Sesame Street 
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| Big Bird accidentally locks himself in the garage | |||||||||
| Air date | April 28, 1972 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Molly greets the viewer while speaking very slowly. When Susan asks why, Molly introduces something even slower than she is... |
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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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Film | New Bridge #1 - Panel Drop (First: Episode 0105) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "Still, We Like Each Other." |
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Cartoon | W For Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird needs his broom from the garage. Mr. Hooper explains that he's set the doors to lock upon closing; that way, he wouldn't have to go all the way back to his store and get the keys to unlock it again. Big Bird accidentally locks himself inside, so Mr. Hooper has to go to the store for his keys anyway. |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0340) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper frees Big Bird and reminds him not to shut the door while he's inside. Big Bird almost makes this mistake, but manages to remember not to lock himself in and get his broom. He does, though, forget not to lock Mr. Hooper in the garage. |
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Transition | A circle appears on screen, expanding like a balloon until it pops. (First: Episode 0105) |
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Muppets | Bert sings the club song for The National Association of W Lovers. (First: Episode 0366) |
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Cartoon | King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons (First: Episode 0345) |
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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 | W - wallpaper (First: Episode 0291) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby demonstrates what a surprised face looks like. (First: Episode 0138) |
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Cartoon | A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370) |
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SCENE 4 | At the Fix-It Shop, Rafael fixes the aerator of a fish tank and explains its purpose to a kid. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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Cast | Gordon and Bob assemble an E. (First: Episode 0005) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie eats one of Bert's cookies and doesn't know what to tell him. Bert observes that there are four cookies when there should be five. No matter how Ernie arranges them, there are still four cookies. Since Bert doesn't want to see four cookies, Ernie eats another one, making it three instead of four. (First: Episode 0238) |
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Cartoon | Birds appear around the numerals one through twenty as jazz music plays. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0134) |
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SCENE 5 | At the playground, Big Bird has taken up the role of an alphabet charmer and shows Rafael. He plays his instrument, summoning all 26 letters from a basket as Rafael recites it. To get them back in, Big Bird yells for them to return, and the two are pelted with various letters. |
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Cartoon | E ... see me eating a peach (First: Episode 0001) |
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Film | Ten zebras walk slow, while 10 other zebras walk fast. (First: Episode 0338) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover opens a menu and shows Mr. Johnson a large picture of the special sandwich, which comes with potato chips on the side, a pickle on the top, and olive stuck in with 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. (First: Episode 0332) |
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Cartoon | Once there were two men. Each had his own idea. One man told his thought to the other man, then the other man told his idea to the first man. Now both men knew twice as much. (First: Episode 0268) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan sings the "Same/Different Song" for the kids, using the words TOP and POT. |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
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Cast | Bob and Gordon erect an 11. (First: Episode 0183) |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppets (including George) individually try to sell lemons, water, and sugar. After all of their businesses fail, the three cooperate to start a lemonade stand. (First: Episode 0335) |
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SCENE 7 | Molly, Rafael and Oscar wait outside Hooper's Store for Mr. Hooper to return. To make things easier, they decide to form a line, but Oscar doesn't like being last and tries pushing himself at the front. They have him imagine being first in line and having others cut ahead of him. Oscar snaps back and admits it would feel lousy if that happened, but given his grouchy nature he still does it anyway when Mr. Hooper returns. |
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Celebrity | Flip Wilson shows how his teacher, Miss Johnson, taught the ABCs. (First: Episode 0151) |
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Muppets | The Hands count to 11. (First: Episode 0217) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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SCENE 8 | Susan demonstrates surprise by facing away from the camera, then revealing she has a large fake mustache. She introduces an animal that has a real mustache... |
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Film | The walrus (First: Episode 0296) |
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Transition | Bridge #2 - Scoring (First: Episode 0291) |
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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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Cartoon | A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Transition | Bridge #3 - Four Corner Bridge A (First: Episode 0282) |
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SCENE 9 | Rafael uses an electric jigsaw to cut a W out of the middle of a piece of plywood. |
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Cartoon | W - wallpaper (repeat) |
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Muppets | In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W. |
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Transition | Bridge #1 - Zipper (First: Episode 0291) |
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Film | Traffic lights (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | I Thought a Thought ... about big things. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226) |
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SCENE 10 | The sponsors are announced, and the credits roll. |
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