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Sesame Street
Air date March 16, 1973
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Directed by Jon Stone
Production December 11, 1972
Sponsors C, U, 3

SSShowID-0495

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0495a
SCENE 1 As David rides by on his delivery bike, Oscar asks him to hold a rope while he goes to get a glass of milk. David overhears Oscar making a table, then sewing a napkin, then milking a cow — which is attached to the rope he's holding.
KermitGrover-Boxes
Muppets Kermit talks about "top" and "bottom" using a stack of boxes Grover carries.
(First: Episode 0434)
Letter C toon
Cartoon A man gets a letter C in the mail.
(First: Episode 0294)
Rollercoaster123

BallFilm-Powder
Film Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder.
(First: Episode 0254)
3956l
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0299)
Bae14
Muppets Ernie & Bert — At the beach, Ernie notices that Bert is missing; all he sees is Bert's hat. Sherlock Hemlock helps find Bert, and in the process, discovers that Ernie accidentally buried Bert under the sand.
(First: Episode 0278)
C Clipper
Cartoon C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake).
(First: Episode 0203)
2933-Woodpecker
Film Knock knock. Who's there? The woodpecker!
(First: Episode 0437)
Toon-AnFamily
Animation The story of Dan and Nan, as told with words ending in "an."
(First: Episode 0450)
0495b

0495c
SCENE 2 Oscar sneaks up from behind Susan and shouts “BOO!” to scare her. Susan says that’s not nice; how would he feel if someone did that to him? Oscar boasts that he's not afraid of anything; he wouldn’t be scared of facing a lion, or being alone in a dark house on Halloween with footsteps behind him. It starts to thunder, and he suddenly wants to hold Susan’s hand.
0871v
Muppets Grover the Elevator Operator: Grover's elevator holds five people.
(First: Episode 0462)
No3
Film "Three Song (Song of Three)."
(First: Episode 0001)
0573f
Film C is for cars on the highway.
(First: Episode 0469)
Toon.winduptoy
Cartoon I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy
(First: Episode 0255)
WallyRalphWaste
Cast Wally and Ralph: Wally brings home a new waste basket inside a paper bag, but doesn't know how to discard the paper bag once he's removed the waste basket from it.
(First: Episode 0318)
Word.AGUA.70s
Cartoon The word AGUA fills up with water.
(First: Episode 0448)
0592.20
Film Counting to 20.
(First: Episode 0421)
Toon.UP
Cartoon A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
(First: Episode 0416)
0495d

0495e
SCENE 3 Bob sees that Big Bird has packed a wagon with all the things he wants to do today. He goes through the things in his wagon as he takes them out to show Bob what he'll do today, including sewing a hem on his tablecloth, fixing a lamp, play football, and so on. Bob thinks that Big Bird has packed too much in his wagon, so he suggests that Big Bird plan to do one thing per day. Big Bird already knows what he’ll do today: clean up the mess he just made.
0033.cat
Cartoon A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion.
(First: Episode 0032)
E&B-ZooPlan
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie and Bert plan to go to the zoo tomorrow, but Ernie can't make up his mind. What would happen if Ernie bought a balloon, but then lost it when he gets frightened by a buffalo? Then he remembers that the zoo is closed on Wednesdays.
(First: Episode 0137)
ThreeCoffeesPlease
Cartoon Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee.
(First: Episode 0473)
Film.Dragonkite
Film Two kids help an old man (Taro Yashima) get his dragon kite in the air.
(First: Episode 0444)
Cat toon2
Cartoon Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor)
(First: Episode 0029)
500025
Film Iguanas
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0047)
Letter C toon
Cartoon A man gets a letter C in the mail. (repeat)
Cisforcookie
Muppets Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie."
(First: Episode 0372)
0495f

0495g
SCENE 4 Luis encounters Oscar with a hatchet, attempting to chop down the tree in front of the Fix-it Shop. Luis explains the usefulness of trees, but Oscar isn't convinced, so Luis uses a different approach. He agrees with Oscar that it should be chopped down, since the birds in the tree wake him up in the morning, the leaves fall down and have to be raked away in the autumn, and the winter wind makes a spooky noise as it blows through the tree. Luis tries to chop it himself, but Oscar stops him, suddenly protective of the tree.
C Clipper
Cartoon C is for clipper... (repeat)
HarveyC
Muppets Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him.
(First: Episode 0294)
No3
Film "Three Song (Song of Three)." (repeat)
Cap008
Insert Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not.
(First: Episode 0463)
Film.Birdseat
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: What do birds eat?
0033.cat
Cartoon C for cat (repeat)
Witches
Muppets Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup.
(First: Episode 0407)
0495h
SCENE 5 Luis plays "Here Are Some Things" in Spanish with Willy, using pictures of pairs of foods.
1285-Ugly
Cartoon U for Ugly: A man removes his mask, revealing a hideous monster face.
(First: Episode 0468)
0573zd
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentKermit talks with Chris about teaching his little sister, Stephanie, to talk. Chris practices the alphabet.
ThreeCoffeesPlease
Cartoon Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (repeat)
1452-Chinese
Film The celebration of Chinese New Year
3956l
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. (repeat)
0495i
SCENE 6 Willy makes his way down the street as Bob and the kids pet and play with a neighborhood dog. Luis announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
0491-Close01

ClosingSign-DavidCTW-0476
CLOSING SIGNS Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and David holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

Notes[]

  • Most of this episode's street scenes are all either remakes or rewrites of scenes from previous episodes. Scene 1 is a remake of scene 9 in Episode 0094, scene 2 is a rewrite of the second scene in Episode 0133, scene 3 is a rewrite of scene 5 in Episode 0165, and scene 4 is a rewrite of scene 4 in Episode 0174.


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