Episode 0447

	Sesame Street
	Sam the Robot takes Gordon's photo; Oscar disguises himself as a bush
Air date	January 9, 1973
Season	Season 4 (1972-1973)
Sponsors	F, H, 11
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	While some kids play softball in the arbor, Maria introduces the letter H. She joins in the game, and points out the words “hit” and “home run”.
	Cartoon	"Poverty H” (First: Episode 0020)
	Muppets	Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holliday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk. (First: Episode 0318)
	Cartoon	Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273)
	Cartoon	A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408)
	SCENE 2	Gordon needs his photo taken and Sam the Robot volunteers to take it. Sam takes a picture of Gordon's mouth, then his eyes, nose, ears and head, all separately. Sam solves the problem by putting the picture-parts together haphazardly.
	Cartoon	Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated by their group, teaching a lesson in counting backwards. (First: Episode 0006)
	Film	Hippos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0415)
	Cartoon	Children describe how to draw an elephant. (First: Episode 0052)
	Muppets	The Busby Twins buy a candle from the shopkeeper. (First: Episode 0293)
	Cartoon	"It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362)
	Film	"There's a Bird On Me" (Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0416)
	Celebrity	Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0131)
	Cartoon	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020)
	Cartoon	H for hola (Spanish soundtrack). (First: Episode 0362)
	SCENE 3	H quickies: Maria hiccups. A hungry Cookie Monster devours a plate of cookies, including the plate. Gordon wears a hat.
	Film	A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first." (First: Episode 0290)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie is preparing to have a snack, but he discovers that his milk and cookie keep vanishing. He eventually catches Cookie Monster after hiding to watch what's been going on when he leaves. (First: Episode 0011)
	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)
	Film	Kids identify broccoli through close-ups. (First: Episode 0357)
	SCENE 4	Bob and Susan sing “Right in the Middle of My Face”.
	Cartoon	A mad scientist puts together a capital H. (First: Episode 0284)
	Film	Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie comes up with a way for him to remember to put his basketball away before he goes to sleep: he remembers things with his brain, which is in his head; his head is round, and so is the basketball. His plan works the first time, but not when Bert wants to go to sleep. (First: Episode 0134)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366)
	Film	The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329)
	SCENE 5	Oscar tries to convince Bob and Susan that he’s a bush, so they won’t talk to him.
	Film	Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock") (First: Episode 0410)
	SCENE 5 cont'd	Bob and Susan treat Oscar like a bush, by giving him water and proceeding to plant flowers around him. Oscar gives up the act, but Susan also gives him some dirt.
	Film	Through close-ups, children identify mushrooms. (First: Episode 0357)
	Muppets	Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things. (First: Episode 0134)
	Cartoon	Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387)
	Muppets	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Grocer and Doctor. (First: Episode 0067)
	Film	F for Factory
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts four eggs. A chick hatches out of one egg, so he counts the three eggs -- then two, then one. Then he counts the four chicks. (First: Episode 0282)
	SCENE 6	Maria sings the Sorting Song in Spanish: three animals and a flower.
	Film	Kids identify a piece of cabbage in close-up. (First: Episode 0368)
	Cartoon	Howard and Harold think of H words (First: Episode 0284)
	Film	Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version two). Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0414)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster shows David a sign that says STREET. (First: Episode 0423)
	Cartoon	A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: STREET. He sings about it with a boy who wears a crown. (First: Episode 0309)
	Film	The camera zooms out on a pepper as kids guess what it is. (First: Episode 0390)
	SCENE 7	The sponsors are announced.