| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Snuffy runs away from home | |||||||
| Air date | January 10, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis saws a wood plank into 6 pieces as the kids (including John-John and Shola) count them. He then puts the plank back together with a reverse-tape edit. |
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Muppets | "J Friends" (First: Episode 0339) |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | A man and children observe the life along the river. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | A man has a J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit and Grover demonstrate "here" and "there". (First: Episode 0277) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird, Mary, and Nicole observe the many oversized objects sitting in the yard. They encounter a disgruntled Mr. Snuffleupagus who has run away from home, tired of his parents telling him what to do. The kids help him move his belongings into the garage, and Snuffy makes Big Bird promise not to tell his mommy where he is, though Big Bird is against the idea and doesn't want to lie to his mother. |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey! (First: Episode 0353) |
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Cartoon | Howard and Harold think of H words (First: Episode 0284) |
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SCENE 3 | At Hooper's Store, Big Bird asks David, Maria, Luis and Kate what he should do about his “imaginary” friend’s situation. They all brush him off and go their separate ways. Meanwhile, at Big Bird's nest, Snuffy's mother greets the viewer as she looks around for her son (complete with her own, albeit slower, traveling music). She's narrowly missed by Maria and Kate when heading to the yard, and again by Luis and David who joke about the supposed friend and his mother. Mrs. Snuffleupagus decides to wait in the yard, while Snuffy pokes his snuffle out of the garage door window and realizes that his mother is just outside. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie reads Bert a dramatic story that he's just written. The "story" is actually the alphabet, which Ernie reads in an overwrought manner. (First: Episode 0009) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird encounters Mrs. Snuffleupagus, and is conflicted when she asks for Snuffy's whereabouts. Though he keeps his promise and doesn't tell where he is, Mrs. Snuffleupagus wants him to pass a message on to Snuffy: his mommy and daddy love him very much, and have a big bowl of spaghetti waiting for him when he comes home. Snuffy overhears this and quickly follows his mommy home, again narrowly missing Big Bird's friends, who still don't believe him. |
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Cartoon | J family jamboree (First: Episode 0365) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph figure out how to Wally's stack of books to fit in Ralph's new bookcase. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Pretty Baby." (First: Episode 0040) |
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SCENE 5 | David plays "One of These Things" with John-John and Shola, using three Js and one H on the back of the Hooper's Store newsstand. |
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Cartoon | "The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug." (First: Episode 0009) |
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Film | While watching her goldfish, a girl wonders what the world is like from her goldfish's perspective. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Cartoon | Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Brian talk about here and there. (First: Episode 0127) |
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Cartoon | The word AGUA fills up with water. |
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SCENE 6 | Maria plays "One of These Things" with the kids using pictures of leaves. |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit discusses feet, and is assisted by a pair of human feet. After Kermit's lecture ends, the feet refuse to leave, so Kermit decides to tickle them. As the feet exit, a crash is heard offscreen. Kermit adds that feet can also trip over things. (First: Episode 0371) |
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Cartoon | J family jamboree (repeat) |
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Animation | 2 houses plus 2 equals 4. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (repeat) |
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Cartoon | "The J Commercial" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Visual Thinking: A hipster and a square imagine shapes. (First: Episode 0361) |
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Cartoon | A man has a J under his hat. (repeat) |
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SCENE 7 | Kate plays the guitar and sings "Let it Be" (not the Beatles’ song) to the kids. |
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Cartoon | A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (First: Episode 0152) |
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Film | James narrates a film of his life on a pueblo in New Mexico. (First: Episode 0153) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty H” (First: Episode 0020) |
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SCENE 8 | Everybody hangs out in the yard, while Snuffy announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kate holds the Sesame Street sign, and David holds the CTW sign. |
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