Sesame Street | |||||||
Big Bird tries to organize some people in the neighborhood for a photograph | |||||||
Air date | April 5, 1973 | ||||||
Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird tries to organize some people in the neighborhood for a photograph, including Gordon, Maria and the kids. He asks for the “little people” to pose on the steps of 123 Sesame Street, and the “big people” to stand next to them. Gordon and Maria are confused as Big Bird refers to them as little, until Big Bird invites two giants (portrayed by Susan and David) to join them. | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) | |
Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". (First: Episode 0073) | |
Cartoon | Ralph asks Marvin what would happen if he didn't have a mouth, a nose and ears. (First: Episode 0468) | |
Film | Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental) (First: Episode 0411) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie makes a clay bust of Bert, but runs out of clay for the nose, so he pulls Bert's nose off and puts it on the statue. (First: Episode 0463) | |
Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) | |
Cartoon | "Poverty Z”: -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0085) | |
SCENE 2 | Susan plays "Here Are Some Things” with the kids using pictures of big and small animals. | |
Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) | |
Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 1)" A boy loves jellybeans and comes across a girl who's sad because she lost hers. The boy shares his bag of jellybeans with the girl, but now he has none. Will he get his jellybeans back? Stay tuned... (First: Episode 0016) | |
Cartoon | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (First: Episode 0359) | |
Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 2)" The boy who gave his jellybeans away finds the girl again. This time she's afraid of a monster, but the boy assures her that if the monster comes around, he'll be there to help out. Rewarding his kindness, she gives the boy back his jellybeans. All is well until the monster shows up and the girl reveals the reason the monster was bothering her was because he wanted the jellybeans. Now the boy has them, so she's no longer afraid. The monster eats the entire bag of jellybeans and gives the boy a kiss. Our hero is no longer afraid, but he still doesn't have jellybeans. Stay tuned.... (First: Episode 0016) | |
SCENE 3 | Wearing football pads, David, Susan, and Maria remove their oversized top hats to show their heads, though Maria's seems to be missing at first. ("It was a rougher game than you thought!") | |
Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 3)" The boy is mad because he has an empty bag and no jellybeans, and the girl is mad because she found her jellybeans, but she doesn't have anything to put them in. They decide to share, and the girl puts her jellybeans in the boy's bag. A happy ending with jellybeans for all! (First: Episode 0016) | |
Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) | |
Film | A man writes the word ME in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) | |
Cartoon | Julius demonstrates "here" and "there", then ends up being "in pain." Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0418) | |
Muppets | A woman (Jim Henson) volunteers to assist The Amazing Mumford in his surprise magic trick. Mumford makes her disappear – but when he tries to make her reappear, Herry Monster pops up, saying "SURPRISE!" (First: Episode 0381) | |
Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324) | |
Film | A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0478) | |
SCENE 4 | Oscar does a favor for Maria by holding down a ribbon she’s trying to tie onto a present. She returns the favor by agreeing to mail some letters for him, but Oscar isn't done with his requests. He asks her to send a wastebasket of junk downtown to his cousin Melvin, do some grocery shopping, and cash his check over at the Grouch Trust Bank. When he reminds her of the favor he did for her, she gives him his stuff back and makes their deal even by unraveling the ribbon he helped tie (though she still sends his mail off to be nice). | |
Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281) | |
Muppets | "The Zizzy Zoomers" (First: Episode 0359) | |
Cartoon | A clam tells a fisherman why he's not catching any fish: he pulled all the plants out of the pond. (First: Episode 0408) | |
Film | Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) | |
Film | A pair of hands deal cards marked with the numbers 12 to 1. (First: Episode 0433) | |
Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0357) | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit and Grover demonstrate "here" and "there". (First: Episode 0277) | |
Cartoon | Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410) | |
SCENE 5 | At Hooper's Store, David plays "Here Are Some Things" with John-John and another kid using pictures of three striped articles of clothing, a striped ball, and a plain glove. | |
Cartoon | Z In Space | |
Muppets | Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part two) (First: Episode 0359) | |
Cartoon | Only one of the two footprints can belong. | |
Film | Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle. (First: Episode 0132) | |
Cast | Wally and Ralph use various objects trying to keep a newspaper from blowing away next to an open window. (First: Episode 0340) | |
Cartoon | Kids around the world say "ME." (First: Episode 0389) | |
Muppets | Grover sees the word "me" and shouts the word. (First: Episode 0205) | |
SCENE 6 | Big Bird and Earl are ready to draw with their crayons, but first they need some paper. Gordon asks Big Bird how many sheets he needs, then shows him how to add himself and Earl by writing the equation down on his pad of paper. Constance joins Earl, as does Veronica; Gordon shows how to add each of them to the group as well until he runs out of paper. | |
Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to keep an eye on his pyramid of blocks. The Count walks by, and counts the blocks, moving them out of the pyramid shape. Then he counts them again, putting them back into the pyramid. Bert yells at the Count for moving Ernie's blocks, so the Count counts the blocks again, taking the pyramid apart. (First: Episode 0406) | |
Cartoon | "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. (First: Episode 0345) | |
Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389) | |
SCENE 7 | John-John is playing ball with the others until he says it's time to say goodbye. Maria and Earl head for Hooper's as Big Bird announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, while David and Maria hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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