| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | November 21, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan greets the viewer, pointing out that she appears to be upside-down on a chair, but she's really not: the camera rotates to reveal her standing, holding the chair above her head. |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie holds a hanky while Bert sneezes - and Bert's nose comes off in Ernie's hand. Ernie teases Bert by putting his nose back in the wrong places. (First: Episode 0026) |
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Cartoon | M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073) |
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Muppets | Grover is carrying the word "HELP", which is very heavy. He asks Marty to help him carry the word. Instead, Marty gives Grover three more "HELP" words to carry. (First: Episode 0287) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird puts away eight cups after a pretend tea party with friends, but thinks he needs help remembering how many there are. "I've got a perfect memory, but I never can remember anything," he remarks. He asks Gordon to stand there and keep repeating the number for him, but Gordon tells him to think of an easier way to remember. |
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Muppets | Two boys notice that the number 8 looks the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0282) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Big Bird sets out two tables near his nest, so he can count the 4 legs on each of them, which equal 8. Gordon instead shows Big Bird how to write the number 8 on the box of cups. Big Bird asks Gordon to store them away at his apartment, only now he forgets what he wants to remember eight of... |
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Cartoon | M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot thinks that Grover is talking about the letter M whenever he makes an Mmmmm sound, but Grover is only making the sound because he ate peanut butter and got his mouth stuck shut. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Song | "Eight Song (Song of Eight)” (First: Episode 0016) |
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Film | African children play in a village, and in a modern playground. (First: Episode 0159) |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones perform "Mad." (First: Episode 0240) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon shows Joey and Krystal some abstract pictures with the shape of a bell hidden in them. |
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Cartoon | K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040) |
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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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Cast | Wally and Ralph: Wally gives Ralph a mirror as a present. Wally looks at it, and says it is a picture of himself. But when Ralph looks at it, he sees a picture of himself. When they look at it together, they see a picture of both of them. (First: Episode 0342) |
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Film | Kids compete in a speed skating competition. (version one) |
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SCENE 4 | In an extreme close-up, Susan makes the sound of the letter M. |
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Cartoon | A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen! Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Maria reads "The Boy Who Cried Monster." A terrible, cookie-stealing monster helps to teach a mischievous Anything Muppet boy an important lesson. |
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Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) |
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Cartoon | The Pink Panther - K For Karate (First: Episode 0241) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria trips and drops some magazines she's carrying, causing her to vent her anger in Spanish. Oscar hears her, and she tries to get him to figure out what "enojada" means. Being a Grouch, he believes it could either mean "happy" or "proud," but neither are correct. In order to figure it out, Oscar tosses Maria's magazines down on the ground, and is delighted when he learns that "enojada" means "mad" in Spanish. An unenthused Maria grabs Oscar by the scruff of his neck, and tells him in Spanish that it's now his turn to pick them up. |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holliday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk. (First: Episode 0318) |
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Film | As a young boy dresses himself, he imagines he has magic clothes that dance around his room and place themselves on his body. (First: Episode 0306) |
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Song | Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird." (First: Episode 0372) |
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Cartoon | A man invites an M to dinner. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit demonstrates between by using a ping-pong ball, a doughnut, and a Beatles record sitting on a table, with the donut between the record and the ball. Beautiful Day Monster comes along and proceeds to eat everything. Kermit fears he will also get eaten, but the monster thanks him with a kiss. (First: Episode 0070) |
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Cartoon | The Pink Panther - K For Karate (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar displays some butterscotch-sardine cookies he has. Some of them have an M, for his friend Melvin Grouch, and some have a K for his cousin Katie. He asks the viewer to help him sort them by letter, then he smashes them all with a mallet – Grouches hate cookies, but they like crumbs. |
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Cartoon | M for mouse, mud, and mother (repeat) |
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Muppets | "M-M-M Monster Meal" (First: Episode 0380) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #8 (First: Episode 0326) |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" (repeat) |
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SCENE 7 | The kids ride their bikes and play marbles as Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria and Bob hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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