| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Mr. Hooper loses his glasses | |||||||
| Air date | March 27, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | The Count is sad as he wants someone to count with him. He tries asking a kid, then Oscar (whom he almost hypnotizes), but they either can't or don't want to. Luis also isn't able to help the Count, but suggests that he count up to twenty with a man from India… |
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Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
The Count is impressed, and jubilantly counts to twenty himself. He wants to see if the man will count again... |
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Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
The Count counts to twenty in Spanish himself, and feels much better. |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Bacon and Eggs — Grover prolongs Mr. Johnson's breakfast order into lunch time. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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Cartoon | Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Hooper accidentally bumps into a kid on her tricycle, then struggles to open the door to the store, not realizing he’s at the Fix-it Shop instead. David and Maria ask him what’s going on, and realize that he’s not wearing his glasses because he misplaced them in the store last night. |
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Film | Js appear in a junkyard. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Film | A clown (Dennis Allen) takes off his make-up. Which face do you like better? (First: Episode 0461) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria and David look around inside the store for the missing glasses. Mr. Hooper thinks back to yesterday: he remembers that he was bending down to make an ice cream cone for Big Bird, right before he closed the store. Maria gets an idea: she asks for an ice cream cone of the same flavor. Mr. Hooper makes her a cone -- and his glasses are sticking out of the scoop of ice cream! |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets: BUS — A bus driver brings his broken BUS (the word) to a garage for a mechanic to fix up. (First: Episode 0455) |
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Cartoon | The word BUS (First: Episode 0277) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates beginning and end. (First: Episode 0265) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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SCENE 4 | Kate plays the guitar and sings "I Wish You Were Here." |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets: Bus Stop — Three people wait for a bus. (First: Episode 0189) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock") (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A man eats a hot dog. (First: Episode 0387) |
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Cartoon | A girl wonders what would happen if she popped her balloon. She imagines it would scare her sister, who would end up breaking a vase and getting in trouble. (First: Episode 0280) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Peanut Butter Sandwiches — Ernie and Bert decide their groceries are boring until they combine them to make peanut butter sandwiches. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A barber gives a boy a hair cut. (First: Episode 0387) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. Hooper plays a "Three of These Things" game with three eating utensils and a fountain pen. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L for Light (First: Episode 0147) |
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Cartoon | L es para luz (First: Episode 0373) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets: Baseball — Kids get ready to play baseball. (First: Episode 0193) |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A man paints a picture. (First: Episode 0411) |
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Cartoon | L is for Lips (First: Episode 0147) |
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Muppets | Betty Lou teaches the meaning of "beginning", "middle", and "end", and introduces two of her friends: Beginning and End. The duo tell a story, but it lacks something in between the beginning and end parts. Beginning and End recruit their pal Middle to fill out the rest of the story. Middle, however, cannot stop telling the exciting part of the story, and the three friends begin a quarrel, forcing Betty Lou to declare the end of the lecture. (First: Episode 0138) |
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SCENE 6 | David the Magician demonstrates beginning, middle, and end using a row of kids and Maria (who pops up in different places via camera cuts). |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - Kids wait in line at a movie theater. (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La." (First: Episode 0321) |
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Film | Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0456) |
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Cartoon | L is for Ladder (First: Episode 0036) |
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Cast | The Kids try to spell the word "BUS" in the right way. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Song | Sesame Street Animal Films: Caroll Spinney sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to a sleepy koala. (First: Episode 0048) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L is for Lunchbox (First: Episode 0031) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie." (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | L es para Lonchera (First: Episode 0476) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: Rhymes with Buy — Guy Smiley helps Cookie Monster decide what to get at the bakery. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Film | "There's a Bird On Me" (Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A woman makes a sandwich. (First: Episode 0387) |
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SCENE 7 | The Count counts along to the closing music while Maria and David dance with some kids in the yard as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria, Bob, and Sherlock Hemlock hold the Sesame Street sign, while the Count holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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