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Sesame Street
Snuffy is missing
Air date January 1, 1973
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production October 12, 1972
Sponsors Q, U, 5

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0441 01
SCENE 1 Susan engages Big Bird, John-John, and Shola in a guessing game on the steps of 123 Sesame Street. Susan has three boxes and has the others try to guess what's inside them based on what they rhyme with. Big Bird' isn't very successful with the game until Susan says the last box has an item that rhymes with "big." Big Bird asks if it could be a pig, not really believing it's true, but Susan opens the box up to reveal the following segment...
Film.nursingpigs
Film Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk.
(First: Episode 0169)
Guy-WeatherShow
Muppets Guy Smiley hosts The Weather Show.
(First: Episode 0385)
5painting
Song "1-2-3-4-5!"
(First: Episode 0144)
Beginning end paint picture
Film Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A man paints a picture.
(First: Episode 0411)
1396j
Cartoon A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U.
(First: Episode 0416)
0441 02
SCENE 2 Big Bird is very worried; during a visit to the zoo, he ended up losing contact with Mr. Snuffleupagus and has no idea where he went. He calls the police from the Hooper's Store phone to report that Snuffy has gone missing. While Mr. Hooper warns him that the police have enough to do without looking for an imaginary friend, Officer Krupky arrives on the scene. Big Bird characterizes Snuffy as brown, with a deep voice, and that he says "oh dear" a lot. Krupky says he'll keep an eye out for someone matching that description.
HandsCakeShare
Muppets Fran Brill narrates two Anything Muppet hands who argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it.
(First: Episode 0189)
0441 03
SCENE 3 Officer Krupky spots Gordon coming out of 123 Sesame Street. He observes that the man is brown, has a deep voice, and says "Oh, dear" when referring to Susan. Believing that he's found the lost snuffleupagus, Krupky begins to escort him home until Susan confirms his identity. Gordon attempts to explain the situation about Big Bird's imaginary friend to the officer.
Beginning end hot dog
Film Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A man eats a hot dog.
(First: Episode 0387)
GroverPolly-Fingers
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentGrover and Polly count five fingers.
(First: Episode 0279)
0441 04a
SCENE 4 Big Bird and the Kids continue the search for Snuffy in his nest. Snuffy arrives and explains that he got separated from Big Bird at the zoo when he went to go buy a balloon. Big Bird is elated that his friend has been found, and leaves to go report his safe return to the police. Snuffy leaves the balloon with Ronald and leaves to go home for supper.
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SCENE 4
cont'd
Big Bird runs into Susan, Gordon, and Mr. Hooper on the street and says Snuffy has been found. They all mock his imaginary friend, but Big Bird says he can prove it, and that he brought back a balloon from the zoo. They all enter Big Bird's nest to find Ronald with the balloon and accuse the child of having just as big an imagination as Big Bird.
EBScratch1

EBScratch2
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs, so both help each other scratch their back. While Ernie's itch takes a little too long to scratch, he introduces a film called "Everybody Scratch." After the film, Ernie notices that Bert has stopped scratching his back; Beautiful Day Monster is.
(First: Episode 0012)
Fiddler5
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0323)
Beginning end haircut
Film Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A barber gives a boy a hair cut.
(First: Episode 0387)
0441 Love Quickies 01

0441 Love Quickies 02

0441 Love Quickies 03

0441 Love Quickies 04
SCENE 5 "Love Quickies" — a kid who loves peaches, a kid who loves their dog, Susan and Gordon who love each other, and Oscar the Grouch who loves warthogs ("Warthogs are far out").
Bert purple hand
Muppets Ernie & BertBert can't go on a trip with Ernie because his hand has purple paint on it. Ernie puts a mitten on Bert's hand to cover it, but Bert still won't go because he looks silly wearing one mitten. So Ernie completes the outfit with another mitten, a hat, a scarf, and a sled. Ernie then reveals that they are going to the beach.
(First: Episode 0386)
Painter5
Film The Mad Painter #5
(First: Episode 0345)
5ladybugs
Cartoon Adding up five ladybugs and five lizards
(First: Episode 0277)
3978f
Song Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five."
(First: Episode 0245)
0441 open and close
SCENE 6 On the stop, Susan talks to Shola and John-John about things that open and close: mouths, hands, windows, and doors. She also says that a flower can open and close; Shola asks how...
Floweropens
Film A flower opens and closes.
BeginningMiddleEndAMs
Muppets Betty Lou teaches the meaning of "beginning", "middle", and "end", and introduces two of her friends: Beginning and End. The duo tell a story, but it lacks something in between the beginning and end parts. Beginning and End recruit their pal Middle to fill out the rest of the story. Middle, however, cannot stop telling the exciting part of the story, and the three friends begin a quarrel, forcing Betty Lou to declare the end of the lecture.
(First: Episode 0138)
No5
Film Five Song (Song of Five)
(First: Episode 0006)
Movie theatre line
Film Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - Kids wait in line at a movie theater.
(First: Episode 0411)
1396j
Cartoon A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (repeat)
Ernie.CM.Ukelele
Muppets Ernie displays a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it.
(First: Episode 0047)
Butterflies
Film A film of butterflies
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0406)
0441 One of These Things
SCENE 7 Susan sings "One of These Things" with Shola and John-John using pictures of dice.
OPFamilySong
Muppets "The "OP" Family Song"
(First: Episode 0146)
5roadpaint
Film Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 15 on the street using a stencil.
(First: Episode 0409)
5painting
Song "1-2-3-4-5!" (repeat)
Toon-Leapfrog
Cartoon Three frogs show first, middle and last while hopping over each other.
(First: Episode 0411)
Fiddler5
Cartoon Country Fiddler: #5 (repeat)
0871l
Cartoon Hypnotic "Q" Rainbow
(First: Episode 0440)
0441 identify Q
SCENE 8 Gordon, Shola, and John-John identify letter Qs embedded in a picture.
Herbert and Grover 1
Muppets Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot recite the alphabet together.
(First: Episode 0188)
QuietKorty
Cartoon Q for Quiet
Artist: John Korty
Wheredoesgarbagego
Song "Where the Garbage Goes," a song film which explains what happens to garbage after it gets thrown away.
Music by Peter Schickele
(First: Episode 0077)
2963-A6
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentJohn-John and Herry Monster count to twenty.
Stop-motion sandwich
Film Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A woman makes a sandwich.
(First: Episode 0387)
Dot Bridge 01 straight
Cartoon Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly
(First: Episode 0001)
0441 05
SCENE 9 The kids play in the yard while Gordon announces the sponsors.
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SusanCTWs04
CLOSING SIGNS Mr. Hooper holds the Sesame Street sign, while Susan holds the CTW sign.


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