| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Sam the Robot takes Gordon's photo | |||||||
| Air date | January 9, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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 | 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:
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 | 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. |
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