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Sesame Street
Air date March 7, 1973
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production November 29, 1972
Sponsors G, I, 7

SSShowID-0488

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0488a
SCENE 1 Big Bird excitedly welcomes the viewer from his nest, and calls Susan over to talk about what will be happening today. Susan asks him to not yell so loudly, especially considering that a baby is napping in the floor above her. The same thing happens when he tries to get Gordon to help, and he and Susan ask him to quiet down again. Big Bird has an idea on how to stop speaking so loudly (and saying silly things, as people sometimes tell him).
Toon.Inkbird
Cartoon I-Ink (angry bird)
(First: Episode 0462)
0488b
SCENE 1 cont'd Big Bird has wrapped his winter scarf around his beak and proceeds to tell Gordon, Susan, and the viewer what they'll be doing today, though no one but him can comprehend what he's saying.
Cookie10
Muppets Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker lists all the ingredients of the cookie, as Cookie visualizes it. The visualized image looks so delicious that he eats it.
(First: Episode 0283)
Stockard
Film The Mad Painter #7
(First: Episode 0314)
1095u
Cartoon G is for Glue
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0279)
EB.NOsign
Muppets Herry Monster holds a sign with the word "NO" on it and tells Ernie that he can make him read his sign. Ernie replies "Oh no you can't!", and eventually gets the joke. He tries it on Bert, but the gag backfires when Bert bets he can get Ernie to read the sign.
(First: Episode 0416)
Speechballoon.Island
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I for Island.
(First: Episode 0314)
0488c

0488d
SCENE 2 A still-muffled Big Bird enters Hooper's Store to chat with Mr. Hooper, who unwraps his scarf so he can explain why he's wearing it. Mr. Hooper thinks that the scarf is unnecessary if Big Bird only learned to think before he spoke. As Mr. Hooper tends to washing his dishes, Big Bird begins to loudly ask random questions and go on tangents until Mr. Hooper puts the scarf around Big Bird's beak again.
GforGiggle
Cartoon G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift)
(First: Episode 0357)
300013
Film Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time), then the complete animal.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0428)
Lowercasei.yellow
Cartoon The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i.
Artist: Fred Garbers
(First: Episode 0462)
AMGirl-Same
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)
Toon.Imagination
Cartoon Imagination (Boy Imagines Being Zoo Animals)
(First: Episode 0383)
Film.hippo
Film Hippos
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0415)
0273 Flip Wilson 20
Celebrity Flip Wilson counts from 1 to 20.
(First: Episode 0147)
Song.Capital.I
Cartoon "I in the Sky"
(First: Episode 0368)
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)
0488e
SCENE 3 Gordon plays a “One of These Things” game with the kids using three capital I’s and one lowercase i.
2257zc
Cartoon Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word.
(First: Episode 0314)
Film-TrainSong
Song "Train Song"
(First: Episode 0423)
Herry's ABC Secret
Muppets Grover tells Herry's secret (which is actually the alphabet) to Pamela, who tells Fenwick, who tells Rosemary. Herry says to Grover, "You're very good at reciting the alphabet ... but you're lousy at keeping secrets!"
(First: Episode 0360)
Np7
Film "Seven Song (Song of Seven)"
(First: Episode 0011)
TwinAnythingMuppets
Muppets Twin Anything Muppets find they're identical, except for their voices.
(First: Episode 0277)
Speechballoon.Island
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I for Island. (repeat)
0488f
SCENE 4 Susan plays a rhyming game with The kids. At first Oscar finds it silly, but starts singing along as he has Susan rhyme words like "garbage," "trash can," and the like.
LetterI.BeepBeep
Cartoon Letter I (Beep Beep)
(First: Episode 0427)
2040d
Film Pizza is made.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0416)
Frogflycartoon
Cartoon What if a frog and a fly switched bodies? What do you think would happen?
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0406)
TheKingsPicnic
Muppets "The King's Picnic"
(First: Episode 0419)
Toon.Inkbird
Cartoon I-Ink (angry bird) (repeat)
Kidsi
Film The Alphabet Dancers form a capital I.
(First: Episode 0462)
Alligatorking2
Cartoon The Alligator King
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0411)
0488g
SCENE 5 Susan plays “One of These Things” with the kids using three lowercase g’s and one capital G.
GforGiggle
Cartoon G For Giggle (repeat)
Fish Cowboy Hat
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. Bert asks Ernie why he's doing that, and Ernie says that he broke a cookie jar. Ernie has to put the cookies somewhere, so he put them in the sugar bowl – and put the sugar in the flowerpot, which meant that he had to put the flower in a milk bottle. He put the milk in the soda bottle, and the soda into the fishbowl, and the fish in Bert's cowboy hat. Bert asks, "Now what am I gonna wear when I wanna play cowboy?" Ernie puts the pot on Bert's head and says, "Ride 'em, cowboy, Bert!"
(First: Episode 0305)
Song.Capital.I
Cartoon "I in the Sky" (repeat)
Toon-ImaginationTrain
Cartoon A boy witness a snake slither in and out of some holes. His imagination likens the sight to a train going through a tunnel.
(First: Episode 0373)
2795r
Film Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0428)
Seasonssong
Cartoon "Four Seasons"
(First: Episode 0276)
0488h

0488i
SCENE 6 Big Bird is about to visit Susan to borrow a cup of birdseed, but notices a large St. Bernard at the top of the steps. He becomes nervous to go near it, and thinks of ways to approach Susan without having to bother the dog. He considers calling her on the phone, or yelling for her outside the window. Gordon hears him instead, and explains that Big Bird did the right thing in not getting near the strange dog. Gordon shows him that the dog is a friendly one named Tooey, and Big Bird is able to overcome his fear, and starts petting and chatting with the dog.
Lowercasei.yellow
Cartoon The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i. (repeat)
1396d
Muppets "High, Middle, Low"
(First: Episode 0236)
2477o
Film Trees are very nice places, for animals and for people.
(First: Episode 0455)
2257zc
Cartoon Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word. (repeat)
Toon.Chickenheart
Cartoon What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts?
0488j
SCENE 7 Big Bird introduces Susan and the kids to Tooey as Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors.
ClosingSign-GordonSS-0488

0307 CTW sign
CLOSING SIGNS Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.



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