| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Sam tells a joke/Big Bird wants to be a dog | |||||||
| Air date | December 11, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 |
SCENE 1 | Bob displays a picture for the kids in the yard. Teaching the IG family of words, the picture is of a big pig wearing a wig, and Bob adds those words to the picture. |
 |
Muppets | "The IG Family Song" (First: Episode 0141) |
 |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: P - pin (First: Episode 0054) |
 |
Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" |
 |
Cartoon | P is for Pillow (First: Episode 0374) |
   |
SCENE 2 | Sam the Robot is upset; being a robot, he doesn't have a sense of humor. David, Susan, Bob, and Gordon help him out by telling him a couple of jokes. Sam uses his computer to check each joke, and a gauge on his side shows whether the joke is good or bad. After deeming a couple of jokes good, Sam feels confident and wants to try out his new jokes. He tells one to Big Bird, but manages to mix the two jokes together. Luckily, they both think it's funny. |
 |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Peanut Butter Sandwiches — Ernie and Bert decide their groceries are boring until they combine them to make peanut butter sandwiches. (First: Episode 0279) |
 |
Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
 |
Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
 |
SCENE 3 | Gordon plays a game of "Three of These Things" with the kids using a beach ball and cube-shaped objects. |
 |
Film | There Once Was a Hand: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise. (First: Episode 0007) |
 |
Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358) |
 |
Cast | Mr. Hooper adds 3 chairs as a sportscaster narrates. (First: Episode 0288) |
 |
Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
 |
Muppets | Grover sings "Over, Under, Around and Through." (First: Episode 0258) |
  |
SCENE 4 | The grown-ups and the kids play a game where they try to throw beanbags through a hole in an old, discarded door. Oscar observes them playing and suggests his Grouch version of the game, where everyone tries to get their beanbags through the keyhole of the door. Since that's an impossible game to win, everybody pelts Oscar with the beanbags instead (which he somewhat enjoys). |
 |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: N - Nail (First: Episode 0040) |
 |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Is Missing at the Beach — Sherlock Hemlock helps Ernie find Bert at the beach. (First: Episode 0278) |
 |
Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
 |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Joey sing "The Alphabet Song." |
 |
SCENE 5 | Part 1: David tries to enter a speakeasy when Bob asks him for the password, hinting that it starts with a P. Is it "pickle?" Bob slams the window on him. |
|
Cartoon | P is for Pillow (repeat) |
 |
SCENE 5 cont'd | Part 2: David tries guessing the password again. Is it "puppy?" Bob still refuses to let him in. |
|
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: P - pin (repeat) |
 |
SCENE 5 cont'd | Part 3: David continues guessing the password, this time bringing in a wheelbarrow full of P items. It's not "pajamas" (worn under his trenchcoat), "paddle," "pizza," or any others. By sheer luck, David learns that the P-word password is "password." |
 |
Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "P Is My Favorite Letter". (First: Episode 0322) |
 |
Video | Counting train cars Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
  |
SCENE 6 | Big Bird watches Bob and the other kids petting a puppy. Big Bird thinks it would be more fun to be a dog than a bird, and starts barking. Bob and the others show him that dogs do things that he doesn't usually do, such as fetch the newspaper. Bob sticks a newspaper into his beak as an example, but Big Bird doesn't like the taste of newspaper. He also doesn't like the idea of not getting to go into Hooper's Store on account of the "no dogs allowed" sign. Big Bird breaks the news to the puppy that he's decided to stay a bird, and starts happily tweeting. |
 |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "New Life." (First: Episode 0281) |
 |
Muppets | Grover asks Little Jerry and the Monotones (who are tired and don't seem to care about what they are doing) to hold up signs with letters that make up the word "walk". When Grover tells them what it spells, they walk over him. (First: Episode 0221) |
 |
Cartoon | Panels flip to reveal different ways things WALK. (First: Episode 0369) |
 |
Muppets | Grover walks past the letters that spell "walk" and tells the viewers what the word is. The letters then walk over Grover. (First: Episode 0221) |
|
Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (repeat) |
 |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: To demonstrate "through", Kermit tries to get Cookie Monster to run through a piece of tissue paper. Instead, Cookie offers other alternatives, ultimately choosing to go around it. He helps Kermit with his demonstration by passing the tissue paper through Kermit. (First: Episode 0289) |
 |
Cast | Wally and Ralph try to figure out how to set a table. Ralph puts two plates, two cups and two saucers on the table first, leaving Wally with the problem of how to get the tablecloth on under the dishes. (First: Episode 0351) |
 |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit, Shola, and Fanny talk about giraffes, leading to... |
 |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: a herd of giraffes move their way through a field. (First: Episode 0316) |
 |
SCENE 7 | Gordon, David, and Susan lead the kids in doing 11 hops, 11 toe-touches, and 11 jumping jacks. |
 |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle count to 20. (First: Episode 0289) |
|
Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" (repeat) |
|
Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (repeat) |
 |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Prairie dog Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0283) |
 |
SCENE 8 | The puppy takes a nap in Bob's arms as Susan whispers the sponsors. |
  |
CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
| Previous episode: | Next episode: |
| Episode 0425 | Episode 0427 |