Sesame Street | |||||||
Hooper's Store blows a fuse | |||||||
Air date | February 28, 1973 | ||||||
Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, David is preparing to cook some eggs for Kate and the kids. When he turns on the electric griddle, the store suddenly loses electricity. While Luis fetches a fuse from the Fix-it Shop, Kate recalls what it was like when she was young and her own family lived on a farm without electricity. David doesn't think he can do much without it, so Kate tells everyone to wait for her in the store while she goes to get a few things. | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster (dressed in drag) sits on a couch trying to get near Tony, but Tony wants to be far. Cookie Monster finally gets close enough and eats the bouquet of flowers Tony's been holding. (First: Episode 0453) | |
SCENE 1 cont'd |
Luis returns with the fuse for David, but pauses when he sees Kate and the others gathered around a fire on a match-burning camp stove. Kate lights a kerosene lamp, while Luis provides some music on Kate's guitar. David echoes Kate's previous observation that it is possible to survive without electricity. | |
Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) | |
Film | A film insert of kittens playing, with child voiceovers in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0429) | |
Cartoon | Kids guess what two circles drawn onscreen will become. They turn out to be the eye of a friendly monster. (First: Episode 0248) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me." (First: Episode 0375) | |
Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Loren count to twenty. (First: Episode 0290) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) | |
SCENE 2 | Gordon has Trey look for the number 2 embedded in a series of pictures. | |
Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342) | |
Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest. (First: Episode 0417) | |
Film | "What if you were magic, and could make things stop just by telling it to, or make it go backwards? Stop! Then you could see what things look like when they're moving. Go forwards! Stop! Well, film is magic, and this is a film, so you can be magic for three minutes. Like this: Go slow, water fountain! Now, you try it." (First: Episode 0047) | |
Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie that if he can clean the messy apartment in fifteen seconds or less, he will give Ernie his dessert, ice cream and cookies. (First: Episode 0033) | |
Celebrity | Pat Paulsen says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0067) | |
Cartoon | What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances? (First: Episode 0451) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Frog Kiss — Prince Charming turns Sleeping Beauty into a frog. (First: Episode 0453) | |
Film | Two birds Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0295) | |
Cartoon | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (First: Episode 0359) | |
Muppets | "The Zizzy Zoomers" (First: Episode 0359) | |
Cartoon | A circle becomes a clock, balloon, sun, etc. (First: Episode 0358) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round." (First: Episode 0413) | |
Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs, but he can't decide how many of each he wants. Mr. Johnson says that Grover takes too long and asks for two hot dogs and two pickles for lunch. Grover then throws a tantrum in the kitchen. (First: Episode 0408) | |
Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) | |
SCENE 3 | Bob tries to get Oscar to join in a game with himself and the kids, but Oscar doesn't care to. Bob doesn't understand why Oscar is so ornery about being asked, so Oscar explains that just because he likes doing different things doesn't mean that he's bad or wrong. After Oscar finishes venting, Bob realizes that Oscar makes a good point and he and the kids leave him be. | |
Cartoon | Julius and Jasper: "Why are you holding one leg up in the air, Jasper?" "Because if I hold two legs up in the air, I fall down!" Animation by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy demonstrate "close" and "far". (Spanish dub) (First: Episode 0349) | |
Cartoon | A man counts two ears, two eyes, and two arms. He picks up each leg to count two legs, and then falls down. Animation by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406) | |
Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (repeat) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy demonstrate "close" and "far". (First: Episode 0129) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A bald eagle flies over houses, a beach, and other locations. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0411) | |
Cartoon | "That's About the Size of It" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0279) | |
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) | |
Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (repeat) | |
SCENE 4 | Kate plays the guitar and sings “Never Argue With a Bee” for David, Big Bird, and the kids (including Joey and Brynne). After the song, Big Bird encounters a giant Styrofoam letter B in the yard and decides not to argue with it. | |
Film | A little horse gets near and far from the camera. (First: Episode 0279) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Z for zipper (repeat) | |
Muppets | Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part one) (First: Episode 0281) | |
Film | The Mad Painter #2 (First: Episode 0309) | |
Cartoon | Miss Fortune makes guesses about a dog. Artist: Cliff Roberts | |
Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts Here Is Your Life, surprising Oak Tree with the story of his life. The guests include Granny Fanny Nesselrode, who planted the tree as an acorn, Cloud and Sun, who gave the tree rain and sunshine, and Marty Table and Sarah Chair, who were made from the tree's friends. (First: Episode 0406) | |
Cartoon | A boy passes by various signs before reaching the SALIDA. (First: Episode 0458) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A film of camels eating. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0388) | |
SCENE 5 | Big Bird plays “Draw a Magic Circle” with the kids, where Big Bird draws a circle on a kid's back; the kid then has to figure out who else added a dot with the circle. They continue their game as Bob announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while David and Maria hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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