Episode 0440

	Sesame Street
Air date	December 29, 1972
Season	Season 4 (1972-1973)
Sponsors	Q, S, 4
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Bob welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, pointing out how nice it is to be together with friends.
	Celebrity	Listen My Brother sings "Togetherness Song." (First: Episode 0228)
	Film	Four Song (Song of Four) (First: Episode 0006)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. Ernie tries to count sheep, but it's dull -- so he starts counting fire engines. The noise from the imaginary fire engine wakes Bert up. Bert says that Ernie's waking up the whole neighborhood, and tells him to count something quieter. Ernie counts balloons -- but the balloon gets bigger and bigger, finally bursting with a huge explosion that wakes Bert up again. (First: Episode 0276)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat. (First: Episode 0106)
	Cartoon	A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414)
	SCENE 2	Sam the Robot enters the Fix-It Shop, offering to help Luis fix a broken orange juice squeezer –– or rather, to take its place at Hooper's Store.
	Cartoon	A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278)
	SCENE 3	At Hooper’s Store, Sam shows David how good he is at juicing oranges, but David thinks Sam is not compact enough to fit in the store. Just then, Luis comes back with a fixed squeezer, and Sam leaves, dejected.
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300)
	Film	A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255)
	Cartoon	What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0212)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge (raspberry) (First: Episode 0001)
	Cast	Wally and Ralph: Wally figures out to properly sleep in his new sleeping bag. (First: Episode 0344)
	Transition	Dot Bridge #8 (EKA: Episode 0295)
	Film	A group of Hispanic children pick members for their baseball team. A new kid, Ramon, joins them.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants to have some cookies. Bert asks Ernie if he knows what "before" means, and Ernie demonstrates by saying that before he can have a cookie, he has to open the lid to a cookie jar, and after he closes the lid, he eats the cookie. He demonstrates a few times, until he loses his appetite for dinner. (First: Episode 0007)
	SCENE 4	David, Kate, and the kids look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter Q (First: Episode 0047).
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to play a game where they take turns counting and then saying "Q". Ernie goes first with "1 Q", and Bert follows with "2 Q". The game continues, until Bert gets to "10 Q". "You're welcome, Bert!" Ernie says.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Whale Brushing Teeth," with a film of a trainer brushing a whale's teeth. (EKA: Episode 0276)
	Muppets	"The Question Song" (First: Episode 0378)
	Cartoon	Hypnotic "Q" rainbow
	SCENE 5	Oscar puts up a giant “no” sign, hoping it will keep people away from his trash can. Bob comes by, and Oscar points him to the sign, claiming that whatever Bob asks him, the answer will be “no”. Bob offers him a ratty old sock, which Oscar didn’t expect, so he quickly makes a “yes” sign.
	Film	A woman asks a boy how a glass of milk was spilled on the table, so the boy offers several outlandish scenarios before telling her the truth: it was him. (First: Episode 0212)
	Muppets	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman. (First: Episode 0023)
	Film	Squares are shown in close-up. (First: Episode 0420)
	Cast	David sings “Where Are There More?” over a split screen of different groups of kids.
	Animation	Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132)
	Film	An itchy wombat scratches its four legs. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0008)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie declares that he's "the world's greatest counter of numbers". To prove it, he counts from 1 to 10, but every time Bert interrupts him, Ernie starts over again. This slowly drives Bert crazy. (First: Episode 0107)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Trey if he's seen a letter Q before. At first Trey denies it, but eventually draws one in the air with his finger.
	SCENE 6	Kate plays guitar and sings “Magic Penny” to the kids.
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit plays a sorting game with squares and circles, until Cookie Monster arrives and takes a bite out of the shapes. Kermit is upset, until he tastes one of them, and he joins Cookie Monster in finishing off the rest! (First: Episode 0094)
	SCENE 7	Oscar introduces the next film, explaining the term “silly goose”.
	Film	Geese and their goslings swim in the water. (First: Episode 0388)
	SCENE 8	The sponsors are announced and the credits roll.