| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird washes his face | |||||||
| Air date | November 16, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird approaches Susan playing in the yard with some kids. He says he has a neat trick which involves counting from 1 to 10 forward and backward. First, he counts to 10, then turns his back, and counts to 10 again. He's impressed by his joke, but Susan challenges him to count down from 10 to 1. He admits not being able to do so very well, so Susan leads the viewer and the kids in counting backwards. "I think my way was easier," Big Bird admits. |
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Cartoon | An elevator fills up with 10 passengers, but quickly breaks when the mouse gets on. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman tries to buy a saw at Sam's General Store. |
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SCENE 2 | Susan notices that Big Bird has a smudge of something on his beak, so she tells him to go wash it. She reminds him that lots of things can be washed, all in different ways. When she leaves, Big Bird remembers seeing Luis wash a window, so he rushes out to get his supplies. |
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Film | Five Song (Song of Five) (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird starts to wash his face with a bucket full of hot, soapy water, but has a little trouble getting the extra-long brush out through the door of his home. He's almost ready to start until Maria tells him that there's a difference between washing windows and washing his face. He resolves to find a better way, and recalls the way Mr. Hooper washed his apron. |
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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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SCENE 4 | In a basement, Big Bird fills a washing machine with soap and begins to stick his face in when David stops him. He explains that washing machines are for clothes only, and has Big Bird promise never to use a washing machine for anything but clothes. Big Bird agrees, and figures he'll just have to have a dirty face for the rest of his life. |
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Film | Things that begin with G (First: Episode 0357) |
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SCENE 5 | Back in his nest, Big Bird worries that people will start calling him "Dirty Bird." He realizes he hasn't yet looked at his face to see how dirty he is, so he pulls out a hand mirror from his nest. It's so dirty that he can't see his reflection in it, so he starts to clean it with a facecloth and soapy water in his sink. Maria and David stop by and commend him for finding the proper tools to wash his face; Big Bird goes along with it, acting as if he knew the right answer all along. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — (Part 1) Bert tells Ernie to clean up the messy apartment. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Cartoon | G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — (Part 2) Ernie has finished cleaning up the apartment, but the toy chest is still a mess, so he throws toys all over the place. (First: Episode 0010) |
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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. (First: Episode 0400) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan plays a new game in the form of the "Enumeration Song." Using a board featuring sets of circles divided three ways, she asks the viewer which set has two of something. |
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Muppets | The creature returns to subtract one more apple, leaving 3. (First: Episode 0400) |
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Film | A male voiceover and his friend Myrtle observe a macaw in a tree. |
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Muppets | Again, the creature appears to remove another apple, leaving 2. (First: Episode 0400) |
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Muppets | Caveperson Days: King Ernie has a problem -- the cavemen write everything on rocks, which are too heavy to carry around. He calls upon the Royal Smart Person to invent something lighter to write on. |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird has something important to tell Luis, but finds a sign on the door of the Fix-It Shop that reads "cerrado." He assumes it means "asleep" in Spanish, so he starts shouting to wake him up. He then tries ringing a bell and banging a big drum when Maria happens by, curious as to what's going on. She explains that "cerrado" means "closed" and that Luis told her that he closed the shop to have lunch with a friend. Big Bird realizes that the important thing he wanted to remind Luis was about their lunch date, and rushes back to his nest. |
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Film | Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 15 on the street using a stencil. In subsequent airings, this film is shortened, showing only the number 5 being painted. |
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Muppets | Another apple is subtracted, thus leaving only 1. (First: Episode 0400) |
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Film | Kids dancing. |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard. (First: Episode 0368) |
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Muppets | The creature takes away the last apple, leaving 0. (First: Episode 0400) |
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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. (First: Episode 0386) |
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Cartoon | G is for Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird and the kids are bored until Mr. Snuffleupagus arrives to show them how they can dance by "Doin' the Snuffleupagus." |
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Muppets | The Martians find a telephone. (First: Episode 0398) |
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Cartoon | A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Film | A man and children observe the life along the river. |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rapunzel — Prince Charming attempts to rescue Rapunzel from the tower. |
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Cartoon | E for Eel (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "How Do You Get From Here to There?" (First: Episode 0374) |
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Cartoon | G is for Goat (First: Episode 0085) |
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SCENE 9 | A Spanish-speaking girl enters Hooper's Store, but since David doesn't speak Spanish, he doesn't know what she's asking for. Maria stops by, speaks to the girl, and shows David how to make what the girl is asking for: a piragua, made with shaved ice and syrup. David tastes the piragua Maria just made, and asks her to make a couple for herself and the girl while he makes a sign to advertise in the window that Hooper's Store now offers piraguas. |
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Cartoon | G for Gorilla (in man suit) (First: Episode 0085) |
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Muppets | Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds." (First: Episode 0358) |
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Cartoon | G is for Giggle (repeat) |
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SCENE 10 | The kids march with Snuffy down the street as Big Bird tries to call out to the grown-ups of Snuffy's presence to no avail. David announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Cookie Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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