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Sesame Street
Air date February 20, 1973
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production November 13, 1972
Sponsors L, N, 7

SSShowID-0477

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Susan greets the viewer, asking if anybody has any N words. Luis has a newspaper, and David has a napkin (which he puts on before digging into his sandwich). When asked, Oscar replies, “No! Never!”; realizing he's helped, he responds, “Nuts.”
SB--NNail
Cartoon Speech Balloon: N - Nail
(First: Episode 0040)
N-Neighborhood
Film A letter N drives through a neighborhood.
(First: Episode 0450)
Ssnews.princesscookie
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the CookieCookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses.
(First: Episode 0417)
Alligatorking2
Cartoon The Alligator King
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0411)
Stockard
Film The Mad Painter #7
(First: Episode 0314)
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SCENE 2 After finishing his sandwich, David starts to pour himself a glass of water at Hooper's Store. He wonders aloud what the world would be like with almost no water; in his imagination, the tree outside the store is replaced with a cactus, Jay's pet fish are replaced by a camel, and Oscar's bucket of mud turns to dust.
2lines
Cartoon Two lines intersect at the middle of the screen and have an argument; they cooperate by making a cross.
(First: Episode 0276)
E&BTalkSlower
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie approaches Bert in a harried manner, talking rapidly. Bert tells him to talk slower so he can understand him. Ernie says, slowly, that Bert's bread is burning in the oven, which causes Bert to speak in the same rapid, harried manner.
(First: Episode 0323)
NancyNannyGoat
Cartoon Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles.
Artist: Tee Collins
(First: Episode 0240)
Geeflegonk
Muppets Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk"
The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together.
(First: Episode 0452)
Film Fast-Slow 2;15
Film Kids narrate a film in which footage is slowed down and sped up. Sequences include kids on a playground, riding a roller coaster, and Big Bird jumping around and being chased in the park.
(First: Episode 0358)
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SCENE 3 A sluggish Sam the Robot shows up at the Fix-it Shop, in need of maintenance. Sam considers going to a mechanic, but admits that he's afraid of them. Luis offers to be Sam’s “doctor,” and gives Sam treatment by charging his battery with some jumper cables, adding water to the cooling system (allowing him to blow some steam), and unclogging the whistle.
Teethjob
Muppets A bridge of teeth come to an employment agency, looking for a job. He's offered jobs in the smelling line and in listening, but he's unqualified for those. Teeth demonstrates his talent in biting and chewing by chomping up the desk.
(First: Episode 0406)
Lowercase n
Cartoon "Lowercase n"
(First: Episode 0358)
George fastslow
Film George the Farmer demonstrates fast and slow by going back and forth on a fence, and in a rocking chair.
(First: Episode 0288)
0266-racing car bridge
Film Tracks from a race car cross paths until most of the screen is blank. A pair of foot prints crosses the screen to blank out the last bit.
(First: Episode 0105)
1091-08
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie is thirsty, and imagines that he's drinking nice cold water. Irritated, Bert tells him to go get a real glass of water. Ernie does, but then he annoys Bert by saying that now he's hungry. He then proceeds to eat an imaginary peanut butter and banana sandwich.
(First: Episode 0459)
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SCENE 4 Susan plays “One of These Things” as she sorts traffic lights by quantity.
JasperLostElbow
Cartoon Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0410)
Title 01 21 007 0001
Muppets Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his rhyming magic trick, making three things come out of his hat that rhyme with "knee." Grover guesses the first one (key), but doesn't get the last two (ski and tree) right.
(First: Episode 0455)
Yes toon
Cartoon A man carves a YES and puts it on display.
(First: Episode 0366)
Topi Antelopes YES
Film Topi antelopes nod "yes."
Music by Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0411)
CountCountsFlowers
Muppets The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes.
(First: Episode 0433)
Checkerboard
Cartoon Checkerboard transition cartoon
(First: Episode 0105)
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SCENE 5 Oscar goes to Hooper’s for a copy of the Daily Grouch, and notices there’s a rock on top of the newspapers. He asks David about it, and David wants Oscar to figure it out for himself. Oscar deduces that the wind would blow the newspapers if not for the rock, so he decides to buy the rock instead of the newspaper. He quickly exits as David and Jay attempt to keep the papers from blowing away.
0110.Willisthebird-spanish
Cartoon Eugene wants his talking crow Willis to name some N words, and Willis replies with "no," "nothing," "nobody" and "never." (Spanish version)
(First: Episode 0358)
Letter for Ernie
Muppets Ernie tries to help a mailman deliver a letter to Mrs. Mary Ann ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.
(First: Episode 0038)
0368-Tank
Transition The screen fills up with fluid.
(First: Episode 0105)
Meyosong
Muppets Two Anything Muppets sing "Me" in both English and Spanish.
(First: Episode 0372)
LakeLillian
Cartoon A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian.
(First: Episode 0347)
0477-balloonbridge
Transition A circle appears on screen, expanding like a balloon until it pops.
(First: Episode 0105)
Lisforladder
Cartoon L is for Ladder
(First: Episode 0036)
Sesamestreetsports
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: The Tortoise and the HareKermit wins the race between tortoise and the hare.
Nterview-Span
Cartoon An N-terview with an N (Spanish version)
Artist: John Paratore
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SCENE 6 Luis plays “One of These Things” with the kids, using pieces of wood with varying numbers of nails hammered into them.
AddingTricycles
Cast Maria and Gordon add three tricycles.
1396s
Film Flamingos
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0450)
ThreeOfTheseThingsBicycle
Song David sings Three of These Things: Three kids riding a one-seat bicycle, and two kids riding a two-seat bicycle.
(First: Episode 0450)
Gemsbok.FastFaster
Film A gemsbok runs fast, then faster.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0416)
Count.Ingrid
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentThe Count asks Ingrid to teach him how to count to 20 in Spanish.
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SCENE 7 Sam hums as he follows a group of kids (including Shola) as they ride along and among various wheeled vehicles. David announces the sponsors.
ClosingSign-SusanSS-0469

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CLOSING SIGNS Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.



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