| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Loud and soft | |||||||
| Air date | December 19, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria greets the viewer and decides to read a book outside since it's so quiet. The silence is broken when Oscar begins to practice for a Grouch loud-yelling contest. Oscar agrees to stop only when he finishes practicing, which upsets Maria who tells him to cut it out and mimics his yelling. Oscar is impressed, and he flatters Maria when commenting that she'd be able to win the contest. |
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Cartoon | Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Dee, Dee, Dee" as Cookie Monster hastily demonstrates each D word. (First: Episode 0319) |
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Cartoon | "Daddy Dear" (First: Episode 0367) |
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Film | "Hey, let's make a road!" Kids do so at the beach, while a construction crew does the real thing. (First: Episode 0295) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Snuffleupagus comes to Big Bird with a problem: he doesn’t know how many legs he has. Big Bird counts Snuffy’s legs, more than once, while walking around him. Next, he tells Snuffy to raise each leg one by one, but Snuffy falls when he does so. Finally, Big Bird tells him to raise one leg so he knows where he started, and counts four legs on Snuffy. Snuffy asks to put down his leg, but Big Bird asks him to lift it up again after Snuffy steps on his foot. |
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Cartoon | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (First: Episode 0359) |
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Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry Monster and John-John demonstrate loud and soft. |
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Film | D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (First: Episode 0367) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper approaches a man and says, "Knock, knock!" The man asks, "Who's there?". Harvey says, "Dion." The man asks, "Dion who?" Then Harvey slaps a letter D on the man's chest and says, "D on you!" (First: Episode 0292) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria counts to 20 in Spanish. Afterward, she wants to count in English, cueing the following... |
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Film | George the Farmer counts 20 barrels. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts the game show "What's My Part?". The contestant is Mr. Nose. The panelists -- Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic, and Cookie Monster -- don't know what a nose is, because none of them have noses. (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird tries to figure out how to help David and a kid get a basketball down from the awning in front of Hooper's Store. Big Bird suggests that either a helicopter or giraffe could help bring it down, and David hints that they need somebody tall. Big Bird offers to get the ball down, and the three cooperate: Big Bird uses his beak to poke at the ball underneath the awning, and David and the kid help navigate him where to go. |
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Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Film | Kids play in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0292) |
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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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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (tomato) (First: Episode 0147) |
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Muppets | Bert says that he's going to demonstrate quiet by talking quietly to Ernie. But when he tries, Ernie claims that he can't hear what Bert is saying. Finally, Bert gets frustrated and shouts at Ernie; Ernie tells Bert not to be so loud. (First: Episode 0150) |
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Cartoon | D-dart (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | The alphabet appears in a little box. (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 5 | David demonstrates loud and soft to the kids with different sized bells. To everybody's surprise, the smallest bell makes a very loud gong sound. |
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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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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011) |
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Film | D is a very useful letter (repeat) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Loren demonstrate loud and soft. |
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Cartoon | Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D. (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob shows us how to count from 1-10 and 10-1. Sam the Robot is good at counting from 1-10, but when he counts down from 10-1, he blasts off. |
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Cartoon | "Daddy Dear" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact). (First: Episode 0145) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph: The duo tries looking out a window covered with snow. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Cartoon | A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess than the previous one. (First: Episode 0240) |
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Film | Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 7 | Bob demonstrates the sound of the letter Z from his apartment, making the Z sound in an echoey voice as the letter zooms toward the camera. |
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Cartoon | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (repeat) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Brian show loud and soft. |
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Cartoon | D-dart (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert complains about Ernie having the radio volume on too loud. Ernie pulls the knob off the radio, puts it on Bert's stomach, and turns the volume of Bert's voice up and down. (First: Episode 0241) |
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Film | Elephants (African percussion soundtrack) (First: Episode 0389) |
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Cartoon | Workmen construct a D building (repeat) |
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SCENE 8 | Sam goes around the street, saying goodbye in various ways, and then announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign with Grover and a kid. |
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