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{{episodesesame|plot=Molly’s broken mailbag|airdate=May 4, [[1972]]|season=[[Season 3 (1971-1972)]]|prod=|writer=|sponsors=[[C]], [[L]], [[4]]|syndication=|releases=|trusted}}
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*[[Oscar the Grouch]] receives a note written in Spanish and needs [[Luis]] to translate it.
  
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 1'''
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| [[David]], dressed as a magician, “turns” a chair into a number 4.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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{{nav|episode|prev=[[Episode 0398]]|next=[[Episode 0400]]}}
  
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| [[File:Scanimate4.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Animation
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| [[Scanimate Films]] #4<br>{{first|0132}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:ChairSIT.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:ErnieBertPizzaGrapeJuice1.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| {{erniebert|apt}} [[Ernie]] and [[Bert]] have pizza and grape juice. Bert complains that Ernie has more of each, so Ernie tries to make it even by eating some of his pizza and drinking some of his grape juice, but then Bert has more. And so on.<br>{{first|0256}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:lpoemkids.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Kids hear an L poem.<br>{{first|0198}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| (LA) Cyclops 1-10 (1:13)
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Gloria2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Gloria sings the alphabet ''(uppercase version)''.<br>{{first|0023}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Harveydoorprank.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Harvey Kneeslapper]] sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey!<br>{{first|0353}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 2'''
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| [[Molly]] enters [[Big Bird]]’s nest area, carrying her mailbag funny because the strap is broken. Big Bird loans her his oversized schoolbag, while he takes the mailbag over to the [[Fix-it Shop]].
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:2040j.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.<br>{{first|0304}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 2'''<br>cont'd
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| Big Bird has emptied all the mail from Molly’s mailbag into his schoolbag, but Molly notices he forgot to take his things out, and decides she’d rather go with her broken mailbag.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:4-Cheerleaders.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| Four [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number [[4]].<br>{{first|0132}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:4fiddle.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[Donnie Budd]] counts four lions.<br>Artist: [[Bud Luckey]]<br>{{first|0300}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 3'''
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| [[Oscar the Grouch|Oscar]] lends Molly his shopping bag, which – big surprise – has a big hole in the bottom.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:lisforlips.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| L is for Lips<br>{{first|0147}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:George the Farmer 20 barrels.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| [[George the Farmer]] counts 20 barrels.<br>{{first|0278}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 4'''
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| At the Fix-it Shop, [[Luis]] solves Molly’s problem by making her a makeshift mailbag using a cardboard box and a rope.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Legend of Lovely Lady Linda 01.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| Bob reads the first half of "[[The Legend of the Lovely Lady Linda]]".<br>{{first|0197}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Bob and Hooper assemble L.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| [[Bob]] and [[Mr. Hooper]] manage to get L in the right position.<br>{{first|0147}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Legend of Lovely Lady Linda 02.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| Bob continues reading "[[The Legend of the Lovely Lady Linda]]".<br>{{first|0197}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 5'''
