| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | April 6, 1973 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | David waters the tree on the street. The Count comes by, eager to count something, and starts counting the hose and the drops of water coming from it. Ultimately, he asks David to boost him into the tree to count its leaves instead. |
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Cartoon | "Daddy Dear" (First: Episode 0367) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Dee, Dee, Dee" as Cookie Monster hastily demonstrates each D word. (First: Episode 0319) |
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Film | A man has a group of blindfolded kids identify things on a city block. |
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Cartoon | Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates heavy and light. First, he picks up a heavy barbell. Then he tries to pick up a light feather, but he can't move it. It turns out that the feather is attached to the top of Big Bird's head. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0247) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob wants to play a guessing game about what he's going to be doing soon. Big Bird, Grover, John-John, and Earl congregate on the stoop as he displays his clues - his unique socks and pants, a glove, a bat, and a ball - he's going to play baseball! Big Bird is initially under the impression that Bob is preparing to keep warm (using the mitt as a glove, the bat as firewood, and the baseball as a snowball). |
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Cartoon | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman goes to Marvin's Music City to buy a nice shiny trumpet. However, Marvin keeps bringing the wrong instrument. (First: Episode 0458) |
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Film | Counting 20 boxes Music: Joe Raposo |
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Cartoon | A drummer introduces C.T. Wordsworth who challenges a contestant to guess the secret word: store. (First: Episode 0443) |
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Film | A man (Barry Simpson) puts on snowshoes to bring his trash out. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Uncle Al tells his nephew a story about a dog he had, but gets mixed up with the details. Artist: Marv Newland |
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Film | Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Muppets | Ernie explains how a scale can determine what is heavier than another object. With the scale, he was planning to split some cookies with Bert, but can't figure out how to do it. Cookie Monster shows him his way of solving the problem: he eats the cookies off each side of the scale until there are no cookies left. Ernie is disappointed since all he's left with is a "really good scale". Cookie disagrees--he's tasted better. (First: Episode 0264) |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) |
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Film | Knock knock. Who's there? The woodpecker! (First: Episode 0437) |
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SCENE 3 | Lefty the Salesman tries to sell Herry Monster a paper bag. Herry finds the salesman a nuisance as he rattles off the things he could do with the bag (such as holding his litter or collecting nickels spilled from a truck). Herry eventually buys the bag for a penny so he can use it for something else - covering up the annoying salesman. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert are watching TV, but Bert gets bored and decides to play a record. Ernie tells him to turn down the volume, but Bert won't, so Ernie drowns out Bert's music by playing the radio. Bert then retaliates by turning on the blender. With all four things running at once, they blow a fuse, causing a total blackout in their apartment. Bert goes outside to fix the fuse box, while Ernie turns off all the things that were running. When the lights come back on, they decide to play cards instead of fight. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Film | D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (First: Episode 0367) |
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Film | Where the buffalo roam ... |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Agua |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper approaches a man and says, "Knock, knock!" The man asks, "Who's there?". Harvey says, "Dion." The man asks, "Dion who?" Then Harvey slaps a letter D on the man's chest and says, "D on you!" (First: Episode 0292) |
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Film | A bumble bee Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0082) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt makes sure the class knows the difference between loud and soft. ("Don't tell me I can't teach.") |
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Cartoon | Kids narrate a Letter 'Z' Drawing (First: Episode 0359) |
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SCENE 4 | The kids all provide Oscar with various bits of junk. He's so pleased, he sings "I Love Trash." |
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Cartoon | The word AGUA fills up with water. (First: Episode 0448) |
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Cartoon | A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess than the previous one. (First: Episode 0240) |
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SCENE 5 | Cookie Monster finds two cards reading, COO and KIE. He puts them together to make the word "COOKIE," then eats the word. |
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Film | City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. |
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Muppets | Grover the Elevator Operator: Only five people are allowed on the elevator at one time, so Grover counts out five passengers. But then he's not allowed on the elevator himself; he would make six. (First: Episode 0462) |
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Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) |
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Insert | Jerry Nelson narrates three letters coming together to form the word FUN. The letters celebrate with confetti and streamers. (First: Episode 0458) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob sings "Three of These Things" using abstract shapes. |
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Film | Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Charlie is lost and finds a policeman. It's his Uncle Louie, but he doesn't recognize him in uniform. Without the uniform on, Charlie asks Uncle Louie to find him a policeman. (First: Episode 0135) |
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Cartoon | D-dart (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | Two guys row their oars in different directions, until they decide to cooperate and row together. |
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SCENE 7 | In Big Bird's nest area, Bob, David, Big Bird, and the kids play "Simon Says." Grover announces the sponsors and the credits follow. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and the Count holds the CTW sign. |
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