| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Susan tests Big Bird's memory | |||||||
| Air date | December 25, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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Cast | Susan explains to Luis, in his first day on the job, how to stack and count sacks that come off an assembly line. |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson wants a bowl of hot alphabet soup, and he really wants it to be hot. He looks to make sure that each letter of the alphabet is in his soup, but he is missing some. By the time Grover brings in all the missing letters, the soup is cold. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I for Island. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Film | Gibbons make screeching noises. (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 1 | David leads Big Bird, Susan, and the kids in doing "The Arm." |
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Cartoon | "I in the Sky" (First: Episode 0368) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you want me to keep an eye on your hat?" The man says yes. Harvey then puts a letter I on top of the man's hat, crushing it in the process. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Cartoon | Dry and Wet (near swimming pool) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph: Wally keeps his money taped to his face, so Ralph tells him to keep his money in his piggy bank instead. To ensure he doesn't lose the key, Wally drops it inside as well. (First: Episode 0346) |
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Cartoon | I am dry, they are wet (Umbrella) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0344) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird sings "ABC-DEF-GHI." |
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Cartoon | Letter I (Beep Beep) (First: Episode 0427) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — As Bert takes a nap, Ernie tells the viewer how he knows that Bert is asleep - thus waking Bert up, just to tell him it's time for his nap. (First: Episode 0027) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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Cartoon | I am dry, he is wet (Shark fishing) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309) |
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SCENE 3 | Part 1: David, playing a hipster, doesn't like fish and asks that "wet and dry" be presented in another fashion. |
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Cartoon | I am dry, he is wet. (dog washing) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Part 2: David, the hipster, doesn't like dogs either and wants a different demonstration. |
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Cartoon | I am dry, he is wet (circus elephant) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Part 3: David is tired of seeing all these animals and wants to be told about wet and dry in a straight fashion. The kids answer the call by pouring a bucket of water on him. |
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Cartoon | I am dry, they are wet (man laying on the beach) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Part 4: David is wet, while the viewer is dry. He hurls a bucket of water at the screen, then gets hit with more water himself. |
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Cartoon | The ET family is demonstrated in a story of the zet, a quick-witted bird. (First: Episode 0236) |
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Muppets | Lefty sells Ernie some air, but when Ernie waves to Bert, wanting to show it to him, he drops it. According to Bert (who didn't know what Ernie had), "It couldn't have vanished into thin air." But Ernie sobs, "Yes, it could, Bert! It could!" (First: Episode 0118) |
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Film | Lizard! Music: Joe Raposo (same as "birds") (First: Episode 0418) |
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SCENE 4 | David tells the viewer, and Big Bird, about the game they'll be playing. Susan puts some things that end with "ar" in a box and closes the lid, and they have to remember what's inside after waiting a short while. Big Bird decides to use the extra time to take a bathroom break. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word. (First: Episode 0314) |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Big Bird returns, and Susan and David try to help him remember what's in the box. |
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Cartoon | Letter G drawing with kid voice-over (First: Episode 0306) |
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Muppets | A Muppet father and son switch roles in the forest. The father climbs trees and asks questions, while the son explains things. (First: Episode 0089) |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (repeat) |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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Film | A kid narrates footage of a termite colony. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cast / Muppets | "The People in Your Neighborhood": Cleaner and Shoemaker |
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Cartoon | Letter I (Beep Beep) (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan plays a "Three of These Things" game with four household objects. The coffee pot doesn't belong because it's not a light, but David points out that the flashlight is also different because it doesn't plug in. |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Grover is carrying the word "HELP", which is very heavy. He asks Marty to help him carry the word. Instead, Marty gives Grover three more "HELP" words to carry. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Film | Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are. (First: Episode 0326) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Joey count to 20. |
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Animation | An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns. (First: Episode 0277) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar plays a game with the kids: "hide-and-donʼt go-seek," where the kids hide and Oscar doesn't go seek. Farley announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Luis holds the Sesame Street sign, and Susan holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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