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| David encounters Big Bird chasing his own tail. Big Bird suggests David try it himself, but David points out that only animals have tails.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Animalswtails.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| [[Sesame Street Animal Films]]: Animals with tails.<br>{{first|0017}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Timber2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| A construction worker yells "Timber" and a tree falls to the ground, but then bounces back up!<br>{{first|0149}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Letter_C_toon.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A man gets a letter C in the mail.<br>{{first|0294}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Onelittlepenguin.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| [[Sesame Street Animal Films]]: A kid recites a poem about adding penguins.<br>Music: [[Joe Raposo]]<br>{{first|0255}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:1261-Shapes.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Insert
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| [[David]] (in voice-over) spots shapes in and around the [[Fix-It Shop]].
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Hubley.Penguintap.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align="center" | Cartoon
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| A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter.<br>Artists: [[John and Faith Hubley|The Hubleys]]<br>{{first|0239}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:E&B--Painting.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| {{erniebert|apt}} [[Ernie]] is painting a portrait of [[Bert]], but paints Bert with curly hair, glasses and a beard. When Bert gets angry about this, Ernie takes him behind the easel and puts curly hair, glasses and a beard on Bert.<br>{{first|0365}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 6'''
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| David plays a “[[Three of These Things]]” game with three squares and a rectangle.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:LakeLillian.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian.<br>{{first|0347}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Madpainter4.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| [[The Mad Painter]] #[[4]]<br>{{first|0344}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:more-1232.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| The ''more'' a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the ''less'' room he has.<br>Artist: [[Bob Kurtz]]<br>{{first|0294}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Mushrooms.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Through close-ups, children identify mushrooms.<br>{{first|0357}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Help!.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Tony (Anything Muppet)|Tony]] sings [[The Beatles]] song "[[Help!]]" because his date can't go to the dance tonight and he needs someone to go with.<br>{{first|0135}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 7'''
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| Oscar receives a note written in Spanish and asks Luis to translate it. It’s from his Grouch cousin, Pepe in El Paso.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Film-BroccoliCU.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Kids identify broccoli through close-ups.<br>{{first|0357}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:SpeechBalloonLLight.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[Speech Balloon]]: L for Light<br>{{first|0147}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Timber1.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground.<br>{{first|0149}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:Linoleum.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Ernie]] and [[Bert]] sing "[[La, La, La]]."<br>{{first|0321}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 8'''
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| David encounters Oscar looking at the grasshopper in the following film …
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:500022.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Grasshopper ''(harpsichord 50s-style music)''<br>{{first|0084}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:E&BErniePlaystheDrumsWhileBertKnocks.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| {{erniebert|apt}} [[Bert]] goes out to mail a letter, and depends on [[Ernie]] to let him in when he knocks. Instead of letting Bert in, Ernie repeats his knocks on the drums.<br>{{first|0280}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Moremoths.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes.<br>Artist: [[Bob Kurtz]]<br>{{first|0294}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Pepperzoomout.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| The camera zooms out on a pepper as kids guess what it is.<br>{{first|0390}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:4fiddle.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[Donnie Budd]] counts four lions. ''(repeat)''<br>{{first|0300}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 9'''
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| The sponsors are announced.
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|}
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{{nav|episode|prev=[[Episode 0398]]|next=[[Episode 0400]]}}
   
