| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Nydia Caro visits | |||||||||
| Air date | May 5, 1972 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Rafael is searching around the block, as one of the neighbor kids has lost their dog Daisy. |
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Muppets | "Has Anybody Seen My Dog?" (First: Episode 0260) |
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Cartoon | P is for Pillow (First: Episode 0374) |
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SCENE 2 | Rafael introduces Maria and the kids to a special visitor, Nydia Caro. She hands out various Puerto Rican instruments and leads the kids around the street singing "La Banda Dominguera." |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — During the rain, Ernie stands under an umbrella explaining how the weather makes him feel happy, sad, and mad. Bert has been trying to get under the umbrella with him, telling Ernie that all it has made him feel is wet. Ernie wonders why he doesn't have his umbrella; Bert explains that it's because Ernie is using it. Ernie thanks him and leaves Bert sneezing in the rain. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues." (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Marty uses a chain to make shapes. (First: Episode 0232) |
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SCENE 3 | Rafael announces himself as the 1955 yo-yo champion in Puerto Rico and uses his yo-yo to teach various relational concepts, such as up, down, around, and more. |
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Cartoon | Dot & Hill -- C-1 (First: Episode 0164) |
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Muppets | Story: Bob reads "The King and the Fireman", a story about a king who becomes so grateful for being saved by a fireman that he decides to make everyone in the kingdom a firefighter... and soon realizes what a mistake he's made. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | Dot & Hill -- C-2 (First: Episode 0164) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria sings "One of These Things" using images of pavas (Puerto Rican hats). |
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Muppets | Grover talks about front and back, but whenever Grover wants to talk about front, the camera suddenly cuts to a shot of his back, and whenever he wants to talk about back, the camera cuts to a shot of his front. (First: Episode 0139) |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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Film | Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0323) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit" over footage of a cornfield growing. (First: Episode 0298) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog tests Cookie Monster with his new monster testing device. He wants to see if Cookie Monster can figure out how to get the cookie out of the machine. Cookie Monster proceeds to crush the cookie in the contraption into crumbs and pour water on them. But he's delighted with the results -- cookie soup. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." (First: Episode 0245) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird walks down the block, tugging along a toy cat on wheels. He calls it his pet, but Rafael compares the toy to a real cat and points out the main difference between the two, namely that Big Bird's isn't alive. Big Bird considered getting a real cat for a pet, but realized he can't handle the responsibility of owning one, and lists the benefits of having a fake pet. After he leaves, Rafael notes that Big Bird's not as dumb as he looks. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Loren count to twenty. (First: Episode 0290) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Film | Baby animals are fed milk. (First: Episode 0238) |
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Cartoon | P is for Pillow (repeat) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "P Is My Favorite Letter". (First: Episode 0322) |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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SCENE 6 | Rafael sings "One of These Things" in Spanish using pictures of groups of roosters. |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Doctor Ernie — Ernie assumes that Bert is ill when he turns down his invitation to play in the park. (First: Episode 0124) |
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Cast | Bob, Susan, Mr. Hooper, Big Bird, and Gordon line up in limbo and a voiceover (Fran Brill) asks how many of them there are, how many when they're all mixed up, and how many when each of them are subtracted one by one. (First: Episode 0260) |
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Muppets | A furry, purple creature whooshes to the counter of Hooper's Store and counts 5 apples. He subtracts one, leaving 4. |
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Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" (First: Episode 0144) |
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Muppets | The creature returns to subtract one more apple, leaving 3. |
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Film | The kids form a triangle and a square. (First: Episode 0300) |
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Muppets | Again, the creature appears to remove another apple, leaving 2. |
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Cartoon | A girl wonders what would happen if she popped her balloon. She imagines it would scare her sister, who would end up breaking a vase and getting in trouble. (First: Episode 0280) |
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SCENE 7 | Nydia, Maria, Rafael, and the kids play "Ambos a Dos" - a Spanish question and answer game in the yard. Rafael plays an interviewer looking for a helper for a job, while the others stand in a line several feet away. He asks the candidates some questions performed through song and dance. |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (repeat) |
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Muppets | Another apple is subtracted, thus leaving only 1. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. (repeat) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy and girl have a conversation using the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 0273) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #5 (First: Episode 0345) |
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Muppets | The creature takes away the last apple, leaving 0. |
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SCENE 8 | Jay and the kids play in the yard as Big Bird announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Rafael and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, while Big Bird holds the CTW sign. |
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