| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Grover loses his airplane | |||||||
| Air date | January 8, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird demonstrates the difference between fast and slow with his toy box: first, he dumps the toys on the ground and picks them up one by one (slow). Then, he dumps them out again, and they all go back into the toy box themselves with a reverse-tape edit (fast). |
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Cartoon | A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0257) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie approaches Bert in a harried manner, talking rapidly. Bert tells him to talk slower so he can understand him. Ernie says, slowly, that Bert's bread is burning in the oven, which causes Bert to speak in the same rapid, harried manner. (First: Episode 0323) |
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Cartoon | A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034) |
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Film | A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings. (First: Episode 0422) |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job. (First: Episode 0407) |
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SCENE 2 | Grover has gotten his toy airplane stuck above the carriage house doors and has recruited his large friend Big Bird to retrieve it. However, even at his height, Big Bird still comes up short when trying to reach it. Grover gets the idea to cooperate and has Big Bird stretch out, then he will climb on him and get the airplane. Once Grover reaches his head, Big Bird feels a sneeze coming on. Grover keeps the beak closed, but it's not enough. Big Bird sneezes and both Grover and the airplane plummet below. From the rubble, Grover relays some advice his mommy has given him - "Never sneeze when somebody is standing on your beak!" |
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Muppets | Kermit demonstrates his "What Happens Next" machine, which is designed to turn on his radio. None of the parts of the machine work properly. (First: Episode 0089) |
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Cartoon | A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Film | African kids play at various activities, including a game with stones. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 1 (First: Episode 0419) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar is tired of people dumping garbage into his trash can, which always results in him being covered in garbage. He makes a sign that says "Dump Garbage Here," with an arrow meant to point to the adjacent trash can. He goes inside his own can to get tools to nail the sign to his can, resting the sign on the box next to him. With the sign now pointing towards his can, Marty comes by and follows its instruction, much to Oscar's dismay. |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 2 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph try to put on jackets after a very big meal. (First: Episode 0329) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 3 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppets sing "Me" in both English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0372) |
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Animation | Shape organization (all formations review), part 4 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates fast and slow by going back and forth on a fence, and in a rocking chair. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0158) |
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SCENE 4 | At Hooper's Store, Cookie Monster asks Mr. Hooper if he can teach him to count backwards, as he struggles doing it on his own. Mr. Hooper then produces 10 cookies, which Cookie Monster eats one by one as he counts them backwards. |
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Film | Iguanas Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0047) |
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Animation | 3 balls + 1 = 4. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover opens a menu, and shows Mr. Johnson a large picture of a specialty sandwich, which comes with potato chips on the side, a pickle on the top, and an olive inserted on a toothpick. When the sandwich arrives, Mr. Johnson complains that it doesn't match the picture on the menu - it doesn't have potato chips, a pickle, or an olive. After Grover finally gets the order right, Mr. Johnson says he doesn't have time to eat it, since his lunch hour is over, and leaves. An exasperated Grover throws a tantrum in the kitchen. (First: Episode 0332) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032) |
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Film | A gemsbok runs fast, then faster. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: BIRD. |
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Cartoon | A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F. (First: Episode 0309) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set. |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert are watching TV, but Bert gets bored and decides to play a record. Ernie tells him to turn down the volume, but Bert won't, so Ernie drowns out Bert's music by playing the radio. Bert then retaliates by turning on the blender. With all four things running at once, they blow a fuse, causing a total blackout in their apartment. Bert goes outside to fix the fuse box, while Ernie turns off all the things that were running. When the lights come back on, they decide to play cards instead of fight. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids comment over footage of an eagle's view of different kinds of roads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0377) |
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Cartoon | A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis sings “Believe in Yourself” to the kids. |
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Cartoon | Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers make the form of the letter F. |
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Muppets | Grover makes the sound of the letter F, which blows the letter further and further away until it flies off-screen with a loud crash. (First: Episode 0236) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film in which footage is slowed down and sped up. Sequences include kids on a playground, riding a roller coaster, and Big Bird jumping around and being chased in the park. (First: Episode 0358) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Cartoon | F for fly/frog (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Grover scales the Sesame Street lamppost, commenting that next time he'll try to lose his airplane up there (it's easier to scale). He then announces the sponsors, with Cookie Monster chiming in with the production announcement. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Cookie Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird and Mr. Hooper hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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