 
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Revision as of 13:44, 28 May 2020

Sesame Street
Molly’s broken mailbag
Air date May 4, 1972
Season Season 3 (1971-1972)
Sponsors C, L, 4
This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ


StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
Noimage
 SCENE 1 David, dressed as a magician, “turns” a chair into a number 4.
Scanimate4
 Animation Scanimate Films #4
(First: Episode 0132)
ChairSIT
 Cartoon A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him.
ErnieBertPizzaGrapeJuice1
 Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert have pizza and grape juice. Bert complains that Ernie has more of each, so Ernie tries to make it even by eating some of his pizza and drinking some of his grape juice, but then Bert has more. And so on.
(First: Episode 0256)
Lpoemkids
 Cartoon Kids hear an L poem.
(First: Episode 0198)
Noimage
 Film (LA) Cyclops 1-10 (1:13)
Gloria2
 Cartoon Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version).
(First: Episode 0023)
Harveydoorprank
 Muppets Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey!
(First: Episode 0353)
Noimage
 SCENE 2 Molly enters Big Bird’s nest area, carrying her mailbag funny because the strap is broken. Big Bird loans her his oversized schoolbag, while he takes the mailbag over to the Fix-it Shop.
2040j
 Cartoon A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT.
(First: Episode 0304)
Noimage
 SCENE 2
cont'd 		Big Bird has emptied all the mail from Molly’s mailbag into his schoolbag, but Molly notices he forgot to take his things out, and decides she’d rather go with her broken mailbag.
4-Cheerleaders
 Muppets Four Anything Muppet cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number 4.
(First: Episode 0132)
4fiddle
 Cartoon Donnie Budd counts four lions.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0300)
Noimage
 SCENE 3 Oscar lends Molly his shopping bag, which – big surprise – has a big hole in the bottom.
Lisforlips
 Cartoon L is for Lips
(First: Episode 0147)
George the Farmer 20 barrels
 Film George the Farmer counts 20 barrels.
(First: Episode 0278)
Noimage
 SCENE 4 At the Fix-it Shop, Luis solves Molly’s problem by making her a makeshift mailbag using a cardboard box and a rope.
Legend of Lovely Lady Linda 01
 Cast Bob reads the first half of "The Legend of the Lovely Lady Linda".
(First: Episode 0197)
Bob and Hooper assemble L
 Cast Bob and Mr. Hooper manage to get L in the right position.
(First: Episode 0147)
Legend of Lovely Lady Linda 02
 Cast Bob continues reading "The Legend of the Lovely Lady Linda".
(First: Episode 0197)
Noimage
 SCENE 5 David encounters Big Bird chasing his own tail. Big Bird suggests David try it himself, but David points out that only animals have tails.
Animalswtails
 Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals with tails.
(First: Episode 0017)
Timber2
 Film A construction worker yells "Timber" and a tree falls to the ground, but then bounces back up!
(First: Episode 0149)
Letter C toon
 Cartoon A man gets a letter C in the mail.
(First: Episode 0294)
Onelittlepenguin
 Film Sesame Street Animal Films: A kid recites a poem about adding penguins.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0255)
1261-Shapes
 Insert David (in voice-over) spots shapes in and around the Fix-It Shop.
Hubley.Penguintap
 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)
E&B--Painting
 Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie is painting a portrait of Bert, but paints Bert with curly hair, glasses and a beard. When Bert gets angry about this, Ernie takes him behind the easel and puts curly hair, glasses and a beard on Bert.
(First: Episode 0365)
Noimage
 SCENE 6 David plays a “Three of These Things” game with three squares and a rectangle.
LakeLillian
 Cartoon A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian.
(First: Episode 0347)
Madpainter4
 Film The Mad Painter #4
(First: Episode 0344)
More-1232
 Cartoon The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has.
Artist: Bob Kurtz
(First: Episode 0294)
Mushrooms
 Film Through close-ups, children identify mushrooms.
(First: Episode 0357)
Help!
 Muppets Tony sings The Beatles song "Help!" because his date can't go to the dance tonight and he needs someone to go with.
(First: Episode 0135)
Noimage
 SCENE 7 Oscar receives a note written in Spanish and asks Luis to translate it. It’s from his Grouch cousin, Pepe in El Paso.
Film-BroccoliCU
 Film Kids identify broccoli through close-ups.
(First: Episode 0357)
SpeechBalloonLLight
 Cartoon Speech Balloon: L for Light
(First: Episode 0147)
Timber1
 Film A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground.
(First: Episode 0149)
Linoleum
 Muppets Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La."
(First: Episode 0321)
Noimage
 SCENE 8 David encounters Oscar looking at the grasshopper in the following film …
500022
 Film Grasshopper (harpsichord 50s-style music)
(First: Episode 0084)
E&BErniePlaystheDrumsWhileBertKnocks
 Muppets Ernie & Bert — Bert goes out to mail a letter, and depends on Ernie to let him in when he knocks. Instead of letting Bert in, Ernie repeats his knocks on the drums.
(First: Episode 0280)
Moremoths
 Cartoon More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes.
Artist: Bob Kurtz
(First: Episode 0294)
Pepperzoomout
 Film The camera zooms out on a pepper as kids guess what it is.
(First: Episode 0390)
4fiddle
 Cartoon Donnie Budd counts four lions. (repeat)
(First: Episode 0300)
Noimage
 SCENE 9 The sponsors are announced.


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