| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Snow — Big Bird the pirate; Sam the Robot writes a note for David | |||||||
| Air date | February 7, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | David welcomes the viewer, and tries to display the word UP, but the word keeps rising up. When David tells the word to wait until he gives it the right cue, the word then refuses to cooperate. |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | The Martians find a telephone. (First: Episode 0398) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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Cartoon | The alphabet appears in a little box. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Ernie demonstrates the letter U with a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it. (First: Episode 0047) |
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Cartoon | U for Ugly: A man removes his mask, revealing a hideous monster face. |
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Film | A voiceover counts nine cars at an intersection. (First: Episode 0424) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird, masquerading as the famous pirate Long John Bird, encounters David, Maria and Bob in the yard. He wonders what kind of game he could play as a pirate, and Bob suggests he go on a treasure hunt. Maria explains how it works, and Big Bird leaves for the Jolly Roger as the others work on the map and the treasure. |
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Film | A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings. (First: Episode 0422) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird finds the treasure map at his home, and follows the written directions on it. The map leads him out of his nest area, down Sesame Street, towards a "hanging donut" (the tire swing) in the yard, past a stool near Hooper's Store, and finally to a pile of boxes at the Fix-It Shop. He "digs" for the treasure by lifting one of the boxes and comes across a small treasure chest, which contains … birdseed! Bob, Maria, and David all congratulate the pirate bird on his adventure. |
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Cartoon | Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441) |
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Muppets | Kermit tests Cookie Monster with his new monster testing device. He wants to see if Cookie Monster can figure out how to get the cookie out of the machine. Cookie Monster proceeds to crush the cookie in the contraption into crumbs and pour water on them. But he's delighted with the results -- cookie soup. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster shows David the school sign he tore off a building earlier. (First: Episode 0379) |
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Cartoon | Jack-in-the-Box School (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster wants to go to school, but he can't tell which building the school is because he can't read. An Anything Muppet tells him to read the letters on the sign on one of the buildings. Cookie tears the sign off the building, but once he's read the sign, he still doesn't know which building the school is. (First: Episode 0184) |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "Still, We Like Each Other". (First: Episode 0395) |
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Cast | David and Luis assemble a fractured letter U. |
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Cartoon | Ralph asks Marvin what would happen if he didn't have a mouth, a nose and ears. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is sad, because it's raining and he can't play baseball. Bert encourages him to imagine that he's playing instead. In Ernie's imagination, he hits a high fly ball that lands in the ocean. Bert tells Ernie that the sun is out, and he can go out and play now. Ernie says that he can't play -- his ball fell in the ocean. (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cartoon | "Imagination Rain" (First: Episode 0353) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria and the kids play an imagination game on the stoop. First, Maria imagines playing football.... |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Maria then imagines herself as an orchestra conductor... |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Finally, she imagines winning first prize for growing a large tomato at a state fair (with Bob playing judge and giving her the ribbon)... |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Maria asks the kids what they'd like to imagine, then they all close their eyes to imagine something of their own. |
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Muppets | Grover uses his airplane to demonstrate "above" and "below." (First: Episode 0149) |
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Cartoon | Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (First: Episode 0440) |
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Song | "Train Song" (First: Episode 0423) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper: Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it. |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates above and below. (First: Episode 0262) |
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Cast | Maria, David, Gordon, and Luis play knights of the round table, but have difficulty finding a table that is actually round. |
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Film | There Once Was a Hand: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise. (First: Episode 0007) |
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SCENE 5 | David needs to go to the bank before it closes, but first he wants to leave a note at Hooper's Store saying he’ll be back soon. Sam the Robot (Caroll Spinney) offers to help, but prints out David’s note incorrectly twice: the first time, Sam doesn’t use spaces between the words. Next, Sam prints out all the words on separate cards. Finally, Sam prints out a perfect albeit large sign, but David no longer needs it as the bank is now closed. |
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Film | African kids play at various activities, including a game with stones. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Film | 1-20 Ice Skaters Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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SCENE 6 | The adults watch as the kids do cartwheels on the sidewalk as Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob holds the CTW sign. |
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