| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Sam the Robot does laundry | |||||||
| Air date | December 7, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Since everybody else is busy, Big Bird asks the viewer to help him identify several letters of the alphabet that he has trouble learning. |
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Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The rocket shoots water. (First: Episode 0022) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats." (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L for Light (First: Episode 0147) |
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Muppets | Bert wants to know why there is a cookie lying on the table. Ernie explains that he put it there to remind himself. (First: Episode 0095) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob is on his way to the laundromat with his laundry, but Sam the Robot offers to be a washing machine for him today. Bob puts his clothes into Sam's front hatch before he leaves, while Oscar comes up from his trash can to see what's going on. Sam offers to take care of Oscar's clothes as well, but Oscar would prefer to see how Bob's turns out. He is won over by the loud noise Sam makes while washing the clothes, though. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed, because he might get crumbs in the bed, and then he'll get crumbs in his pajamas, itch, and not be able to sleep. Ernie decides to eat cookies in Bert's bed instead. (First: Episode 0282) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Sam finishes doing Bob's laundry, and Oscar enjoys seeing him spew the wet clothes out onto the street. He leaves to get his own laundry to give to Sam as Bob returns. Bob is very displeased with Sam's work, explaining that he expected Sam to wash, dry, and package his laundry. He angrily takes his wet clothes and heads for the laundromat. Meanwhile, Oscar returns and loads his own laundry into Sam. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La." (First: Episode 0321) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Sam finishes doing Oscar's laundry, but it comes out fully dried and packaged up just as Bob described, which Oscar doesn't like. He demands Sam mess his laundry up, so Sam takes the package, shreds the laundry, and throws it back into Oscar's face. Sam throws a tantrum and goes bonkers, complaining how he'll never understand people. |
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Muppets | "High, Middle, Low" (First: Episode 0236) |
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Cartoon | L is for Ladder (First: Episode 0036) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate what a bald eagle sees when it flies over islands. Music: Joe Raposo |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 3 | Susan plays a game of "One of These Things" with the kids using pictures of three big feet and one small foot. |
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Cartoon | "I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L is for Lunchbox (First: Episode 0031) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit comes across the word "Telephone", spells it, and then teaches the word to the viewer. When an Anything Muppet boy who stands too far away says that he can't hear Kermit, Kermit dials the T, and the boy answers with the last E. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Cartoon | "Four Seasons" (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis plays a Spanish game of "One of These Things" with the kids using pictures of three small hands and one big hand. |
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Cartoon | "The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug." (First: Episode 0009) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph try to figure out how to keep a swinging door open while they carry a heavy plant out of the room. (First: Episode 0344) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis demonstrates the letter L as he tries to lift a heavy barbell. A kid comes by and picks it up with ease. |
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Cartoon | L es para luz (First: Episode 0373) |
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Film | A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0297) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan demonstrates the letter L, speaking in a low voice (provided by Jerry Nelson). |
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Cartoon | A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: TELEPHONE. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Chris, with his sister Stephanie, counts to 20 for Kermit. |
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Film | A voiceover counts nine cars at an intersection. |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (repeat) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird joins Susan and the kids playing "hit the penny," where they try to bounce a ball onto a penny on the ground. Big Bird says he's really good at it, but completely misses the coin when it's his turn. He believes that he'd be a lot better if he uses his lucky penny instead, and brings back his giant-sized penny for the game. |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock demonstrates the sound of the letter L. (First: Episode 0251) |
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Film | The kids form a triangle and a square. (First: Episode 0300) |
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Cartoon | Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman. (First: Episode 0023) |
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Cartoon | T es para telefono (First: Episode 0362) |
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SCENE 8 | Oscar has something important to tell Luis, but he forgot what it is. He looks around his can for the note he wrote to himself, throwing out his trash for Luis to hold on to. When Oscar finds the note, it reads, "Be sure to tell Luis to keep his hands off my trash." Luis retaliates by dumping his armfuls of trash onto Oscar's head. |
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Cartoon | A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0154) |
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Celebrity | Burt Lancaster says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #5: All the dots turn red (altered graphics, turning the dots from red to purple) (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L is for Lunchbox (repeat) |
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SCENE 9 | Big Bird continues playing "hit the penny" with the kids as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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