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Sesame Street
Air date March 12, 1973
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production December 14, 1972
Sponsors M, O, 10

0491

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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0491b
SCENE 1 Everybody on Sesame Street (including Bob, the Busby Twins, Maria, Big Bird, Roosevelt Franklin and his mother, Gordon, Luis, Cookie Monster, and some kids) all clap to a Johnny Carson-style version of the Sesame Street Theme.
Toon-OCowboy
Cartoon A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O.
(First: Episode 0286)
0491c
SCENE 2 Maria holds two giant O’s and exclaims “Oh-oh!”
Spanishtoon.Opera
Cartoon La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes.
(First: Episode 0338)
Buyano
Muppets "Would You Like to Buy an O?"
(First: Episode 0364)
2341u
Film Letter O hoist
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0338)
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SCENE 3 Gordon and Trey clap along to the tail end of an instrumental version of "Rub Your Tummy." Gordon then educates Trey on how to get people to listen to you - be loud!
Clapclapclap
Muppets The Anything Muppets perform a "Handclapping Number".
0316 giraffes
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: a herd of giraffes move their way through a field.
(First: Episode 0316)
2040e
Cartoon "Ten Turtles"
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0425)
0491e
SCENE 4 Gordon leads everybody in saying words that rhyme with "had."
0491f
SCENE 4 cont'd Maria starts with, "Sad."
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SCENE 4 cont'd A Muppet outlaw points to himself and says, "Bad."
0491h
SCENE 4 cont'd A Martian uniquely rhymes, "Flad."
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SCENE 4 cont'd Luis stammers then thinks of "pad."
0491j
SCENE 4 cont'd A Muppet boy addresses his "dad," and the father greets his "lad."
0491k
SCENE 4 cont'd Cookie Monster points to, then eats, a "shad."
0491l
SCENE 4 cont'd Bob dons a mortarboard, making him a "grad."
0491m
SCENE 4 cont'd A giggly Muppet woman feels "glad."
0491n
SCENE 4 cont'd Another Martian comes up with another one-of-a-kind rhyme - "Zad."
0491o
SCENE 4 cont'd Grover points to a ranting and raving Frazzle, who is "mad."
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SCENE 4 cont'd Finally, Gordon responds, "Not bad."
Number10
Film "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version)
(First: Episode 0021)
Painter10
Film The Mad Painter #10
(First: Episode 0328)
Zoomonkey
Song Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face."
(First: Episode 0006)
Laundry-16
Film Counting 6 pieces of laundry on the line
(First: Episode 0419)
EBLicorice
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie has a licorice whip that he offers to share with Bert. He divides it in half with a pair of scissors, but then discovers that Bert's half is longer than his. He cuts off a little bit of Bert's half, and eats it. Then he discovers that his own half is longer than Bert's, and that's not fair, so he cuts a bit off of his own, and eats it. Ernie goes back and forth, cutting off more and more, until the licorice whip is gone.
(First: Episode 0461)
George tallershorter
Film George's ladder gets taller and shorter, as does his box of berries.
(First: Episode 0289)
Big Bird Shola sticks
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentBig Bird and Shola demonstrate a big stick versus a little stick.
(First: Episode 0306)
Kermitgroverladder
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Kermit asks Grover to use ladders to demonstrate the difference between short and long. Kermit's amazed that Grover can carry the long ladder by himself, but then sees that Grover is on both ends.
(First: Episode 0276)
0491q
SCENE 5 Luis shows Bob a postcard from his cousin in Mexico. Just then, a furious Maria comes by, with a blouse that got ruined at the cleaner’s with a burnt iron. When Oscar the Grouch pops up, she loudly warns him not to push her buttons today, because they’ve been pushed plenty. She storms off, and Oscar falls in love.
1092-24
Cartoon Which footprint doesn't belong?
Misformoocow
Cartoon M is for Moo
Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers
(First: Episode 0276)
Zooelephant
Film Joe Raposo: Elephant (instrumental)
(First: Episode 0034)
Fourelephants
Muppets Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree, which he says is a picture of four elephants. Ernie doesn't see the four elephants, so Lefty offers to show him the elephants if Ernie will buy the picture for a nickel. Lefty points out the elephants, which are actually spaces in the tree's branches. Ernie shells out for the picture. Ernie wants to pull the same trick on Bert, but Bert notices the elephants right away.
(First: Episode 0292)
300002
Cartoon A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0438)
0491r
SCENE 6 Maria, Gordon, Bob, and Luis sing "The Neighborhood."
Closetheopen
Cartoon Would you mind closing our OPEN?
(First: Episode 0438)
Olga.O
Cartoon Olga y la letra O
(First: Episode 0338)
Stolen bathtub clues
Film A police officer follows clues that lead to a bathtub stolen by a gorilla.
Pillow
Muppets Cookie Monster and Ernie: During Ernie's naptime, Cookie Monster tries to steal and eat Ernie's pillow by distracting him with a bell.
(First: Episode 0035)
100006
Film Stop-motion: in a park, a garbage man puts litter in a trash can. (Part 1)
2040e
Cartoon "Ten Turtles" (repeat)
Alphabet Kid old west sketch
Muppets Old West sketches: A couple of cowboy Muppets meet the Alphabet Kid, who claims that he can write the alphabet faster than any man alive. To prove it, he quickly draws his crayon and speedily writes out the whole alphabet.
(First: Episode 0307)
100007
Film Stop-motion: in a park, a man reads a newspaper, then shamelessly drops it on the ground. A little girl finds this disgusting, and puts the newspaper in the trash bin. (Part 2)
Telaviv.anythingfamily
Muppets "Family"
(First: Episode 0404)
0491s
SCENE 7 Bob looks for letters embedded in one of the construction doors.
Girlguitarcartoon
Cartoon A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be.
(First: Episode 0406)
Song.indianbabybath
Film "Indian Baby Bath"
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0444)
Frazzle's Feelings
Muppets Grover asks Frazzle about his day, and Frazzle responds with growls to demonstrate how he felt.
0491t
SCENE 8 Gordon leads another round of rhyme time with "him."
0491u
SCENE 8 cont'd Luis starts with "whim."
0491v
SCENE 8 cont'd Maria points to the basketball hoop "rim."
0491w
SCENE 8 cont'd The Muppet cowboy is "slim."
0491x
SCENE 8 cont'd Bob leaps into frame, full of "vim."
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SCENE 8 cont'd A Martian gives another bizarre rhyme of "zim."
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SCENE 8 cont'd Gordon swings his "limb."
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SCENE 8 cont'd The Martian delivers another odd rhyme - "Flim."
0491b1
SCENE 8 cont'd Big Bird struggles to think of a rhyme before sighing, "Dim." Gordon points to the bird and remarks, "Dig him."
Toon.school
Cartoon Jack-in-the-Box School
(First: Episode 0284)
Cookieschool01

Cookieschool02
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)
Toon-OCowboy
Cartoon A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O. (repeat)
Folge2271-7
Muppets Bob asks a blank-faced Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet how he feels. The Muppet answers, "I don't feel anything." Bob sticks a nose and angry eyes on the Muppet, who then starts to feel mad. He walks off in a huff, and we hear a crash off-screen. The Muppet comes back and ad-libs, "It's okay, Bob, I just dropped my watch!"
2623-Scuba
Film Kids compare animals and human tools and technology.
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SCENE 9 The cast claps along to the closing theme Bob announces the sponsors.
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0491-Close02
CLOSING SIGNS Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign.

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