| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | March 12, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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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. |
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Cartoon | A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O. (First: Episode 0286) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria holds two giant O’s and exclaims “Oh-oh!” |
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Cartoon | La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes. (First: Episode 0338) |
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Muppets | "Would You Like to Buy an O?" (First: Episode 0364) |
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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! |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets perform a "Handclapping Number". |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: a herd of giraffes move their way through a field. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon leads everybody in saying words that rhyme with "had." |
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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." |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | A Martian uniquely rhymes, "Flad." |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Luis stammers then thinks of "pad." |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | A Muppet boy addresses his "dad," and the father greets his "lad." |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Cookie Monster points to, then eats, a "shad." |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Bob dons a mortarboard, making him a "grad." |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | A giggly Muppet woman feels "glad." |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Another Martian comes up with another one-of-a-kind rhyme - "Zad." |
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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." |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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Song | Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006) |
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Film | Counting 6 pieces of laundry on the line (First: Episode 0419) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie 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) |
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Film | George's ladder gets taller and shorter, as does his box of berries. (First: Episode 0289) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Shola demonstrate a big stick versus a little stick. (First: Episode 0306) |
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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) |
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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. |
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Cartoon | Which footprint doesn't belong? |
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Cartoon | M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Elephant (instrumental) (First: Episode 0034) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0438) |
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SCENE 6 | Maria, Gordon, Bob, and Luis sing "The Neighborhood." |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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Cartoon | Olga y la letra O (First: Episode 0338) |
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Film | A police officer follows clues that lead to a bathtub stolen by a gorilla. |
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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) |
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Film | Stop-motion: in a park, a garbage man puts litter in a trash can. (Part 1) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" (repeat) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Muppets | "Family" (First: Episode 0404) |
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SCENE 7 | Bob looks for letters embedded in one of the construction doors. |
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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) |
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Film | "Indian Baby Bath" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0444) |
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Muppets | Grover asks Frazzle about his day, and Frazzle responds with growls to demonstrate how he felt. |
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SCENE 8 | Gordon leads another round of rhyme time with "him." |
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SCENE 8 cont'd | Luis starts with "whim." |
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SCENE 8 cont'd | Maria points to the basketball hoop "rim." |
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SCENE 8 cont'd | The Muppet cowboy is "slim." |
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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." |
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SCENE 8 cont'd | Big Bird struggles to think of a rhyme before sighing, "Dim." Gordon points to the bird and remarks, "Dig him." |
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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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Cartoon | A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O. (repeat) |
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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!" |
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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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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- Additional performances include Jerry Nelson (Green cowboy, pink Martian), Richard Hunt (pink boy), Jim Henson (Fat Blue father, blue Martian), and Frank Oz (Lavender woman).
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