| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | December 21, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria climbs a ladder to show the viewer what the Sesame Street sign looks like without its E’s. She removes the green pieces of tape covering the E's so it looks right again. |
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Cartoon | A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Nap — During Ernie's nap time, Cookie Monster tries to steal his pillow by distracting him with a bell. (First: Episode 0035) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis and some kids notice a broken vase with a baseball next to it on the Fix-it Shop outdoor table. They find Big Bird wearing a baseball glove and holding a bat, and question him on the broken vase, which Luis had just repaired. Big Bird questions the possibilities of a juggler (portrayed by Gordon) that was juggling baseballs, then a carnival barker (Bob) that used the vase as a target for a customer (Maria). Eventually he confesses that he broke the vase, and Luis thanks him for being honest about his mistake. |
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Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Snuffleupagus wants to join Big Bird in playing baseball, but Big Bird warns him about the incident with Luis's vase. Snuffy suggests that he bats the ball in the opposite direction so that it won't get near the vase. They begin to play and Snuffy throws his famous snuffle-pitch, but the ball stays in the air spinning in circles. Snuffy goes home to practice his pitching some more, while the ball eventually makes it to Luis’s vase and breaks it again. Big Bird claims that Snuffy did it, but Luis becomes cross with him and wants his help in fixing the vase. |
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Film | Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit tries to demonstrate what round is, with the help of a wisecracking ball. He introduces Kermit to his "daddy," a basketball. (First: Episode 0107) |
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Cartoon | An anthropomorphic cloud blows a wild wind disturbing some farm animals. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Eats Cake — Ernie eats one of the two pieces of chocolate cake that Bert was saving for their dessert. (First: Episode 0119) |
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Cartoon | W For Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Film | Finding round things in a supermarket (David voiceover) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises. (First: Episode 0044) |
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Cartoon | E for Eel (First: Episode 0408) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria shows the kids a lower-case E before they look up and watch Alphabet Bates skywrite the capital letter E (First: Episode 0061). |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets (including Farley) shout "E!" (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | A young hipster dog explains to C.T. Wordsworth what an EXIT is. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Muppets | Caveman Days: EXIT sign (First: Episode 0300) |
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Cartoon | Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Cast | Athlete Bob has to put his basketball away, but first needs to match the tag on his key to the right numbered locker. |
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Song | "Eight Song (Song of Eight)” (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "Octopus' Garden." (First: Episode 0019) |
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Film | David asks the viewer to find some triangles in a fence. |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Muppets | Kermit talks about "top" and "bottom" using a stack of boxes Grover carries. |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird recites a poem about the grasshopper. |
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Film | Grasshopper (harpsichord 50s-style music) (First: Episode 0084) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph are about to go on a trip. They attempt to carry off an empty suitcase and a pile of stuff (shirts, pants, socks, tennis rackets, baseball gloves). They finally get the idea that it would be easier if they put the stuff in the suitcase. (First: Episode 0319) |
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Cartoon | I Thought a Thought ... about circles. (Spanish) Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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Cast | Luis looks for the exit in a brick room. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Film | A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Film | David asks the viewer to find a rectangle and two circles in the picture of a doorbell. |
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Cartoon | E for Eel (repeat) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet. (First: Episode 0320) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob and Luis play basketball with the kids as Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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