Episode 0496

Sesame Street
Air date	March 19, 1973
Season	Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production December 11, 1972 Sponsors C, Y, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Maria wants to show today's number in a special way, so she calls Big Bird over so he can assist her and the kids in showing what it is. Big Bird counts Maria and two kids which makes 3, but that isn't the number. Maria points out that he forgot to count himself, and shows him how to do it the right way so he can count all 4 of them.
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300)
	Muppets	Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" about a baker and a shoemaker. (First: Episode 0208)
	Cartoon	Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301)
	Film	Joe Raposo counts 20 antique cars. (First: Episode 0410)
	Cartoon	A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0154)
	SCENE 2	Gordon plays "Here Are Some Things" with pictures of different-sized shoes.
	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)
	Muppets	Game Show: The Remembering Game (First: Episode 0310)
	Film	A male voiceover and his friend Myrtle observe a macaw in a tree. (First: Episode 0409)
	Transition	Diamond transition (First: Episode 0007)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie comes from finishing his bath, and tells Bert that there's something that he forgot. Bert asks if he's washed behind his ears, his neck, and his elbows. Finally, Ernie remembers that he forgot to turn off the water in the tub -- as the water level rises. (First: Episode 0347)
	Cartoon	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353)
	SCENE 3	Mr. Snuffleupagus muses at Big Bird's nest that he still hasn’t met any of Big Bird’s friends, so he tries to imagine what they look like. Maybe Maria has feathers, a beak, and three-toed feet just like Big Bird. As he leaves, he notices the real Maria mailing a letter, but concludes it’s not her since she doesn’t fit his imaginary depiction of her. Snuffy had a previous experience similar to this one in Episode 0467, where he imagined what Mr. Hooper looked like.
	Cartoon	A man demonstrates Spanish words that start with the letter Y. (First: Episode 0470)
	Film	Y, for Yacht (First: Episode 0471)
	Animation	Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit comes across the word "Telephone", spells it, and then teaches the word to the viewer. When an Anything Muppet boy who stands too far away says that he can't hear Kermit, Kermit dials the T, and the boy answers with the last E. (First: Episode 0314)
	Cartoon	Two lines intersect at the middle of the screen and have an argument; they cooperate by making a cross. (background color changes throughout) (First: Episode 0276)
	Muppets	Grover and Oscar the Grouch recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0229)
	Cartoon	A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (First: Episode 0443)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit." (First: Episode 0160)
	Cartoon	A man pushes up a lazy UP. (First: Episode 0316)
	Muppets	Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk" The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together. (First: Episode 0452)
	Film	A man bounces a ball up the steps, and then it falls down the steps. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0435)
	Cartoon	Y for yawn (repeat)
	Cast	"Dandy David" adds flowers and flower pots. (First: Episode 0435)
	Cartoon	C for cat (repeat)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster hopes his box has a special C-word inside, but instead finds crumbs. He begins to cry, until Ernie provides him with a coconut crunch cookie. (First: Episode 0204)
	Film	The Mad Painter #4 (First: Episode 0344)
	Cartoon	T es para telefono (First: Episode 0362)
	Transition	Bridge #4 - 4 Corner Bridge B (First: Episode 0282)
	Celebrity	Bill Cosby tries to count 4 kids. (First: Episode 0176)
	Cartoon	A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak". (First: Episode 0301)
	SCENE 4	Maria plays "Here Are Some Things" in Spanish with drawings of tall and short monsters.
	Film	Examples of people and animals going down. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet boy gives a brief lecture on the telephone, which Cookie Monster then eats. Soon after, it begins ringing inside his stomach. (First: Episode 0194)
	Cartoon	A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (repeat)
	Film	George the Farmer demonstrates up/down with two ladders. (First: Episode 0239)
	Cartoon	A man demonstrates up and down. Artist: Al Jarnow (First: Episode 0276)
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd counts four lions. (repeat)
	Cast	The Kids try to spell the word "BUS" in the right way. (First: Episode 0469)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255)
	Cartoon	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (repeat)
	Film	Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer". The object is a tire. (First: Episode 0147)
	Cartoon	A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: TELEPHONE. (First: Episode 0314)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. Bert says, "I thought maybe you weren't here!" Ernie starts to search to see if he can find himself. (First: Episode 0171)
	Cartoon	Boy and the UP balloons (First: Episode 0364)
	Film	Flamingos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450)
	Cartoon	A man demonstrates Spanish words that start with the letter Y. (repeat)
	Cartoon	A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak". (repeat)
	SCENE 5	Gordon and the kids watch as Big Bird zooms by on his unicycle, crashing offscreen. Bob announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

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