| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird gets a letter from his cousin Monroe | |||||||
| Air date | April 17, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar the Grouch asks the viewer to identify what letter three items start with: a rusty key, a battered kettle, and an empty bottle of ketchup. He's irritated when it takes the viewer too long to identify the big letter of the day, K. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty K" - Karen the Kangaroo talks about words that start with the letter K. Featuring the sped-up voice of Gene Moss. (First: Episode 0142) |
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Cartoon | The Pink Panther - K For Karate (First: Episode 0241) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert can't go on a trip with Ernie because his hand has purple paint on it. Ernie puts a mitten on Bert's hand to cover it, but Bert still won't go because he looks silly wearing one mitten. So Ernie completes the outfit with another mitten, a hat, a scarf, and a sled. Ernie then reveals that they are going to the beach. |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird, playing Roadrunner, comes up to Luis outside the Fix-It Shop. Luis wonders aloud to Big Bird what must be taking Rafael so long delivering a TV to Mr. Anguilla. Since Luis can't imagine what could have happened to him, Big Bird does it for him: he first pictures Rafael tripping and falling over a small trash can (with sound effects breakage), then plugging in the TV set which explodes in Rafael's face.
Luis suspects Rafael stayed to watch the big game, at which point a cheerful Rafael arrives. He reveals that he returned the TV, turned it on, the game was on, and he had to stay and watch some of it. Big Bird is overjoyed at the news... so he can go to Mr. Anguilla's and watch the exciting game. Luis and Rafael exchange looks and Spanish comments on Big Bird's mentality: Rafael thinks he is "tan poco tocada de la cabeza" (a little touched in the head). |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: K - Key (First: Episode 0040) |
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Song | "Doll House" (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342) |
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Celebrity | Listen My Brother sings a counting song. (First: Episode 0228) |
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Cartoon | "K" - Kangaroo - A man (voiced by Gary Owens) explains what a kangaroo is, and ends up in the pouch of one. (First: Episode 0141) |
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Muppets | Cheers: The Anything Muppets cheer for the letter K. (version #2) (First: Episode 0101) |
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SCENE 3 | Molly helps Big Bird open his mail: a letter from his silly cousin Monroe, which he reads aloud. Monroe writes about a man yelling at Granny Bird for dropping a can in the supermarket, some kids who took his red wagon, and a picnic that was rained out (and they had a flat tire too).
Molly takes each misfortune to heart and reacts angrily, until Big Bird reads the back of the letter where Monroe reveals that none of it happened and he made it all up to see if it would make Big Bird angry. Big Bird says there's nothing to be angry about, but an irate Molly is very angry at Monroe making them angry for no reason. Big Bird says "You know something? So am I!" while Molly continues to fume and glare. |
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Film | Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie eats the cake that Bert was planning to eat. Bert sees some icing on Ernie's mouth, a bib around his neck, and a fork and knife in Ernie's hand, and Ernie tells Bert that a monster came in, ate Bert's cake, and put the evidence on Ernie. Bert doesn't believe Ernie's lie and gets another piece of cake, but when he 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 doesn't believe him. (First: Episode 0119) |
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Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird shows Molly his collection of things that rhyme: a mop, a stop sign, and a top (which Molly particularly enjoys playing with). There's also a balloon, which Molly doesn't think belongs until Big Bird makes it pop. |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) |
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Film | "I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (First: Episode 0120) |
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Muppets | Old West sketches: A couple of cowboy Muppets meet the Alphabet Kid, who claims that he can write the alphabet faster than any man alive. To prove it, he quickly draws his crayon and speedily writes out the whole alphabet. (First: Episode 0307) |
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SCENE 5 | Molly helps the Kids define "love" when Oscar pops up from his can to declare that he doesn't love anything. Molly argues that he does: he loves pickles on his ice cream, torn sneakers, trash, and yelling at people. Oscar agrees, but also says he loves being all alone with no one to bother him and slams his can lid down again. |
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Muppets | Marty sings The Beatles's song "The Word" with a trio of Anything Muppet hippies while assembling the word "love" with blocks. (First: Episode 0197) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster (wearing a wig with a bow) spells out LOVE and kisses Tony. (First: Episode 0197) |
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Film | Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo. (First: Episode 0364) |
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Cartoon | A square is fit into many different things, such as a truck, window, television, etc. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Cast | Before and after in split-screen: Tom with a sandwich, Luis giving Bob a haircut, and Susan with a potted plant. (First: Episode 0316) |
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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 6 | Bob and Rafael stop the hot dog vendor for a couple of frankfurters. While the vendor gets some more buns from Hooper's Store, the duo sings "Sing"/"Canta," which ends up attracting a group of kids who sing along. |
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Muppets | Howie, a rabbit, gets Cookie Monster to recite a poem about cookies. (First: Episode 0252) |
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Animation | Bridge: Dot & Hill A-1 (First: Episode 0146) |
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Cartoon | K is for kiss. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131) |
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Animation | Dot & Hill A-2 (First: Episode 0146) |
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Cast | Mr. Hooper, Bob and Brian help Susan set the table. Now that's what I call cooperation. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings and dances the "Minute Waltz." (First: Episode 0019) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis sings the "Same/Different Song" in Spanish and asks the viewer to identify the differences between chocolate ice cream and chocolate cake. |
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Cartoon | A man walks by different people who demonstrate what love is. (First: Episode 0292) |
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SCENE 8 | Over footage of the kids playing, Molly announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Rafael holds the Sesame Street sign, while Molly and Bob hold the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- The letter from Big Bird's "silly cousin Monroe" is reworked from a similar scene in Episode 0320, only with a different emotional emphasis.
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