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| Snow — Big Bird looks for a place to deposit snow | |||||||
| Air date | January 24, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | On another snowy day, Gordon is about to brush the snow off the 123 Sesame Street stoop railing, when The Count shows up looking for something to count. He considers counting the millions of snowflakes on the railing until Gordon says he can count the number of times it takes him to brush off the snow. |
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Cartoon | Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Dee, Dee, Dee" as Cookie Monster hastily demonstrates each D word. (First: Episode 0319) |
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Cartoon | Things that are same and different. (First: Episode 0300) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: a herd of giraffes move their way through a field. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Cartoon | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (First: Episode 0359) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon looks around for something to talk about same and different with. He notices Oscar is wearing the same kind of hat as his, until Oscar switches to a different hat, and keeps switching between them in an attempt not to cooperate. |
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Cartoon | D-dart (First: Episode 0292) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Part 1: Bert tells Ernie to clean up the messy apartment. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Film | D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (First: Episode 0367) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Part 2: Ernie has almost finished cleaning up the apartment. His toybox is still a mess, so he begins to clean it out, throwing its contents all over the room. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Muppets | A female Anything Muppet discusses the concept of "same" using her reflection in the mirror. The reflection begins speaking on its own. The girl faints and the reflection decides to do the same. (First: Episode 0376) |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 3 | Susan sings the "Same/Different Song" with John-John and the other kids, comparing a hammer and a saw she's using to build a bookcase. |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0413) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman goes to Marvin's Music City to buy a nice shiny trumpet. However, Marvin keeps bringing the wrong instrument. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan visits Big Bird to retrieve some borrowed towels. While she's inside the nest area, Mr. Snuffleupagus arrives and Big Bird tells him to stay there while he gets Susan. She tries to open the door to meet him, but Snuffy is sitting with his tail in front of the door on the other side, so she thinks it’s stuck. Big Bird tells Snuffy to get far away from the door, which he does – too far. Susan gets her towels and finds nobody on the other side of the door, thinking Big Bird has quite an imagination. |
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Cartoon | "Daddy Dear" (First: Episode 0367) |
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Insert | Jerry Nelson narrates three letters coming together to form the word FUN. The letters celebrate with confetti and streamers. |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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Cartoon | A child runs through a crowd shouting for MAMA. |
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Muppets | Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different. (First: Episode 0018) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan combines “Da” and “vid” to form “David.” A miniaturized David then appears and thanks her for putting his name together. |
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Cartoon | Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert says it's Ernie's turn to go to the laundromat. He puts numerous things in the laundry basket, including storybooks, cookies, his boots, and a radio. Before long, the basket has no room for the laundry, so he decides to go play baseball instead. |
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Film | Kids count 18 backflips. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | David blends “Gor” and “don” to form “Gordon,” but Susan appears instead (“Gordon couldn’t make it”). |
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Animation | Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Muppets / Cast | Kermit's Lectures: Bob holds an American bullfrog and asks Kermit to talk about frogs. However, due to living a somewhat different life than normal frogs, what Kermit says about frogs is somewhat incorrect; for example, Kermit believes that frogs eat fried chicken and pizza, and live in apartment houses. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (repeat) |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Cartoon | D-dart (repeat) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper approaches a man and says, "Knock, knock!" The man asks, "Who's there?". Harvey says, "Dion." The man asks, "Dion who?" Then Harvey slaps a letter D on the man's chest and says, "D on you!" (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | A boy passes by various signs before reaching the SALIDA. |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird and David shovel snow together, but David notices that Big Bird is shoveling from behind the construction doors, dumping the snow onto David's area outside on the sidewalk. Big Bird tries to figure out a different place to dispose of the snow. |
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Cartoon | "Daddy Dear" (repeat) |
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Muppets | "Family" (First: Episode 0404) |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird has finished shoveling and leaves. David wonders where Big Bird had put his snow, and discovers that he stored it inside Oscar's trash can. David is amused, but doesn't want to be around when Oscar gets home and flees. |
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Film | City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit, Chris and Stephanie count ears. |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #11: A lone square appears, so the dots all gather in a tight group (First: Episode 0296) |
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SCENE 9 | Oscar returns from a tedious trip downtown, eager to settle into his can, only to find that it's been filled with snow. He goes on a furious rant as Gordon announces the sponsors. |
 
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon and Susan hold the CTW sign. |
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