| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | December 4, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob greets the viewer, and thinks he hears the sound of the milkshake machine inside Hooper's Store. The sound makes him thirsty, so he calls out to David for a glassful of whatever he's got. Inside, David has actually been using an electric drill on a piece of wood, and he confusingly puts the sawdust into a glass for Bob. |
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Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | Lefty tries to sell Ernie a STOP sign. (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cartoon | Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335) |
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Insert | Sitting at the counter in Hooper's Store, Big Bird wonders what it would be like to be short, so he tells Mr. Hooper he's going to do some imagining. He closes his eyes and Big Bird sees himself small enough to walk around on the counter where he interacts with, compared now to his tiny stature, is a large bowl of ice cream and large squeak toy which scares him now because he's so small. When Mr. Hooper cleans up, Big Bird notes that he's now too small to notice, so he imagines himself back to reality. Mr. Hooper leans in to Big Bird from overhead to excuse himself, making Big Bird wonder if he's still imagining. The camera pulls back to reveal Mr. Hooper standing on a step ladder, and Big Bird resolves to being his normal size again. (First: Episode 0212) |
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Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0158) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit." (First: Episode 0160) |
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Cartoon | A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead finds the numbers 1-20, which the rabbit repeats at the end. (First: Episode 0337) |
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Cartoon | Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Cookie Monster drinks both of Kermit's glasses of milk, which he was going to use to explain "more" and "less". When Kermit insults Cookie Monster, several of Cookie Monster's monster pals gang up on Kermit, prompting him to point out that now there are more monsters and less frogs. (First: Episode 0004) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria paints the letter A on an easel, and makes it disappear by saying "Abracadabra!" |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman comes to Ernie's apartment because he has some car trouble and needs to use Ernie's phone, but Ernie doesn't understand what he is trying to say. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 1) (First: Episode 0092) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob asks a couple of kids what the word "shape" means, and plays a game of "Three of These Things" using pictures of a button, a stamp, a wheel, and a manhole cover. |
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Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Cartoon | A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Celebrity | Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids. (First: Episode 0043) |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | The O in STOP bounces around, and the other letters tell it to stop. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0149) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster explains the purpose of the Bus Stop sign, however the bus zooms pasts him. Resulting in Cookie Monster ripping the part of the sign mentioning STOP. (First: Episode 0192) |
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Animation | Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Film | A man (Barry Simpson) puts on snowshoes to bring his trash out. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria now paints the letter F on the easel, and makes it fly out of sight. |
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Cartoon | Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (repeat) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | Counting to 20. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324) |
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SCENE 5 | Marty observes that the flowers in the flower bed are looking droopy. Bob explains that there are a lot of weeds among the flowers, and it's important to remove them so the flowers can get enough food from the earth. Marty continues to help weed as Bob leaves, but Oscar stops him to show that his own personal flowerpot has one lone flower and several weeds. Bob starts to pull the weeds out, which enrages Oscar as he was upset about the flower taking up all the space. Bob transplants the weeds into another pot, and takes the flower for himself while Oscar admires his beautiful weeds. |
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Cartoon | F for fly & frog (repeat) |
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Muppets | Grover makes the sound of the letter F, which blows the letter further and further away until it flies off-screen with a loud crash. (First: Episode 0236) |
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Cartoon | More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Me." |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. (First: Episode 0280) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird sings "Everyone Makes Mistakes" as he dances around Sesame Street. |
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Cartoon | A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F. (First: Episode 0309) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie comes from finishing his bath, and tells Bert that there's something that he forgot. Bert asks if he's washed behind his ears, his neck, and his elbows. Finally, Ernie remembers that he forgot to turn off the water in the tub -- as the water level rises. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Ostriches walk and run. (piano music) (First: Episode 0339) |
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Cartoon | A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (repeat) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird gives a couple of kids some bouncy rides on his leg as David 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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