Episode 0456

Sesame Street
Snow — Oscar prepares for a snowball fight
Air date	January 22, 1973
Season	Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production October 23, 1972 Sponsors V, X, 8

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Oscar the Grouch is positioned behind his trash can with four snowballs to demonstrate subtraction. As Gordon, Susan, and Bob walk by, he tosses a snowball at them, subtracting one each time. The final snowball is for the viewer, but he misses.
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the Cookie — Cookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses. (First: Episode 0417)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (First: Episode 0064)
	Cartoon	"Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (First: Episode 0406)
	Cartoon	The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325)
	SCENE 2	Bob, Susan, and the kids sing "The Word Family Song" in Hooper's Store while placing items on the shelf... except for the cat, that's Bob's.
	Muppets	Grover's rowboat - part 1 Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink. (First: Episode 0281)
	Cartoon	Violet climbs a vine with V words. (First: Episode 0389)
	Muppets	Grover's rowboat - part 2 The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again. (First: Episode 0281)
	Film	Peaceful music and seagulls are heard at the docks as a voiceover says "light" and "dark" while the sun sets. (First: Episode 0414)
	Muppets	Grover's rowboat - part 3 The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away. (First: Episode 0281)
	Song	“Song of Eight” (First: Episode 0016)
	Film	Snow in the city Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0429)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper: X Marks the Spot!
	Cartoon	"Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 3	Gordon, Susan, and Bob make the letter X in the snow in different ways.
	Cartoon	Brand X (First: Episode 0299)
	Muppets	Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236)
	Film	A girl gets on, in, and under a blanket in a park. (First: Episode 0406)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert says he's too cold, so Ernie goes overboard to get him warm by putting layer after layer of clothing upon him. This makes him too hot, so Ernie opens the window, gives Bert an ice bag, and brings his electric fan. (First: Episode 0418)
	SCENE 4	The kids tell Susan the difference between mittens and gloves, then Susan asks them to find hidden images of mittens in some pictures.
	Cartoon	Fisherman Jones demonstrates in, on and under with the help of a big fishy. (First: Episode 0370)
	Film	A warthog runs around. Music by Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406)
	Muppets	Grover watches The Amazing Mumford practice a trick, making a rabbit come out of his hat. Mumford has trouble getting a rabbit to come out of the hat, and both are oblivious to the fact that Grover is turning into a rabbit. (First: Episode 0407)
	Cast	Part 1: Bob presides over David and Maria's wedding. After the couple says "I do", the minister instructs the groom to place the ring on the bride's finger. David looks confused, so Bob tells him it's the round thing in his pocket. After some searching, David produces a pizza: it's round and it was in his pocket. Bob clarifies that it also has to have a hole in it, so David pulls out an inflated bicycle tube. Bob adds an additional caveat: it has to be much smaller than that. David next finds a doughnut in his pocket, but Bob says it has to be smaller still.
	Animation	"The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225)
	Cast	Part 2: Our wedding party is much older now, graying and visibly worn. The chapel is also filled with several more round things with holes in them: truck tires, trash can lids, a crown, hulu-hoops, etc. David notes that his wife is still "pretty as a picture" after all these years, and attempts to seal the deal with a Motown record.
	Cartoon	The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299)
	Cast	Part 3: So much time has now passed that the chapel is covered in cobwebs, and everyone's hair has become much grayer (the men sport beards that touch the floor). David, very frail now, is convinced he's finally found the ring, but all he's got is a lifebuoy. Maria, also shaking with age, says that she's had it after 73 years and announces she's leaving him. Affording him one more chance, David finds a wedding band on the floor and places it on Maria's finger. Bob announces the couple married just as they all collapse from geriatric fatigue.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — As Bert takes a nap, Ernie tells the viewer how he knows that Bert is asleep - thus waking Bert up, just to tell him it's time for his nap. (First: Episode 0027)
	Film	George the Farmer demonstrates on top of. (First: Episode 0242)
	SCENE 5	Little Bird (Jerry Nelson) and Big Bird figure out whose hat is whose by trying them on.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird." (First: Episode 0372)
	Cartoon	Violet climbs a vine with V words. (repeat)
	SCENE 6	Gordon and the kids sing "Here Are Some Things" while sorting snowflakes.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (repeat)
	Muppets	Sherlock Hemlock sings "X Marks the Spot!" (First: Episode 0351)
	Film	The Alphabet Dancers make a letter X.
	Cartoon	Batman and Robin catch the Penguin's gang who has dirty windows, teaching the opposite pairings of clean and dirty. (First: Episode 0099)
	Film	Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish.
	Muppets	Anything Muppet kids and upside-down 8 (First: Episode 0282)
	Song	“Song of Eight” (repeat)
	SCENE 7	Bob and the kids have a snowball fight as Susan announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Luis and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, while David and Maria hold the CTW sign.

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