode 0280) |
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SCENE 8 | Oscar recites a poem about a turtle named Tommy. |
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Film | A turtle walks slowly. Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod (First: Episode 0281) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At a department store, a salesman hawks a particular sweater for Ernie, who doesn't find it appealing in any way. He does still want to buy it, as it perfectly appeals to Bert's tastes. |
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SCENE 9 | The kids play in the yard while Luis announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Big Bird and Mr. Hooper hold the CTW sign. |
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